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Sociology
BA (Hons)
Why study this course?
This course will provide you with a grounding in the core concepts of Sociology.
You will develop skills in social research and explore a range of important social
issues. The course covers a wide range of topics including families, health,
activism and protest, social media, globalisation, and urban life.
The Sociology course involves a mix of compulsory and research-
led modules to enable you to think independently, critically, and
imaginatively about the issues that shape our everyday lives and our
futures. Through a mix of lectures, seminars, and workshops you will
study societies, social problems, and the ways in which they impact upon
the lives of individuals. We will consider how our lives are shaped by
relationships with other people, institutions, habits, and ways of thinking
that make up the complex societies in which we live.
You will be encouraged to develop sociological explanations for the
wide-ranging changes taking place in the contemporary world and think
about potential solutions to social problems. In the final year of your
studies, you will receive individual tuition to carry out your own piece of
social research.
What will this mean for my future?
Sociology is an evidence-based and theoretically informed discipline
which teaches skills that are useful in a wide range of careers. A
Sociology degree from Keele will encourage you to become an
imaginative, creative, and pragmatic thinker who is able to think about
problems critically with a view to working out practical solutions.
Sociology is an evidence-based subject so you will also develop skills
in problem-solving, using knowledge, information, and data to enable
informed decision-making. This varied skill set is useful for a wide range
of occupations and professions. Our graduates have entered work in
fields including social care, the health sector, advertising and marketing,
the charity sector, youth services, and local government. Some of our
graduates also choose to pursue further academic study.
INDICATIVE MODULES
First Year
• Classical Sociology
• Social Inequalities in the
Contemporary World
• Investigating Social Issues
• The Anthropological Imagination
Second Year
• Contemporary Social Theory
• Research Methods
• Producing Sociological Knowledge
• Globalisation and its Discontents
• Social Movements
• Sociology Work Placement
• Health and Society
• City, Culture, Society
• Witchcraft, Zombies and
Social Anxiety
Third Year
• Dissertation
• Celebrity
• Streets, Skyscrapers, Slums:
The City in Social, Cultural and
Historical Context
• Sociology of Parenting and Early
Childhood
• Gender and Consumption
• The Virtual Revolution: New
Technologies, Culture and Society
KEY INFORMATION
UCAS Code - L30L
Foundation Year
Yes
Indicative entry
requirements
Single Honours
A level: BCC-CCC
BTEC: DMM-MMM
Combined Honours
A level: BCC-CCC
BTEC: DMM-MMM
Course duration
3 years
Study abroad
Yes
International Year
Yes
Learn a Language
Yes
For information on courses that combine subjects please visit keele.ac.uk/ugcourses