Pre-Master's program Health, Wellbeing and Society track

The Pre-Master's program for Dutch HBO graduates builds on the practice-oriented knowledge you acquired during your Bachelor's by enhancing your theoretical knowledge as well as your capacity for conceptual thinking.

This half-year Pre-Master’s program (30 ECTS) has two intake moments.

• The first runs from September until January.
• The second runs from February until August.

After finishing the pre-Master's program with good results, you can start with:

• The one-year Master's track Sociology: Politics, Policy and Society in Comparative Perspective at the end of January or at the end of August next academic year. 
• The one-year Master's track Politics, Policy, and Societal Development at the end of August next academic year. 
• The one-year Master's track Health, Wellbeing and Society at the end of January or at the end of August next academic year. 

Application and admission

To be eligible for this pre-Master's program, you must have completed a Dutch hbo-Bachelor's program that gives direct access to the pre-Master's program. 

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Tilburg University offers a pre-Master’s program designed for students with a university Bachelor’s degree – national or international – that does not entirely meet the entry requirements of the Master’s program Sociology: Health, Wellbeing and Society. 

After you have submitted your complete application, the Admissions Committee will, based on this, decide whether: 

• You can be admitted to the Master’s program directly. 
• You need to take a pre-Master’s program. 
• You cannot be admitted to the (pre-)Master’s program. 

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You will take the following courses in block 1 (September - October)

• Introduction to Sociology
• Methods, Measurement and Statistics
• Research Project

You will take the following courses in block 2 (October - January)

• Sociological and Historical Perspectives on Identities OR Global Migration
• Causal Analysis Techniques
• Research Project

Note: the second intake moment starts with unit 3, however, it can be regarded as unit 1 et cetera.

You will take the following courses in block 3 (February- April)

• Introduction to Sociology
• Methods, Measurement and Statistics
• Research Project

You will take the following courses in block 4 (April - August)

• Families in context OR Sociology of Work
• Causal Analysis Techniques
• Research Project