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Study Details: 1 year full-time - mulitple intakes
Engage with real-world issues, empower social change, and apply your learning to prepare for a career in policy, academia, and beyond, making a tangible difference.
Learn how to tackle global and local challenges through sociology and social research, with a focus on social change and impactful applied research to address pressing societal issues.
Key course content includes:
Sociological analysis and research skills: learn to address societal challenges such as identity, global crises, and digital transformation through advanced research methods and ethical practices
Global and intersectional perspectives: explore global issues such as climate change, inequality, and cultural diplomacy using feminist, decolonial and postcolonial frameworks
Power, resistance, and social impact: investigate power dynamics, social movements and justice to address issues such as systemic racism, digital divides and inequality.
Start dates:
An honours degree 2:2 or above (or international equivalent) in any relevant social sciences or humanities disciplines.
On successful completion of this course, you will be able to:
critically and systematically engage with established and current interdisciplinary debates and controversies in sociology and social research
situate social science problems and questions within diverse social, cultural and political contexts at the local, national, transnational and global levels
apply sociological knowledge in an original and systematic manner, evincing a practical understanding of how advanced research methodologies can be used to study social problems
systematically analyse and synthesise complex sociological problems and expound them effectively in robust, reflective, evidence-based studies
proactively select appropriate strategies to independently conduct original research and communicate findings and outcomes verbally, visually, digitally and discursively to specialist and non-specialist audiences
apply transferable skills of initiative, ethical responsibility, autonomy and self-efficacy to a range of employment and practice environments
exhibit proficiency in utilising digital tools and methodologies to solve complex problems while adhering to ethical standards and considering the societal impacts of new technologies deployment.
Social Identities and Intimacies — 30 credits
Real World Research — 30 credits
Sociology in a Post-Digital World - 30 credits
Global Affairs in Action — 30 credits
Critical Perspectives on Humanitarian Crises — 30 credits
Power and Resistance in Contemporary Societies — 30 credits
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