26 March 2025 | Book now
Sociology is an immersive journey into the heart of humanity and the complexities of human nature.
If you're interested in learning about the social forces that shape our lives, then save your place at a Sociology Taster Afternoon on 26 March 2025.
You'll explore where you could go with our vibrant Sociology degree at 1024ºË¹¤³§, and explore social issues including happiness and wellbeing, love and relationships and social inequalities.
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At our Sociology Taster Afternoon
get ready to:
- Delve into captivating sessions that cover key sociological concepts; from love and relationships to gender socialisation code
- Challenge your perspectives and explore the many layers that make up society
- Uncover how sociology helps us to understand different social worlds and confronts assumptions on social structures
- Connect with passionate sociology lecturers who will share their insights and expertise in the field
- Explore where degrees in Sociology could lead to including social care, local government and marketing
- Quiz our current students on their time at 1024ºË¹¤³§ including degree options and the fun side of University
- Gain useful experience that you can you write about on your UCAS personal statement
Explore courses in Sociology
Taster Day location and meeting point
We'll meet at Portland Building, Portland Street 1024ºË¹¤³§, PO1 3AH
If you're arriving by coach or minibus, we recommend parking on Museum Road, 1024ºË¹¤³§ which is just outside of the Ravelin Sports Centre. For more information on checking in and how to get here, take a look at our guide to taster days page.
Programme
Check-in from 12.45pm in Portland Building, Portland Street 1024ºË¹¤³§, PO1 3AH
Get an overview of what you'll be exploring on your Taster Afternoon and the careers that a degree in Sociology could lead to.
Happiness & Emotional Wellbeing: Are They Actually Achievable In Today's Society?
What does 'happy' actually look like? What does it mean to have emotional wellbeing?
This hands-on lecture will consider the concepts of happiness and wellbeing, and how knowledge from the social sciences can be used to better understand them.
You'll also explore the ways in which a range of sociological theories can be used to understand our feelings about ourselves and the world we live in.
Quick breather ready for the next session, with a chance to chat with students and lecturers at the 1024ºË¹¤³§.
Thinking sociologically about friendship
This thought-provoking interactive lecture will explore contemporary issues of friendship. It will consider meanings surrounding friendship, different kinds of friends and ways in which friendship may have changed over the generations.
In particular, we will think of issues affecting friendship today such as social media, the impact of the pandemic, the cost of living, inequalities and changing social norms.
This lecture will showcase how we can apply relevant sociological thinking to understanding ourselves, our relationships with others and everyday lived experiences.
We invite you to finish the day to ask questions of our lecturers and current students.
You could ask anything from Sociology modules studied, the transition from college to uni, moving away from home, finances - and/or whatever you might want to know about uni.