The study of human behaviour, relationships and interactions creates a lens through which to better see the world. At Plymouth, you’ll hold that lens to the world around you so you can play a positive role in it. Here we look inwardly at our surroundings as much as we look beyond them and you’ll spend four weeks immersed on the streets of the city you’re living in, putting Plymouth society under the microscope. Understand the city’s different communities by taking tours of its varied neighbourhoods. See how change is made by working with local support groups and projects like Landworks, which helps rehabilitate offenders and gain the skills to better navigate and tackle social challenges. Support live research projects – from taking oral histories from people in the nearby Maka Peninsula to creating accessible materials to help young people talk about death for Derriford Hospital. Explore how topics such as class, ethnicity, food, gender, health, media and poverty shape our lives, supported by a nationally renowned academic team who will get to know you personally. From the second year, you can choose to add in modules from across the School of Society & Culture’s 17 disciplines, exploring the intersection between deprivation and crime with a module on Criminology, better understanding the role of music in society with a focus on community music, or applying a political lens to your studies.

In your first year, you’ll start investigating how and why societies change, looking into how individuals and society connect. Working in small tutorial groups, you’ll explore real-world research through topics such as health, poverty, housing, gender, race, family, education, religion, employment, global development and environmental sustainability. Throughout the year, you’ll learn what it is to be a sociologist and how to use evidence to better understand the social world. In the second year, you’ll put into practice what you’ve been learning in the classroom and see sociology in action while gaining work experience relevant to your future career. In tutorials, you’ll explore the impact of global change and international social justice, and discover how these affect socio-cultural identity. You’ll also gain confidence in discussing contested social ideas and how they are applied in today’s global world, industry and employment. In your final year, you’ll examine in more depth the sociological issues that particularly interest you and complete a dissertation. With teaching focusing on the links between theory and policy, and prominent topics in social, policy and professional debates, you’ll choose from a selection of modules including media, tourism, illness, food, gender, developing societies, globalisation, and qualitative and quantitative research. The modules shown for this course or programme are those being studied by current students, or expected new modules. Modules are subject to change depending on year of entry.

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Professional Bodies are not listed for this Course.

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.

Course code: L300

Institution code: P60

Campus Name: Main Site

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The following entry points are available for this course:

Year 1

Year 2

Year 3

Entry Requirements for Advanced Entry are not listed for this Course.

GCSE Maths and English at Grade C/ 4 or above are required for this course.

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Minimum Further Information are not listed for this Course.

Test	Grade	AdditionalDetails
IELTS (Academic)	6.0	With 5.5 in all elements.

English Language Entry Requirement Information are not listed for this Course.

Student satisfaction : 55%

Employment after 15 months (Most common jobs): 74%

Go onto work and study: 89%

For all information about tuition fees, please visit our fees and funding pages at www.plymouth.ac.uk/study/fees * Fees are correct at the time of publication and may be subject to change.

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