Two-year MA program in Sociology and Social Anthropology: Urban and Global Studies. The program has been registered with The State Education Department of the University of the State of New York.
The Two Year MA requires that students take a total of 38 credits in coursework. Of these, 28 come from mandatory courses and 10 from elective courses. In the first year a minimum of 30 credits is to be undertaken. A further 8 credits may be taken in the fall semester of the second year. All coursework must be completed before undertaking research for the thesis in the Winter Semester of the second year.
TWO YEAR MA PROGRAM
FALL TERM - 1st year
Mandatory courses
credits
ECT
Key Issues in Sociological Theory (Geva)
2
4
Key Issues in Social and Cultural Anthropology (Monterescu / Rabinowitz)
2
4
Introduction to Research Methods - Quantitative and Qualitative (Dafinger)
2
4
Academic Writing
2
4
TOTAL
8
16
Mandatory for Global and Urban Studies Specialisation *
Debates on Globalization (Kalb)
4
8
Cityscapes (Monterescu)
4
8
TOTAL
12
24
* can be taken in year 2
WINTER TERM
credits
ECT
Mandatory Courses
Contemporary Social Theory (Kowalski)
4
8
Ethnographic Methods (Rigi, Naumescu)
2
4
TOTAL
6
12
SPRING TERM 2011
credits
ECT
Mandatory Research Proposal Workshop
2
4
SECOND YEAR
FALL TERM
Mandatory Courses
Key Issues in Sociological Theory (Geva)
2
4
Key Issues in Social and Cultural Anthropology (Monterescu / Rabinowitz)
2
4
TOTAL
4
8
WINTER TERM
Thesis Research Semester
8
SPRING SEMESTER
Thesis Writing Workshop (Geva, Fabiani, Naumescu)
2
Thesis Consultation and Defense
14
ELECTIVE COURSES
Students enrolled in the Two-Year MA who wish to specialize in Global and Urban studies are required to take a minimum of 10 credits of elective courses, of which a minimum of 6 credits should be taken from the “core cluster elective courses” list. Students are able to take more than the required 10 credits with the approval of the Head of Department.
Core cluster elective courses
Transnational Migration (Matejskova) Winter
4
Rural and Urban Development (Dafinger) Fall
4
States of Globalization (Kowalski) Fall
4
Cities, Citizenship, Difference (Matejskova) Fall
2
War, Violence and the State (Geva) Winter
4
Colonialism and Postcolonialism (Rajaram) Fall
4
Old and New Social Movements (Rigi) Winter
4
Students should refer to the One year MA course list to see when these courses are held.
