Social Policy

About this course

Social policy is the study of how societies choose to address their most pressing collective challenges: poverty, ill health, inequality, housing insecurity, unemployment, and the care of children and older people. It is a discipline that combines careful empirical analysis of how welfare states and public services actually work with normative debate about what they should try to achieve. Social policy draws on economics, sociology, political science, and history, and it is deeply engaged with the real-world consequences of the decisions made by governments, charities, businesses, and communities. At the University of Bath, this three-year programme gives you a rigorous academic grounding in the theory and practice of social policy. You will examine the historical development of the welfare state, compare different national approaches to health, education, social security, and housing,

Where its graduates go

The 5 largest scored destinations, covering 55% of graduates; the headline also reflects the subject baseline.

• 60 / 100Business, Research and Administrative Professionals · 10% of graduatescards →
• 55 / 100Administrative occupations · 10% of graduatescards →
• 52 / 100Finance Professionals · 5% of graduatescards →
• 48 / 100Business and public service associate professionals · 20% of graduatescards →
• 40 / 100Natural and social science professionals · 10% of graduatescards →

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