Study Programme
The Double Degree Programme can be started either in Bamberg or in Trento. The complete Double Degree Programme can be studied like a normal 2-year programme, because both universities have agreed on a list of courses that are mutually recognized. During the first term students will be assisted in designing their individual study plans. An example of such a study plan is provided below.
Formally, students study both the M.A. Sociology (Bamberg) and Laurea Magistrale in Sociology and Social Research - classe 88 (Trento). Students starting in Bamberg are required to select the core area "Empirical Social Research". Furthermore, please note that, due to differences in the number of credit points assigned for Master's theses between the two universities, students completing their 2nd year in Trento are required to make arrangements for an extra course, or a short internship (see study plan details).
Sample Study Plan
1st year in Bamberg
Sociological Theory
- Sociological Theory, Lecture (6 ECTS)
- Elective Course in Sociological Theory (6 ECTS)
Methods of Empirical Sociological Research
- Research Design (6 ECTS)
- Two courses in Advanced Methods of Data Collection (e.g. Mixed-Mode-Surveys) (12 ECTS)
Focus of Studies: Empirical Social Research
One elective module in quantitative methods out of the following three options
- Two courses in Advanced Methods of Cross-Sectional Data Analysis (12 ECTS)
- Two courses in Advanced Methods of Longitudinal Analysis (12 ECTS)
- Two courses in Advanced Methods of Multilevel Data Analysis (12 ECTS)
One module in qualitative methods
- Two courses in Methods of Qualitative Social Research (12 ECTS)
Research Methods in Political Science
- Elective Course on Research Methods in Political Science (6 ECTS)
Total 1st year: 60 ECTS
2nd year in Trento
Choose one Focus of Studies:
Focus of studies"Social Inequality and Social Change" (Sub-Total: 30 ECTS)
- Social inequalities: dynamics and policies (6 ECTS)
- Elective: 3 courses à 6 ECTS out of
- Economic and Labour Sociology
- Education and Social Inequalities
- Sociology of Collective Action
- Social Stratification and Mobility
- Elective Course in Methods or Statistics (6 ECTS)
Focus of studies"Culture and Communication" (Sub-Total: 30 ECTS)
- Sociological Approches to Culture (6 ECTS)
- Elective: 3 Courses à 6 ECTS out of
- Space and Culture
- Communication, Science and Technology
- Sociology of Cultural Processes
- Language and Society
- Elective Course in Methods or Statistics (6 ECTS)
Master Thesis
- Credit seminar focus of studies (3 ECTS)
- Other activites, Credit Seminar or Stage (9 ECTS)
- Thesis (18 ECTS)
Total 2nd year: 60 ECTS
1st year in Trento
- Survey Design for Social Research (6 ECTS)
- Quantitative Methods (6 ECTS)
- Survey Design for Social Research Lab (3 ECTS)
- Thesis Seminar (3 ECTS)
- Qualitative Methods (6 ECTS)
- Statistics for Opinion Research (6 ECTS)
- Qualitative Methods Lab (3 ECTS)
- Quantitative Methods Lab (3 ECTS)
- Culture and Lifestyle (6 ECTS)
- Research Methods in History (6 ECTS)
- Research Methods in Political Science (6 ECTS)
- Meth Lab 1 (3 ECTS)
- Language - English B2 (3 ECTS)
Total 1st year: 60 ECTS
2nd year in Bamberg
Focus of studies "Education, Labour, Inequality" (Sub-Total: 30 ECTS)
- Course in Sociological Theory (6 ECTS)
- Two (Elective) Courses à 6 ECTS from
- Education, Work, Family in the Life-Course
- 2 Elective Courses à 6 ECTS from
- Inequality of Social Structure
Master Thesis (Sub-Total: 30 ECTS)
- Thesis Colloqium (5 ECTS)
- Thesis (25 ECTS)
Total 2nd year: 60 ECTS