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

Jump to: Year 1

Year 1 Academic year: 2024/25, Starting in: September

Notes:
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)

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

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
Computational Sociology
PGSP11583 20 credits
Computational Text Analysis
PGSP11584 20 credits
Advanced Methods Workshops (20 credit)
PGSP11596 20 credits
Core quantitative data analysis 1 and 2
SCIL11009 20 credits
Social Network Research: Theories and Analysis
SCIL11042 20 credits
AND

Additional Electives - Digital Sociology

Select between 0 and 80 credits of the following courses
Research Skills in the Social Sciences: Data Collection
PGSP11016 20 credits
Intimate Relationships
PGSP11229 20 credits
Understanding Technology
PGSP11353 20 credits
Sociology of Emotions
PGSP11367 20 credits
Multi-Level Modelling in Social Science
PGSP11424 20 credits
Analysing Social Networks with Statistics
PGSP11452 20 credits
Statistical Modelling in the Social Sciences
PGSP11486 20 credits
Longitudinal Data Analysis
PGSP11487 20 credits
Digital Global Development
PGSP11573 20 credits
Research Design for Societal Challenges
PGSP11630 20 credits
Causal Inference for Social Sciences
PLIT10168 20 credits
Data, Sport & Society
STIS11002 20 credits
AND

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.
Digital Influence (fusion on-site)
EFIE11010 10 credits
Data Science for Society (fusion on-site)
EFIE11020 10 credits
AND

Additional Electives - Online Learning Courses - Digital Sociology

Select between 0 and 20 credits of the following courses
Understanding Data Visualisation
PGSP11484 20 credits
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