Program Overview

Contemporary politics is dominated by competing movements for social change. Our BSc Politics and Sociology degree focuses on the most pressing challenges of our time. You’ll learn how to think critically about important social policy questions in the UK, and the world, and explore how those who make decisions impact on others. You’ll graduate with a wide range of transferable skills that are highly sought after by employers.

• Politics and sociology is about people power: how can we harness the structures of politics and society enable us to address shared social challenges.  
• Our course will introduce you to the most important social policy questions in the UK, around Europe, and the world, and explore how those who make decisions impact on others.  
• Along the way you’ll be able to address the social and political issues behind the biggest debates in contemporary society.  
• You’ll have the option to take one of our award-winning Professional Training placements that will prepare you for work in industry.

Our BSc Politics and Sociology course will provide you with extensive knowledge of the interactions between ideology, policy-making, power and social structures. Looking at social policy from the perspective of political institutions, as well as the sociology of political structures, you’ll engage in a range of debates about the nature and impact of social problems.

Moreover, the study of policy-making in practice will provide you with an overview of opportunities and constraints affecting the way that policy is formed and implemented.

Our degree has Bachelor of Science status, in recognition of its technical analytical components that are highly valued by an increasingly diverse range of employers in the knowledge economy. You will develop transferable qualitative and quantitative research skills, and learn how to design and carry out research projects using market-leading data analysis software.

You’ll split your time equally between politics and sociology, developing a sound understanding of both disciplinary traditions and cultures.