Sociology

Set the foundation for an exciting career. Studying Sociology helps you make sense of society and how it's organised. The degree challenges your everyday assumptions about the world and your place in it.

Skills

Push yourself further with real-world assignments.

On our BSc Sociology, our priority is ensuring that you graduate with a professional skillset. This incorporates:

• Being equipped with knowledge and skills to understand how people live in society and how individuals can navigate and build positive communities.
• Becoming a sociologist who can make a positive impact in your local and global community.
• Developing research skills that able to you apply sociology in ways that enable you to contribute positively and make changes through social and community activism.

Learning

Experience a dynamic, contemporary curriculum in state-of-the-art facilities. 

Our modules will offer an innovative suite of assessment types, including:

• Removing exams and replacing them with assessments that focus on knowledge, skills, and achievements.
• Embedding authentic assessment across the programme, particularly through how professional practice is taught and assessed. 
• Focusing on portfolio development.
• Incorporating a range of innovative practices such as Campaign Files, Visual Ethnography, Self-Reflective Diaries, Blogs, Vlogs, and conference activities.

Career

Understand how the world works.

Graduates of BSc Sociology develop essential skills for working in a variety of industries and businesses including the government and not-for-profit sector

A deep understanding of how societies are built and shaped can also springboard you to roles in the criminal justice system, community development and social work. The careers that Sociology graduates embark on are often varied. You could also work in:

• The media
• Campaigning organisations
• Marketing
• Public relations