Education Studies and Sociology BA/BSc

Our joint honours course allows you to pursue your own areas of interest within Education Studies and Sociology whilst also providing you with a solid foundation in the discipline and a range of personal and professional skills which will serve as a springboard for your future career development. The programme is carefully designed to enable you to gradually develop your knowledge and skills and to become autonomous, effective and independent learners.<br/><br/>Education Studies is the academic study of education, comprising a multi-disciplinary range of modules in history, psychology, philosophy, sociology and educational research. Sociology is a wide-ranging subject concerned with analysing social relationships and social institutions and the ways in which they shape people’s lives.<br/><br/>Links between research and undergraduate teaching are an important and distinctive feature of the programme, and the combined research experience and competencies of staff have shaped its design, content and delivery.