BA (Lode) in Scienze Sociali (Filosofia)

The qualification provides opportunities for you to develop and demonstrate knowledge and understanding, qualities, skills, and other attributes in the following areas:

Knowledge and understanding

On completion of this qualification, you will have:

• An extensive knowledge and critical understanding of key concepts and theoretical approaches in the social sciences
• A systematic understanding of a range of disciplinary approaches within the social sciences and an awareness of the different sources that contribute to the social sciences
• An extensive and critical understanding of key social processes and their impact on individual and collective life
• A critical appreciation of how the social sciences understand, explain, and evaluate matters of social concern.

Cognitive skills

On completion of this qualification, you will be able to:

• Interpret, critically analyse, and evaluate a diversity of social scientific ideas, concepts, and arguments, and identify, gather, interpret, critically analyse, and evaluate evidence from a wide range of sources
• Demonstrate knowledge of and familiarity with established techniques of social science analysis and enquiry
• Deploy a conceptual understanding of the social sciences to devise and substantiate arguments that address social problems
• Review, consolidate, and extend your knowledge and understanding, and initiate and carry out an independent social scientific project.

Practical and/or professional skills

On completion of this qualification, you will be able to:

• Regularly review current and future personal development and career options, including developing strategies to address factors that limit choices
• Engage critically with skills and ethical issues relevant to social scientific enquiry
• Learn from feedback and reflect on the process of learning to evaluate personal strengths and weaknesses and improve performance
• Recognise and critically evaluate personal viewpoints and engage constructively with others’ views.

Key skills

On completion of this qualification, you will be able to demonstrate the following skills:

• Communication - accurately and effectively communicate information about the social sciences in a variety of ways suitable for a range of academic and non-academic audiences, both formal and informal
• Digital information literacy - select, access and exploit a wide range of digital sources and to find, use, create and share information, data and knowledge in ways relevant to the social sciences
• Plan and organise - make and carry out effective plans involving the identification of relevant information and resources frame questions and make judgements to achieve a solution to a problem
• Connect and work with others - work collectively with other learners, playing an active and appropriate role to achieve joint outcomes.

This degree has three stages, each comprising 120 credits.

• Nella Fase 1 inizierai con un modulo introduttivo di scienze sociali seguito dalla scelta tra un'ampia introduzione alle arti e alle discipline umanistiche o concentrandoti sui cambiamenti rivoluzionari.
• Successivamente, nelle fasi 2 e 3 , seguirai un modulo di sociologia e ti specializzerai in filosofia.

Stage 1 (120 credits)

You'll start your degree with:

• Introducing the social sciences (DD102)

You'll also choose one from:

• Discovering the arts and humanities (A111)
• Revolutions (A113)

Stage 2 (120 credits)

You'll begin this stage with:

• Understanding digital societies (DD218)

You'll complete this stage with:

• Investigating philosophy (DA223)

Stage 3 (120 credits)

You'll complete your degree with:

• Key questions in philosophy (A333)

Assessment

Our assessments are all designed to reinforce your learning and help you show your understanding of the topics. The mix of assessment methods will vary between modules.

Computer-Marked Assignments

• Usually, a series of online, multiple-choice questions.

Tutor-Marked Assignments

• You’ll have a number of these throughout each module, each with a submission deadline.
• They can be made up of essays, questions, experiments or something else to test your understanding of what you have learned.
• Your tutor will mark and return them to you with detailed feedback.

End-of-Module Assessments

• The final, marked piece of work on most modules.
• Modules with an end-of-module assessment won’t usually have an exam.

Exams

• Some modules end with an exam. You’ll be given time to revise and prepare.
• You’ll be given your exam date at least 5 months in advance.
• Most exams take place remotely, and you will complete them at home or an alternative location.
• If a module requires you to take a face-to-face exam, this will be made clear in the module description, and you will be required to take your exam in person at one of our exam centres.