Sociology
Entry requirements
GCSE/National 4/National 5
GCSE English Language at Grade 4 or above (Grade C for those sitting their GCSE before 2017). Key Skills Level 2, Functional Skills Level 2 and the Certificate in Adult Literacy are accepted in place of GCSEs.
UCAS Tariff
A minimum of 72 points from two A levels or equivalent, excluding General Studies.
About this course
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**Study sociology and look at the world in a new way. You'll develop the skills to examine ideas we take for granted about how society is organised.**
**Prepare for a rewarding career**
Develop your critical, analytical and interpretive skills. You’ll use your knowledge to forge a deeper understanding of the world around you. Your skillset will prime you for a wide range of careers including social work, community development and public health.
As part of this course, you’ll:
- Examine social theory, class, gender, culture, the media, globalisation, and urban sociology
- Be encouraged to think differently and challenge commonsense understanding, be critical and reflective, and understand society in a variety of new ways
- Build your understanding of social responsibility, not only in your professional life, but also as a citizen
- Learn about tensions and changes in society and come to recognise how and why they develop
- Complete a range of innovative and creative assessments and research-based assignments
- Understand the ways in which social structure has shaped your own sense of self, and gain insight into possibilities for social change
- Pick from a variety of modules to shape your course to your career interests
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**Your future**
This course will equip you with the knowledge and confidence to successfully apply for a variety of roles. With support throughout the course from your tutors, you’ll develop a broad range of employability skills. These could include:
- Action planning
- Completing applications
- Teamwork
- Time management
- Written and oral communication
Your Work-Based Learning module will help you identify key skills to develop, make career plans and forge industry connections. Your learning will be assessed through a portfolio which mirrors aspects of the graduate recruitment process. Additionally, you’ll explore job sectors and how to use your skills in the world of work.
**Boost your CV**
You’ll have access to a variety of experiences such as digital micro-internships, mock interviews and workplace research projects that will help to prepare you for the workplace. Furthermore, you’ll have the opportunity to shape your own journey through volunteering, training and careers fairs.
Our graduates have established rewarding careers in a variety of fields, including:
- Marketing
- Advertising
- Social work
- Teaching
- Charity, voluntary and community groups
**Why study Sociology at Leeds Beckett University...**
- 100% of students on BA (Hons) Sociology were positive about the way teaching staff explain things*
- Study abroad option – you could choose to spend a year living and studying abroad to broaden your experience
- Research-led teaching that will drive your learning
*National Student Survey 2023
Modules
Year 1 Core Modules:
- Doing Sociology in Leeds
- Introduction to Social Policy
- Sociology, Capitalism & Modernity
- Researching Society
- Culture, Media & Society
- Global Capitalism
Year 2 Core Modules:
- Modern Social Theory
- Inequalities of Class & Culture
- The Sociology of Gender & Feminist Perspectives
- Exploring Social Research
- In addition, choose from a list of Year 2 option Modules. Please check our website for a full and up-to-date list.
Year 3 Core Modules:
- Sociology Dissertation
- Contemporary Society & Social Futures
- Poverty, Inequality & the Welfare State
- In addition, choose from a list of Year 3 option modules. Please check our website for a full and up-to-date list.
Tuition fees
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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.
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