(Hons) Sociology with Integrated Foundation Year University of Chichester

Overview

This (Hons) Sociology with Integrated Foundation Year course from University of Chichester is for you if you have not met the course entry requirements yet, or if you feel like you may need a little more preparation to make the most of your university studies.

Explore how people achieve, or are given, social status and whether gender, class or ethnicity impacts the opportunities available to us. Examine how even our personalities, values and outlook are shaped by the cultures we belong to, and investigate the role of the media in promoting the ideologies of the powerful. Develop a deeper understanding of issues like social justice, poverty, discrimination, migration, crime and punishment, developmental psychology, celebrity culture and the social consequences of the climate crisis. Finally, you will be encouraged to find and follow your own passion within the subject by undertaking independent research, and then discovering how social change can come about through collective action and activism.

Career Prospects:

This BA (Hons) Sociology degree prepares you for a range of careers. You could work in a range of industries including welfare, education, social research and the government.

You will develop your research skills during the course so you could work as a researcher in large company or the Civil Service. Many students also go on to postgraduate studies and become independent researchers.