DPT: Digital Sociology (MSc) - 1 Year (Full-Time) (PTMSCDIGSO2F)

Not all electives may run in a given year and places may be limited.

Group A is for Digital Sociology students who are NOT on the Social Data Science pathway. Select exactly 80 credits in this group.

Group B is for students on the Social Data Science pathway. Select exactly 80 credits in this group.

Compulsory courses

Issues and Concepts in Digital Society

Researching Digital Life

Dissertation (MSc Digital Sociology)

Must be passed at 50% and taken during Block 5 (Sem 2) and beyond

Course options

Research Skills in the Social Sciences: Data Collection

Understanding Technology

Global Environment and Society

Sociology of Emotions

Computational Sociology

Computational Text Analysis

Social Demography

Social Network Research: Theories and Analysis

Data and Society

AND

Visual Criminology

Digital Global Development

Refugees, Health and Humanitarian Action

Research Design for Societal Challenges

Core quantitative data analysis 1 and 2

AND

The courses beginning EFI are ten credits and you would need to take two courses (for 20 credits). You need to register for the "fusion-on site" option. This requires contacting the programme director and course organiser for permission

Digital Influence (fusion on-site)

Data Science for Society (fusion on-site)

Educating for a Challenging Future (fusion online)

AND

Courses from this collection can only be taken with permission of the Programme Directors and Course Organiser

Besides Issues and Concepts in Digital Society (PGSP11466) and Researching Digital Life (PGSP11469), students on Social Data Science Pathway must also take Computational Sociology (PGSP11583) and Computational Text Analysis (PGSP11584) as their compulsory courses.