Sociology (Including Placement Year) - BA (Hons)

University of Essex

On our course you explore why individuals, groups, and cultures are the way they are, and examine why they might be different.At Essex we investigate what connects people with each other, as well as what divides them. We consider every aspect of our daily lives, from how we relate to politicians, celebrities and friends, to how we define ourselves, our families, and others. You study topics ranging from digital media and society, to psychiatry and mental illness, to Japanese culture, to the art, film and personal testimony of war.We are a large and friendly department, offering a range and diversity of specialisms including:Social divisions, inequality, the nature of work and commercial cultureC ulture, identity and subjectivityPublic policy regarding health, the environment, crime and aging Citizenship, multiculturalism and human rightsReceive training in sociological methods – how to design a survey, conduct an interview, and use quantitative analysis from basic statistic to big data – in order to ask the difficult questions

Sociology and Criminology