Sociology

Entry requirements

You should normally have (or expect to be awarded) a taught Masters in a relevant subject area. An MA covering methods of social research (for example, the MA in Social Research) would be a distinct advantage.

You might also be considered for some programmes if you aren’t a graduate or your degree is in an unrelated field, but have relevant experience and can show that you have the ability to work at postgraduate level.

Months of entry

September

Course content

We're committed to developing our postgraduates into skilled researchers who can conduct rigorous research using a variety of methodologies and methods.

Goldsmiths’ research in sociology covers a range of areas, including:

• art and literature
• deviance
• education
• the sociology of governance and regulation
• theories of industrial society
• health, illness and psychiatry
• interpersonal relations
• knowledge
• politics
• ‘race’ and ethnicity
• class
• religion
• values in society
• childhood and youth culture
• the body and society
• social aspects of the life sciences and bio-medicine, science and technology
• the expansion of capitalism on a world scale
• urban studies
• gender and the sexual division of labour
• culture and communications

We emphasise the importance of the relationship between you and your supervisor: we ‘match’ you with a supervisor whose current active research interests and expertise are compatible with your chosen topic of research.