Sociology The University of the West Indies

Overview

The Sociology program offered by The University of the West Indies is designed to build upon and advance participants theoretical and applied knowledge of sociology and prepare them for careers at the tertiary or secondary school levels or in local, regional or international research, policy or advocacy organizations This programme is geared towards advancing students into the doctorate in philosophy programme in sociology

Graduates with M.S. in Sociology from The University of the West Indies will:

• learn about a range of "classic" and "contemporary" sociological theory which includes an emphasis on Caribbean scholars and theorists;

• gain skills necessary to analyse, construct, and explicate theories as explanatory systems;

• gain skills necessary to collect, analyse, and interpret data, including basic and intermediate statistics and regression models

• gain basic computer software skills in statistical packages for the social sciences;

• develop the skills necessary to conduct sociological research and organise results competently in writing