- Degree
- Master of Arts in Sociology
- Course location
- Berlin
- In cooperation with
- Social Science Research Centre Berlin (WZB), Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP)
- Teaching language
- • English
- Languages
- All courses of the programme are held in English.
- Programme duration
- 4 semesters
- Beginning
- Winter semester
- Application deadline
- Regular applications for the first semester: 15 April to 31 May (winter semester)
Applications for advanced semesters: 15 April to 31 May (winter semester) and 1 December to 15 January (summer semester)
- Tuition fees per semester in EUR
- None
- Combined Master's degree / PhD programme
- No
- Joint degree / double degree programme
- No
- Description/content
- The "Sociology – European Societies" Master's programme is a research-oriented programme. It reflects current debates in theory-driven and problem-oriented research, and students learn to develop their own empirical research projects in the third semester. The curriculum offers a range of approaches to theory and (mostly quantitative) methods – spanning fields of culture, social structure, politics, European integration and transformation. Furthermore, it encourages active participation in research, from the identification of relevant questions to delivering sound results. The programme has a strong focus on quantitative methods for the social sciences.
The programme emphasises the comparative sociological study of European societies in a globalised and transnational world. It aims to enable students to apply theoretical and empirical tools of sociology in order to accomplish the following:
• describe and explain social structural, economic, and cultural differences across European countries
• understand the ways in which European societies are transformed by processes of regional integration
• investigate Europe in the context of globalisation and in contrast and connection to other world regions
The research and teaching agenda is implemented by the Institute of Sociology together with the Institutes for East European Studies, Latin American Studies, and the John F. Kennedy Institute for North American Studies at the Freie Universität Berlin.