Sociology & Research Methods [MRes]
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There are few areas to improve but overall it is a great university. I was welcomed so warmly. The library is always full all the time which is difficult to find some spots.
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This place is total fun for me and I liked my whole experience so far, I met great people along the way and it was a wonderful experience in all, thanks for everything.
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I was fortunate as I remained at university occupants amid my first year so I knew a few people from various courses yet it got actually difficult to meet with them once we as a whole moved out. Having two or three classes at the main university may help.
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Postgraduate
In Glasgow
Description
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Type
Postgraduate
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Location
Glasgow (Scotland)
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Start date
Different dates available
You will develop your knowledge of sociology, including a critical understanding of social theory and a knowledge of empirical research studies. The programme provides an advanced education in sociology, but can also serve as preparation for further sociological research in a PhD, to which many of our students successfully progress.
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Reviews
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There are few areas to improve but overall it is a great university. I was welcomed so warmly. The library is always full all the time which is difficult to find some spots.
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This place is total fun for me and I liked my whole experience so far, I met great people along the way and it was a wonderful experience in all, thanks for everything.
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I was fortunate as I remained at university occupants amid my first year so I knew a few people from various courses yet it got actually difficult to meet with them once we as a whole moved out. Having two or three classes at the main university may help.
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Course rating
Recommended
Centre rating
Aurora
Conal
Sam
Subjects
- IT
- Sociology
- Social Theory
Course programme
You will take 4 core and 2 optional courses and complete a dissertation.
Core courses- Social science statistics 1
- Qualitative methods
- Current issues in social theory
- Advanced qualitative methods.
- Class and stratification
- Introduction to social theory for researchers
- Religion in society
- Sexualities and society
- Social science statistics 2
- The disabling society.
Additional information
There are two reasons for studying sociology in Glasgow. First, Glasgow as a city was at the hub of the social relations that made up modernity –the masses of migrants from the country who descended on the city’s tenements after the Highland Clearances and the 1840s Irish Famine were the labour-power of the new industries based on shipbuilding, iron works and textiles: it was these great industries that made Glasgow the Second City of the Empire. Glasgow in recent years has become increasingly divorced from its industrial manufacturing origins and...
Sociology & Research Methods [MRes]
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