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

    SoSe 2025

    • 060507 Sociological Inquiries on the Rise of Far-Right Politics - Tokdogan
    • 060435 Secularization. Current Trends and International Differences - Prof. Dr. Michalowski
    • 060481 Kultursoziologie alltäglicher Phänomene - Dr. Dreier
    • 060493 Lived Diversities: Migration, Class, and Religion in Everday Life in Germany - Celik
    • 060506 Introduction to Sociology of Emotions - Tokdoghan

    WiSe 2024/25

    • 068494 Memory, Identity, and Power: Sociological Explorations - El Naggare
    • 068502 Islam And Nationalism: Unlocking The Intersection of Religion and Politics in Turkey - Kalelioglu

    Summer semester 2024

    • How do Ideologies Emerge? Theoretical Perspectives from Micro to Macro (Below)
    • Climate Justice (Haarbusch)
    • Religion and Migration (Prof. Dr. Michalowski)

    • Sociology of Islam: Knowledge, Power, Affects (Dr. Dreier)

    • Structure, Agency and Social Change: A Critical Introduction to Giddens’s Social Theory (El Naggare)

    Winter semester 23/24

    • Political Socialization (Haarbusch)
    • Cultural Aspects of Organizations (Prof. Dr. Michalowski)
    • Secularization. Current Trends and International Differences (Prof. Dr. Michalowski)
    • Religion and Integration (Yücetas)

    Summer semester 2023

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

    Winter semester 22/23

    • Religion and Migration (Dr. Kanol)
    • Survey Data Analysis with R (Dr. Kanol)
    • Introduction to social and religious movements (Dr. Kanol)
    • Education and Migration (Yücetas)
    • What is Sociology? (Dr. Alikhani)

  • 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’.