The degree in the polyvalent two-subject Bachelor's degree course qualifies for entry into professional life and DEPENDING ON THE COURSE PLANNING, for the admission to study in master's degree programmes, including, in particular, the Master's programmes at the University of Osnabrück International Migration and Intercultural Relations and Sociology: Dynamic Social Change.

In the dual-subject Bachelor's degree course, alongside the core subject of Sociology and a further core subject, an inter-disciplinary professional qualification area is completed which comprises the acquisition of key competencies based on the "4-Schritte +" ("4 steps +") model.

Depending on the professional goal, core subjects that can be combined are: English Studies/English, Biology, Chemistry, Protestant Theology/Religion, Geoinformatics, Geography/Earth Sciences, German Studies/German, History, Computer Science, Catholic Theology/Religion, Art Education/Art, Art History, Latin, Musicology/Music, Philosophy, Physics, Romance Studies/French, Romance Studies/Italian, Romance Studies/Spanish, Sports Science/Sport Environmental Systems Science or Economics.