Subject combinations

Within the MA Social Sciences and across the three general degrees at the University, it is possible to study a range of subjects in combination with each other. During your pre-honours years (first and second year) you'll be expected to take courses in multiple subjects and may eventually decide to complete a joint honours degree in which you specialise in two subjects. 

To help you with making choices about your degree plan and courses, we have put together two charts to help you see what combinations of subjects are possible.

The first chart shows the MA Social Sciences Plans. It shows all of the single honours, joint honours and with quantitative methods degrees that are currently available on the MA Social Sciences programme.

The second chart shows the core social sciences plans. These are all the plan combinations that include the core social sciences subjects across the MA Social Sciences and the other two general degrees: the Master of Arts (run by the College of Arts and Humanities) and the Bachelor of Science (run by the College of Science and Engineering).

Both of these charts are subject to change and just because a subject combination is possible, does not mean that you'll always be able to take that combination of courses or transfer to joint honours in those subjects. This is due to various factors:

  1. Timetabling issues. With so many combinations of subjects some teaching timetable clashes are unavoidable.
  2. Capacity constraints. Some subjects are more popular than others and so we need to restrict access to courses to ensure that students 'on plan' for that subject are able to enrol.
  3. Progression and other degree requirements. In order to meet the progression requirements on the MA Social Sciences and any special subject requirements, you may need to do some courses rather than others.

Don't assume - contact your Adviser of Studies or the Curriculum Guidance and Support Team to ask.