Outline for Master's Programme in Social Sciences

• 120 credits
• Programme code: SSV2M
• Specialization Code: SAKU
• Established: 2023-03-09
• Established 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

• Theory and Methodology in Geography, 7.5 credits (2KU047)
  Main field(s) of study and in-depth level: Geography A1N, Social and Economic Geography A1N
• Qualitative Methods in the Social Sciences, 7.5 credits (2SC099)
  Main field(s) of study and in-depth level: Sociology A1N
• Challenges of Planning: Power, Politics and Ideology, 7.5 credits (2KU042)
  Main field(s) of study and in-depth level: Social and Economic Geography A1N
• Quantitative Methods, 7.5 credits (2ST106)
  Main field(s) of study and in-depth level: Statistics A1N

Semester 2

• Cities and the Urban in a Globalised World, 7.5 credits (2KU502)
  Main field(s) of study and in-depth level: Social and Economic Geography A1N, Geography A1N
• Theoretical and Methodological Perspectives in Economic Geography, 7.5 credits (2KU093)
  Main field(s) of study and in-depth level: Social and Economic Geography A1N

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
• Global Processes and Local Worlds, 7.5 credits (2KU501)
  Main field(s) of study and in-depth level: Social and Economic Geography A1N, Geography A1N

Semester 4

• Master's Thesis in Human Geography, 30 credits (2KU035)
  Main field(s) of study and in-depth level: Social and Economic Geography A2E