About the Courses
What you should know about this course
It enables students to specialise in the study of sociology while incorporating courses to allow you to build your degree around your interests and career aspirations
It equips you to build a broad foundation in sociological thinking and theory is offered while also supporting you to pursue your own ideas and interests through focused research
You develop a range of intellectual and practical transferable skills that provide a strong foundation for future employment in a range of careers in the sociological workplace
It covers a range of issues from popular culture to social justice, from gender and identity to global relations
Greenwich is ranked joint 1st in London in Sociology for student satisfaction by the 2023 Complete University Guide
What you should know about this course
It enables students to specialise in the study of sociology while incorporating courses to allow you to build your degree around your interests and career aspirations
It equips you to build a broad foundation in sociological thinking and theory is offered while also supporting you to pursue your own ideas and interests through focused research
You develop a range of intellectual and practical transferable skills that provide a strong foundation for future employment in a range of careers in the sociological workplace
It covers a range of issues from popular culture to social justice, from gender and identity to global relations
Greenwich is ranked joint 1st in London in Sociology for student satisfaction by the 2023 Complete University Guide
Modules
Year 1
Students are required to study the following compulsory modules.
Inequality and Social Change (30 credits)
Applying Sociology (15 credits)
Self in Society (15 credits)
Investigating Popular Culture (30 credits)
Students are required to choose 30 credits from this list of options.
Mandarin 1 (30 credits)
Mandarin 2 (30 credits)
Mandarin 3 (30 credits)
European Languages (French 1) (30 credits)
European Languages (French 2) (30 credits)
European Languages (French 3) (30 credits)
European Languages (French 4) (30 credits)
The Changing Faces of Britain 1707 – 1918 (30 credits)
Conflict, Commerce and Culture: Britain and the World, 1600-2000 (30 credits)
Making the Modern World: Europe, Asia, and Africa in the Long Nineteenth Century (30 credits)
European Languages (Italian 1) (30 credits)
European Languages (Italian 2) (30 credits)
European Languages (Italian 3) (30 credits)
Writing for the Media (30 credits)
Global Issues (30 credits)
Crime, Criminalisation and Society (30 credits)
European Languages (Spanish 1) (30 credits)
European Languages (Spanish 2) (30 credits)
European Languages (Spanish 3) (30 credits)
European Languages (Spanish 4) (30 credits)
Year 2
Students are required to study the following compulsory modules.
Key Thinkers in Sociology (30 credits)
Sociology in Practice (30 credits)
Students are required to choose 30 credits from this list of options.
Mandarin 1 (30 credits)
Mandarin 2 (30 credits)
Mandarin 3 (30 credits)
European Languages (French 1) (30 credits)
European Languages (French 2) (30 credits)
European Languages (French 3) (30 credits)
European Languages (French 4) (30 credits)
Rebel Earth? History and Politics in the Anthropocene (15 credits)
A Global History of Genocide Level 5 (15 credits)
European Languages (Italian 1) (30 credits)
European Languages (Italian 2) (30 credits)
European Languages (Italian 3) (30 credits)
Writing Journalism (30 credits)
Language Research Project (French, Italian, Spanish) (30 credits)
Approaches to Development: Theories, Actors, and Alternatives (30 credits)
The Global Sex Industry: Perspectives, Experiences and Responses (15 credits)
Education and Social Formation (15 credits)
Drug Use in Society (15 credits)
Sociology of Work (15 credits)
European Languages (Spanish 1) (30 credits)
European Languages (Spanish 2) (30 credits)
European Languages (Spanish 3) (30 credits)
European Languages (Spanish 4) (30 credits)
Students are required to choose 30 credits from this list of options.
The Global Sex Industry: Perspectives, Experiences and Responses (15 credits)
Education and Social Formation (15 credits)
Drug Use in Society (15 credits)
Sociology of Work (15 credits)
Year 3
Students are required to study the following compulsory modules.
Gender, Race and Crime (15 credits)
Sociology of Gender and Sexuality (15 credits)
Students are required to choose 30 credits from this list of options.
Mandarin 2 (30 credits)
Mandarin 3 (30 credits)
European Languages (French 2) (30 credits)
European Languages (French 3) (30 credits)
European Languages (French 4) (30 credits)
Projecting Nations: Film, History and Propaganda (15 credits)
Footprints of Everyday Life: The Environmental History of Modern Britain (15 credits)
European Languages (Italian 2) (30 credits)
European Languages (Italian 3) (30 credits)
Journalism in Practice (30 credits)
Language, Soft Power and Cultural Diplomacy (30 credits)
Language Research Project (French, Italian, Spanish) (30 credits)
International Relations and International Security (30 credits)
Migration and Citizenship (15 credits)
Globalisation: Social and Political Perspectives (15 credits)
Family, Social Division, and the State (15 credits)
Understanding Social Contexts of Health and Illness (15 credits)
European Languages (Spanish 2) (30 credits)
European Languages (Spanish 3) (30 credits)
European Languages (Spanish 4) (30 credits)
Students are required to choose 30 credits from this list of options.
Sociology Dissertation (30 credits)
Migration and Citizenship (15 credits)
Globalisation: Social and Political Perspectives (15 credits)
Family, Social Division, and the State (15 credits)
Understanding Social Contexts of Health and Illness (15 credits)
Students are required to choose 30 credits from this list of options.
Work Placement (Level 6) (30 credits)
Migration and Citizenship (15 credits)
Globalisation: Social and Political Perspectives (15 credits)
Family, Social Division, and the State (15 credits)
Understanding Social Contexts of Health and Illness (15 credits)