Over 2000 local adult return learners have graduated on our 2+2 programme.

The degree takes four years to complete. The first two years are at one of our partner colleges, enabling you to gain confidence in coping with academic study, presentation skills and study skills in a local environment. You will then study years three and four at the University of Warwick.

The BA (Hons) Social Studies Degree is designed to give a broad understanding of some of the key academic subjects which are normally grouped together under the general term of social studies or social sciences.

These subjects include:

• sociology
• health and social policy
• business studies
• lifelong learning
• gender studies
• politics

When starting a social studies degree, you might be uncertain which area to specialise in. However, you will not need to make this decision immediately. As this is a flexible degree, you spend the first two years on the social studies pathway and then make a decision about which subjects you would like to pursue at the end of year two. You will also have the opportunity to transfer to the BA (Hons) Health and Social Policy Degree at this point.

You can find further information on the modules you will study here: Undergraduate Modules

Flexible entry requirements, formal qualifications are not required, just evidence of work and life experience and motivation to study. Applicants are interviewed by the course selector. Applications from access students will be welcomed.

Over 2,000 local people have studied on this programme, many without any qualifications, and have gone on to further study or careers in areas such as social work, teaching, local government, the community and voluntary sectors and research.

Your course and university experience will give you skills which can be transferred to a wide variety of careers. Such skills include communication, persuasion, analytical and problem-solving skills, time management and working under pressure. All these are very desirable to employers. As many graduate jobs are open to students from all degree subjects, there is a huge range of career possibilities. For example, jobs in marketing, finance and HR. You could also work in a range of sectors such as arts, culture and recreation, energy and utilities, public services and transport.

Here are just some of the new careers our graduates have chosen to pursue in the Centre across our undergraduate courses:
-Teacher: primary and secondary
-Lecturer: FE and HE
-Community worker
-Social researcher
-Youth worker
-Manager of early years settings
-Management trainee
-Team leader
-Counsellor
- Local government officer
-Caseworker (MP)

Some students choose to stay with us for further study, on courses such as PGDE (FE and Skills) and MSc Psychotherapy and Counselling

The degree is divided two stages - Level 4 and Honours Level. Level 4 consists of 120 credits and is studied over the first two years, Honours Level (years three and four) consists of 240 credits and is studied over the final two years of the degree.

In the first two years you will study modules in sociology, politics, research, and health and social policy at a partner college. These modules will introduce you to key theorists and concepts in these connected subject areas that seek to understand and explain our experiences, values and changes in society. These modules are studied at an appropriate pace through consideration of a wide range of issues that affect our everyday lives including poverty, inequality, health, power, and global and domestic politics to name just a few

At Warwick, in years three and four, you will have the opportunity to explore some of these issues in further depth and to also choose from a wide range of modules in subjects as varied as counselling, social work, mindfulness, business studies, coaching, gender studies, social policy, and lifelong learning. The core (i.e compulsory) modules are listed below:

Year three - Research Methods in the Social Sciences. This module is worth 30 credits and develops a detailed understanding of the nature and principles of methods that are applied to research projects.

Year four - Dissertation (normally in Lifelong Learning). Here you will directly apply understanding gained in Research Methods to an in-depth research project designed by you and supervised by a member of the teaching staff. This module is worth 30 credits.

Applications are now open, please apply via the following links, selecting your preferred college. Applications close 30 August 2019.
Coventry College
Warwickshire College
North Warwickshire and South Leicestershire College

Please find more information on making information on our How to Apply page.

Tuition fees for Home/EU Students in 2019-20 are as follows:

£6,750

See Student fees and funding for more information and view potential additional fees.

Times of classes will depend on the college attended and modules taken at the University, please contact the relevant college for teaching days and times in years one and two.

• Coventry College
• North Warwickshire and South Leicestershire College - Nuneaton Campus
• Warwickshire College Group - Leamington campus

Students enrol on the BA (Hons) Social Studies for two years, and then have the opportunity to transfer to BA (Hons) Health and Social Policy, a more specialised degree, at the beginning of year three.