Psychology and Sociology

About this course

Psychology and sociology both seek to understand human behaviour, but they approach it from different angles and with different methods. Psychology examines the individual: how people perceive, think, feel, learn, and develop, and what happens when mental processes go wrong. Sociology zooms out to ask how social structures, institutions, inequalities, and cultural norms shape what individuals think and do. Studying the two together creates a powerful intellectual framework for understanding the relationship between the personal and the social, a question that lies at the heart of much of what happens in families, workplaces, health systems, and political life. At the University of Edinburgh, this four-year programme includes a year abroad, which gives you the opportunity to study within a different academic and cultural environment and to experience the ways in which the social world lo

Where its graduates go

The 5 largest scored destinations, covering 70% of graduates; the headline also reflects the subject baseline.

• 68 / 100Customer service occupations · 10% of graduatescards →
• 60 / 100Business, Research and Administrative Professionals · 15% of graduatescards →
• 55 / 100Administrative occupations · 15% of graduatescards →
• 48 / 100Business and public service associate professionals · 20% of graduatescards →
• 40 / 100Sales occupations · 10% of graduatescards →

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