Part Time MA Degrees in Sociology, Colchester, United Kingdom

Join one of the top sociology departments in the UK, ranked 59th globally and 10th in the UK for sociology in the QS World University Rankings by Subject (2023), and further your understanding of the tensions, interactions and networks that dictate how societies are organised. Read more

There can be no crime without society. Combining the specialist study of criminology with a broad approach to sociological questions, our course emboldens you to study crime, criminals, and criminal justice within wider social contexts. Read more

Discover how to turn raw data into useful information which can tell us about how people work. You learn how to gain an understanding of society through carrying out case studies, surveys, and observational research. Read more

In recent years, issues of terrorism and organised crime have gained an unprecedented profile, provoked significant social concern, and dominated both law-and-order and many wider social policy agendas. Read more

Advertising and marketing have become increasingly central to social life on a global scale. As ‘persuasion industries' they generate powerful images of the good life, acting upon individual and collective desires and aspirations. Read more

What is the relationship between migration, social policy and welfare? What are the social and cultural challenges that international migration and forced… Read more

We live in a world of social and political upheaval. Faced with multiple crisis – of the environment, of democracy, of war and peace, of poverty among plenty, of facing up to colonialism and structural racism – it is high time to gain better comprehension of our social and political world, and find new solutions. Read more

How do we understand crime? How can it be prevented? Why should crime be punished, and how should we go about it? Criminologists engage with some of the most pressing issues, decisions and dilemmas facing societies today. Read more

How do ideologies form and sustain political identities and interests? What are the main ideologies and political discourses that frame and organise our… Read more

How are we to understand political life – as the expression of violence, tradition, domination, the search for freedom, the struggle for equality? How should… Read more

Philosophy at Essex takes philosophy back to its roots in everyday existential, social and political issues. Read more

How do political scientists explain political outcomes? How does normative theory inform the way researchers approach their work? How do political science… Read more

Our  Human Rights Centre  is one of the world’s oldest and most highly-respected environments for the multi-disciplinary study of human rights. Read more

Discover the problems that face the developing world through a variety of perspectives. Our MA International Development explores the most pressing issues in international development throughout a range of social scientific standpoints. Read more