2026 Doctor's Program in Sociology (First-Level Discipline)



Part 1: Overview of Course Structure

Course Module

Required Credits (Regular PhD)

Compulsory Public Courses

5

Degree Foundation Courses

2

Compulsory Professional Courses

4

Professional Elective Courses

2

Interdisciplinary or Cross-Disciplinary Courses

2

Part 2: Course List

Degree Foundation Courses

  1. SOC189004 - Frontiers of Sociological Theory and Autonomous Knowledge Systems - 2 credits - Semester: Fall (Year 1)

Compulsory Professional Courses

  1. SOC189002 - AI-empowered Social Research - 2 credits - Semester: Fall (Year 1)

  2. SOC169013 - Introduction to Computational Social Science - 2 credits - Semester: Spring (Year 1)

Professional Elective Courses

  1. SOC189001 - Special Topics in Sociological Research - 2 credits - Spring - Sociology

  2. SOC10821102052 - Classic Theories in Demography - 2 credits - Spring - Demography

  3. SOC189003 - Special Studies in Anthropology - 2 credits - Spring - Anthropology

  4. SOC10821102035 - Fundamentals in Folklore - 2 credits - Spring - Folklore

  5. SOC10821102062 - A new vision of talent science research - 2 credits - Spring - Talent Science

  6. MCB1089001 - Frontiers in Social Work Theory and Practice - 3 credits - Fall - Social Work and Social Policy

  7. SOC10821102002 - The Intervention Research - 2 credits - Spring - Social Work and Social Policy

  8. SOC10811102025 - Principle and Application of Geographic Information Science - 2 credits - Spring - Demography

  9. SOC169015 - Understanding Chinese Society in Transactions With Data - 2 credits - Spring - Sociology

  10. SOC169001 - Multi-Source Urban Data Analysis and Practice - 2 credits - Fall - Demography

  11. SOC169004 - Machine Learning Methods for Computational Social Science - 2 credits - Spring - Sociology

  12. SOC169003 - Artificial Intelligence and Urban-Rural Diver - 2 credits - Spring - Demography

Interdisciplinary or Cross-Disciplinary Courses

Required credits: 2 (Regular PhD)