2.5-Term Foundation Certificate for Business, Law and Social Sciences - Continue to Bachelor of Science (Honours) - International Politics and Sociology

Program Description For students who've finished high school but don’t meet the entry requirements for university, a Foundation Certificate can help them gain entry to an undergraduate degree. After completing this pathway option students qualify for progression to the 1st year of an undergraduate degree at City, University of London.

A student’s course length is determined mainly by their English language level (UKVI IELTS score). Students on all course lengths take a set of common or similar modules to gain a solid base of skills for university. Students taking a course longer than 2 terms, will take additional modules designed to improve one or more of their English language level, academic skills, and basic knowledge of particular subjects.

Bachelor of Science (Honours) - International Politics and Sociology

This joint honours undergraduate degree combines key sociological and political perspectives for the understanding of local, national and global social relations, identities and structures. It will equip students with sophisticated critical thinking as well as rigorous quantitative and qualitative social sciences skills that are going to be highly valuable in their future profession, whether in the public, private or corporate sectors.

The International Politics element of the degree enables students to obtain the skills and knowledge to answer the many questions about our fast-changing world. Students will also gain an understanding of important theoretical debates, global political systems and policy making.

The Sociology element examines the organisation of contemporary societies and explores the opportunities and structural inequalities that define our everyday lives. Students will have the chance to study topics such as culture, identity, and class, and gain an appreciation of the complex interplay between local and global forces, with particular reference to life in the 21st century metropolis. This course will develop their critical thinking and skills in the analysis, interpretation and production of social data.