Why QMU?
QMU is ranked 1st in Scotland and 14th in the UK for Sociology (out of 91
institutions) in the Guardian University League Table 2019. QMU is ranked 1st in
Scotland and 5th in the UK for student satisfaction in Sociology (NSS 2018).
You’ll learn how to make sense of complex and challenging social issues – and
how to provoke change.
You’ll understand how the public sociologist and sociological knowledge can
create radical approaches to solving social problems.
We’ll enable you to develop a wide range of transferable skills.
Year Four
Dissertation/ European Social Policy and
Politics/ Options may include: Gender
Justice and Violence: Feminist
Approaches/ Queer Theory, Gender &
Sexual Politics; Sociology of Scotland/
Public Sociology Education
This modules listed here are correct at
time of print (Feb 2019) but may differ
slightly to those offered in 2020. Please
check the website for any updates.
Entry Requirements
Scottish Higher:
Standard: BBCC
Minimum: BCCC
A Level: CCD
Irish Leaving Certificate: H3 H3 H3 H3
International Baccalaureate: 26 points
International: IELTS of 6.0 with no
element lower than 5.5
Required: English required and Maths
preferred at Nat 5/GCSE
Mature/Access: Related Access course
— see www.qmu.ac.uk/college-
qualifications
We welcome applications from mature
students with relevant qualifications and /
or experience.
Direct Entry:
Year Two
• HNC: HNC in a related subject with
B in the graded unit
• Scottish Higher: BC at Advanced
Higher in relevant subjects plus BB
at Higher
• A Level: BBB in relevant subjects
Year Three
• HND in a related subject with CB in
the graded units
For details of related HNC and HND
courses, see www.qmu.ac.uk/college-
qualifications
Associate student places: You can
study this course as an associate
student completing your first year at
Newbattle Abbey College or West
Lothian College. For more information
and entry requirements, see pages 32 &
33.
Other information
UCAS code: L390
Duration: 3/4 years full-time
Start date: September 2020
Delivery: On campus
Awarding body: QMU. Please see the
‘External review’ section on pages 8-9.
137
Exchange opportunities: In Year Two
you have the opportunity (subject to
availability) to study for one semester at a
university overseas. See pages 18-19 for
more information.
Placements: N/A
Teaching staff, class sizes and
timetables: Please see ‘How we teach
and how you’ll learn’ on pages 8-9.
Course fees: See pages 162-163
Professional registration/accreditation:
N/A.
Careers: You’ll change. You’ll grow.
You’ll graduate with a wide range of
knowledge, skills and aptitudes. You’ll
also have a richly developed sense of
social responsibility and – hopefully – a
burning desire to make a powerful,
positive change to the world around you.
Previous graduates are now shaking
things up in social and community work,
consumer and social research, public
policy development, teaching, academia,
marketing and human resource
management.