Sociology with a Language BA (Hons)

Bachelor's degree

In Brighton

£ 9,250 VAT inc.

Description

  • Type

    Bachelor's degree

  • Location

    Brighton

  • Duration

    3 Years

If you want to develop your sociology knowledge and learn a language, this is the course for you.
Studying Sociology helps you to think critically about the social worlds we live in. At Sussex, you’re taught by expert researchers on such diverse topics as gender inequalities, identity, health care and globalisation.
Designing and carrying out your own research projects means that you develop practical and analytical skills of research methodology.
Choose one language from Arabic, British Sign Language, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Mandarin Chinese or Spanish.

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

  • Arabic
  • Sign language
  • Sociology
  • Critical Reading
  • Sociologists
  • Familiar Strange
  • Chinese
  • Chinese Advanced
  • French Intermediate
  • Spanish

Course programme

Year 1 at

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
Options

Autumn teaching
  • Arabic Ab initio A
  • British Sign Language and Deaf Culture 1A
  • Chinese Ab initio A
  • French Ab initio A
  • French For Professional Purposes 1A
  • French Intermediate A Year 1
  • German Ab initio A
  • Italian Ab initio A
  • Japanese Ab initio A
  • Spanish Ab initio A
  • Spanish for Professional Purposes 1A
  • Spanish Intermediate A Year 1
Spring teaching
  • Arabic Ab initio B
  • British Sign Language and Deaf Culture 1B
  • Chinese Ab initio B
  • French Ab initio B
  • French For Professional Purposes 1B
  • French Intermediate B Year 1
  • German Ab initio B
  • Italian Ab initio B
  • Japanese Ab initio B
  • Spanish Ab initio B
  • Spanish for Professional Purposes 1B
  • Spanish Intermediate B Year 1
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
  • Arabic Intermediate A
  • Beyond the Vote: Citizenship and Participation in Sociology
  • British Sign Language and Deaf Culture 2A
  • Chinese Intermediate A
  • French Advanced A
  • French for Professional Purposes 2A
  • French Intermediate A
  • German Intermediate A
  • Health across the Lifecourse
  • Italian Intermediate A
  • Japanese Intermediate A
  • Migration and Integration (Aut)
  • Race: Conflict and Change
  • Sociology of Everyday Life
  • Spanish Advanced A
  • Spanish for Professional Purposes 2A
  • Spanish Intermediate A
Spring teaching
  • Arabic Intermediate B
  • British Sign Language and Deaf Culture 2B
  • Chinese Intermediate B
  • Classical Sociological Theory
  • Education and Inequality
  • French Advanced B
  • French for Professional Purposes 2B
  • French Intermediate B
  • German Intermediate B
  • Italian Intermediate B
  • Japanese Intermediate B
  • Power, Deviance and Othering
  • Resistance Movements in Conflict & War
  • Sociology of Childhood (Spr)
  • Spanish Advanced B
  • Spanish for Professional Purposes 2B
  • Spanish Intermediate B
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. Find out where your course could take you

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
  • Arabic Advanced A
  • British Sign Language and Deaf Culture 3A
  • Chinese Advanced A
  • Contemporary Social Theory (Aut)
  • Death of Socialism?
  • Development, Human Rights & Security
  • French Advanced A (B)
  • French for Professional Purposes 2A (B)
  • French For Professional Purposes 3A
  • German Advanced A
  • Identity and Interaction
  • Italian Advanced A
  • Japanese Advanced A
  • Postcolonial Europe?
  • Sexualities / Intersections
  • Sociology of Humans and Other Animals (Aut)
  • Spanish Advanced A (B)
  • Spanish for Professional Purposes 2A (B)
  • Spanish for Professional Purposes 3A
  • Surveillance, Security and Control
  • The Cultural Life of Capital Punishment (Aut)
Spring teaching
  • Alternative Societies (Spr)
  • Arabic Advanced B
  • British Sign Language and Deaf Culture 3B
  • Chinese Advanced B
  • French Advanced B (B)
  • French for Professional Purposes 2B (B)
  • French For Professional Purposes 3B
  • German Advanced B
  • Identity & Interaction
  • Italian Advanced B
  • Japanese Advanced B
  • Medicine and the Body
  • Sexualities / Intersections
  • Sociology of Fun
  • Spanish Advanced B (B)
  • Spanish for Professional Purposes 2B (B)
  • Spanish For Professional Purposes 3B
  • Surveillance, Security and Control
  • The Body: current controversies and debates



Additional information

International students Fee :  £16,750 per year

Sociology with a Language BA (Hons)

£ 9,250 VAT inc.