We also offer part-time degrees. Please contact the Admissions Office directly for details. Lectures provide an outline of each topic covered, sign- posting the most important points. In seminars and workshops, students meet to discuss key debates and develop skills of analysis and argument. Most units are assessed by a combination of coursework and examination, and a smaller number by coursework only or by a supervised project.
Students have to do at least one project on a topic of their choice in their final year.
The study of sociology provides students with a variety of skills that can be applied to a wide range of professions. In recent years many of our graduates have become teachers, taken up positions in the social services and caring professions, or trained as lawyers. Others have gone on to study for higher degrees in specialist areas. An active research culture is stimulated by seminars, conferences, and reading groups to which outside speakers, faculty and students contribute. This programme allows you to specialise, taking a maximum of 200 credits in sociology out of the 240 required for an honours degree.