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Sociology

Entry requirements


A level

B,B,C-C,C,C

GCSE/National 4/National 5

English language (C or above)

International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme

28

Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016)

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UCAS Tariff

96-112

About this course


Course option

3years

Full-time | 2024

Subject

Sociology

**Understand the world around you and how it will shape the future**
Are you interested in how the world works? Does your future career involve making a difference to people and the world around you? Our BA (Hons) Sociology course provides you an in-depth understanding of how the world works and how it will evolve in the coming years and decades.

**Explore the complex nature of human society**
This course helps you make sense of what is happening in this period of incredible, fast-moving change, as you consider what aspects have been positive and exciting and what areas have created conflict, confusion, and challenge.

**Study a variety of thought-provoking topics such as:**
How people are given social status.
How gender, class, and ethnicity impact the opportunities given to us.
How culture shapes our personalities, values, and outlooks.
The role of the media in promoting ideologies.
How social change can come about through collective action and activism.

**Year One**
In your first year, you will discover why sociology provides fascinating insights into so many aspects of our social world, as you gain a strong foundation on which you will continue to build throughout your degree.
**Year Two**
Your second year provides you with the opportunity to begin to specialise in topics that interest you, as you explore contemporary views on topics such as sexuality, health and wellbeing, crime, and the media.
**Year Three**
In your third year, you will work towards a final dissertation project that acts as the culmination of your learning throughout your degree.

Alongside this, you will examine the role of the media in the rise in anxiety in younger generations, how media reflects the world around us, and the sociological principles behind aggression and violence.
Making a Difference modules

In both your second and third years, you will have the opportunity to make a difference within your community, as undertake a critical examination of sociological ideas including community, neighbourhood, ‘belonging’, agency, and self-determination.

Modules

YEAR ONE
Why Sociology Matters
What is Going on? Making Sense of the 21st Century
Social Identities and Inequalities 1 and 2
Ageing and the Life Course
Explaining Society
Crime and Society

YEAR TWO
Being Human: Emotions and Behaviour in Social Life
Sex, Sexualities and Society
Analysing Social Problems
Culture, Media and Society
Criminology Classics and Controversies
Making a Difference 1: Community Project (group placement project)
Research Methods
Health and Wellbeing

YEAR THREE
Making a Difference 2: Preparation for Professional Careers
Aggression, Violence and Abuse: a Sociological Perspective
A Dangerous World? Risk, Anxiety and the Media
Music, TV and Film in a Changing World
Two option modules from within the Institute of Education, Health and Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities
Independent Project (Dissertation)

Tuition fees

Select where you currently live to see what you'll pay:

Channel Islands
£9,250
per year
England
£9,250
per year
EU
£15,840
per year
International
£15,840
per year
Northern Ireland
£9,250
per year
Republic of Ireland
£9,250
per year
Scotland
£9,250
per year
Wales
£9,250
per year

The Uni


Course location:

Bishop Otter Campus, Chichester

Department:

Social Work and Social Care

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Who studies this subject and how do they get on?

100%
UK students
0%
International students
19%
Male students
81%
Female students
83%
2:1 or above
8%
First year drop out rate

Most popular A-Levels studied (and grade achieved)

A
C
B

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Sociology

What are graduates doing after six months?

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£16,200
low
Average annual salary
98%
high
Employed or in further education

Top job areas of graduates

41%
Childcare and related personal services
29%
Welfare professionals
11%
Teaching and educational professionals

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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