Understand the nature and appropriate use of diverse research strategies and methods in gaining sociological knowledge
| Cognitive skills Analysis, judgement, attention to detail |
Generic competencies |
| Personal capabilities | Technical ability |
| Business awareness Process operation |
Practical elements Professional expertise |
Understanding of the relationship between sociological argument and evidence
| Cognitive skills Analysis, judgement, attention to detail |
Generic competencies |
| Personal capabilities | Technical ability |
| Business awareness | Practical elements Professional expertise |
Develop an awareness of the distinctive character of Sociology in relation to other forms of understanding, such as its relation to other disciplines and to everyday explanations
| Cognitive skills Analysis, judgement, attention to detail |
Generic competencies |
| Personal capabilities | Technical ability |
| Business awareness | Practical elements Professional expertise |
Learn to appraise theories and to assess them in relation to evidence
| Cognitive skills Analysis, judgement, attention to detail |
Generic competencies |
| Personal capabilities | Technical ability |
| Business awareness | Practical elements Professional expertise |
Develop a critical awareness of the social world. Those who study the social world are, at the same time, members of that world, and Sociology aims to encourage self-reflection on the nature of our knowledge of the social
| Cognitive skills Analysis, judgement, attention to detail |
Generic competencies Interpersonal sensitivity |
| Personal capabilities Lifelong learning and development |
Technical ability |
| Business awareness Organisational sensitivity |
Practical elements Professional expertise |
Understand that sociological knowledge provides a basis for examining social, public, and civic policy
| Cognitive skills Analysis, judgement, attention to detail |
Generic competencies |
| Personal capabilities | Technical ability |
| Business awareness | Practical elements Professional expertise |
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