If your first language is not English, you will need an IELTS of 6.0 overall, with 5.5 in each component.
Choose Sociology at the University of Westminster and you'll never think about society in the same way again. Studying with us means engaging with a dynamic 21st-century subject and exploring current social issues and debates, using the latest research methods.
Investigating the nature of societal structures and their impact on people's everyday lives and interactions is central to the course. You'll consider questions of how power is exercised and normalised at all levels of society, from the state to individual emotions, through explorations of social class, gender, race, ethnicity, sexuality, and other factors. You'll gain a sensitive understanding of diversity as well as a keen self-awareness and ability to make sense of your own social location in terms of identities, cultures, beliefs and values.
You'll be taught by active researchers, whose innovative books and articles are helping to set the global sociological agenda. The course makes full use of the amazing resources our central London location provides, from the museums on our doorstep to street-art field trips and the diverse cultures and subcultures that will inform and inspire your own research.
Drawing on cutting-edge research, this is a course that will put you at the forefront of contemporary sociological thinking and practice. Our students graduate with the knowledge and expertise that gives them a competitive advantage in a range of people-centred careers, including the charitable and NGO sector, education, government, journalism and media, management, social work, and academic research.
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Year 1
Subjects of study include:
Identity and Society
Introducing Gender
Introducing Media and Cultural Studies
London Explored
Researching Society
Thinking Sociologically
Understanding Race
Credit Level 4
Year 2
Subjects of study include:
Education Now
Emotional Life
Food, Taste and Consumption
Globalisation and the Media
Modern Social Theory
Research Methods in Sociology and Criminology
Sexualities
The Sociology of Religion
Work Experience
Youth, Culture and Identity
Credit Level 5
Year 3
Subjects of study include:
Consuming Race
Contemporary Social Theory
Families, Intimacies and Personal Life
Gender, Education and Identity
Making Bodies: Gender, Culture, Science
Making the News
Perils and Pleasures: A London Sociology of Leisure
Politics, Protest and the Public Sphere
Sociology Dissertation
Credit Level 6
Job roles
This course will prepare students for roles and sectors including:
Charity and NGO sector
Journalism and media
Local government and Civil Service
Management and human resources
Teaching and other professional education work
Graduate employers
Previous graduates of this course have found positions in organisations, including:
Accelerate Learning
Barclays
British Airways
British Red Cross
Citizens Advice
East London NHS Foundation Trust
Harris Academy
London Evening Standard
Mulberry UTC
Stamford Hill Primary School
Victim Support
Many Sociology graduates go on to postgraduate study in subjects including social sciences, law, human relations, education, psychology and counselling.
Insurance – Single: 300 GBP per year
