Sociology BA (Hons)
Bachelor's degree
In Brighton
Description
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Type
Bachelor's degree
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Location
Brighton
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Duration
3 Years
Studying Sociology will help you to understand and think critically about the social worlds we live in. At Sussex, you’re taught by expert researchers on diverse topics such as gender inequalities, identity, health care and globalisation.
You will design and carry out your own research projects. This helps you develop further practical and analytical skills in research methodology.
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About this course
Recent Department of Sociology graduates have gone on to jobs including:
project development, FareShare Sussex
account executive, FFT Aspire
analyst, British Arab Commercial Bank.
You should also have a broad range of GCSEs 9-4 (or A*-C), including good grades in relevant subjects.
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Subjects
- Sociology
- Writing for Sociologists
- Critical Reading
- Familiar Strange
- Quantitative Data
- Citizenship
- Lifecourse
- Migration
- Sociological Theory
- Classical Sociological
Course programme
Autumn teaching
- A Sociology of 21st Century Britain
- Critical Reading and Writing for Sociologists
- Themes and Perspectives in Sociology I
- Gendering the Life Course
- Making the Familiar Strange
- Themes and Perspectives in Sociology II
At Sussex, you can choose to customise your course to build the sort of degree that will give you the knowledge, skills and experience that could take you in any direction you choose.
Year 2 at sussex
- Doing Social Research: working with quantitative data
- Doing Social Research: working with qualitative data
Autumn teaching
- Beyond the Vote: Citizenship and Participation in Sociology
- Health across the Lifecourse
- Migration and Integration (Aut)
- Race: Conflict and Change
- Sociology of Everyday Life
- Classical Sociological Theory
- Education and Inequality
- Power, Deviance and Othering
- Resistance Movements in Conflict & War
- Sociology of Childhood (Spr)
At Sussex, you can choose to customise your course to build the sort of degree that will give you the knowledge, skills and experience that could take you in any direction you choose.
study abroad or Placement
Apply to study abroad – you’ll develop an international perspective and gain an edge when it comes to your career.
Placement (optional)A placement is a great way to network and gain practical skills. When you leave Sussex, you’ll benefit from having the experience employers are looking for.
Year 3 at sussex
- Sociology Research Proposal
- Sociology Project
Autumn teaching
- Contemporary Social Theory (Aut)
- Death of Socialism?
- Development, Human Rights & Security
- Identity and Interaction
- Postcolonial Europe?
- Sexualities / Intersections
- Sociology of Humans and Other Animals (Aut)
- Surveillance, Security and Control
- The Cultural Life of Capital Punishment (Aut)
- Alternative Societies (Spr)
- Identity & Interaction
- Medicine and the Body
- Sexualities / Intersections
- Sociology of Fun
- Surveillance, Security and Control
Additional information
Sociology BA (Hons)