Sociology

About this course

Sociology is the systematic study of human society, asking how social structures, institutions, and cultural forces shape the lives of individuals and groups, and how those structures change over time. It is a discipline that refuses to take the social world for granted, instead treating class, race, gender, religion, inequality, identity, and power as objects of rigorous critical inquiry. Sociology has always been driven by a dual commitment: to understand the world as it is, and to think carefully about how it might be changed. At Goldsmiths you will pursue this three-year full-time degree at one of the UK's most distinctive universities, known for combining intellectual rigour with a commitment to creative and critical thought. The programme gives you the practical tools to analyse social phenomena, examining how social theory connects to empirical research, and how methods of inquir

Where its graduates go

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

• 62 / 100Secretarial and related occupations · 5% of graduatescards →
• 55 / 100Administrative occupations · 5% of graduatescards →
• 48 / 100Business and public service associate professionals · 5% of graduatescards →
• 32 / 100Artistic, literary and media occupations · 15% of graduatescards →
• 18 / 100Teaching Professionals · 15% of graduatescards →

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