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University of warwick: sociology, doctor of philosophy - phd, full-time, 4 years starts sep 2024.

The PhD in Sociology offers a broad span of research areas and expertise. From gender and sexuality to markets and capitalism, Warwick's Sociology department, ranked 9th in the UK (The Guardian University Guide 2022), has an active and exciting research culture where you will receive specialist training.

**Course overview** The doctoral programme in Sociology provides access to a vibrant and welcoming community of international researchers and supports you in developing your independent sociological research project.

As well as being part of an active and exciting research culture, you will receive specialist training in undertaking doctoral study at the beginning of your course and dedicated and expert supervision throughout.

This information is applicable for 2024 entry. Given the interval between the publication of courses and enrolment, some of the information may change. It is important to check our website before you apply.

Part-Time, 7 years starts Sep 2024

Full-time, 4 years started oct 2023, part-time, 7 years started oct 2023, full-time, 4 years started sep 2022.

The PhD in Sociology offers a broad span of research areas and expertise. From gender and sexuality to markets and capitalism, Warwick's Sociology department, ranked 5th in the UK (The Guardian University Guide 2021), has an active and exciting research culture where you will receive specialist training.

Part-Time, 7 years started Sep 2022

Full-time, 1 years starts sep 2024.

Sociology MA is a lively and engaging programme for students interested in how social life shapes individuals' experiences of the world around us. Warwick's Sociology Department, ranked 4th in the UK, will help you develop the skills needed to progress into your career.

**Course overview** Why are ‘private troubles’ also ‘public issues’? This course enables you to explore and answer questions just like this. The course will appeal if you are interested in how social life shapes individuals’ experiences of the world around us.

From across sociology and allied social sciences, you will gain a thorough understanding of theories and methodologies that explore the social world. Then you will have the opportunity to tailor your programme to your own specific interests through our wide range of options.

Your period of study will involve you examining individuals’ experiences, and encounters with structures and institutions; reading new empirical research; exploring social theories; and assessing innovative methodologies.

**Skills from this degree** - Ability to analyse and evaluate complex intellectual ideas

- Ability to analyse and evaluate competing approaches to understanding the contemporary world

- Ability to build sophisticated and persuasive arguments from an array of sources

- Ability to gather and analyse data using a range of techniques

- Ability to carry out independent research

- Ability to write about complex ideas in a clear way

Part-Time, 2 years starts Sep 2024

Full-time, 1 years started oct 2023.

From across sociology and allied social sciences, you will gain a thorough understanding of theories and methodologies. Then you will have the opportunity to tailor your programme to your own specific interests through our wide range of options.

Part-Time, 2 years started Oct 2023

Full-time, 1 years started sep 2022, part-time, 2 years started sep 2022.

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The PhD in Sociology offers a broad span of research areas and expertise. From gender and sexuality to markets and capitalism Warwick's Sociology department ranked 6th in the UK has an active and exciting research culture where you will receive specialist training.

Course Overview

The doctoral programme in Sociology provides access to a vibrant and welcoming community of international researchers and supports you in developing your independent sociological research project. As well as being part of an active and exciting research culture you will receive specialist training in undertaking doctoral study at the beginning of your course and dedicated and expert supervision throughout.

Research Themes

Research within our department covers a broad span of the discipline and is organised into three main themes: Economy Technology Expertise; Inequalities and Social Change; Justice Authority and the Geopolitical. The Department hosts the Social Research Centre and the Centre for the Study of Women and Gender.

We have considerable expertise in areas such as: gender and sexuality studies; social and cultural theory; race and racism; migration; ethnicity; criminology; work and employment; political sociology; bioscience; markets and capitalism; media; health; emotion; education; religion; family; methodologies.

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All first year PhD students undertake a two-term course called Research Process and Research Design; provided by the Department this course supports students with the fundamentals of PhD study and life and prepares them for their upgrade from MPhil to PhD. All doctoral students have access to dedicated PhD study rooms with computers and printers.

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A Master’s degree (or equivalent) in Sociology or a related subject; a strong research proposal.

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• IELTS overall score of 7.0, minimum component scores of two at 6.0/6.5 and the rest at 7.0 or above.

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The doctoral programme in Sociology provides access to a vibrant and welcoming community of international researchers and supports you in developing your independent sociological research project.

As well as being part of an active and exciting research culture, you will receive specialist training in undertaking doctoral study at the beginning of your course and dedicated and expert supervision throughout.

Teaching and learning

All first year PhD students undertake a two-term course called Research Process and Research Design. Provided by the Department, this course supports students with the fundamentals of PhD study and life and prepares them for their upgrade from MPhil to PhD. All doctoral students have access to dedicated PhD study rooms with computers and printers.

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The PhD in Sociology offers a broad span of research areas and expertise. From gender and sexuality to markets and capitalism Warwick's Sociology department ranked 6th in the UK has an active and exciting research culture where you will receive specialist training.

Course Overview

The doctoral programme in Sociology provides access to a vibrant and welcoming community of international researchers and supports you in developing your independent sociological research project. As well as being part of an active and exciting research culture you will receive specialist training in undertaking doctoral study at the beginning of your course and dedicated and expert supervision throughout.

Research Themes

Research within our department covers a broad span of the discipline and is organised into three main themes: Economy Technology Expertise; Inequalities and Social Change; Justice Authority and the Geopolitical. The Department hosts the Social Research Centre and the Centre for the Study of Women and Gender.

We have considerable expertise in areas such as: gender and sexuality studies; social and cultural theory; race and racism; migration; ethnicity; criminology; work and employment; political sociology; bioscience; markets and capitalism; media; health; emotion; education; religion; family; methodologies.

Teaching and Learning

All first year PhD students undertake a two-term course called Research Process and Research Design; provided by the Department this course supports students with the fundamentals of PhD study and life and prepares them for their upgrade from MPhil to PhD. All doctoral students have access to dedicated PhD study rooms with computers and printers.

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Grad student, Tamkinat Rauf, with Sociologist, William Julius Wilson, at a CASBS event. Image credit: Jerry Wang, courtesy of CASBS at Stanford

The Ph.D. program is defined by a commitment to highly analytical sociology

The program trains graduate students to use a range of methods – quantitative and qualitative – and data – survey, administrative, experimental, interview, direct observation, and more – to answer pressing empirical questions and to advance important theoretical and policy debates.

The Ph.D. curriculum and degree requirements provide students with the methodological skills, substantive knowledge, and mentorship to make important and impactful contributions to sociological knowledge. The program guides Ph.D. students to work on ambitious, independent research projects about which students are passionate. Graduates finish the program well-positioned to be leaders in the field of sociology.

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The Sociology PhD spans a diverse range of areas reflecting the strengths of our staff, graduate students and courses. These include strong clusters in: gender, sexuality and women’s studies; health and illness; visual sociology; traditional media forms and new social media; the sociology of science; body and society; bioethics and bio-power; postcolonialism; politics and political cultures; mourning and the sociology of death and dying; racism and ethnicity; and social and political thought.

Your first year lays the foundation for your research. You will take research training modules in autumn and spring terms. These will help you develop your research proposal, the strategy you propose to adopt, and the research questions which will guide your doctoral research.

At the end of the year, you will submit your upgrade documents that detail your progress. These will be used to determine whether you are ready to upgrade from MPhil to a full PhD.

Many candidates use part or all of the second year to conduct fieldwork elsewhere in the UK or abroad, digging into the heart of their research. The second year culminates with a review of your progress, on which your supervisor(s) will write an end-of-year report.

While you should be in the habit of writing from day one, the process of tying your thesis together and finalising it for submission begins in earnest during year 3 and normally continues into the first part of year 4. The review process, as in year 2, involves a supervisor-written report on your progress.

Although you should aim to finish in year 3, realistically most students submit their thesis in year 4. The University does not normally allow an extension beyond year 4.

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You should aim to submit your finished thesis in the first 6 months of your fourth year. After you submit, you will defend your thesis in front of internal and external examiners as your final assessment for the degree (the viva).

*Full-time students are registered for four years initially, the fourth year being a writing-up period not subject to fees; part-time students are initially registered for five years. Part time students will usually submit upgrade documents in the summer term of the 2nd year.

• A Masters level degree in Sociology or a closely related subject; however, all serious applications will be considered. You should include both your undergraduate and postgraduate transcripts with your application materials. Warwick's International Office provides guidelines for how overseas qualifications equate to UK ones; this guidance is for information only and all applications and transcripts are considered on a case-by-case basis. However, this page will give you an idea of where your degree falls on the British scale.
• A strong research proposal, uploaded with your application as a pdf or Word document.
• Two good academic references; if you include your referees' email addresses on your application, they will receive an automatic email asking them to upload the reference, so you do not need to supply the reference letters yourself in the first instance - just supply the relevant contact details.  Please note that if you have been in education within five years before your start date, then your references must be academic and not professional/personal.
• An indication of who you would like to supervise your project.
• If English is not your first language, you must have an IELTS score of 7.0 with no more than two components at 6.5 or 6.0, or other accepted language test. If you are unsure whether your nationality requires a language certificate, or if your previous education was in English, contact Melissa Venables to see if this requirement can be waived. Please also note that taking a pre-sessional English course at Warwick or elsewhere is not sufficient to replace an IELTS score at the required level.

In addition, you may wish to include your academic CV with your application materials. Once you have submitted your application online, you will receive a link to a secure upload page where you can submit supporting documents such as your transcripts and research proposal. Please note that while a writing sample is not normally required for PhD applicants, we may require one at the Director of Graduate Studies' discretion; if this is the case, we will contact you after you've submitted your application.

Once you have identified a supervisor, finalised your research proposal, made contact with your referees, and collected your other supporting documents, you will be ready to submit your application. This is done online through Warwick's Postgraduate Application System.

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Sociology MA is a lively and engaging programme for students interested in how social life shapes individuals' experiences of the world around us. Warwick's Sociology Department will help you develop the skills needed to progress into your career.

Course Overview

Why are ‘private troubles’ also ‘public issues’? This course enables you to explore and answer questions just like this. The course will appeal if you’re interested in how social life shapes individuals’ experiences of the world around us. From across sociology and allied social sciences you’ll gain a thorough understanding of theories and methodologies. Then you’ll have the opportunity to tailor your programme to your own specific interests through our wide range of options.

Your period of study will involve you in: examining individuals’ experiences and encounters with structures and institutions; reading new empirical research; exploring social theories; and assessing innovative methodologies.

Taught modules are assessed through written assignments. Providing you successfully complete the taught components of the course you will then focus on completion of your MA dissertation in the summer months of July and August. If you study part-time then you will study your taught modules over two years: with teaching taking place during the academic terms. The order in which you study your modules will be agreed following discussion with your course convenor. You will also begin planning your dissertation in year one.

Skills from this degree

• Ability to analyse and evaluate complex intellectual ideas
• Ability to analyse and evaluate competing approaches to understanding the contemporary world
• Ability to build sophisticated and persuasive arguments from an array of sources
• Ability to gather and analyse data using a range of techniques
• Ability to carry out independent research
• Ability to write about complex ideas in a clear way.

Graduates from these courses have gone on to work for employers including: Coventry University KPMG Oxfam and Waitrose. They have pursued roles such as: business and financial project management professionals; higher education teaching professionals; IT project and programme managers; legal professionals and research and development managers.

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* expert on birth control, social policy was consulted by developing countries.

Senior Lecturer on Sociology Donald P. Warwick passed away Saturday. He was 63 years old.

Warwick's career spanned more than three decades and three continents.

For the past 21 years, Warwick combined teaching responsibilities in the Graduate School of Education and the Department of Sociology with frequent consultations with ministries of education in developing countries.

Beginning in 1978, Warwick taught regularly in the Department of Sociology.

He began to serve as senior lecturer on sociology in 1982.

Professor of Sociology Peter V. Marsden, chair of the Department of Sociology, said Warwick was well-received by students.

"[Warwick's] courses on birth control in developing countries and on the implementation of social policy always were received with enthusiasm, by undergraduate graduate students alike," he said.

Warwick was director of the Comparative International Studies Program and Lecturer on Social Relations for the Sociology department from 1967 until 1971.

He joined the Harvard Institute of International Development (HIID) as an Institute Fellow in 1976.

"Don's way of doing things set higher standards for those who worked around him; he brought out the best in us," said Noel McGinn, professor of Education at the Graduate School of Education and an Institute Fellow, emeritus at HIID.

Warwick lived and worked in Lima, Peru from 1964 to 1966 where he was on assignment from the U.S. State Department to advise the government of Peru on the establishment of a survey research facility.

He chaired the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at Toronto's York University from 1971 to 1973.

From 1975 to 1976, Warwick served as professor of sociology and administrative studies at York University in Toronto.

Warwick served as visiting professor of political science at the National University of Singapore from 1985 to 1986.

Warwick received a B.A. in philosophy from Sacred Heart Seminary in 1956.

He received an M.A. in psychology from the University of Detroit in 1958.

In 1963, Warwick received a Ph.D. from the University of Michigan in social psychology.

According to Nancy Barra of Chile, president of the Intercultural Center for Research in Education located in Arlington, Mass.: "[Warwick] had an amazing capacity to select just the right anecdote to illustrate a point. He really understood other people."

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