社会学文学士（荣誉学位）

在埃塞克斯（Essex），我们研究使人与人之间相互联系以及之间的差异。我们考虑了日常生活的方方面面，从与政客，名人和朋友的关系到如何定义自己，我们的家庭和其他人。您学习的主题范围从数字媒体和社会，到精神病学和精神疾病，再到日本文化，再到战争的艺术，电影和个人见证。我们是一个友好的大型部门，提供各种专业，包括：社会分化，不平等，工作性质和商业文化文化，身份和主观性有关健康，环境，犯罪和老龄化的公共政策公民身份，多元文化和人类权利接受社会学方法的培训–“如何设计调查，进行访谈以及使用从基本统计数据到大数据的定
What holds societies together Do people pull together because they have to or because they want to What motivates so many people to migrate from their own societies to others 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. You can study topics such as digital media and society, psychiatry and mental illness, sexualities, crime, childhood, and 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 cultureCulture, identity and subjectivityPublic policy regarding health, the environment, crime and agingCitizenship, 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 questionsYou also have the opportunity to complete a supervised dissertation on the topic that most inspires you, encouraging you to think differently and connect with live issues and debates, and preparing you for your graduate career.We are 2nd in UK for research power in sociology (Times Higher Education research power measure, Research Excellence Framework 2021) and we’re ranked 73rd globally and top 15 in the UK for sociology in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2024.Study abroadYour education extends beyond the university campus. We support you in expanding your education through offering the opportunity to spend a year or a term studying abroad at one of our partner universities. The four-year version of our degree allows you to spend the third year abroad or employed on a placement abroad, while otherwise remaining identical to the three-year course.Placement yearYou can also undertake a placement year in which you gain relevant work experience within an external business, giving you a competitive edge in the graduate job market and providing you with key contacts within the industry. You will be responsible for finding your placement, but with support and guidance provided by both your department and our Employability and Careers Centre.