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Social Sciences BSc (Hons) – 3 years

University of Bath

Bachelor's degree

In Bath ()

£ 9,250 VAT inc.

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Description

  • Type

    Bachelor's degree

  • Duration

    3 Years

Direct your own learning with a broad-based training in the social sciences.

This course offers you a comprehensive grounding in the social sciences. You will have greater flexibility to customise your studies.

You will take an interdisciplinary approach to the analysis of social issues. In Year 1 you will be introduced to social policy, sociology and research methods. You can choose to develop interests in politics, psychology, international development and criminology.

During the final two years of the course, you can continue taking a broad- based approach, or choose to specialise in specific areas. You will continue to study compulsory units in research methods.

About this course

You’ll learn from academics with expertise across the social sciences. Their international collaborations and research activities feed into undergraduate teaching and contribute to your learning experience.

Those who study our social sciences degrees have excellent career options. Our graduates have worked as social and policy researchers, civil servants, international consultants, journalists, accountants and in a variety of government, charity sector and business-related roles.

Our recent graduates have gone on to work for:

Amazon
Guide Dogs
Parliamentary Research Service
Goldman Sachs
BBC Worldwide

We prefer applicants with at least one humanities or social science subject as part of their entry qualifications. This subject might be:

Geography
History
Philosophy
Politics
Psychology
Religious Studies
Sociology
GCSE Mathematics grade C or 4 plus GCSE English grade C or 4 (or equivalent from English language category B).

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Subjects

  • Project
  • Social Science
  • Approach
  • Social Policy
  • Social
  • Social Problems
  • Global Context
  • Sociological Theory
  • Sociological
  • Quantitative
  • Plus optional units

Course programme

Year 1
  • Academic and research skills 1: introduction to qualitative methods
  • Social problems and social policy
  • Understanding society: Britain in global context
  • Academic and research skills 2: introduction to quantitative methods
  • Social policy, welfare and the state
  • Classical sociological theory
  • Plus optional units
Year 2
  • Qualitative social research methods
  • Quantitative data analysis
  • Plus optional units
Year 3
  • Social policy dissertation
  • Plus optional units
Optional course units

You can choose from a number of optional units in years 1, 2 and 3. Here are some examples of the units currently being studied by our students.

  • Mind and behaviour
  • Thinking and working cross-culturally: Introduction to social analysis of development
  • Social policy and you
  • Ideas about 'terrorism'
  • Sexual violence: explanations, responses and debates
Learning and assessment

Learning
  • Laboratory sessions
  • Lectures
  • Practical sessions
  • Seminars
  • Tutorials
  • Workshops
Assessment
  • Coursework
  • Dissertation
  • Essay
  • Oral assessment
  • Practical work
  • Written examination
  • Other

Additional information

Overseas students Fee - 

Tuition fee for the academic year 2020/21 - £18,000


UK/EU application deadline - 15 January 2020

Overseas deadline - 15 January 2020

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Social Sciences BSc (Hons) – 3 years

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