在社会理论和社会研究方法上打下坚实的基础。对构成我们生活的社会力量形成批判性和历史性的理解。在此程度下，您将学习社会理论和社会研究方法中的核心主题。本课程的灵活性使您可以从社会学，社会政策和国际发展中选择相关单位。如果您想确定和探索影响生活和社会状况的社会因素，该课程将很有吸引力。您将获得研究集体和个人行为的分析和方法论基础。您将探索对社会关系，集体行为，制度和社会变革的历史理解。您将对社会学的概念和理论有所了解，这将帮助您应对当今世界上最紧迫的挑战。您将向具有社会科学专业知识的学者学习。他们的国际合作和
Make invisible social structures visible. Use social theory and research methods to identify and explore the processes and forces that shape our lives. Through this degree, you'll study and learn to apply core social theory in practice. You'll learn to understand the structure of today's society, how it came about, and whether we could live differently. This course will appeal if you want to gain an analytical and methodological foundation for the study of collective and individual behaviour. You will not only expand your knowledge of British society but also compare it with other societies around the globe. You'll gain practical research skills so you can investigate society in practice, in original ways, and in a variety of settings. In your first year you'll learn how sociology can be used to think in new ways about our everyday life. You'll study classical social theory and qualitative and quantitative research skills. Through tutorials focused on developing key academic skills, you'll learn how to evaluate data and information to develop your own arguments tailored to different audiences. In your second year you'll study contemporary social theory and further expand your skills in quantitative and qualitative research methods. You will also choose from a range of optional units from various areas of sociology, social policy and social science more broadly. You will also choose from a range of optional units from various areas of sociology, social policy and social science more broadly. In your final year you'll carry out a year-long dissertation and choose from optional units focusing on specialist areas in sociology.