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Social Sciences > Interdisciplinary > Human Social and Political Sciences

Human Social and Political Sciences

University of Cambridge

Calendar icon 11 August 2025 - 15 August 2025

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Entry requirements

Have attained a minimum of GCSE grade 7 or National 5 grade B in English (Language and/or Literature).

This is a highly academic course where you will be engaging with new content. You should be ready to explore new topics and be challenged throughout the week.

The week will include:
• Lectures spanning the topics of both social anthropology and sociology.
• Small group discussions with other students on this stream as well as department academics.

You should apply for this subject if…
• You are interested in exploring the cultures and social differences across the globe.
• You enjoy asking big questions such as ‘what is it to be human’.
• You would like the chance to better understand the processes that shape social life by examining social institutions.
• You are interested but the topics of power and inequality, why they arise and the effects which they have.

You shouldn’t apply if…
• You are not interested in learning more about the social sciences more broadly.

You will leave the week with:
• A better understanding of what studying social anthropology and sociology at university would be like.
• Improved discussion skills.

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