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MA Soziologie – Zugänge zur Gegenwartsgesellschaft (Sociology: Approaches to Contemporary Society) at FernUniversität in Hagen

FernUniversität in Hagen, Germany

Programme overview

Master of Arts that provides tools to analyse social change involving diversity, gender and digitalisation. A focus lies on interpretative sociology and qualitative social research.

Faculty: Fakultät für Kultur- und Sozialwissenschaften  |  Duration: 4 semesters full-time (120 ECTS); part-time individually  |  Study mode: full-time/part-time distance learning; German-taught  |  Intake: Summer semester (1 April) or winter semester (1 October)  |  Location: Hagen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany

What you will study

Theoretical approaches and empirical fields such as work, organisation, social movements and family life forms; research, empirical and practice content and the Master's thesis.

Career pathways

Politics, associations and administration; media; business (management, consulting, analysis); civil society and social movements; research and teaching.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Certificate and diploma of a completed university degree of at least six semesters at a recognised German higher education institution (e.g. Bachelor, Diplom, Magister) or a comparable foreign degree; proof of German per the university's list of recognised language certificates. Subject-specific prerequisites are set by the faculty. No Numerus Clausus (study place guarantee). Applications: 1 December to 31 January for the summer semester, 1 June to 31 July for the winter semester.

EUR 1,400 for the whole programme. Approximate total for full-time study in the standard period, covering module fees and base fee; each additional semester adds a 60 EUR base fee. Excludes the student body contribution (Studierendenschaftsbeitrag). Source

Intake: Summer semester (1 April) or winter semester (1 October)

Duration: 4 semesters full-time (120 ECTS); part-time individually

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