The MA in Sociology addresses recent key concerns and enduring intellectual traditions within sociology and related social sciences. The degree addresses issues such as inequality, racism, violence, capitalism and social change among many important themes with particular contemporary relevance. Critical debate and modes of embedding critical thought in reflective practice mark core skills students will develop in this course. The core modules aim to ground in theory, methods and analytical tools, and optional modules (normally three) give the opportunity to apply them to particular issues.