Modules for course LM49 | BA/SPCR
BA Social Policy/Criminology
This is a provisional list of modules to be offered on this course in the 2021–22 academic year.
The list may not be complete, and the final course content may be different.
You can also view the modules offered in the years: 2019–20; 2020–21; 2022–23.
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Year 1 Modules
Compulsory Modules
Semester 1
- HPS-1001: Social Policy & Society (20) or
HAC-1001: Y Wladwriaeth Les (20) - SXY-1007: Intro to Criminal Justice (20) or
SCY-1002: Cyflwyniad i Gyf Troseddol (20)
Semester 2
- HPS-1002: Power, Freedom & the State (20)
- SXY-1005: Introduction to Criminology (20) or
SCY-1004: Cyflwyniad i Droseddeg (20)
Optional Modules
20 credits from:
- HPS-1001: Social Policy & Society (20) (Semester 1) or
HAC-1001: Y Wladwriaeth Les (20) (Semester 1) - HXH-1002: The Six Lives of Henry VIII (20) (Semester 2) or
HXC-1003: Chwech Oes Harri’r VIII (20) (Semester 2) - SXU-1003: Introduction to Sociology (20) (Semester 1) or
SCS-1004: Cymdeithaseg a'r Byd Cyfoes (20) (Semester 1) - HPS-1004: Death of God (20) (Semester 1)
- HPS-1005: Existentialism (20) (Semester 2)
- HXC-1006: Cymru yn y Byd Modern (20) (Semester 2) or
HXW-1010: Wales in the Modern World (20) (Semester 2) - HPS-1007: Islam:Hist, Soc and Beliefs (20) (Semester 1)
- VPR-1106: Intro: Judaism & Christianity (20) (Semester 2)
Year 2 Modules
Compulsory Modules
Semester 1
- SXU-2001: Social & Political Research (20) or
SCU-2001: Dulliau Ymchwil (20) - SXY-2001: Criminological Theory (20) or
SCY-2001: Deall Trosedd (20) - SXP-2050: Social Issues (20)
Semester 2
- SXY-2002: Crime & Justice in Mod Britain (20) or
SCY-2003: Trosedd a Chyfiawnder (20) - SXP-2010: Poverty and Inequality (20)
Optional Modules
20 credits from:
- HPS-2001: Work Placement - Semester 1 (20) (Semester 1) or
HAC-2001: Lleoliad Gwaith - Semester 1 (20) (Semester 1) - SXU-2002: Analys. Social & Political Deb (20) (Semester 2)
- SXY-2004: Crime & the Media (20) (Semester 1)
- HPS-2005: Work Placement - Semester 2 (20) (Semester 2) or
HAC-2005: Lleoliad Gwaith - Semester 2 (20) (Semester 2) - SXS-2035: Classical Social Theory (20) (Semester 1)
- SXP-2050: Social Issues (20) (Semester 1)
Year 3 Modules
Compulsory Modules
Semester 1
- HPS-3006: Dissertation (40) or
HAC-3006: Traethawd Hir (40) - SXP-3210: Housing Policy (20)
Semester 2
Optional Modules
20 credits from:
- HPS-3001: Work Placement - Semester 1 (20) (Semester 1) or
HAC-3001: Lleoliad Gwaith - Semester 1 (20) (Semester 1) - HPS-3003: Race democracy * pol ideology (20) (Semester 2)
- HPS-3004: Modern Ideas & Movements (20) (Semester 2)
- SXY-3004: Crime and the Media (20) (Semester 1)
- SCS-3010: Hawliau Ieithyddol (20) (Semester 2)
- SXY-3023: Organised Crime and Counter-Te (20) (Semester 1)
- SXS-3040: Gender Perspectives (20) (Semester 2)
- SXP-3050: Social Issues (20) (Semester 1)