Sociology offers a critical understanding of how society works, and the relationships between individuals, families and groups such as “races” and “classes”. It asks critical questions about recent changes, which have transformed our social lives, such as the advent of the cyber-age, globalisation, inequality and migration. Sociology questions assumptions about our social life and challenges you to interrogate these with the help of research. It also examines how societies around the world change in different ways, and how these relate to questions of politics and economy. As a BSc Sociology student you will develop the reading, writing and oral communication skills needed to engage with these questions and be encouraged to come up with your own.