Bachelor in Sociology and Social Anthropology - Grado en Sociología y Antropología Social

Explore the social and cultural dimensions of human experience, and discover universalities and diversities in how humans live. Study identity, class, cultural practices and social change, and their impact on everyday life around the world.

104 - 120 UCAS tariff points including a minimum of 2 A-levels or equivalent. BTEC Extended Diploma: DMM.

International entry requirements:
If English is not your first language, you will need IELTS (Academic) 6.0 with a minimum of 6.0 in reading or writing and 5.5 in all other components or equivalent.

This course emphasises contemporary social and political perspectives, discovering societies and cultures all over the world in the present and sometimes also in the past
Learn from expert sociologists and social anthropologists, as well as biological and archaeological anthropologists and criminologists
You’ll develop your skills, knowledge and employability through applying theory to contemporary, real world challenges
Choose from either a 30-week ‘sandwich’ placement, or a shorter four-week placement – which could give you a professional skillset and crucial contacts as well as potentially making you more employable
Develop your own piece of research based on a topic that interests you, or aligns itself with your future career or study plans, in your final year dissertation.

Year 1
Core units:
Introduction to Social Theory
Introduction to Social Research
Families & Kinship in Contemporary Society
Understanding Communities
Social Inequality & Exclusion
Introduction to Social Anthropology

Year 2
Core units:
Qualitative Research Skills
Contemporary Social Theory
Understanding Cultures
Doing Ethnographic Research

Option units (choose two):
Growing Up and Growing Old
Understanding Globalisation
Themes in Archaeology & Anthropology
Crime, Health and Society
Impact of Crime
Ethnographies of Crime and Policing
Human Trafficking and Criminality
Quantitative Skills
Societies of Prehistoric Europe
Placement Learning Unit
Criminological Psychology

Practice placement year
You can opt to take a longer sandwich placement (30 weeks) for the third year of an extended four-year degree. This gives you the chance to gain experience and make contacts for the future.

Final year
Core units:
Dissertation
Anthropology of International Intervention
Politics & Ideology

Option units (choose two)
Drugs, Crime and Society
Seekers, Believers and Iconoclasts
Terrorism, Protection and Society
Cultural Ecology
’Troubling’ Gender
Crime and Criminal Justice in the 21st Century
Intersectional Criminology
Criminology of Organisations
Animals & Society