BA Combined Honours in Social Sciences
About this course
BA (Hons) Combined Honours in Social Sciences, a social sciences degree in which students combine two or more subject areas. Core topics include Research Methods. The degree can be taken over three years full-time, or four with an optional placement year or year abroad. Each department requires preparatory modules that lead to a compulsory dissertation in the final year. Compulsory Dissertation Prerequisites modules appear in both the first and second years, preparing students for the final-year dissertation; optional content is subject-specific. Subject choices span the social sciences — Anthropology, Archaeology, Education, Geography, Politics and International Relations, Sociology and Criminology, and Sport and Exercise Sciences — alongside business options Economics and Management and Marketing. Up to half the annual credits can be drawn from Arts and Humanities subjects, including Classics and Ancient History, English Literature, History, Music, Philosophy, Theology and Religious Studies, Visual Arts, and the languages Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Russian and Spanish. Students combine two subjects or spread their study across three or four. The final year centres on the compulsory Dissertation module, with further subject-specific options including Decolonising Knowledge and Power, which considers decolonisation as a concept and a historical process.
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Entry requirements
A level: A*AA Specified subjects according to subject choices: Economics requires an A in A-level Mathematics. English Literature, History or Music require a grade A at A level (or equivalent) in the subject. Chinese, French, German, Japanese, Italian, Russian, or Spanish at an advanced level requires a grade A at A level (or equivalent) in the relevant language. Arabic, French, German, Italian, Russian, or Spanish requires an A at A level (or equivalent) in a modern foreign language. IB: 37 with 766 in higher-level subjects. Subject requirements as listed above for A-level Students wishing to study the subjects listed above require a Higher Level grade 6 in the subject. For students wishing to study Economics, we are happy to accept Higher Level Maths Analysis at grade 6 or Higher Level Maths Applications at grade 6. Alternatively, we can accept Standard Level Maths Analysis at grade 7 or Standard Level Maths Applications at grade 7.
Admissions (2022 entry, home applicants)
Offer rate 34%: 195 offers from 575 applications, from the university's Freedom of Information return.
Modules
- Dissertation Prerequisites
- Example optional modules
- Dissertation Prerequisites
- Example optional modules
- Dissertation
- Example optional modules
Questions about this course
What grades do I need for BA Combined Honours in Social Sciences at Durham University?
The typical offer is A*AA at A level.
What is the offer rate for BA Combined Honours in Social Sciences at Durham University?
34% of home applicants received an offer for 2022 entry: 195 offers from 575 applications, according to the university's Freedom of Information return.