BSc Social Data Science

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University of Exeter
  • You’ll receive technical training in statistical methods, Python and R and learn where social data science can be applied to analyse contemporary social issues
  • Offered under the prestigious Q-Step programme, we will train you in developing data/statistical analysis and applied research skills
  • Designed for those without an advanced mathematical background who wish to study data types and manipulation, web scraping, algorithms, sequences and iteration and data visualisation
  • Our broad range of optional modules in your second and third years gives you the flexibility to tailor your degree to your interests and develop specialist knowledge on a range of topics
  • You’ll gain a full range of social and data science skills suitable for developing careers within business intelligence and business analytics, data journalism, market research and social research
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Modules

  • Compulsory modules
  • Introduction to Social Data
  • Data Analysis in Social Science 1
  • Programming for the Social Sciences
  • Social Problems
  • Imagining Social Worlds: Qualitative Research
  • Options modules
  • Power and Democracy
  • Introduction to Comparative Politics
  • Social Issues: Part I - Introducing Crime and Deviance
  • Social Issues: Part II - Themes in Criminology
  • Introduction to philosophy of Artificial Intelligence
  • Compulsory modules
  • Research Design in the Social Sciences
  • Data Analysis in Social Science 2
  • Data Analysis in Social Science 3
  • Options modules
  • Ethics of Emerging Technologies
  • Sociology of Family and Gender
  • Introduction to Terrorism Studies
  • Sociology and Demography of Religion
  • Introduction to Open-source Intelligence (OSINT)
  • Cybercrime
  • Digital Society
  • Learning from Work Experience in Social Sciences
  • Immigration in Western Societies
  • Mapping the Social World: Introduction to Spatial Analysis in the Social Sciences
  • The Economics of Politics
  • Issues in Modern British Politics
  • Data, Experiments, and Society
  • Data, Experiments, and Society
  • Compulsory modules
  • Quantitative Dissertation
  • Options modules
  • Sociology and Demography of Religion
  • Immigration in Western Societies
  • Ethics of Emerging Technologies
  • Data, Experiments, and Society
  • Political Psychology
  • Political Representation UK-Style
  • Developments in British Politics: Institutions and Behaviour
  • Sociology of Family and Gender
  • Evidence-Based Policing
  • Introduction to Terrorism Studies
  • Cybercrime
  • Introduction to Open-source Intelligence (OSINT)
  • Digital Society
  • Introduction to Social Network Analysis
  • Learning from Work Experience in the Social Sciences
  • Mapping the Social World: Introduction to Spatial Analysis in the Social Sciences
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    £23,700 Per Year

    International student tuition fee

    3 Years

    Duration

    Sep 2025

    Start Month

    Aug 2025

    Application Deadline

    Upcoming Intakes

    • September 2025
    • September 2026

    Mode of Study

    • Full Time
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