**Reasons to choose Kingston**
– This course will integrate your interests in human rights and sociology. You’ll gain expertise and insights applicable to both.
– You’ll develop practical skills as a researcher, activist and campaigner, engaging with current issues.
– A wealth of extra-curricular projects are on offer, including those in the Centre for Human Rights and Social Justice Practice at Kingston University.
**About this course**
How are human rights affected by social factors such as gender, race and global inequality? How do relationships, human behaviour and society relate to the protection and promotion of human rights?
If you want to gain a greater understanding of these universal issues, this could be the degree for you. While studying, you’ll develop practical skills in research, numeracy, data collection and analysis, teamwork and communication.
You’ll explore key concepts in sociology and human rights, to understand and engage with issues in social justice. There’s a focus on developing key study skills, such as the ability to read critically. There are opportunities to take a work placement option through a sandwich year. Your final year project will allow you to immerse yourself in the topics that interest you most.
Course Details - Modules
Examples of modules:
Year 1
- Another World is Possible: Order and Revolution in Political Ideology
- Introduction to Human Rights
- Contemporary Issues in Sociology
- Researching Everyday Life
Year 2 (Core)
- Securing Human Rights: Contemporary Themes and Issues
- How to Change the World
Year 2 (Optional)
- Modern Political Thought
- Slavery and Emancipation
- Latin America: Power, Politics and El Pueblo Rising
- Crime, Media and Policy
- Youth, Crime and Deviance
- Voices of Contemporary Europe
- International Relations and Global Governance
- Contemporary Issues in Economics
- Globalisation, Development and Social Justice
- Globalisation and Social Change
- Researching Race and Ethnicity
- Policing and Punishment
Final Year (Core)
- Dissertation
- Social Intersections: Gender, Race and Class
Final Year (Optional)
- Crimes of the Powerful: Corporations, the State and Human Rights
- Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity
- Britain, Europe and the Extreme Right, 1918-to the Present
- Identity, Culture, Politics
- Cold War, Hot War: the Politics of the Middle East
- War and Society
- Migration and Social Transformation
- Human Rights and Social Justice in the Arts
- Human Rights and Political Violence
- The Politics of Crime in the Black Atlantic
- Sociology Dissertation
Course Details – Assessment Method
Assessment Methods are not listed for this Course.
Course Details – Professional Bodies
Professional Bodies are not listed for this Course.
How to Apply
26 January This is the deadline for applications to be completed and sent for this course. If the university or college still has places available you can apply after this date, but your application is not guaranteed to be considered.
Application Codes
Course code:
LL23
Institution code:
K84
Campus Name:
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Points of Entry
The following entry points are available for this course:
Year 1
Entry Requirements for Advanced Entry (Year 2 and Beyond)
Entry Requirements for Advanced Entry are not listed for this Course.
International applicants
Standard Qualification Requirements
Other A Level combinations possible to achieve 112 - 128 points.
Minimum of 2 A Levels, can be combined with other Level 3 qualifications eg. AS levels/Extended Project to achieve 112 – 128 points.
We welcome a wide range of qualifications and qualification combinations. Don't worry if you can't see your specific qualification listed, just contact our team of experts
Scottish Highers (only)
Can be considered in combination with other Level 3 qualifications e.g. A2's in different subjects.
Mature applicants (21 years and older) will need to pass a QAA-approved Access to Higher Education Diploma in a relevant subject with 60 credits, minimum 45 credits at Level 3 including 21 at merit.
Applicants under 21 years will be considered on a case-by-case basis.
Grade combinations below 112 points considered when combined with other Level 3 qualifications including AS and Extended Project to achieve 112 points.
4 in Mathematics at Standard Level. English Language required at 5 Standard Level or 4 Higher Level.
Combined with other level 3 qualifications to achieve 112 tariff points
Grade combinations below DMM may be considered when combined with other Level 3 qualifications.
Typically from a minimum 5 Higher Level subjects
Grade combinations below DMM may be considered when combined with other Level 3 qualifications.
Combined with other level 3 qualifications to achieve 112 tariff points
Combined with other level 3 qualifications to achieve 112 tariff points
Combined with other level 3 qualifications to achieve 112 tariff points
Combined with other level 3 qualifications to achieve 112 tariff points
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Minimum Further Information are not listed for this Course.
English language requirements
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AdditionalDetails
English Language Entry Requirement Information are not listed for this Course.
Unistats information
Student satisfaction :
77%
Employment after 15 months (Most common jobs):
65%
Go onto work and study:
80%
Fees and funding
International
9250.0
Year 1
England
9250.0
Year 1
Northern Ireland
9250.0
Year 1
Scotland
9250.0
Year 1
Wales
9250.0
Year 1
EU
9250.0
Year 1
Additional Fee Information
For international fees, please visit: https://www.kingston.ac.uk/undergraduate/fees-and-funding/fees/
Please visit the provider course webpage for further information regarding additional course costs
Provider information
River House
53-57 High Street
Address3 are not listed for this Course.
Kingston upon Thames
KT1 1LQ
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