L4 Social policy course codes

By UCAS's old subject scheme, a course code starting L4 means social policy, in the social studies area (L). 85 courses at 45 UK universities use one for 2027 entry: most ask for between 48 and 112 UCAS points; 22 courses quote A-level grades instead, most often BBB. Another 108 joint honours courses carry L4 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.

• L400 8
• L401 7
• L435 7
• L430 5
• L438 4
• L410 3
• L436 3
• L437 3
• L402 2
• L404 2
• L411 2
• L431 2
• L432 2
• L43F 2
• L44F 2
• L450 2
• L490 2
• L4L3 with sociology 2
• L403 1
• L40A 1
• L433 1
• L434 1
• L439 1
• L43G 1
• L440 1
• L441 1
• L451 1
• L491 1
• L49F 1
• L4AW 1
• L4C8 with psychology 1
• L4DF 1
• L4FS 1
• L4FY 1
• L4L9 with other social studies 1
• L4LH 1
• L4M9 with other law, often criminology 1
• L4P2 with public relations and advertising 1
• L4R1 with French 1
• L4R2 with German 1
• L4R3 with Italian 1
• L4R4 with Spanish 1
• L4T2 with Japanese studies 1

Joint honours

Courses carrying L4 as their second subject, by the subject their code starts with.

• with L2 politics 12
• with M1 law by area 9
• with L3 sociology 8
• with L1 economics 5
• with L6 anthropology 4
• with M9 other law, often criminology 4
• with V1 history by period 4
• with L5 social work 3
• with M0 no standard meaning 3
• with Q3 English studies 3
• with V5 philosophy 3
• with C8 psychology 2
• with M6 law, unlisted subject 2
• with N2 management studies 2
• with Q5 Celtic studies 2
• with R1 French 2
• with R2 German 2
• with R4 Spanish 2
• with T4 other Asian studies 2
• with X2 study skills in education 2
• with A1 pre-clinical medicine 1
• with B7 nursing 1
• with C6 sport and exercise science 1
• with D6 food and beverage studies 1
• with G1 mathematics 1
• with G3 statistics 1
• with G5 information systems (older codes) 1
• with L7 human geography 1
• with M2 law by topic 1
• with M5 law, unlisted subject 1
• with N1 business studies 1
• with P3 media studies 1
• with P5 journalism 1
• with Q2 comparative literature 1
• with Q6 Latin 1
• with Q7 classical Greek 1
• with R3 Italian 1
• with R6 Scandinavian studies 1
• with R7 Russian and East European studies 1
• with R8 European studies 1
• with T0 no standard meaning 1
• with V6 theology and religious studies 1
• with W3 music 1
• with W4 drama 1
• with W6 film and photography 1
• with X0 no standard meaning 1
• with X1 teacher training 1
• with X3 education studies 1

Subjects

The subject UCAS tags these courses with first.

• policing 20
• social policy 16
• criminology 10
• public services 5
• criminal justice 4
• forensic science 3
• social sciences 3
• sociology 3

Universities

• University of York 6
• University of Liverpool 5
• Canterbury Christ Church University 4
• Teesside University 4
• University of Northampton 4
• Anglia Ruskin University 3
• Ulster University 3
• University of Bristol 3
• University of Derby 3
• University of Wolverhampton 3
• Bristol, UWE 2
• Brunel University of London 2
• City College Plymouth 2
• Coventry University 2
• Keele University 2
• Leeds Trinity University 2
• Liverpool John Moores University 2
• Loughborough College 2
• University College Birmingham 2
• University of Birmingham 2
• University of Sheffield 2
• University of South Wales 2
• Bangor University 1
• Cambridge Regional College 1
• Goldsmiths, University of London 1
• London School of Economics and Political Science, University of London 1
• Northeastern University London 1
• Nottingham Trent University 1
• NPTC Group 1
• Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh 1
• Sheffield Hallam University 1
• TEC Partnership (University Centre Grimsby, East Riding College, Scarborough & Skegness Colleges) 1
• University Centre Somerset 1
• University Centre Weston 1
• University of Bedfordshire 1
• University of Glasgow 1
• University of Leeds 1
• University of Portsmouth 1
• University of Roehampton 1
• University of Salford 1
• University of Stirling 1
• University of the Highlands and Islands (UHI) 1
• University of the West of Scotland 1
• University of Winchester 1
• York St John University 1

Courses