Advanced Sociological Research

The MA program is oriented towards sociological research and provides a balanced curricula of social epistemology, theoretical perspectives, and applied social research. The courses focus on sociology of the state, migration, postmodernism and critical thinking, contemporary social theories, ideology and neoliberal subjectivities, social policy analysis, biga data, and visual anthropology. Visiting international scholars regularly provide elective courses in English. Students are encouraged to undertake internships at research institutes and collaborate at the ongoing research projects of the department. The master thesis ought to contain chapters of theory, methodology, as well as original, empirical sociological research. Graduates may work at research institutes and user-experience units of various companies or pursue an academic career by applying for doctoral studies.