BSc (Hons) Sociology at University of Suffolk

Sociology looks at your world and challenges you to ask searching questions about inequality, fairness, power and violence. With a degree in sociology, you can shape your future. You will study complex and challenging real world issues such as gender, sexuality, injustice, migration, the unequal impact of climate change and big global social changes in all parts of our world.

Faculty: School of Business, Arts, Social Sciences and Technology  |  Duration: Three/four years full-time  |  Study mode: full-time (optional professional placement year; optional study abroad year)  |  Intake: September 2027  |  Location: Ipswich, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

Year 1: Sociological and Criminological Imagination (Requisite), Introduction to Criminology (Requisite), Migration, Ethnicity and Population (Requisite), Research Methods, Media and Crime (Requisite). Year 2: Social Theory (Requisite), Radicalisation, Social Justice and Policy (Requisite), Research Design, Analysis and Visualisation (Requisite), Globalisation (Optional), Work Placement (Optional), Drugs and Society (Optional). Year 3: Independent Project (Mandatory), Gender and Sexuality (Requisite), Medical Sociology (Requisite), Globalisation (Optional), Work Placement (Optional), Drugs and Society (Optional).

Career pathways

Sociology graduates are in demand and well placed to seek employment in graduate management schemes, social services, education, marketing, criminal justice, welfare services, government, counselling, charities and the voluntary sector. Recent graduates have gone on to work as: Teachers, College lecturers, Housing officers, Probation officers, Employment consultants, English as a foreign language teachers.

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