BA Sociology
About this course
BA Honours in Sociology. Core topics include research methods. The programme concludes with a final-year dissertation in sociology and offers a student exchange opportunity. A range of optional modules in later years allows focus on specialist areas including crime, health, policing, and social inequalities.
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Entry requirements
A level: ABB IB: 32 points
Admissions (2022 entry, home applicants)
Offer rate 96%: 335 offers from 350 applications, from the university's Freedom of Information return.
What students say
Based on about 37 final-year students who answered
- Teaching on my course: 80%
- Learning opportunities: 78%
- Assessment and feedback: 75%
- Academic support: 100%
- Organisation and management: 90%
- Learning resources: 92%
- Student voice: 82%
Do students stay on the course?
Based on about 75 students who started
- Continued on course: 96%
- Left higher education: 4%
Where graduates work (5 years on)
Based on about 100 graduates, across similar courses at this university
- North East: 30%
- North West: 8%
- Yorkshire and the Humber: 8%
- East Midlands: 1%
- East of England: 7%
- London: 34%
- South East: 6%
- South West: 3%
- Scotland: 2%
Who gets in
Based on about 70 students who started
- A levels: 93%
- Baccalaureate: 6%
- A degree: 1%
Accreditation & quality ratings
TEF 2023 (whole university): Silver overall, Bronze for student experience, Silver for student outcomes.
Modules
- Comparing Cultures: An Introduction to Anthropology
- The Sociological Imagination: An Introduction to the Discipline
- Knowing in Sociology: An Introduction to Theory, Methods and Epistemology
- Understanding Everyday Life
- Investigating Inequalities and Crime
- Politics and Society
- Theorising Social Worlds
- Researching Social Life
- This is How We Do It: Sociology Research Design and Proposal
- Being Human: debates, questions and conversations in anthropology
- Climate and Society
- Sociology of Crime: Social Control in Neoliberal Societies
- Sociology of Health and Illness
- Refugees and Displacement: Borders, Camps, and Asylum
- Dissertation in Sociology
- Being Human: debates, questions and conversations in anthropology
- Climate and Society
- Regulating Sexuality
- Critical Approaches to Policing and Security
- States of Mind: Sociology and Mental Health
- Digital People, Digital Worlds
- Student Exchange
- Investigating the Body
- Racism and Society
Questions about this course
How much do graduates of BA Sociology at Newcastle University earn?
The median salary is £25,500 after 3 years, £31,500 after 5 years. After five years the middle half of graduates earn between £23,500 and £38,500. The £31,500 median after five years is £5,000 more than the UK median for Sociology.
Are students happy with the teaching on BA Sociology at Newcastle University?
80% of final-year students were positive about the teaching in the National Student Survey 2025-26.
What grades do I need for BA Sociology at Newcastle University?
The typical offer is ABB at A level, or 32 points in the IB. The average entrant had 135 UCAS points.
What is the offer rate for BA Sociology at Newcastle University?
96% of home applicants received an offer for 2022 entry: 335 offers from 350 applications, according to the university's Freedom of Information return.
Does BA Sociology at Newcastle University include a placement year or year abroad?
The course has an optional placement year and an optional year abroad.
How many students continue on BA Sociology at Newcastle University?
96% of students continued into their second year, and 4% left higher education.