Congratulations on receiving an offer to study Combined Honours in Social Sciences at Durham University! We are a very competitive programme with a large number of applicants each year, so it’s a great achievement to have received an offer from us. We are really looking forward to meeting you at the Post-offer Visit Days so that we can explain to you a bit more about how the degree programme works and give you an opportunity to meet some of our staff and current students. It will also be a great opportunity for you to ask us any questions you have and for you to understand more about the flexible options on offer within our programme.
Within the Combined Social Sciences degree framework, you can study two, three or four subjects in your first and second year, specialising in two or three by your final year. You can see more about the specific subjects on offer in our About the Degree webpages.
You will already have told us in your personal statement some of the subjects you’re interested in studying as part of a Combined Social Sciences programme at Durham, but one of the things we want to explore with you at the Post-offer Visit Day is whether there are any other subjects on offer that might also interest you that you would like to include in your programme of study.
Below you'll find links to some short videos from our Social Sciences department colleagues. You’ll be able to learn a bit more about subjects you won’t have encountered at school such as Anthropology, Archaeology, Education or Sociology. You’ll also see how subjects you're familiar with such as Geography or History might be approached differently at university. Through watching the videos and doing some activities with us during your Post-offer Visit Day, you will have a chance to explore whether any new subjects might fit well alongside your existing interests.
The following links take you to a YouTube video. The information in the videos is indicative content, but staff and modules can change each year due to our research-led teaching.
Anthropology
Archaeology
Economics
Education
Geography
History (note: this subject is under the Arts and Humanities subject list)
Management/Business
Politics and International Relations (SGIA)
Sociology (including Criminology)
Sport and Exercise Sciences
We are happy to welcome guests of offer-holders to our Post-offer Visit Day session if we have enough space, but we will need to prioritise seats for offer-holders in the 13:30-15:15 session if we reach capacity for the room.
There are several university cafes located very close to the room for our Post-offer Visit Day session, so if we reach room capacity we may need to ask guests to go and have a coffee for a short while and return later to ask questions in the 15:30-16:30 session.
13:30 - 16:30
Q&A with Combined Social Sciences staff and students
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