Bachelor of Arts (BA Social Science)

A degree in social sciences gives you a strong academic foundation and skills that employers find attractive, including oral and written communication, critical thinking, organization, problem solving, and interpersonal skills.Social sciences is a liberal arts major with a focus on courses from three social sciences departments. This major can be customized to meet your interests and personal or career goals.You will choose to concentrate in three areas from the list on the back of this sheet and have the opportunity to take a variety of courses within those areas of study. Social Science is a very flexible degree, and allows students to choose from a wide range of modules in applied psychology, criminology, politics and social policy. These are then combined with a set of sociological and social research modules, which focus on core debates and issues across the social sciences.