Sociology - MA

The MA in Sociology addresses recent key concerns and enduring intellectual traditions within sociology and related social sciences. The degree addresses issues such as inequality, racism, violence, capitalism and social change among many important themes with particular contemporary relevance. Critical debate and modes of embedding critical thought in reflective practice mark core skills you will develop in this course. The core modules ground you in theory, methods and analytical tools, and options allow you to apply them to particular issues. For the dissertation you will conduct independent study with a supervisor, choosing from a range of topics similar in scope to the options offered.

Course Structure

You will study a range of modules as part of your course, some examples of which are listed below.

Core

• Research Projects in Practice: From Design to Dissemination
• Contemporary Debates in Sociology
• Dissertation

Optional

• Debates in Gender Research
• Gender, Sex and Bodies
• Gender and Violence
• Feminist Media and Cultural Studies
• Environment and Culture
• Methods in Science and Technology Studies
• Mobilities, Society & Change
• The Social Life of Science and Technology: Theories and Debates
• Capitalism and Crisis
• Cybercultures
• Social and Cultural Theory
• Consumer Society
• Critical Methods in Media and Cultural Studies
• Critical Debates in Media and Cultural Studies

Information contained on the website with respect to modules is correct at the time of publication, but changes may be necessary, for example as a result of student feedback, Professional Statutory and Regulatory Bodies' (PSRB) requirements, staff changes, and new research.

Visit the Sociology - MA page on the Lancaster University website for more details!