社会科学学士学位（BSocSc）邀请您研究影响我们赖以生存的世界的社会，文化，心理，政治和经济影响。如果您考虑复杂的多层次社会问题，例如心理健康，儿童的权利，教育，残疾，吸毒和酗酒，种族主义，性认同，住房和无家可归者，平等，可持续性和刑事司法–那么社会科学将在三年内为您服务，社会科学学生将开发出非常有价值的技能-包括论据，解决问题的能力，批判性思维，写作，分析和研究的技能-使他们能够以学习者，人，专业人员，活跃的公民，拥护者和活动家的身份蓬勃发展。
The Bachelor of Social Science degree (BSocSc) invites you to study the social, cultural, psychological, political, and economic influences that shape the world we live in. If you embrace thinking about complicated and multi-layered social issues - such as mental health, children's rights, education, disability, drugs and alcohol use, racism, sexual identity, housing and homelessness, equality, sustainability, and criminal justice then Social Science is for you.<br><br>Over the course of three years, Social Science students develop highly valuable skills - including argumentation, problem-solving, critical thinking, writing, analytical, and research skills that enable them to flourish as learners, people, professionals, active citizens, advocates, and activists.<br><br>On the Social Science course, you will examine social issues from many perspectives, and study several subjects including Social Policy, Sociology, Psychology, Philosophy, and Economics. The course is designed on the understanding that this is the first time that most students are encountering the social sciences. As such, students are not expected to have prior knowledge of the various subjects and the first year is focused on introducing you to key concepts and theories.<br><br>In the second and third years of the course, you will again take a number of core or compulsory modules in social policy, sociology, economics, philosophy, and psychology. You will also be invited to choose (elective) modules of particular interest to you from a large range of possibilities. The course also offers you the chance to develop your practical experience through optional work experience in an organisation of your choice in Ireland or abroad. And, if you are interested in languages, you can also study French, German, Spanish, Italian, or Irish/Gaeilge. This flexibility in design allows you to shape the degree to fit your own specialist interests and career plans.<br><br>An exciting and important element of the degree is the opportunity to engage in research about a social issue of special interest to you. Final year students undertake a social research project that they design and carry out with the guidance of an academic and with opportunities to collaborate with local community organisations. Students therefore produce real world research that responds to key social issues in the 21st century.