Sociology with Media Studies BA (Hons)

• A Sociology of 21st Century Britain
• Critical Reading and Writing for Sociologists
• Questioning the Media E
• Themes and Perspectives in Sociology I

• Debates in Media Studies E
• Gendering the Life Course
• Making the Familiar Strange
• Themes and Perspectives in Sociology II

You spend 75% of your time studying Sociology and 25% of your time studying Media Studies.

You begin with key themes and perspectives in sociology, and sociological work examining diverse aspects of contemporary life in Britain and beyond. This includes social diversity, class and gender inequalities.

Foundation modules introduce you to the theoretical tools needed to question and investigate a range of media. You learn about contemporary media debates, as well as how to analyse and reflect on institutions, texts and audiences. Or you can choose a practice option in, for example, digital video, sound or photography.

Year 2 at sussex

• Doing Social Research: working with quantitative data
• Media, Memory, History (E)

• Advertising (E)
• Doing Social Research: working with qualitative data

• 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)

You spend 75% of your time studying Sociology and 25% of your time studying Media Studies.

You learn to frame sociological questions and apply appropriate social research methods to find answers.

You explore issues, topics and texts to suit your interests and develop your research skills. You can focus on topics such as:

• medicine and health
• migration
• journalism and digital media.

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

• Media, Publics and Protest
• Sociology Project

• 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)

You spend 75% of your time studying Sociology and 25% of your time studying Media Studies.

Seminars and workshops strengthen your intellectual and practical skills. You explore social change in relation to topics such as:

• alternative societies
• contemporary sociological theory
• the body in society.

You develop and research essays and a dissertation on the topics that interest you most.