BA English and Sociology
About this course
BA in English and Sociology, a degree spanning sociology and English literature. Core topics include Research Methods, Policy Analysis, and Social & Cultural Analysis. Students complete a final-year project. The first year introduces foundational themes through compulsory modules such as Reading Between the Lines, Literature, Culture and Critique, Formations of Coloniality and Modernity, and Making Sense of Society: Reading Social Theory. The second year builds core competencies with Writing Environments: Literature, Nature, Culture, Body Language: Literature and Embodiment, Central Problems in Sociology, and Sociology and Social Policy Research methods. Optional modules allow students to explore diverse areas such as Crime, Law and Regulation, Disability Studies: An Introduction, American Words, American Worlds, and The Sociology of Gender. The final year centres on the compulsory Final Year Project alongside specialised optional modules like Digital Discourse: language, social media, AI, Global African Writing, Sociology of Consumerism, and Protest and Social Movements.
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Entry requirements
A level: AAB EPQ: Where an applicant is taking the EPQ in a relevant subject this might be considered alongside other Level 3 qualifications and may attract an alternative offer in addition to the standard offer. If you are taking A Levels, this would be ABB at A Level including A in English (Language, Literature or Language and Literature) and grade A in the EPQ. BTEC: We will consider the level 3 QCF BTEC at Subsidiary Diploma level and above in combination with other qualifications. Please contact the Admissions Office for more information. IB: 35 points overall with 16 at Higher Level, including 6 in English at Higher Level and 5 points in Mathematics at Standard Level
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What students say
Based on about 11 final-year students who answered (a small group: a rough guide only)
- Teaching on my course: 77%
- Learning opportunities: 72%
- Assessment and feedback: 67%
- Academic support: 83%
- Organisation and management: 73%
- Learning resources: 88%
- Student voice: 67%
Do students stay on the course?
Based on about 10 students who started (a small group: a rough guide only)
- Continued on course: 75%
- Left higher education: 25%
What graduates do next
Based on about 8 graduates who answered (a small group: a rough guide only)
- Working: 70%
- Further study: 15%
- Unemployed: 10%
Most common jobs
- Business and public service associate professionals: 22%
- Administrative occupations: 12%
- Teaching Professionals: 8%
- Elementary occupations: 8%
- Welfare and housing associate professionals: 6%
- Find their work meaningful: 85%
- Feel on track for their future plans: 45%
- Use what they learnt on the course: 55%
Where graduates work (5 years on)
Based on about 730 graduates, across similar courses at this university
- North East: 2%
- North West: 12%
- Yorkshire and the Humber: 20%
- East Midlands: 4%
- West Midlands: 5%
- East of England: 7%
- London: 37%
- South East: 8%
- South West: 4%
- Wales: 1%
- Scotland: 1%
Who gets in
Based on about 15 students who started (a small group: a rough guide only)
- A levels: 90%
- A degree: 5%
- Other HE qualification: 5%
Accreditation & quality ratings
TEF 2023 (whole university): Silver overall, Bronze for student experience, Silver for student outcomes.
Modules
- Reading Between the Lines
- Literature, Culture and Critique
- Formations of Coloniality and Modernity
- Making Sense of Society: Reading Social Theory
- Understanding and Researching Contemporary Society
- Identities and Inequalities
- Modern Fictions in English
- Race, Writing, Decolonization
- Drama: Text and Performance
- Poetry: Reading and Interpretation
- Writing Environments: Literature, Nature, Culture
- Body Language: Literature and Embodiment
- Central Problems in Sociology
- Sociology and Social Policy Research methods
- Crime, Law and Regulation
- Disability Studies: An Introduction
- Sociology of Culture
- The Sociology of Religion
- The Sociology of Gender
- Crime, Race and Ethnicity
- Debates in Childhood & Youth
- Sociology and the Climate Crisis
- Social and Public Policy beyond the University
- Life, Love and Death from Chaucer to Marlowe
- Renaissance Literature
- Modern Literature
- Postcolonial Literature
- The World Before Us: Literature 1660-1830
- Other Voices: Rethinking Nineteenth-Century Literature
- American Words, American Worlds
- Contemporary Literature
- Final Year Project
- Bowie, Reading, Writing
- Crime Fiction Stylistics: Crossing Languages, Culture, Media
- Digital Discourse: language, social media, AI
- Fictions of the End: Apocalypse and After
- Global African Writing
- Home Bodies: Companion Animals in Contemporary Literature
- Language of the Media
- Postcolonial London
- Refugee Narratives
- Sex and Suffering in the Eighteenth-Century Novel
- Shakespeare
- Telling Lives: Reading and Writing Family Memoir
- Quantitative Social Research
- Disability and Development
- Research Skills for your Dissertation
- State Crime and Immorality
- Contemporary Children, Young People and Families
- Global Terrorism and Violence
- The Social Life of Data
- Gender, Technologies and the Body
- Sociology of Consumerism
- Protest and Social Movements
- Ethnicity and Popular Culture
Questions about this course
How much do graduates of BA English and Sociology at University of Leeds earn?
The median salary is £27,000 after 15 months, £26,000 after 3 years, £33,000 after 5 years. After five years the middle half of graduates earn between £27,500 and £43,000. The £33,000 median after five years is £6,500 more than the UK median for Sociology.
What do graduates of BA English and Sociology at University of Leeds do next?
85% were in work or further study 15 months after finishing (Graduate Outcomes 2023-24).
Are students happy with the teaching on BA English and Sociology at University of Leeds?
77% of final-year students were positive about the teaching in the National Student Survey 2025-26.
What grades do I need for BA English and Sociology at University of Leeds?
The typical offer is AAB at A level, or 35 points in the IB. The average entrant had 147 UCAS points.
Does BA English and Sociology at University of Leeds include a placement year or year abroad?
The course has an optional year abroad.
How many students continue on BA English and Sociology at University of Leeds?
75% of students continued into their second year, and 25% left higher education.