Social Sciences and Humanities

Making a difference to society is at the heart of everything we do.

Making a difference to society is at the heart of everything we do at the School of Social Sciences and Humanities. It’s what helps us create a better world, and is also how we embrace diversity to grow understanding, and build opportunities.

We strive to offer our students a quality education that supports their graduate outcomes and their future choices. We operate at the heart of a dynamic, diverse and global city, offering our expertise to businesses and professions by shaping our placement students and graduates, and by working in partnership with organisations and authorities.

In addition, our research is applied, impactful and recognised as excellent – both in national and international contexts. In the latest Research Excellence Framework, 76% of our research outputs were rated world-leading (4*) or internationally excellent (3*). For our research impact case studies, 72% were judged to have reach and significance that was outstanding (4*) or very considerable (3*).

We are a closely integrated, innovative, multilingual and multidisciplinary school with an international outlook. This is closely reflected in our degree programmes, which combine a rigorous disciplinary grounding with cross-disciplinary, practical and issue-focused perspectives, from foundation level all the way to doctoral awards.

Our courses are designed in close partnership with employers to prepare graduates to enter the world of work with highly relevant skills and knowledge. Explore our range of undergraduate, postgraduate, PhD and foundation programmes.

Undergraduate courses

	Undergraduate programmes
BSc (Hons)	Business and International Relations
BSc (Hons)	Business and Politics
BSc (Hons)	Business and Sociology
BSc (Hons)	Criminology
BSc (Hons)	Economics and Politics
BA (Hons)	English Language
BA (Hons)	English Language and Literature
BSc (Hons)	English and Sociology
BA (Hons)	History
BSc (Hons)	History and English
BSc (Hons)	History and International Relations
BSc (Hons)	History and Politics
BSc (Hons)	International Development Management
BSc (Hons)	International Relations and Sociology
BSc (Hons)	Politics and Sociology
BSc (Hons)	Politics with International Relations
BSc (Hons)	Sociology

We also offer the Foundation Programme in Business and Social Science.

Postgraduate courses

	Postgraduate programmes
MA	English
MA	English (Distance Learning)
MA	Forensic Linguistics
MA	Forensic Linguistics (Distance Learning)
MSc	International Relations
MA	TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages)

We also welcome applications for our doctoral programme in any of the research areas we cover.

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