Diploma of Higher Education - DHE

Certificate of Higher Education - CHE

Bachelor of Arts with Honours - BAH

Level 6 Optional

Level 6

Study Abroad

Optional placement

Level 5 Core

Optional Study Semester 

Level 5 Optional

Level 5

Level 4 Core

Level 4

Programme Structure

<div>Acceptable on its own and combined with other qualifications</div>
<div> </div>
<div>Pass overall with a minimum of 104 points</div>
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<p><div>Acceptable on its own and combined with other qualifications</div>
<div> </div>
<div>Pass overall with a minimum of 104 points</div>
<div> </div></p> <p><strong>Offerings: </strong>All</p>

<p>Acceptable on its own and combined with other qualifications</p>

<p><p>Acceptable on its own and combined with other qualifications</p></p> <p><strong>Offerings: </strong>All</p>

<p><p>BCC-BBB (104-120)</p></p> <p><strong>Offerings: </strong>All</p>

<p><p>Extended Diploma: DMM</p></p> <p><strong>Offerings: </strong>All</p>

<div>6.0 overall with no component below 5.5, taken within two years of the course start date.</div>
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<div>https://www.ljmu.ac.uk/study/courses/international-entry-requirements</div>

<p><div>6.0 overall with no component below 5.5, taken within two years of the course start date.</div>
<div> </div>
<div>https://www.ljmu.ac.uk/study/courses/international-entry-requirements</div></p> <p><strong>Offerings: </strong>All</p>

<div>Acceptable on its own and combined with other qualifications.</div>
<div> </div>
<div>You need to obtain the required UCAS points from a related subject area.</div>

<p><div>Acceptable on its own and combined with other qualifications.</div>
<div> </div>
<div>You need to obtain the required UCAS points from a related subject area.</div></p> <p><strong>Offerings: </strong>All</p>

<div>Grade 4 or grade C or above in English Language and Mathematics/ Numeracy.</div>
<div> </div>
<div>GCSE Equivalences accepted:</div>
<div>• Key Skills Level 2 in English/Maths</div>
<div>• NVQ Level 2 Functional skills in Maths and English Writing and or Reading</div>
<div>• Skills for Life Level 2 in Numeracy/English</div>
<div>• Higher Diploma in Maths/English</div>
<div>• Northern Ireland Essential Skills Level 2 in Communication or Application of Number</div>
<div>• Wales Essential Skills Level 2 in Communication or Application of Number</div>

<p><div>Grade 4 or grade C or above in English Language and Mathematics/ Numeracy.</div>
<div> </div>
<div>GCSE Equivalences accepted:</div>
<div>• Key Skills Level 2 in English/Maths</div>
<div>• NVQ Level 2 Functional skills in Maths and English Writing and or Reading</div>
<div>• Skills for Life Level 2 in Numeracy/English</div>
<div>• Higher Diploma in Maths/English</div>
<div>• Northern Ireland Essential Skills Level 2 in Communication or Application of Number</div>
<div>• Wales Essential Skills Level 2 in Communication or Application of Number</div></p> <p><strong>Offerings: </strong>All</p>

<p>BCC-BBB </p>
<p>Number of A Levels: 2</p>
<div>Maximum AS UCAS Points: 20</div>
<p> </p>

<p><p>BCC-BBB </p>
<p>Number of A Levels: 2</p>
<div>Maximum AS UCAS Points: 20</div>
<p> </p></p> <p><strong>Offerings: </strong>All</p>

<p><strong>Can this course be deferred?</strong></p>
<p>Yes</p>

<p><p><strong>Can this course be deferred?</strong></p>
<p>Yes</p></p> <p><strong>Offerings: </strong>All</p>

<p><strong>Is a DBS check required?</strong></p>
<p>No</p>

<p><p><strong>Is a DBS check required?</strong></p>
<p>No</p></p> <p><strong>Offerings: </strong>All</p>

recognise and develop arguments and evidence to challenge all forms of prejudice.

Describe and examine a range of key concepts and theoretical approaches from the history and contemporary practice of Sociology and evaluate their application in examining the processes that underpin social change, conflict and social stability.

Apply sociology to the analysis of cultural forms and practices.

Identify, assess and analyse sources of evidence in building a sociological argument.

Demonstrate competence in using major theoretical perspectives and concepts in Sociology, and their application to social life

Work independently, demonstrating skills of self-organisation, time management, the ability for critical self-reflection and self-improvement.

Demonstrate understanding of numeracy and statistical information, and use ICT and traditional methods for the retrieval and storage, interpretation and presentation of information and findings.

Collaborate with others to achieve collective goals, and discuss and present ideas and interpretations with others in a clear and reasoned way.

Communicate ideas coherently in a written, visual and or verbal forms utilising appropriate referencing.

Plan and conduct ethical sociological research using quantitative and qualitative data sources whether using secondary analysis of previous research, naturally occurring data or gathering new data.

Examine a range of data sources, research strategies and quantitative and qualitative methods and assess the appropriateness of their use (through practical application and experience) to generate empirical knowledge about a substantive sociological concern.

Appreciate the values of open mindedness and sensitivity to cultural differences and the importance of respecting equality and diversity.

Apply reflexivity about assumptions and the social processes and structures shaping forms of knowledge.

Show understanding of the use of sociology in historical, cross-cultural and transnational comparative studies of global societies.

Demonstrate knowledge of the contingent and contextual nature of all forms of social knowing including sociological knowledge, so as to be reflexive about their own knowledge of the social world.

Appreciate the complexity and diversity of social contexts including the need for cultural awareness when applying sociological ideas developed in one context to a cross-cultural setting.

Use specialist knowledge of one or more sub-topics within Sociology to construct a sociological argument (selecting from a range of available options reflecting the diversity of the discipline) and thereby evaluating the relationship between sociological arguments and evidence.

Appreciate the role of worldviews, values and beliefs and their consequences for social action in ethically plural societies

Recognise the relevance of sociological knowledge to social, public and civic policy.

formulate and investigate sociological questions.

Provide an analytical account of social diversity and various inequalities addressing the social processes shaping individuals, groups, social practices, social institutions and social structures.

Assess and analyse the ethical implications of research and enquiry.

Assess the merits of competing explanations and draw on evidence to synthesise and evaluate competing arguments and explanations.

Analyse, interpret and apply major theories and concepts in the study of sociology, independently engaging with subject literature, questioning received thinking, and supporting critical and normative judgements on sociological issues with relevant evidence and structured argument.

Course Catalogue

Sociology - 30881 - BA (Hons)