
Master in Sociology
Faro, Portugal
DURATION
2 Years
LANGUAGES
Portuguese
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
04 Apr 2025
EARLIEST START DATE
Sep 2025
TUITION FEES
EUR 2,250 / per year *
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
* for International students| National students: EUR 2000 per year
Introduction
This Master prepares students with advanced academic training for professional careers that demand them to apply contemporary sociological knowledge.
It aims to train students to analyze specific issues about contemporary societies.
The Master will provide the students with advanced theoretical, methodological and analytical tools and skills with which to examine, explore, advance, and apply sociological knowledge to a large range of sociological questions.
Operating Mode
Classes are held in person on Thursdays and Fridays from 18.30 to 22.00 and on Saturdays from 09.30 to 13.00.
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Admissions
Scholarships and Funding
Merit Scholarships
For the upcoming academic year, Merit Scholarships will be made available by the Faculty for the most outstanding candidates enrolling in the program.
Curriculum
Year 1
1st Semester
- Contemporary Social Theories
- Globalisation and Mobility
- Racism and Ethnicity
- Social Networks and Social Structure: Theories and Practice
- Option - 1st Year - 1st Semester
2nd Semester
- Methodology of Sociological Research
- Research and Sociology Seminar
- Society, Knowledge and Organizations
- Tourism and Cultural Changes
- Option - 1st Year - 2nd Semester
Year 2
Annual
- Dissertation / Traineeship Report / Intervention Project
Program Tuition Fee
Career Opportunities
State institutions and central services for planning and spatial development, education, justice, housing, social security, health, culture, statistics and demography
Regional Spatial Planning Organisations, Local Authorities, Regional Directorates for the Environment, Health, Social Security, Education, Culture and Tourism
Companies in general, and in particular those involved in advertising and market research, opinion polling, communication and the arts, etc., or company departments in the fields of human resources, consultancy, image and strategic planning.
NGOs and IPSS working in social fields such as the fight against poverty and social exclusion, etc.