该课程提供社会学思想和方法的核心教学，这些思想和方法适用于在全球和国际范围内理解社会秩序和社会变革。它探讨了全球流程的本地影响以及本地流程的全球影响。该课程将使您对社会变革的全球过程有更好的了解，并让您深入探讨个人兴趣的主题，包括课程工作和受指导的论文项目。它将吸引那些关注当今一些关键社会问题和动态的人们，为在全球问题上进行社会研究的方法提供全面的基础。
This programme provides core teaching in the ideas and approaches of sociology as applied to understanding social order and social change globally and internationally. It explores the local impacts of global processes, and the global impacts of local processes. During this intensive programme, you will explore these processes by developing your own research agenda, both in coursework and in a supervised dissertation project of your own choice. The programme presents sociology as the study of a dynamic and globalising world, around such areas as: environment and sustainable development migration, refugees and displacement the sociology of globalisation gender, emotions, intimate and family life global financial markets, economic sociology and global capitalism social network analysis social movements and global inequalities human rights and citizenship digital and global popular cultures Who this programme is for This programme will appeal to those concerned about and wishing to understand some of the key social problems and dynamics of our day. It is most suited to those seeking a thorough grounding in approaches to social research on global issues. This MSc programme also provides a conversion course for those from a variety of academic backgrounds, and we welcome students from all subject areas, and with diverse topics of interest. Why Edinburgh Edinburgh is one of the leading international centres of excellence for postgraduate study in Sociology. You will join an academic community led by international experts working on global topics, in one of the UK’s best departments for research and teaching. The research of our faculty covers Europe, the Americas (including Latin America), Africa, the Middle East, and South and East Asia (including India and China). Edinburgh Sociology is host to a vibrant intellectual and postgraduate student life. There are regular seminars with international scholars, and postgraduates present their work at an annual conference, ’New Directions in Sociology’, in addition to our biannual ’Global Ethnographies’ showcase of the work of students on the programme. More programme details You can find more details about this programme, including student testimonials and suggested reading recommendations, on the programme webpage: MSc Sociology and Global Change