Changes to Sociology with Media BA
We’ve listened to feedback and we have updated the curriculum for the academic year 2022/23 for Sociology with Media 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 Media
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 |
|
Questioning the Media E (core) |
Questioning the Media E (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 |
|
Debates in Media Studies E (core) |
Debates in Media Studies A (core) |
Change of module variation (optional version, elective withdrawn) |
Year 2, Semester 1
| Old structure | New structure | Comment |
|---|---|---|
|
Social Research (Quantitative) (core) |
Social Research (Quantitative) (core) |
No change |
|
Media, Memory, History E (core) |
Media, Memory, History (core) |
Change of module variation (optional version, elective withdrawn) |
|
Citizenship & Participation (option) |
Citizenship & Participation (option) |
No change |
|
Classical Sociological Theory (option) |
Classical Sociological Theory (option) |
No change |
Year 2, Semester 2
| Old structure | New structure | Comment |
|---|---|---|
|
Social Research (Qualitative) (core) |
Social Research (Qualitative) (core) |
No change |
|
Advertising E (core) |
Advertising E (core) |
No change |
|
Citizenship & Participation (option) |
Citizenship & Participation (option) |
No change |
|
Classical Sociological Theory (option) |
Classical Sociological Theory (option) |
No change |
|
Education and Inequality (option) |
Education and Inequality (option) |
No change |
Year 3, Semester 1
| Old structure | New structure | Comment |
|---|---|---|
|
Social Research Proposal (core) |
Social Research Proposal (core) |
No change |
|
Alternative Societies (option) |
Alternative Societies (option) |
No change |
|
Capital Punishment (option) |
Capital Punishment (option) |
No change |
|
Cont Social Theory (option) |
Cont Social Theory (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 |
|
Humans and Other Animals (option) |
Humans and Other Animals (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 (option) |
Sociology of Care (option) |
No change |
|
Sociology of Fun (option) |
Sociology of Fun (option) |
No change |
|
Surveillance, Technology and Control (option) |
Surveillance, Technology and Control (option) |
No change |
|
Transdendence, Devotion and Desire (option) |
Transdendence, Devotion and Desire (option) |
No change |
Year 3, Semester 2
| Old structure | New structure | Comment |
|---|---|---|
|
Sociology Project (core) |
Sociology Project (core) |
No change |
|
Media, Publics and Protest (core) |
Media, Publics and Protest (core) |
TBC |