Sociology BA (Hons) 2026-27 Bangor - Full Time - September

{"title": "Bangor - Full Time - September", "wt_programme_id": 4195758, "programme_code": "BA/S", "wt_delivery_id": 4195760, "structure": [{"name": "Academic Year 1", "title": "Year 1", "title_short": "Yr 1", "description": "", "heading": "Academic Year 2026-27", "year": 1, "progress": "Stage", "rule_summary": "The student must take 120 credits from the modules.", "groups": [{"title": "Optional module - Semester two", "description": "", "progress": "Group", "rule_summary": "The student must take 20 credits from the modules.", "expanded_by_default": true, "modules": [{"title": "Britain: Blitz to Brexit, UK Politics and the Post-war World", "module_title": "Britain: Blitz to Brexit, UK Politics and the Post-war World", "short_title": "Britain: Blitz to Brexit", "module_code": "HXH-1012", "marketing_synopsis": "Britain: Blitz to Brexit' takes a global view of the United Kingdom's political history since 1939. We explore how the UK adapted from being the world's leading imperial power to its difficult post-1945 realities. Exploring diverse events, processes, and relationships that shaped the development of the post-war British state, this module acquaints students with key events in contemporary UK political history.", "delivery_locations": ["Bangor"], "credits": 20, "level": "Level 4", "language_code": "en", "language_name": "English", "semester": "", "semester_months": "", "type": "Optional", "language_choice": false}, {"title": "Vulnerability and Risk in Criminal Justice", "module_title": "Vulnerability and Risk in Criminal Justice", "short_title": "Vulnerability and Risk in Criminal Justice", "module_code": "SXY-1015", "marketing_synopsis": "This module introduces students to the concepts of vulnerability and risk in the context of the criminal justice system.\r\nSorry, pressed the button too soon! Is this ok ?\r\n\r\nThis module introduces students to the concepts of vulnerability and risk in the context of the criminal justice system.\r\n\r\nVulnerability and risk are at the core of criminal justice practice - from policing to sentencing in the courts. Using real-life case studies, students will develop their understanding of how different forms of vulnerabilities can affect how victims, witnesses and suspects experience the criminal justice system. Students will apply risk assessments to individuals using scenario-based work.\r\n\r\nThe module provides real insights into the workings of the criminal justice system and how this is experienced differently by vulnerable individuals. Vulnerabilities and risks relate to personal, social and situational circumstances that students will be able to relate to.\r\n\r\nYou will learn how individual experiences of the criminal justice system are shaped by conceptions of vulnerability and risk and how vulnerabilities and risk factors can impact on criminal justice outcomes.\r\n\r\nThe module will be assessed by completing a vulnerability assessment based on a choice of scenarios provided and a risk assessment applied at the sentencing or parole stage for an individual convicted of a crime, scenarios will be provided.", "delivery_locations": ["Bangor"], "credits": 20, "level": "Level 4", "language_code": "en", "language_name": "English", "semester": "", "semester_months": "", "type": "Optional", "language_choice": false}]}, {"title": "Compulsory modules", "description": "", "progress": "Group", "rule_summary": "The student must take 100 credits from the modules.", "subgroups": [{"title": "Introduction to Sociology - Language Choice", "description": "", "progress": "Sub-Group", "rule_summary": "The student must take 20 credits from the modules.", "modules": [{"title": "Introduction to Sociology", "module_title": "Introduction to Sociology", "short_title": "Introduction to Sociology", "module_code": "SXU-1003", "marketing_synopsis": "Introduction to Sociology' provides a foundation for the study of Sociology. This module helps 'make sense' of the world we live in and examines the nature of 'society' from the micro to the macro i.e. from everyday social interactions to globalization.\r\n\r\nThis module will first consider the nature of social sciences and relations between key disciplines and methods. It when then focus on the origins and development of social institutions such as the family, welfare state, education, the labour market .\r\n\r\nThis is an interesting module as students are encouraged to examine their common-sense assumptions by 'thinking sociologically' and gain an understanding of the importance of evidence-based research.\r\n\r\nBy taking this module students will be able to explore their own cultural experiences within a wider sociological context. Student assessment is via an essay and online test.", "delivery_locations": ["Bangor"], "credits": 20, "level": "Level 4", "language_code": "en", "language_name": "English", "semester": "", "semester_months": "", "type": "Compulsory", "language_choice": false}, {"title": "Sociology and the Contemporary World", "module_title": "Sociology and the Contemporary World", "short_title": "Cymdeithaseg a'r Byd Cyfoes", "module_code": "SCS-1004", "marketing_synopsis": "Mae 'Cymdeithaseg a'r Byd Cyfoes' yn cynnig cyflwyniad i Gymdeithaseg fel pwnc. Ymgais gwyddonol i esbonio sut mae'r gymdeithas yn cael ei threfnu yw Cymdeithaseg ac mae'r modiwl hwn yn helpu i 'wneud synnwyr' o'r byd o'n cwmpas trwy archwilio natur 'cymdeithas' a chwestiynau elfennau sy'n gyfarwydd i ni. Mae'r modiwl yn trin a thrafod pynciau llosg fel hunaniaeth, cymdeithasoli a tharddiad a datblygiad sefydliadau cymdeithasol megis y teulu, addysg, y farchnad lafur a dosbarth cymdeithasol. Mae'r modiwl yn ceisio ateb cwestiynau llosg fel, pa mor bwysig yw hunaniaeth i ni fel unigolion, oes gennym galluedd i benderfynu ein gweithredoedd o ddydd i ddydd, oes ystrydebau am y ffordd mae merched a dynion yn cael eu trin o fewn gweithlefydd, pa ffactorau sy'n cyfrannu at lwyddiant ym maes addysg a pham fod rhai grwpiau cymdeithasol yn fwy tebygol o brofi anghydraddoldeb cymdeithasol?", "delivery_locations": ["Bangor"], "credits": 20, "level": "Level 4", "language_code": "cy", "language_name": "Welsh", "semester": "", "semester_months": "", "type": "Compulsory", "language_choice": false}]}, {"title": "Social Policy and Society - Language Choice", "description": "", "progress": "Sub-Group", "rule_summary": "The student must take 20 credits from the modules.", "modules": [{"title": "Social Policy and Society", "module_title": "Social Policy and Society", "short_title": "Social Policy and the State", "module_code": "HPS-1001", "marketing_synopsis": "Social policy is concerned with the ways societies meet human needs for education, housing, work, health and wellbeing. This module examines these key concerns and will also address how the state responds to global challenges of social and economic change, and of poverty, migration and globalisation.\r\n\r\nThis module will first explore the ways and means by which welfare is delivered, examining personal, social, economic and political aspects of welfare. It will discuss key concepts such as social need, health care need, social justice and equality etc. and will also consider services for a variety o people and need.\r\n\r\nThis is an interesting module because it will enable students to identify and analyse problems which we face in our daily lives using perspectives offered by Social Policy and other social sciences.\r\n\r\nBy taking this module you will gain an understanding of the role of the state, and to what extent does the state amplifies or produces social inequalities. Students will be accessed by way of essay and presentation.", "delivery_locations": ["Bangor"], "credits": 20, "level": "Level 4", "language_code": "en", "language_name": "English", "semester": "", "semester_months": "", "type": "Compulsory", "language_choice": false}, {"title": "The Welfare State and Social Policy in Wales", "module_title": "The Welfare State and Social Policy in Wales", "short_title": "Y Wladwriaeth Les", "module_code": "HAC-1001", "marketing_synopsis": "Mae'r modiwl hwn yn ystyried datblygiad y wladwriaeth les a pholisi cymdeithasol yng Nghymru a thu hwnt. Trafodir cysyniadau allweddol yn y maes, gan gyflwyno safbwyntiau ideolegau amrywiol, gan ystyrir sut mae polisiau cymdeithasol yn cael eu llunio, gweithredu a'u hariannu. Mae'r modiwl yn edrych ar ddatblygiad polis\u00c3\u00afau cymdeithasol o ddechrau'r bedwaredd ganrif ar bymtheg hyd at y presennol, a gwneir hynny o fewn cyd-destun gwleidyddol, economaidd, a chymdeithasol. Ystyrier pwy yw'r prif ddarparwyr lles, ac edrychir yn arbennig ar y dimensiwn Cymreig wrth ystyried anghenion, polis\u00c3\u00afau cymdeithasol a darpariaeth lles yng Nghymru ddatganoledig. Yn ogystal \u00e2 thrafod heriau'r dyfodol i'r wladwriaeth les yng Nghymru a thu hwnt.", "delivery_locations": ["Bangor"], "credits": 20, "level": "Level 4", "language_code": "cy", "language_name": "Welsh", "semester": "", "semester_months": "", "type": "Compulsory", "language_choice": false}]}, {"title": "Social Divisions - Language Choice", "description": "", "progress": "Sub-Group", "rule_summary": "The student must take 20 credits from the modules.", "modules": [{"title": "Social Divisions", "module_title": "Social Divisions", "short_title": "Social Divisions", "module_code": "SXU-1006", "marketing_synopsis": "Various inequalities exist across and within society, impacting on our everyday lives. 'Social Divisions' investigates the nature and consequences of 'social divisions' within society, and encourages students too 'shift the lens' to consider the social divisions in relation to their own identity.", "delivery_locations": ["Bangor"], "credits": 20, "level": "Level 4", "language_code": "en", "language_name": "English", "semester": "", "semester_months": "", "type": "Compulsory", "language_choice": false}, {"title": "Social Divisions", "module_title": "Social Divisions", "short_title": "Rhaniadau Cymdeithasol", "module_code": "SCU-1006", "marketing_synopsis": "Mae anghydraddoldebau amrywiol yn bodoli ar draws ac o fewn cymdeithas, gan effeithio ar ein bywydau bob dydd. Mae 'Rhaniadau Cymdeithasol' yn ymchwilio i natur a chanlyniadau 'rhaniadau cymdeithasol' o fewn cymdeithas, ac yn annog myfyrwyr hefyd i 'symud y lens' i ystyried y rhaniadau cymdeithasol mewn perthynas \u00e2'u hunaniaeth eu hunain.", "delivery_locations": ["Bangor"], "credits": 20, "level": "Level 4", "language_code": "cy", "language_name": "Welsh", "semester": "", "semester_months": "", "type": "Compulsory", "language_choice": false}]}, {"title": "Introduction to Criminology - Language Choice", "description": "", "progress": "Sub-Group", "rule_summary": "The student must take 20 credits from the modules.", "modules": [{"title": "Introduction to Criminology", "module_title": "Introduction to Criminology", "short_title": "Introduction to Criminology", "module_code": "SXY-1005", "marketing_synopsis": "Criminology is concerned with social harms that are seen as so grievous that they are criminalised. What wrongdoings find their way into the criminal code varies considerably with time and place as do the behaviours of perpetrators, victims, by-standers, the public and the authorities. This module introduces you to key theories of crime and selected criminological studies. \r\nWhile mainly drawing on situations in the UK, the module also covers crime in the United States, where a lot of criminology hails from, as well examples from other European and non-European countries. After completing this module you will have a basic understanding of crime, its causes and consequences, the trajectory of criminal careers, as well as of the social and institutional responses to crime.", "delivery_locations": ["Bangor"], "credits": 20, "level": "Level 4", "language_code": "en", "language_name": "English", "semester": "", "semester_months": "", "type": "Compulsory", "language_choice": false}, {"title": "Introduction to Criminology", "module_title": "Introduction to Criminology", "short_title": "Cyflwyniad i Droseddeg", "module_code": "SCY-1004", "marketing_synopsis": "Mae troseddeg yn ymwneud \u00e2 niweidiau cymdeithasol yr ystyrir eu bod mor ddifrifol fel eu bod yn cael eu troseddoli. Mae'r camweddau sy'n dod o hyd i'w ffordd i mewn i'r cod troseddol yn amrywio'n sylweddol gydag amser a lle, ac felly hefyd ymddygiad y troseddwyr, y dioddefwyr, y gwylwyr, y cyhoedd a'r awdurdodau. Mae'r modiwl hwn yn cyflwyno myfyrwyr i ddamcaniaethau allweddol trosedd ac astudiaethau troseddegol dethol.", "delivery_locations": ["Bangor"], "credits": 20, "level": "Level 4", "language_code": "cy", "language_name": "Welsh", "semester": "", "semester_months": "", "type": "Compulsory", "language_choice": false}]}, {"title": "Research Skills - Language Choice", "description": "", "progress": "Sub-Group", "rule_summary": "The student must take 20 credits from the modules.", "modules": [{"title": "Research Skills", "module_title": "Research Skills", "short_title": "Research Skills", "module_code": "SXU-1007", "marketing_synopsis": "This module will introduce you to the principal research methods used across the humanities and social sciences through supporting you to work together to answer problems that are relevant to your subject. The module is designed to provide you with a foundation in achieving Bangor Graduate Characteristics, specifically in terms of collaboration, enquiry and taking on new challenges. We will explore the role of research across workplaces that employ our graduates. The module is also a first step within a research pathway across our degrees.", "delivery_locations": ["Bangor"], "credits": 20, "level": "Level 4", "language_code": "en", "language_name": "English", "semester": "", "semester_months": "", "type": "Compulsory", "language_choice": false}, {"title": "Research Skills", "module_title": "Research Skills", "short_title": "Sgiliau Ymchwil", "module_code": "SCU-1007", "marketing_synopsis": "Bydd y modiwl hwn yn eich cyflwyno i\u2019r prif ddulliau ymchwil a defnyddir ar draws y dyniaethau a gwyddorau cymdeithas drwy gyd-weithio i ateb problemau sydd wedi eu gwreiddio yn eich pwnc. Mae\u2019r modiwl wedi ei ddylunio i roi sylfaen i chi o ran cyflawni Nodweddion Graddedigion Bangor, yn benodol o ran cydweithio, ymholi ac ymgymryd \u00e2 heriau newydd. Byddwn yn archwilio i r\u00f4l ymchwil ar draws y gweithleoedd sydd yn cyflogi ein graddedigion. Mae\u2019r modiwl hefyd yn gam cyntaf o fewn llwybr ymchwil ar draws ein graddau.", "delivery_locations": ["Bangor"], "credits": 20, "level": "Level 4", "language_code": "cy", "language_name": "Welsh", "semester": "", "semester_months": "", "type": "Compulsory", "language_choice": false}]}], "expanded_by_default": true}]}, {"name": "Academic Year 2", "title": "Year 2", "title_short": "Yr 2", "description": "", "heading": "Academic Year 2027-28", "year": 2, "progress": "Stage", "rule_summary": "The student must take 120 credits from the modules.", "groups": [{"title": "Compulsory modules", "description": "", "progress": "Group", "rule_summary": "The student must take 80 credits from the modules.", "subgroups": [{"title": "Social research methods - Language Choice", "description": "", "progress": "Sub-Group", "rule_summary": "The student must take 20 credits from the modules.", "modules": [{"title": "Social and Political Research", "module_title": "Social and Political Research", "short_title": "Social & Political Research", "module_code": "SXU-2001", "marketing_synopsis": "Researchers use a range of methods and techniques to 'understand' the social world. 'Social and Political Research' introduces different research methods and techniques and provides an understanding of research design, data analysis, interpretation and presentation.", "delivery_locations": ["Bangor"], "credits": 20, "level": "Level 5", "language_code": "en", "language_name": "English", "semester": "", "semester_months": "", "type": "Compulsory", "language_choice": false}, {"title": "Research Methods", "module_title": "Research Methods", "short_title": "Dulliau Ymchwil", "module_code": "SCU-2001", "marketing_synopsis": "Mae Dulliau Ymchwil yn fodiwl sy'n cynnig pecyn cymorth methodoleg cynhwysfawr i fyfyrwyr. Bwriad y modiwl yw cynnig hyfforddiant er mwyn deall holl gamau'r broses ymchwil a dysgu sut i fod yn ymchwilydd effeithiol. Mae'r modiwl hwn yn datblygu'r 'dychymyg methodolegol '. Mae'n cynnwys dulliau a ddefnyddir mewn ymchwil gwyddorau cymdeithasol cyfoes, gan ganolbwyntio ar faterion yn ymwneud \u00e2 chynllunio ymchwil, dulliau newydd, casglu a dadansoddi data.\r\n Trafodir ystod o ddulliau a'u hasesu'n feirniadol gan ddefnyddio astudiaethau enghreifftiol. Gofynnir cwestiynau fel beth yw ymchwil gymdeithasol, pa bersbecfif ymchwil yr ydych am ddilyn, pa ddulliau wnewch chi ddefnyddio, pwy fydd eich sampl ymchwil, beth am ofynion moeseg ymchwil, a sut ydych chi am gasglu, dadansoddi a dehongli data? Tynnir ar enghreifftiau cyfoes o brosiectau ymchwil yng Nghymru a thu hwnt er mwyn dod a'r maes yn fyw i fyfyrwyr.", "delivery_locations": ["Bangor"], "credits": 20, "level": "Level 5", "language_code": "cy", "language_name": "Welsh", "semester": "", "semester_months": "", "type": "Compulsory", "language_choice": false}]}, {"title": "Social Theory - Language Choice", "description": "", "progress": "Sub-Group", "rule_summary": "The student must take 20 credits from the modules.", "modules": [{"title": "Classical Social Theory", "module_title": "Classical Social Theory", "short_title": "Classical Social Theory", "module_code": "SXS-2035", "marketing_synopsis": "Classical Social theory' helps us understand the key ideas and arguments about how and why society came to be, changes, and develops over time. This module helps students both 'understand' society and develop the skills to critically read theory.", "delivery_locations": ["Bangor"], "credits": 20, "level": "Level 5", "language_code": "en", "language_name": "English", "semester": "", "semester_months": "", "type": "Compulsory", "language_choice": false}, {"title": "Sociological Theory", "module_title": "Sociological Theory", "short_title": "Theori Gymdeithasegol", "module_code": "SCS-2007", "marketing_synopsis": "Nod y modiwl hwn yn datblygu dealltwriaeth myfyrwyr o'r modd y datblygodd theori gymdeithasegol glasurol fel dull o wneud synnwyr o gymdeithas. Mae'r modiwl yn cychwyn drwy ystyried ymdriniaethau cynnar cymdeithasegwyr clasurol, a'i dylanwadau, gan ffocysu ar waith Emile Durkheim, Karl Marx a Max Weber. \r\n\r\nMae Durkheim yn enw cyfarwydd ym maes theori gymdeithasegol, gan ei fod yn cyflwyno syniadau am y cysyniad o gymdeithas fel corff organig. Mae Marx yn adnabyddus am ei waith ar theori gwrthdaro, gan dynnu sylw at yr anghydraddoldebau cymdeithasol a fodolai o fewn y gymdeithas gyfalafol. Yn y cyfamser, mae Weber yn enwog am ei waith ar fiwrocratiaeth, rheolaeth gymdeithasol a chymdeithasau rhyngweithiol. Tra bod y modiwl hwn yn cyflwyno'r damcaniaethau allweddol hyn o fewn theori gymdeithasegol glasurol, Mae'r modiwl hefyd yn cyfeirio at y modd y datblygodd cymdeithasegwyr mwy diweddar ei gwaith gan ei gymhwyso i gymdeithas gyfoes. Yn flaenllaw o blith y damcaniaethau hyn mae gwaith y ffeministiaid a ddatblygodd theori gymdeithasegol a oedd yn ymateb i'r heriau a wynebwyd gan ferched o fewn cymdeithas.", "delivery_locations": ["Bangor"], "credits": 20, "level": "Level 5", "language_code": "cy", "language_name": "Welsh", "semester": "", "semester_months": "", "type": "Compulsory", "language_choice": false}]}, {"title": "Contemporary Social Debates - Language Choice", "description": "", "progress": "Sub-Group", "rule_summary": "The student must take 20 credits from the modules.", "modules": [{"title": "Contemporary Social and Political Debates", "module_title": "Contemporary Social and Political Debates", "short_title": "Analys. Social & Political Deb", "module_code": "SXU-2002", "marketing_synopsis": "Contemporary Social and Political debates' is a module that responds to the emerging social and political issues of our time. This is an interesting and dynamic course that evolves year on year as the curriculum taught is largely designed in response to student interests. The first workshop will identify the themes and issues to be addressed, and draw up the curriculum for that academic session derived from previous years as well as new and emerging topics identified by students. This is decided collaboratively between staff and students.\n\nThe workshop style of teaching and learning enables a creative and discursive teaching environment, where students might examine case studies, view films and documentaries, listen to podcasts, do groups work, gather evidence on a topic and attend events (such as The Refugee Monologues by Actors for Human Right) etc.. This module teaches students how to be critical and reflective thinkers, learn how apply sociological theory to local and global events and issues and demonstrates the importance of evidenced-based knowledge.", "delivery_locations": ["Bangor"], "credits": 20, "level": "Level 5", "language_code": "en", "language_name": "English", "semester": "", "semester_months": "", "type": "Compulsory", "language_choice": false}, {"title": "Education in Contemporary Wales", "module_title": "Education in Contemporary Wales", "short_title": "Addysg yn y Gymru Gyfoes", "module_code": "HAC-2002", "marketing_synopsis": "Mae'r modiwl hwn yn cynnig trosolwg o nifer o elfennau traddodiadol a chyfoes y system addysg yng Nghymru. Mae'r modiwl yn ymdrin ag ystod eang o faterion addysgol, gan olrhain hanes a tharddiad y system addysg gyffredinol yn y Deyrnas Unedig ac yng Nghymru gan ganolbwyntio'n arbennig ar ddatblygiadau system addysg cyfrwng Cymraeg yng Nghymru cyn ac ar \u00f4l cyfnod o ddatganoli. Mae'r modiwl yn trin a thrafod newidiadau cyfoes y system addysg yng Nghymru megis y cwricwlwm addysg newydd yng Nghymru a goblygiadau newidiadau polisi addysg cyfoes yng Nghymru hefyd. Mae'r modiwl hwn hefyd yn trafod cyfraniad ac effaith systemau addysg ar ddatblygiad y maes cynllunio ieithyddol yng Nghymru ac mewn perthynas ag ieithoedd lleiafrifol Ewrop.", "delivery_locations": ["Bangor"], "credits": 20, "level": "Level 5", "language_code": "cy", "language_name": "Welsh", "semester": "", "semester_months": "", "type": "Compulsory", "language_choice": false}]}], "expanded_by_default": true, "modules": [{"title": "Gender Perspectives", "module_title": "Gender Perspectives", "short_title": "GenPer", "module_code": "SXS-2097", "marketing_synopsis": "The study of gender examines how it has historically culturally, and socially shaped society. This module offers the opportunity to develop expertise in range of gender theories, and consider the impact gender has in terms of education, work, social movements, the media, and our future.\r\n\r\nThis is an interesting module because you will gain an understanding of the various cultural, historical, political and sociological aspects of gender.\r\n\r\nStudent assessment includes an essay, and an innovative blog where you are asked to consider one area in which men or women experience inequalities and how would you tackle this?", "delivery_locations": ["Bangor"], "credits": 20, "level": "Level 5", "language_code": "en", "language_name": "English", "semester": "", "semester_months": "", "type": "Compulsory", "language_choice": false}]}, {"title": "Optional modules in Social Sciences", "description": "Students should choose between 20- 40 credits", "progress": "Group", "rule_summary": "The student must take between 20 and 40 credits from the modules.\n\nThe student must take between 1 and 2 modules.", "subgroups": [{"title": "Work Placement", "description": "", "progress": "Sub-Group", "rule_summary": "The student must take a maximum of 20 credits from the modules.", "modules": [{"title": "Work Placement", "module_title": "Work Placement", "short_title": "Lleoliad Gwaith - Semester 2", "module_code": "HAC-2005", "marketing_synopsis": "Yn y modiwl hwn, mae myfyrwyr yn trefnu eu lleoliadau gwaith eu hunain wedi'u teilwra i'w diddordebau, gyda chefnogaeth gan d\u00eem y modiwl. Mae lleoliadau gwaith yn cynnig profiad gwerthfawr yn y byd go iawn ac yn gwella arbenigedd academaidd, gan gryfhau CVs myfyrwyr. Mae\u2019r modiwl hwn yn pwysleisio dysgu sy'n seiliedig ar y byd gwaith, gan feithrin sgiliau cyflogadwyedd ar gyfer cyd-destunau proffesiynol yn y dyfodol. Gall lleoliadau fod yn lleol i'r brifysgol neu i gyfeiriad y myfyriwr yn ystod y tymor.", "delivery_locations": ["Bangor"], "credits": 20, "level": "Level 5", "language_code": "cy", "language_name": "Welsh", "semester": "", "semester_months": "", "type": "Optional", "language_choice": false}, {"title": "Work Placement", "module_title": "Work Placement", "short_title": "Work Placement - Semester 2", "module_code": "HPS-2005", "marketing_synopsis": "Work placements help you to build academic expertise as well as to gain real-world experience that you can then put on your CV. This module provides the opportunity for work-based learning and prepare students for future work-based contexts by developing their employability skills.\n\nStudents will identify and arrange their own placements. If the student has any difficulties staff will assist in this process. Students are allowed to undertake placements local to the university or their term time address. Students will be accessed by virtue of a reflexive report and presentation.", "delivery_locations": ["Bangor"], "credits": 20, "level": "Level 5", "language_code": "en", "language_name": "English", "semester": "", "semester_months": "", "type": "Optional", "language_choice": false}]}], "expanded_by_default": true, "modules": [{"title": "Serial Killers", "module_title": "Serial Killers", "short_title": "Serial Killers", "module_code": "HPS-2015", "marketing_synopsis": "This module explores the curious figure of the serial killer. Students will examine real-life case studies and fictional depictions of serial killers, their victims, the criminal investigations surrounding them, and the reporting of their crimes in the media to begin to understand who or what the serial killer is why this figure continues to capture the popular imagination.", "delivery_locations": ["Bangor"], "credits": 20, "level": "Level 5", "language_code": "en", "language_name": "English", "semester": "", "semester_months": "", "type": "Optional", "language_choice": false}, {"title": "The Sociology of Health and Illness", "module_title": "The Sociology of Health and Illness", "short_title": "Sociology of Health", "module_code": "NHS-2201", "marketing_synopsis": "This module will teach care and therapeutic skills through a range of classroom based sessions, supported by clinical placement allocation, simulation and facilitated workshops promoting patient safety and quality of care. In accordance with the All Wales guidance (2019) in part three of the programme students are expected to lead and coordinate care. Students are also expected to maintain the standards assessed at the first and second in point assessments relating to person-centred care and medicines management. This will be achieved by students being able to practice, gain confidence, question and research care and therapeutic skills in a controlled, safe environment. Applying a process of reflective self-assessment the student will critically evaluate their professional practice and placement learning experiences. This module will span the entire academic year of the programme and prepare students to achieve the proficiencies outlined in the Once for Wales 2020 Clinical Practice Assessment Document and Ongoing Record of Achievement (PAD).\u00a0", "delivery_locations": ["Bangor"], "credits": 20, "level": "Level 5", "language_code": "en", "language_name": "English", "semester": "", "semester_months": "", "type": "Optional", "language_choice": false}, {"title": "Understanding Crime", "module_title": "Understanding Crime", "short_title": "Deall Trosedd", "module_code": "SCY-2001", "marketing_synopsis": "Mae'r modiwl yn canolbwyntio ar agweddau a syniadau damcaniaethwyr mawr yn yr astudiaeth gyfoes o droseddu, rheolaeth gymdeithasol a dioddefaint. troseddeg yw astudio trosedd a chyfiawnder troseddol", "delivery_locations": ["Bangor"], "credits": 20, "level": "Level 5", "language_code": "cy", "language_name": "Welsh", "semester": "", "semester_months": "", "type": "Optional", "language_choice": false}, {"title": "The Police and Contemporary Society", "module_title": "The Police and Contemporary Society", "short_title": "Yr Heddlu a Chymdeithas Gyfoes", "module_code": "SCY-2005", "marketing_synopsis": "Amcan y modiwl hwn yw egluro a thrafod swyddogaeth yr heddlu yn y gymdeithas gyfoes. Yn y blynyddoedd diweddar, bu sawl newid mawr i waith yr heddlu, a gellir disgwyl diwygiadau pellach yn dod o du pwysau gwleidyddol. Bydd myfyrwyr yn cael eu cyflwyno i bolis\u00efau ac ymarferion gwaith cyfoes yr heddlu yn ogystal \u00e2\u2019r fframwaith statudol sy\u2019n eu llywodraethu. Yn ogystal, edrychir ar y newidiadau cymdeithasol, cyfreithiol, ac economaidd, a\u2019u heffaith ar waith yr heddlu a pholisi cyfiawnder troseddol. Rhoddir sylw i them\u00e2u eraill hefyd, gan gynnwys perthynas yr heddlu \u00e2'r cyfryngau, diwylliant yr heddlu, dulliau plismona, ac amrywiaeth gymdeithasol.", "delivery_locations": ["Bangor"], "credits": 20, "level": "Level 5", "language_code": "cy", "language_name": "Welsh", "semester": "", "semester_months": "", "type": "Optional", "language_choice": false}, {"title": "Poverty and Inequality", "module_title": "Poverty and Inequality", "short_title": " Poverty and Inequality", "module_code": "SXP-2010", "marketing_synopsis": "Poverty, and the negative outcomes associated with it, is a key focus of and social policy. This module provides students with a knowledge of the debates about the definition, causation, incidence, and effects of poverty and inequality in both the UK and a comparative context, and provides an analysis of the policy initiatives currently employed to address the problem. It considers many aspects including gender and poverty; ethnicity and poverty,; crime and poverty and regional poverty. It also has a focus on global poverty and the billion people living on less than 2 dollars a day. \r\n\r\nBy taking this module students will gain a deeper understanding of the principal causes of poverty and inequality within various contexts.\r\n\r\nAn interesting feature of the module is that it has guest lecturers, for instance guest lecturers on the Danish welfare state and on the growth of food banks in the UK. Student assessment is via an essay and an exam", "delivery_locations": ["Bangor"], "credits": 20, "level": "Level 5", "language_code": "en", "language_name": "English", "semester": "", "semester_months": "", "type": "Optional", "language_choice": false}, {"title": "Criminological Theory", "module_title": "Criminological Theory", "short_title": "Criminological Theory", "module_code": "SXY-2001", "marketing_synopsis": "This module introduces students to the main theoretical approaches and ideas in the contemporary study of crime, social control and victimisation. With a focus on the period from the 19th century up to the present day, the module explores various explanations of criminal behaviour under a theoretical lens, including biological, psychological, and sociological theories. The module thus investigates the origins, principal ideas, and practical implications of these theories to highlight the relevance of criminological ideas to a range of current criminal justice and crime issues.", "delivery_locations": ["Bangor"], "credits": 20, "level": "Level 5", "language_code": "en", "language_name": "English", "semester": "", "semester_months": "", "type": "Optional", "language_choice": false}, {"title": "Crime and Justice in Modern Britain", "module_title": "Crime and Justice in Modern Britain", "short_title": "Crime & Justice in Mod Britain", "module_code": "SXY-2002", "marketing_synopsis": "This module aims to build on the introduction to the criminal justice system in England and Wales provided in Year 1 through SXY1007. It will reinforce and advance students' understanding of various measures of crime, and how the main criminal justice agencies operate in particular circumstances and under the demands of increasing international concerns about certain types of crime. Thus, the role, responsibilities and levels of accountability of the main criminal justice agencies will be reviewed in the context of contemporary concerns about specific types of crimes and criminals, such as youth crime, terrorism and state crime, white collar, cyber and organised crime. The module will focus on advancing the discussion of the most dominant debates in criminal justice and penology. In doing so the module aims to advance students\u2019 understanding of criminal justice statistics as well as the value of comparative analysis of criminal justice practices and procedures.", "delivery_locations": ["Bangor"], "credits": 20, "level": "Level 5", "language_code": "en", "language_name": "English", "semester": "", "semester_months": "", "type": "Optional", "language_choice": false}, {"title": "Crime and the Media", "module_title": "Crime and the Media", "short_title": "Crime & the Media", "module_code": "SXY-2004", "marketing_synopsis": "The module deals with the cultural and political significance of media and crime. The difference between the \u201creal\u201d and the \u201cfiction\u201d will be only one topic. Also, students learn about historic, political, legal and other backgrounds of media stories. Major crime narratives employed by media will be identified. The standard patterns of telling and other technical means of media are analysed. The audience\u2019s reaction to media and its use of media also form a topic of the class.", "delivery_locations": ["Bangor"], "credits": 20, "level": "Level 5", "language_code": "en", "language_name": "English", "semester": "", "semester_months": "", "type": "Optional", "language_choice": false}]}, {"title": "Optional modules within Philosophy and Politics", "description": "Students should choose between 0- 20 credits", "progress": "Group", "rule_summary": "The student must take a maximum of 20 credits from the modules.\n\nThe student may not take more than 1 module.", "expanded_by_default": true, "modules": [{"title": "Twentieth Century Ideas and Movements", "module_title": "Twentieth Century Ideas and Movements", "short_title": "20th Century Ideas & Movements", "module_code": "HPS-2004", "marketing_synopsis": "Twentieth Century Ideas and Movements' explores twentieth century history through key political ideologies and the movements and individuals that shaped them. Among the ideologies covered are Communism, Fascism, Socialism and Social Democracy, Conservatism, Liberalism, and Nationalisms.", "delivery_locations": ["Bangor"], "credits": 20, "level": "Level 5", "language_code": "en", "language_name": "English", "semester": "", "semester_months": "", "type": "Optional", "language_choice": false}, {"title": "Media, Politics and Society", "module_title": "Media, Politics and Society", "short_title": "Media, Politics & Society", "module_code": "UXS-2046", "marketing_synopsis": "Media and Journalism are central conduits of the flow of information through contemporary society, shaping what we know, and how we feel and interact with the world. This module examines key relationships between media, journalism, politics and society to help you answer challenging and important questions of our time.", "delivery_locations": ["Bangor"], "credits": 20, "level": "Level 5", "language_code": "en", "language_name": "English", "semester": "", "semester_months": "", "type": "Optional", "language_choice": false}, {"title": "AI Ethics", "module_title": "AI Ethics", "short_title": "AI Ethics", "module_code": "UXS-2803", "marketing_synopsis": "This module, AI Ethics, will give students the conceptual tools to understand the centrality of AI to modern society, and the political, ethical and governance issues it raises. It will involve assessing technologies and their impact on society. By means of case studies, consideration of technologies, and policy challenges, students will learn to offer expert opinion on how to resolve ethical conundrums that deny easy answers. It will be assessed by a group-led seminar and a report.", "delivery_locations": ["Bangor"], "credits": 20, "level": "Level 5", "language_code": "en", "language_name": "English", "semester": "", "semester_months": "", "type": "Optional", "language_choice": false}]}]}, {"name": "Academic Year 3", "title": "Year 3", "title_short": "Yr 3", "description": "The student must take 120 credits from the modules in Year 3.", "heading": "Academic Year 2028-29", "year": 3, "progress": "Stage", "rule_summary": "The student must take 120 credits from the modules.", "groups": [{"title": "Compulsory modules", "description": "", "progress": "Group", "rule_summary": "The student must take 80 credits from the modules.", "subgroups": [{"title": "Theorizing Society and Politics - Language Choice", "description": "", "progress": "Sub-Group", "rule_summary": "The student must take 20 credits from the modules.", "modules": [{"title": "Theorizing Society and Politics Today", "module_title": "Theorizing Society and Politics Today", "short_title": "Theorizing Society & Politics", "module_code": "SXS-3003", "marketing_synopsis": "Theorizing Society & Politics Today' examines contemporary social and political theories. Students discuss strengths and weaknesses of theories and concepts and reflect on how their own positionings in society affect their thinking about society and politics. Students are required to reflect on basic concepts such as the state, patriarchy, capitalism, and are able to sharpen their skills in independent and critical thinking. Beyond a stable spine of fundamental topics such as the state, patriarchy, education, subjects discussed vary every year to reflect current concerns, such as authoritarianism, ecology, technology, or sustainable development. Assessments include a presentation that can be given in the classroom or recorded, an essay plan, feedback upon which will help writing the final essay, and the essay.", "delivery_locations": ["Bangor"], "credits": 20, "level": "Level 6", "language_code": "en", "language_name": "English", "semester": "", "semester_months": "", "type": "Compulsory", "language_choice": false}, {"title": "Power, Capital and Society", "module_title": "Power, Capital and Society", "short_title": "Pwer, Cyfalaf a Chymdeithas", "module_code": "SCS-3013", "marketing_synopsis": "Diben y modiwl hwn yw astudio'r consensws a'r gwrthdaro o fewn cymdeithas, gan gwestiynu'r modd y mae grymoedd cymdeithasol yn dylanwadu ar yr unigolyn. Bydd y modiwl yn codi cwestiynau yngl\u00c5\u00b7n \u00e2 sut mae normau a gwerthoedd cymdeithasol yn cael eu cyfreithloni, gan gwestiynu buddiannau pwy sy'n cael ei gynrychioli gan y gwerthoedd hyn. Byddwn felly yn trafod y berthynas rhwng yr unigolyn a chymdeithas, gan gloriannu'r dadleuon rhwng galluedd yr unigolyn a dylanwad strwythurau cymdeithas ar yr unigolyn. Bydd y modiwl yn gorffen drwy ystyried enghreifftiau o synthesis damcaniaethol rhwng y ddau safbwynt.\r\n\r\nBydd y modiwl hwn yn cyflwyno'r myfyrwyr i rai o ddamcaniaethwyr cymdeithasegol y cyfnod modern, gan adeiladau ar ei dealltwriaeth o ddamcaniaethau cymdeithasegol clasurol. Cychwynnir drwy astudio'r modd y datblygodd y traddodiad Marcsaidd gan dalu sylw penodol at gyfraniad Antonio Gramsci. Wrth drafod gwaith Gramsci byddwn yn canolbwyntio ar ei gysyniad o hegemoni, rheolaeth gymdeithasol a chydsyniad.\r\n\r\nYna byddwn yn astudio damcaniaeth gwrthdaro, a chyfraniad meddylwyr yr Ysgol Frankfurt (e.e. Marcuse, Adorno, Hokenhimer, a Habermas). Fel Gramsci, roedd y damcaniaethwyr hyn yn ysgrifennu yn y traddodiad Marcsaidd gyda diddordeb mewn p\u0175er a rheolaeth gymdeithasol. Astudiwn y modd yr oedd y damcaniaethwyr amrywiol o fewn yr YF yn dehongli'r modd yr oedd y system yn tra-arglwyddi dros unigolion, yn gorchymyn, manipiwleiddio, dallu a thwyllo unigolion i gynnal ac atgynhyrchu strwythur cymdeithas.\r\n\r\nBydd y modiwl yn cloi drwy ystyried cyfraniad Pierre Bourdieu a Michel Foucault a'r modd y gwelant ddosbarthiad p\u0175er o fewn cymdeithas fodern.", "delivery_locations": ["Bangor"], "credits": 20, "level": "Level 6", "language_code": "cy", "language_name": "Welsh", "semester": "", "semester_months": "", "type": "Compulsory", "language_choice": false}]}, {"title": "Dissertation - Language Choice", "description": "", "progress": "Sub-Group", "rule_summary": "The student must take 40 credits from the modules.", "modules": [{"title": "School of History, Philosophy and Social Sciences BA Dissertation", "module_title": "School of History, Philosophy and Social Sciences BA Dissertation", "short_title": "Dissertation", "module_code": "HPS-3006", "marketing_synopsis": "This module brings together all the skills and experience related to Archaeology, Criminology, Heritage, History, Religion, Philosophy, Social Policy and Social Sciences learnt in Years 1 and 2 through the successful completion of an independent research project (10,000-words in length). You will produce a substantive piece of independent research on a topic of your choice, and you will also manage how you research it and how you write it. Each student is allocated a dissertation supervisor who will normally meet with them on a one to one tutorial basis to supervise their research and discuss their progress.", "delivery_locations": ["Bangor"], "credits": 40, "level": "Level 6", "language_code": "en", "language_name": "English", "semester": "", "semester_months": "", "type": "Compulsory", "language_choice": false}, {"title": "BA Dissertation School of History, Philosophy and Social Sciences", "module_title": "BA Dissertation School of History, Philosophy and Social Sciences", "short_title": "Traethawd Hir", "module_code": "HAC-3006", "marketing_synopsis": "Mae\u2019r modiwl hwn yn dwyn ynghyd yr holl sgiliau a phrofiad sy\u2019n ymwneud ag Archaeoleg, Troseddeg, Treftadaeth, Hanes, Crefydd, Athroniaeth, Polisi Cymdeithasol a\u2019r Gwyddorau Cymdeithasol a ddysgwyd ym Mlynyddoedd 1 a 2 trwy gwblhau prosiect ymchwil annibynnol yn llwyddiannus (10,000 o eiriau o hyd) . Byddwch yn cynhyrchu darn sylweddol o ymchwil annibynnol ar bwnc o'ch dewis, a byddwch hefyd yn rheoli sut yr ydych yn mynd ati i ymchwilio ac i ysgrifennu ffrwyth eich darganfyddiadau. Bydd myfyrwyr yn cael cyfle i ddatblygu'r pwnc trwy weithio'n agos gyda goruchwyliwr.", "delivery_locations": ["Bangor"], "credits": 40, "level": "Level 6", "language_code": "cy", "language_name": "Welsh", "semester": "", "semester_months": "", "type": "Compulsory", "language_choice": false}]}], "expanded_by_default": true, "modules": [{"title": "Globalisation and Social Change", "module_title": "Globalisation and Social Change", "short_title": "Globalisation & Social Change", "module_code": "SXS-3030", "marketing_synopsis": "Globalisation is a complex and multifaceted phenomenon exhibiting a series of economic, social, technological, cultural and political changes among people, societies and economies in disparate locations. This module draws on theories of social structure and social change to account for the diversity of contemporary societies in the context of globalisation. \r\n\r\nThis is an interesting module as it will introduce students to key approaches to globalisation in sociology and related disciplines with a focus on critical debates over global society, culture, economies, political ideologies and power inequalities.\r\n\r\nStudents will be assessed via an essay and a poster presentation.", "delivery_locations": ["Bangor"], "credits": 20, "level": "Level 6", "language_code": "en", "language_name": "English", "semester": "", "semester_months": "", "type": "Compulsory", "language_choice": false}]}, {"title": "Optional modules", "description": "", "progress": "Group", "rule_summary": "The student must take 40 credits from the modules.", "subgroups": [{"title": "Work Placement", "description": "Students cannot take this module in if they took it year 2", "progress": "Sub-Group", "rule_summary": "The student must take a maximum of 20 credits from the modules.\n\nThe student must take 1 module.", "modules": [{"title": "Work Placement", "module_title": "Work Placement", "short_title": "Work Placement", "module_code": "HPS-3001", "marketing_synopsis": "Work placements help you to build academic expertise as well as to gain real-world experience that you can then put on your CV. This module provides the opportunity for work-based learning and prepare students for future work-based contexts by developing their employability skills.", "delivery_locations": ["Bangor"], "credits": 20, "level": "Level 6", "language_code": "en", "language_name": "English", "semester": "", "semester_months": "", "type": "Optional", "language_choice": false}, {"title": "Work Placement", "module_title": "Work Placement", "short_title": "Lleoliad Gwaith", "module_code": "HAC-3001", "marketing_synopsis": "Mae lleoliadau gwaith yn eich helpu i feithrin arbenigedd academaidd yn ogystal ag ennill profiad byd go iawn y gallwch wedyn ei roi ar eich CV. Mae'r modiwl hwn yn rhoi'r cyfle ar gyfer dysgu seiliedig ar waith ac yn paratoi myfyrwyr ar gyfer cyd-destunau seiliedig ar waith yn y dyfodol trwy ddatblygu eu sgiliau cyflogadwyedd.", "delivery_locations": ["Bangor"], "credits": 20, "level": "Level 6", "language_code": "cy", "language_name": "Welsh", "semester": "", "semester_months": "", "type": "Optional", "language_choice": false}]}], "expanded_by_default": true, "modules": [{"title": "Education in Contemporary Wales", "module_title": "Education in Contemporary Wales", "short_title": "Addysg yn y Gymru Gyfoes", "module_code": "HAC-3002", "marketing_synopsis": "Mae'r modiwl hwn yn canolbwyntio ar y pryderon a'r cysyniadau allweddol ym mholisi addysg y DU, gyda sylw arbennig i addysg cyfrwng Cymraeg yng Nghymru a'r fframwaith ehangach o ddatblygiadau polisi cymdeithasol yng Nghymru. Gosodir hyn o fewn cyd-destun Ewropeaidd ehangach.", "delivery_locations": ["Bangor"], "credits": 20, "level": "Level 6", "language_code": "cy", "language_name": "Welsh", "semester": "", "semester_months": "", "type": "Optional", "language_choice": false}, {"title": "Race Democracy and Political Ideology", "module_title": "Race Democracy and Political Ideology", "short_title": "Race democracy * pol ideology", "module_code": "HPS-3003", "marketing_synopsis": "This is an interdisciplinary module that explores the relationship between race and identity and the socio-cultural discourses, and the politics of power to consider how these inform or become political ideologies. The module critically examines the past and the present to understand the reproduction of social inequalities and discrimination in society today.\r\n\r\nThis module is delivered via interactive workshops and has a number of guest lecturers or representatives from organizations who are experts in the filed delivering some of the sessions as well as opportunities to participate in events or filed trips.\r\n\r\nThe module is assessed via an essay and an new article.", "delivery_locations": ["Bangor"], "credits": 20, "level": "Level 6", "language_code": "en", "language_name": "English", "semester": "", "semester_months": "", "type": "Optional", "language_choice": false}, {"title": "Sociology of Religion", "module_title": "Sociology of Religion", "short_title": "Sociology of Religion", "module_code": "HPS-3008", "marketing_synopsis": "This module delves into the diverse sociological perspectives on religion, acknowledging its pervasive presence across human societies. Despite variations in beliefs, religion has remained integral throughout history, influencing individual responses to their surroundings.To comprehend religion's evolving role, the module explores various sociological approaches, addressing contemporary debates like the politicization of religion and secularization. Grounded in classical and contemporary sociological frameworks from scholars like Durkheim, Marx, Weber, and recent contributors, the module navigates through different religious contexts to understand religion's changing functions.", "delivery_locations": ["Bangor"], "credits": 20, "level": "Level 6", "language_code": "en", "language_name": "English", "semester": "", "semester_months": "", "type": "Optional", "language_choice": false}, {"title": "Serial Killers", "module_title": "Serial Killers", "short_title": "Serial Killers", "module_code": "HPS-3015", "marketing_synopsis": "This module explores the curious figure of the serial killer. Students will examine real-life case studies and fictional depictions of serial killers, their victims, the criminal investigations surrounding them, and the reporting of their crimes in the media to begin to understand who or what the serial killer is why this figure continues to capture the popular imagination.", "delivery_locations": ["Bangor"], "credits": 20, "level": "Level 6", "language_code": "en", "language_name": "English", "semester": "", "semester_months": "", "type": "Optional", "language_choice": false}, {"title": "Language Rights", "module_title": "Language Rights", "short_title": "Hawliau Ieithyddol", "module_code": "SCS-3010", "marketing_synopsis": "Ceir ymdriniaeth drylwyr o faes hawliau ieithyddol yn ystod y modiwl hon. Mae'n cynnwys ymdrin \u00e2'r ddadl ynghylch hawliau ieithyddol a gosod yr hawliau hyn o fewn fframwaith polisi hanesyddol y maes ac yn ogystal o fewn cyd-destun ehangach hawliau lleiafrifol. Mae'r modiwl yn pwyso a mesur hawliau'r unigolyn a hawliau grwp a'r damcaniaethau allweddol sydd ynghlwm wrthynt. Bydd y modiwl hefyd yn cynnwys trafodaeth ynglyn \u00e2 sicrhau hawliau ieithyddol mewn perthynas \u00e2'r iaith Gymraeg yng Nghymru, ac yn ogystal, yn tynnu ar ddatblygiadau ar lefel Ewropeaidd yn y maes.", "delivery_locations": ["Bangor"], "credits": 20, "level": "Level 6", "language_code": "cy", "language_name": "Welsh", "semester": "", "semester_months": "", "type": "Optional", "language_choice": false}, {"title": "Crime and Justice", "module_title": "Crime and Justice", "short_title": "Trosedd a Chyfiawnder", "module_code": "SCY-3003", "marketing_synopsis": "Mae'r modiwl hwn yn canolbwyntio ar drafod sut mae'r prif asiantaethau cyfiawnder troseddol yn ymateb i ofynion trosedd rhyngwladol. Bydd myfyrwyr yn ystyried swyddogaethau, cyfrifoldebau, a lefelau atebolrwydd y prif asiantaethau hyn mewn cyd-destun troseddwyr a throseddau penodol megis troseddau ieuenctid, terfysgaeth, trosedd seiber, a throseddau difrifol. Mae'r modiwl yn cyflwyno ac yn gwerthuso gwaith yr asiantaethau hyn yn y byd cyfoes, gan ganolbwyntio'n benodol ar ymatebion i droseddau a throseddwyr penodol.", "delivery_locations": ["Bangor"], "credits": 20, "level": "Level 6", "language_code": "cy", "language_name": "Welsh", "semester": "", "semester_months": "", "type": "Optional", "language_choice": false}, {"title": "Tackling Inequalities", "module_title": "Tackling Inequalities", "short_title": "TackInequal", "module_code": "SXP-3050", "marketing_synopsis": "Social problems are inherent facets of human societies, hindering the well-being and harmony of individuals and communities. These challenges span a wide spectrum, encompassing economic inequalities, poverty, discrimination, crime, and mental health issues. The module draws upon the concept of \"personal troubles and public issues,\" as coined by the American sociologist C. Wright Mills in his influential work \"The Sociological Imagination,\" which outlines how individual problems can transcend into societal concerns when shared by a community. Throughout this module, we will explore various social issues such as homelessness, poverty, anti-social behaviour, domestic abuse, hate crimes, and poor mental health, prompting students to reflect on potential solutions to these complex issues.\r\n\r\nThis module offers a compelling learning experience as students will actively engage with social problems through innovative assessments. Each module iteration offers students the chance to tackle a different local social problem. Another assignment involves devising solutions for a fictional area with a variety of social problems. A 'social policy walk' will also be a part of the module, providing a hands-on evaluation of a local area.\r\n\r\nBy taking this module you will gain an understanding of the nature, extent and approaches to solving social problems. Student assessment is innovative and will involve addressing real world issues", "delivery_locations": ["Bangor"], "credits": 20, "level": "Level 6", "language_code": "en", "language_name": "English", "semester": "", "semester_months": "", "type": "Optional", "language_choice": false}, {"title": "Housing Policy", "module_title": "Housing Policy", "short_title": " Housing Policy", "module_code": "SXP-3210", "marketing_synopsis": "Housing Policy' introduces students to the key current issues in housing policy, concentrating on the three key areas of quantity, quality and affordability. 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