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Degree Programme Table: Digital Sociology (MSc) - 1 Year (Full-Time) (PTMSCDIGSO2F)

Jump to: Year 1

Year 1 Academic year: 2021/22, Starting in: September

Notes:
Course choices should be confirmed with your Programme Directors or Personal Tutor. Before selecting your outside courses, please ensure you have met your Personal Tutor.

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

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses
Issues and Concepts in Digital Society
PGSP11466 20 credits
Researching Digital Life
PGSP11469 20 credits
Dissertation (MSc Digital Sociology)
PGSP11600 60 credits

Course options

Group A

Select exactly 80 credits in this group.

Recommended Electives - Digital Sociology

Select between 0 and 80 credits of the following courses
Internet, Society and Economy
PGSP11116 20 credits
Controversies in the Data Society
PGSP11467 20 credits
Humanitarianism and the Media
PGSP11468 20 credits
Computational Text Analysis
PGSP11584 20 credits
OR

Additional Electives - Digital Sociology

Select between 0 and 80 credits of the following courses
Computer-Aided Design after 1960: Critical Practice and Disciplinary Debates
ARCH11278 20 credits
The Human Factor: Working with Users
INFR11141 10 credits
Research Skills in the Social Sciences: Data Collection
PGSP11016 20 credits
Explanation and Understanding in Social and Political Research
PGSP11017 20 credits
Analysing Qualitative Data
PGSP11110 20 credits
Nations and Nationalism
PGSP11146 20 credits
Qualitative Methods and Ethnographic Fieldwork
PGSP11188 20 credits
Research Design
PGSP11208 20 credits
Gender and Development
PGSP11225 20 credits
Intimate Relationships
PGSP11229 20 credits
The Documents of Life
PGSP11302 20 credits
Science, Knowledge and Expertise
PGSP11352 20 credits
Understanding Technology
PGSP11353 20 credits
Multi-Level Modelling in Social Science
PGSP11424 20 credits
Humanitarianism and the Media
PGSP11468 20 credits
Statistical Modelling in the Social Sciences
PGSP11486 20 credits
Longitudinal Data Analysis
PGSP11487 20 credits
Foundations in Responsible Research and Innovation
PGSP11534 10 credits
Delivering the Circular Economy and the Bioeconomy
PGSP11569 20 credits
Digital Global Development
PGSP11573 20 credits
Advanced Methods Workshops (20 credit)
PGSP11596 20 credits
Advanced Methods Workshops (10 credit)
PGSP11597 10 credits
Core quantitative data analysis 1 and 2
SCIL11009 20 credits
Globalization
SCIL11016 20 credits
Supervised Reading in Sociology & Socio-Cultural Studies
SCIL11027 20 credits
Researching Global Social Change
SCIL11029 20 credits
Key Concepts in Global Social Change
SCIL11030 20 credits
Social Network Research: Theories and Analysis
SCIL11042 20 credits
OR

Additional Elective - EFI Fusion on-site - Digital Sociology

Select between 0 and 20 credits of the following courses
Notes:
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.
Representing Data (fusion on-site)
EFIE11002 10 credits
Text Remix (fusion on-site)
EFIE11004 10 credits
Text Mining for Social Research (fusion on-site)
EFIE11006 10 credits
Digital Influence (fusion on-site)
EFIE11010 10 credits
Postdigital Society (fusion on-site)
EFIE11012 10 credits
Value and value creation (fusion on-site)
EFIE11014 10 credits
Intellectual Property in the Creative Industries
EFIE11015 10 credits
Creative Markets
EFIE11016 10 credits
The Future of Learning Organisations (fusion on-site)
EFIE11018 10 credits
Data Science for Society (fusion on-site)
EFIE11020 10 credits
Internets of Material Things (fusion on-site)
EFIE11022 10 credits
OR

Additional Electives - Online Learning Courses - Digital Sociology

Select between 0 and 20 credits of the following courses
The use and evolution of digital data analysis and collection tools
PGSP11388 10 credits
Social Shaping of Digital Research
PGSP11389 10 credits
Technologies of Civic Participation
PGSP11390 10 credits
Managing Digital Influence
PGSP11391 10 credits
Engaging with Digital Research
PGSP11401 10 credits
Understanding Data Visualisation
PGSP11484 20 credits
Critical approaches to Global Mental Health and Social Change
PGSP11562 20 credits
Making science relevant to policy and decision-making
VESC11260 20 credits
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