Bachelor of Arts (Honours) - Sociology

Over the course of three years, students will examine a wide range of sociological issues and learn how to apply theories and concepts to contemporary situations and debates. Sociology at Winchester provides students with a grounding in the major areas of sociology, as well as offering opportunities to study specialist topics, such as beauty, terrorism, social movements, disability, and the environment.

In the third year, with training in research methods like interviews, questionnaires, and secondary research under the belt, students will be able to undertake their own research project to investigate what interests them the most. Recent students have explored topics as diverse as social media and body image, educational inequalities, climate change policies, grime music subcultures, #MeToo and Black Lives Matter activism, and masculinity in TV and film.

If students are intrigued by how and why people interact as they do, what brings them together and tears them apart, and just where they fit into society, then a Sociology degree will give them the tools and knowledge to answer those questions.