The Department of Sociology and Anthropology develops teaching and research activities focused on the analysis of social, cultural and environmental transformations.

Its members contribute to several programmes within the School of Human and Social Sciences (SSHS), including the Bachelor’s degree in Human and Social Sciences and the Master in Social Transitions and Innovations (METIS).

Study Programmes

Bachelor’s degree in Human and Social Sciences
Introduction to sociological and anthropological approaches and their methods of analysis.

School of Human and Social Sciences

Bachelor's in

Sciences Humaines et Sociales

Mons

• Schedule

  Daytime schedule
• ECTS Credits

  180
• Language

  French

Master in Social Transitions and Innovations (METIS)
An interdisciplinary approach to contemporary social, ecological and economic transformations.

School of Human and Social Sciences

Master's in

Transitions et innovations sociales (METIS)

Mons

• Schedule

  Daytime schedule
• ECTS Credits

  120
• Language

  French

Examples of Courses

Anthropology

• Social Anthropology
• Anthropology of Nature
• Decolonial Anthropology
• Elements of Economic Anthropology
• Anthropological Methodology

Sociology

• History of Sociological Thought
• Issues in Sociology
• Sociology and Globalisation

Contemporary Issues

• Migration
• Ecological Transformations
• Science, Technology and Society
• Social Ecology and the Commons
• Social Change
• Socio-ecology of Transitions
• Participatory Research Seminar

An Approach Grounded in Contemporary Issues

The courses foster a critical understanding of social, cultural, political and environmental dynamics by combining theoretical perspectives with field-based analysis.

Team

The Department brings together professors, lecturers, researchers, teaching assistants and doctoral researchers engaged in research on contemporary social, cultural and environmental transformations.

Meet the Team

Publications

UMONS uses an institutional repository, ORBI, which includes numerous references and full texts of publications, many of which are in Open Access. Consult the list of this service's publications in ORBI