This popular joint degree programme provides a grounding in both Social Policy and Politics, two subjects which complement and enrich each other.

Social Policy at the University of Edinburgh will enable you to engage with confidence in many of the political debates of our time. We deal with a wide array of policy areas, for example:

health
welfare
labour markets
education
family and childhood
Sociology examines how individual choices are affected by wider social forces and how they can be understood by placing them in their social context. You will study:

the relationship between individuals and groups
issues of belonging and identity
the social causes of cooperation and conflict
the way societies and social institutions are formed and change over time