Course summary

This broad, up-to-the-minute degree course gives you the skills to make sense of our lives, our communities, our society and our world. It’s also the springboard to a wide range of careers. This degree gives you a deep understanding of individuals, communities and workplaces; the issues faced by vulnerable individuals and groups in our society; and the political, legal, cultural and organisational contexts that shape it. Over the three-year course, you learn about the broad breadth of the social sciences, including the sociology of modern Britain; social change within communities; and globalisation. In your second and third years, you can also follow your interests, choosing specific areas such as international issues; inequality; migration; and climate change. In addition, in your final year, you undertake an independent project, with the support of the academic team, who are involved in research into real-world problems across a number of fields. Why choose this course?

• Become skilled in understanding the social problems, issues and processes that impact on our personal experiences of life in contemporary Britain and beyond

• Follow a course that constantly evolves to reflect changes in policy, practice and emerging areas such as technology

• Study with world-leading researchers in the areas of human rights, forced migration, asylum and trafficking of children

• Develop your research and academic skills, both of which are transferable to other fields

• Benefit from the diversity of your knowledge and skills when it comes to a career: graduates of social sciences appeal to potential employers from the private, public and voluntary sector

• Open up opportunities for postgraduate study in a number of areas