Bachelor of Social Sciences in Sociology

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The School of Social Sciences offers programmes - BSocSci (Hons), minor courses, and Graduate degrees up to the PhD level.

The BSocSci (Hons) in Sociology is a four-year degree programme for undergraduates interested in pursuing a Major in Sociology at NTU. Students taking up Sociology as a Minor are encouraged to read courses that complement their interests and open up new intellectual horizons. Those interested in graduate studies can find the information they need under the graduate programme link.

A degree in Sociology at NTU provides graduates with a vast array of job opportunities in both the public and private sectors. Sociology majors are valued for their critical thinking and analytical skills. They also benefit from an in-depth understanding of social organisations, culture and other social phenomena.

The curriculum provides an intellectually stimulating and rigorous experience for students. The academic foundation consists of three core areas: Economy, Technology and Society; Culture, Self and Identity; and Organisations and Organisational Change. It provides both breadth of exposure and depth of engagement that emphasizes both theoretical reasoning and empirical analysis. Students should graduate with not just a body of knowledge and skills but also a 'sociological imagination' that will enable them to make critical and creative difference in the workplace and in society.

Key features of our programme include:

• Stimulating courses, providing both breadth of exposure and depth of engagement
• Immersion in all core substantive areas and research methodologies
• Training and practice in analytical thinking and empirical reasoning
• Informed investigations of Singapore society, Asian societies, and beyond
• Critical perspectives on social change at the local, regional, and global levels.

### Admission Requirements

For GCE 'A' level certificate holders:\ NTU General Admission Requirements\ A good grade in General Paper/Knowledge & Inquiry

For International Baccalaureate Diploma holders:NTU General Admission Requirements \ A good grade in English at Standard Level

For NUS High School Diploma holders:NTU General Admission Requirements \ Good Overall CAP in English Language

For International Students & Students with other qualifications:NTU General Admission Requirements \ A good grade in General Paper/English at Senior High School Level

More details on admission can be found at the Office of Admissions website.

### Course Exemptions

Eligible students will be invited to apply for course exemptions at the start of their first semester.

### Programme Structure & Duration

The Bachelor of Social Sciences (BSocSci) Hons in Sociology is designed as a four-year course. To graduate, students are required to complete 125 academic units (AUs) from the Sociology Major Requirements, Interdisciplinary Collaborative Core (ICC) and Broadening and Deepening Electives (BDE).

### Curriculum

The distribution of the courses of study and the number of academic units are shown in the table below.

*Graduation Project

A.  Major Requirements (69 AUs)\

The requirements for a Sociology major consist of 3 components:

1. Sociology Core Courses (19 AUs)\
2. Sociology Prescribed Electives (42 AUs)\
3. Graduation Project (GP) or 2 HS4000 level courses (8AUs)\    (The two HS4000 level courses are for those who are not eligible to do GP.)\

A1. Sociology Core Courses

The 6 compulsory core courses (19 AUs) are listed below.

• HS1001 Person and Society
• HS2001 Classical Social Theory
• HS2002 Doing Social Research
• HS3001 Contemporary Social Theory
• HS3002 Understanding Social Statistics
• Choose ONE from the following:\ HS4001 Research Practicum I : Qualitative Social Research\ HS4002 Research Practicum II : Quantitative Social Research\

A2. Sociology Prescribed Electives Courses

Students must complete 13 prescribed electives:\ 2 at HS1000 level\ 5 at HS2000 level\ 3 at HS3000 level\ 3 at HS4000 level\

HS1002 Singapore Society in Transition*\ HS1003 Singapore Problems in a Global Context*\ HS2003 Economy And Society\ HS2004 Culture, Self And Identity\ HS2005 Organisations And Organisational Change \ HS2007 Understanding Globalization\ HS2008 Social Class and Inequality \ HS2009 Sociology of the Life Course \ HS2011 Ethnicity and Ethnic Relations \ HS2013 Migration And Multiculturalism\ HS2014 The Changing Family\ HS2015 Education and Society \ HS2019 Sociology of Science and Technology\ HS2020 Gender, Race and Technology\ HS2022 Population & Society \ HS2023 Environmental Sociology \ HS2026 Deviance and Society \ HS2028 Graying Society: Issues and Challenges\ HS2029 Social Policy and Social Change \ HS3004 Cities and Urban Life \ HS3007 Religion and Society \ HS3011 Power, Politics and the State \ HS3014 Health, Medicine and Society\ HS3015 Development and Social Change \ HS3016 Societies in Comparative Perspective \ HS3017 Sociology of Tourism \ HS3018 Sociology of Gender\ HS3054 Social Psychology\ HS4011 The Self in Southeast Asia\ HS4013 Youth cultures and subculture\ HS4015 Sociology of Reproduction\ HS4016 Social Movements\ HS4022 Sociology of Islam in the Malay World\ HS4023 Sociology of Risk and Crisis \ HS4026 Gods, Ghosts And Ancestors: Explorations In Chinese Religions\ HS4027 Cultural Politics of Development and the Environment\ HS4028 Migration and Development in a Globalizing World \ HS4030 Social Science Fiction\ HS4031 Global Cities\ HS4033 Urban Sojourns: The City As Laboratory\ HS4034 Interrogating Innovation\ HS4035 Sociology of Aging\ HS4036 Who are we? Science and Identity in the 21" Century\ HS4037 Terraformations: Technology, culture and nature in a globalizing world \ HS4038 Sociology of Mental Health\ HS4039 Medical Sociology\ HS4040 Language and Social Interaction\ HS4091 Honours Seminar "Sociology of the Arts"\   * Compulsory course\ \ A3. Graduation Project (GP) or 2 HS4000 level courses (8 AUs)

The two HS4000 level courses are for those who are not eligible to do GP.\

B. Interdisciplinary Collaborative Core (ICC) (27 AUs)

C. Broadening and Deepening Electives (BDE) (28 AUs)

Students may choose from the list of courses offered by NTU

### Career Prospects

Our graduates go onto a wide range of sectors and many different types of jobs:\

• Civil service and public administration
• Management (including human resources and corporate communications)
• Education and training
• Media (including public relations, advertising and journalism)
• Business and marketing
• Financial and insurance sector
• Creative industries (including the arts, arts management, heritage, design)
• Non-profit and social service sectors\

At NTU Sociology, we focus on training students in core skills and competencies that are important in every workplace. These include pitching novel perspectives and ideas, knowing how to take initiative, and adapting to fast-changing conditions. We train our students to think dynamically, to not only look for answers in the usual places but to also know how to ask new questions. We provide opportunities to craft questions and arguments—both in writing and speech—and to work collaboratively in teams. We also provide research training in both qualitative and quantitative methods.\

In today’s workplace, most people will have many different jobs in their careers. The ability to acquire new skills is crucial. We believe the culture at NTU fosters this, helping students to evaluate things critically, and cultivate an openness to challenging themselves in areas they find unfamiliar or even uncomfortable.\

An NTU Honours degree in Sociology also enables you to pursue graduate-level studies in the social sciences or other relevant fields such as business, law, and government. Entry requirements for such programmes are established by the respective universities.\

NTU offers career development support through the Career& Attachment Office (CAO), which provides services such as career coaching. We encourage our students to use the university’s resources to prepare for transitioning from their education to their career journeys.

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