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Social and Cultural Theory – (M.Sc.)
University of Bristol
Faculty of Social Sciences and Law
| Application Deadline: | 1 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
This programme aims to provide an introduction to a range of debates entailed within the so-called cultural turn in sociological studies. Increasingly, sociologists are turning to the concept of culture as a source of explanation - and questioning - in their studies of contemporary social formations.
Both theoretical and substantive elements of this cultural turn are addressed: on the one hand, the works of key thinkers within social and cultural theory (Pierre Bourdieu, Michel Foucault and others) are explored; on the other, the role of cultural explanations within - among others - theories of race and ethnicity, gender relations and the sociology of religion is given both theoretical and empirical consideration.
These issues are also situated within the framework of analyses and critiques of wider debates and discourses in social and cultural theory on questions such as postmodernism, postfeminism and postcolonialism.
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
MSc: six taught units plus a dissertation, which must also be on an approved topic in the area of Social and Cultural Theory.
Diploma: six taught units.
Units
You must take at least four units from this list:
* Contemporary and Political Social Action
* Contemporary Sociological Theory
* Culture and Global Violence
* Culture, Postmodernity and Religion
* Globalisation and Culture
* Interpreting Gender
* Narrating the Self
* Philosophy of Social Science
* Qualitative Social Research
* Questioning Culture
* Theories of Ethnicity and Racism
* Utopian Representations
Not more than two from:
* Advanced Qualitative Research
* Advanced Quantitative Research
* Diversity and Citizenship in Europe
* Global Ethnicities
* International Migration
* Miscarriages of Justice?
* Politics of Sex
* Quantitative Social Research
* Roma in the New Europe
* Theory and Politics of Multiculturalism
* Understanding Intimacy
* Work Employment and Gender
Please note that not all units will be offered in any given year.
IELTS
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Entry requirements
An upper second-class Honours degree (UK) or equivalent, qualification. 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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