MSc in Political Sociology
Programme Code: TMPOSO(SO)
Department: Sociology
For students starting this programme of study in 2023/24
Guidelines for interpreting programme regulations
Full-year programme. Students must take three courses and a dissertation as shown.
Please note that places are limited on some optional courses. Admission onto any particular course is not guaranteed and may be subject to timetabling constraints and/or students meeting specific prerequisite requirements.
Paper |
Course number, title (unit value) | |
Paper 1 |
SO407 Politics and Society (1.0) | |
Paper 2 |
Courses to the value of 1.0 unit(s) from the following: | |
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EU447 Democracy, Ideology and the European State (0.5) | |
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EU481 The Future: Political Responses to a Challenge (0.5) | |
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EU4A5 People and Politics in Europe (0.5) | |
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GV4J8 Middle East Politics in Transnational Perspective (0.5) | |
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GV4K7 Conflict and Cooperation: Key Debates (0.5) | |
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MC408 Theories and Concepts in Media and Communications (0.5) # | |
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MY425 Case Studies and Comparative Methods for Qualitative Research (0.5) | |
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SO426 Classical Social Thought (0.5) | |
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SO427 Modern Social Thought (0.5) | |
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SO430 Economic Sociology (0.5) | |
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SO457 Political Reconciliation (0.5) | |
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SO458 Gendering, Identities, Difference (0.5) | |
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SO468 International Migration and Migrant Integration (0.5) | |
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SO470 The Sociology of Markets (0.5) (not available 2023/24) | |
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SO471 Technology, Power and Culture (0.5) | |
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SO479 Human Rights and Postcolonial Theory (0.5) | |
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SO481 Class, Politics and Culture (0.5) | |
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SO490 Contemporary Social Thought (0.5) (not available 2023/24) | |
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SO491 Quantitative Social Research Methods (0.5) | |
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SO492 Qualitative Social Research Methods (0.5) | |
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SO4B5 The Anticolonial Archive: The Sociology of Empire and its Afterlives (0.5) | |
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SO4B7 Lawful Violence (0.5) | |
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SO4B8 Internationalism and Solidarity (0.5) | |
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SO4C1 Fascism, Authoritarianism, Populism (0.5) | |
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SO4C4 Global Mobilities: International Migration (0.5) | |
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SP441 Politics of Social Policy: Welfare and Work in Comparative Perspective (0.5) (not available 2023/24) | |
Paper 3 |
Courses to the value of 1.0 unit(s) from the following: | |
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Any of the MSc courses offered in any department or institute at the ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳, so long as they are relevant to the study of political sociology, and subject to the approval of both Programme Director and course teacher, or from the following: | |
Paper 4 |
SO494 MSc in Political Sociology Dissertation (1.0) | |
Paper 2 options list
EU447 Democracy, Ideology and the European State (0.5) | |
EU481 The Future: Political Responses to a Challenge (0.5) | |
EU4A5 People and Politics in Europe (0.5) | |
GV4J8 Middle East Politics in Transnational Perspective (0.5) | |
GV4K7 Conflict and Cooperation: Key Debates (0.5) | |
MC408 Theories and Concepts in Media and Communications (0.5) # | |
MY425 Case Studies and Comparative Methods for Qualitative Research (0.5) | |
SO426 Classical Social Thought (0.5) | |
SO427 Modern Social Thought (0.5) | |
SO430 Economic Sociology (0.5) | |
SO457 Political Reconciliation (0.5) | |
SO458 Gendering, Identities, Difference (0.5) | |
SO468 International Migration and Migrant Integration (0.5) | |
SO470 The Sociology of Markets (0.5) (not available 2023/24) | |
SO471 Technology, Power and Culture (0.5) | |
SO479 Human Rights and Postcolonial Theory (0.5) | |
SO481 Class, Politics and Culture (0.5) | |
SO490 Contemporary Social Thought (0.5) (not available 2023/24) | |
SO491 Quantitative Social Research Methods (0.5) | |
SO492 Qualitative Social Research Methods (0.5) | |
SO4B5 The Anticolonial Archive: The Sociology of Empire and its Afterlives (0.5) | |
SO4B7 Lawful Violence (0.5) | |
SO4B8 Internationalism and Solidarity (0.5) | |
SO4C1 Fascism, Authoritarianism, Populism (0.5) | |
SO4C4 Global Mobilities: International Migration (0.5) | |
SP441 Politics of Social Policy: Welfare and Work in Comparative Perspective (0.5) (not available 2023/24) | |
Prerequisite Requirements and Mutually Exclusive Options
# means there may be prerequisites for this course. Please view the course guide for more information.
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