Combined Honours in Social Sciences BA (Hons)

Course Overview - Combined Honours in Social Sciences BA (Hons)

If you are curious about the big issues that shape our society, this course may be for you. Taking a research-led approach, Combined Honours in Social Sciences explores systems, institutions, cultures and behaviours that shape the lives of people across the world.

A multidisciplinary qualification that sits outside of traditional boundaries, this bespoke, academically ambitious course offers exceptional flexibility.

You can choose to focus on two subjects or spread your learning across three or four to suit your individual interests, strengths and career plans. You...

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Course Information

Study Mode

Full-time

Duration

3 Years

Start Date

29/09/2025

Campus

Durham City

Course Address
Palatine Centre
Durham
DH1 3HP

Application Details

Course Code

LMV0

Institution Code

D86

Points of Entry

Year 1

Entry Requirements

UCAS Tariff

Not Accepted

Scottish Higher

A,A,A,A,A

We will normally make offers based on Advanced Highers. If an applicant has not been able to take 3 Advanced Highers, offers may be made with a combination of Advanced Highers and Highers, or on a number of Highers. Particular subjects may be required depending on the subjects to be studied. Please check the departmental webpages.

Access to HE Diploma

D:30,M:15

We require 60 credits with a minimum of 45 credits at level 3 (or equivalent). Applicants may be required to meet additional subject-specific requirements for particular courses at Durham. Particular subjects may be required depending on the subjects to be studied. Please check the departmental webpages.

International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme

38

666 in higher level subjects. Subject requirements as listed above for A level. Students wishing to study the subjects listed above would need to achieve Higher Level grade 6 in the subject. For students wishing to study Economics we are happy to accept either Higher Level grade 6 or Standard Level grade 7 in Mathematics. Both Analysis and Approaches (AA) and Applications and Interpretation (AI) are accepted.

Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016)

D*DD

And subject specific A levels (or equivalent) as above.

Leaving Certificate - Higher Level (Ireland) (first awarded in 2017)

H1,H2,H2,H2,H2

Particular subjects may be required depending on the subjects to be studied. Please check the departmental webpages.

OCR Cambridge Technical Extended Diploma

D*DD

Subject specific A Levels may be required depending on subjects to be studied.

Scottish Advanced Higher

A,A,A

Information: Particular subjects may be required depending on the subjects to be studied. Please check the departmental webpages.

Cambridge International Pre-U Certificate - Principal

D2,D3,D3

Particular subjects may be required depending on the subjects to be studied. Please check the departmental webpages.

Extended Project

Not Accepted

Welsh Baccalaureate - Advanced Skills Challenge Certificate (first teaching September 2015)

Not Accepted

A level

A*,A,A

If you would like to study: Economics, an A in A level Mathematics is required. English Literature, History or Music a grade A at A level (or equivalent) is required in the subject. Chinese, French, German, Japanese, Italian, Russian or Spanish at an advanced level, a grade A at A level (or equivalent) in the language is required. Arabic, German, Italian, Russian or Spanish ab initio, a grade A at A level (or equivalent) in any modern foreign language is required. Chinese or Japanese ab initio, a grade A at A level (or equivalent) in a modern foreign language is desirable but not essential. Specific subjects excluded for entry: General Studies and Critical Thinking.

T Level

At Durham we welcome applications from students of outstanding achievement and potential from all educational backgrounds. We will consider applicants studying T level qualifications for entry to many of our courses. Where a course requires subject specific knowledge and this is not covered within the T level being studied, you may need to supplement your T level studies with a suitable qualification to meet this requirement, for example at A level. Where this is needed this will be clearly stated in our entry requirements.

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