Students wishing to take a one-year Part II in Sociology can take four papers from across Part IIA and Part IIB, subject to the following restrictions.
- Students normally ought to take either SOC2 ( Social Theory) or SOC3 (Modern Societies)
- Student should not take 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 2024-25, available Sociology Part II papers are:
Part IIA | Part IIB |
SOC2. Social theory: organiser: Prof P Baert SOC3. Modern societies II: organiser: Dr M Sparkes SOC4. Concepts and arguments in sociology: organiser: Dr J Milley SOC5. Statistics and methods(also serves as Paper CRIM2) : organiser: Prof M Iacovou CRIM1:Foundations in criminology and criminal Justice: organiser: Dr C Lanksey CRIM3:Two long-essays on a criminology topic: organiser: Prof K Treiber |
SOC6. Advanced social theory: organiser: Dr F C da Silva SOC7. Media, culture and society: organiser: Dr M Hall SOC8. Revolution, empire and exile: organiser: Dr Z Al Azmeh SOC9. Global capitalism: organisers: Dr S Hogarth & Dr L Hawksbee SOC10. Gender: organiser: Dr S Philip SOC11. Racism, race and ethnicity: organiser: Dr S Harris SOC12. Empire, colonialism, imperialism: organiser: Dr A Meghji SOC13. Health, medicine and society: organiser: Prof D Weinberg SOC15. Criminology, sentencing, and the penal system (also serves as paper CRIM4) (Paper 34 of the Law Tripos): organiser: Dr A Parmar and Dr A Garg CRIM5: Social Order, Violence and Organised Forms of Criminality: organiser: Dr P Campana & Dr A Garg |
Students should register their choices with the sociology administrator : undergrad@sociology.cam.ac.uk
The paper choices will have to be approved by the Sociology Head of Department.