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Plus one of the following • 112 UCAS points including at least 64 points from two A levels, or equivalent ...</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<img src="/img/ba_honours_sociology_degree_at_sheffield.jpg" alt="BA (Honours) Sociology degree at Sheffield Hallam University" align="left" /><p>Five GCSEs at grade C or grade 4 or above, including mathematics and English language. We do not accept GCSE equivalents. Plus one of the following • 112 UCAS points including at least 64 points from two A levels, or equivalent BTEC National qualifications. We accept AS levels. We accept general studies. Or • 96 UCAS points from three A levels or equivalent BTEC National qualifications. We accept general studies New UCAS tariff points system for courses starting from September 2017 . This is significantly different to the current points system and uses an alternative method of calculation. You can find information about these changes on the UCAS website and use the UCAS tariff calculator to work out your points. • Access – at least 45 credits at level 3 from a relevant Open College Network accredited course If English is not your first language, you need an IELTS score of at least 6.5 with at least 5.5 in all skills. We also consider other qualifications from the UCAS tariff. Applicants with alternative qualifications or a combination of qualifications and work experience will also be considered. We welcome applications from people of any age. Please contact us for further advice. Meeting the qualifications on the entry criteria does not guarantee you a place. You should ensure that you submit a personal statement and reference as these will also be considered as part of the selection process. Guidelines on personal statements and references can be found on the UCAS website. 2018 entry requirements You can find information on making sense of UCAS tariff points here and use the UCAS tariff calculator to work out your points.</p>]]></content:encoded> <category><![CDATA[University Of Sociology]]></category> <link>http://www.sociological-imagination.org/UniversityOfSociology/sheffield-university-sociology</link> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.sociological-imagination.org/UniversityOfSociology/sheffield-university-sociology</guid> <pubDate>Wed, 03 Apr 2019 05:28:00 +0000</pubDate> </item> <item> <title>Macquarie university sociology</title> <description>AS SOCIOLOGISTS, WE ARE INTERESTED IN UNDERSTANDING HOW HUMAN SOCIETY WORKS AND HOW IT CHANGES. The Department of Sociology explores our increasingly dynamic social world, in which divisions of race, wealth, gender, religion and ...</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<img src="/img/macquarie_university_events.jpg" alt="Macquarie University - Events" align="left" /><p>AS SOCIOLOGISTS, WE ARE INTERESTED IN UNDERSTANDING HOW HUMAN SOCIETY WORKS AND HOW IT CHANGES. The Department of Sociology explores our increasingly dynamic social world, in which divisions of race, wealth, gender, religion and politics, along with connections of love, power and exchange, shape human relationships and institutions. Inequality, innovation, conflict and change prompt reflection, informed by distinctively sociological ways of thinking. Diverse course offerings In the fast-changing contemporary world, it is vital that we learn to think carefully about what our society is doing and where it is going. With this in mind, Sociology at Macquarie provides students with knowledge that is academically sound, socially useful and vocationally relevant. The Department of Sociology offers a diverse range of degrees, courses and research areas at undergraduate and postgraduate level. Our aim is to provide students and the wider public with well-informed, practical understandings of the institutions, organisations and everyday experiences of individuals in diverse social situations. The courses on offer follow the department’s tradition of critical sociology that embraces a range of empirical and theoretical approaches. In addition to the major in Sociology, the Department also convenes innovative, interdisciplinary programs in Political Economy and Social Policy and Gender Studies. International affiliations and partners The department’s programs of study and our research are backed by our strong ties with international partners, including: Frankfurt University, Hamburg University, the University of Graz, the National University of Singapore, the University of Berlin, the University of Auckland and Stockholm University. Department members also have strong links to external stakeholders locally. For instance, Senior Lecturer, Dr Ben Spies-Butcher is a: Board member of Shelter NSW Member of the Policy Advisory Group, COTA NSW Collaborator with the Australia Institute</p>]]></content:encoded> <category><![CDATA[University Of Sociology]]></category> <link>http://www.sociological-imagination.org/UniversityOfSociology/macquarie-university-sociology</link> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.sociological-imagination.org/UniversityOfSociology/macquarie-university-sociology</guid> <pubDate>Mon, 04 Mar 2019 05:16:00 +0000</pubDate> </item> <item> <title>Brown university sociology PHD</title> <description>Director of Graduate Studies: Scott Frickel The Department of Sociology at Brown University offers outstanding doctoral training. Our graduate student community is small, enabling students to have fulfilling mentoring ...</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<img src="/img/team_migration_and_health_follow_up.jpg" alt="Team | Migration and Health Follow-Up Study (MHFUS) | Brown University" align="left" /><p>Director of Graduate Studies: Scott Frickel The Department of Sociology at Brown University offers outstanding doctoral training. Our graduate student community is small, enabling students to have fulfilling mentoring relationships with faculty and to collaborate meaningfully on research and teaching. As a result, Brown graduates have an outstanding record of research, publications, and professional accomplishment. All admitted students are offered full financial support to cover tuition and living expenses through mechanisms including teaching and research assistantships, fellowships, and traineeships. Because the strength of our program is built on collegial relationships and rigorous instruction, we carefully select applicants for admission who not only have academic promise, but who will fit well into our community. Once students are enrolled, we ensure that they receive the individualized training they need to do well in the program and in their future career placements. Unlike many programs of our caliber, our program has little attrition. Our program has a near-perfect placement rate: most of our graduates who pursue academic placements in the U.S. meet their professional goals, and many join the faculty of top research programs. Similarly, those graduates who pursue other research or policy positions begin careers in prominent government and international agencies, research centers, and consulting firms. Our students’ outstanding research records and professional placements are the result of excellent training and an ethos of rich intellectual life, which themselves are enriched by the department’s strong connections with research centers, initiatives, and institutes across campus. This includes the Population Studies and Training Center (PSTC), the Watson Institute for International Studies, the Environmental Change Initiative, Spatial Structures in the Social Sciences (S4) and Urban Studies, among others. Some of these units offer additional specialized training, and become an important intellectual “second home” for many of our students. Additionally, these other units provide additional training grants and funding opportunities for Sociology graduate students. Students also participate in faculty projects as part of their training. At any given time, as many as two-thirds of our graduate students are participating in faculty-funded projects as part of their training, in research that ranges from the manipulation of spatial data, to carrying out interviews with community activists, to helping edit one of the academic journals hosted at Brown. While some of our students participate in faculty research that is administered through the department, other students are engaged with projects through the PSTC or that Watson Institute, for example. The overall strength of our program means that admission has become increasingly competitive. Last year we were able to admit less than 10% of applicants, and students who chose Brown often chose our program over other top programs where they had received offers. We are often asked about how we make admissions decisions. Since we look at each case individually, it is difficult to make meaningful generalizations or to speak about average test scores or GPAs. Nonetheless, it is true that many of our admitted applicants have GRE scores in the top deciles, and all have very strong letters of recommendation and personal statements that evidence a good sense of fit with our strengths. Although a formal background in sociology is not a requirement for admissions, many of our incoming students do enter our program with Masters’ degrees in sociology or other related fields, and certainly a solid background in the social sciences and clear sense of direction is essential for early success. Our program requirements have been recently redeveloped to best prepare students for the competitive realities of the academic job market. Requirements The goals of the doctoral course of study are to enable students to: (a) master the fundamentals of the discipline and develop a thorough command of advanced scholarship in at least two sociological subfields; (b) form a sophisticated intellectual agenda in at least two areas of specialization; (c) design and carry out a challenging program of original research; (d) successfully pursue external research funding; and (e) provide thoughtful, creative, and compelling instruction in the discipline. Ph.D. in sociology requires successful completion of the following: 24-credit units of coursework (16 for those entering the program with an approved master’s). This coursework must include: Six first-year required courses – (SOC 2040: Classical Sociological Theory; SOC 2050: Contemporary Sociology; SOC 2430: Fields and Methods of Social Research; SOC 2210: Qualitative Methods; SOC 2010: Multivariate Statistical Methods I; SOC 2020: Multivariate Statistical Methods II) 1-credit unit of teaching experience (SOC 2510: Teaching Practicum in Sociology if funding does not allow for teaching assistantships) Obtain Sheridan Center teaching certificate (Level One) Complete one full year (two semesters) of teaching assistance, within the first three years of the program The master’s paper is to be completed by early in the fourth semester of graduate study (unless student enters with an approved master’s degree) Two preliminary exams in one of the standing areas offered by the department. The preliminary exams may only be completed after the master’s paper is completed. Dissertation proposal successfully defended before the department and approved by the committee. The successful completion and defense of the dissertation. The faculty in sociology also strongly recommend:</p>]]></content:encoded> <category><![CDATA[University Of Sociology]]></category> <link>http://www.sociological-imagination.org/UniversityOfSociology/brown-university-sociology-phd</link> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.sociological-imagination.org/UniversityOfSociology/brown-university-sociology-phd</guid> <pubDate>Sat, 02 Feb 2019 05:01:00 +0000</pubDate> </item> <item> <title>City university sociology</title> <description>Master of Arts in Nonprofit Leadership; Master of Arts in Nonprofit Leadership (Arts Administration) Alumni Board President Mike Slack (BA '07, MA '12) discusses the importance of the Master of Arts in Applied Sociology ...</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<img src="/img/birmingham_city_university_sociology_ba.jpg" alt="Birmingham City University : Sociology - BA (Hons) - 2017/18 Entry" align="left" /><p>Master of Arts in Nonprofit Leadership; Master of Arts in Nonprofit Leadership (Arts Administration) Alumni Board President Mike Slack (BA '07, MA '12) discusses the importance of the Master of Arts in Applied Sociology - Nonprofit Leadership track at Oklahoma City University. Alternate iframe text Once it was just a job … Today, it’s a calling to a life of serving others. Nonprofit organizations are fast becoming a powerful 3rd sector of our world, standing beside business and government in securing health, safety, and quality of life for our citizens. It is servant leadership in its purest form. With over 18, 000 nonprofit organizations (2, 000 are arts organizations) just in the State of Oklahoma, the future need for nonprofit leaders who can handle the complexities of this human-based work has grown exponentially over the last 20 years, and today, nonprofit leadership is fast becoming the newest profession. Professions demand outstanding leaders. The Master of Arts in Nonprofit Leadership or the Master of Arts in Nonprofit Leadership (Arts Administration) is the door that opens your career in serving others. Led and taught by the top leaders in Oklahoma’s nonprofit sector, you will receive quality instruction from those who have lived service to others throughout their work life. The OCU department of Sociology is the perfect home for this unique program that deals with society’s most critical work of serving people. If you invest in this program as part of your education, you will learn: The kind of leadership necessary to successfully inspire and guide staff and volunteers in creating a world class organization. The special skills needed to maintain proper financial, legal, and programmatic accountability in your nonprofit organization. How to create high quality service through programs that meet and exceed the needs of those you serve. How to let the world know about your organization through marketing that gets the message across.</p>]]></content:encoded> <category><![CDATA[University Of Sociology]]></category> <link>http://www.sociological-imagination.org/UniversityOfSociology/city-university-sociology</link> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.sociological-imagination.org/UniversityOfSociology/city-university-sociology</guid> <pubDate>Thu, 03 Jan 2019 04:55:00 +0000</pubDate> </item> <item> <title>University of new mexico sociology</title> <description>Welcome, and good to see you on my website. Here you will find information on my teaching and work with graduate students; an introduction to my research on religion and democratic life; an overview of our efforts to strengthen ...</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<img src="/img/the_mcgraw_hill_companies_inc_all.jpg" alt="The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. McGraw-Hill" align="left" /><p>Welcome, and good to see you on my website. Here you will find information on my teaching and work with graduate students; an introduction to my research on religion and democratic life; an overview of our efforts to strengthen university governance; links to my past and current writing projects; and how to contact me for more information. - Rich Wood Associate Professor of Sociology Founding Director of the Southwest Institute on Religion & Civil Society Principal investigator, UCA-UNM Research Partnership (in El Salvador, Guatemala, & Honduras) President of the Faculty Senate at the University of New Mexico ( 2010-2011) B.A. in chemistry, University of California at Davis, 1982 M.A. in theology, Graduate Theological Union, 1989 Ph.D. in sociology, University of California at Berkeley, 1995 Biography: Richard L. Wood serves as Associate Professor of Sociology and founding director of the Southwest Institute on Religion & Civil Society, both at the University of New Mexico. During 2010-2011, Wood will serve as the President of the UNM Faculty Senate. He teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in the sociology of religion, social theory, democratic organizing, and ethnographic research methods. Wood's scholarly expertise focuses on the cultural and institutional bases of democratic life, especially those linked to faith communities. His early work studied congregation-based community organizing in low-income neighborhoods of the United States, culminating in Faith in Action: Religion, Race, and Democratic Action in America (University of Chicago Press 2002); the book received the 2003 award for the outstanding book in the sociology of religion from the American Sociological Association. He subsequently analyzed the cultural dynamics within particular institutions related to democratic life, including police departments (2003) and Hispanic religious congregations (2005); and analyzed the factors that drive organizational strategic capacity, via a case study of the PICO National Network's work for healthcare reform in the United States. Wood's current book manuscript, Faith and the Fire of Public Life, draws on ethnographic data from 13 cities to analyze the dynamics through which democratic engagement can strengthen faith communities. Wood and collaborators in three Central American universities are currently launching a major regional center for the study of religion and civil society in Guatemala, El Salvador, and Honduras. Finally, he and his graduate students are wrapping up a major project that supported graduate research on Islam and politics in the Middle East and provided internet tools to Arabic NGOs advocating for democracy.</p>]]></content:encoded> <category><![CDATA[University Of Sociology]]></category> <link>http://www.sociological-imagination.org/UniversityOfSociology/university-of-new-mexico-sociology</link> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.sociological-imagination.org/UniversityOfSociology/university-of-new-mexico-sociology</guid> <pubDate>Tue, 04 Dec 2018 04:55:00 +0000</pubDate> </item> <item> <title>sociology university of alberta</title> <description>Department of Resource Economics and Environmental Sociology 515 General Services Building University of Alberta Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2H1 General Information The Department of Resource Economics and Environmental Sociology ...</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<img src="/img/engaging_the_experts_irrigation_research_team.jpg" alt="Engaging The Experts: Irrigation Research Team Hosts Workshop In" align="left" /><p>Department of Resource Economics and Environmental Sociology 515 General Services Building University of Alberta Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2H1 General Information The Department of Resource Economics and Environmental Sociology offers programs leading to the Master of Agriculture, Master of Science and Doctor of Philosophy degrees in Agricultural and Resource Economics, Forest Economics, and Rural Sociology. A joint program leading to dual degrees of Master of Business Administration and Master of Agriculture is also offered. Areas of emphasis in graduate programs include: the economics of agricultural markets and price behavior; production economics and agricultural business management; economics of agricultural and rural development; economics of policy intervention; environmental and natural resource economics, forest economics, rural sociology, environmental and resource sociology, resource policy analysis, and agroforestry. Entrance Requirements The Department's minimum admission requirements for each master's program are an undergraduate degree with an average of 3.0 in the last two years of undergraduate work (or graduate work) at the University of Alberta, or an equivalent qualification from a recognized institution, and a TOEFL score of 550 (paper-based) or 88 (Internet-based) where applicable (see English Language Requirement ). Admission requirements for the doctoral program are an approved master's degree with an average of at least 3.3 or equivalent or an approved bachelor's degree with an average of at least 3.7 or equivalent, and a TOEFL score of 550 (paper-based) or 88 (Internet-based) where applicable (see English Language Requirement ). Financial Assistance Information about details of program requirements and the availability of financial assistance may be obtained from the Department. Graduate Courses</p>]]></content:encoded> <category><![CDATA[University Of Sociology]]></category> <link>http://www.sociological-imagination.org/UniversityOfSociology/sociology-university-of-alberta</link> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.sociological-imagination.org/UniversityOfSociology/sociology-university-of-alberta</guid> <pubDate>Sun, 04 Nov 2018 04:46:00 +0000</pubDate> </item> <item> <title>Memorial university sociology</title> <description>Sociology aims to understand patterns of human social life in all their historical and current diversity: how people live, think, feel, believe, and act, comparing our own society with others. Memorial University's Department of ...</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<img src="/img/kate_winsor_katedwinsor_twitter.jpg" alt="Kate Winsor (@katedwinsor) | Twitter" align="left" /><p>Sociology aims to understand patterns of human social life in all their historical and current diversity: how people live, think, feel, believe, and act, comparing our own society with others. Memorial University's Department of Sociology is the largest in Atlantic Canada, with specialties in social theory, criminology and deviance, environmental sociology, social inequality, sociology of gender, sexuality, development, work, culture and health, including occupational health, political sociology, and maritime sociology. Faculty research engages with communities and social issues in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada and internationally, and is regularly supported through grants from SSHRC, CIHR, and other funding bodies. Description of programs MA – The MA program offers coursework and research paper, or coursework and thesis options. The research paper option includes courses, proposal preparation and presentation and writing of a Major Research Paper. It is normally completed in one year of full-time study. The thesis option includes courses, thesis proposal preparation, research data collection and analysis, and writing of the thesis. This normally takes at least two years of full-time study. PhD – The PhD program involves courses, study preparation and writing of a comprehensive exam, production and oral defence of a dissertation proposal, research data collection and analysis, writing of a dissertation and a final oral defence of the dissertation. This process normally takes at least four years of full-time study. Contact a faculty supervisor Graduate applicants interested in research-based programs are strongly encouraged to contact a faculty supervisor at the time of application. First, contact the Sociology Graduate Officer for advice, then visit the Department of Sociology website for a list of faculty members, their research interests, and contact information. You may also use the Yaffle search engine to find a supervisor you may wish to work with.</p>]]></content:encoded> <category><![CDATA[University Of Sociology]]></category> <link>http://www.sociological-imagination.org/UniversityOfSociology/memorial-university-sociology</link> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.sociological-imagination.org/UniversityOfSociology/memorial-university-sociology</guid> <pubDate>Fri, 05 Oct 2018 03:40:00 +0000</pubDate> </item> <item> <title>Universities for sociology</title> <description>Helena Carreiras, Senior researcher, Center for Research and Studies in Sociology, ISCTE, Lisbon, Portugal The Portuguese government decided to overhaul the national science structure by submitting all research centers to a ...</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<img src="/img/exeter_spa_uofespa_twitter.jpg" alt="Exeter SPA (@UofESPA) | Twitter" align="left" /><p>Helena Carreiras, Senior researcher, Center for Research and Studies in Sociology, ISCTE, Lisbon, Portugal The Portuguese government decided to overhaul the national science structure by submitting all research centers to a massive evaluation procedure that was commissioned by FCT, the national science funding agency, to the European Science Foundation (ESF). Yet, the procedure went astray and public scandal has ensued. Unfair evaluations due to gross factual mistakes, inconsistent scores, inappropriate panel constitution, unethical statements in experts’ reports and lack of awareness about the Portuguese scientific system, as well as neglect to the track record of the R&D units, have been widely reported. Half of the research units have been excluded at the end of the first evaluation stage (154 out of 322). Contradicting official announcements, the public unveiling of the contract between FCT and ESF revealed that such exclusion was a prerequisite. Some of the best research centers, according to FCT previous assessments, have failed the very first stage of evaluation. Consequently, they will be deprived of public sponsorship and many are doomed to extinction. Centers such as CIES-IUL (Centre for Research and Studies in Sociology) of ISCTE-University Institute of Lisbon, the Center of Linguistics of the University of Oporto, the Center of Physics of the University of Minho (CFUM) and the Instituto de Telecomunicações (IT), that had been consistently ranked among the best in their areas, are now downgraded, their scientists demoralized, as merit standards have been turned upside down. During the first stage, there has been neither personal contact between the evaluators and the research centers nor are there independent instances of appeal. This means that research and institutions are being judged remotely by almighty judges without the chance of being heard before the sentence or appealing it afterwards. In the case of CIES-IUL, a center that until now has always been classified as excellent and a leading research institution on migration and inequalities, the evaluation report claimed that these topics “are exhausted” in both Portugal and Europe. This statement is not as much erroneous as it is a scientific absurdity. Yet, this is just one of the too many blunders that pervade the evaluation process. The Portuguese government is about to kill between one third and one half of its research system, which has taken years to build. This means the firing of hundreds of scientists with no place to go in Portugal. Science, fairness and national development are all victims on an equal footing. And yet, it is not completely clear whether this is the result of purposeful strategy or plain incompetence.</p>]]></content:encoded> <category><![CDATA[University Of Sociology]]></category> <link>http://www.sociological-imagination.org/UniversityOfSociology/universities-for-sociology</link> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.sociological-imagination.org/UniversityOfSociology/universities-for-sociology</guid> <pubDate>Wed, 05 Sep 2018 03:25:00 +0000</pubDate> </item> </channel></rss>If you would like to create a banner that links to this page (i.e. this validation result), do the following:
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