Social Sciences

Undergraduate

Our teaching and research expertise covers key areas of the social sciences

Our teaching and research expertise covers key areas of the social sciences

We offer undergraduate degrees in many of the key social science disciplines, from applied social sciences programmes with pathways in anthropology, criminology and psychological studies to sociology and social policy degrees.

Our undergraduate programmes offer a a great deal of flexibility. For example, politics degrees can be combined with international relations, economics, sociology, French, German, Portuguese or Latin American studies, while economics degrees can be combined with accounting, actuarial science, management sciences, mathematics, philosophy or politics.

Our students are therefore given many opportunities to take advantage of the interdisciplinary nature of Social Sciences and the expertise of our international community of staff.

See our full listing of the undergraduate programmes we offer.

Taught by research leaders

Our academics are actively involved in groundbreaking research and in our most recent research assessment many research activities were judged to be world leading.

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“Not only did I receive a degree from an internationally recognised university, I also made some great friends.”

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  • The University of Southampton was ranked in the top 100 universities in The Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2009 and 2010.

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