Philosophy and Sociology BA (Hons)

Course Overview - Philosophy and Sociology BA (Hons)

**4th in the UK for our research impact in Philosophy in REF 2021 (Times Higher Education)**

**8th in the UK for Sociology (QS World University Rankings by Subject 2024)**

**About the course**

By combining Philosophy and Sociology, youll gain the skills to critically analyse today’s society, and to tackle its biggest issues.

Philosophy encourages you to consider universal questions about human behaviour. In Sociology, you look at how they’re dealt with now in our legal, political and cultural systems.

Your studies of both subjects take a ...

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Course Information

Study Mode

Full-time

Duration

3 Years

Start Date

22/09/2025

Campus

Main Site

Course Address
Sussex House
Undergraduate Admissions
Falmer
Brighton

Application Details

Course Code

VL53

Institution Code

S90

Points of Entry

Year 1, Year 2

Entry Requirements

Scottish Higher

A,A,B,B,B

Access to HE Diploma

Pass Diploma with at least 39 level 3 credits at Merit or above including 24 credits at Distinction. The Access to HE Diploma should be in the Humanities or Social sciences.

International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme

32

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

DDD

You should have a broad range of GCSEs 9-4 (A*-C), including good grades in relevant subjects.

Extended Project

We take the EPQ into account when considering your application and it can be useful in the summer when your results are released if you have narrowly missed the conditions of your offer. We do not routinely include the EPQ in the conditions of your offer but we sometimes offer alternative conditions that include the EPQ. If you wish to discuss this further please contact Admissions at ug.applicants@sussex.ac.uk

A level

A,B,B

You should have a broad range of GCSEs 9-4 (A*-C), including good grades in relevant subjects.

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Fees and funding

England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Channel Islands, Republic of Ireland £9,250
EU, International £22,575

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