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MSc - Master of Science
Main Campus
Full Time
Sep 2026
1 Year
This course aims to educate and train you to give you the requisite skills and knowledge to become an effective, professional sociological researcher. This entails teaching: the philosophical underpinnings of sociology; key issues and questions in sociology; key sociological theories; key issues in selected substantive areas of sociology (students are offered a range of options of such substantive areas); principles of research design; techniques and principles of quantitative analysis; techniques and principles of qualitative analysis. This is a recognised 13 entry route for ESRC PhD training.
