course
1 year MA Program
Fall term 2014
Mandatory courses
Academic Writing
Key Issues in Sociological Theory
Key Issues in Social and Cultural Anthropology
Logic of Social Inquiry
Departmental Colloquium (The Seminar Series)*
Total:
Elective courses:
Urban Change
Law and Society
Space & Landscape
Social networks
Social Movements
Colonialism and Postcolonialism
Comparative Masculinities
Social Change and Labor
Political Sociology
Debates on Globalization and Development
Class on Class
Total:
Winter term 2016
Mandatory courses:
Contemporary Social Theory
Field and research Methods
Departmental Colloquium (The Seminar Series)*
Total:
Elective courses
Ethnicity and the State
Religion: Current Debates
Sociology of sex and gender
Religious Enthusiasm. Psychology, Politics, History (w/Al Azeh, History)
Global Jewish revival movements (co-taught with Jewish Studies)
Love and Friendship
Knowledge, science and technology
State and Experts
Transnational Migration
Critical Theory
Cultures of Capitalism
credits
faculty
46
2
2
2
4
Kirchnopf, Toth
Geva
Naumescu
Vedres
10
2
2
2
2
4
4
2
4
4
4
2
36
Bodnar
Rajaram
Dafinger
Vedres
Fabiani
Rajaram
Monterescu
Li
Geva
Kalb
Tamas
34
4
4
Li
Dafinger + Naumescu
4
4
2
2
2
2
2
2
4
4
2
2
Rabinowitz
Naumescu
Geva
Naumescu
Monterescu
Fabiani
Fabiani
Kowalski
Caglar
Tamas
Zentai
Critical Policy Studies
Modernity: Institutions, Power, Agency (open to MA)
Total:
2
4
30
Clarke
Kalb
Spring term 2015
Mandatory courses
Thesis Writing Workshop
Thesis Writing Workshop
Thesis Writing Workshop
Total:
2
2
2
2
Fabiani
Kowalski
Li
2
2
2
4
Kirchnopf, Toth
Geva
Naumescu
Kalb
2 year MA Program
FIRST YEAR
Fall term 2014
Mandatory courses
Academic Writing
Key Issues in Sociological Theory
Key Issues in Social and Cultural Anthropology
Debates on Globalization and Development
Departmental Colloquium (The Seminar Series)*
Total:
Mandatory for Global and Urban Studies Specialization
Comparative Urban Change and the Right to the City
Total with Specialization:
Winter term 2015
Mandatory courses
Contemporary Social Theory
Field and research Methods
Departmental Colloquium (The Seminar Series)*
Total:
Spring term 2015
Mandatory courses
Research Proposal Workshop
Total:
SECOND YEAR
Fall term 2014
Mandatory courses
Logic of Social inquiry
Departmental Colloquium (The Seminar Series)*
Total:
6
Bodnar
6+6
credits
4
4
Li
Naumescu+Dafinger
10
credits
2
2
credits
4
Rabinowitz
Winter term 2015
Mandatory courses
Thesis Research Semester
Total:
credits
8
8
Spring term 2015
Mandatory courses
Thesis Writing Workshop
Total:
credits
2
2
Elective courses in the 2 year MA program
Students enrolled in the Two-Year MA who wish to specialize in Global and Urban studies
are required to take a minimum of 10 credits of elective courses, of which a minimum of
6 credits should be taken from the “core cluster elective courses” list. Students are able
to take more than the required 10 credits with the approval of the Head of Department.
Core cluster elective courses
Modernity: Institutions, Power, Agency
Social Movements
Colonialism and Postcolonialism
Ethnicity and the State: Sociological Approaches to Race and Ethnicity
Comparative Masculinities
Social Change and Labor
Transnational Migration
4
4
4
4
2
4
4
Kalb
Fabiani
Rajaram
Rabinowitz
Monterescu
Li
Caglar
credits
4
2
Bodnar
Kalb
PhD Program
Fall term 2014
Mandatory courses for 1st year students:
Comparative Thinking
Place Making: Critical Approaches to Anthropology
Departmental Colloquium (The Seminar Series)
Total:
Elective courses for 1st year students*:
4
credits
* 10 credits needed from elective courses during the first year, any MA
elective course can be taken
Mandatory courses for 2nd year students (no classroom courses but
registration needed in Infosys):
Research for 2nd year PhD’s
Consultation with supervisor
Comprehensive examination
Total:
4
2
2
8
Mandatory courses for 3rd year students:
Writing Seminar
Dissertation writing
Teaching assistance (no registration needed)
Total:
2
4
2
8
Winter term 2015
Mandatory courses for 1st year students:
Advanced Methods A
Independent Study module
Modernity: Institutions, Power, Agency
Research Seminar (PhD colloquium)
Tutorial for the Comprehensive Exam (Supervisor)
Total:
credits
4
2
4
2
0
6
Mandatory courses for 2nd year students (no classroom courses but
registration needed in Infosys):
Research for 2nd year PhD’s
Consultation with supervisor
Total:
4
2
6
Mandatory courses for 3rd year students:
Writing Seminar
Dissertation writing
Research Seminar for 3rd year PhD’s (PhD colloquium)
Total:
2
2
2
4
Rabinowitz
Spring term 2015
Mandatory courses for 1st year students:
Proposal writing
Total:
2
2
Geva
Mandatory courses for 2nd year students (no classroom courses but
registration needed in Infosys):
Research for 2nd year PhD’s
Consultation with supervisor
Total:
4
2
6
Mandatory courses for 3rd year students:
Dissertation writing
Total:
4
4
Monterescu
Vedres + Monterescu
Kalb