Bachelor of Science (Honours) - Sociology (with Foundation Year)

The combined 4 year programme allows students with lower academic marks, or whose qualifications are not equivalent to British A Levels, to gain the necessary qualifications to proceed to undergraduate study. After completing the Foundation Year, students will be eligible to progress to a number of University of Chester undergraduate programmes.

Through studying Sociology at the University of Chester, students will be given the skills and support they need in order to develop a ‘sociological imagination’ of their own. Students will be introduced to cutting-edge research and theoretical perspectives that will help them to challenge dominant understandings of social problems, issues and debates. The teaching team has a wide range of backgrounds and experience. Modules are written by staff in line with their research interests and include areas such as inequality and the welfare state, race and racism, gender identity and the body, globalization, sustainability, protest and social change. How is ‘globalisation’ reshaping the world we live in? What are the major social divisions and conflicts affecting society today? How does the mass media influence our perception of these conflicts and divisions? These are just some of the questions that students will be asked to think about while studying Sociology at the University of Chester. Sociology graduates pursue diverse career paths including in the public sector and civil service, politics and government, social work, charity and advocacy work, PR, advertising, market research, journalism, academia and teaching.