UCD Graduate Studies

Staidéar na nIarchéimithe UCD

MSocSc Sociology

Duration: 1 Year/ 2 Years	Leading and largest School of Sociology in Ireland. Renowned scholars and specialists in sociology. Training in cutting-edge research and social analysis skills preparing students for exciting career opportunities in a wide and dynamic range of professions. Maximum flexibility offered to both full-time and part-time students by delivering most of our modules on one particular day a week (Tuesdays / Wednesdays).
Schedule: Full Time & Part Time
Starting: September 2012
Contact Name: Linda Vines
Contact Number: +353 (0)1 716 8674
Fees: Fee Information

Admissions

Click here to view a draft timetable for the 2012 - 2013.
We are currently updating cirriculum information and more information on these modules will be available soon.

The MSocSc is available as a one-year full time or a two-year part time programme.

Modules are taught on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. Some option modules are condensed into a three-day workshop.

There are 90 credits assigned to the Programme.Each module counts for 10 credits and the dissertation counts for 30 credits. This is available in a dissertation or non-dissertation route. Students will either complete six modules and submit a minor thesis or complete nine modules in the non-dissertation route.

For academic queries please contact Dr Michael Punch, T: +353 0(1) 716 8506.

The 3 obligatory (core) modules are:

   - Contemporary Sociological Theory (SOC 40050)
   - Sociological Research: Theoretical and Applied Issues (SOC 40220)
   - Research Methodologies:
     Qualitative (SOC 40330) OR Quantitative (SOC 40030)

Current optional modules are:

   - Cultural Theory and Analysis (SOC 40390) (core subject for non-dissertation students)
   - Economic Globalisation and Social Change (SOC 40230)
   - Social Networks and Agent Based Simulation (SOC 40340)
   - Sociology of Migration (SOC 40430)
   - Health, Illness and Society (SOC 40310)
   - Race, Ethnicity and Society (SOC 40360)
   - Contested Urban Environments (SOC 40530)
   - Understanding Media Audiences (SOC 40510)
   - Researching Issues in Health and Illness (SOC 40070)
   - Others and Exiles: Creative Research (SOC 40570)
   - Comparative Politics of Inequality & Redistribution (SOC 40590)

Please Note: Elective modules may not run if student numbers are too small.