L3 Sociology course codes

By UCAS's old subject scheme, a course code starting L3 means sociology, in the social studies area (L). 339 courses at 98 UK universities use one for 2027 entry: most ask for between 72 and 112 UCAS points; 78 courses quote A-level grades instead, most often AAB. Another 293 joint honours courses carry L3 as their second subject.

Compare these courses, filter by entry grades and shortlist with the joint honours too

Codes in use

Universities choose their own codes, so most subjects have several. A code naming two subjects is a major/minor degree.

• L300 62
• L301 29
• L311 22
• L302 12
• L370 11
• L390 11
• L3C8 with psychology 9
• L30F 8
• L313 8
• L310 7
• L312 7
• L391 6
• L304 5
• L303 4
• L308 4
• L315 4
• L316 4
• L3M9 with other law, often criminology 4
• L305 3
• L306 3
• L307 3
• L314 3
• L31F 3
• L375 3
• L392 3
• L3L3 3
• L309 2
• L30A 2
• L30P 2
• L330 2
• L331 2
• L333 2
• L334 2
• L335 2
• L372 2
• L373 2
• L376 2
• L38F 2
• L393 2
• L3FY 2
• L3L2 with politics 2
• L3L6 with anthropology 2
• L3L8 with development studies 2
• L3LF 2
• L3M0 2
• L3R9 with other European languages 2
• L3V1 with history by period 2
• L3X3 with education studies 2
• L30C 1
• L30L 1
• L30T 1
• L317 1
• L318 1
• L319 1
• L31A 1
• L31I 1
• L31P 1
• L320 1
• L32F 1
• L32L 1
• L32T 1
• L332 1
• L336 1
• L337 1
• L338 1
• L33F 1
• L346 1
• L347 1
• L34A 1
• L34P 1
• L350 1
• L351 1
• L358 1
• L371 1
• L374 1
• L37X 1
• L381 1
• L383 1
• L39A 1
• L3CC 1
• L3CG 1
• L3CT 1
• L3CY 1
• L3DF 1
• L3F4 with forensic and archaeological sciences 1
• L3H8 with chemical, process and energy engineering 1
• L3L4 with social policy 1
• L3L7 with human geography 1
• L3LG 1
• L3LH 1
• L3M1 with law by area 1
• L3M8 with law, unlisted subject 1
• L3N1 with business studies 1
• L3PA 1
• L3PC 1
• L3PT 1
• L3Q3 with English studies 1
• L3R1 with French 1
• L3R2 with German 1
• L3R3 with Italian 1
• L3R4 with Spanish 1
• L3RY 1

Joint honours

Courses carrying L3 as their second subject, by the subject their code starts with.

• with M9 other law, often criminology 31
• with L2 politics 28
• with C8 psychology 26
• with V1 history by period 16
• with M1 law by area 15
• with V5 philosophy 13
• with L6 anthropology 10
• with Q3 English studies 10
• with L1 economics 9
• with L4 social policy 9
• with X3 education studies 8
• with P3 media studies 6
• with M2 law by topic 5
• with N2 management studies 5
• with G3 statistics 3
• with L7 human geography 3
• with L9 other social studies 3
• with N1 business studies 3
• with P0 no standard meaning 3
• with P1 information services 3
• with P4 publishing 3
• with Q1 linguistics 3
• with R2 German 3
• with V3 history by topic, incl. art history 3
• with A1 pre-clinical medicine 2
• with C9 other biological sciences 2
• with L0 no standard meaning 2
• with L5 social work 2
• with M8 law, unlisted subject 2
• with N0 no standard meaning 2
• with P2 public relations and advertising 2
• with P9 other media and communications 2
• with Q5 Celtic studies 2
• with R1 French 2
• with R4 Spanish 2
• with V2 history by area 2
• with W6 film and photography 2
• with A0 no standard meaning 1
• with B7 nursing 1
• with B9 other subjects allied to medicine 1
• with D6 food and beverage studies 1
• with F0 no standard meaning 1
• with F3 physics 1
• with F4 forensic and archaeological sciences 1
• with G0 no standard meaning 1
• with G1 mathematics 1
• with H2 civil engineering 1
• with I0 no standard meaning 1
• with K2 building and surveying 1
• with L8 development studies 1
• with M3 law, unlisted subject 1
• with N3 finance 1
• with N4 accounting 1
• with N6 human resource management 1
• with N7 office skills 1
• with Q2 comparative literature 1
• with R0 no standard meaning 1
• with R3 Italian 1
• with R7 Russian and East European studies 1
• with T0 no standard meaning 1
• with T3 South Asian studies 1
• with T4 other Asian studies 1
• with T5 African studies 1
• with V6 theology and religious studies 1
• with W4 drama 1
• with W8 creative writing 1
• with X2 study skills in education 1

Subjects

The subject UCAS tags these courses with first.

• sociology 146
• criminology 104
• social sciences 12
• education studies 10
• criminal justice 8
• politics 8
• psychology 8
• social policy 8

Universities

• University of East London 13
• University of Essex 13
• Anglia Ruskin University 11
• Swansea University 11
• University of the Highlands and Islands (UHI) 10
• University of Exeter 9
• University of Liverpool 9
• University of Portsmouth 9
• Brunel University of London 8
• Nottingham Trent University 8
• University of Derby 8
• University of York 8
• Ulster University 7
• University of Gloucestershire 7
• Middlesex University 6
• Oxford Brookes University 6
• University of Chichester 6
• University of Warwick 6
• University of Winchester 6
• University of Worcester 6
• City St George's, University of London 5
• Loughborough University 5
• UCL (University College London) 5
• Aberystwyth University 4
• Birmingham Newman University 4
• Bristol, UWE 4
• Durham University 4
• Leeds Beckett University 4
• Leeds Trinity University 4
• Liverpool John Moores University 4
• University of Birmingham 4
• University of Chester 4
• University of Sussex 4
• Bangor University 3
• Coventry University 3
• King's College London, University of London 3
• Kingston University 3
• Lancaster University 3
• Robert Gordon University 3
• University of Greater Manchester 3
• University of Kent 3
• University of Leeds 3
• University of Leicester 3
• University of Sheffield 3
• University of Suffolk 3
• Aston University, Birmingham 2
• Bournemouth University 2
• Canterbury Christ Church University 2
• Cardiff Metropolitan University 2
• Cardiff University 2
• De Montfort University 2
• Derby College 2
• DN Colleges Group 2
• Edge Hill University 2
• Goldsmiths, University of London 2
• Keele University 2
• Lincoln Bishop University 2
• London Metropolitan University 2
• London School of Economics and Political Science, University of London 2
• Queen Mary University of London 2
• Royal Holloway, University of London 2
• University of Bristol 2
• University of East Anglia UEA 2
• University of Greenwich 2
• University of Hertfordshire 2
• University of Lancashire 2
• University of Northampton 2
• University of Nottingham 2
• University of Plymouth 2
• University of Reading 2
• University of the West of Scotland 2
• University of Westminster, London 2
• University of Wolverhampton 2
• Abertay University 1
• Bath Spa University 1
• Blackpool and the Fylde College 1
• Hugh Baird College 1
• Hull College 1
• Lincoln College University Centre 1
• Newcastle University 1
• Northumbria University, Newcastle 1
• Queen's University Belfast 1
• Sheffield Hallam University 1
• Southampton, Solent University 1
• TEC Partnership (University Centre Grimsby, East Riding College, Scarborough & Skegness Colleges) 1
• The University of Edinburgh 1
• University Centre Peterborough 1
• University of Aberdeen 1
• University of Bedfordshire 1
• University of Brighton 1
• University of Glasgow 1
• University of Manchester 1
• University of Salford 1
• University of South Wales 1
• University of Southampton 1
• University of Sunderland 1
• University of Surrey 1
• University of West London 1

Courses