BSc (Hons) Sociology and Social Policy with professional placement at University of Bath

Programme overview

Explore new and creative ways to tackle key social challenges. Learn theory and methods to understand, critically examine, and influence organisations. This course will appeal if you want to combine an understanding of the social world from different perspectives with a rigorous analysis of policy responses to social problems.

Faculty: Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences | Department: Department of Social & Policy Sciences | Duration: 4 years with professional placement | Study mode: full-time, with professional placement | Intake: September 2027 | Location: Bath, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

This course lasts 4 years. It starts in September 2027 and ends in 2031. Year 1 compulsory units include Becoming a social scientist 1, Becoming a social scientist 2, Social problems, social change and the state, The making of modern society, Understanding social change.

Career pathways

Many of our social sciences graduates have progressed to work as social and policy researchers, civil servants, international consultants, journalists, and accountants.

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Application information

Entry requirements

A level typical offer: AAB in three A levels. IB Diploma: 35 points overall and 6, 6, 5 in three Higher Level subjects. BTEC typical offer: DDD. GCSE: GCSE Mathematics grade 4 or C. English language: IELTS: 7.0 overall with no less than 6.5 in all components.

Domestic applicants: GBP 10,050 a year (2027/28). Home fee for full-time campus-based courses; 2027/28 Home fees are subject to parliamentary approval. Placement-year fees are charged separately. Source

International applicants: GBP 26,150 a year (2027/28). Overseas fee, Band 1 (primarily library-based Humanities & Social Sciences courses); placement-year fees are charged separately. Source

Intake: September 2027

Duration: 4 years with professional placement

Apply through the official page: https://www.bath.ac.uk/guides/applying-for-an-undergraduate-course/

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