MSocSc Sociology
| Duration: 1 Year/ 2 Years |
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| Schedule: Full Time & Part Time | |
| Starting: September 2012 | |
| Contact Name: Linda Vines |
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| Contact Number: +353 (0)1 716 8674 | |
| Fees: Fee Information |
Click here to view the timetable for 2012 - 2013.
The MSocSc is available as a one-year full time or a two-year part time programme.
Modules are mainly 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.
Structure for Dissertation Route:
Core modules:
- SOC40050 Contemporary Sociological Theory (10 Credits)
- SOC40220 Sociological Research: Theoretical and Applied Issues (10 Credits)
- SOC40140 Dissertation (30 Credits)
Research Methodologies (select 1):
- SOC40330 Qualitative Research (10 Credits)
- SOC40030 Advanced Quantitative Research Methods (10 Credits)
Option modules (select 3):
- SOC40230 Economic Globalisation and Social Change (10 Credits)
- SOC40310 Health, Illness and Society (10 Credits)
- SOC40610 Race, Space & Place (10 Credits)
- SOC40620 Ethnicity & Nationalism (10 Credits)
- SOC40630 Contemporary Irish Culture (10 Credits)
- SOC40670 Global Migration (10 Credits)
- SOC40690 Patterns of Health & Wellbeing (10 Credits)
- SOC40510 Understanding Media Audiences (10 Credits)
- SOC40530 Contested Urban Environments (10 Credits)
- SOC40640 Social Simulation Methods & Models (10 Credits)
- SOC40080 Crime and Social Control (10 Credits)
- SOC40130 Qualitative Data Analysis (10 Credits)
- SOC40650 Social Economic & Political Networks (10 Credits)
Structure for Non-Dissertation Route:
Core modules:
- SOC40050 Contemporary Sociological Theory (10 Credits)
- SOC40220 Sociological Research: Theoretical and Applied Issues (10 Credits)
- SOC40530 Contested Urban Environments (10 Credits)*
- SOC40230 Economic Globalisation and Social Change (10 Credits)*
- SOC40630 Contemporary Irish Culture (10 Credits)*
*August Submission
Research Methodologies (select 1):
- SOC40330 Qualitative Research (10 Credits)
- SOC40030 Advanced Quantitative Research Methods (10 Credits)
Option modules (select 3):
- SOC40310 Health, Illness and Society (10 Credits)
- SOC40610 Race, Space & Place (10 Credits)
- SOC40620 Ethnicity & Nationalism (10 Credits)
- SOC40670 Global Migration (10 Credits)
- SOC40690 Patterns of Health & Wellbeing (10 Credits)
- SOC40510 Understanding Media Audiences (10 Credits)
- SOC40640 Social Simulation Methods & Models (10 Credits)
- SOC40080 Crime and Social Control (10 Credits)
- SOC40130 Qualitative Data Analysis (10 Credits)
- SOC40650 Social Economic & Political Networks (10 Credits)
Please Note: Elective modules may not run if student numbers are too small.