Modules and Courses

Below you will find an overview of the modules and courses that you must complete in order to graduate with a Bachelor's degree in Sociology. Please refer to the course catalogue to find out which courses are currently offered for which module. Lectures can usually only be offered once per academic year.

Introductory Phase

B1	STEOP Basics of Methodology in the Social Sciences
structure	6 ECTS non-continous assessment (n.pi.)
prerequisites	none
proof of performance	module exam
courses	VO Basics of Methodology in the Social Sciences (6 ECTS n.pi.)

B2	STEOP Subject-Specific Introduction to Sociology
structure	10 ECTS non-continous assessment (n.pi.)
prerequisites	none
proof of performance	module exam
courses	VO Introduction to Sociology (5 ECTS n.pi.) VO Research and Application Fields of Sociology (5 ECTS n.pi.)

Further modules

B3	Basics of Social Sciences
structure	14 ECTS non-continous assessment (n.pi.)
prerequisites	STEOP (modules B1, B2)
proof of performance	completion of all courses
courses	VO Theory and History of Science (5 ECTS n.pi.)* VO Current Social Issues and Sociological Aspects (5 ECTS n.pi.) VO Fundamentals of scientific work in sociology (4 ECTS n.pi.)

B4	Sociological Theories: Basics
structure	4 ECTS non-continous assessment (n.pi.) 8 ECTS continous assessment (pi.)
prerequisites	STEOP (modules B1, B2)
proof of performance	completion of all courses
courses	VO Basics of Sociological Theories (4 ECTS n.pi.) SE Basic Concepts of Sociology (4 ECTS pi.) UE Guided Reading: Classic Sociological Texts (4 ECTS pi.)

B5	Quantitative Social Research and Statistics in Sociology: Basics
structure	8 ECTS non-continous assessment (n.pi.) 12 ECTS continous assessment (pi.)
prerequisites	STEOP (modules B1, B2)
proof of performance	completion of all courses
courses	VU Introduction to Quantitative Social Research (4 ECTS pi.) VO Statistics in Sociology 1 (4 ECTS n.pi.) UE Statistics in Sociology 1 (4 ECTS pi.) VO Statistics in Sociology 2 (4 ECTS n.pi.) UE Statistics in Sociology 2 (4 ECTS pi.)

B6	Societal Analyses
structure	8 ECTS non-continous assessment (n.pi.) 4 ECTS continous assessment (pi.)
prerequesites	STEOP (modules B1, B2)
proof of performance	completion of all courses
courses	VO Societal Analyses (4 ECTS n.pi.) VO Structure and Changes in Society(4 ECTS n.pi.) SE Current Societal Developments (4 ECTS pi.)

B7	Qualitative Social Research
structure	4 ECTS non-continous assessment (n.pi.) 12 ECTS continous assessment (pi.)
prerequisites	STEOP (modules B1, B2)
proof of performance	completion of all courses
courses	VU Introduction to Qualitative Social Research (4 ECTS pi.) VO Methods of Interpretative Social Research (4 ECTS n.pi.) UE Methods of Interpretative Social Research (4 ECTS pi.) UE Qualitative Methods: Consolidation (4 ECTS pi.)

B8	Applied Sociology
structure	12 ECTS continous assessment (pi.)
prerequisites	STEOP (modules B1, B2)
proof of performance	completion of all courses
courses	SE Selected Research Areas 1 (4 ECTS pi.) SE Selected Research Areas 2 (4 ECTS pi.) UE Sociology in Practice (4 ECTS pi.)

B9	Sociological Theories: Consolidation
structure	4 ECTS non-continous assessment (n.pi.) 4 ECTS continous assessment (pi.)
prerequesites	STEOP (modules B1, B2) + module B4
proof of performance	completion of all courses
courses	VO Sociological Theories - Consolidation (4 ECTS n.pi.) SE Sociological Theories - Consolidation (4 ECTS pi.)

B10	Quantitative Social Research: Consolidation
structure	4 ECTS non-continous assessment (n.pi.) 8 ECTS continous assessment (pi.)
prerequisites	STEOP (modules B1, B2) + module B5
proof of performance	completion of all courses
courses	UE Data Collection and Data Analysis (4 ECTS pi.) VO Multivariate Methods (4 ECTS n.pi.) UE Multivariate Methods (4 ECTS pi.)

B11	Practical Sociological Research
structure	12 ECTS continous assessment (pi.)
prerequesites	STEOP (modules B1, B2) + module B4 + module B5
proof of performance	completion of all courses
courses	PR Sociological Research Practice 1 (6 ECTS pi.) PR Sociological Research Practice 2 (6 ECTS pi.) Research Practice 1 and Research Practice 2 are consecutive courses. Research Practice 1 must be completed before Research Practice 2.

B12	Practice-Oriented Competences
structure	8 ECTS continous assessment (pi.)
prerequesites	STEOP (modules B1, B2)
proof of performance	completion of all courses
courses	UE Sociological Writing and Presenting (4 ECTS pi.) UE Social and Communicative Competences (4 ECTS pi.)

B13	Bachelor's Seminar and Bachelor's Thesis
structure	8 ECTS continous assessment (pi.)
prerequesites	STEOP (modules B1, B2)+ module B4 + module B5 + module B7
proof of performance	completion of all courses
courses	Bachelor's Seminar (8 ECTS pi.) The Bachelor's thesis has to be written as part of the "Bachelor's Seminar" course.

Extension curricula

EC	Extension curricula
credits	30 ECTS
prerequesites	STEOP (modules B1, B2)
proof of performance	Depending on the chosen extension curricula
courses	For regular extension curricula defined by the curriculum of the respective extension curriculum. Further information can be found here: "Extension curricula"

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