Master in Sociology

The different proposed teaching units allow students to get familiar with scientific research, but also to prepare them to professions related to social work, in particular in a context of cultural diversity.

The MA in Sociology aims to provide students with the critical analysis skills necessary for analysing life within society and the challenges involved therein, with a view to being able to contribute - beyond ready-made explanations - to explaining how it is organised and how it functions, to inform citizens about the basics of the society in which they live, and to come up with answers to the questions preoccupying the public authorities, politicians and decision-makers with regard to current social problems.

The MA in Sociology allows students to acquire both theoretical knowledge and the methodological tools used for gathering data, an essential aspect of this discipline.

At the end of their training, graduates will have acquired both general knowledge, and more specialised knowledge in concrete fields (culture, work, social policy, urban policy, migration issues, education) and investigatory methods.

The MA in Sociology has been designed to enable students to orient their education in line with their career aspirations: either a career in research or university teaching, or a non-academic career in a public or private organisation in which they can make the most of their specific training. Whatever path taken, the range of teaching units offered has been designed to avoid any too early specialisation in one of the different fields of sociology. Dependent on what he chooses, a student willbe able to become familiar with multiple aspects of sociology or he can opt to specialise in just one or two fields to the discipline. Teaching is focused mainly on key social issues: education, work, urban policy, immigration and culture.