Sociology - Access to Contemporary Societydistance studies, part time, full time
Master of Arts
Master
Degree4 semesters
Standard period of study (amount)
Hagen
Location
January 2025 (Germans and inhabitants)
January 2025 (EU), January 2025 (Non-EU)
Overview and admission
Study Type
graduate
Admission semester
Summer and Winter Semester
Area of study
Sociology, Social Science
Focus
Perspectives and Theories in Sociology, Methods of Qualitative Social Research, Social Inequality and Social Structure, Social Differentiation in Work and Organisation, Society and Economics, Institutions, Actors and Governance. Analysis Approaches and Methods, Empirical Studies on Social Life Forms, Social Philosophy and Political Philosophy, Theory and Diagnosis of Society
Target group
Graduates of sociological and social science degree programmes who are looking for a scientific and research-related consolidation on the topic of ‘approaches to contemporary society’.
Annotation
Good reading skills in English are recommended. A computer with Internet access is required for the course.
Admission requirements
Requirement for admission is a completed university degree with a standard period of study of at least six semesters with a good degree (overall grade or grade of the final thesis 2.5 or better) - in a Master's or Diploma course with a major or minor in sociology or - in all courses in which at least 60 ECTS points have been earned in sociology, or - in a comparable foreign degree. If your degree program only partially contains the required 60 ECTS points in Sociology (at least 30 ECTS points must be available), you can make up for the missing ECTS points by successfully passing exams in one or two advance modules in the academic studies at the FernUniversität in Hagen.
Lecture period
- 01.04.2024 - 30.09.2024
- 01.10.2024 - 31.03.2025
Application deadlines
Winter semester (2023/2024)
Application deadline for Germans and inhabitants
Expired
Deadlines for International Students from the European Union
Expired
Deadlines for international students from countries that are not members of the European Union
Expired
Enrollment deadline for Germans and foreign students
Expired
Summer semester (2024)
Application deadline for Germans and inhabitants
01.12.2024 - 31.01.2025
Deadlines for International Students from the European Union
01.12.2024 - 31.01.2025
Deadlines for international students from countries that are not members of the European Union
01.12.2024 - 31.01.2025
Enrollment deadline for Germans and foreign students
01.12.2024 - 31.01.2025
Tuition fee
Fees
The semester costs are EUR 234 to 289 for part-time studies and EUR 399 for full-time studies. They arise from the sum of the following components: Basic fee: EUR 60 Document fees: EUR 11 per ECTS point Student body contribution: currently EUR 9
Languages of instruction
Main language
German