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Humanities and Social Sciences at University of Portsmouth - UCAS

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Course summary

Overview Understand and address some of the world’s most pressing challenges with this BA (Hons) in Humanities and Social Sciences. This interdisciplinary course combines modules from History, Sociology, Politics, International Relations, and English Literature, giving you the tools to critically analyse complex global issues such as inequality, climate change, and cultural dynamics. Through research-led teaching and practical learning, you’ll develop skills in critical thinking, research, communication, and problem-solving, preparing you to make a meaningful impact in society. Studying in a supportive and inclusive environment, you’ll explore key topics through a range of perspectives, empowering you to create solutions to real-world problems. Graduates are well-equipped for careers in social research, policy-making, education, and the charity sector. This is a new course and we’re currently finalising the detailed information for this page. You can still see entry requirements and apply. 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.

Modules

Year 1 Core modules + credits:

  • Global Identities – 20
  • Key Themes in International Relations – 20
  • Psychology for the Social Sciences – 20
  • Research Design and Analysis – 20
  • Social Inequalities – 20
  • Societies, Nations and Empires: Europe 1750–2000 – 20
Year 2: Optional modules + credits
  • Critical Psychology – 20
  • Debating the Past: Historical Case Studies – 20
  • Doing Sociological Research – 20
  • Global Crises: Climate, Conflict and Insecurity – 20
  • Literary Prizes and Public Acclaim – 20
  • Theorising International Politics – 20
  • Work, Employment and Society – 20
  • Analysing Foreign Policy – 20
  • Consumer Society: Critical Themes and Issues – 20
  • Crime Writing – 20
  • Development and Democracy in Latin America – 20
  • Dystopian and Apocalyptic Environments: Ecocrisis in the Literary Imagination – 20
  • East Asian States and Societies – 20
  • European Politics – 20
  • Gender and Sexuality – 20
  • Health, Wellbeing and Happiness – 20
  • Introduction to Teaching – 20
  • Modern Foreign Language (Institute-Wide Language Programme) – 20
  • Race and Racism – 20
  • Sociology of Culture: Taste, Value and Celebrity – 20
  • The Hidden Lives of Things: Material Culture in the Early Modern World – 20
  • Underworlds: Crime, Deviance and Punishment in Britain, 1500–1900 – 20
  • Women's Writing in the Americas – 20
  • Bending the Truth a Little? Research Methods in Politics, International Relations and Development – 20
  • Discursive Psychology – 20
  • Modernity and Globalisation – 20
  • Research in Practice – 20
  • Risk and Society – 20
  • Working with the Past – 20
  • A History of US Foreign Policy: From the Great War to 9/11 – 20
  • Age of Crisis: European Culture in the Twentieth Century – 20
  • Bloody Shakespeare: The Politics and Poetics of Violence – 20
  • Emotions And Social Life – 20
  • Empire and its Afterlives in Britain, Europe and Africa – 20
  • Equality or Liberation? Theorising Social Justice – 20
  • Family, Career and Generation – 20
  • Global Political Economy – 20
  • Professional Experience – 20
  • Puritans to Postmodernists: American Literature – 20
  • Social Power, Elites and Dissent – 20
  • Space, Place and Being – 20
  • The Geopolitics and Geo-Economics of Africa – 20
  • Transitional Justice and Human Rights – 20
  • Understanding Personal Life – 20
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How to apply

Application codes

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Points of entry

The following entry points are available for this course:

  • Year 1
  • Year 2
  • Year 3

Entry requirements

Qualification requirements

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English language requirements

TestGradeAdditional details
IELTS (Academic)6English language proficiency at a minimum of IELTS band 6.0 with no component score below 5.5.
Cambridge English AdvancedCambridge English: Advanced (CAE) (taken after January 2015). An overall score of 169 with no component score less than 162.
Cambridge English ProficiencyCambridge English: Proficiency (CPE) (taken after January 2015). An overall score of 169 with no component score less than 162.
PTE Academic62An overall score of 62 with a minimum of 59 in each skill.
TOEFL (iBT)7979 with a minimum of 18 in Reading, 17 in Listening, 20 in Speaking and 17 in Writing.
Trinity ISEPassTrinity College Integrated Skills in English (ISE) Level III with a Pass in all 4 components.

Student Outcomes

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Fees and funding

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Additional fee information

**Undergraduate fees for 2025 entry will be available shortly.** For more information about fees, go to https://www.port.ac.uk/study/undergraduate/undergraduate-fees-and-student-finance/tuition-fees-living-costs-and-other-study-costs

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Humanities and Social Sciences at University of Portsmouth - UCAS