Sociology - Access to Contemporary Society

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University Hagen Correspondence University
Degree Master

Degree Master of Arts, M.A.
Study Type Second cycle
Mode of admission without admission restriction
Deadline for Beginning Students 01.06.2026 — 31.07.2026
Standard period of study (amount) 4 semesters
Study Mode (elucidation) distance studies; full time; part time
Location (main / branches campus) Hagen
Admission semester summer and winter semester
Subject

Das Sociology, Social Science gehört zum Studienbereiche Social Sciences der Fächergruppe Humanities and Social Sciences.
Weitere Informationen zum Studienbereich Social Sciences.
Weitere Informationen zur Fächergruppe Humanities and Social Sciences.
Sociology, Social Science
Areas of Concentration Empirical Studies on Social Life Forms, Institutions, Actors and Governance. Analysis Approaches and Methods, Methods of Qualitative Social Research, Perspectives and Theories in Sociology, Social Differentiation in Work and Organisation, Social Inequality and Social Structure, Social Philosophy and Political Philosophy, Society and Economics, Theory and Diagnosis of Society

Field of study
- 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’.
- kind of Master course according to the KMK consecutive
- Main instruction language German
- Annotation of the Higher Education Institution Good reading skills in English are recommended.
  A computer with Internet access is required for the course.
- Course Website
- Link to the programme in the Accreditation Council database
- Link to the Higher Education Institution ranking at CHE
Access and Admission Requirements
- Mode of admission without admission restriction
- Admission semester summer and winter semester
- 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.
  more information regarding admission requirements
- Completion of first university degree
  Bachelor/Bakkalaureus, Diplom, Magister
  (and other qualifications, provided that they are recognised as being equivalent)
  
  Minimum requirements for first university degree:
  - Minimum grade: 2.50
  - Minimum standard period of study: 6 semesters
  - Required ECTS credits: 180
Programme Dates and Deadlines
- Sommersemester 2024
- - Lecture period
  - 01.04.2025 — 30.09.2025
  - Deadlines for Germans and foreigners with German university entrance qualifications
    Beginning Students
    
    01.12.2025 — 31.01.2026
    
    Advanced Semester
    
    01.12.2025 — 31.01.2026
  - Deadlines for International Students from the European Union
    Bewerbungsfrist EU-Ausländer 01.12.2025 — 31.01.2026
  - Deadlines for International Students from Countries that are not EU Members
    Bewerbungsfrist Nicht-EU-Ausländer 01.12.2025 — 31.01.2026
- Wintersemester 2025/2026
- - Lecture period
  - 01.10.2025 — 31.03.2026
  - Deadlines for Germans and foreigners with German university entrance qualifications
    Beginning Students
    
    01.06.2026 — 31.07.2026
    
    Advanced Semester
    
    01.06.2026 — 31.07.2026
  - Deadlines for International Students from the European Union
    Bewerbungsfrist EU-Ausländer 01.06.2026 — 31.07.2026
  - Deadlines for International Students from Countries that are not EU Members
    Bewerbungsfrist Nicht-EU-Ausländer 01.06.2026 — 31.07.2026
Tuition Fee
- Tuition fee more information regarding tuition fees
- Annotation to the tuition fee 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
Contact / contact person
- International Students and applicants are kindly requested to contact the International Office:
- International Office
- Street address Universitätsstraße 27, 58097 Hagen
- Phone 02331 987-2689
- international(at)fernuni-hagen.de
- Internetpage of the institution
- Contact / contact person for this program
- Bezeichnung Kontaktstelle FernUniversität in Hagen
- Contact person Studierendensekretariat
- Street address Universitätsstr. 47, 58097 Hagen
- Phone 02331 / 987-2444
- Fax 02331 / 987-19246
- master(at)fernuni-hagen.de
- Zentrale
  Studienberatung/Service-
  Center
- Street address Universitätsstraße 11, 58084 Hagen
- Phone 02331 987-2444
- Fax 02331 987-19246
- info(at)fernuni-hagen.de
- Internetpage of the institution
- Contact Frau Anke Polinski
- Function Leiterin Zentrale Studienberatung/Service-Center
- Phone 02331 987-2444
- Fax 02331 987-1739
- info(at)fernuni-hagen.de
- Internet page

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