BSc Anthropology and Sociology
About this course
BSc (Hons) in Sociology and Anthropology. Core topics include Data Analysis, Research Methods, Historical Research, Critical & Analytical Thinking, and Ethics & Professional Practice. The course offers funded international fieldwork placements and an optional year-long industry placement. Students complete a final-year dissertation research project.
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Entry requirements
A level: BBB IB: International Baccalaureate Diploma 30 points. GCSE English equivalent SL 5 or HL 4
Admissions (2022 entry, home applicants)
Offer rate 81%: 25 offers from 31 applications, from the university's Freedom of Information return.
What students say
Based on about 10 final-year students who answered, across similar courses at this university (a small group: a rough guide only)
- Teaching on my course: 95%
- Learning opportunities: 95%
- Assessment and feedback: 95%
- Academic support: 100%
- Organisation and management: 97%
- Learning resources: 58%
- Student voice: 96%
Do students stay on the course?
Based on about 10 students who started, across similar courses at this university (a small group: a rough guide only)
- Continued on course: 75%
- Left higher education: 5%
- Moved to a lower qualification: 20%
What graduates do next
Based on about 8 graduates who answered, across similar courses at this university (a small group: a rough guide only)
- Working: 50%
- Working and studying: 20%
- Unemployed: 15%
Most common jobs
- Secretarial and related occupations: 20%
- Business and public service associate professionals: 20%
- Sales occupations: 20%
- Media Professionals: 10%
- Sports and fitness occupations: 10%
Where graduates work (5 years on)
Based on about 15 graduates, across similar courses at this university (a small group: a rough guide only)
- West Midlands: 5%
- East of England: 10%
- London: 65%
- South East: 20%
Who gets in
Based on about 15 students who started, across similar courses at this university (a small group: a rough guide only)
- A levels: 80%
- Baccalaureate: 5%
- Access course: 5%
- A degree: 5%
- Other HE qualification: 5%
- No formal qualifications: 10%
Accreditation & quality ratings
TEF 2023 (whole university): Bronze overall, Bronze for student experience, Bronze for student outcomes.
Modules
- Contemporary Challenges
- Fundamentals of the Social Sciences
- Special Subjects A
- Special Subjects B
- Gender, Sexuality and Feminism
- Migration, Citizenship and Identity
- Political and Economic Issues in Anthropology
- Qualitative Research in Professional Practice
- Researching Your World
- Sociology of Everyday Life: Issues in Contemporary Culture
- Popular Culture and Creative Industries
- Colonialism, Migration and Global Racism
- Digital Culture
- Understanding Childhood and Youth
- War and Humanitarianism
- Kinship, Sex and Gender
- Culture, Education and Learning
- Global Development: Critical Perspectives
- Middle East: Societies, Religion and Politics
- South Asia: Cultures, Societies and Development
- Global Health: Critical Perspectives
- Dissertation
- Advanced Research Skills for History
- War and Humanitarianism
- Contemporary Worlds
- Global Health: Critical Perspectives
- Medical Anthropology in Clinical and Community Settings
- Understanding Childhood and Youth
- Global Development: Critical Perspectives
- Culture, Education and Learning
- Apocalypse! Crisis and Society
- Global Migration
- Cities, Culture and Social Change
- Lawyers, Guns and Money: Making the Modern World System
- Digital Media, Social Movements and Change
- Psychosocial Perspectives on Crime and Violence
- Violence and Conflict in Eastern Africa
- The Arab-Israeli Conflict
- Environment and Sustainability
- Marx and the Critique of Political Economy
- Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking
Questions about this course
How much do graduates of BSc Anthropology and Sociology at Brunel University of London earn?
The median salary is £23,500 after 3 years, £26,500 after 5 years. After five years the middle half of graduates earn between £20,000 and £27,500. The £26,500 median after five years is the same as the UK median for Sociology.
What do graduates of BSc Anthropology and Sociology at Brunel University of London do next?
70% were in work or further study 15 months after finishing (Graduate Outcomes 2023-24).
Are students happy with the teaching on BSc Anthropology and Sociology at Brunel University of London?
95% of final-year students were positive about the teaching in the National Student Survey 2025-26.
What grades do I need for BSc Anthropology and Sociology at Brunel University of London?
The typical offer is BBB at A level, or 30 points in the IB. The average entrant had 93 UCAS points.
What is the offer rate for BSc Anthropology and Sociology at Brunel University of London?
81% of home applicants received an offer for 2022 entry: 25 offers from 31 applications, according to the university's Freedom of Information return.
How many students continue on BSc Anthropology and Sociology at Brunel University of London?
75% of students continued into their second year, and 5% left higher education.