Electives and research experiences

Course goals

Content

1. Participation in a summer school like Essex, Ljubljana, Ann Arbor etc. Typically, participation in a summer school aims at building up additional M&S-expertise for the master thesis project. Participation in a summer school that is more closely related to building up field-specific knowledge and theoretical expertise in the substantive field of the master thesis project is likewise an option.
2. Attending relevant courses outside the SaSR-program in Utrecht or at other universities. These courses should contribute to building up useful expertise (theoretical and domain-specific expertise and/or relevant expertise in research methodology and statistical modelling) in the field of the master’s thesis project.
3. An internship: active participation in a research project that contributes to the skills and expertise needed for a research career at a university or a research institute. Ideally an internship builds up expertise for the student’s master’s thesis project. An internship can take place at Utrecht University, at another university or at a research institute.
4. Exchange with Mannheim (Germany) or Linköping (Sweden): Students can spend the first semester of the second year following courses and/or doing an internship at the Department of Sociology at University of Mannheim or the Institute for Analytical Sociology at Linköping University.