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Sociology of local and regional communites (2-KRK-SOSLR-Z2)

(in Polish: Socjologia społeczności lokalnych i regionalnych, niestacjonarne 2. stopnia)
Faculty of Social Sciences
Master's degree studies
(in Polish) niestacjonarne, 2 years
Language: Polish

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Qualification awarded:

(in Polish) Magisterium z socjologii

Access to further studies:

graduates can apply for admission to doctoral studies and other postgraduate courses.

Professional status:

The graduate is expected to possess the skills that are required to conduct social studies independently and to design qualitative and quantitative studies. They should be able to use elementary field study techniques and to interpret their output. They should be able to effectively use the acquired theoretical knowledge and to analyze empirical data while referring to theoretical concepts and models. In particular, they should be able to design, monitor, and evaluate programs that are aimed at solving current social problems. They are also prepared to take up third-cycle (doctoral) studies. The graduate is qualified to find employment both in private sector (market and public opinion study institutions) and public sector (governmental administration and self-government), plus the so-called third sector (non-governmental organizations). The graduates of second-cycle studies obtain sociological education comprises both theoretical sociological knowledge and practical skills necessary for organizing empirical sociological studies. As a result, the gradute acquires the skills that are required to work professionally as a sociologist.

Teaching standards

In compliance with the teaching standards for sociological studies (ministerial regulation dated July 12, 2007, Dz. U. z 2007r. Nr 164, Załącznik 96), second-cycle studies take 4 semesters and 900 hours to complete. ECTS points - 120.
The student is required to complete all courses as set forth in the study program (lectures, classes, seminars, laboratories).
Each course ends with an examination or just a pass. For a course to be completed, a positive grade has to be obtained. In order to take an examination, a student is required to get a positive final grade in a given course.
At the end of the second year, the student has to write a graduate thesis and then defend it before the Institute's Board at the final examination.
The graduate examination consists of two parts: examination in professional knowledge acquired during the studies and the defense of the undergraduate thesis. The final grade entered on the diploma is meant to be interpreted as follows: in 1/2, it is the arithmetic mean of all examination grades and those obtained from classes entered in the student's transcript, in 1/4, it is the grade awarded for the undergraduate thesis, and in 1/4, it is the grade obtained at the diploma examination.

Admission procedures:

Visit the following page for details on admission procedures: https://rekrutacja.uni.opole.pl