Introduction:

This exciting Sociology degree examines specialist areas of contemporary sociology and allows you to explore society, culture and everyday lived experiences. Throughout the course you’ll hear from external speakers, and may have the opportunity to study abroad and undertake a self-directed work placement.

If you have a keen interest in society, culture and making sense of the social world in which we live, then our Sociology course is ideal for you.

What you’ll study

This exciting degree examines specialist areas of contemporary Sociology and allows you to explore society, culture and everyday lived experiences.

Throughout your degree, you’ll take part in the Graduate Employability Development Package, which aims to prepare you for a range of career opportunities. In Year One you’ll hear from a range of visiting speakers and engage in a short group project connecting sociology to the real world. In Year Two you’ll explore the sociology of organisations and take a group service learning placement working on a meaningful and sociological project. In your final year you’ll discover the sociology of work and careers, and investigate the career you want to pursue.

During your first year, you’ll have the chance to become a member of the British Sociological Association (BSA) – funded by The Department of Social and Political Sciences at NTU. Giving you access to extensive networks that can support your studies and career development.

Careers and employability

The job titles below give an indication of the careers our recent Sociology graduates are following:

• Youth and Community Support Worker
• English Teacher
• Refuge Worker
• Peer Mentor
• Project Worker
• Events and Resources Officer
• PR Coordinator
• Sales Executive

Excellent work experience opportunities

Employability is integral to this course and the modules it offers, helping you to develop a range of vital transferable skills that employers demand.

From your first year this course will help you to develop skills for career development. You will gain opportunities to complete project work for a local, national or international organisation and acquire valuable experience by working in collaboration with one of our community partners on a social justice project. Such experiences will provide opportunity to apply sociological knowledge gained from the degree as a well as gaining important transferable skills that will be desired by future work, voluntary and educational organisations.

Your career development

This is a major part of this course. You’ll develop key transferable skills, including:

• communication
• time management
• problem-solving
• teamworking
• the ability to retrieve, manipulate and present information.

You’ll also have the opportunity to develop links with relevant organisations and potential employers.

This course opens up careers in a wide range of fields in the public and private sectors. You may be keen to pursue a career in:

• social policy
• management
• community development
• probation.

You may need to complete further training for some of these roles.

You may also consider studying a postgraduate sociology course to continue the intellectual curiosity and imagination the BA (Hons) Sociology will have fostered.

Entry requirements

For this course, you will need one of the following:

• A-levels – BBC; or
• BTEC Extended Diploma – DMM; or
• 112 UCAS Tariff points from three A-levels or equivalent qualifications; and
• GCSEs – English and Maths or Science grade C / 4.

Fees and funding

Tuition fees for September 2022 entry

Mode of study	International tuition fee
Full-time	£15,600

Tuition fees are payable for each year that you are at the University. The level of tuition fees for the second and subsequent years of your undergraduate course may increase in line with inflation and as specified by the UK government.

Late Applications

If you missed the UCAS January deadline, it’s not too late to apply to join us in September 2022.

Applying to university after the January deadline isn’t anything to worry about – we accept applications for most of our undergraduate courses until Thursday 30 June 2022.