Social Sciences

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What’s it about?

Our courses are both exciting and demanding and include criminology, sociology, politics and criminal justice. Psychology and counselling offer endless possibilities and provide access to many fascinating scenarios, learning environments and leading edge technologies plus theoretical techniques including eye movement tracking and extra sensory perception. You’ll still have to guess the lottery numbers though. Our proactive approach to curriculum design and delivery, combined with expert knowledge and specialist research, allows us to deliver high quality courses to ensure you become a highly employable individual ready for the world of work.

Be in demand

Social Science courses at the University of Huddersfield had a 94.6% record of graduates finding employment or going on to further study within six months of graduation during 2009/10.

Social science degrees are both diverse and highly engaging. Students develop highly transferable skills that are relevant to a wide range of professions. You’ll learn how to perform a wide variety of tasks as your confidence grows, enabling you to compete more effectively in the jobs market.

Recent graduates are now working in a wide range of careers including personnel, central and local government, the civil service, public service, pressure groups, political parties, probation, the prison service, research, journalism, media, PR, education, health and social work. In fact you’d be surprised at how many careers require an understanding of the social sciences.

Many graduates also go on to complete further training to become professional psychologists or psychotherapists, counsellors, teachers and roles in the police, probation, community safety, youth work and prisons.