Sociology with Psychology BSc (Hons)

at City University of London

This three-year degree focuses on sociology and complements the subject with modules in psychology. You’ll learn about how the social relations between people emerge and change, and explore structural inequalities that define our lives. You’ll also study cognition, development and behaviour.
 

You’ll develop critical thinking studying topics including:

 

• gender

• class

• race

• migration

• family life

• work and popular culture.
   

You’ll also develop the methodological expertise to analyse social and psychological data.

 

• Develop highly sought-after data literacy and quantitative skills, thanks to our strong links with City’s Q-Step Centre

• Become a critical thinker with an in-depth understanding of the complex interplay of local and global forces

• Opt onto a Q-Step quantitative methods pathway: benefit from a heightened focus on data skills, a workplace Data Placement in Year 2, and an optional international work placement

• Boost your employability with an optional placement year

• Take advantage of excellent internship opportunities thanks to our central London location, including access to organisations in media and, crime and justice, human rights, and mental health.
   

Course content
 

Focusing predominantly on sociology at each stage of this three year BSc Sociology with Psychology degree, you will also broaden your understanding of social life through complementary modules in psychology.

 

Year 1
 

Explore sociology with core modules focusing on data and social theory. Two elective modules introduce psychology.

 

• Lies, Damned Lies and Statistics (15 credits)

• Producing Social Data (15 credits)

• Classical Social Theory (15 credits)

• Sociology in Action (15 credits)

• Researching Society: Qualitative Methods (15 credits)

• Academic and Professional Practice (15 credits)

• Cognitive Approaches to Mind and Behaviour (15 credits)

• History and Theory of Psychology (15 credits)

• Biological Approaches to Mind and Behaviour (15 credits)

• Lifespan Psychology (15 credits)
   

Year 2
 

Study core modules in psychology and social theory. Choose topics that match your interests and aspirations, from a diverse list of elective modules, covering race, gender, criminology and more. In year 2 You will have the option to take the Quantitative Method pathway.

 

• Contemporary Social Theory (15 credits)

• Social Action Project (15 credits)

• Understanding Social Change (15 credits)

• Sociology of Race and Racism (15 credits)

• Gender and Society (15 credits)

• Quantitative Analysis of Social Research Data (15 credits)

• Biological Psychology (15 credits)

• Developmental Psychology (15 credits)

• Social Psychology (15 credits)

• Personality and Differential Psychology (15 credits)

• Quantitative Data Placement (15 credits)

• Visualising Society (15 credits)
   

Year 3
 

Develop research and writing skills through a sociology-based dissertation, which allows you to explore a subject in depth. Deepen your psychology knowledge with two core electives. Then shape your studies through a choice of elective modules.

 

• Sociology Project (45 credits)

• Judgment and Decision Making (15 credits)

• Approaches to Autism (15 credits)

• Health Psychology (15 credits)

• Organisational Psychology (15 credits)

• Introduction to Clinical Psychology (15 credits)

• Cognitive Development (15 credits)

• Psychological Illnesses, Brain Damage, & Dreams: Malfunctions of Mind (15 credits)

• Memory and the Law (15 credits)

• Introduction to Counselling Psychology (15 credits)

• International Marketing of Culture (15 credits)

• Digital Cultures (15 credits)

• Celebrity and Society (15 credits)

• Changing Ideas about Society in the 21st Century (15 credits)

• Broken Britain? Culture, Employment and Society (15 credits)

• Culture, Racisms and Resistance (15 credits)

• Global Migration Process (15 credits)

• Global Media Industries (15 credits)

• Work and Workers (15 credits)

• Multivariate Analysis (15 credits)

• Education, Skills and the Job Market (15 credits)

• Poverty: What Counts? (15 credits)

• Crime, Culture and the City (15 credits)

• Property and Crime (15 credits)

• Political Communication (15 credits)

• Interrogating Consumer Culture (15 credits)

• Criminal Justice in Crisis (15 credits)

• Leisure, the Body and Deviance (15 credits)

• Micro-Placement (15 credits)
   

Placement
 

If you opt onto a Q-Step pathway, you will do a workplace Data Placement in Year 2 and have the opportunity to do an international placement between Year 2 and Year 3.

UK
 

A-level:

BBB
 

Tariff:

120 UCAS tariff points
 

International Baccalaureate:

29 points with 5 or better in three Higher Level subjects
 

BTEC:

DDM
 

GCSE:

A minimum of grade 4 (C) in English Language and Mathematics in addition to other outlined requirements.
 

Mixed qualifications
 

Typically the only scenario where we make conditional offers expressed as UCAS tariff points is when an applicant presents mixed qualifications, most typically a combination of A Levels and a BTEC qualification.

 

In this instance, we may make a tariff point offer to present the applicant with more flexibility on equivalencies. In this case, please be aware that we may still ask for a specific score across certain qualifications and subjects. E.g. 'This offer is conditional on you achieving 128 tariff points. This must include A Level Mathematics at grade B.'
 

Subject exclusions
 

We do not accept General Studies and Critical Thinking. These subjects will not be included in any conditional offer we make.
 

Extended Project Qualification (EPQ)
 

We welcome applications from students who are completing relevant EPQ Projects. Whilst we recognise the value of these projects in preparing students for independent learning at university, the EPQ is unlikely to form part of any conditional offer we make.

 

The EPQ will also not lower the specifics of any conditional offer we choose to make. We will consider the EPQ as part of the holistic assessment of the application and it could be used to form part of our final decision at Confirmation stage.
 

AS levels
 

We recognise that there will be differences of opportunity varying by school and college. As not all students will have the opportunity to sit AS Level exams, it is unlikely we will include AS Level grades in any offer we choose to make. Where students have completed an AS Level subject, we will consider this as part of the holistic assessment of the application and it could be used to form part of our final decision at Confirmation stage.
 

University preparation programmes
 

If you do not qualify for direct entry, you may wish to take a foundation programme first. These programmes are designed to prepare students for entry to City's undergraduate courses.
 

Access to Higher Education
 

We welcome Access course applications from 'mature' students. These applicants will be considered on the basis of their own merits. Please be aware that Access students are often asked for further information to supplement their application, this is normally in the form of a questionnaire.
 

A typical offer for an Access applicant would be: Pass 60 credits, 45 Level 3 including at least 27 at distinction and the remaining 18 at merit. The Access qualification should be supplemented by at least a grade 4 (C) in Mathematics and English Language at GCSE.

 

English language requirements
 

If your first language is not English, we will require evidence of English language proficiency. Minimum requirements are:
 

IELTS:
 

6.5 overall with a minimum of 6.0 in each component.

 

• PTE Academic: 59 overall with a minimum of 59 in each component.

• Cambridge ESOL: CPE grade C or above

Fees for year 2022/23
 

UK
 

£9,250
 

Overseas/EU
 

£16,010

 

The fees indicated are for undergraduate entry in the 2022/ 23 academic year only. Fees for future years may be subject to an inflationary increase, which is normally 2%.

Career
 

This course equips you with a range of transferable skills that are highly prized in graduate roles. You will develop:

 

• the methodological expertise to analyse social and psychological data

• the analytical capability to identify and engage with social policy debates

• critical thinking skills

• professional research and writing skills.
   

Graduates with these skills can find work in diverse sectors, including:

 

• national and local government

• the NHS

• education

• market research

• the not-for-profit sector

• human resources

• the financial sector

• media and communications.
   

Internship
 

You are encouraged to take advantage of the excellent internship opportunities that City's central London location provides.

 

Sociology students have secured placements with a diversity of organisations, large and small, international and local and often situated within minutes of City. They would be working in the following areas:

 

• Media and communications

• Crime and justice

• Human rights

• Migration and refugee support

• Mental health.