Sociology MSc

Extend your core sociological knowledge and gain specialised understanding of sociology if your background is in a related area.<br/><br/>Develop your critical use and comprehension of social theory, while gaining a grounding in methodologies and techniques of enquiry. Focus on distinctive, substantive sociological topics, such as ethnicity, multiculturalism, gender, sexuality, social movement, digital and technology, religion, and culture.<br/><br/>Explore major contemporary frameworks for conceptualising social relations, including how they conceive human beings and ‘the social’, what they consider important to explain – everyday interactions, the orderliness of routine life, broadscale inequalities, the reproduction of domination, large-scale transformations or all of the above – and how they go about explaining it.<br/><br/>Choose from in-depth modules exploring themes such as philosophy and research design, contemporary identities, digital economy, global transformations, climate change and foreign policy.<br/><br/>Be challenged and inspired by internationally renowned scholars addressing some of the most important topics that face us today. Join a diverse, innovative community thats building the tools to create positive change in the world.<br/><br/>Benefit from close academic supervision while you pursue a sociological project of your choice in greater depth and make your contribution to human knowledge through your dissertation.<br/><br/>Graduate with a better understanding of yourself and others – their motivations, their beliefs, their decisions and their identities, ready to decode the assumptions underpinning social research and to better formulate coherent questions for your own.