Outline for Master's Programme in Social Sciences

• 120 credits
• Programme code: SSV2M
• Specialization Code: DIMS
• Established: 2012-08-16
• Revised: 2023-03-09
• Revised by: The Department Board
• Reg. no: SAMFAK 2022/68 Doss:3.2.1
• Outline applies from: Autumn 2023
• Responsible faculty: Faculty of Social Sciences
• Responsible department: Department of Economic History
• Other participating department(s): Department of Human Geography, Department of social work, Department of Sociology, Department of Psychology, Department of Informatics and Media

Semester 1

• Media and Communication Studies: Digital Media, Culture and Society, 7.5 credits (2IV139) *
  Main field(s) of study and in-depth level: Media and Communication Studies A1N
• Qualitative Methods in the Social Sciences, 7.5 credits (2SC099) *
  Main field(s) of study and in-depth level: Sociology A1N
• Media and Communication Studies: Digital Media and Organisations, 7.5 credits (2IV140) *
  Main field(s) of study and in-depth level: Media and Communication Studies A1N
• Quantitative Methods, 7.5 credits (2ST106) *
  Main field(s) of study and in-depth level: Statistics A1N

Semester 2

• Media and Communication Studies: Global Perspectives on Social Change and Digital Media, 7.5 credits (2IV141) *
  Main field(s) of study and in-depth level: Media and Communication Studies A1N
• Media and Communication Studies: Digital Media, Democracy and the Welfare State, 7.5 credits (2IV179) *
  Main field(s) of study and in-depth level: Media and Communication Studies A1N

Elective courses, 15 credits

Semester 3

• Scientific Theory for Social Scientists, 7.5 credits (2EH406)
  Main field(s) of study and in-depth level: Economic History A1N
• Social Scientific Methods, 7.5 credits (2EH407)
  Main field(s) of study and in-depth level: Economic History A1N

Elective courses, 15 credits

Semester 4

Master's thesis, 30 credits

• Media and Communication Studies: Thesis (Two Year Master), 30 credits (2IV117)
  Main field(s) of study and in-depth level: Media and Communication Studies A2E

* Mandatory