Bachelor of Arts - Social Sciences (Including Placement Year) (LY11)
University of Essex - Colchester Campus
What you will study
This course provides a thorough training in the major areas of political science, economics and sociology, investigating the different kinds of social tensions, interactions and networks that make up everyday life. Offered at Essex by three of the UK’s leading social science departments, these three disciplines are fundamentally linked. Through developing your understanding of these fields, students explore and address the broadest questions about our society. Due to the flexibility of our courses, students can choose from a broad range of areas including:
• Public policy regarding health, the environment, crime and aging • Citizenship, multiculturalism and human rights • The nature of work and commercial culture • Political power • Obligations, freedom, rights and equality • Applied Economics and Policy • Micro and Macroeconomics • International Financial Institutions and Policy • Strategies of Economic Development
Essex's Department of Sociology was rated top 10 in the UK for research quality (REF 2014). Meanwhile their Department of Government is one of the most prestigious in Europe, with an outstanding record of teaching, research and publication. Essex is rated top in the UK for research (REF 2014), and have consistently been the highest-rated politics department in the country since national assessments began. The Department of Economics is in the top 5 in the UK for research, with over 90% of their research rated as “world-leading” or “internationally excellent” (REF 2014).
*This four year version of the programme includes a professional placement year
About this course
- Institution
- University of Essex - Colchester Campus
- Where
- Colchester, United Kingdom
- Level
- Bachelor
- Length
- 48 months
- Tuition
- £21,500.00
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Intakes
- Starts October 1, 2027 · the school has not published an application deadlinenot confirmed by the school
- Starts October 1, 2028 · the school has not published an application deadlinenot confirmed by the school
Entry requirements
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- English
- PTE: 60 overall or above
- IELTS: 6 overall or above
- TOEFL: 76 overall or above
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