Guidelines for students wishing to take a one-year Part II in Sociology: 2020-21
Students wishing to take a one-year Part II in Sociology can take four papers across Part IIA and Part IIB.
- Students normally ought to take either SOC2 ( Social Theory) or SOC3 (Modern Societies)
- Student should not take HSPS SOC4 ( Concept and Arguments) or CRIM3 (Two long-essays on Criminology Topic)
- Replacing one of the papers by a dissertation is not allowed.
- SOC6 can be taken only if SOC2 was taken in Year 2.
In 2020-21, available Sociology Part II papers are:
Part IIA:
SOC2. Social theory: organiser: Prof P Baert
SOC3. Modern societies II: organiser: Dr M Moreno Figueroa
SOC4. Concepts and arguments in sociology: organiser: Dr J Miley
SOC5. Statistics and methods(also serves as Paper CRIM2) : organiser: Dr M Iacovou
CRIM1:Foundations in criminology and criminal Justice: organiser: Dr C Lanksey
CRIM3:Two long-essays on a criminology topic: organiser: Prof L Gelsthorpe
Part IIB:
SOC6. Advanced social theory: organiser: Prof J Gabrys
SOC7. Media, culture and society: organiser: Dr E McPherson
SOC8. War and revolution: organiser: Dr Hazem Kandil
SOC9. Global capitalism: organisers: Dr S Hogarth
SOC10. Gender: organiser: Prof S Franklin
SOC11. Racism, race and ethnicity: organiser: Dr M Moreno Figueroa
SOC12. Empire, colonialism, imperialism: organiser: Dr A Meghji
SOC13. Health, medicine and society: organiser: Dr S Hogarth
SOC15. Criminology, sentencing, and the penal system (also serves as paper CRIM4) (Paper 34 of the Law Tripos): organiser: Prof L Gelsthorpe
CRIM5: Social Networks and Crime: Global perspectives on social order, violence and organised crime: organiser: Dr P Campana
Students should register their choices with the sociology administrator : enquiries@sociology.cam.ac.uk
The paper choices will have to be approved by the Sociology Head of Department.
