MSc in Sociology

This programme offers you the opportunity to extend your core sociological knowledge and understanding. It also serves to consolidate familiarity with the discipline for those coming from related subject degree backgrounds, but without specialised knowledge of sociology.

The key learning goals are the development of critical use and comprehension of social theory, a grounding in methodologies and techniques of enquiry, and a focus on distinctive, substantive sociological topics, such as ethnicity, multiculturalism, gender, sexuality, religion and culture. The dissertation gives you the opportunity to pursue a sociological project of your choice in greater depth, while still providing close academic supervision.

You may also be interested in our related programmes:

• MSc Contemporary Identities
• MSc Ethnicity and Multiculturalism
• MSc Social Science Research Methods (Sociology)
• MSc Social and Cultural Theory

The MSc programme lasts 50 weeks (September to September). It comprises six 12-week taught units and six assessed essays, followed by a dissertation.

Core units

• Contemporary Social Theory
• Dissertation (MSc only)

and:

• Qualitative Social Research and Advanced Qualitative Research and/or
• Quantitative Social Research and Advanced Quantitative Research

Optional units

You will choose no more than three options from the following list:

• Culture, Postmodernity and Religion
• Global Ethnicities
• Globalisation and Culture
• Interpreting Gender
• Theories of Ethnicity and Racism
• Theory and Politics of Muticulturalism
• Popular Music and Society
• Care, Labour and Gender
• Social Class in Contemporary Society
• Nations and Nationalism
• Religion and Politics
• Understanding Risk