Sociology (with Foundation Year)

About this course

Sociology is the systematic discipline that examines how societies work, why they are structured the way they are, and what forces produce inequality, change, and conflict between and within social groups. It treats the social world as something to be explained rather than taken for granted, applying conceptual frameworks and empirical methods to questions about class, race, gender, education, religion, the economy, media, and the state. Sociology is inherently critical, asking whose interests are served by particular arrangements and what evidence says about the gaps between ideals and realities. At Northampton this four-year full-time programme includes an integrated foundation year, which provides the academic preparation needed before the main sociology degree begins. The foundation year is designed for students who have the intellectual ability and motivation to study sociology at

Where its graduates go

The 5 largest scored destinations, covering 45% of graduates; the headline also reflects the subject baseline.

• 68 / 100Customer service occupations · 10% of graduatescards →
• 62 / 100Secretarial and related occupations · 5% of graduatescards →
• 55 / 100Administrative occupations · 15% of graduatescards →
• 52 / 100Finance Professionals · 5% of graduatescards →
• 48 / 100Business and public service associate professionals · 10% of graduatescards →

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