Sociology, BSc (Hons), with study abroadorindustry placement

Course summary

Our flexible three-year degree provides unrivalled opportunities to shape your studies to match your personal interests, whilst learning about society at the vibrant heart of a global city.

• You’ll develop critical thinking studying topics including: social class, social mobility, ‘race' and ethnicity, gender, culture, identity, inequality, migration, media, and criminology.

• You’ll develop transferable skills in the analysis, interpretation and production of social data.

• Develop highly sought-after data literacy and quantitative skills, thanks to our strong links with City’s Q-Step Centre

• Become a critical thinker with an in-depth understanding of the complex interplay of local and global forces

• Opt onto a Q-Step quantitative methods pathway: benefit from a heightened focus on data skills, a workplace Data Placement in Year 2, and an optional - international work placement

• Boost your employability with an optional placement year

• Take advantage of excellent internship opportunities thanks to our central London location, including access to organisations in media, crime and justice, human rights, and mental health.

Year 1 Lies, Damn Lies and Statistics Producing Social Data Classical Social Theory Sociology in Action Researching Society: Qualitative Methods Culture and Society Exploring London Academic and Professional Practice Year 2 Deepen your understanding of the subject with five core modules addressing race, gender, social change and more. In year 2 you can also choose one methods module and two other electives. In year 2 You will have the option to take the Quantitative Methods pathway (leading to a BSc Sociology with Quantitative Methods). This pathway includes seven core modules (those indicated by an asterisk below) and one elective of your choice. Contemporary Social Theory* Social Action Project Understanding Social Change* Sociology of Race and Racism* Gender and Society* Quantitative Analysis of Social Research Data* New Media Challenges Violence Key Issues in Criminology News and Society Visualising Society* Quantitative Data Placement* Year 3 Draw on the research expertise in the department to study current issues at the cutting edge of current sociological thinking. You can take at least 30 credits worth of sociology modules and choose up to 45 credits of elective modules. You also complete a sociology project/dissertation to showcase your skills and interests. If you follow the Sociology with Quantitative Methods pathway, in year 3 you take at least one (15 credits) QM module (from those indicated by an asterisk below); you also take at least 15 credits worth of sociology modules (any of the below); and you can then choose up to 45 credits worth of elective modules (any of the below). You also complete the sociology project/dissertation which must use quantitative methods. Sociology Project Poverty: What counts?* Global Media and Sport Global Migration Processes Work and Workers Criminal Behaviour Broken Britain? Culture, Employment and Society Education, Skills and the Job Market Culture, Racisms and Resistance Changing Ideas about Society in the 21st Century Emotions, Identities and Relationships Celebrity and Society Applied Multivariate Data Analysis* Crime, Culture and the City Property and Crime Political Communication Interrogating Consumer Culture Criminal Justice in Crisis Leisure, the Body and Deviance Digital Cultures Gender, Sexuality and the Media Global Politics of Forced Migration Global Media Industries Digital Cultures International Marketing of Culture