Courses

One of the key advantages of this programme is the combination of fundamental theoretical training with education in methods of sociological research at an advanced level. Most of the programme courses contain a theoretical core and involve training to apply these theoretical concepts to the analysis of different sociological cases and problems (from societal evolution and explanation models to conceptualization of the problems of ideology, power, social policy, gender etc.) The programme is based on courses developed by researcher lecturers who are experts both from a theoretical perspective and in terms of methods of research and practical application.

The students study the following disciplines:

Theoretical block

• Explanation models and the logics of a sociological research
• Key problems of sociology
• Theories of societal evolution
• Political power: theory and experience of empirical research
• Sociology of fashion
• L. Wittgenstein and sociological theory
• Sociology of everyday life

Methodological block

• Methods of sociological research
• Sociological data analysis – 2
• Theory and practice of online research
• Analysis of panel data
• Biographical method in sociology
• Methods of expert evaluations

Professional analytical skills and practical competencies development block

• Sociology of politics: mobilization approach
• Sociological analysis of ideology
• Corporate social policy
• Sociology of gender
• Social geography of the modern Russia: cultural landscape
• Cultural practices of (post) modernity in the context of the theory of modernity