Integrated Master in Sociology: Sociology

at University of Essex

What holds societies together? Do people pull together because they have to, or because they want to? What motivates so many people to migrate from their own societies to others? Our MSoc Sociology course explores why individuals, groups, and cultures are the way they are, and examines why they might be different, starting from an undergraduate level, taking you through to postgraduate level study.

At Essex we investigate what connects people with each other, as well as what divides them. We consider every aspect of our daily lives, from how we relate to politicians, celebrities and friends, to how we define ourselves, our families, and others. You study topics ranging from digital media and society, to psychiatry and mental illness, to the art, film and personal testimony of war.The Sociological Imagination