如果您想将对社会世界的跨学科理论理解与对社会问题的政策反应的严格分析结合起来，那么本课程将是有吸引力的。您将研究社会学的理论和技术以及社会政策的分析重点。您将探索健康，福利和贫困，种族与歧视，不平等与排斥等领域。到学位结束时，您将了解社会机构的发展和运作方式。第一年，您将学习社会政策，社会学和研究方法。社会政策部门将使您能够对特定政策领域进行高级分析。社会学单元将进一步增进您对社会学理论的理解。在第二年，您将可以选择学习心理学和政治学的相关学科。在最后一年，您将撰写论文并从可选单元中进行选择。<br> <
Explore new and creative ways to tackle key social challenges. Learn theory and methods to understand, critically examine, and influence organisations. This course will appeal if you want to combine an understanding of the social world from different perspectives with a rigorous analysis of policy responses to social problems. You will examine theory and techniques from sociology alongside the analytical focus of social policy. You'll explore areas such as health, welfare and poverty, race and discrimination, inequality and exclusion. You'll be able to take a range of optional units on topics such as the sociology of death, lobbying, justice and conflict. By the end of the degree you'll have an understanding of how social institutions develop, operate and how they might be improved. In your first year you'll combine a study of classical sociological theory with key issues in modern social policy. You'll also learn about a range of social research methods including qualitative and quantitative research methods. Through tutorials focused on developing key academic skills in these areas, you'll also learn how to evaluate data and information to develop your own arguments tailored to different audiences. In your second year you'll expand and deepen your knowledge of research methods. You will also choose from a range of optional units looking at key sociological issues and policy areas. In your final year you'll carry out a year-long dissertation and choose from a range of social science optional units.