BSc Sociology
About this course
BSc (Hons) in Sociology. Core topics include Data Analysis, Research Methods, Fieldwork, Historical Research, and Critical & Analytical Thinking. A four-year option includes a professional placement year, and all students complete a final-year dissertation or major project on a topic of their choice.
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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 82%: 80 offers from 97 applications, from the university's Freedom of Information return.
What students say
Based on about 20 final-year students who answered, across similar courses at this university (a small group: a rough guide only)
- Teaching on my course: 93%
- Learning opportunities: 87%
- Assessment and feedback: 83%
- Academic support: 93%
- Organisation and management: 82%
- Learning resources: 84%
- Student voice: 81%
Do students stay on the course?
Based on about 20 students who started (a small group: a rough guide only)
- Continued on course: 70%
- Left higher education: 15%
- Moved to a lower qualification: 10%
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%
- Administrative occupations: 10%
Where graduates work (5 years on)
Based on about 55 graduates, across similar courses at this university
- North West: 2%
- East Midlands: 4%
- West Midlands: 1%
- East of England: 6%
- London: 79%
- South East: 8%
Who gets in
Based on about 15 students who started (a small group: a rough guide only)
- A levels: 85%
- Other HE qualification: 15%
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
- Researching Your World
- Sociology of Everyday Life: Issues in Contemporary Culture
- Climate Politics
- Colonialism, Migration and Global Racism
- Crime and Deviance in Society
- Culture, Education and Learning
- Digital Culture
- Gangs, Street Culture and Crime
- Gender, Sexuality and Feminism
- Global Communication
- Kinship, Sex and Gender
- Popular Culture and Creative Industries
- Understanding Childhood and Youth
- Understanding Cities and Inequalities
- Advanced Research Skills for Social and Political Sciences
- Dissertation
- Major Final Project
- 21st Century Media Bodies
- Apocalypse! Crisis and Society
- Cities, Culture and Social Change
- Digital Media, Social Movements and Change
- Drugs, Crime and Criminal Justice
- Environment and Sustainability
- Global Migration
- Housing, Harm and Inequality
- Lawyers, Guns and Money: Making the Modern World System
- Marx and the Critique of Political Economy
- Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking
- Politics and Digital Cultures
- Political Satire and Comedy
- Power, Space and Resistance: Carceral Geographies
- Working in the Creative and Cultural Industries
Questions about this course
How much do graduates of BSc Sociology at Brunel University of London earn?
The median salary is £23,500 after 3 years, £27,500 after 5 years. After five years the middle half of graduates earn between £24,500 and £37,000. The £27,500 median after five years is £1,000 more than the UK median for Sociology.
What do graduates of BSc 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 Sociology at Brunel University of London?
93% of final-year students were positive about the teaching in the National Student Survey 2025-26.
What grades do I need for BSc Sociology at Brunel University of London?
The typical offer is BBB at A level, or 30 points in the IB. The average entrant had 115 UCAS points.
What is the offer rate for BSc Sociology at Brunel University of London?
82% of home applicants received an offer for 2022 entry: 80 offers from 97 applications, according to the university's Freedom of Information return.
Does BSc Sociology at Brunel University of London include a placement year or year abroad?
The course has an optional year abroad.
How many students continue on BSc Sociology at Brunel University of London?
70% of students continued into their second year, and 15% left higher education.