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Sociology, Politics and Religion BA

UCAS code: L390

Key information

Course type:
Single honours
Delivery mode:
Campus
Study mode:
Full time
Required A-level:
AAB
Full entry requirements, including contextual requirements
Duration:
Three years
Application status:
Open
Start date:
September 2025
Application deadline:
31 January 2025
Apply via UCAS

Book a place on our on-campus taster event - https://www.kcl.ac.uk/events/undergraduate-taster-theology-religious-studies-4-december-2024 This Sociology, Politics and Religion BA – the first of its kind in the UK – equips you with the social scientific skills and knowledge you need to analyse religion in the world today. You’ll learn more about the complex relationships between society, politics and religion and explore the ways that contemporary religious expressions shape – and are shaped by – cultural, social and political trends. This pioneering programme offers a curriculum that focuses on the study of sociology and political science, with complementary multidisciplinary modules that span anthropology, history, religion, and beyond.

Key benefits

  • Experience an innovative approach to the study of religion and society, seen through the lens of sociological and political science perspectives.
  • Join a department that’s ranked 1st in the UK for our research environment (REF2021). 100 per cent of our research environment was rated 'world-leading' (4*), and 91 per cent of our research impact was rated either 'world-leading' (4*) or 'internationally excellent' (3*).
  • Learn from a curriculum that puts London’s rich, religious culture at the centre and incorporates field trips to visit places of worship like mosques and temples or browse collections at the National Gallery and the British Museum.
  • Develop key transferable skills to apply to a wide range of exciting careers.

Employability

Graduates of the Sociology, Politics and Religion BA will gain a host of transferrable skills that are sought after by a variety of employers, including critical analysis, debate, diplomacy, cultural awareness, ethics, understanding of diversity and inclusion and communication.

This degree provides a good grounding for careers in government, the civil service, non-governmental organisations, social services, charities, law, business, academia, teaching, PR and advertising, journalism and the media, entertainment and the arts, and religious organisations.

Hear from some of our Alumni

Read more about our graduates here.

Employability

Graduates of the Sociology, Politics and Religion BA will gain a host of transferrable skills that are sought after by a variety of employers, including critical analysis, debate, diplomacy, cultural awareness, ethics, understanding of diversity and inclusion and communication.

This degree provides a good grounding for careers in government, the civil service, non-governmental organisations, social services, charities, law, business, academia, teaching, PR and advertising, journalism and the media, entertainment and the arts, and religious organisations.

Hear from some of our Alumni

Read more about our graduates here.

Key information

Course type:
Single honours
Delivery mode:
Campus
Study mode:
Full time
Required A-level:
AAB
Full entry requirements, including contextual requirements
Duration:
Three years
Application status:
Open
Start date:
September 2025
Application deadline:
31 January 2025
Apply via UCAS

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