BSc Sociology
Entry requirements
We accept a wide range of qualifications for entry to our undergraduate programmes. The main ones are listed below: A Level – grades BBB-BCC. No specific subject required. BTEC – Extended Diploma grades from Distinction Distinction Merit (DDM) to Distinction Merit Merit (DMM). No specific subject required. T Levels – grade Merit. No specific subject required. International Baccalaureate – a minimum of 32 points. Access to HE courses – Access to HE Diploma or Access to HE Certificate (60 credits, 45 of which must be Level 3, at Merit or higher). No specific subject required. If you don’t meet the entry requirements above, we may be able to accept your prior learning or experience from outside of formal education. See our Accreditation of Prior Learning (APL) page to learn more. English Language Requirements for International and EU Applicants IELTS 6.0 - for visa nationals, with a minimum score of IELTS 5.5 in each element.
About this course
BSc (Hons) in Social Sciences and Sociology. Core topics include research methods. The programme is applied in focus, with students working alongside practitioners, communities, and external organisations. A final-year dissertation in Sociology is required, and an optional professional placement year is available.
Modules
- Sociology in Practice
- Foundational thinking in Sociology
- Introduction to Social Science research
- Cities and Environment
- Sociology of deviance and social control
- Issues in world politics
- Crime: Representation and reality.
- Sociological debates
- Social Science research methods
- The Art of Persuasion: Advocacy for a change
- Social problems and social justice
- Health: Mind, body and society
- Visualising everyday life
- Climate Change, energy and society.
- Dissertation in Sociology
- Community engagement, social action
- Digital problems and possibilities: Technology and change
- Gender and sexuality in society: Critical perspectives
- Ethnicity and society
- Living social class.