By taking this combined programme, you will study educational practices and processes from a variety of perspectives. You will define, describe and work with key concepts such as equality of opportunity, class, gender, marketization and social exclusion. You will learn to relate contemporary education policy to wider processes of global, economic, cultural and social changes and have opportunities to observe how these processes affect teaching practice by doing placements.

The compulsory sociology modules will provide you with a grounding in the key areas of the discipline: inequalities, social theory, and research methods. Our programme also covers a wide range of topics such as families, activism and protest, social media, globalisation, and belief systems. Studying Sociology enables you to think independently, critically, and imaginatively about the issues that shape our everyday lives and our futures.

Our graduates have the skills to enter occupations in a variety of fields. This can include careers in educational institutions, politics, the civil service or business. You might seek to develop a career in the creative industries, social care, the health sector, advertising and marketing, the charity sector, youth services, and local government. Some of our graduates choose to pursue further academic study.

If you are thinking about working abroad after graduation, there may be the opportunity for you to gain an enhanced degree title that includes a foreign language competency - such as BA (Hons) in Education and Sociology with competency in German. Also, if you choose an International Year abroad, you can graduate with an enhanced degree title.