master's full-time specialized, language of instruction: Czech
Included in the programme: FSS N-SOC Sociology
Parts of the final state examination and its content
The final state examination consists of a defense of the final thesis and a discussion on the content of the key profile courses and key theoretical profile courses.
Suggestion of theses topics and the topics of defended theses
Suggestion of theses topics:
- Partnership trajectories of single mothers
- The lonely childless? The cross-cultural variation in the effect of childlessness on loneliness
- The effect of short-term fertility plan disagreement among cohabitors on the dynamics of partnership union
Defended theses from 2020 to 2024:
- Kocandová Vendula: International Comparison of Gender Attitudes in the Context of European Values Study Data (https://is.muni.cz/th/f4hzp/)
- Prášilová kateřina: Development of the second demographic transition in selected countries of Western and Eastern Europe in 1990-2017 (https://is.muni.cz/th/u4z3h/)
- Dvořák Daniel: Family as the basis (not only) of the state: the influence of marriage and unmarried cohabitation on children's life chances (https://is.muni.cz/th/pqioo/)
Recommended progress through the study plan
Společná část (80 kr.)
Master's thesis
Code | Name | Type of Completion | Credits | Term | Profile Cat. |
FSS:SOCn6211 | Thesis Project Population Studies | z | 12 | 4 | Z |
FSS:SOCn6212 | Thesis seminar Population Studies | z | 20 | 3 | Z |
32 credits |
Jazyky (4 kr.)
Podmínkou přistoupení studentů ke státní závěrečné zkoušce je doložení fakultou stanovené minimální jazykové kompetence v akademické a odborné angličtině (úroveň C1 podle společného evropského referenčního rámce pro jazyky – SERR).
Povinné předměty (min. 24 kr.)
Code | Name | Type of Completion | Credits | Term | Profile Cat. |
FSS:SOCn4001 | Theoretical Sociology | zk | 12 | 1 | Z |
12 credits |
Studující volí jeden z předmětů dle vlastního výběru.
Code | Name | Type of Completion | Credits | Term | Profile Cat. |
FSS:SOCn4002 | Sociological Research: Qualitative Text Analysis and Atlas.ti | zk | 12 | 1 | Z |
FSS:SOCn4003 | Sociological Research: survey data analysis | zk | 12 | 2 | Z |
FSS:SOCn4004 | Sociological Research: etnohraphy and Interview | zk | 12 | 2 | Z |
FSS:SOCn4007 | Sociological Research:research design | zk | 12 | 1 | Z |
48 credits |
Selective courses
Studující musí získat alespoň 20 kreditů.
Code | Name | Type of Completion | Credits | Term | Profile Cat. |
FSS:SOCn6301 | Social stratification research | zk | 10 | 1 | - |
FSS:SOCn5004 | Sociological jurisprudence | zk | 10 | 1 | - |
FSS:SOCn5003 | City in the sociological theory of the 20th century | zk | 10 | 2 | - |
FSS:SOCn6206 | Regression models for categorical dependent variables | zk | 10 | 2 | - |
FSS:SOCn6205 | Social gerontology: Concepts and controversies | zk | 10 | 2 | - |
FSS:SOCn5012 | Sociology of urban public space | zk | 10 | 2 | - |
FSS:SOCn6304 | Anthropology of Education | zk | 10 | 2 | - |
FSS:SOCn6103 | Sociology of Medicine | zk | 10 | 2 | - |
FSS:SOCn6202 | Population Studies | zk | 10 | 1 | - |
FSS:SOCn6101 | Sexuality and Gender under Communism | zk | 10 | 3 | - |
FSS:SOCn6102 | Class and gender inequality in qualitative research | zk | 10 | 1 | - |
FSS:SOCn6104 | Men and Maculinities - The Powerful and Powerless | zk | 10 | 2 | - |
FSS:SOCn6105 | Migration, Family and Gender | zk | 10 | 2 | - |
FSS:SOCn6207 | Family Sociology | zk | 10 | 2 | - |
FSS:SOCn6203 | Advanced Methods of Demographic Analysis | zk | 10 | 3 | - |
150 credits |
Specializační část (40 kr.)
Compulsory courses
Code | Name | Type of Completion | Credits | Term | Profile Cat. |
FSS:SOCn6202 | Population Studies | zk | 10 | 1 | P |
FSS:SOCn6207 | Family Sociology | zk | 10 | 2 | P |
20 credits |
Selective courses
Studující musí získat alespoň 20 kreditů.
Code | Name | Type of Completion | Credits | Term | Profile Cat. |
FSS:SOCn6301 | Social stratification research | zk | 10 | 3 | - |
FSS:SOCn6206 | Regression models for categorical dependent variables | zk | 10 | 2 | - |
FSS:SOCn6205 | Social gerontology: Concepts and controversies | zk | 10 | 1 | - |
FSS:SOCn6203 | Advanced Methods of Demographic Analysis | zk | 10 | 2 | - |
40 credits |