IELTS 6.0 overall with minimum 5.5 in each skill
Study a sociology degree to make sense of society's most challenging issues. You'll emerge with the analytical skills to embark on careers that help to deliver solutions.
Greenwich is ranked 4th in London in Sociology for student satisfaction with teaching, and with feedback, in the Guardian University Guide 2022. Our BA Hons Sociology explores issues such as inequality and social change, gender and sexuality, ethnicity, crime and deviance, and social justice. The course provides a wide range of options, including the chance to widen your perspective by studying a language. You could also undertake a dissertation or work placement.
By the end of your degree, you'll understand how to apply critical thought, research, communication, and teamwork to what you do. These transferable skills are sought after by many employers.
Popular careers for our sociology graduates include youth and community work, welfare provision, and positions within charitable organisations and local and national government.
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Year 1
Students are required to study the following compulsory modules.
Inequality and Social Change (30 credits)
Applying Sociology (15 credits)
Self in Society (15 credits)
Investigating Popular Culture (30 credits)
Students are required to choose 30 credits from this list of options.
Mandarin 1 (30 credits)
Mandarin 2 (30 credits)
Mandarin 3 (30 credits)
European Languages (French 1) (30 credits)
European Languages (French 2) (30 credits)
European Languages (French 3) (30 credits)
European Languages (French 4) (30 credits)
The Changing Faces of Britain 1707 – 1918 (30 credits)
Conflict, Commerce and Culture: Britain and the World, 1600-2000 (30 credits)
Making the Modern World: Europe, Asia, and Africa in the Long Nineteenth Century (30 credits)
European Languages (Italian 1) (30 credits)
European Languages (Italian 2) (30 credits)
European Languages (Italian 3) (30 credits)
Comparative Politics (30 credits)
Crime, Criminalisation and Society (30 credits)
European Languages (Spanish 1) (30 credits)
European Languages (Spanish 2) (30 credits)
European Languages (Spanish 3) (30 credits)
European Languages (Spanish 4) (30 credits)
Year 2
Students are required to study the following compulsory modules.
Key Thinkers in Sociology (30 credits)
Researching Society and Culture (15 credits)
Working in Sociology (15 credits)
Students are required to choose 30 credits from this list of options.
Mandarin 1 (30 credits)
Mandarin 2 (30 credits)
Mandarin 3 (30 credits)
European Languages (French 1) (30 credits)
European Languages (French 2) (30 credits)
European Languages (French 3) (30 credits)
European Languages (French 4) (30 credits)
Empire and Nation in the Middle East (15 credits)
A Global History of Genocide Level 5 (15 credits)
European Languages (Italian 1) (30 credits)
European Languages (Italian 2) (30 credits)
European Languages (Italian 3) (30 credits)
Writing Journalism (30 credits)
Work Placement (Level 5) (30 credits)
Language Research Project (French, Italian, Spanish) (30 credits)
Approaches to Development: Theories, Actors, and Alternatives (30 credits)
Race and Racialisation in Britain (15 credits)
The Global Sex Industry: Perspectives, Experiences and Responses (15 credits)
Education and Social Formation (15 credits)
Drug Use in Society (15 credits)
European Languages (Spanish 1) (30 credits)
European Languages (Spanish 2) (30 credits)
European Languages (Spanish 3) (30 credits)
European Languages (Spanish 4) (30 credits)
Students are required to choose 30 credits from this list of options.
Race and Racialisation in Britain (15 credits)
The Global Sex Industry: Perspectives, Experiences and Responses (15 credits)
Education and Social Formation (15 credits)
Drug Use in Society (15 credits)
Year 3
Students are required to study the following compulsory modules.
Gender, Race and Crime (15 credits)
Sociology of Gender and Sexuality (15 credits)
Students are required to choose 30 credits from this list of options.
Mandarin 2 (30 credits)
Mandarin 3 (30 credits)
European Languages (French 2) (30 credits)
European Languages (French 3) (30 credits)
European Languages (French 4) (30 credits)
Footprints of Everyday Life: The Environmental History of Modern Britain (15 credits)
A Global History of Genocide (15 credits)
European Languages (Italian 2) (30 credits)
European Languages (Italian 3) (30 credits)
Journalism in Practice (30 credits)
Language, Soft Power and Cultural Diplomacy (30 credits)
Language Research Project (French, Italian, Spanish) (30 credits)
International Relations and International Security (30 credits)
Migration and Citizenship (15 credits)
Globalisation: Social and Political Perspectives (15 credits)
Family, Social Division, and the State (15 credits)
Understanding Social Contexts of Health and Illness (15 credits)
European Languages (Spanish 2) (30 credits)
European Languages (Spanish 3) (30 credits)
European Languages (Spanish 4) (30 credits)
Students are required to choose 60 credits from this list of options.
Work Placement (Level 6) (30 credits)
Sociology Dissertation (30 credits)
Migration and Citizenship (15 credits)
Globalisation: Social and Political Perspectives (15 credits)
Family, Social Division, and the State (15 credits)
Understanding Social Contexts of Health and Illness (15 credits)
The skills you acquire through studying our courses will prepare you for careers in a wide range of industries and jobs. Sociology graduates have gone on to careers in youth or community work, welfare provision, or roles in charitable organisations or local and national government. Careers are also available in teaching, health administration, personnel management, publishing, marketing and social research. Some career options may require further study.
Insurance - Single: 300 (£) per year
