**Foundation Year**
Our Foundation Year provides an excellent alternative route to Keele, providing a unique opportunity to better prepare for your chosen degree, and with guaranteed entry onto your undergraduate course once you successfully complete your Foundation Year. This extra year of study can improve your academic skills, expand your subject knowledge, give you a better understanding of higher education and, perhaps most importantly of all, build your confidence. On the Keele Foundation Year, youll study on campus, joining our undergraduate community from the outset...
**Foundation Year**<br/><br/>Our Foundation Year provides an excellent alternative route to Keele, providing a unique opportunity to better prepare for your chosen degree, and with guaranteed entry onto your undergraduate course once you successfully complete your Foundation Year. This extra year of study can improve your academic skills, expand your subject knowledge, give you a better understanding of higher education and, perhaps most importantly of all, build your confidence. On the Keele Foundation Year, youll study on campus, joining our undergraduate community from the outset, with access to all the facilities and support that youd get as an undergraduate student at Keele.<br/><br/>**International Students**<br/><br/>For International Students, Foundation Years are delivered through our dedicated on-campus provider, Keele University International College. Applications for International Foundation Years are also handled by KUIC; please do not apply via UCAS as the University will not be able to process your application and you may still be charged the UCAS application fee. To find out more and to apply for an International Foundation Year, visit https://kuic.keele.ac.uk/<br/><br/>**Sociology**<br/><br/>Do you share a concern for the future of society? Discover sociology’s potential to chart a course towards more hopeful alternatives. Learn to analyse contemporary social phenomena, such as the advancement of technology and climate change, and offer solutions to current and future challenges with Sociology at Keele. Explore the intersections of culture, community and identity, and the methods that shape our understanding of social systems and our roles within them.<br/><br/>**Why choose this course?** <br/>- Taught by specialists in a wide range of areas including, migration, cultural studies, consumer culture, family and personal life, anthropological perspectives, and environmental sociology<br/><br/><br/>- Global Top 300 for Social Sciences (Times Higher Education World University Subject Rankings, 2022)<br/><br/><br/>- A chance to broaden your horizons and study abroad at a partner university<br/><br/><br/>- Opportunity to gain professional experience with a placement year<br/><br/><br/>- No. 1 in the UK. Britains best university, as ranked by students (Student Crowd University Awards, 2022)<br/><br/><br/>Delve into the study of culture, community and identity, taught by lecturers who are actively researching in the industry today. Put your learning into practice in real-world situations by having the opportunity to engage with the public and community sectors during your studies at Keele.<br/><br/>This modern curriculum has been carefully curated to ensure that you get an understanding of well established and emerging theories, concepts and methodologies used in contemporary practice. You will gain hands on experience by training in practical research skills such as, formulating research questions, sampling strategies, the collection of quantitative and qualitative data, and data analysis, considering the ethical issues related to this.<br/><br/>Throughout your time at Keele, you will get under the skin of some of the contemporary issues that we face in society today.<br/><br/>**About Keele**<br/>Keele University was established in 1949 by the former Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University. Founded to meet the needs of a changing world, Keele has always had a pioneering vision to be a different kind of university. <br/><br/>We excel in both teaching and research, with some of the most satisfied students in England, and research that is changing lives for the better at a regional, national and global level.<br/><br/>Our beautiful 600-acre campus is one of the biggest in Britain – but all the most important services and facilities are on your doorstep, with accommodation, teaching spaces, facilities including a medical centre, sports centre and pharmacy, and a range of shops, eateries and entertainment venues – including the Students’ Union – clustered around the centre.
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Course Details
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Study Mode
Full-time
Duration
4 Years
Start Date
09/2025
Campus
Main Site
Application deadline
Provider Details
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Course Code
L390
Institution Code
K12
Points of Entry
Foundation
UCAS Tariff40 40 UCAS Tariff points from at least 1 A level/Level 3 qualification. We will also consider applicants who may not have traditional academic qualifications but have work experience or vocational qualifications Access to HE Diploma40 UCAS Tariff points from at least 1 Level 3 qualification International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme40 UCAS Tariff points from at least 1 Level 3 qualification Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016)40 UCAS Tariff points from at least 1 Level 3 qualification GCSE/National 4/National 5GCSE English at grade C (or 4) or Level 2 Functional Skills English A level40 UCAS Tariff points from at least 1 A Level T LevelPass (D or E) Pass overall (D&E) |
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