MSc in Sociology
Programme Code: TMSO
Department: Sociology
For students starting this programme of study in 2023/24
Guidelines for interpreting programme regulations
Full-year programme. Students must take courses to the value of three units and write 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 |
SO491 Quantitative Social Research Methods (0.5) or | |
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SO492 Qualitative Social Research Methods (0.5) | |
Papers 2 & 3 |
Courses to the value of 2.5 unit(s) from the following: | |
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SO407 Politics and Society (1.0) | |
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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SO430 Economic Sociology (0.5) (withdrawn 2024/25) | |
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SO451 Cities by Design (0.5) | |
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SO454 Families and Inequalities (0.5) (not available 2024/25) | |
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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 2024/25) | |
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SO471 Technology, Power and Culture (0.5) (not available 2024/25) | |
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SO473 Crime, Control and the City (0.5) (not available 2024/25) | |
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SO475 Material Culture and Design (0.5) (not available 2024/25) | |
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SO477 Urban Social Theory (0.5) | |
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SO481 Class, Politics and Culture (0.5) | |
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SO489 Family and International Migration (0.5) (not available 2024/25) | |
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SO490 Contemporary Social Thought (0.5) | |
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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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SO4B6 Nature and Technology: More than Human Sociology (0.5) (not available 2024/25) | |
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SO4B9 The Sociology of Consumption (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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SO4C5 The Social Life of Infrastructure (0.5) | |
Paper 4 |
SO499 MSc in Sociology Dissertation (1.0) | |
Note for prospective students:
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