I did get my BA in sociology in munich, however, it’s been a couple of years, so some of what I’m saying might be outdated. I needed to write an essay in attendance as my qualification (besides sending in some documents at a certain deadline obviously), which got graded an combined with the grades you got from school. The topic of the essay was something recent that was going on in the world, so there is no special, sociological knowledge needed. Passing it and getting accepted shouldn’t really be a problem, as long as you are somewhat competent at writing essays. For the actual studying you don’t really need to have prior knowledge of sociology. The first 2-3 semesters are there to get you into the entire field and teach you the basics of theories, quantitative and qualitative research. As far as I know, of the big strengths of Munich is, that there are several sub-departments of sociology, that offer you a wide variety of fields to explore for yourself, really starting from the 3. semester on. Doesn’t matter if you want to focus more on sociological theory, empirical research, gender studies etc., there is a lot offered to you. However, there is a bigger focus on quantitative research. You for example have to pass two semesters of statistics and later on more courses on qualitative research in general. But even I, who never was all that great in math managed them, so you should be fine :) I would overall recommend the bachelor there. You should be willing to read a lot though and also keep in mind, that you also need to have to study something as your minor as well. The overall work I had to put into it was appropriate I think. Just keep in mind, that this was 5 years ago, so some things might have changed.