The subject Sociology is studied in the 1-subject Bachelor’s program with a scope of 140 ECTS points including the Bachelor’s thesis with a scope of 10 ECTS credits; on the one hand, 10 ECTS credits from another subject science and, on the other hand, 30 ECTS credits for modules that convey additional key qualifications oriented to the professional field are added. Of these, 5 ECTS points are allotted to the module “Academic English”. 10 ECTS points are allotted to a compulsory internship in a professional field (2 months full-time internship). The remaining 15 ECTS points are freely selectable, whereby the selection of modules from the range offered by the Faculty of Humanities is encouraged, which provide professionally relevant qualifications complementary to the subject content and enable a meaningful rounding off of the professional profile.

The subject Sociology can be studied in the modularized two-subject Bachelor’s program in combination with another subject of the Faculty of Humanities.

If Sociology is chosen as the first subject, 80 ECTS and the Bachelor thesis in Sociology are due. In addition, 20 ECTS credits must be earned in the area of key qualifications. Of these, 10 ECTS credits are allotted to a two-month internship in a job-related activity. If sociology is chosen as a second subject, 70 ECTS must be earned in sociology. Compared to the study of sociology as a first subject, the elective area is omitted internally.

The Bachelor’s degree programs in Sociology offer many elective options in the subject areas of Work & Organization, Education & Life Course, Culture & Communication, and Comparative Social Analysis. We also have regular courses in the areas of theory and in methods. This allows students to set individual content emphases.

In order to study sociology, you should be prepared to read a lot and also to deal with challenging texts, which may also require a higher level of reading and discussion.

The courses in the area of methods of empirical social research require that you deal with the calculation methods of statistics. Accordingly, mathematical understanding is an advantage. Computers usually do the actual computational work, but an understanding of the procedures is necessary for interpreting the results.

Sociologists work in the field of education, in the human resources department of companies, in market research, at consulting firms, in the media industry, in cultural organizations, in the public sector, in the field of politics or at universities or research institutes. In these fields of the knowledge-intensive labor market, our graduates are highly sought-after specialists.

The research orientation enables graduates of the master’s program to conduct empirical research, taking into account scientific standards, and to receive research results and make them usable for practical concerns – a qualification that is required and in demand far beyond the field of university social science research in an increasing number of non-university fields of work.