Sociology BA (Hons)

Bachelor's degree

In Brighton

£ 9,250 VAT inc.

Description

  • Type

    Bachelor's degree

  • Location

    Brighton

  • 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.

Facilities

Location

Start date

Brighton (East Sussex)
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Sussex House, BN1 9RH

Start date

On request

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

Year 1 at sussex

Autumn teaching
  • A Sociology of 21st Century Britain
  • Critical Reading and Writing for Sociologists
  • Themes and Perspectives in Sociology I
Spring teaching
  • Gendering the Life Course
  • Making the Familiar Strange
  • Themes and Perspectives in Sociology II
Customise your course

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

Autumn teaching
  • Doing Social Research: working with quantitative data
Spring teaching
  • Doing Social Research: working with qualitative data
Options

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
Spring teaching
  • Classical Sociological Theory
  • Education and Inequality
  • Power, Deviance and Othering
  • Resistance Movements in Conflict & War
  • Sociology of Childhood (Spr)
Customise your course

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

Study abroad (optional)

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

Autumn teaching
  • Sociology Research Proposal
Spring teaching
  • Sociology Project
Options

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)
Spring teaching
  • Alternative Societies (Spr)
  • Identity & Interaction
  • Medicine and the Body
  • Sexualities / Intersections
  • Sociology of Fun
  • Surveillance, Security and Control

Additional information

International students Fee :  £16,750 per year

Sociology BA (Hons)

£ 9,250 VAT inc.