Education Studies & Sociology BA (Hons)

As an Education Studies & Sociology student, you will be challenged to look at your own education to consider political decisions with greater understanding, to evaluate major education movements with greater objectivity and to express your own ideas with greater clarity. The programme also aims to provide students with a rigorous academic study that explores a range of sociological issues. In Education Studies you will engage with a range of dynamic ideas and issues at the heart of education in its broadest sense. By choosing this variation on the programme you will gain a particularly in-depth understanding of the role social factors have on lifelong development and learning.
Our society shapes both who we are and how we learn. Studying Sociology alongside Education Studies modules will change the way you look at the world
and understand your own place in it. You’ll study two modules from Education Studies and one from Sociology every semester, building your knowledge of
these two complementary disciplines. You’ll draw on your own experiences to help you understand how individuals learn and how they interact with society.

In Education Studies you’ll debate the nature of knowledge, evaluate different theories and approaches to Education and explore how people develop and learn throughout their lives. We foster a culture of inclusion, equality and social justice, respecting diversity and challenging prejudice are important to us. You’ll be encouraged to consider how policy and practice can promote these values. In your second year you will have the opportunity to work on a short placement of your choice, giving you relevant real-world experience.

Program Available At (Campus) - York campus