Literature and Sociology

About this course

Literature and sociology is a combination that brings two disciplines to bear on the same fundamental question: how do human beings make meaning and organise their collective life? Literature explores these questions through narrative, character, and the crafted possibilities of language, asking what it feels like to live in different times, places, and social circumstances, and how imaginative writing both reflects and shapes the social world. Sociology approaches the same territory from an analytical and empirical direction, examining the structures, institutions, and power relationships that shape social life in ways that individuals often do not see. At the University of the Highlands and Islands, this four-year programme is offered on a full-time basis and brings together the literary and sociological traditions in ways that are particularly resonant in the Scottish Highland and Is

Where its graduates go

The 5 largest scored destinations, covering 80% of graduates; the headline also reflects the subject baseline.

• 55 / 100Administrative occupations · 20% of graduatescards →
• 45 / 100Media Professionals · 20% of graduatescards →
• 40 / 100Sales occupations · 10% of graduatescards →
• 32 / 100Artistic, literary and media occupations · 20% of graduatescards →
• 10 / 100Health associate professionals · 10% of graduatescards →

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