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Programme Information & PLOs
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Title of the new programme – including any year abroad/ in industry variants
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BA Hons Sociology with Social Psychology
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Level of qualification
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Please select:Level 6
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Please indicate if the programme is offered with any year abroad / in industry variants Year in Industry
Please select Y/N		No
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Year Abroad
Please select Y/N		Yes
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Department(s):
Where more than one department is involved, indicate the lead department
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Lead Department Sociology
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Other contributing Departments: N/A
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Programme leadership and programme team
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Darren Reed
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Purpose and learning outcomes of the programme
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Statement of purpose for applicants to the programme
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Sociology with Social Psychology offers students with an interest in psychology a unique opportunity to examine and reflect on the ways that psychological selves and identities are framed in social, political and cultural contexts. Developing a complex and challenging understanding of selfhood requires intellectual curiosity and willingness to embrace multifaceted, evidence-based explanations of individuals in society. You will study sociology, with its emphasis on social and cultural processes and patterning of inequalities, alongside a sociological approach to Social Psychology, in which persons are recognised as sense-making beings who are located differently in changing social interactions and contexts. Through this, graduates of the programme will be prepared for a range of careers in sectors that require creative and innovative thinkers who can challenge the taken-for-granted and pursue and contribute to debates that respect the complexity of real-word issues.


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Programme Learning Outcomes
Please provide six to eight statements of what a graduate of the programme can be expected to do.
Taken together, these outcomes should capture the distinctive features of the programme. They should also be outcomes for which progressive achievement through the course of the programme can be articulated, and which will therefore be reflected in the design of the whole programme.
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PLOOn successful completion of the programme, graduates will be able to:
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1Define, interpret and explain everyday social issues and their complex implications for individual lives, social groups and institutions through sociological and social psychological theories and evidence
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2Access, evaluate and critically review evidence for sociological and social psychological claims concerning social issues in order to present reasoned arguments
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3Systematically interrogate and challenge taken-for-granted assumptions in order to contribute to critical analyses of social life
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4Design and implement ethically responsible research that draws on appropriate qualitative and/or quantitative skills to produce empirically rigorous analysis of sociological and social psychological issues
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5Critically synthesise and confidently communicate multi-faceted sociological and social psychological arguments in appropriate formats and via a range of media and digital technologies
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6Work creatively in teams by cooperating with others in a manner which recognises diverse views, values and the cultural position of others
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Programme Learning Outcome for year in industry (where applicable)
For programmes which lead to the title ‘with a Year in Industry’ – typically involving an additional year – please provide either a) amended versions of some (at least one, but not necessarily all) of the standard PLOs listed above, showing how these are changed and enhanced by the additional year in industry b) an additional PLO, if and only if it is not possible to capture a key ability developed by the year in industry by alteration of the standard PLOs.
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n/a
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Programme Learning Outcome for year abroad programmes (where applicable)
For programmes which lead to the title ‘with a Year Abroad’ – typically involving an additional year – please provide either a) amended versions of some (at least one, but not necessarily all) of the standard PLOs listed above, showing how these are changed and enhanced by the additional year abroad or b) an additional PLO, if and only if it is not possible to capture a key ability developed by the year abroad by alteration of the standard PLOs.
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1. Define, interpret and explain everyday social issues and their complex implications for individual lives, social and different national cultural groups and institutions through sociological and social psychological theories and evidence.
2. Access, evaluate and critically review evidence for sociological and social psychological claims concerning social and cultural issues drawing upon different national contexts in order to present reasoned arguments.
3. Systematically interrogate and challenge taken-for-granted assumptions in order to contribute to critical analyses of social life.
4. Design and implement ethically responsible research that draws on appropriate qualitative and/or quantitative skills to produce empirically rigorous analysis of sociological and social psychological issues.
5. Critically synthesise and confidently communicate multi-faceted sociological and social psychological arguments in appropriate formats and via a range of media and digital technologies.
6. Work creatively in teams by cooperating with others in a manner which recognises diverse views, values and the cultural position of others.
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Explanation of the choice of Programme Learning Outcomes
Please explain your rationale for choosing these PLOs in a statement that can be used for students (such as in a student handbook). Please include brief reference to:
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i) Why the PLOs are considered ambitious or stretching?
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They are considered ambitious and stretching because the degree of independent learning and critical thinking and writing that our students engage in. With support, from the first term, students immerse themselves in debates and research in social psychology that challenge commonly held assumptions about personhood and society. Only by engaging with complex materials and embracing multi-faceted explanations, can our students graduate into critical thinkers who can apprehend the complexity of individuals in society, and attune themselves to the impact of culture in the shaping of emerging economic, political and technological forces in how we live our lives.
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ii) The ways in which these outcomes are distinctive or particularly advantageous to the student:
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Taken together, we are confident that our PLOs articulate the progression of our student throughout the degree to the point that they graduate as truly independent thinkers, with the ability to cogently analyse social dynamics, issues and situations in all their complexities. Our graduates leave with a diverse range of skills and a critical sensibility that transfer across disciplines and professions and can point to a host of varied empirically driven tasks and projects that demonstrate their flexibility to prospective employers.
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iii) How the programme learning outcomes develop students’ digital literacy and will make appropriate use of technology-enhanced learning (such as lecture recordings, online resources, simulations, online assessment, ‘flipped classrooms’ etc)?
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This is most explicitly addressed in PLO 5. Our department has, over many years, designed its programmes of study alongside considered use of technological developments. We were early adopters of the VLE, and individual modules have been innovative in their use of the full functionality of the VLE, including quizzes, wikis and module blogs. As a department, we moved to online submission and online assessment in all undergraduate modules. In 2017/18, as a staff and student body, we adopted Lecture Capture across all departmental teaching. We continue to innovate in the use of technology in classroom settings, with particular modules taking the lead in diversifying teaching methods, such as using 'flipped classrooms' and assessment modes. For example, the second-year core social psychology module replaced a closed exam with an open exam, where students answer unseen critical questions on seen online materials. Two other modules make use of recording and production technologies in the second year. Students taking 'Popular Culture, Media and Society' work in groups to produce a podcast (this summative assessment replaced a closed exam format). For the 'Social Interactions and Conversation Analysis' module, students might collect data in video format and then manage the confidentiality of that data. The third-year optional module 'Advanced Social Theory' module uses the 'flipped classroom' model and seminar activities drawing on app-based technologies. Overall, individually and collaboratively as a staff body, we continue to review the enhancement of our programme and develop students' digital literacies, alongside their core academic knowledge in the themes and topics of social psychology.

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iv) How the PLOs support and enhance the students’ employability (for example, opportunities for students to apply their learning in a real world setting)?
The programme's employability objectives should be informed by the University's Employability Strategy:
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http://www.york.ac.uk/about/departments/support-and-admin/careers/staff/
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The programme reinforces the nature and extent of sociology and social psychology as both theoretical and empirical subjects, that are interdisciplinary in scope. This allows us to address the PLOs in a robust way by combining applied and theoretical knowledge to understand real world social issues. All PLOs contribute to the development in our graduates of excellent transferable skills, but especially PLOs 4, 5 and 6, which have been articulated to highlight the importance of employability within the programme. These are developed iteratively across the programme through workshop tasks and assessed work (both formative and summative). In 2019/20, we will run for the first time a year-long second-year module Sociology @ Work, which will blend academic research on work and labour cultures with a pronounced emphasis on employability. Transferable skills are also developed through our structured programme of support for students across all year groups, through twice termly with personal supervisors (in recent years, we have developed more group supervision slots at particular points in the degree). We hold a weekly session -the Sociology Hour - that is timetabled for all undergraduate students. The Sociology Hour offers a sustained programme of talks and group activities on employability and the development of transferable skills. The experience of the Sociology Hour informed the development of a new programme of events for 2018/19, which we will continue in 2019/20. This comprises of a student-led week-long initiative to conceptualise 'the university of the future', covering questions of curriculum design, campus architecture, finance and social justice. Opportunities for students to participate in this event are open to all year groups on the Sociology with Social Psychology degree pathway. In addition, all second year students have a timetabled session in which they explicitly consider the employability skills arising from their forthcoming social psychology specific dissertation. There are also opportunities for our students to be involved in the department's established programme of summer internships, working with academics and management on departmental projects, or alongside partner organisations in the community.
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vi) How will students who need additional support for academic and transferable skills be identified and supported by the Department?
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This is monitored and supported, as currently, primarily through the supervisory relationship. In year one, student issues are often first raised through contact with GTAs, but we have good practices in following these through communications between tutors, first year Director of Studies and academic supervisors. The increased integration of Careers, e-learning and other support staff makes sources of support outwith and alongside the department more visible, both within particular modules (e.g., the talks given by library staff on our largest compulsory first year module - Introduction to Sociological Theory) and also through a programme of events open across year groups (e.g. as part of the timetabled Sociology Hour). We are keen to find opportunities wherever possible to learn from and introduce to Sociology with Social Psychology students the expertise held across the University in developing academic skills (e.g., through working with the Writing Centre and CELT) and transferable skills (e.g., Careers talks and teaching delivered to first year students and second year students, as part of their preparation for final year dissertations).
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vii) How is teaching informed and led by research in the department/ centre/ University?
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Staff teach students in every year on topics that they also research in - this is most apparent in the options offered to year 2 and year 3 students, but it is also a focus of year 1 teaching. The demonstrable link between teaching and research has been a long-standing strength of the Sociology with Social Psychology degree at York, especially as it informs the core modules in this programme.
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Stage-level progression
Please complete the table below, to summarise students’ progressive development towards the achievement of PLOs, in terms of the characteristics that you expect students to demonstrate at the end of each year. This summary may be particularly helpful to students and the programme team where there is a high proportion of option modules.

Note: it is not expected that a position statement is written for each PLO, but this can be done if preferred (please add information in the 'individual statement' boxes). For a statement that applies across all PLOs in the stage fill in the 'Global statement' box.
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Stage 0 (if your programme has a Foundation year, use the toggles to the left to show the hidden rows)
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Stage 1
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On progression from the first year (Stage 1), students will be able to:
Understand core sociological and social psychological concepts, engage with primary research in core topics and demonstrate knowledge of the academic field. They will do so through a series of individual assessments that develop independent learning and require excellent time management skills and group activities that encourage collaborative modes of working.
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PLO 1PLO 2PLO 3PLO 4PLO 5PLO 6PLO 7PLO 8
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Use introductory core disciplinary concepts and theories to identify the sociological significance of social lives.

Access and evaluate evidence used in sociological and social psychological debates. Understand social situations as complex by assessing real-life contexts. Undertake ethically approved scoping studies which draw upon appropriate empirical skills to produce summary analysis of social issues.

Communicate sociological research and arguments to peers.Cooperate with others by working with peers.
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Stage 2
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On progression from the second year (Stage 2), students will be able to:Consolidate their understanding of core and specialist sociological and social psychological concepts, engage with primary research in core and specialist topics and use their understanding and awareness of the academic field, evidenced through a series of individual assessments and group activities, in order to plan their own independent research, develop their own analytical approach and demonstrate increasing confidence in critically evaluating social issues and situations.
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PLO 1PLO 2PLO 3PLO 4PLO 5PLO 6PLO 7PLO 8
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Use core disciplinary concepts and theories to identify and interpret the sociological significance of a range of contemporary social issues.Access, evaluate and critically review empirical sociological and social psychological literature on contemporary issues and cultural trends.Interpret social problems and situations effectively by challenging common assumptions.Design responsible research projects which demonstrate awareness of appropriate qualitative and/or quantitative skills to produce empirically rigorous analysis of social issues.Synthesise and communicate complex information and sociological arguments, in appropriate formats and via a range of media and digital technologies.Work creatively in teams by cooperating with others in a manner which recognises diverse views, values and the cultural position of others.
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Stage 3
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(For Integrated Masters) On progression from the third year (Stage 3), students will be able to:Apply their understanding of core and specialist sociological and social psychological concepts to emerging social issues, translate the findings of primary research in core and specialist topics within their own analyses of social situations and cultural areas of enquiry, assessed through a series of individual assessments and group activities, and carry out their own independently conceived and responsibly designed research project.
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PLO 1PLO 2PLO 3PLO 4PLO 5PLO 6PLO 7PLO 8
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Use sociological and interdisciplinary concepts and theories to define, interpret and explain multi-faceted contemporary issues, and their implications for individual lives, social groups and institutions.From a basis in sociological debates, access, evaluate and critically review evidence-based claims concerning contemporary issues and cultural trends.Address emerging social problems and situations effectively by challenging common assumptions and assessing social interactions systematically.Design and undertake ethical, responsible research projects which draw upon appropriate qualitative and/or quantitative skills to produce empirically rigorous analysis of social issues.Synthesise and communicate complex information and arguments about emerging social issues, in appropriate formats and via a range of media and digital technologies.Work creatively in teams by cooperating with others in a manner which recognises diverse views, values and the cultural position of others.
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Programme Structure
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Module Structure and Summative Assessment Map
Please complete the summary table below which shows the module structure and the pattern of summative assessment through the programme.

‘Option module’ can be used in place of a specific named option. If the programme requires students to select option modules from specific lists these lists should be provided in the next section.

From the drop-down select 'S' to indicate the start of the module, 'A' to indicate the timing of each distinct summative assessment point (eg. essay submission/ exam), and 'E' to indicate the end of the module (if the end of the module coincides with the summative assessment select 'EA') . It is not expected that each summative task will be listed where an overall module might be assessed cumulatively (for example weekly problem sheets).

If summative assessment by exams will be scheduled in the summer Common Assessment period (weeks 5-7) a single ‘A’ can be used within the shaded cells as it is understood that you will not know in which week of the CAP the examination will take place.
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Stage 0 (if you have modules for Stage 0, use the toggles to the left to show the hidden rows)
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Stage 1
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CreditsModuleAutumn TermSpring Term Summer Term
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CodeTitle123456789101234567891012345678910
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30SOC00001CCultivating a Sociological ImaginationSAAEEA
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30SOC00002CIntroduction to Sociological TheorySAAEEA
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30SOC00003CSociology of Crime and DevianceSAAEEA
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30SOC00004CIntroducing Social PsychologySAAEEA
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Stage 2
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CreditsModuleAutumn TermSpring Term Summer Term
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CodeTitle123456789101234567891012345678910
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30SOC00003IDoing ResearchSAAEEA
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30SOC00008ICreative and Critical Approaches to Social Psychology (Core)SAEEA
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30VariousOption (List A)SEEA
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30VariousOption (List A)SEEA
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Stage 3
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CreditsModuleAutumn TermSpring Term Summer Term
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CodeTitle123456789101234567891012345678910
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40SOC00024HDissertation (Core) SEA
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20SOC00021HContemporary Research in Social Psychology (Core)SEEA
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20VariousOption from List BSEEA
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20VariousOption from List BSEEA
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20VariousOption from List BSEEA
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Optional module lists

If the programme requires students to select option modules from specific lists these lists should be provided below. If you need more space, use the toggles on the left to reveal ten further hidden rows.
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Option List AOption List BOption List COption List DOption List EOption List FOption List GOption List H
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Popular Culture, Media and SocietyAdvanced Social Theory
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Contemporary Political SociologyAnalysing Doctor-Patient Interaction
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Gender, Sexuality and InequalityParanormal in Society
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Sociology of Health and illnessMorbidity, Culture and Corpses
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Divisions and InequalitiesCinema and Cities
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Social Interaction and Conversation AnalysisSociology of the North
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Nature, Culture and Technology Humans and Other Animals
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Sociology at Work Migration and Tourism
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The Racial State
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Global transformation of Health
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Emotions in the Social World
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Body and Society
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Imagining Sociological Alternatives
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Performance and Society
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Sociology of the Future
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Crime, Gender and Sexuality
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