MSoc (Hons) Sociology (Integrated Master's)

• A Level: Must include passes at A2 in at least one subject. 
• BTEC: Extended Diploma (QCF) or Diploma (QCF).
• International Baccalaureate: Diploma with 24 points including a minimum of 15 points at Higher Level.
• Other equivalent qualifications accepted by the university.

Note: We would normally expect you to have Grade C in GCSE English and Maths (See below for accepted equivalences)

English Language Requirements:

• Overall IELTS 5.5 with a minimum of 5.5 in Writing and Speaking; minimum 5.5 in Reading and Listening (or recognised equivalent).

During your first three years you’ll follow the BA Sociology course. You’ll choose from the full range of undergraduate modules offered in the department of Sociology and Social Policy in the newly established School of Sociology. 

In your fourth year, you’ll take master’s-level modules focusing on the theory and practice of sociology. You’ll also have the opportunity to carry out an original piece of research under the supervision of one of our faculty members. 

You’ll learn about contemporary debates in social policy and how to use sociological approaches to analyse historical and contemporary events. You’ll develop the skills to place debates about social policy within local and global contexts and in the context of rapid change.

We’ll prepare you to take advantage of a range of employment opportunities relating to social analysis and also for doctoral studies in social policy, sociology or related disciplines. You’ll also graduate with the credentials to pursue doctoral study.

Year 1

• Thinking Sociologically
• Introduction to Social Policy 
• Researching East London I
• Globalisation and Modern Britain

Year 2

• Social Theory
• Researching East London II

Optional:

• Delivering Social Welfare in the 21st Century
• Self, Nation & Politics 
• Adventures in Intersectionality: Class, Gender and Race
• Understanding Social Change 
• Social Movements in the Radical Twentieth Century

Year 3

• Research Dissertation 

Optional:

• Work-Based Learning Placement Module
• Construction of Race
• Life Histories 
• Nationalism in the Global Age 
• Critical Approaches to Class
• Surveillance, Technology and Society 
• Sociology of Identity and Difference
• Generations, Age and Meaning 
• Housing and Urban Regeneration 
• Gender Studies  
• Islam and Society 

Year 4

• Theorising Modernity, Understanding Crises 
• Framing Questions, Locating Research
• Themes and Issues in Sociology 
• Advanced Dissertation