Structured PhD (Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences) (Political Science and Sociology)

University of Galway

In the School of Political Science and Sociology, PhD students pursue their research as part of the thematic Research Cluster in which their supervisor is located. As part of the doctoral training available on the Structured PhD programme, students select from a range of interdisciplinary taught modules. The wide menu of available options include modules that: are discipline-specific in that they augment the student’s existing knowledge in their specialist area, e.g., Social and Political Theory. are dissertation-specific in that they supply core skills which are essential to completion of the research project e.g. Qualitative and Quantitative Research Methods . acknowledge a student’s professional development, e.g., presentation of a paper at an international conference. enhance a student’s employability through generic training, e.g., careers workshops, computer literacy. Each student will be assigned a primary Supervisor(s) and a Graduate Research Committee made up of experienced researchers to plan their programme of study and to provide on-going support to their research.

College of Arts, Social Sciences and Celtic Studies