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master s programme in social and cultural science msc faculty of social sciences international master s programme unique approach this master s programme provides you with a thorough training in empirical research in the context of contemporary society adopting a multidisciplinary perspective you will compare social issues such as inequality poverty the decline of organized religion minorities and conflict and social cohesion in different countries this approach is unique in europe the programme is designed for students who would like to understand how society works and why countries differ from each other methodological basis the emphasis in this programme is on methodology and research skills you will learn how to translate social problems into empirical research questions and which methods are most suitable to obtain answers to those questions this may involve quantitative research ­ collecting and analysing large volumes of data ­ or qualitative research for example interviews or a content analysis of items in the press in addition you will be able to draw on a considerable amount of existing data because the nijmegen institute for social and cultural research nisco has a rich data archive and participates in several international surveys such as the multi-country european social survey the best education a recent evaluation by external experts rated our programme as one of the best in the netherlands the research carried out in our nisco research institute was assessed as good to excellent we ensure quality in the programme by limiting the number of participants to fifteen and aim to attract ambitious students who enjoy a challenge you will take specially designed training modules will be given your own workplace plus pc and will receive personal guidance and supervision the programme the programme takes two years and is structured as follows first year · comparativetheoryandmethodology12ec · comparativeresearchmethods18ec · comparativeresearchapplications18ec · comparativeresearchtraining12ec second year · optionalcourses12ec · master sthesis36ec · scientificjournalpaper,researchgrantproposalorpolicy recommendationreport12ec

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within the various study components you can ­ depending on the nature of your previous education ­ choose to focus on sociology cultural anthropology development studies or communication science once you ve graduated you ll be awarded a master of science degree msc career prospects more than half of our graduates go on to do a phd either in the netherlands or abroad our graduates are also well qualified for policy or research work in national and international market research organizations and for jobs with a statistical component for example with eurostat in strasbourg our graduates also work in a variety of other research agencies and in government agencies admission requirements · theequivalentofthedutchbachelor sdegreeinsociology cultural anthropology development studies or communication science evaluation by the examination commission · astrongmotivation · goodtoexcellentgradesplustworeferenceletters · fluencyinenglish,bothwrittenandspoken:toeflscore ofatleast600paper-based 250computer-based 100 internet-basedorielts7.0fornon-nativespeakersof english admission to the programme takes place once a year in september registration for students from outside eea countriescloseson1marchandforstudentsfromwithin theeeaon1may more information ms elly van wijk t 31243615568 e e.vanwijk@maw.ru.nl i www internationalmasters.eu www.internationalmasters.eu publication date september 2010

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