Sociology (Hons) University of Worcester

Overview

In the Sociology (Hons) programme from University of Worcester you’ll join a friendly community of staff and students who enjoy focussing on crucial and fast-developing areas such as the impact of new technologies, environmental crises, and health inequalities. You will also study new perspectives on sociological topics such as crime, education, media, religion, work, ‘race’, gender, and families. 

Previous study of the subject is not required, but if you have studied Sociology before, we’ll show you many new and exciting ideas. You will become skilled at communicating your hands-on research, developing your graduate employability, and preparing for a wide range of possible careers.

Key features

• A personalised learner journey tailored around your own interests which includes close tutor support in helping you to develop personal, academic, and graduate skills with a focus on long term career planning

• Emphasis on transferable skills, digital citizenship, graduate employability, and work-based learning opportunities

• A close student/staff community with regular course activities, socials, quizzes, and trips, including to Parliament in London

• An interactive and responsive curriculum with study abroad options that includes the classic elements of Sociology but with primary focus on new and developing perspectives, offering a diverse and dynamic curriculum driven by contemporary sociological concerns

• Assessments (no exams in sociology-coded modules) which focus on personal and experiential learning and encouragement of your own research interests to help you become an independent learner able to understand contemporary global challenges and how Sociology can make sense of them

Where could it take you?

Career planning begins at the onset of your Sociology course with our Sociology in Practice module. Consequently, you will have regular opportunities to build your graduate attributes through work-based learning, close tutor guidance and support, and regular access to our Careers & Employability Service.

In completing your degree, you will develop digital literacy, independent research and data analysis skills, communication skills through a range of written and oral assessments, work-based learning skills, such as through our Work Project module, as well as industry-specific skills writing a report for an organisation in second year. Indeed, Sociology graduates enjoy a range of long-term career options, including in teaching, politics, the probation service, youth and social work, the caring professions, the police, business and personnel management, administration, public relations, media, and marketing.

Based on the latest Discover Uni data, 90% of our graduates are in work or study fifteen months after completing the course. If you would like to learn more about the study of Sociology and the careers it can lead to, please see the British Sociological Association’s Discover Sociology leaflet.