Education

The Rural Sociology Group provides courses to two Bachelor programmes and six Master of Sciences programmes of Wageningen University. See the table below or click hyperlink for an Overview of all courses Rural Sociology is coordinating or involved in. See also the Education page at Rural Sociology Wageningen University website for more information and how contact our education coordinator.

Bachelors programmes Rural Sociology is participating in:

	Bachelor International Development Studies (BIN)	Structure of programme and courses provided
	Bachelor Health and Society (BGM)	Structure of programme and courses provided

Master programmes Rural Sociology is participating in:

International Development Studies (MID)	Sociology of Development	Structure and courses provided
Communication, Health and Life Sciences (MCH)	Health and Society	Structure and courses provided
Development and Rural Innovation (MDR)	–	Structure and courses provided
Organic Agriculture (MOA);	Sustainable Food Systems	Structure and courses provided
Food Technology (MFT):	Gastronomy Science	Structure and course provided
Landscape Architecture and Planning (MLP)	Spatial Planning	Structure and courses provided

Rural Sociology is providing BSC-theses to BIN and BGM and MSc-thesis and internships in MID, MDR, MOA, MCH and MFT. See the Brightspace site for more information (only accessible to WUR-students). Thesis and internship possibilities are also published as a separate category and tagged as such on this weblog and our social media. A list of completed Rural Sociology MSc-theses is available from the WUR Library.

PhD research and training is mainly carried out in programs endorsed by the Wageningen School of Social Sciences (WASS). If you are interested in a PhD you can contact prof. Han Wiskerke, chair of the Rural Sociology Group (han.wiskerke@wur.nl) or Joost Jongerden, research coordinator of the Rural Sociology Group (joost.jongerden@wur.nl).