You can no longer submit a new application for courses starting in 2024.
If you already have a 2024 application and are in Clearing, you can add this course as a Clearing choice – contact the university or college first to check they have places.
Blackburn College has participated in the Teaching Excellence Framework. These ratings were awarded in 2023, for four years.
Course summary
Our BA (Hons) Politics and Sociology with Foundation Entry degree course is designed for students who want to study History and Politics, but don’t have the necessary formal qualifications to start the Honours degree programme just yet. This Politics and Sociology BA (Hons) course enables you to study both Politics and Sociology equally at the same level. Don't worry, studying joint honours doesn't mean more work. You'll study the same number of credits as a single honours student, but just take fewer modules in each of the subjects. There are lots of reasons why students choose a joint honours qualification. Just some include: that you have two subject areas of interest, that you want to explore something new alongside a core subject area or that you want to keep your career options open to a range of professions. The Politics programme is stimulating, interesting and contemporary, and quickly develops students' own powers of analysis and problem solving, research skills, critical thinking, team work and interpersonal skills. It is designed to help you to form a deeper understanding of the Politics of Britain and the wider world, whilst exploring the world of the political, within the complex power relationships of contemporary society. In the first year you will take a common core of introductory modules designed to familiarise yourself with differing approaches to the study of Politics, to help you understand key theories, concepts and ideas and to understand some of the key debates and issues in the world around us. At second and third level students can choose from a range of modules to reflect developing interests and potential career choices. Covering a broad range of critical and contemporary issues, our exciting and innovative Sociology programme introduces you to the many diverse and contentious sociological perspectives that try to explain the world around you. Our modules encourage you to critically examine contemporary social change, to question the reality and representations of the social and cultural forces which mould us, and to evaluate the nature of society itself. The study of social relations, processes and structures is undertaken historically, in comparative focus and with relevance to many of the key issues facing contemporary societies. Within this, considerable emphasis is also given to the importance of developing those theoretical and conceptual tools appropriate to the understanding of these social processes and structures, and to the different theoretical and methodological approaches which frame their investigation.
Modules
All students take a total of 120 credits per level. Level 3 Modules (all modules are mandatory) include: Preparing for HE, World in Crisis? Foundation in Social Science and Foundation in Modern History. Level 4 Modules (all modules are mandatory) include: Introduction to Political Theory, Introduction to British Government & Politics Comparative Politics, Language and Society, Introduction to Social Theory and Social Science Methodology and Social Differentiation in Contemporary Britain. Level 5 Modules (there are 4 mandatory modules and 3 optional modules out of a choice of 6 as indicated by *) include: Social Science Research Methods with SPSS, Modernity to Post Modernity Contemporary Social Theory, Social Science Research Methods with SPSS and Modernity to Post Modernity Contemporary Social Theory. You will also choose 1 Politics module from the optional modules: Local and Regional Government, Political Ideas and the Making of the Modern World: the Western Perspective and Government and Politics of the USA. Choose 1 Sociology modules from the optional modules: Guttenburg to Gates: A Sociology of the Media, Talking About My Generation: Popular Music & Youth Culture and Leisure & Society. Level 6 Modules (there is 1 mandatory module and 4 optional modules out of a choice of 9 as indicated by *) include: Dissertation and choose 2 Politics modules from the optional modules: Saving the World?: Green Politics, Green Society, International Relations and Globalisation, United States Foreign Policy and the making of a New Global Order and Riots, Public Disorders and responses of the State. Also you will choose 2 Sociology modules from the optional modules: Sociology of Health and Medicine, Sociology of Death and Dying, Tourism, Sex and Gender and Have I Got News for You? Contemporary Issues in the Media
Assessment method
Modules at Level 4 study are assessed by both examinations (50%) and coursework (50%). Level 5 and 6 modules are also assessed by examination and coursework combinations. You can also expect to take part in seminar presentations which will form part of the assessment for Level 5 and 6 modules. In the third year, you will undertake a dissertation which is assessed through coursework (100%). Each module is formally assessed through, for example, examination, open-book test, individual and group presentation, essay, observation of practice, assessment of course work e.g. written report, reflective practice and portfolios of evidence. This formal assessment will count towards your module mark and feedback is given following the submission of your formal submission of work.
Qualified teacher status (QTS)
To work as a teacher at a state school in England or Wales, you will need to achieve qualified teacher status (QTS). This is offered on this course for the following level:
- Course does not award QTS
How to apply
You can no longer submit a new application for courses starting in 2024.
If you already have a 2024 application and are in Clearing, you can add this course as a Clearing choice – contact the university or college first to check they have places.
31Jan
This is the deadline for applications to be completed and sent for this course. If the university or college still has places available you can apply after this date, but your application is not guaranteed to be considered.
Application codes
- Course code:
- QF90
- Institution code:
- B40
- Campus name:
- Main Site
- Campus code:
- -
Points of entry
The following entry points are available for this course:
- Foundation
Entry requirements
Qualification requirements
UCAS Tariff - 32 points
Applicants to the foundation year with A-level (or other level 3 qualifications) gained within 5 years of entry will required to have either a minimum 32 UCAS points from subjects related to their intended target award or a minimum of 48 UCAS points overall. Students meeting these criteria may be admitted without interview. We welcome applications from mature students without formal qualifications for these courses or from mature students whose Level 3 qualifications were gained more than 5 years ago. If this applies to you will be interviewed before your course and offered a place on the basis of your previously gained skills and experience. You will not be required to have GCSE (or equivalent qualifications) in English or Mathematics.
Student Outcomes
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Fees and funding
Tuition fees
| EU | £3900 | Year 1 |
| England | £3900 | Year 1 |
| Northern Ireland | £3900 | Year 1 |
| Scotland | £3900 | Year 1 |
| Wales | £3900 | Year 1 |
| Channel Islands | £3900 | Year 1 |
Tuition fee status depends on a number of criteria and varies according to where in the UK you will study. For further guidance on the criteria for home or overseas tuition fees, please refer to the UKCISA website .
Additional fee information
No additional fees or cost information has been supplied for this course, please contact the provider directly.
Provider information
Blackburn College
Feilden Street
Blackburn
BB2 1LH