Integrated Master in Sociology

What holds societies together? Do people pull together because they have to, or because they want to? What motivates so many people to migrate from their own societies to others? Our MSoc Sociology course explores why individuals, groups, and cultures are the way they are, and examines why they might be different, starting from an undergraduate level, taking you through to postgraduate level study.

At Essex we investigate what connects people with each other, as well as what divides them. We consider every aspect of our daily lives, from how we relate to politicians, celebrities and friends, to how we define ourselves, our families, and others. You study topics ranging from digital media and society, to psychiatry and mental illness, to the art, film and personal testimony of war.

We are a large and friendly department, offering a range and diversity of specialisms including:

• Social divisions, inequality, the nature of work and commercial culture
• Culture, identity and subjectivity
• Public policy regarding health, the environment, crime and aging
• Citizenship, multiculturalism and human rights
• Receive training in sociological methods – how to design a survey, conduct an interview, and use quantitative analysis from basic statistic to big data – in order to ask the difficult questions

You also have the opportunity to complete a supervised research project on a topic that most inspires you, encouraging you to think differently and connect with live issues and debates.