Sociology BA Welcome Pack

Welcome to BA (Hons) Sociology 2024.

​​Welcome to Sociology at UON!

​Our Sociology degree explores the latest sociological questions and their methodological implications, allowing you to develop your understanding of how humans shape and are shaped by the societies they live in.

​You will have the opportunity to study a diverse range of interdisciplinary topics, from identity/self, inequality/injustice, education, media/culture, crime/deviance, love/body, work/volunteering, health/wellbeing, utopianism/future, environment, and death – and actively engage with these pressing real-world contemporary issues head on.

​Our Sociology team has the necessary high-quality teaching and research experience to provide you with the sociological knowledge, skill, and confidence to succeed in higher education.

​Teaching is made up of active blended learning in and around the classroom via small group work with a diverse student body and individualised and diverse assessment types, and through research/reflection out in the field on placements and our highly subsidised international field trip.

​There is a strong focus on employability across the programme through which you will acquire the transferable skills required to achieve not only personal graduate success in a wide range of career pathways in the public, private, or third sectors, but also positive social change to benefit the public good, tailoring your ‘sociological imagination’ to something that you are interested in and care about.

​There is also a range of social opportunities, for example through the Sociology Society run by our current students, the Student Union, and the university more broadly.

​We’re excited to welcome you onto the Sociology programme at UON and look forward to meeting you soon!​

Your Programme Leader

James White

Senior Lecturer in Sociology | Programme and Deputy Subject Leader in Sociology
James.White@northampton.ac.uk