The master programme in Cultural Sociology provides you with specialized socio-cultural analytical and methodological competencies that support a career as project manager and facilitator of transformation processes or as relation manager in (inter-organizational) associations. You will become an attractive asset for organizations and companies that work with local development and interaction with users, citizens, clients and consumers.
You should choose this master programme if you have an interest in the relationship between society and people and in the cultural encounters that happen every time people meet across for instance age, professions, nationality, gender, health and religion.
The Master of Social Sciences in Cultural Sociology builds on the bachelor programme in Sociology and Cultural Analysis offered at the University of Southern Denmark in Esbjerg. Access to the master programme in Cultural Sociology is granted to those who hold a bachelor degree in one of the Social Sciences or Human Sciences. Read more about enrolment under Entry requirements
A practice-oriented approach to learning
The master programme has a strong practical focus where students are given the opportunity to apply socio-cultural theories and methods in practice. During the education programme you will cooperate with different organizations and companies, where you will develop and complete projects and studies during each semester. This way you achieve a practical understanding and can build up a network, which is an advantage when you look for a job after graduation.
To ensure the short path to employment for all graduates, the programme is continually developed in close cooperation with municipal and regional agencies as well as relevant organizations such as immigration service departments, chambers of commerce and consultancy companies. Read more about partners here
Project Coordinator Liv Maria Detlif, Actionaid Denmark:
'We are really in need of academics who are able to apply their knowledge to non-academic circumstances and meet local people at eye level. Graduates from this master programme would be very attractive for aid organizations.'
Structure of the programme
The focus of the master programme is on transformation processes in modern society with specific attention paid to the role played by social and cultural factors such as the perception of the body, gender issues, family relations, time, space, cultural encounters, globalization, rules and laws, institutionalization and clientisation. You will attain strong competencies in applying quantitative and qualitative research methods as well as insights into evaluation practice with the aim of founding the analyses on qualified research.
In the programme you will choose between to socio-cultural profiles:
MSc Cultural Sociology in Social Transformation Processes
MSc Cultural Sociology in Law, Power and Social Justice