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Choose from more than 20 subject areas, build a bespoke degree that will broaden your interests and develop your strengths across multiple areas.,If you are curious about the big issues that shape our society, this course may be for you. Taking a research-led approach, Combined Honours in Social Sciences explores systems, institutions, cultures and behaviours that shape the lives of people across the world. A multidisciplinary qualification that sits outside of traditional boundaries, this bespoke, academically ambitious course offers exceptional flexibility. You can choose to focus on two subjects or spread your learning across three or four to suit your individual interests, strengths and career plans. You can also apply to add a placement year or year abroad to your degree, increasing the course from three years to four. Learning from academics working at the forefront of their specialisms, our students graduate feeling confident, intellectually engaged and well prepared for employment or further study. As a graduate you will be well placed to take up a career in fields as diverse as teaching, journalism, social work, in financial services or the charity sector. In the Social Sciences you can choose from: AnthropologyArchaeologyEconomicsEducationGeographyManagementPolitics and International RelationsSociology and CriminologySport Up to half of your modules can be chosen from subjects in the Arts and Humanities (subject to timetable compatibility and entry requirements): Classics and Ancient HistoryEnglish Literature HistoryMusic Philosophy Theology and Religious StudiesVisual ArtsLanguages, currently Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Russian and Spanish The degree culminates in a dissertation on a relevant topic which draws together the skills developed throughout the course.Years 1 and 2 The first two years follow a similar structure. In each year you will study 120 credits, chosen from a minimum of two and a maximum of four subjects. Year 3 (Year 4 if undertaking a placement or year abroad) In your final year, you will complete a dissertation in one of your subjects, alongside your remaining credits from a total of two or three subjects. The availability of modules varies from year to year. Below are examples of the possible areas you may cover within the subject. Social Sciences subjects Anthropology includes cultural anthropology and physical anthropology, and a range of modules concerned with material culture, the physical and social evolution of humans, and topics such as medical anthropology and development anthropology. Archaeology focuses on particular periods and places, including prehistoric archaeology, Roman archaeology, mediaeval and post-mediaeval archaeology, and the archaeology of Britain, Europe, Egypt, India and the Near East, as well as study of the employment of scientific methods in archaeology. Management includes modules in entrepreneurship, management and governance, and some students choose to study additional modules in business management and marketing. Economics includesmicroeconomics, macroeconomics and topics such as the history of economic thought, environmental economics, development economics, monetary economics and the economics of social policy. Education includes central issues in school and higher education involving the study of the historical, philosophical, psychological, sociological and political dimensions of educational theory and practice, and the development of the social sciences in the modern and postmodern periods. Geography includes human geography and a range of modules concerned with geographical theory and methods as well as special topics in urban transformation, environmental change, development, and hazard and risk. Politics and International Relations includes politics in Europe, the USA, the Middle East and the Far East, as well as the history of pol
