BSc (Hons) Sociology (Professional Development)

• A Level: Must include passes at A2 in at least one subject. 
• BTEC: Extended Diploma (QCF) or Diploma (QCF).
• International Baccalaureate: Diploma with 24 points including a minimum of 15 points at Higher Level.
• Other equivalent qualifications accepted by the university.

Note: We would normally expect you to have Grade C in GCSE English and Maths (See below for accepted equivalences)

English Language Requirements:

• Overall IELTS 5.5 with a minimum of 5.5 in Writing and Speaking; minimum 5.5 in Reading and Listening (or recognised equivalent).

This three-year full-time degree course (or four years part-time) will connect you to the real-world issues that exist in the communities outside our walls. Our extraordinary location in the heart of east London could not be better for the study of sociology.

We’ll help you make sense of social problems and how they might be addressed, both in the world in general and 21st century Britain in particular. We’ll give you a good grounding in how to interpret data and how to conduct informed debate on social issues.

The course begins with an exploration of how to think sociologically, how to connect social problems with policy solutions and how to conduct social research

In your second and third years you’ll practise and extend these skills with a programme of study tailored to your interests. The wide range of modules on offer means that you can specialise in areas you are passionate about.  

You’ll be taking one of the most interesting, socially relevant and skills-based degrees on offer in London. This isn’t just our opinion. Our high student satisfaction scores in recent National Student Surveys prove it.

Year 1

• Introduction to Social Policy: Sociological Perspectives
• Thinking Sociologically 
• Researching East London 1
• Introduction to NGO Management 

Optional:

• Constitutional and Administrative Law 
• Contemporary Issues of Youth Justice and Criminology
• Sociology of Education 
• Understanding Health and Healthcare in the UK
• Introduction to Health Systems and their Management 
• Psycho-social Perspectives of Psychology 

Year 2

• Delivering Social Welfare in the 21st Century 
• Researching East London 2 
• Introduction to Planning and Fundraising in the Third Sector 

Optional:

• International Organisations and Global Governance
• Inequalities, Social Development and Livelihoods 
• Human Rights
• Comparative Education, Ideology and Policy 
• Families, Children and Education
• Education, Identity and Social Justice
• Social Patterns of Health and Illness 
• Health Policy 
• Global Health Policy 
• Crime, Deviance and Social History  

Year 3

• Research Project/Dissertation 
• Placement Module 

Optional:

• Immigration Law 
• Housing and Urban Regeneration 
• Critical Approaches to Class Studies 
• Gender Studies 
• Constructions of Race in Culture and Politics 
• Life Histories
• Mentally Disordered Suspects, Defendants and Offenders 
• Business Models and Organisation Design 
• Comparative Health Systems 
• Service Quality in Healthcare 
• European Union Politics 
• HIV in the World 
• Generations, Age and Meaning