Our course provides a thorough training in the major areas of political science, economics and sociology, investigating the different kinds of social tensions, interactions and networks that make up everyday life. Offered at Essex by three of the UK’s leading social science departments, these three disciplines are fundamentally linked. Through developing your understanding of these fields, you explore and address the broadest questions about our society. Due to the flexibility of our courses, you can choose from a broad range of areas including: * Public policy regarding health, the environment, crime and aging * Citizenship, multiculturalism and human rights * The nature of work and commercial culture * Political power * Obligations, freedom, rights and equality * Applied Economics and Policy * Micro and Macroeconomics * International Financial Institutions and Policy * Strategies of Economic Development