Sociology (Hons)

Overview

In your first year of the Sociology (Hons) degree from University of East London, you'll gain a thorough grounding in the subject by studying six core modules. In your second and third years, you'll be able to specialise in the subjects that interest you the most. These optional modules include ones on social change, the body, age and generation, cities, 'race', nationalisms, gender, surveillance, digital culture, and the media. 

In your third year, you'll do a work placement module. You will build up your employability skills through a series of workshops focusing on mock interviews, job applications, networking, confidence and social media skills. You will then do a 12-day work placement and produce a critical review report at the end.  Afterwards, you will receive feedback from the work placements employers. All of this will help prepare you for the world of graduate level work when you finish. 

You'll be taught by staff with relevant experience and practice to ensure you learn from real life experience and research. We offer dual delivery which combines traditional on-campus face-to-face teaching and online teaching simultaneously, allowing you to interact as if you were there in person. You can move smoothly between online and on campus teaching subject to your individual timetable (and health requirements). Students can interact and collaborate in person and online in any of these live-streamed sessions. Live-streamed sessions will also be recorded, so you can log in when you want, playback and watch from the comfort of your home and whilst on the go.

The Sociology with Foundation Year course  is perfect if you want a degree in sociology, but don't meet the standard entry requirements. 

Your future career

All of our sociology courses at UEL are about working with people, but that doesn't mean you can only become a social worker at the end of your course. The reality is that a sociology degree will prepare you for a wide variety of jobs.

Increased focus on people, relationships and communication skills means that you can enter fields as diverse as teaching, human resources, the police and journalism.

For the last few years we have collaborated with Government in Social Research who are concerned to increase the diversity of social researchers within the civil service. This has involved students being advised through talks and workshop exercises how to apply for placements and fast-track entry into the civil service.

Many large retail firms such as Laura Ashley, Tesco and Marks & Spencer now view sociology graduates as ideal candidates to step straight on to their management training schemes.

You will graduate very knowledgeable about current affairs, have good communication and data analysis skills. You will be able to work well in a multi-cultural environment, which is what employers want, too.