Employers like the Combined degree - for the obvious reason that graduates come out with a range of skills from the different subjects they have studied. Unusually, Combined Honours in Social Sciences allows you to study a subject with vocational relevance, such as Economics, alongside such elements of a traditional degree such as Politics, Philosophy or Sociology.
In this way Combined Honours in Social Sciences can give you a degree relevant to the world of employment and a traditional academic degree. But remember that most graduates go into employment that is not directly related to their degree. The important thing is the breadth of mind, forms of understanding and various skills that university helps you develop.
Recent graduates have gone into a diverse range of employment, including merchant and investment banking, management consultancy, local government, marketing and advertising, the Civil Service, the media, public relations and international charities and teaching English abroad. Some undertake further training, to qualify as teachers, solicitors and barristers, accountants and specialists in Human Resource Management, marketing, advertising to name a few. Some continue in academia, pursuing Higher Degrees in their chosen subjects or in interdisciplinary fields. Recent graduates have taken or are currently taking MA or MSc degrees in a wide variety of fields, including:
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