Sociology and International Relations (4 years full time including sandwich year)
UCAS Code: LFL3
Bachelor of Science (with Honours) - BSc (Hons)
Entry requirements
A level
Other A Level combinations possible to achieve 112 points. Minimum of 2 A Levels, can be combined with other Level 3 qualifications eg. AS levels/Extended Project to achieve 112 points. General Studies not accepted.
Can be considered in combination with other Level 3 qualifications e.g. A2's in different subjects.
Access to HE Diploma
Mature applicants (21 years and older) will need to pass a QAA-approved Access to Higher Education Diploma in a relevant subject with 60 credits, minimum 45 credits at Level 3 including 21 at merit. Applicants under 21 years will be considered on a case-by-case basis.
International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme
4 in Mathematics at Standard Level. English Language required at 5 Standard Level or 4 Higher Level.
Leaving Certificate - Higher Level (Ireland) (first awarded in 2017)
A minimum of 112 UCAS points usually from 5 Higher Level subjects
Combined with other level 3 qualifications to achieve 112 tariff points
OCR Cambridge Technical Diploma
Grade combinations below 112 points considered when combined with other Level 3 qualifications including AS and Extended Project to achieve 112 points.
Combined with other level 3 qualifications to achieve 112 tariff points
OCR Cambridge Technical Extended Diploma
Grade combinations below 112 points considered when combined with other Level 3 qualifications including AS and Extended Project to achieve 112 points.
Combined with other level 3 qualifications to achieve 112 tariff points
Combined with other level 3 qualifications to achieve 112 tariff points
Combined with other level 3 qualifications to achieve 112 tariff points
Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016)
Grade combinations below 112 points considered when combined with other Level 3 qualifications including AS and Extended Project to achieve 112 points
Scottish Higher
Achieve a minimum of 112 tariff points achieved from either five Highers or a combination of two Highers offered with two Advanced Highers. Where only Highers have been taken a minimum of (BBCCC) are required.
UCAS Tariff
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About this course
**Reasons to choose Kingston**
– Through a work-based module, you’ll put your knowledge into practice and get valuable work experience.
– This course helps you develop skills relevant to careers in national and international development organisations, NGOs and charities.
– You’ll develop a solid understanding of both social theory and the theories of international relations.
**About this course**
Do you wish to take a closer look at some of the issues that define our times? At how human rights and social justice are addressed at an international level? At how domestic politics are influenced by international relations? At how war and the economy are linked and how our society reacts to migration and the identities of gender, race and class? This course will look at all these questions and more.
On this degree, you’ll study fundamental and global subjects in sociology. You’ll explore human rights, international development, globalisation, urbanisation and transnational communities.
The modules of this course are flexible, so you’ll be able to tailor your studies to your own areas of interest.
**Sandwich Year**
This course has a sandwich year which takes place between Year 2 and your Final Year. During this sandwich year you will take a placement within a relevant setting, ensuring you gain essential experience to add to your CV and help you secure a graduate job.
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The Uni
Kingston University
Department of Criminology and Sociology
What students say
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Sociology
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Who studies this subject and how do they get on?
Most popular A-Levels studied (and grade achieved)
Politics
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Most popular A-Levels studied (and grade achieved)
After graduation
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Sociology
What are graduates doing after six months?
This is what graduates told us they were doing (and earning), shortly after completing their course. We've crunched the numbers to show you if these immediate prospects are high, medium or low, compared to those studying this subject/s at other universities.
Top job areas of graduates
We have quite a lot of sociology graduates, although numbers fell last year. But graduates still do pretty well. Most sociology graduates go straight into work when they complete their degrees, and a lot of graduates go into jobs in social professions such as recruitment, education, community and youth work, and housing. An important option for a sociology graduate is social work - and we're short of people willing to take this challenging but rewarding career. Sociology is a flexible degree and you can find graduates from the subject in pretty much every reasonable job — obviously, you don't find many doctors or engineers, but you do find them in finance, the media, healthcare, marketing and even IT. Sociology graduates taking further study often branch out into other qualifications, like teaching, law, psychology, HR and even maths, so don’t think a sociology degree restricts you to just one set of options.
Politics
What are graduates doing after six months?
This is what graduates told us they were doing (and earning), shortly after completing their course. We've crunched the numbers to show you if these immediate prospects are high, medium or low, compared to those studying this subject/s at other universities.
Top job areas of graduates
The numbers of people taking politics degrees fell sharply last year and we'll keep an eye on this one - it can't really be because of graduates getting poor outcomes as politics grads do about as well as graduates on average. Most politics or international relations graduates don't actually go into politics - although many do, as activists, fundraisers and researchers. Jobs in local and central government are also important. Other popular jobs include marketing and PR, youth and community work, finance roles, HR and academic research (you usually need a postgraduate degree to get into research). Because so many graduates get jobs in the civil service, a lot of graduates find themselves in London after graduating. Politics is a very popular postgraduate subject, and so about one in five politics graduates go on to take another course - usually a one-year Masters - after they finish their degrees.
What about your long term prospects?
Looking further ahead, below is a rough guide for what graduates went on to earn.
Sociology, social policy and anthropology
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Politics
The graph shows median earnings of graduates who achieved a degree in this subject area one, three and five years after graduating from here.
£17k
£23k
£25k
Note: this data only looks at employees (and not those who are self-employed or also studying) and covers a broad sample of graduates and the various paths they've taken, which might not always be a direct result of their degree.
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