BA (Hons) Sociology and Social Anthropology (with Placement Year)

Explore the social and cultural dimensions of human experience, and discover universalities and diversities in how humans live. Study identity, class, cultural practices and social change, and their impact on everyday life around the world.

This course emphasises contemporary social and political perspectives, discovering societies and cultures all over the world in the present and sometimes also in the past

Learn from expert sociologists and social anthropologists, as well as biological and archaeological anthropologists and criminologists

You’ll develop your skills, knowledge and employability through applying theory to contemporary, real world challenges

Choose from either a 30-week ‘sandwich’ placement, or a shorter four-week placement – which could give you a professional skillset and crucial contacts as well as potentially making you more employable

Develop your own piece of research based on a topic that interests you, or aligns itself with your future career or study plans, in your final year dissertation.

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Sep 2025

Sep 2026

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