BA
Sociology
[L30F]
Academic Year: 2025/2026Single Honours scheme - available from 2019/2020
Duration (studying Full-Time): 4 years
Part 1 Rules
Year 1
Core (100 Credits)
Compulsory module(s).
Semester 1
GS01120Information in a Post-Truth World
GS09720Introduction to Social Science
Semester 2
GS09620The "Othered" Migrant: Social Science Perspectives
Semester 2
GS00820Understanding Change - Environment, People, Places
GS09820Representing the Other: Cultures and Clashes
Year 2
Core (80 Credits)
Compulsory module(s).
Semester 1
GS17100Introducing Sociological Research
Semester 2
GS17120Introducing Sociological Research
Year 2
Options
Choose 40 credits (20 credits from each semester). (20 credits may be taken from outside the department subject to approval and compatibility with timetabling.
Semester 1
DA10520Newid a gwrthdaro: Cynhyrchu gofodau gwledig a threfol
GS10220Conflict and Change: the making of urban and rural spaces
Semester 2
IP12520Globalization and Global Development
PS11820Conceptual and Historical Issues in Psychology
Part 2 Rules
Year 3
Core (80 Credits)
Compulsory module(s).
Semester 1
GS20620Cementing Sociological Research
Semester 2
GS21220Sociological Research in the 'Field'
Year 3
Options
Choose 40 credits
Semester 1
GQ23920Pobl a Grym: Deall Gwleidyddiaeth Gymharol Heddiw
IQ23920People and Power: Understanding Comparative Politics Today
Final Year
Core (60 Credits)
Compulsory module(s).
Semester 1
GS31200Sociology Dissertation
orDA31200Traethawd Estynedig Cymdeithaseg
Semester 2
GS31240Sociology Dissertation
orDA31240Traethawd Estynedig Cymdeithaseg
Final Year
Options
Choose 60 credits from the following. Up to 20 credits of the 60 may be taken from appropriate modules offered elsewhere in the univeristy.
Semester 1
DA32220Cenedlaetholdeb a chymdeithas
GS36220Landscape, Culture and Society in 20th Century Britain
GS37520Urban Risk and Environmental Resilience
Semester 2
GS36820The Global Countryside: Geographical and Sociological Perspectives
GS37920Memory Cultures: heritage, identity and power
Aberystwyth University Standard Awards
- Entrance Scholarship / Merit Award
- Sports Bursary
- Music Bursary
- International Excellence Scholarship
- Residential Bursary
- Aberystwyth Bursary
- Care Leaver Bursary
