Joint Honours Sociology
The Joint Honours Sociology course at Trinity College Dublin provides an opportunity to study sociology alongside other disciplines, offering a broad and multidisciplinary foundation for understanding today's complex world.
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Is it for me?
Are you curious about society and how it shapes the world we live in? The Joint Honours Sociology programme combines a deep understanding of social change with the development of valuable skills like critical thinking, communication, and research. These abilities prepare students for a wide range of careers in fields such as media, policy analysis, consulting, and academia.
Course Structure
In the Joint Honours programme, sociology can be studied with any of the following subjects according to two patterns (A) where two subjects are studied equally for four years and (B) where both subjects are studied for three years, but only one is studied in the fourth year:
- Economics
- English Literature
- German
- Geography
- History of Art and Architecture
- Italian
- Modern Language
- Middle Eastern Jewish and Islamic Civilisations
- Modern Irish
- Philosophy
- Russian
- Social Policy
- Spanish
In the first year students take three modules - Political Science, Economic Policy and a core module in Sociology.
In the second and third years, the Sociology modules (three per year) become more specialised, involving both social theory, research methodology, and other optional modules.
Students also have the opportunity to spend half or all of their third year studying abroad at distinguished universities in Europe, Australia and North America.
Students continuing with Sociology in the final year take a further four modules, including an independent dissertation, involving your own research conducted under the supervision of one of the lecturers in Sociology.
Students who finish up in Sociology at the end of third year still get a joint degree in their two chosen subjects (e.g. Sociology and Geography).
For further information please view Undergraduate Module Outlines.
Entry Requirements
Each combination of two subjects has a different CAO course code and entry requirements. Please visit the Study at Trinity website for additional details regarding admissions requirements.
