2026 Master’s Program in Sociology (First-Level Discipline)



Part 1: Overview of Course Structure

Course Module

Required Credits (Regular Master’s)

Compulsory Public Courses

6

Degree Foundation Courses

4

Compulsory Professional Courses

4

Professional Elective Courses

6

Interdisciplinary or Cross-Disciplinary Courses

2

Public Elective Courses

2

Part 2: Course List

Degree Foundation Courses

  1. SDCL16910 - Topics in Contemporary Sociological Theory - 2 credits - Semester: Fall (Year 1)

  2. SOCL16914 - Social Science Research Design and Thesis Writing - 2 credits - Semester: Fall (Year 1)

Compulsory Professional Courses

  1. SOC1E9011 - Research on Urban-Rural Integration Development - 2 credits - Semester: Fall (Year 1)

  2. SOC1E9007 - Quantitative Research Methods - 2 credits - Semester: Fall (Year 1)

  3. SOC0D811102095 - Qualitative Research Methods - 2 credits - Semester: Fall (Year 1)

  4. SOC1E9013 - Introduction to Computational Social Science - 2 credits - Semester: Spring (Year 1)

Professional Elective Courses

  1. MSW0B812202023 - Social Welfare for Aging - 2 credits - Fall - Social Work

  2. SOC0D811102001 - Economic Anthropology - 2 credits - Spring - Anthropology

  3. SOC0D811102025 - Principle and Application of Geographic Information Science - 2 credits - Spring - Demography

  4. SOC0D811102058 - Academic English and Literature Review in Demography - 2 credits - Spring - Demography

  5. SOC0D811102060 - Religion Studies - 2 credits - Spring - Anthropology

  6. SOC0D811102063 - Media Studies - 2 credits - Spring - Sociology

  7. SOC0D811102093 - Consumption and Society - 1 credit - Spring - Sociology

  8. SOC0D811102105 - Social Stratification in Contemporary China - 2 credits - Spring - Sociology

  9. SOC0D811102109 - Queer Studies: Theories and Current Researches - 2 credits - Spring - Sociology

  10. SOC0D811102050 - Ethnography of Chinese Food - 2 credits - Spring - Anthropology

  11. SOC1E9001 - Multi-Source Urban Data Analysis and Practice - 2 credits - Fall - Demography

  12. SOC1E9002 - Special Topics on Community Issues and Development - 2 credits - Spring - Sociology

  13. SOC1E9005 - Issues of Illness and Chinese Society - 2 credits - Spring - Sociology

  14. SOC1E9008 - Introduction to Rural Revitalization in China - 2 credits - Fall - Sociology

  15. SOC0D811102050 - Urban Sociology - 2 credits - Spring - Sociology

  16. SOC1E9015 - Understanding Chinese Society in Transition with Data - 1 credit - Spring - Sociology

  17. SOC1E9004 - Machine Learning Methods for Computational Social Science - 2 credits - Spring - Demography

  18. SOC18811102027 - Population Geography - 2 credits - Spring - Demography

  19. SOC18811102046 - Demography - 2 credits - Spring - Demography

  20. SOC18811102099 - Population, Economy, and Society - 2 credits - Spring - Demography

  21. SOC18821102052 - Classic Theories in Demography - 2 credits - Spring - Demography

  22. SOC163003 - Artificial Intelligence and Urban-Rural Aging - 2 credits - Spring - Demography

  23. SOC18811102002 - Ethnography of Chinese Society - 2 credits - Spring - Anthropology

  24. SOC163009 - Contemporary Topics in Anthropology - 2 credits - Spring - Anthropology

  25. SOC163008 - Ethnographic Reading and Writing - 2 credits - Fall (Year 2) - Anthropology

  26. SOC18811102032 - The Frontier of Folklore - 2 credits - Spring - Folklore

  27. SOC169012 - International Folkloristics - 2 credits - Spring - Folklore

  28. SOC18811102062 - A New Vision of Talent Science Research - 2 credits - Spring - Talent Science

Interdisciplinary or Cross-Disciplinary Courses

Required credits: 2 (Regular Master’s)

Public Elective Courses

Required credits: 2 (Regular Master’s)

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