Program Overview

**Reasons to choose Kingston**– Through a work-based module, you’ll put your knowledge into practice and get valuable work experience.– This course helps you develop skills relevant to careers in national and international development organisations, NGOs and charities.– You’ll develop a solid understanding of both social theory and the theories of international relations.**This course is offered with a Foundation Year in Social Sciences**This foundation year is taught at the University giving you a taste of academic life in a supportive environment. The year gives you the academic and technical preparation for undergraduate study in a wide range of social sciences subjects. Lectures, labs and tutorials will give you a broad understanding across subjects including economics, criminology, politics, sociology and psychology.**About this course**Do you wish to take a closer look at some of the issues that define our times? At how human rights and social justice are addressed at an international level? At how domestic politics are influenced by international relations? At how war and the economy are linked and how our society reacts to migration and the identities of gender, race and class? This course will look at all these questions and more. On this degree, you’ll study fundamental and global subjects in sociology. You’ll explore human rights, international development, globalisation, urbanisation and transnational communities.The modules of this course are flexible, so you’ll be able to tailor your studies to your own areas of interest.