Course Details

Course Code(s):
MSSODATFAD
/
MSSODATPAD
Available:
Part-Time
Full-Time
Intake:
Autumn/Fall
Course Start Date:
September
Duration:
1 Year Full-Time / 2 Years Part-Time
Award:
Masters (MSc)
Qualification:
NFQ Level 9 Major Award
Faculty: Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
Course Type: Taught, Professional/Flexible
Fees: For Information on Fees, see section below.

Contact(s):

Name: Emily Murphy
Email: Emily.Murphy@ul.ie
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Brief Description

This MSc offers in depth knowledge of sociological analysis, research methods and social science analytics - including high level training in data, data science, and data mining -, and a range of sequenced topics that include crime, law, and deviance, culture and media, health and well-being, political analysis and social movements, and stratification and social inequality. The combination of high level training in research methods and robust exposure to core topics in Sociology and the Social Sciences will set graduates up for a wide variety of careers in both the Public and Private sector.

The main course focus is on sociological research methods and social science analytics, and the intention is to produce graduates ready to embark on research careers in the private, public, voluntary or academic spheres. Modules will involve a blend of in-class lectures, small group discussions, and individual and/or collaborative group work

Students will learn how to:

  • analyse human processes from a sociological perspective
  • understand the role of social relations in the structuring of world society
  • conduct theoretically informed research on social processes and social dynamics
  • use cutting-edge research methods - quantitative and qualitative - for answering sociological questions
  • understand key ethical issues in conducting sociological and social science research
Full-Time:    
Autumn Semester Spring Semester Summer Semester
Core Modules:
  • SO5031 Qualitative Research Methods 1
  • SO5041 Quantitative Research Methods 1
  • SO6001 MSc Dissertation Workshop Proposal
 Core modules Choose 1 or both
  • SO7860 Quantitative Research Methods 2
  • SO5042 Qualitative Research Methods 2

Dissertation
Electives - Choose 1
  • SO5051 Researching Social Exclusion
  • SO6062 Life Chances: Stratification, Inequality, and Mobility in Contemporary Society
  • SO6072 Sociology of Popular Culture 2
  • SO6082 Introduction to Sociological Criminology
  • SO6112 Contemporary Issues in Sociological Thought
  • SO6092 Sociology of Families and the Life Course
  • SO6102 Selected Issues in Gender, Culture AND Society
 Elective - Choose 1 or both
  • SO7860 Quantitative Research Methods 2
  • SO5042 Qualitative Research Methods 2

Elective - Choose 2

  • SO5051 Researching Social Exclusion
  • SO6062 Life Chances: Stratification, Inequality, and Mobility in Contemporary Society
  • SO6072 Sociology of Popular Culture 2
  • SO6082 Introduction to Sociological Criminology
  • SO6112Contemporary Issues in Sociological Thought
  • SO7862 Urban Sociology and Stratification of Place
  • SO6092 Sociology of Families and the Life Course
  • SO6102 Selected Issues in Gender, Culture AND Society
  • SO6132MSc Dissertation Research module
Part-Time: Year 1    
Autumn Semester Spring Semester Summer Semester
Core modules
  • SO5031 Qualitative Research Methods 1
  • SO5041 Quantitative Research Methods 1

Core modules

  • SO6001 MSc Dissertation Proposal Workshop
 MSc Dissertation - PT Summer 1
  Electives (Choose 1):
  • SO5051 Researching Social Exclusion
  • SO6062 Life Chances: Stratification, Inequality, and Mobility in Contemporary Society
  • SO6072 Sociology of Popular Culture 2
  • SO6082 Introduction to Sociological Criminology
  • SO6112 Contemporary Issues in Sociological Thought
  • SO7862   Urban Sociology and Stratification of Place
  • SO6092  Sociology of Families and the Life Course
  •  SO6102  Selected Issues in Gender, Culture AND Society
  • SO6132 MSc Dissertation Research module

 

Part-Time: Year 2    
Autumn Semester Spring Semester Summer Semester
Core modules: Choose 1 or both from the following:
  • SO7860 Quantitative Research Methods 2
  • SO5042 Qualitative Research Methods 2

 

 Elective module (Choose 1):
  • SO5051 Researching Social Exclusion
  • SO6062 Life Chances: Stratification, Inequality, and Mobility in Contemporary Society
  • SO6072 Sociology of Popular Culture 2
  • SO6082 Introduction to Sociological Criminology
  • SO6112 Contemporary Issues in Sociological Thought
  • SO7862   Urban Sociology and Stratification of Place
  • SO6092  Sociology of Families and the Life Course
  •  SO6102  Selected Issues in Gender, Culture AND Society

Elective modules (Choose 1):

  • SO7862   Urban Sociology and Stratification of Place
  • SO6092  Sociology of Families and the Life Course
  • SO6102  Selected Issues in Gender, Culture AND Society

Content of the modules can be found by using the search option on the Book of Modules

The basic requirement is a first or second-class Honours degree in sociology or a cognate area or an approved equivalent qualification or an equivalent capability based on prior substantial relevant experience (Primary Degree: Level 8- National Qualifications Authority of Ireland). Applicants may be required to submit a portfolio of work and undergo an interview.

WHAT TO INCLUDE WITH YOUR APPLICATION:

  • Qualification transcripts and certificates
  • A copy of your birth certificate or passport
  • A copy of your CV
  • If your qualifications have been obtained in a country where English is an official language this will suffice. 
  •  If this is not available, the following additional documents must be provided:
  • English translation of your qualification(s)/transcripts AND
  • English language competency certificate
  • Please click here for Further Information on English Language Requirements

Full Time:

EU - €7,270

Non- EU - €18,000

Part Time:

EU - €3,826 per annum

Non- EU - €9,700 per annum

Further information on fees and payment of fees is available from the Student Fees Office website. All fee related queries should be directed to the Student Fees Office (Phone: +353 61 213 007 or email student.fees.office@ul.ie.)

Please click here for information on funding and scholarships.

Opportunities for the graduates exist in research in the public, the voluntary and the private sectors.

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