Most of the courses/lectures at the Institute of Sociology are held in German language. At the Faculty of Educational and Social Sciences, however, there are many courses in the disciplines of politics, communication science and educational science which would be interesting for the discipline of sociology as well.

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Erasmus students are allowed to write their papers in English in all German-speaking courses offered by the Department of Sociology.

  • English-language seminars at the IfS

    Winter Term 2025/26

    Summer Term 2025

    Winter Term 2024/25

    • Memory, Identity, and Power: Sociological Explorations - El Naggare
    • Islam And Nationalism: Unlocking The Intersection of Religion and Politics in Turkey - Kalelioglu

    Summer Term 2024

    • How do Ideologies Emerge? Theoretical Perspectives from Micro to Macro - Below
    • Sociology of Islam: Knowledge, Power, Affects - Dr. Dreier
    • Structure, Agency and Social Change: A Critical Introduction to Giddens’s Social Theory - El Naggare
    • Climate Justice - Haarbusch
    • Religion and Migration - Prof. Dr. Michalowski

    Winter Term 2023/24

    • Political Socialization - Haarbusch
    • Digital Social Science Research - Dr. Legewie
    • Cultural Aspects of Organizations - Prof. Dr. Michalowski
    • Secularization. Current Trends and International Differences - Prof. Dr. Michalowski
    • Religion and Integration - Yücetas

    Summer Term 2023

    • Introduction to Global Sociology - Dr. Harms
    • Religion and Gender - Indentity and Politics - Dr. Harms
    • Sociological Concepts in International Migration - Dr. Wiedner
    • Migration and Discrimination - Yücetas
    • Religion and Integration - Yücetas

    Winter Term 2022/23

    • What is Sociology? - Dr. Alikhani
    • Religion and Migration - Dr. Kanol
    • Survey Data Analysis with R - Dr. Kanol
    • Introduction to social and religious movements - Dr. Kanol
    • Education and Migration - Yücetas
  • Courses offered by the faculty (instructions)

    On qispos you can see all courses of Faculty 06 that are held in English. Here is a short guide:

    1. go to qispos.
    2. select the semester to be displayed (top right).
    3. click on ‘Search for lectures’ (navigation on the left).
    4. search for the category ‘department’ and enter ‘Fachbereich 06’.
    5. search for the categorie ‘Language of instruction’ and choose ‘english’.
    6. click on ‘Start search’.