Master of Science in Sociology

Sociology's basic assumption is that human behaviour and human characteristics are to a certain degree determined by society. The study programme investigates how that works. We deal with a broad scale of subdisciplines and offer our students the change to personalize their curriculum by means of a number of specialist modules.

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Master's Programme

1 year 60 credits

Faculty of Political and Social Sciences

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1 General Courses 35

1.1 Methods

5

Course	Ref	MT1	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Advanced Quantitative Techniques		1	sem 1	nl	John Lievens	5

1.2 Sociological Themes

30

Course	MT1	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Sociological Imagination for the 21st Century	1	sem 2	nl	Lesley Hustinx	5

Contemporary Challenges of Higher Education	1	sem 1	en	Jeroen Huisman	5

Migration and Integration	1	sem 1	en	Bart Van de Putte	5

Sociology of Health and Illness	1	sem 1	en	Katrijn Delaruelle	5

Sociology of Education	1	sem 2	nl	Mieke Van Houtte	5

Social Dynamics of Policy and Organisation	1	sem 2	nl	Hans Waege	5

2 Elective Courses 10

Subscribe to 10 credit units from no less than 1 and no more than 3 modules from the following list.

2.1

Course	Ref	MT1	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Community Oriented Organisation of Care		1	sem 2	nl	Sara Willems	5

Epidemiology and Clinical Trials		1	sem 1	en	Brecht Devleesschauwer	5

Urbanization in Global Perspective		1	sem 2	en	Ben Derudder	5

Culture Studies		1	sem 1	en	Kris Rutten	5

Theories of Cultural History		1	sem 2	nl	Alexander Roose	5

Literature and Society		1	sem 1	nl	Bart Keunen	5

Social Politics in Europe since 1750		1	sem 2	nl	Christophe Verbruggen	5

Globalisation and Global Governance		1	sem 1	en	Dries Lesage	5

Political Philosophy		1	sem 1	nl	Sigrid Sterckx	5

Sustainable Development		1	sem 2	en	Bernard Mazijn	5

Politics of Islam		1	sem 2	en	An Van Raemdonck	5

Rural Sociology		1	sem 2	en	Jeroen Adam	5

Global Minds	UKV	1	sem 2	en	Amaury Frankl	5

Essentials of Artificial Intelligence: a Beginner’s Guide	UKV	1	sem 1	en	Joni Dambre	3

2.2

Course	MT1	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Educational Change and Innovation	1	sem 1	nl	Jeltsen Peeters	5

Strategic social communication	1	sem 1	nl	Hayley Pearce	5

Management in the Social Profit Sector	1	sem 2	nl	Melissa Tuytens	5

Citizen and Government	1	sem 1	nl	Bram Wauters	5

Labour Law and Social Security Law	1	sem 2	nl	Inger De Wilde	6

Nonprofit Management	1	sem 2	nl	Ben Suykens	5

Human Resource Management in Public Organisations	1	sem 1	en	Gosia Kozusznik	5

2.3

Course	MT1	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Health Economics	1	sem 1	nl	Dominique Vandijck	5

Social Work and Social Policy	1	sem 1	nl	Joris De Corte	6

Labour and Employment	1	sem 1	nl	Stijn Baert	6

The Teacher within Class, School and Society	1	sem 2	nl	Melissa Tuytens	6

Social Spatial Social Work	1	sem 1	nl	Griet Roets	5

3 Master's Dissertation 15

Course	Ref	MT1	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Master's Dissertation		1	year	nl	Henk Roose	15

4 International Exchange

This international exchange comprises 20 ECTS credits.In the first semester, the exchange replaces the general course units of that semester (20 ECTS credits).
In the second semester, the exchange replaces the general course units of that semester (15 ECTS credits), supplemented with 5 ECTS credits from the elective course units.

Course	Ref	MT1	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Study Programme Abroad		1	sem 1 sem 2	en en	Henk Roose	20

Learning outcomes

Competence field 7: Program-specific Learning Outcomes

Has advanced insight into recent general sociological theory and into subfields of sociology
Has insight into the relevance and limitations of general and specialized sociological theories and approaches and can make research choices based on them.
Can develop scientifically grounded and well-considered insights and policy reflections on contemporary societal phenomena and problems.
Has insight into advanced data collection methods and analytical techniques of qualitative and/or quantitative research, can apply them responsibly, and correctly interpret their results.
Can independently carry out all steps in an integrated fundamental scientific and/or policy-relevant study of societal phenomena or problems, can integrate up-to-date specialist work, and can adjust that work based on feedback.
Can correctly carry out and report scientific assignments in accordance with the principles of scientific integrity.
Can communicate clearly and transparently, both orally and in writing, about advanced sociological insights and the results of complex research, to professionals (peers and policy actors) as well as to a broader audience, while using AI in an ethical and critical manner.
Can, as an active member of a group, collaborate constructively on complex sociological research and adjust the working approach based on self-reflection and feedback.