Course summary
This is a Connected Degree Portsmouth is the only University in the UK with the flexibility to choose when to do an optional paid placement or self-employed year. Either take a placement in your third year, or finish your studies first and complete a placement in your fourth year. You can decide if and when to take a placement after you've started your course. Overview Prepare to lead the world into a more positive future. Human thought and behaviour shapes our society, which in turn shapes our experience as global citizens. Take a sociological and social psychological approach to the most pressing social issues of our time, from global economic inequality and the migrant crisis to world hunger, climate change and gender equality - and see how our actions interact with and influence social justice and wellbeing in the world. While developing your sociological imagination, you'll also study social psychological concepts such as prosocial behaviour, intergroup dynamics and social influence. On this BSc (Hons) Sociology with Psychology degree, you'll conduct your own research into societal issues that matter most to you, developing the skills to influence positive change such as critical thinking, leading on research projects, analysing data and communicating proposals for change effectively. Course highlights
- Learn from leading academics actively researching solutions to social inequalities and exploring the social structures that shape our lives, including researchers from our Sociology and Social Theory Research Group
- Tailor your studies to topics that match your ambitions from a diverse range of specialist modules, including social justice, gender and sexuality, race and racism and global inequality
- Use social psychological theory to address one of three 'unsolvable issues' (homelessness, domestic violence or unemployment), simulating projects you'll work on in future health-related careers
- Hear from industry specialists on topics such as racism, asylum and gender-based violence – recent guest speakers have come from Friends Without Borders and Portsmouth Abuse and Rape Counselling Services (PARCS)
- Discover how to present your knowledge and research to a wider audience, through the production of a video or podcast on an optional module
- Learn to use industry-leading software, such as SPSS statistical analysis software and NVivo qualitative data analysis software, to transform your research into actionable findings
- The psychological approach on this course is designed to enhance your understanding of sociology beyond sociological theory – it doesn't offer British Psychological Society accreditation (BPS) but strongly prepares you for further study or training related to the psychological and social sciences.
- teaching and lecturing (with additional training or further study)
- research and policy
- health and social care
- advertising, marketing and media
- local government
- careers advice, human resources and recruitment
- charity work and community development
- peer support and young persons service manager
- youth worker
- school teacher or college lecturer
- research executive
- fundraising and project manager
- hr adviser
- social worker
- evidence and evaluation manager
Modules
Year 1 Core modules in this year include:
- Developing your Sociological Imagination (40 credits)
- Psychology for the Social Sciences (20 credits)
- Research Design and Analysis (20 credits)
- Social and Cultural Psychology (20 credits)
- Theorising Social Life (20 credits)
- Critical Psychology (20 credits)
- Discursive Psychology (20 credits)
- Doing Sociological Research (20 credits)
- Modernity and Globalisation (20 credits)
- Consumer Society: Critical Themes and Issues (L5) (20 credits)
- Digital Cultures: Exploring the Digital in the Humanities and Social Sciences (20 credits)
- Emotions and Social Life (20 credits)
- Empire and Its Afterlives in Britain, Europe, and Africa (20 credits)
- Engaged Citizenship in Humanities and Social Sciences (20 credits)
- Equality Or Liberation? Theorising Social Justice (20 credits)
- Family, Career and Generation (L5) (20 credits)
- Gender and Sexuality (20 credits)
- Global Security (20 credits)
- Health, Wellbeing, and Happiness (L5) (20 credits)
- Intercultural Perspectives On Communication (20 credits)
- Marketing & Communication (20 credits)
- Modernity and Globalisation (20 credits)
- Nationalism and Migration: Chaos, Crisis and the Everyday (L5) (20 credits)
- News, Discourse, and Media (20 credits)
- Principles of Economic Crime Investigation (20 credits)
- Professional Experience L5 (20 credits)
- Puritans to Postmodernists: American Literature (20 credits)
- Race and Racism (L5) (20 credits)
- Risk and Society (20 credits)
- Social Power, Elites and Dissent (L5) (20 credits)
- Sociology of Culture: Taste, Value and Celebrity (L5) (20 credits)
- The Sociology of Education (20 credits)
- Transitional Justice & Human Rights (20 credits)
- Understanding Personal Life (L5) (20 credits)
- Wildlife Crime: Threats and Response (20 credits)
- Community Psychology (20 credits)
- Creative Research Methods in Psychology (20 credits)
- Consumer Society:Critical Themes and Issues (L6) (20 credits)
- Dissertation (Sociology) (40 credits)
- Emotions and Social Life (L6) (20 credits)
- Equality Or Liberation? Theorising Social Justice (20 credits)
- Family, Career and Generation (L6) (20 credits)
- Gender and Sexuality (20 credits)
- Health, Wellbeing and Happiness (20 credits)
- Introduction to Teaching (20 credits)
- Major Project (40 credits)
- Nationalism and Migration: Chaos, Crisis and the Everyday (20 credits)
- Professional Development: Recruiters and Candidates (20 credits)
- Professional Experience L6 (20 credits)
- Race and Racism (L6) (20 credits)
- Social Power, Elites and Dissent (L6) (20 credits)
- Sociology of Culture: Taste, Value and Celebrity (L6) (20 credits)
- The Sociology of Education (L6) (20 credits)
- Understanding Personal Life (L6) (20 credits)
Assessment method
You'll be assessed through:
- written essays
- group and individual projects
- seminar participation
- examinations
- a 10,000-word dissertation
- Year 1 students: 25% by written exams and 75% by coursework
- Year 2 students: 33% by written exams, 9% by practical exams and 58% by coursework
How to apply
This is the deadline for applications to be completed and sent for this course. If the university or college still has places available you can apply after this date, but your application is not guaranteed to be considered.
Application codes
- Course code:
- L3C8
- Institution code:
- P80
- Campus name:
- Main Site
- Campus code:
- -
Points of entry
The following entry points are available for this course:
- Year 1
- Year 2
- Year 3
Entry requirements for advanced entry (i.e. into Year 2 and beyond)
We welcome applications for advanced entry. If you’d like to apply for advanced entry, you need to select the required year when you complete your UCAS application.
This course may be available at alternative locations, please check if other course options are available
Entry requirements
Qualification requirements
UCAS Tariff - 96 - 112 points
A level - BBC - CCC
Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016) - DMM - MMM
Access to HE Diploma
Scottish Higher
Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Diploma (first teaching from September 2016)
Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Certificate (first teaching from September 2016)
Scottish Advanced Higher
International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme - 25 points
Welsh Baccalaureate - Advanced Skills Challenge Certificate (last awarded Summer 2024)
Leaving Certificate - Higher Level (Ireland) (first awarded in 2017) - H3, H4, H4, H4, H4 - H3, H3, H3, H3, H4
Cambridge International Pre-U Certificate - Principal
GCSE/National 4/National 5
T Level - M
English language requirements
Test | Grade | Additional details |
---|---|---|
IELTS (Academic) | 6 | English language proficiency at a minimum of IELTS band 6.0 with no component score below 5.5. |
PTE Academic | 54 | An overall score of 54 with a minimum of 51 in each skill. |
TOEFL (iBT) | 79 | 79 with a minimum of 18 in Reading, 17 in Listening, 20 in Speaking and 17 in Writing. |
Cambridge English Advanced | Cambridge English: Advanced (CAE) taken after January 2015. An overall score of 169 with no component score less than 162. | |
Cambridge English Proficiency | Cambridge English: Proficiency (CPE) taken after January 2015. An overall score of 169 with no component score less than 162. | |
Trinity ISE | Pass | Trinity College Integrated Skills in English (ISE) Level III with a Pass in all 4 components |
Student Outcomes
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Fees and funding
Tuition fees
EU | £9535 | Year 1 |
England | £9535 | Year 1 |
Northern Ireland | £9535 | Year 1 |
Scotland | £9535 | Year 1 |
Wales | £9535 | Year 1 |
Channel Islands | £9535 | Year 1 |
Republic of Ireland | £9535 | Year 1 |
International | £17200 | Year 1 |
Tuition fee status depends on a number of criteria and varies according to where in the UK you will study. For further guidance on the criteria for home or overseas tuition fees, please refer to the UKCISA website .
Additional fee information
Provider information
University of Portsmouth
University House
Winston Churchill Avenue
Portsmouth
PO1 2UP