Academic Regulations 2005/06
School of Social Sciences (New College)
BSc (Hons) Applied Social Sciences (1547)
You must take the core course units. Then you choose course units from Anthropology, Psychology and/or Sociology, making a total of eight units per year (including core course units). You may also take up to four course units at Year 1, and up to two course units at Years 2 and 3, from outside the programme, subject to availability. Core course units are units which all Applied Social Sciences students take irrespective of pathway, and these must be passed in order to progress to the next year. Compulsory 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 units may not be a pre-requisite for progression.
YEAR 1
Students are required to study 8 units as follows:
Semester I
Core course unit: SOCI1007 Social Science Perspectives and STAT1003 Introduction to Quantitative Methods
+ 2 optional course units:
ANTH1001 Exploring Other Cultures
CRIM1002 Introduction to Psychological Perspectives in Criminology
Course unit codes outside the programme, subject to availability.
Semester II
Compulsory course units: SOCI1010 Social Thought in Context and SOCI1012 The Making of Psychology
+ 2 optional course units:
ANTH1002 An Anthropological View of Europe
CRIM1001 Society and Crime: Sociological Perspectives
Course unit codes outside the program, subject to availability.
YEAR 2
Semester I
Compulsory course unit: SOCI2011 Key Concepts in Social Theory and Practice
+ 3 optional course units:
ANTH2002 Culture, Communication and Cognition
ANTH2003 Social Anthropology
CRIM2001 Perspectives in Criminology
CRIM2002 Crime, Social Change and Society (co-requisite CRIM2001)
PSYC2013 Psychosocial Development in Childhood and Adolescence
Semester II
Compulsory course units:
SOCI2020 Research Skills
SOCI2009 Research Methods in the Social Sciences
+ 2 optional course units:
ANTH2001 Cosmology, Ritual and Belief
CRIM2003 Youth, Crime and Society
SOCI2028 The Psychology of Groups and its Application to Real World Settings
YEAR 3
Semester I
+ 3 optional course units:
ANTH3002 Sexuality and Intimacy
CRIM3002 Issues in Law Enforcement and Social Control
SOCI3063 Permanence and Change in Adulthood
SOCI3066 Psychological Disorders
Semester II
Compulsory course unit: SOCI3032 Applied Social Sciences in Policy and Practice
+ 2 optional course units:
ANTH3007 Human Emotions: Social and Cultural Dimensions
ANTH3003 Anthropology, Film and Representations of the Other
CRIM3001 Penology
CRIM3003 Crime Prevention: Theories, Practices and Policies
SOCI3064 Psychological Approaches to Health, Behaviour and Society
Both Semesters
Compulsory course unit: SOCI3033 Dissertation (double unit)