sociology,,social,policy,and,criminology

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ContentsIntroduction toSociology,Social Policy andCriminology01Research incontext04Aninvestment inyour future06Programmedetails08Applicationsandadmissions 17

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As one of the oldest Sociology departmentsin the country, we have firm roots in socialcampaigning and a commitment to progressivesocial change.We pride ourselves on learningthrough aprocess of questioning and formulatinga critical, investigative imagination in order tobetter understand social change and socialjustice. Our students are equipped to collectand assess evidence so as to better appreciatethe complexity and diversity of social life.

What are themajor issues facing people andsocieties today? Canwe grasp these issuesthrough popular notions such as rising crime,broken society or global meltdown?Whatdo these termsmean anyway? And how canwe research these issues?

Thewaywe approach social science here atLiverpool is firmly rooted in the dynamism andpositive contribution that studying society canbring. One of the key thinkers withinmodernsocial science tells us something about theimportance of studying subjects like sociology,social policy and criminology:

The educational and political role of socialscience in a democracy is to help cultivateand sustain publics and individuals that areable to develop, to live with, and to act uponadequate definitions of personal social realities.

C.Wright Mills.

Sociology,SocialPolicyandCr minologyTheDepartmentofSociology,SocialPolicyandCriminologyoffersauniqueenvironment for youtostudysocial science.Gettingbehindnewsheadlinesandpopularassumptions forms thecoreofour teachingandresearch.

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Promoting progressive and critical thinking.Our department is over a century old and oneof the first social science institutes in the UK.Early on it established itself as a centre ofexcellence for sociological and criminologicalthinking.We continue this proud tradition bykeeping the subjects we teach relevant to achanging world and your aspirations within it.We are based in one of the great cities in theUnited Kingdommaking this a tremendouslyexciting place in which to study the social world.

Developing your expertise. Studyingwith usmeans you can build your owndegree and develop expertise in particularareas. Throughmodular choice at level twoand three, we encourage you to pursuesubject themes that are of interest to you.Youmay, for instance, choose to focusparticularly upon policing, or urbanregeneration, or the role of women in society,or the role of corporations in democracies.The scopewe offer helps you to developdeeper capabilities and skills in particularareas of social science and the jobmarket.

STUDYABROADAs part of your degree at Liverpool youmayhave the opportunity to study abroad. Studyingabroad has huge personal and academicbenefits, as well as giving you a head start inthe graduate jobmarket. Sociology, SocialPolicy and Criminology students can currentlyapply to study abroadwith a number of ourworldwide partners. For more information,visitwww.liverpool.ac.uk/goabroad

WHYCHOOSESOCIOLOGY,SOCIAL POLICY ANDCRIMINOLOGYAT LIVERPOOL?Your own Academic Advisor. From day oneuntil the day you leave, we provide youwith anAcademic Advisor who is a full-timememberof the lecturing staff in the Department. Thisgives us a chance to know you better andcontinue with small group teaching. For you,it provides the best way to get advice andinformation when andwhere you need it.

Work and learn. For over twenty yearsour unique programmes have offered theopportunity to work in a relevant social field.This is a great hands-on way to see howsocial science is relevant to understandingthe process of work and real world issues.Our students work and learn in areas such asyouth care and custody, community health, andasylum, alongwith various other social services.

Get skilled and enhance your employability.Wewill help you to acquire key skills how to think independently, how to collectand analyse data, how to present andcommunicate information and advancedIT skills that are highly valued by potentialemployers.We regularly organise EmployabilityWorkshops throughwhich our studentsmixwith employers andworking ex-students inorder to gauge possibilities for a career afteruniversity. Our students are consistentlysuccessful in securing rewarding carers in avariety of settings often in national and localgovernment and, increasingly, in private andvoluntary sector employment.


See what Jenny had to say about studyingCriminology and Sociology at Liverpoolwww.liverpool.ac.uk/study/undergraduate/video

IwasveryinterestedincrimeandpunishmentinsocietyandIthoughtthiswassomethingIcouldstudyforthreeyearsandnotlose interest.Myexpectationsweremetandexceeded.Oneof thegreatthingsabouttheDepartmentis thatyouarebeingtaughtbyleadersintheir fieldsreadingbooksbythepeople thatteachyou.Itsverymuchanopendoorpolicyinthedepartmentandthereisaverystrongconnectionbetweenlecturerandstudent.JENNY FORSMAN-LINDEBORGCRIMINOLOGY AND SOCIOLOGY BA (HONS)

04/05ResearchincontextTheUniversityofLiverpool isa research-intensiveuniversity, andacademicstaff in theDepartmentofSociology,SocialPolicyandCriminologyare leadingresearchers in their fields.What thismeans for youasastudent is that your learningwill be informedby thevery latestdevelopments in thearea.

An example of a current area of research inthe Department is the work being done bySandraWalklate, GabeMythen and RossMcGarry. This research focuses on the culturalrepresentations of the hero and the victimand their suffering as told through the events atWootton Bassett where the bodies of soldierskilled in Afghanistan and Iraq were returneduntil 2011. The research takes the form of avisual analysis and can be read as a paper:WitnessingWootton Bassett: An Explorationin Cultural Victimology in the journal Crime,Media and Culture (August, 2011). Our workin this area continues to inform the kind ofcritical thinking and research expected of anundergraduate third year student and informsmodules such as Criminal Victimisation, PolicyandWelfare, in which photographs are usedto facilitate a discussion aroundmeaningsof victimisation.

Another example of some cutting-edgeresearch in the Department includes that ofRoy Colemans work on surveillance, publicspace and the city. The research asks how ourpublic spaces (howwe use them and perceivethem) are being affected by technologies likeCCTV, body scanners and access control.Are urban spaces becomingmore or lessdemocratic and public with surveillance?

The extent to which such surveillancemakesfor safer cities and less crime are criticallyevaluatedwith questions such as safer forwhom andwhich types of crime (if any) arebeing reduced or controlled? The researchtakes a critical look at public surveillance andhow this affects different groups such aswomen, younger and older people, ethnicgroups and those on lower incomes. Roysbook Reclaiming theStreets won a prestigiousscholarly award in 2005 (The Hart Social andLegal Book Prize). This research informsmodules such as Social Control, Order andthe City in Year Three in which students areexpected to critically assesswhat is increasinglyknown as the surveillance society.

Contrast this with the work of DavidWhyte,who is currently researching the prospectsfor developing new forms of accountabilityin cases where corporations violate humanrights. This research involves interviewswithjudges at the European Court of Human Rights,the Inter-American Court of Human Rights,as well as UN officials and people working forhuman rights organisations. Davids previouswork on the role of corporations in Iraq won the2008 Leon Radzinowicz prize for Criminology.This research underpins his contribution toresearchmethods and to criminology teachingin the Department, and is used to provide keyinsights on his Crimes of the Powerful YearThreemodule.


Graduate

Profile

ReadingsociologyatLiverpoolUniversitychangedmylife. ItwaswhileatLiverpoolI learnthowtostudysocietyinarigorous,academicway,asopposedtoasapassiveobserver.AtLiverpoolIdevelopedmyanalyticalmindandlearnedhowtoarticulatemythoughts,allofwhichhelpedmetogoonandbecomeanaward-winning journalistandauthor. IusetheskillsI learnedatLiverpoolUniversityprettymuchdailyinmycareerasajournalist.WhetherquizzingasupermodelaboutfeminismorinterviewingaCongolese filmdirector, thetoolsandknowledgeIpickedupaspartofmysociologydegreehaveprovedinvaluable.HANNAHPOOL IS A JOURNALIST ANDAUTHOROFMYFATHERS DAUGHTER (PUBLISHEDBYPENGUIN).SHEWRITESREGULARLY FORTHEGUARDIAN, TIMES,GRAZIA ANDOTHERS. HANNAHGRADUATEDFROMTHEUNIVERSITYOF LIVERPOOL IN 1995.

06/07AninvestmentinyourfutureStudentscanexpect tobeprepared fora rangeofcareers in thepublicandprivatesectors; socialwelfareandcriminal justiceagencies (egpoliceandprobation)andNGOs (egworkingwith organisations supportinghomeless people; refugees,and insocial research).

CAREER PROSPECTSTypically graduates in the Department ofSociology, Social Policy and Criminologyenter a range of administrative, managerialand professional roles. Studying with us alsoprovides a sound basis fromwhich students willbe able to pursue postgraduate studies eitherwith a vocational orientation (MA in Social Work,Legal Practice Course, for example) or to furthertheir research skills at Masters and Doctorallevels. Around 19%of the Departmentsstudents go on to further study programmesboth at the University of Liverpool and in otherHigher Education institutions. This compareswell with national level data for all first degreegraduates (16%). A further 8.9% of graduatesfrom the Department, according to themostrecent data available, were undertaking workand further study (the national figure is 8%).

QUALIFYING YOU FOR LIFEStudying with us will enable studentsto develop a range of social scientific analyticand communication skills and a variety oftransferrable skills valued in a range of industries

(egmedia organisations, local governmentand charitable organisations, and commercialand financial service sectors).

WORKEXPERIENCEOPPORTUNITIESIn Year Two,many of our students havea choice in whether they want to work aspart of their study. In Year Three, our studentshave the opportunity of taking upworkplacements via our Interchange service. Thisconnects students with a variety of voluntaryand charitable organisations in and around theregion. These include the Community VoluntaryService, Refugee Action, Liverpool StudentCommunity Action (homelessness project,play days and Chinese NewYear celebrations),Victim Support, Barnados, and the CitizensAdvice Bureau. Through this kind of work, ourstudents produce useful reports which help theorganisations develop their services andmeetlocal needs a great thing to have on a CV!

POSTGRADUATEOPPORTUNITIESCriminology and Criminal JusticeMAApplied Criminal Justice ResearchMAResearchMethodology: Sociology andSocial PolicyMACities, Culture, RegenerationMA


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Subjects at aGlance UCASCode Length (Years) Page

Criminology (Hons) L311 3 10

SociologyBA (Hons) L302 3 13

Social Policy 15

Prog ammedetailsGroupwork is a feature of all seminar teachingand groupwork takes place both within andoutside of formal scheduled classes.

HOWYOUAREASSESSEDMostmodules are assessed bymeans of amixture of essays and examinations. Typically,amodule in Year Twomight involve a 4,000word essay or a 2,500word essay plus aone hour examination. Somemodules areassessedwholly or in part by other appropriatemeans, such as the preparation of projectsand individual or group presentations. Thefinal degree class is based on Year Two andThreemarks, weighted in favour of Year Threemarks. Over the last few years themajority ofour students have obtained Upper SecondClass Degrees.

WHICHDEGREECriminology.One of the founders of sociology,Emile Durkheimmade an observation thatis still relevant today. Hewrote, There is nosociety knownwhere amore or less developedcriminality is not found under different forms...wemust therefore call crime necessary anddeclare that it cannot be non-existent, that thefundamental conditions of social organization,as they are understood, logically imply it.Crime is one of themost talked about andgoverned problems of the contemporaryage but what is crime? Is it on the increase?Is it a social problem that has a solution?Are criminals easily identifiable? Are victimsa readily apparent group?What is the purposeof justice and punishment in the criminal justicesystem? Such questions provide the focus forthe study of Criminology.

Our Department has great expertise in exploringthe links between how societies come to codifyand respond to crime out of which we canexplore aspects of social harm, power andpowerlessness. Our approach to Criminologyinvestigates these issues in relation to theoreticalperspectives and the workings of criminaljustice institutions.


HOWYOU LEARNWhilst studying in the department, you willspend an average of about eight hours a weekin face-to-face teaching, the rest of your studytimewill be spent in libraries or in other formsof self-directed study. Youwill be supportedthroughout by an Academic Advisor.

Learning is delivered in a variety of formats andthese include: lectures, seminars, workshops,tutorials, guided independent study, groupwork and reflective and experiential learning.

The primary purpose of lectures is to providestudents with a broad introduction to key areasand debates on a given topic pitched at theappropriate level of study.

The lectures aim to facilitate students readingand highlight issues to be explored duringindependent study time in preparation forseminars and assessment.

Seminars provide opportunities to exploreparticular issues and debates in greaterdetail in a way that supplements and buildsupon the lectures. Seminars also allow forgreater levels of student participation andsuch participation will be actively encouragedthroughout the programme.

Workshops frequently follow the formatdescribed above but they alsomay beused to develop particular skills in a teachingcontext. For example, workshops developskills in data analysis and skills in interviewing.

Guided independent studymay also featurein your learning experience.

Sociology. If you are looking for an excitingand challenging grounding in approachesto understanding social institutions, socialchange and conflict as well as the factorsshaping social, public and civic policy thenSociology is for you. Sociology also offersyou the opportunity to explore the diversityof perspectives and researchmethodswithwhich to grasp the social world. Towhatextent are societies diverse? Towhat extent arethey unequal? The knowledge that sociologybrings is often contentious and reflects currentsocial, public and civic disputes. Consequently,our sociology students are encouraged todevelop awareness of their own values andan appreciation of how alternative valuesimpact upon rival interpretations of evidence.

Social Policy.How societies care for olderpeople, singlemotherhood, poverty andunemployment are among a long list of mattersof national concern. Studying social policyis all about howwe as a society decide whoreceives support, what shape it takes, andwhoprovides it to thosewho are deemed in need.Who should provide services and support:the state, themarket or charities or families?

These kinds of questions inform the studyof the distribution and organisation of welfareandwell-being within societies, and providean exciting in-road into studying Social Policywith us. Social Policy focuses on the waysin which different societies understand andmeet the needs of their populations. Studyingwithin our department provides a readinessto engagewith the nature of social problemsthrough a range of intellectual traditions andsocial perspectives, and the opportunity towork directly with organisations involved inthis field.

This subject can be taken as part of a Combined Honours degree.Seewww.liverpool.ac.uk/combined-honours for further details.

This subject is available as part of the Honours Select curriculum as either100% (Single Honours), 75% (Major), 50% (Joint Honours) or 25% (Minor) as indicated.Seewww.liverpool.ac.uk/honours-select for further details and UCAS codes for Jointand Minor pathways.

Entrance RequirementsSeewww.liverpool.ac.uk/study/undergraduate/courses for current entrance requirements.

For current entrance requirements andfullmodule details, seewww.liverpool.ac.uk/study/undergraduate/courses

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Criminology BA(Hons)UCAS code: L311Programme length: 3 years

KeyContact: Dr Roy ColemanE: [email protected]

PROGRAMMECONTENTYear One introduces you to Criminologyand serves as a foundation for the second andthird years. Year One enables you to developessential academic expertise including learningand employability skills as well as the specificskills employed by criminologists. Youwill studycompulsorymodules entitled Introductionto Crime and Society, Controlling Crime,Understanding the Social, Social Changeand Social Policy, and Studying Society. InYear Two, your coremodules provide youwith a broader and deeper coverage ofcriminological explanations for crime, theworking of the criminal justice system andsocial science theory and researchmethods.Youwill also studymodules entitledPunishment, Penalty and Prisons, PolicingCrime and Society, Crime, Deviance andCulture, Transgression and Social Exclusion.By Year Three, youwill be able to choosefrom a range of module areas that includePolice Power and Public Protest, Genderand Crime, Community Involvement inCriminal Justice, 19th Century Offendersand Criminal Victimization.

Youwill study independently and are freeto choose the subject of your compulsorydissertation supervised by amember of staffwith expertise in the field. Alternatively, if youhave successfully completed themoduleson researchmethods during your secondyear, you can take Social Policy Project orApplied Social Research and carry out a pieceof research commissioned by a local agency.

This offers both a great opportunity for you tostudy in the real world as well as an experiencethat will appeal to prospective employers.

Year OneThe first year of the programme provides anintroduction to exploring crime in its social,historical and political context. Getting to gripswith the key concepts in Criminology andits wider social scientific roots is dealt withat Year One to ensure easy transition to YearsTwo and Three. Our Studying Societymoduleexplores the use of social science researchmethods and ensures that by the secondyear all students are fully acquainted withIT and virtual learning tools.

Coremodules:

Understanding the Social:Theories and ThemesSocial Change and Social Policyin Contemporary Society 1Social Change and Social Policy inContemporary Society 2: ChangingInequalitiesStudying SocietyIntroduction to Crime and SocietyControlling Crime An Introduction

Year TwoIn the second year, the coremodulesprovide a deeper coverage of the rangeof criminological knowledge and particularcontroversies in criminal justice practice.We also explore the role of the criminologistin the world of policy and activism inmodulessuch as Understanding Crime, Justice andPunishment, Policing, Crime and Society andPunishment, Penality and Prisons. The restof the second year is taken upwithmoduleschosen by students.

Coremodules:

Social ResearchMethods 1Social ResearchMethods 2Policing, Crime and SocietyPunishment, Penality and Prisons:Critical DebatesUnderstanding Crime, Justice andPunishment

Optional modules currently include:

Social ExclusionCrime, Deviance andCultureDomestic and International Drug PolicyUnderstanding Non-Profit Organisations:Work Based Learning

Year ThreeIn Year Three, students will have the choiceto study specialist subjects in-depth anddevelop their independent learning. Thosewho opt for a Dissertation are given freedomto pursue their interest in a topic of theirchoice, whilst those opting for our AppliedSocial Research or Social Policy Project moduleget a chance to combine work experiencewithacademic knowledge.We have considerableexperience in combining your research interestswith the work needs and aims of local agencies.

Coremodules:

Dissertation 2Applied Social ResearchReflecting on Applied Social Research


HONOURSSELECTFrom 2014, the Faculty of Humanities andSocial Sciences is offering a new, innovativeway to study.

We are offering amuchwider range of Joint(50:50) degrees across the Faculty. In addition,we are giving you the option to study twosubjects on a 75:25 basis, focusing 75%of your time on yourMajor subject and25%of your time on yourMinor. Seewww.liverpool.ac.uk/honours-select orthe separate Honours Select booklet forfurther details.

Subjects which combine particularly well withSociology, Social Policy andCriminology include:

PoliticsLawPhilosophy

CriminologySomeof theworldsmost influentialand respected criminologists teachand researchwithin our Department.TheCriminology degree tacklesthe problems of crime, deviance,victimization and social harm in ahigh quality programme thatmakesthe subject exciting and intellectuallychallenging. This degree draws ontheDepartments expertise in crimeprevention, surveillance, policing,sentencing, victimology, youth justiceand corporate crime.Modules arecontinually updated anddesignedto provide youwith awell-roundedCriminology learning experience.


These subjects are available as partof ourHONOURS SELECT programme.Choose from over 30 subjects to createyourperfect Joint orMajor /MinorHonoursDegree. Seewww.liverpool.ac.uk/honours-select for further details.

In Year Three, youwill undertake an extendedpiece of self-directed study. Youmay electto do a Dissertation or Applied Social Research(including working for a local agency).

Year OneIn Year One, students will be introduced tothe classic work of Marx,Weber and Durkheimbefore exploring 20th century social theorists,thus laying a strong foundation for future study.On the practical side, there are two linkedmodules [Social Change in ContemporarySociety 1 and 2], which look at issues suchas the family, social class, gender and race.A further introductorymodule, StudyingSociety, looks at the use of social scienceresearchmethods and ensures that by thesecond year all students are fully acquaintedwith IT and virtual learning tools.

Coremodules:

Understanding the Social:Theories and ThemesSocial Change and Social Policyin Contemporary Society 1Social Change and Social Policyin Contemporary Society 2:Changing InequalitiesStudying SocietyIntroduction to Crime and SocietyControlling Crime An Introduction

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Gender and CrimeThe Risk Society: Crime, Securityand Public PolicyYouth, Crime, Youth Justiceand Social ControlCriminal EvidenceThe Risk SocietyJurisprudenceSocial Control and the CityMurderous CitiesCriminal Victimisation,Welfare and PolicyYouth Crime, Youth Justiceand Social Control

This subject can be taken as partof a Combined Honours degree.See www.liverpool.ac.uk/combined-honours for further details.

Criminology

PROGRAMMECONTENTYear One introduces you to Criminologyand serves as a foundation for the secondand third years. Youwill study the followingmodules: Introduction to Crime and Society,and Controlling Crime andmay choose30 credits from the followingmodules:Understanding the Social: Theories andThemes (30 credits); Social Change andSocial Policy in Contemporary Society 1(15 credits); Social Change and Social Policyin Contemporary Society 2 (15 credits).

In Year Two, youwill study UnderstandingCrime, Justice and Punishment to provideyouwith a broader and deeper coverageof criminological perspectives and criminaljustice controversies. You can then choose30 credits from the following options:Punishment, Penalty and Prisons, Policing,Crime and Society, Crime, Deviance andCulture, Domestic and International DrugPolicy, Understanding Non-profit Organisationsand Social Exclusion.

Students wishing to study a dissertation inYear Three can opt to take researchmethodsmodules in preparation. By Year Three, youwill be able to study from a range of areas thatinclude Crimes of the Powerful, Communityand Public Involvement in Crime andCriminalJustice, The Risk Society Criminal Victimisation,Youth Crime, Youth Justice and Social Control.In Year Three youmaywish to study for yourdissertation if you have completed the researchmethodsmodules. Alternatively, you cantake the Applied Social Researchmodule andcarry out a piece of research commissionedby a local agency. This offers both a greatopportunity for you to study in the real worldas well as an experience that will appeal toprospective employers.

Criminology

PROGRAMMECONTENTYear One introduces you to the concepts,debates and controversies in criminology.Youwill study Introduction to Crime andSociety and Controlling Crime.

In Year Two, your coremodules provideyouwith a broader and deeper coverageof criminological perspectives and criminaljustice problemswithin the 24weekmoduleUnderstanding Crime, Justice and Punishment.

By Year Three, youwill be able to study froma range of areas that meshwith your interests.

SociologyOur approach to sociology engagesyou in a critical study of society.Youwill learn tomake sense of whatdrives change in the social worldand the possible directions this changemay take. The effect of new ideas,technologies, government programmesand social conflict on everyday life isexplored through your study of a broadrange of subjects that take in local,national and global social relationships.The aim? To give you a comprehensivegrasp of the sociological imaginationand the real world issues it speaks to.

Sociology BA (Hons)UCAS code: L302Programme length: 3 years

KeyContact: Dr Roy ColemanE: [email protected]

PROGRAMMECONTENTThree coremodules in Year One provideyouwith a firm foundation for future study.Understanding the Social embraces the classicwork of Marx,Weber and Durkheim and arange of 20th century social theorists. SocialChange and Social Policy looks at issues suchas the family, social class, gender, race, etc.Studying Society explores the basics of socialscientific work, including researchmethods, anintroduction to IT ensuring you are conversantwith using online resources.

How can sociology help us address socialchange and divisions?Where best canour sociological imagination apply itself?Year Two coremodules include ThinkingSociologically: Approaches to Social Inquiryand Social ResearchMethods. For current entrance requirements andfullmodule details, seewww.liverpool.ac.uk/

study/undergraduate/coursesFaculty of Humanities andSocial Sciences > School of LawandSocial Justice >Sociology, Social Policy andCriminologywww.liverpool.ac.uk/sspc


Year TwoHaving established a firm grounding, secondyear students begin to increase their in-depthunderstanding of social theory and researchmethods, and broaden their knowledgeof different topics in the discipline throughawide range of options.

Coremodules:

Contemporary Social Theory:Thinkers and PerspectivesFoundations of Social InquiryData Analysis and PresentationResearch Design and Data Collection


Social ExclusionCrime Deviance andCulturePunishment, Penality and Prisons:Criminal DebateThe Black Presence Migration andSettlement in Britain 1800-1979ComparingWelfare StatesGender and SexualityDomestic and International Drug PolicyUrban SociologyPolicing, Crime and Society

Year ThreeBy Year Three, students will have the choiceto study specialist subjects in-depth anddevelop their independent learning. Thosewho opt for a dissertation are given freedomto pursue their interest in a topic of their ownchoice, whilst those opting for our AppliedSocial Research or Social Policy Project geta chance to combine work experiencewithacademic rigour.We have considerableexpertise in combining your research interestswith the needs and aims of local agencies.

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Coremodules:

Dissertation 1Dissertation 2Applied Social ResearchSocial Policy Project: Work-based Learning


Health, Lifecourse and SocietyGender and CrimeGender, the Body and IdentityThe Risk Society: Crime, Securityand Public PolicyYouth, Crime, Youth Justiceand Social ControlPolitics, Social Policy and the StateThe Cultural Economy of CitiesSocial Control and the CityThe Body and SocietyCriminal Victimisation,Welfareand Policy

This subject can be taken as partof a Combined Honours degree.See www.liverpool.ac.uk/combined-honours for further details.

Sociology

PROGRAMMECONTENTThree compulsorymodules in Year Oneprovide youwith a firm foundation for futurestudy. Understanding the Social embracesthe classic work of Marx,Weber and Durkheimand a range of 20th century social theorists.A further 30 credits are available withinsociology and studentsmay choose fromthe followingmodules: Social Change andSocial Policy investigates contemporarycontroversies around issues such as thefamily, social class, gender and race.

Studying Society looks at the basics of socialscientific work, including researchmethods,an introduction to IT ensuring you are fullyconversant with utilising online resources. BothIntroduction to Crime and Society or ControllingCrime explore key concepts in criminology andcriminal justice process.

How can sociology help us address socialchange and divisions?Where best can oursociological imagination apply itself? YearTwo compulsorymodules include ThinkingSociologically: Approaches to Social Inquiryand Social ResearchMethods.

In Year Three, students will have the choice tostudy specialist subjects in-depth and developtheir independent learning. Thosewho opt fora dissertation are given freedom to pursue theirinterest in a topic of their choice, whilst thoseopting for our Applied Social Research or SocialPolicy Project get a chance to combine workexperiencewith academic rigour.

Sociology

PROGRAMMECONTENTYear One provides youwith a firm foundationfor future study. Understanding the Socialprovides youwith a firm foundation for futurestudy in the field of sociology. This moduleembraces the classic work of Marx,Weberand Durkheim beforemoving on to a rangeof contemporary social thinkers.

In Year Two, youwill study advancedtheoretical sociology and learnmore aboutthe controversies within the subject.

In Year Three, youmay choose from a rangeof modules in order to develop you speciallines of interest within sociology.

Social PolicyIf you are thinking of a career in thesocial services or public administration,combining Social Policy with anothersubject allows you to build the idealdegree. This Social Policy routewillexplore theways in which governmentsseek to provide services and to changeconditions in fields such as health,education andwelfare support.

Social Policy

PROGRAMMECONTENTIn Year One, students are introduced to someof the current political issues relevant to socialpolicy today. Here youwill study aspects ofsocial change and social divisions that underpinthe context of social policy interventions.Studentsmay take up to 30 credits of optionsfromourmodules Studying Society, Introductionto Crime and Society, Controlling Crime andUnderstanding the Social.

For current entrance requirements andfullmodule details, seewww.liverpool.ac.uk/study/undergraduate/coursesFaculty of Humanities andSocial Sciences > School of LawandSocial Justice >

Sociology, Social Policy andCriminologywww.liverpool.ac.uk/sspc


Having established their knowledge of SocialPolicy in the first year, in Year Two studentsgo on to deepen that knowledge, examiningthe outcomes of Social Policy between thebroad social groupings of social class, genderand race. Youwill also exploremodules thatexamine the nature of contemporary welfareservices as well as amodule that covers thedynamics of social inclusion and exclusion.Students can also choose other modulesin social policy adding up to 30 credits.

In Year Three, students study specialist subjectsin-depth and develop their independentlearning. Thosewho opt for the dissertation,having taken the researchmethodsmodulesas part of their module choices in Year Two,are given freedom to pursue a topic of theirown interest, whilst those opting for our AppliedSocial Research or Social Policy Project cancombine work experiencewith academicrigour. Alternatively, studentsmay opt fora range of optionmodules at Year Three.

These include: Health, Lifecourse and Society;Politics, Social Policy and the State; Gender,the Body and Identity; The Risk Society: Crime,Security and Public Policy; Bodies and Society;Criminal Victimisation,Welfare and Policy;Race, Community and Identity; Youth, Crime,Youth Justice and Social Control; Social Controland the City.

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The information that follows is a brief guideto applying for programmes of study at theUniversity of Liverpool. For full details of ourapplications and admissions policy, pleasevisit our website atwww.liverpool.ac.uk/ug-admissions

MAKINGANAPPLICATIONTHROUGHUCASApplications for full-time undergraduatestudy aremade via UCAS, the Universities andColleges Admissions Service, using UCASsonline application system atwww.ucas.comThe University of Liverpool institution codeis LVRPL L41.

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We accept a wide range of otherqualifications, eg EU and internationalqualifications. For more detailed informationon entrance requirements, see our onlineprospectuswww.liverpool.ac.uk/study/undergraduate/courses

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STUDENTSWITHDISABILITIESWegive equal consideration to all applicantsandwelcome applications from studentswith disabilities. Please contact the DisabilitySupport Team on T: +44 (0)151 794 5117to discuss your support needs before yousubmit your UCAS application.

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DISCLAIMEREvery effort has beenmade to ensure thatinformation containedwithin this brochureis accurate at the time of going to press.However, thematters covered are subjectto change from time to time, both beforeand after a candidates admission.

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Social Policy

PROGRAMMECONTENTIn Year One, students will study aspects ofrelationships between social change, socialpolicy and the key organising features ofmodernsociety (age, race, class, gender, sexuality).

Having established their knowledge of SocialPolicy in the first year, in Year Two studentsgo on to deepen that knowledge, examiningthe outcomes of Social Policy between thebroad social groupings of social class, genderand race. In Year Two, students will studythe nature of welfare provision between andacross different national contexts as wellcritically explore the nature of social exclusion.

In Year Three, students study specialistsubjects in-depth and develop theirindependent learning.



sociology,,social,policy,and,criminology

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