Applied Social Sciences

About this course

Applied social sciences bring together psychology and sociology to examine the forces that shape human behaviour, social relationships, and the structures in which people live and work. Psychology provides rigorous scientific methods for understanding how individuals think, feel, perceive, and behave, while sociology zooms out to examine how societies are organised, how inequalities are produced and sustained, and how collective life shapes individual experience. The applied emphasis means you are always asking what this knowledge means in practice, and how it can be used to improve wellbeing, policy, and social conditions. At Robert Gordon University, this four-year full-time programme is built around these two core disciplines, giving you a thorough grounding in both before you develop more specialised knowledge as the degree progresses. You will study psychological theory and researc

Where its graduates go

The 5 largest scored destinations, covering 35% of graduates; the headline also reflects the subject baseline.

• 68 / 100Customer service occupations · 5% of graduatescards →
• 62 / 100Secretarial and related occupations · 15% of graduatescards →
• 55 / 100Administrative occupations · 5% of graduatescards →
• 48 / 100Business and public service associate professionals · 5% of graduatescards →
• 40 / 100Natural and social science professionals · 5% of graduatescards →

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