Master Welcome Event M.Sc. Sociology and Social Research · U niversit t Duisburg-Essen 2,3 3 11 Top 25% U niversit t Osnabrº ck 2,3 1 12 Mid 50% U niversit t Kassel 2,29 13 Mid

WiSo-Studienberatungszentrum Meister-Ekkehart-Straße 1

[email protected] (Souterrain)

50937 Köln

https://www.wiso.uni-koeln.de/de/studium/service-und-beratung/wiso-studienberatungszentrum/

-1-Universität zu Köln

Master Welcome EventM.Sc. Sociology and Social Research

https://www.wiso.uni-

koeln.de/de/studium/master/master-sociology-and-

social-research/

fall term 2019/2020



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Welcome to Cologne!

and to the Institute of Sociology

and Social Psychology (ISS)!



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Speaker: Prof. Dr. Detlef Fetchenhauer

• Professor of Economic and Social Psychology since 2004

• Research interests:

– economic lay theories

– evolutionary psychology crime and deviance

– social psychology of trust



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Why study in Cologne?

• Cologne is a center of sociology in Germany andinternationally

– Institute of Sociology and Social Psychology (ISS)

– GESIS Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences

– Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies (MPIfG)

• Long tradition: founded in 1918 and the oldest institutionof sociological research in Germany

• “Cologne School”: Groundbreaking role in promoting and developing quantitative methods in the social sciences since the 1960s



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Why study in Cologne?

UniversitätzuKöln 6,06 1 Top25%

UniversitätBremen 5,30 2 Top25%

UniversitätMannheim 5,26 3 Top25%

UniversitätLeipzig 5,09 4 Top25%

Christian-Albrechts-UniversitätzuKiel 3,55 5 Top25%

MPIfGKöln 3,19 6 Top25%

WZB 3,16 7 Top25%

UniversitätBamberg 3,13 8 Top25%

JohannWolfgangGoethe-UniversitätFrankfurtamMain 2,52 9 Top25%

UniversitätRostock 2,43 10 Top25%

UniversitätDuisburg-Essen 2,33 11 Top25%

UniversitätOsnabrück 2,31 12 Mid50%

UniversitätKassel 2,29 13 Mid50%

FUBerlin 2,29 14 Mid50%

BergischeUniversitätWuppertal 2,23 15 Mid50%

CarlvonOssietzkyUniversitätOldenburg 2,14 16 Mid50%

Georg-August-UniversitätGöttingen 2,00 17 Mid50%

Ludwig-Maximilians-UniversitätMünchen 2,00 18 Mid50%

TechnischeUniversitätChemnitz 2,00 19 Mid50%

UniversitätKonstanz 1,88 20 Mid50%

EberhardKarlsUniversitätTübingen 1,86 21 Mid50%

Friedrich-Schiller-UniversitätJena 1,78 22 Mid50%

UniversitätSiegen 1,68 23 Mid50%

Leibniz-UniversitätHannover 1,61 24 Mid50%

JohannesGutenberg-UniversitätMainz 1,52 25 Mid50%

UniversitätHamburg 1,52 26 Mid50%

UniversitätAugsburg 1,50 27 Mid50%

UniversitätBielefeld 1,48 28 Mid50%

Friedrich-Alexander-UniversitätErlangen-Nürnberg 1,47 29 Mid50%

Ruhr-UniversitätBochum 1,43 30 Mid50%

UniversitätStuttgart 1,39 31 Mid50%

HUBerlin 1,39 32 Mid50%

TUBerlin 1,21 33 Mid50%

Justus-Liebig-UniversitätGießen 1,17 34 Mid50%

RWTHAachen 1,06 35 Mid50%

TechnischeUniversitätDarmstadt 1,00 36 Low25%

Heinrich-Heine-UniversitätDüsseldorf 1,00 37 Low25%

Otto-von-GuerickeUniversitätMagdeburg 0,83 38 Low25%

Julius-Maximilians-UniversitätWürzburg 0,80 39 Low25%

UniversitätTrier 0,75 40 Low25%

Philipps-UniversitätMarburg 0,69 41 Low25%

RheinischeFriedrich-Wilhelms-UniversitätBonn 0,67 42 Low25%

Albert-Ludwigs-UniversitätFreiburg 0,63 43 Low25%

TechnischeUniversitätDresden 0,63 44 Low25%

WestfälischeWilhelms-UniversitätMünster 0,47 45 Low25%

TechnischeUniversitätDortmund 0,39 46 Low25%

Martin-Luther-UniversitätHalle-Wittenberg 0,36 47 Low25%

Mean 1,95

SD 1,32

Per-

centilesInstitute

SSCI

Articlesper

RankingSSCI

Articlesper



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What do we offer?

• Our paradigm: Theory-guided (quantitative) empiricalresearch

• Introductory and advanced courses in empirical methodsand statistics (data collection and data analyses)

• Substantive courses in great variety of topics:

Ageing and health, sociology of the family, education, labor markets, economic sociology, poverty, welfare, migration and integration, prosocial and antisocialbehavior, crime and deviance, social networks, socialpsychology, sociological theories, and more.



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What do you gain?

• Key qualifications in data collection and analysis that aredemanded and rewarded on the labor market

• Many opportunities for practical experiences in private and public research institutes

• Several opportunities for spending time abroadwww.wiso.uni-koeln.de/international.html

• Finally, Cologne is simply a great city to study in!

http://www.wiso.uni-koeln.de/international.html



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What do we expect?Curiosity + Motivation + Self-Management

Make this Master study your own!

• Identify areas of your interest invest into these topics (courses, reading, work as student assistant, etc)

• Think about what you would like to do after these 2 years and plan your study accordingly practical experiences/jobs as student assistants, etc

• Develop an active interest in empirical methods and statistics

• Improve on “self-management”. At least, keep the deadlines for signing up for courses AND exams!



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Professors at the ISS

Sociology I

Prof. Dr. Clemens

Kroneberg

Sociology II

Prof. Dr. Marita Jacob

Sociology III

Prof. Dr. Karsten Hank

Sociology IV

Prof. Dr. Michael Wagner

Methods ofEmpirical

Social Research

Prof. Dr. EldadDavidov



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Professors at the ISS

Social policy andmethods of qualitative

social research

Prof. Dr. Frank Schulz-Nieswandt

Economic andsocial psychology

Prof. Dr. Erik Hölzl

Economic andsocial psychology

Prof. Dr. Detlef Fetchenhauer

CGS

Prof. Dr. Lea Ellwart



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Programme structure:Sociology and Social Research



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Sociology and Social Research



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Sociology and Social Researchcore and advanced section



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Core modules – Basic Methods: Content

• Core module Sociology I: Analysis of Cross-Sectional Data– Linear regression models, Logistic regression models, OLS and ML

estimation

• Core module Sociology II: Analysis of Longitudinal Data– Generalized linear models for continuous and categorical variables,

analysis of repeated cross-sectional data and panel data, time series

• Core module Sociology III: Special Analysis

– Various topics like e.g.: CAPI, CATI, online survey, content analysis, structural equation models, multi-level models or network analysis



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Sociology and Social Researchspecialisation section



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Specialisation modules: Content

• Specialisation module I: Sociological Theories

• Specialisation module II: Social structure and socialInequality

• Specialisation module III: Comparative Social Research

• Specialisation module IV: Markets, Institutions andOrganisations

• Specialisation module V: Social Change

• Specialisation module VI: Family, Education andMigration or Special Aspects of Sociology and SocialResearch



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Sociology and Social Researchsupplementary section



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sample study planSociology and Social Reserach



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Sample study plan1st semester

semester cc/ec module section ECTS

1 cc Core module

Sociology I

Core section 9

1 cc Core module

Sociology III

Core section 9

1 ec Specialisation

module Sociology

I-IV

Specialisation

section

6

1 ec Specialisation

module Sociology

I-IV

Specialisation

section

6

30



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Sample study plan for all 4 semesters



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Advanced courses

• Research ‚Track‘: PhD courses / AdvancedMaster

– Some PhD courses are open to Master students with very good grades

– Transferable if you enter our PhD programm

• Courses of international visiting scholars



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Study abroad

• It is important to plan your application for a term abroad already at the beginning of your master programme

• The Study Abroad Programme (STAP) allows for terms abroad during spring term as well as fall term

• The selection process takes places once a year with a lead time of about one year to one and a half year

• The application should be submitted in the first semester of your degree

• More information on this website: http://www.international.wiso.uni-koeln.de/en/

• And at the International Relations Centre (ZIB)



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Information and Contact

• https://www.wiso.uni-koeln.de/en/studies/study/master/sociology-and-social-research/sociology-and-social-research-po-2015/

• https://www.wiso.uni-koeln.de/de/studium/service-und-beratung/wiso-studienberatungszentrum/

• https://www.wiso.uni-koeln.de/de/praxis/wiso-career-service/

• http://www.iss-wiso.uni-koeln.de/en/home/

• [email protected]

https://www.wiso.uni-koeln.de/en/studies/study/master/sociology-and-social-research/sociology-and-social-research-po-2015/


https://www.wiso.uni-koeln.de/de/praxis/wiso-career-service/

http://www.iss-wiso.uni-koeln.de/en/home/

mailto:[email protected]



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We are glad to welcome you at

the WiSo-Faculty

–

and we wish you a good start!

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Master Welcome Event M.Sc. Sociology and Social Research · U niversit t Duisburg-Essen 2,3 3 11 Top 25% U niversit t Osnabrº ck 2,3 1 12 Mid 50% U niversit t Kassel 2,29 13 Mid