What is the study concept like?

Studying sociology offers a foundational, subject-specific education. It consists of analysing the social reality of modern societies spanning a historical and international comparison. This includes the critical reflection of the conditions and possibilities of acting inside of a society.

The methods used to acchieve this span over the current theories discussed in sociology (including how they came to be) and current qualitative and quantitative methods of social research. Our study programs offer a selection of subject-related specialisations these include the following: work and organisation, education and course of life, culture and communication, comparative social analysis. Additionally you can focus your studies on sociological theory and methods of emprical social research. 

We take care to educate our students in scientific reseach aswell. This spans verbal and written communication of arguments, critical reflections, discussion different standpoints and perspectives as well as presenting and communicating scientific findings and insights to a more general audience. 

Our masters program of sociology at the institute fokuses explicitly on theoretically creating sociological research questions, translating them into an empirical research design, doing the practical research and evaluation of the research.