BA (Hons) SOCIOLOGY (WITH FOUNDATION YEAR)

This three-year full-time degree course (or four years part-time) will connect you to the real-life issues that exist in the communities outside our walls.

You’ll learn about the 4th industrial revolution and the globalisation of society. In this increasingly digital age, information, money, goods and services move freely across national boundaries. Issues about society are no longer confined to geographical location and the large-scale movement of people across borders is an issue affecting all parts of the world.

Your course will make sense of the impact of this digital revolution and globalisation on the world in general and modern Britain in particular, focusing on its relationship to class, gender, religion and nationalism. You’ll also learn how to interpret data and how to conduct informed debate on social issues.

In your first year you’ll gain a thorough grounding in the subject by studying six core modules. In you second and third years you’ll be able to specialise in the subjects that interest you the most. These optional modules include ones on social change, the body, age and generation, cities, ‘race’, nationalisms, gender, surveillance, digital culture, and the media.

In your third year you’ll do a work placement module. You will build up your employability skills through a series of workshops focusing on mock interviews, job applications, networking, confidence and social media skills. You will then do a 12-day work placement and produce a critical review report at the end. Afterwards you will receive feedback from the work placements employers. All of this will help prepare you for the world of graduate level work when you finish.

All of our sociology courses at UEL are about working with people, but that doesn’t mean you can only become a social worker at the end of your course. The reality is that a sociology degree will prepare you for a wide variety of jobs.

Increased focus on people, relationships and communication skills means that you can enter fields as diverse as teaching, human resources, the police and journalism.

For the last few years we have collaborated with Government in Social Research who are concerned to increase the diversity of social researchers within the civil service. This has involved students being advised through talks and workshop exercises how to apply for placements and fast-track entry into the civil service.

Many large retail firms such as Laura Ashley, Tesco and Marks & Spencer now view sociology graduates as ideal candidates to step straight on to their management training schemes.

You will graduate very knowledgeable about current affairs, have good communication and data analysis skills. You will be able to work well in a multi-cultural environment, which is what employers want, too.

Must include passes at A2 in at least 1 subject
Extended Diploma or Diploma
Diploma with 24 points including a minimum of 15 points at Higher Level