Sociology

Overview

The  Sociology programme from Maynooth University aim:

• To provide high quality research training in a lively intellectual atmosphere
• To promote students’ professional involvement in academic life
• And to ensure that students will make a contribution to the understanding and well being of contemporary societies

By the end of their time as a research postgraduate student in the Department it is our goal that students will:

• Have completed a thesis which is a high quality piece of orginal sociological analysis and is at least partly publishable in a peer-reviewed academic outlet
• Have developed and demonstrated a significant level of skill in at least one methodology of sociological research and analysis
• Have a broad knowledge of a number of sub-fields within sociology
• And have had the opportunity to develop teaching and administrative skills and experience

Career

• Research
• Third Level Teaching
• Government
• Policy Analysis
• Private, Community and Voluntary Sectors
• Media and New Technology
• Urban, Rural and Community Planning