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Sociology - Access to Contemporary Society Hagen Correspondence University

Degree
Master of Arts
Standard period of study (amount)
4 semesters
Location
Hagen

Overview and admission

Study Type

graduate

Admission semester

Summer and Winter Semester

Area of study

Sociology, Social Science

Focus

Perspectives and Theories in Sociology, Methods of Qualitative Social Research, Social Inequality and Social Structure, Social Differentiation in Work and Organisation, Society and Economics, Institutions, Actors and Governance. Analysis Approaches and Methods, Empirical Studies on Social Life Forms, Social Philosophy and Political Philosophy, Theory and Diagnosis of Society

Target group

Graduates of sociological and social science degree programmes who are looking for a scientific and research-related consolidation on the topic of ‘approaches to contemporary society’.

Annotation

Good reading skills in English are recommended.
A computer with Internet access is required for the course.

Admission modus

Without admission restriction

More information regarding admission requirements

Admission requirements

Requirement for admission is a completed university degree with a standard period of study of at least six semesters with a good degree (overall grade or grade of the final thesis 2.5 or better)
- in a Master's or Diploma course with a major or minor in sociology or
- in all courses in which at least 60 ECTS points have been earned in sociology, or
- in a comparable foreign degree.

If your degree program only partially contains the required 60 ECTS points in Sociology (at least 30 ECTS points must be available), you can make up for the missing ECTS points by successfully passing exams in one or two advance modules in the academic studies at the FernUniversität in Hagen.

Lecture period

Winter semester 2026/2027: 01.10.2026 - 31.03.2027

Application deadlines

Winter semester (2026/2027)

  • Application deadline for Germans and inhabitants

    Expired
  • Deadlines for International Students from the European Union

    Expired
  • Deadlines for international students from countries that are not members of the European Union

    Expired
  • Enrollment deadline for Germans and foreign students

    Expired

Summer semester (2026)

  • Application deadline for Germans and inhabitants

    01.12.2026 - 31.01.2027
  • Deadlines for International Students from the European Union

    01.12.2026 - 31.01.2027
  • Deadlines for international students from countries that are not members of the European Union

    01.12.2026 - 31.01.2027
  • Enrollment deadline for Germans and foreign students

    01.12.2026 - 31.01.2027

Tuition fees

The semester costs are EUR 234 to 289 for part-time studies and EUR 399 for full-time studies.
They arise from the sum of the following components:

Basic fee: EUR 60
Document fees: EUR 11 per ECTS point
Student body contribution: currently EUR 9

Languages of instruction

Main language

German

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