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

Jump to: Year 1

Year 1 Academic year: 2025/26, Starting in: September

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

Group A:
For Digital Sociology students who are not on the Social Data Science pathway.

Group B:
For students who are on the Social Data Science pathway.

Students on the Social Data Science pathway must take:
40 credits from the Compulsory Courses - Social Data Science Pathway section
Between 20 to 40 credits from the Recommended Electives - Social Data Science Pathway section

20 additional credits from one of the following:
Additional Electives - Social Data Science Pathway section
EFI Fusion On-Site - Social Data Science Pathway section
Level 11 courses from Schedules A to Q, T, W, and Y

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
Research Skills in the Social Sciences: Data Collection
PGSP11016 20 credits
Understanding Technology
PGSP11353 20 credits
Global Environment and Society
PGSP11359 20 credits
Sociology of Emotions
PGSP11367 20 credits
Computational Sociology
PGSP11583 20 credits
Computational Text Analysis
PGSP11584 20 credits
Social Demography
PGSP11629 20 credits
Social Network Research: Theories and Analysis
SCIL11042 20 credits
Data and Society
STIS11007 20 credits
AND

Additional Electives - Digital Sociology

Select between 0 and 80 credits of the following courses
Visual Criminology
LAWS11473 20 credits
Digital Global Development
PGSP11573 20 credits
Refugees, Health and Humanitarian Action
PGSP11576 20 credits
Research Design for Societal Challenges
PGSP11630 20 credits
Core quantitative data analysis 1 and 2
SCIL11009 20 credits
AND

Additional Electives - 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. This requires contacting the programme director and course organiser for permission
Digital Influence (fusion on-site)
EFIE11010 10 credits
Data Science for Society (fusion on-site)
EFIE11020 10 credits
AND

Level 11 courses in Schedules A to Q, T, W and Y

Select between 0 and 20 credits from Level 11 courses in Schedules A to Q, T, W and Y
Notes:
Courses from this collection can only be taken with permission of the Programme Directors and Course Organiser
OR

Group B

Select exactly 80 credits in this group.

Compulsory Courses - Social Data Science Pathway

Select exactly 40 credits of the following courses
Notes:
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.
Computational Sociology
PGSP11583 20 credits
Computational Text Analysis
PGSP11584 20 credits
AND

Recommended Electives - Social Data Science Pathway

Select between 20 and 40 credits of the following courses
Analysing Social Networks with Statistics
PGSP11452 20 credits
Longitudinal Data Analysis
PGSP11487 20 credits
Bayesian Statistics for Social Scientists
PGSP11553 20 credits
AND

Additional Electives - Social Data Science Pathway

Select between 0 and 20 credits of the following courses
Visual Criminology
LAWS11473 20 credits
Research Skills in the Social Sciences: Data Collection
PGSP11016 20 credits
Understanding Technology
PGSP11353 20 credits
Global Environment and Society
PGSP11359 20 credits
Sociology of Emotions
PGSP11367 20 credits
Statistical Modelling in the Social Sciences
PGSP11486 20 credits
Digital Global Development
PGSP11573 20 credits
Refugees, Health and Humanitarian Action
PGSP11576 20 credits
Social Demography
PGSP11629 20 credits
Research Design for Societal Challenges
PGSP11630 20 credits
Core quantitative data analysis 1 and 2
SCIL11009 20 credits
Data and Society
STIS11007 20 credits
AND

Additional Electives - EFI Fusion on-site - Social Data Science Pathway

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. This requires contacting the programme director and course organiser for permission
Digital Influence (fusion on-site)
EFIE11010 10 credits
Data Science for Society (fusion on-site)
EFIE11020 10 credits
AND

Level 11 courses in Schedules A to Q, T, W and Y

Select between 0 and 20 credits from Level 11 courses in Schedules A to Q, T, W and Y
Notes:
Courses from this collection can only be taken with permission of the Programme Directors and Course Organiser
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