Sociology and Anthropology

Gain an insight into culture and society and explore the nature and complexity of human social life and the key challenges faced by diverse human societies you’ll examine social, political, historical, cultural and economic issues and social groups such as families, companies, churches, crowds and political parties our diverse range of modules cover everything from health and addiction to warfare, religion and science meaning you can tailor your degree to your own interests and career aspirations you’ll have the opportunity to work closely with and be inspired by academic staff who are at the cutting edge of research and academic debate we’ll provide you with a range of support to help you develop skills attractive to employers across a wide range of careers from social research to teaching or management

The wealth of transferable skills gained on a sociology and anthropology degree enables graduate to pursue further study or employment in a wide range of careers including: actuaries, economists and statisticians archivists and curators information technology professionals insurance underwriters legal associate professionals management consultants and business analysts police officers prison service officers teaching professionals youth and community workers

Work while you study

You can also work on a UK student visa, from 10 to 20 hours per week during the academic year, 40 hours per week or full-time during vacations.

Partnerships

Most universities in England have partnerships with different companies and organisations to ensure their students get enough professional training as students. In addition to increasing their students' chances to get hired by one of the universities. University of Exeter has partnerships with the following companies: