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Sociology MA

Postgraduate

In Newcastle Upon Tyne ()

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Description

  • Type

    Postgraduate

Profile Our Sociology MA equips you with an awareness and understanding of the theoretical traditions and concepts that shape Sociology as a discipline. A dissertation and a variety of taught options provide you with an in-depth opportunity to engage with key sociological issues and approaches.      

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Subjects

  • IT
  • Sociology
  • Media

Course programme

Modules Compulsory modules
  • SOC8034 Social Divisions and Inequality
  • SOC8036 Sociological and Cultural Perspectives
  • SOC8044 Being, Belonging and Identity
  • SOC8047 States, Markets and Social Transformations
  • HSS8007 The Nature of Explanation and Enquiry
  • SOC8096 Dissertation
Optional modules

You must take one of the following combinations:

  • HSS8001 Thinking about Research and

  • HSS8003 Dissertation Preparation or
  • COM8058 Methodologies: Researching Media, Culture and Society

You will also take a further 50 credits from the following:

  • COM8057 Media Analysis
  • HSC8047 Health and Society
  • HSS8004 Qualitative Methodology in the Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
  • HSS8005 Introduction to Quantitative Methods
  • POL8018 The State in the International Political Economy
  • POL8039 Global Justice and Human Rights
  • SOC8045 Environment, Environmentalism and Society
  • SOC8048 Visual Sociologies
  • LAS8109 Latin American Country Case Study: Interdisciplinary Approaches

Modules might change for your year of entry.


Entry Requirements

A 2:1 honours degree, or international equivalent, in a sociology/policy discipline such as:

  • criminology
  • organisational studies
  • cultural studies
  • media studies
  • film studies
  • human geography

Sociology MA

Price on request