3-year full-time; 4-year thin-sandwich This broad-based degree in Sociology and Media Studies offers students the opportunity to specialise in areas of their interest, such as the social impact of the new media, the internet and other information and communications technologies, media discourse, media policy and regulation. The course aims to develop theories that explain the changing nature of social relations in our own and other societies. We concentrate and discuss questions such as: What is society? How and why is it changing? What are the opportunities for future change and development? The focus of study is on all aspects of mediated societal relations: its personal, social and cultural dimensions.The addition of media studies provides a broader base. We have a strong research reputation that enhances all our undergraduate teaching, with particular expertise in areas such as: contemporary social structures and social change; the role of science and the media; race and ethnicity; and power, inequality and prejudice in modern societies. All of our academic staff are actively engaged in research and many have international reputations in their field. We provide a stimulating introduction to the social sciences by teaching a broad base of cross-disciplinary modules in the first year. Thereafter, you specialise in your particular interests. Our courses will help you to develop specific skills in the practical methods associated with your discipline, including social and media research and the use of information technology.

These statistics relate to graduates who studied Sociology as well as those who combined the subject with Media Studies. Graduates from these subjects tend to fall broadly into two groups – those who ultimately wish to progress into the public or charity sectors or social care professions and those who use their degree as a route into careers unrelated to the subject studied. Sociologists are in increasing demand in many sectors in social welfare and policy, in local government and administration, in medicine, in education and research. If you are thinking of a career in any of these fields, it may also be possible to select relevant work experience. There are also openings available in business, specifically marketing and advertising, management, media, and recruitment. Knowledge and understanding of statistics and research skills are particularly useful assets in the job market. Sociology students can be found in a diverse range of careers, including computing, consultancy, lobbying, teaching, campaigning and fundraising, to name just a few.