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| Application Deadline: | 1st July | ||
| Location: | Bristol / United Kingdom / View location on map ▾ Hide location on map ▴ | ||
| Duration: | 12 months | Start Date: | October |
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| Languages: | English | ||
Location of University of Bristol
The study of identity is a burgeoning area of sociological and cultural studies. The programme provides an introduction, over a range of units, to key themes in this field, with identity explored in both theoretical and substantive ways. On the one hand, there has been an exciting and innovative strand of work exploring and re-theorising the ideas of subjectivity and selfhood in the context of the changes brought about by late modern and postmodern society. On the other, the question of identity has come under scrutiny from within substantive areas of sociology such as the sociology of race and ethnicity, the sociology of religion, the sociology of health and illness and the sociology of gender relations. There are also important debates concerning the ways in which we record and 'observe' identities, including debates over new narrative and other qualitative methodologies.
The Department of Politics, Department of Sociology and Centre for East Asian Studies recently merged to create a new School within the Faculty of Social Sciences and Law.
Contents
For the Diploma, you must complete six taught units. For the MSc, you must complete six taught units plus a dissertation on an approved topic.
Compulsory Units
At least one from the following:
* Contemporary Sociological Theory
* Culture, Postmodernity and Religion
* Narrating the Self
Optional Units
You will also choose at least three further units from the following:
* Contemporary and Political Social Action
* Contemporary Sociological Theory
* Culture and Global Violence
* Culture, Postmodernity and Religion
* Diversity and Citizenship in Europe
* Global Ethnicities
* Globalisation and Culture
* Interpreting Gender
* Narrating the Self
* Politics of Sex
* Qualitative Social Research
* Theory and Politics of Multiculturalism
plus no more than two from the following:
* Advanced Qualitative Research
* Advanced Quantitative Research
* International Migration
* Miscarriages of Justice?
* Philosophy of Social Science
* Quantitative Social Research
* Questioning Culture
* Theories of Ethnicity and Racism
* Understanding Intimacy
* Utopian Representations
* Work Employment and Gender
Please note that not all units will be offered in any given year.
IELTS
You are normally required to take an English Proficiency Test.
Most European Universities recognise the IELTS test.
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Entry requirements
An upper second-class Honours degree (UK), or equivalent, qualification in a relevant subject.
Applicants with a lower second-class Honours degree (UK), or equivalent, may be eligible for Postgraduate Diploma entry.
Language requirements
An IELTS score of 6.5 with 6.0 in writing. We also accept other language tests; please see our website for details.
Language Proficiency
| Cambridge English: Advanced (CAE): | Grade B (Score: 75) |
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