Master's Degree in SOCIOLOGY AND SOCIAL RESEARCH

Degree course in italian
SOCIOLOGIA E RICERCA SOCIALE
Degree course
SOCIOLOGY AND SOCIAL RESEARCH
Title
Master's Degree
MIUR Class
Classe delle lauree magistrali in Sociologia e ricerca sociale - LM-88 (DM270)
Length
2 years
Credits
120
Department
HUMAN AND SOCIAL SCIENCES
Website
https://www.scienzeumanesociali.unisalento.it/guida-alla-didattica/lm88-sociologia-e-ricerca-sociale
Language
ITALIAN
Location
Lecce-
Academic year
2024/2025
Type of access/Available places
Free access course
Career opportunities
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Course description

The master's degree course in Sociology and Social Research trains specialists with multidisciplinary skills, which are useful for the analysis and management of complex social processes. They include theoretical competences in sociology and philosophy, empirical skills for social (both qualitative and quantitative) research design, particularly on territorial development and social innovation, deviant phenomena, and didactics of huma sciences.
Basic knowledge is required of sociology and research methodology, as well as interdisciplinary knowledge of economic, legal, political and statistical disciplines. Graduates in the following areas are eligible for admission: Philosophy; Administration and Organisation; Economics and Business Management; Education; Communication; Psychology; Political science; Sociology; Social work; Statistics.
Career opportunities envisaged by the degree course are in social research, as well as in the management of public and private administrations. Graduates in Sociology and Social Research have skills in the analysis and management of social data, and in the design of public policies oriented by empirical research, particularly in the fields of territorial development, marginality and crime.
The dissertation is the result of original research activity, carried out under the guidance of a lecturer, on topics related to the disciplines covered by the student during his/her training. The thesis is checked by a co-rapporteur and discussed publicly in the presence of the degree committee.
No
"Di Ateneo" - Single university degree (Final award of the degree issued by the University of Salento)
angelo.salento@unisalento.it; silvia.mangia@unisalento.it

Course modules

Devianza e criminalità

Crime economy (SECS-P/01)

8 credits - Compulsory

Fund raising workshop (SPS/09)

2 credits - Compulsory

Qualitative methodologies and techniques: advanced course (SPS/07)

8 credits - Compulsory

Quantitative methodologies and techniques: advanced course (SPS/07)

8 credits - Compulsory

Psychology of crime (M-PSI/05)

8 credits - Compulsory

Sociology of crime (SPS/12)

8 credits - Compulsory

Statistics for social research (SECS-S/01)

8 credits - Compulsory

Investigation techniques and probative procedure (IUS/16)

6 credits - Compulsory

CONTEMPORARY SOCIOLOGICAL THEORIES (SPS/07)

6 credits - Compulsory

Crime and Media (SPS/08)

6 credits - Compulsory

ENGLISH FOR SOCIAL SCIENCES (L-LIN/12)

6 credits - Compulsory

Legal medicine (MED/43)

6 credits - Compulsory

Final exam (PROFIN_S)

16 credits - Compulsory

History of organized crime (M-STO/04)

6 credits - Compulsory

Legal instruments to combat crime (IUS/17)

6 credits - Compulsory

TRAINING PERIOD (NN)

4 credits - Compulsory

Didattica delle scienze umane

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