社会学是在社会互动，社会关系，制度和变革的背景下研究人类行为，信仰和身份的方法。了解社会如何塑造我们，我们如何塑造社会，“现代”世界是如何产生的，以及它将来如何发展。在学习社会学时，您将通过我们的第一学年课程向您介绍关键思想和概念，以帮助您理解社会生活和社会变革。还将向您介绍使您能够进行自己的研究的方法和技术。这些基础思想将在您的第二年和第三年得到巩固，通过对社会学特定领域的研究（例如宗教，大众媒体，体育，环境问题和社会运动）来扩大您的知识。关键概念将包括不平等，阶级，性别，权力，偏差，变化，代理和身份。
Sociology is the study of human behaviour, beliefs and identity in the context of social interaction, social relationships, institutions and change. Learn how society shapes us, how we shape society, how the 'modern' world came about, and how it might develop in the future.<br><br>When you study sociology you will be introduced through our first year units to key ideas and concepts to help you understand social life and social change. You will also be introduced to methods and techniques that will enable you to undertake your own research. These foundational ideas will be consolidated in your second and third year where your knowledge will be broadened by the study of particular areas within sociology, such as religion, mass media, sport, environmental issues, and social movements. Key concepts will include inequality, class, gender, power, deviance, change, agency and identity.<br><br>You will engage with the various aspects of sociology in classroom situations but also in the real world. You will learn to write and think sociologically using essays, reports, oral group work, posters, debates and new social media.