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Our Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences is the largest in the UK with over 30,000 students studying with us each year.
A Social sciences degree offers a flexible route into social science as well as an opportunity to specialise in the subjects that interest you. Our modules will deliver a range of skills that are valued by employers such as gathering, analysing and presenting data and evidence as well as understanding the social contexts for the activities they do.
We offer a range of qualifications that will stimulate your curiosity, encourage you to ask questions and challenge assumptions, and help you understand yourself – and the world we live in – more deeply. You’ll also develop a whole range of different skills that will be valuable in your personal life, and in your job.
Thousands of students study social science courses with us each year, gaining fascinating insights into everyday life. Studying how people, groups and institutions exercise power and respond to political and economic forces will help you to make sense of what’s happening in our ever-changing world. Choose from our wide range of degrees, diplomas and certificates below.
BA (Honours) Social Sciences
BA (Honours) Criminology
BA (Honours) Economics
BSc (Honours) Economics and Mathematical Sciences
BA (Honours) History and Politics
BA (Honours) International Relations
BA (Honours) Philosophy and Psychological Studies
BA (Honours) Politics, Philosophy and Economics
BA/BSc (Honours) Open degree
Foundation Degree in Counselling
Diploma of Higher Education in Social Sciences
Diploma of Higher Education in Counselling
Diploma of Higher Education in Criminology
Diploma of Higher Education in Economics
Diploma of Higher Education in History and Politics
Diploma of Higher Education Open
Certificate of Higher Education in Social Sciences
Certificate of Higher Education in Economics and Personal Finance (T36)
Certificate of Higher Education Open
MA in Crime and Justice
MA in Global Development
MA in International Relations
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