AYA Integrated Social Studies (BA) at The University of Akron

The Philosophy, Sociology, and Psychology Departments have collaborated to create the Social Sciences Division PSP track degree.  This interdisciplinary degree consists of courses from all 3 departments.

Sociology is the study of social life, social change, and the social causes and consequences of human behavior.

Sociology students acquire social science research skills and cover the theories and methods of sociology.

Bachelor of Arts Degree in Sociology/Criminology and Law Enforcement is available.

The MA Social Research Methods is part of a suite of advanced postgraduate methods-based courses delivered across the University faculties. The MA aims to provide core accessible and inclusive cross-disciplinary advanced research methods training across the social sciences with specific subject-specific training in research practices related to a chosen field of social policy, criminology, sociology or social work.

The course will equip you with the research and employability skills required to transition successfully to enhanced careers in academia, commercial companies, public sector, non-governmental organisations or other sectors. This degree will provide academic rigour and coherence, whilst allowing a degree of flexibility and choice within the chosen course in terms of disciplinary focus and advance research approaches.

The course covers conceptual and practical underpinnings and implications of research, looking at various research techniques and the rationale behind them. It will enable you to develop essential skills in both quantitative and qualitative work and to apply those skills to social research in a particular subject area (criminology, social policy, sociology, social work).

Some combinations of options within our Social Research Methods degree offer recognised training as part of the North East and Northern Ireland Doctoral Training Partnership. Particular modules are subject to availability, in particular academic years.