{"id":28992,"date":"2021-11-11T12:39:37","date_gmt":"2021-11-11T12:39:37","guid":{"rendered":"\/blog\/?p=28992"},"modified":"2021-11-11T12:40:06","modified_gmt":"2021-11-11T12:40:06","slug":"top-5-jobs-you-can-get-with-a-social-science-related-degree","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stonebridge.uk.com\/blog\/distance-learning\/top-5-jobs-you-can-get-with-a-social-science-related-degree\/","title":{"rendered":"Top 5 Jobs You Can Get with A Social Science-Related Degree"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>If you\u2019re considering your degree options but aren\u2019t sure which avenue to pursue, you may be feeling lost,&nbsp;confused and under pressure to&nbsp;make a decision. Deciding now what you want to do for the rest of your life isn\u2019t&nbsp;a choice&nbsp;that should be taken lightly.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Though, if&nbsp;you haven\u2019t had&nbsp;much&nbsp;experience&nbsp;in the areas of work you think you might enjoy, it\u2019s hard to know what the reality will be.&nbsp;If only there was a degree that&nbsp;qualified you for an exciting range of careers, so you could study now and&nbsp;find your feet, then&nbsp;choose&nbsp;your career&nbsp;path&nbsp;later&nbsp;on.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Well, you\u2019re in luck.&nbsp;No matter if you\u2019re fascinated by criminals,&nbsp;how people\u2019s minds work, the way the world is run by politics, or how society&nbsp;acts as a whole, a&nbsp;social science&nbsp;degree&nbsp;can qualify you to work in any role associated with human behaviour.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What is Social Science?&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In a nutshell,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.stonebridge.uk.com\/category\/he-access-social-science\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\"><strong>social science<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;studies society, the way&nbsp;people behave and how they influence our world.&nbsp;It looks at everything involved in the human experience, from&nbsp;the way&nbsp;people behave in our culture to&nbsp;what urges people to vote, the reasons for employment and economic growth.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By studying&nbsp;human behaviour and its impact in detail, we can make&nbsp;more&nbsp;sense of the goings-on in the world and shape&nbsp;it to better suit our needs.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you\u2019re reading this thinking, \u2018well&nbsp;that\u2019s incredibly broad\u2019, that\u2019s the idea.&nbsp;Social&nbsp;science&nbsp;graduates have&nbsp;an edge&nbsp;over graduates in&nbsp;more specific specialisms, as&nbsp;they&nbsp;are studying such&nbsp;a vast&nbsp;yet important area&nbsp;that is&nbsp;constantly evolving and&nbsp;is&nbsp;often highly contentious.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By studying a social science&nbsp;degree, you will&nbsp;understand how to&nbsp;work with both quantitative and qualitative data,&nbsp;think on&nbsp;your&nbsp;feet, weigh&nbsp;up&nbsp;new evidence as it&nbsp;emerges&nbsp;and&nbsp;adapt to situations&nbsp;as they quickly shift and evolve.&nbsp;These skills&nbsp;are desirable in most careers.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To study a social science degree, you need to meet&nbsp;social science degree requirements. This is something&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.stonebridge.uk.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\"><strong>Stonebridge Associated Colleges<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;can help you&nbsp;achieve.&nbsp;We have social science&nbsp;Access courses in a host of&nbsp;social science subjects. All of which will give you the equivalent of three A Levels.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can study:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Access to Higher Education Diploma (Social Science and Health)&nbsp;\u2013 Biology Pathway&nbsp;<\/li><li>Access to Higher Education Diploma (Social Science and Health)&nbsp;\u2013 Health Studies Pathway&nbsp;<\/li><li>Access to Higher Education Diploma (Social Science and Humanities)&nbsp;<\/li><li>Access to Higher Education Diploma (Social Science) \u2013 Psychology and Sociology Pathway&nbsp;<\/li><li>Access to Higher Education Diploma (Social Science) \u2013 Psychology with Criminology Pathway&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Explore these in detail on our&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.stonebridge.uk.com\/category\/he-access-social-science\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\"><strong>Access&nbsp;to social science courses page<\/strong><\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now we know what social science courses will get you onto a social science-related degree,&nbsp;we can explore the&nbsp;top social science jobs you can get with your&nbsp;university&nbsp;qualification.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Social-Science-Courses.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"400\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Social-Science-Courses.jpg\" alt=\"online courses in social science\" class=\"wp-image-28998\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stonebridge.uk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Social-Science-Courses.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.stonebridge.uk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Social-Science-Courses-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.stonebridge.uk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Social-Science-Courses-768x384.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">1. Criminologist&nbsp;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Becoming a criminologist means&nbsp;you&nbsp;have a direct hand in bringing criminals to justice and preventing&nbsp;further crimes from being committed.&nbsp;You do&nbsp;this by applying your knowledge of people\u2019s actions&nbsp;and&nbsp;the cause of&nbsp;deviant behaviour&nbsp;to&nbsp;understand&nbsp;how criminals think.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Studying our&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.stonebridge.uk.com\/course\/access-to-higher-education-diploma-social-science-psychology-with-criminology-pathway\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\"><strong>social science Access course with a psychology and criminology&nbsp;pathway<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;would be the perfect preparation for a bachelor of social science criminology.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2. Psychologist&nbsp;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The goal of a psychologist, like many professionals in&nbsp;mental health,&nbsp;is to support the recovery of those who have challenges with their psychological and emotional well-being.&nbsp;More specifically, a&nbsp;psychologist&nbsp;is&nbsp;in charge of&nbsp;assessing the individual\u2019s needs and developing a treatment plan&nbsp;to meet them.&nbsp;Then&nbsp;delivering a&nbsp;range of psychological treatments like acceptance and commitment therapy,&nbsp;CBT&nbsp;or interpersonal therapy.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So, if you were wondering&nbsp;\u2018is psychology a social science?\u2019 it certainly is!&nbsp;If you want to help&nbsp;individuals better manage their mental health issues and enduring disorders,&nbsp;our&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.stonebridge.uk.com\/course\/access-to-higher-education-diploma-social-science-psychology-and-sociology-pathway\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\"><strong>Access to social science \u2013 psychology and&nbsp;sociology<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;will&nbsp;help you study a degree in social science related to psychology.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">3. Social&nbsp;Worker&nbsp;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>If you want to help safeguard&nbsp;a wider network of people in society, you can&nbsp;become a&nbsp;social worker&nbsp;and&nbsp;help people gain access to the social services they need.&nbsp;As a social worker, you will&nbsp;assist them with their current circumstances and provide multi-disciplinary support to help the individual achieve their chosen goals.&nbsp;This will help&nbsp;the individual maintain their independence in a safe and stable environment.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In this role,&nbsp;you will&nbsp;support anyone from children and young people&nbsp;to&nbsp;adults and older people with issues ranging from abuse and neglect to physical disabilities or mental health issues.&nbsp;If you want to study a social work degree,&nbsp;our&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.stonebridge.uk.com\/category\/he-access-social-science\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\"><strong>social science Access courses<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;will help you&nbsp;meet the requirements.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">4. Health Educator&nbsp;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>If you have an interest in healthcare as well as&nbsp;society, you can turn this into a career as&nbsp;a health&nbsp;educator. In this role,&nbsp;you will develop and promote health programmes&nbsp;for the community&nbsp;by collecting and analysing public health information and&nbsp;determining what needs to change.&nbsp;The research you do will help&nbsp;you present new ideas to&nbsp;address the needs of the community.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If this sounds like you, our&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.stonebridge.uk.com\/course\/access-to-higher-education-diploma-social-science-and-health-biology-pathway\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\"><strong>biology<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;or&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.stonebridge.uk.com\/course\/access-to-higher-education-diploma-social-science-and-health\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\"><strong>health studies<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;social science Access courses&nbsp;will help you study the relevant public health degree.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">5. Politician&nbsp;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>If politics is more your bag, a&nbsp;related social science degree can be highly&nbsp;advantageous for your career.&nbsp;Roles&nbsp;in&nbsp;the&nbsp;government require you to understand and assess&nbsp;different&nbsp;social issues and analyse sociological data.&nbsp;It would also benefit from your&nbsp;knowledge of&nbsp;what provokes people to make decisions&nbsp;and what brings communities&nbsp;together.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you\u2019re keen to gain&nbsp;a deep understanding of the inner workings of society&nbsp;to have a powerful impact&nbsp;on the way local authorities and services are run, a&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.stonebridge.uk.com\/course\/access-to-higher-education-diploma-social-science-and-humanities\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>social science Access course with a focus on humanities<\/strong><\/a><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong>will help you study&nbsp;politics at university.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Study-Social-Science-with-Stonebridge.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"400\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Study-Social-Science-with-Stonebridge.jpg\" alt=\"distance learning social science courses \" class=\"wp-image-28999\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stonebridge.uk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Study-Social-Science-with-Stonebridge.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.stonebridge.uk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Study-Social-Science-with-Stonebridge-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.stonebridge.uk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Study-Social-Science-with-Stonebridge-768x384.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Study Social Science with Stonebridge!&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>If any of the above social science&nbsp;degree jobs take your fancy, these exciting careers and many more are available to you when you study a social science degree at university.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you want to get on the fast&nbsp;track to social science careers, we can help.&nbsp;<strong>Stonebridge Associated Colleges<\/strong>&nbsp;offers&nbsp;a number of&nbsp;social science Access courses that&nbsp;can help you get on the way to university within a year.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As our&nbsp;Access courses are studied entirely online,&nbsp;you can move through the materials at your pace. You will be given an Individual Learning Plan to keep you on track with your assignments, but outside of this,&nbsp;our learners finish their course in 9-12 months on average.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All of&nbsp;the learning materials&nbsp;are accessible through our online platform, and should you need it, you can have direct access to a team of professional tutors for support.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Find out more by speaking with our Course Executives today. They can give you a rundown of all our\u202fsocial science&nbsp;courses, the modules they contain and&nbsp;the different degrees and careers they can lead you into.\u202f&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Call them now on\u202f<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" href=\"tel:01213928288\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>0121 392 8288<\/strong><\/a>,\u202fspeak with them\u202f<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/support.stonebridge.uk.com\/support\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>online<\/strong><\/a>\u202for click below to view our&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.stonebridge.uk.com\/category\/he-access-social-science\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>social science Access&nbsp;courses<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;in more detail.\u202f<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u202f&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stonebridge.uk.com\/category\/he-access-social-science\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"400\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Social-Work-and-Counsellor-Course-1.jpg\" alt=\"Study social care online\" class=\"wp-image-29008\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stonebridge.uk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Social-Work-and-Counsellor-Course-1.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.stonebridge.uk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Social-Work-and-Counsellor-Course-1-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.stonebridge.uk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Social-Work-and-Counsellor-Course-1-768x384.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you\u2019re considering your degree options but aren\u2019t sure which avenue to pursue, you may be feeling lost,&nbsp;confused and under pressure to&nbsp;make a decision. Deciding now what you want to do for the rest of your life isn\u2019t&nbsp;a choice&nbsp;that should be taken lightly.&nbsp;&nbsp; Though, if&nbsp;you haven\u2019t had&nbsp;much&nbsp;experience&nbsp;in the areas of work you think you might [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":29000,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[737],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28992","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-distance-learning"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stonebridge.uk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28992","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stonebridge.uk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stonebridge.uk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stonebridge.uk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stonebridge.uk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28992"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.stonebridge.uk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28992\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29010,"href":"https:\/\/www.stonebridge.uk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28992\/revisions\/29010"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stonebridge.uk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29000"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stonebridge.uk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28992"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stonebridge.uk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28992"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stonebridge.uk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28992"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}