Postgraduate Modules

Please note, while the modules and module descriptors are set out below as accurately as possible, additions or removals of available modules, and changes of module content, instructors, and assessment procedures are often unavoidable because of changes in staff availability, resource constraints, and other pressures. Thank you for your understanding.

MSc in Comparative Social Change

Note: Module Outlines for Academic Year 2026/2027 are currently being updated and may be subject to change

Mandatory Course Modules

Modules delivered at Trinity:

• SOP77101: Research Methods (10 ECTS)
• SOP77112: Globalisation and Social Change (10 ECTS)

Modules delivered at UCD:

• SOC40810: Intro to Comparative Social Change: Concepts and Cases (10 ECTS)

Both Universities:

• SOP7300/SOC40920: Dissertation (30 ECTS)

Elective Course Modules

Modules delivered at Trinity:

• SOP77081: The Migration Challenge: Comparative Educational Perspective (10)
• SOP77092/SOC40910: Gender and Social Change in Comparative Context (10)
• SOP77162: Social Inequality in Comparative Perspective (10 ECTS)
• SOP77172: AI and Society (10 ECTS)

Modules delivered at UCD:

• SOC40620: Nationalism and Social Change (10 ECTS)
• SOC41160: Sustainable Solutions and Applied Social Change (10 ECTS)
• SOC41180: Environmental Crises Inequality and Sustainable Futures (10 ECTS)
• SPOL40470: Comparing Healthcare Systems (10 ECTS)

MPhil in Race, Ethnicity and Conflict

Module outlines for 2026/27 Academic Year

Mandatory Course Modules

• SOP77011: Theories of Race and Ethnicity (10 ECTS)
• SOP77100: Research Methods (10 ECTS)
• SOP77041: Theories of Conflict (5 ECTS)
• Dissertation

Optional Course Modules (student selects 6)

• SOP77031: Conflict Zones: Case Studies (10 ECTS)
• SOP77072: Gender and Race (10 ECTS)
• SOP77141: Radical Right Movements and Resistance in Comparative Perspective (10)
• SOP77152: Ecological Crisis and Ecological Futures (10 ECTS)