BA International Relations and Sociology
About this course
BA (Hons) in Sociology and Politics and International Relations. Core topics include Data Analysis and Research Methods. Students complete modules within an interdisciplinary academic structure.
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Entry requirements
A level: ABB or BBB IB: 32 points
What students say
Based on about 8 final-year students who answered (a small group: a rough guide only)
- Teaching on my course: 89%
- Learning opportunities: 82%
- Assessment and feedback: 78%
- Academic support: 95%
- Organisation and management: 73%
- Learning resources: 79%
- 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: 90%
- Left higher education: 10%
Where graduates work (5 years on)
Based on about 125 graduates, across similar courses at this university
- North West: 1%
- Yorkshire and the Humber: 1%
- West Midlands: 2%
- East of England: 10%
- London: 51%
- South East: 30%
- South West: 3%
- Wales: 1%
Who gets in
Based on about 125 students who started, across similar courses at this university
- A levels: 76%
- Baccalaureate: 4%
- Access course: 1%
- Foundation course: 12%
- A degree: 1%
- Other qualifications: 6%
Accreditation & quality ratings
TEF 2023 (whole university): Silver overall, Bronze for student experience, Silver for student outcomes.
Modules
- 21st Century Sociology
- Empires and Revolutions: The Birth of Today's International Order
- Introduction to International Relations
- Themes and Perspectives in Sociology I
- Making the Familiar Strange
- Talking with Ghosts: Classical Theory and Contemporary Politics
- The Short Twentieth Century and Beyond
- Themes and Perspectives in Sociology II
- Beyond Bankers and Billionaires: Global Capitalism from Below
- Contemporary International Theory
- Designing Social Research
- A Sociology of Generations and Social Change? From Passive to Active Generations
- Citizenship, Activism and Resistance
- Digital Societies
- Drugs, Crime and Deviant Leisure
- Into the Lions Den: An Exploration (A)
- Migration and Integration (Aut)
- Sociology of Emotions and Mental Health
- The Climate Crisis, Criminology & the Justice System
- Class, Culture & Conflict: A View from The Inside
- Classical Sociological Theory
- Development and the State
- Doing Social Research: working with qualitative data
- Education and Inequality
- Precarity and the Politics of Work (Spr)
- Security and Insecurity in Global Politics
- Social Research Methods: Analysing Quantitative Data
- The Alchemy of Race and Racism (Spring)
- The Politics of Foreign Policy
- The Rise and Fall of Neoliberalism
- The Sociology of Human Rights
- Sociology Project
- (Im)mobilities and the Criminal Justice System
- Class, Power and the State (Aut)
- Coloniality, Racism and Inequality
- Data Analysis for Global Challenges
- Decolonial Movements
- Digital Activism and Citizenship in Datafied Societies
- Environment and Development in World Politics
- Finance and Power in the Global Age
- Global Work Experience
- Identity and Interaction
- Migration, Identity, and Home
- Palestine and the International
- Religions in Global Politics
- Sexualities / Intimacies / Intersections (Aut)
- Sociology of Family, Reproduction & Care (Aut)
- Technology and the Human
- The Death Penalty
- The Politics of Armed Groups: Rebels, State and Society
- Visualising War: Image, Media, and Culture
- British Foreign Relations: Through Empire and Beyond
- Capitalism, Growth, and Ecological Crisis
- Critical Hope in Global Health: From Big Pharma to Local Wellbeing
- Global Supply Chains: Making an (un)sustainable world?
- Humanitarianism in Theory and Practice
- Inequalities Across the Divides
- Policing Racial Capitalism
- Putin, Power, Populism: Russia and Eurasia in Global Politics
- Riots, Strikes, Revolts
- Temporalities - Histories - Hauntologies (Spr)
- The Arms Trade and Global (In)securities
- The Body (Spr)
- Transcendence, Devotion and Desire
- Violence, militarism & (anti)colonialism: Transnational feminist and queer perspectives
Questions about this course
How much do graduates of BA International Relations and Sociology at University of Sussex earn?
The median salary is £25,500 after 3 years, £33,000 after 5 years. After five years the middle half of graduates earn between £25,500 and £45,500. The £33,000 median after five years is £6,500 more than the UK median for Sociology.
Are students happy with the teaching on BA International Relations and Sociology at University of Sussex?
89% of final-year students were positive about the teaching in the National Student Survey 2025-26.
What grades do I need for BA International Relations and Sociology at University of Sussex?
The typical offer is ABB at A level, or 32 points in the IB. The average entrant had 116 UCAS points.
Does BA International Relations and Sociology at University of Sussex 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 International Relations and Sociology at University of Sussex?
90% of students continued into their second year, and 10% left higher education.