Bachelor in Licence - Sociologie

Tuition is 178 EUR per year.

Sociologie, or sociology, is the systematic study of society, social relationships, and the institutions and structures that shape collective human life. A licence in this discipline, the standard three-year French bachelor's degree, typically introduces students to major sociological theories and thinkers, along with substantive topics such as social stratification, family and education, work and organizations, urban sociology, and deviance, in addition to research methodology covering both quantitative survey techniques and qualitative approaches such as interviews and ethnographic observation. Students learn to design research questions, collect and analyze social data, and critically interpret patterns of social behavior and institutional structure. The discipline places strong emphasis on empirical grounding, meaning claims about social phenomena are expected to be supported by data and systematic observation rather than opinion alone. As the degree progresses, students may encounter more specialized topics depending on the university, such as the sociology of health, migration, or media, allowing some tailoring of focus within the broader discipline. Graduates commonly continue into a master's degree to specialize further, since many sociology-related research or applied roles benefit from postgraduate training, and can pursue careers in social research, public policy analysis, market research, nonprofit and community organization work, human resources, or teaching. The analytical and research skills developed are broadly transferable across public and private sector roles that involve understanding social dynamics. This licence is offered at the Universite de Poitiers, located in Poitiers, France. It runs over three years, has an inferred start date in September, is taught in French, and carries a yearly tuition of 178 EUR.