Course summary

On this BA Sociology you will explore the most compelling and important aspects of our lives as social beings. You will examine social processes and their influence and impact on individuals, groups, societies, institutions and states, so that you understand more about the contemporary world and its inheritances. Why choose this course?

• This course equips you with the ideas and concepts needed to analyse contemporary societies and to confront and understand the most challenging social and ethical questions of our time.

• It offers you insights from leading academics in the field, as well as encouraging you to think independently in confronting the social realities of the contemporary period.

• It benefits from close links to our wider academic community exploring the connections between the psyche and the social world.

• This BA Sociology helps you develop a wealth of analytical skills and encourages the kind of rigorous, critical thought that can be easily transferred to other settings after your degree.

• Birkbeck's innovative, creative and interdisciplinary sociology course will help you become a competent, critical and responsible student of the social world and the psychological and social forces that shape individuals.

• Follow your interests and choose to specialise in communication, geography, history, politics, psychosocial studies, social anthropology or social policy.

• Ours is a vibrant research culture, powered by a shared passion for learning and intellectual engagement among our academics and students.

• the ability to work effectively as part of a team

• high-level oral and written communication skills in English

• research skills

• skills in evaluating and assessing types of information

• the ability to present yourself and an argument.

• charity officer

• journalist

• social researcher

• further education lecturer.