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Master in Sociology and Anthropology [60.0]

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Retour en début de pageStudy objectives

Through the study of different issues such as socialization, identity, culture, power, organization, regulation, class, inequality, cultural and/or social conflict, change and social movements) the key role of sociology is to understand the social players (individuals or groups), their relationships and connections in contemporary society. Anthropology is the science which takes an interest in everything connected to human beings, from the development of man to the most astonishing achievements and phenomena involving human communities. Social and cultural anthropology is the branch of anthropology which is most closely concerned with the many different cultural and social creations of human beings.  

The 60 credit Master in Sociology and Anthropology should be viewed in the context of sociology and anthropology being brought more closely together, a course first charted ten years ago at this university. It is designed to provide understanding of the key issues in sociology and anthropology and the ways in which they are interlinked or differ. There is greater emphasis on training in the theoretical issues of both disciplines rather than the methodological and practical aspects of empirical research.  

The Master in Sociology and Anthropology is designed to equip students with the following knowledge and key skills:

The 60 credit Master 60 may form the first stage in a 120 credit Master, either in Sociology or Anthropology.


Retour en début de pageGeneral presentation of the programme

There are four types of activities in the programme of the 60 credit Master in Sociology and Anthropology : courses on Theoretical Cross-Disciplinary Issues (20 credits); courses structured around different areas (e.g. town or family) looked at from a sociological or anthropological perspective (15 credits); the Leclercq Chair lectures (3 credits) where well-known lecturers present their research; a course on either qualitative or quantitative methodology (5 credits), together with a final dissertation on a theoretical topic (17 credits

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Retour en début de pagePositioning of the programme

The 60 credit Master 60 in Sociology and Anthropology provides in-depth theoretical training in the analytical procedures in anthropology and sociology. For this reason it goes well with a 120 credit Master in another field. It also naturally leads on to the 120 credit Masters in Sociology or Anthropology. Since the structure of the programmes is similar, students can gain credits from the 60 credit Master (from the subject grouping, cross-disciplinary issues, area studies or Leclercq Chair lectures). The dissertation for the 60 credit Master is not as onerous and may also serve as a starting point for a research topic to be studied in the 120 credit Master.

Retour en début de pageCertificates

None

Admission
To have gained a first university degree including the following credits :

The 30 credits for the subsidiary subject in sociology/anthropology may therefore be used to satisfy these requirements. If the total of prerequisite subjects is more than 15 credits, entry to the Master programme is conditional on the successful completion of a preparatory year and gaining a maximum of 60 credits


University Bachelors
Diploma Special Requirements Access Remarks
UCL Bachelors
Bachelor in Sociology and Anthropology [180.0]   Direct access  
Bachelor in Political Sciences: General [180.0]
Bachelor in Human and Social Sciences [180.0]
S’ils ont suivi la mineure en sociologie et anthropologie  Direct access  
Intitulé du programme appelé par le code   Direct access  
Belgian Bachelors of the French speaking Community
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Belgian Bachelors of the Dutch speaking Community
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Foreign Bachelors
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Non university Bachelors
Diploma Access Remarks
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Holders of a 2nd cycle University degree
Diploma Special Requirements Access Remarks
"Licenciés"
 
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Masters
 
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Holders of a non-University 2nd cycle degree
Diploma Access Remarks
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Adults taking up their university training
> See the website www.uclouvain.be/vae
Entry to all Masters (with the exception of Advanced Masters) can be gained through the special procedure for accrediting prior learning and experience known as VAE (validation des acquis de l'expérience).

Entry to this Master is possible via this procedure. http://www.uclouvain.be/72954.html


Personalized access
Reminder : all Masters (apart from Advanced Masters) are also accessible on file.
Entry to all Masters (with the exception of Advanced Masters) can also be gained on submission of a special personal file

Admission and Enrolment Procedures for general registration

See the general admission requirements



Contact

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Teaching method

Retour en début de pageStrong points of the pedagogical approach

The programme is centred on the essential elements of analytical procedures in sociology and anthropology and how they can be used more precisely in an area or a more specific social sector. Methodological procedures are introduced through qualitative and quantitative methods. The dissertation is designed to produce a piece of work which summarizes a sociological and/or anthropological question, mainly based on a critical examination of international literature on sociology and anthropology. A key dimension is critical understanding of the ways in which anthropological and sociological procedures can differ or be closely related. This examination may form the basis of an original research topic which can go on to be dealt with in the dissertation of the 120 credit Master, either in Anthropology or in Sociology.

Retour en début de pageEvaluation

Assessment of the teaching sessions is based on students’ work and/or taking written or oral examinations.  


Internationalisation
The programme contains many opportunities of an international nature, the most notable of which are the Jacques Leclercq Chair lectures. Each year UCL students can attend lectures given by researchers of international standing. These lecturers are given either in English or French.  


Detailed programme
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MandatoryOptional
Courses not taught this academic yearPeriodic courses not taught this academic year
Periodic courses taught this academic yearTwo year courses

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MandatoryPratique de la recherche (17credits)
L'étudiant qui n'a pas suivi de cours de sciences religieuses dans son parcours antérieur est amené à ajouter 1 cours de sciences religieuses TECO2201/02/03 (2 crédits) à son tronc commun. Par conséquent, la valeur du mémoire pour cet étudiant sera de 15 crédits.
Mandatory SOCA2900

Dissertation / Thesis  (in French) N. 17credits  x

MandatoryProblématiques sociologiques et anthropologiques transversales (20credits)
4 cours parmi les cours suivants (au moins un cours de sociologie et un cours d'anthropologie)

MandatorySociologiefrom 1to 3among
Optional SOC2005

Identity, Gender and Sexuality  (in French) Jacques Marquet30h 5credits 1q x
Optional SOC2010

Regulation, Norms and Modernities  (in French) Jean De Munck30h 5credits 1q x
Optional SOC2015

Social Structures and Power  (in French) Luc Van Campenhoudt30h 5credits 2q x
Optional SOC2045

Sociology of Economic Practices  (in French) Christian Arnsperger, Thomas Périlleux30h 5credits 1q x
Optional SOC2020

Sociologie of Culture and Intercultural Dynamics  (in French) Marie Verhoeven30h 5credits 2q x
Optional SOC2025

Sociology of Organisations and Organised Action  (in French) Christian Maroy30h 5credits 2q x

MandatoryAnthropologiefrom 1to 3among
Optional ANTR2100

Basics of anthropology  (in French) Pierre-Joseph Laurent30h 5credits 1q x
Optional ANTR2110

The history and theories of anthropology  (in French) Robert Deliège30h 5credits 1q x
Optional ANTR2020

Symbolic systems anthropology : cosmology and environment  (in French) Olivier Servais30h 5credits 1q x

MandatoryChamps (15credits)

MandatorySociologiefrom 1to 3among
Optional SOC2035

Sociology of Education and Training  (in French) Christian Maroy30h 5credits 1q x
Optional SOC2090

Sociology of the City  (in French) Bernard Francq30h 5credits 1q x
Optional SOC2075

Historical Sociology  (in French) Jean-Michel Chaumont, Xavier Rousseaux30h 5credits 2q x
Optional SEXM2105

Sociologie de la famille et du couple  (in French) Jacques Marquet30h 4credits  x
Optional SOC2055

Symbolic Systems and Religion : Genesis and Structure  (in French) Jean-Pierre Hiernaux30h  2q x
Optional SOC2060

socio-anthropology of contemporary Islam  (in French) Brigitte Maréchal30h 5credits 1q x
Optional SOC2065

Anthropology of politics and religion: power and beliefs  (in French) Pierre-Joseph Laurent30h 5credits 1q x

MandatoryAnthropologiefrom 1to 3among
Optional ANTR2050

Anthropology of the Body  (in French) Anne-Marie Vuillemenot30h 5credits 1q x
Optional ANTR2040

Anthropology of mobility and sedentarisation  (in French) Alain Reyniers30h 5credits 1q x
Optional DVLP2320

Anthropology of development  (in French) Pierre-Joseph Laurent30h 5credits 2q x
Optional SEXM2115

Anthropologie culturelle de la famille et de la sexualité  (in French) Robert Deliège30h 4credits  x

MandatoryReligion
1 parmi :
Optional TECO2201

Questions of religious sciences: biblical readings  (in French) Jean-Pierre Delville15h 2credits 2q x
Optional TECO2202

Questions of religious sciences: reflections about christian faith  (in French) Benoît Bourgine15h 2credits 1q x
Optional TECO2203

Questions of religious sciences: questions about ethics  (in French) Walter Lesch15h 2credits 2q x

MandatoryMéthodes de recherche (5credits)
au moins 5 crédits
Optional SOC2080

Structural Analysis (Epistemology, Method and Technique)  (in French) Jean-Pierre Hiernaux30h 5credits 2q x
Optional ANTR2000

Qualitative methodology : comprehensive interview and life in-terview (epistemology, methods and techniques)  (in French) Pierre-Joseph Laurent, Jacinthe Mazzocchetti30h 3credits 1q x
Optional ANTR2120

Audio-visual anthropology course (theory and workshop)  (in French) Olivier Servais15h 5credits 1q x
Optional DEMO2170

Quantitative methods in social sciences I  (in French) Godelieve Stroobant20h + 30h 5credits 1q x
Optional DEMO2710

Quantitative methods in social sciences II  (in French) Bruno Schoumaker20h + 20h 5credits 1q x
Optional SPRI2220

Public Policy Assessment Methods   (in French) David Aubin30h 5credits 1q x
Optional SOC2085

Qualitative Methodology : Comprehensive Interview and Life history Accounts (Epistemology, Methods and Techniques  (in French) Marie Verhoeven30h 5credits 2q x

MandatoryUne Chaire Jacques Leclercq (3credits)
Optional ANSO1390

Jacques Leclercq Chair I  (in French) Nathalie Luca15h 3credits  x
Optional ANSO1391

Jacques Leclercq Chair II  (in French) Didier Lapeyronnie15h 3credits  x
Optional ANSO1392

Jacques Leclercq Chair III  (in French) Danièle Joly15h 3credits  x
Optional ANSO1393

Jacques Leclercq Chair IV  (in French) Peter Wagner15h 3credits  x