BSc (Hons) Sociology at Teesside University

BSc (Hons) Sociology examines the social forces shaping everyday life, covering work, social diversities and inequalities, leisure and youth, and social exclusion, with a final-year independent research project. Students develop analysis, research and writing skills and can take part in the Inside Out programme alongside serving prisoners.

Department: Criminology and Sociology  |  Duration: 3 years full-time; up to 5 years part-time  |  Intake: September  |  Study mode: full-time, part-time  |  Location: Middlesbrough, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

Year 1: Becoming a Social Scientist, Crime and Society, Media Representations, Political Ideologies. Year 2: Future Directions and Research for Social Scientists, Identities, Institutions and Society, Police and Policing, Social Theory, Policy and Practice. Final year: Criminology and Sociology Dissertation, Current Issues in Sociology, Narrating the Past, plus one optional module (Social Movements or Understanding Drugs in Society).

Career pathways

Opportunities in the public sector, journalism, social research, community development, non-governmental organisations and postgraduate study or training, supported by workshops, fairs, guest lectures and live projects.

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