Program Overview

• Develop sought-after skills in analysis, communication, research and teamwork that will open the door to a wide range of satisfying careers
• Gain additional experience and skills by joining a four-year programme, in which you spend your third year overseas at one of our partner institutions
• Tailor your degree by choosing from a wide range of modules.
• Learn from expert staff who contribute to national and international policy through advisory groups, media appearances, blogs and speeches
• Join a department that is committed to making a positive difference in society through activism and research with real-world impact
• Design your own dissertation topic in an area such as autism and social media or masculinity and food consumption
• Extend your knowledge and experience through field trips, placements, film screenings and student societies

The social problems that governments and organisations have to tackle don’t come packaged in neat subject boxes. So, we don’t believe you should study like that either. Instead, we’ll encourage you to explore several disciplines so that you’re able to see situations from different angles and grasp the bigger picture.

Alongside building your knowledge, we’ll help you to develop the critical skills you need to carry out independent research. Skills which will equip you for any area of life. For study abroad students, this includes the skills you will gain from living and working in a different culture.

While based at Lancaster, your modules include topics such as social justice, gender, environment, migration, race, criminology and film. In your year abroad, you can choose from modules related to your host institution’s areas of specialism. This will broaden your understanding of sociology and how it is taught and practiced in different cultural contexts