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Why study Arts at UL?

At the University of Limerick, we deliver an Arts Degree which is flexible and wide-ranging, offering 19 subjects in all. You can study a combination of subjects (as Single Honours or Joint Honours) from across the Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences.

Why study Sociology at UL?

Sociology describes and explains social structures and processes. The Sociology programme at UL will enable you to develop critical and analytical skills to look more objectively at our societies. It directs attention to how the constituent parts of society fit together and change, and the consequences of that social change. By focusing on the external forces that affect values, attitudes and behaviors, it helps us better understand ourselves and the motivations of others around us. In addition to core modules you can choose electives to suit your own interests.

What you will study

Sociology at UL has five main components that run throughout the four years of the programme:

• Classical and Contemporary Social theory.
• Quantitative and Qualitative Research Methods
• Sociology of inequality (covering gender, stratification & social mobility, political economy, urban sociology, media sociology, hate studies)
• Sociology of health and illness
• Sociology of family (covering children, marriage and partnership, domestic and market labour, inter alia)

Career Prospects

A wide range of career opportunities are open to you from this programme, in the public, private and non-profit sectors:

• Journalism, media, communications and public relations
• Social, marketing and media research
• Social policy analysis
• Urban planning
• Research consultancy
• Tourism
• Teaching
• Social worker, youth and community work
• Prison and probation services
• Voluntary organisations, national and international NGOs
• Statistician, demographer
• Academia

Follow-On Study:

• MA Sociology (Applied Social Research)
• MA Gender, Culture & Society
• MA Sociology (Youth, Community and Social Regeneration)

Other majors options in Arts:

• Economics
• English
• Gaeilge
• French
• Geography
• German
• History
• Irish Music and Dance
• Linguistics with TESOL
• Mathematics
• New Media and Cultural Studies
• Philosophy
• Politics and International Relations
• Psychology
• Public Administration and Leadership
• Spanish
• Drama and Theatre Studies
• Theology and Religious Studies