Sociology and Social Informatics
    Duration48 month(s)
    Tuition Fee
    EUR 1,090 / Year
    Apply DateAugust 15, 2021
    Next IntakeSeptember 1, 2021

    Sociology and Social Informatics

    About

    Overview This Sociology and Social Informatics programme at National Research University - Higher School of Economics (HSE)  is first in Russia and one of the first BA programs in the world to train sociologists of the new digital generation.  Our program equip young people with solid knowledge in social sciences, including theory construction and model building,  as well as the cutting-edge skills in data gathering, processing, analysis and visualization.  These skills are useful in any venue of future life in business or academia.The program also provides students with domain-specific competences, required for academic and professional success in the areas, related to the Internet and digitally transformed industries: consulting and marketing companies, internet advertising agencies, and digital start-ups, as well as in the online gaming industry and digital media.The program includes not only sociological and humanities topics, but also applied elective courses in HR management and research, digital marketing and storytelling, knowledge management and organizational analysis, as well as mathematics, data analysis and computer science core, and theory construction and model building competences. CareerThe combination of sociological "core", managerial, analytical and IT disciplines defines the multifaceted modern work profile.You can work in any organization and any field, where understanding of human behavior and their interactions, combined with modern methods of its analysis is essential:specialists in web analytics and social mediaplanning and online advertising campaign managementanalysis and customer relationship managementspecialists in organizational and information systemsmarketing and human studies
    The first in Russia to train sociologists of the new digital generation, this Sociology and Social Informatics programme at National Research University - Higher School of Economics (HSE) prepares specialists with the skills they need for gathering and processing data using the most up-to-date technology and methodology.

    Disciplines

    Digital MarketingInformatics & Information SciencesSociology

    Requirements

    Other Requirements

    1High school certificate or equivalent recognized by the Russian Federation and duly legalised, if applicable (if you do not yet have your high school certificate at the time of application, you can submit an official high school transcript of records for last 3 years).Successful passing of 2 programme-specific entrance examinations (online or on-campus).

    Fee Information

    Sociology and Social Informatics

    National Research University - Higher School of Economics (HSE)

    National Research University - Higher School of Economics (HSE)

    Russian Federation

    Russian Federation, Moscow