The Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Social Sciences provides a solid training necessary to the understanding and analysis of social and cultural phenomena. The degree course follows a largely interdisciplinary approach and strives to explain both the general functioning of societies and their diversity.
The degree course in social sciences includes four main disciplines: social and cultural anthropology, sociologiy, social policy and social psychology.
Studies in the field of social sciences provide the epistemological framework and methodological tools required to understand the social environments in which individuals live. They thus allow to analye the behaviours of individuals in relation to their social living conditions from the perspectives of culture, economics and politics.
Organiser
Faculty of Social and Political Sciences
Degree Awarded
Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Social Sciences
ECTS Credits
180
Duration
6 semesters
Teaching Language
French
Enrolment Deadline
30 April. If you require a visa to study in Switzerland: 28 February.
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At UNIL, the following Master's programmes are open without further conditions to holders of the Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Social Sciences:
- Master of Arts in Social Sciences
- Master of Law (MLaw) in Criminology and Security
- Master of Arts (MA) in Public Management and Policy
- Master of Arts (MA) with Computer Science for the Humanities as main discipline
- Master of Arts (MA) in Sciences and Practices of Education
- Master of Science (MSc) in Human Movement and Sports Sciences, orientation Social Sciences and Sport
- Master of Arts (MA) in Tourism Studies
- Master of Arts (MA) in Digital Humanities
