Academic Regulations 2005/06
School of Social Sciences (New College)
BSc (Hons) Applied Social Sciences (Anthropology) (1583)
Year 1 is common ot all Applied Social Science students irrespective of pathway. You take the two core course units plus two further course units in Sociology and Psychology. You then select four options from a choice of course units in Anthropology, Criminology, Sociology and Psychology. At Years 2 and 3 you are required to take the core and pathway course units plus a selection from the optional course units, subject to availability. Core course units are course units which all Applied Social Science students take irrespective of pathway, and must be passed in order to progress to the next year. Compulsory course units must be taken, but as long as sufficient credit points and an average pass across eight course units has been achieved, the successful completion of these particular course units may not be a pre-requisite to progression.
YEAR 1
Semester I
Core course units: SOCI1007 Social Science Perspectives and STAT1003 Introduction to Quantitative Methods
Semester II
Compulsory course unit: SOCI1010 Social Thought in Context and SOCI1012 The Making of Psychology
+ 4 course units from:
Pathway course units: ANTH1001 Exploring Other Cultures and ANTH1002 An Anthropological View of Europe
Optional course units:
CRIM1002 Introduction to Psychology Perspectivies in Criminology
CRIM1001 Society and Crime: Sociological Perspectives
Course unit codes outside programme, subject to availability
YEAR 2
Semester I
Pathway course units (compulsory):
SOCI2011 Key Concepts in Social Theory and Practice
ANTH2002 Culture, Communication and Cognition
ANTH2003 Social Anthropology
+ one optional course unit:
CRIM2001 Perspectives in Criminology
SOCI2025 Psychosocial Development in Childhood and Adolescence
Course unit codes outside programme, subject to availability
Semester II
Pathway course units:
SOCI2020 Research Skills
SOCI2009 Research Methods in the Social Sciences
ANTH2001 Cosmology, Ritual and Belief
+ one optional unit:
CRIM2003 Youth, Crime and Society
SOCI2028 The Psychology of Groups and its Apploication to Real World Settings
YEAR 3
Semester I
Pathway course unit (compulsory): ANTH3002 Sexuality and Intimacy
+ two optional course units:
CRIM3002 Issues in Law Enforcement and Social Control
SOCI3063 Permanance and Change in Adulthood
SOCI3066 Psychological Disorders
Semester II
Pathway course units (compulsory):
SOCI3032 Applied Social Sciences in Policy and Practice
ANTH3007 Human Emotions: Social and Cultural Dimensions
ANTH3003 Anthropology, Film and Representations of the Other
Both Semesters
Compulsory course unit: ANTH3004 Dissertation (double unit)