Changes to Sociology with Cultural Studies BA
We’ve listened to feedback and we have updated the curriculum for the academic year 2022/23 for Sociology with Cultural Studies BA.
You can review the changes below. By accepting your offer to study at Sussex, we will infer that you are happy with these changes but if you would like to discuss them please feel free to contact us at studyinmah@sussex.ac.uk.
Course changes for the BA in Sociology with Cultural Studies
Take a look at how the new modules compare to the old structure of the course in the table below.
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Year 1, Semester 1
Old structure | New structure | Comment |
---|---|---|
Themes & Perspectives I (core) |
Themes & Perspectives I (core) |
No change |
21st Century Sociology (core) |
21st Century Sociology (core) |
No change |
Critical Reading (core) |
Critical Reading (core) |
No change |
Culture and Society (core) |
Culture and Society (core) |
No change |
Year 1, Semester 2
Old structure | New structure | Comment |
---|---|---|
Themes & Perspectives II (core) |
Themes & Perspectives II (core) |
No change |
Gendering the Life Course (core) |
Gendering the Life Course (core) |
No change |
Making the Familiar Strange (core) |
Making the Familiar Strange (core) |
No change |
Culture and the Everyday (core) |
Culture and the Everyday (core) |
No change |
Year 2, Semester 1
Old structure | New structure | Comment |
---|---|---|
Doing Social Research: working with quantitative data (core) |
Doing Social Research: working with quantitative data (core) |
No change |
Theory, Taste and Trash (E) (core) |
Theory, Taste and Trash (B) (core) |
Change in module variation from elective version to optional |
Beyond the Vote: Citizenship and Participation in Sociology (option) |
Beyond the Vote: Citizenship and Participation in Sociology (option) |
No change |
Class, Culture & Conflict: A View from The Inside (option) |
Class, Culture & Conflict: A View from The Inside (option) |
No change |
Classical Sociological Theory (option) |
Classical Sociological Theory (option) |
No change |
Education and Inequality (option) |
Education and Inequality (option) |
No change |
Health across the Lifecourse (option) |
Health across the Lifecourse (option) |
No change |
Migration and Integration (Aut) (option) |
Migration and Integration (Aut) (option) |
No change |
Race: Conflict and Change (option) |
Race: Conflict and Change (option) |
No change |
Resistance Movements in Conflict & War (option) |
Resistance Movements in Conflict & War (option) |
No change |
Sociology of Childhood (Aut) (option) |
Sociology of Childhood (Aut) (option) |
No change |
Sociology of Everyday Life (option) |
Sociology of Everyday Life (option) |
No change |
Sociology of Globalisation (Aut) (option) |
Sociology of Globalisation (Aut) (option) |
No change |
The Sociology of Human Rights (option) |
The Sociology of Human Rights (option) |
No change |
Year 2, Semester 2
Old structure | New structure | Comment |
---|---|---|
Doing Social Research: working with qualitative data (core) |
Doing Social Research: working with qualitative data (core) |
No change |
Culture and Representation (core) |
Culture and Representation (core) |
No change |
Beyond the Vote: Citizenship and Participation in Sociology (option) |
Beyond the Vote: Citizenship and Participation in Sociology (option) |
No change |
Class, Culture & Conflict: A View from The Inside (option) |
Class, Culture & Conflict: A View from The Inside (option) |
No change |
Classical Sociological Theory (option) |
Classical Sociological Theory (option) |
No change |
Education and Inequality (option) |
Education and Inequality (option) |
No change |
Health across the Lifecourse (option) |
Health across the Lifecourse (option) |
No change |
Migration and Integration (Spr) (option) |
Migration and Integration (Spr) (option) |
No change |
Power, Deviance and Othering (option) |
Power, Deviance and Othering (option) |
No change |
Race: Conflict and Change(option) |
Race: Conflict and Change(option) |
No change |
Resistance Movements in Conflict & War (option) |
Resistance Movements in Conflict & War (option) |
No change |
Sociology of Childhood (Spr) (option) |
Sociology of Childhood (Spr) (option) |
No change |
Sociology of Everyday Life (option) |
Sociology of Everyday Life (option) |
No change |
Sociology of Globalisation (Spr) (option) |
Sociology of Globalisation (Spr) (option) |
No change |
The Sociology of Human Rights (option) |
The Sociology of Human Rights (option) |
No change |
Year 3, Semester 1
Old structure | New structure | Comment |
---|---|---|
Sociology Research Proposal (option) |
Sociology Research Proposal (option) |
No change |
Alternative Societies (Aut) (option) |
Alternative Societies (Aut) (option) |
No change |
Contemporary Social Theory (Aut) (option) |
Contemporary Social Theory (Aut) (option) |
No change |
Death of Socialism? (option) |
Death of Socialism? (option) |
No change |
Development, Human Rights & Security (option) |
Development, Human Rights & Security (option) |
No change |
Identity and Interaction (option) |
Identity and Interaction (option) |
No change |
Migration, Identity, and Home (option) |
Migration, Identity, and Home (option) |
No change |
Postcolonial Europe? (option) |
Postcolonial Europe? (option) |
No change |
Sexualities / Intersections (option) |
Sexualities / Intersections (option) |
No change |
Sociology of Care: caring and work (Aut) (option) |
Sociology of Care: caring and work (Aut) (option) |
No change |
Sociology of Fun (Aut) (option) |
Sociology of Fun (Aut) (option) |
No change |
Sociology of Humans and Other Animals (Aut) (option) |
Sociology of Humans and Other Animals (Aut) (option) |
No change |
Surveillance, Technology and Control (option) |
Surveillance, Technology and Control (option) |
No change |
The Cultural Life of Capital Punishment (Aut) (option) |
The Cultural Life of Capital Punishment (Aut) (option) |
No change |
Transdendence, Devotion and Desire (option) |
Transdendence, Devotion and Desire (option) |
No change |
Celebrity, Media and Culture (option) |
Celebrity, Media and Culture (option) |
No change |
Public Relations (option) |
Public Relations (option) |
No change |
Cultures of Colonialism (option) |
Cultures of Colonialism (option) |
No change |
Landscape, Nature and Representation (option) |
Landscape, Nature and Representation (option) |
No change |
Consumption in the Age of Climate Crisis (option) |
|
Module option suspended |
Year 3, Semester 2
Old structure | New structure | Comment |
---|---|---|
Urban Multiculture: postcolonialism, performance, sound and the city (option) |
Urban Multiculture: postcolonialism, performance, sound and the city (option) |
No change |
Sociology Project (option) |
Sociology Project (option) |
No change |
Alternative Societies (Spr) (option) |
Alternative Societies (Spr) (option) |
No change |
Contemporary Social Theory (Spr) (option) |
Contemporary Social Theory (Spr) (option) |
No change |
Development, Human Rights and Security (Spr) (option) |
Development, Human Rights and Security (Spr) (option) |
No change |
Identity & Interaction (option) |
Identity & Interaction (option) |
No change |
Medicine and the Body (option) |
Medicine and the Body (option) |
No change |
Migration, Identity, and Home (option) |
Migration, Identity, and Home (option) |
No change |
Postcolonial Europe? (option) |
Postcolonial Europe? (option) |
No change |
Sexualities / Intersections (option) |
Sexualities / Intersections (option) |
No change |
Sociology of Care: caring and work (Spr) (option) |
Sociology of Care: caring and work (Spr) (option) |
No change |
Sociology of Fun (option) |
Sociology of Fun (option) |
No change |
Sociology of Humans and Other Animals (Spr) (option) |
Sociology of Humans and Other Animals (Spr) (option) |
No change |
Surveillance, Technology and Control (option) |
Surveillance, Technology and Control (option) |
No change |
The Cultural Life of Capital Punishment (Spr) (option) |
The Cultural Life of Capital Punishment (Spr) (option) |
No change |
Transcendence, Devotion and Desire (option) |
Transcendence, Devotion and Desire (option) |
No change |
Media, Publics and Protest (option) |
Revolutionary Media (option) |
Change to optional module |
Race, Ethnicity and Identity (option) |
Race, Ethnicity and Identity (option) |
No change |