MSc in Social Policy (Research)
Programme Code: TMSOPORE
Department: Social Policy (pre 2019/20)
For students starting this programme of study in 2018/19
Guidelines for interpreting programme regulations
Full-year programme. Students take two compulsory courses, one unit of options and a dissertation.
Please note that places are limited on some optional courses. Admission onto any particular course is not guaranteed and may be subject to timetabling constraints and/or students meeting specific prerequisite requirements.
Paper |
Course number, title (unit value) | |
Paper 1 |
SA451 Social Policy Research (1.0) # (withdrawn 2019/20) | |
Paper 2 |
MY4M1 Foundations of Social Research 1 (1.0) or | |
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MY4M2 Foundations of Social Research 2 (1.0) | |
Paper 3 |
Courses to the value of 1.0 unit(s) from the following: | |
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DV456 Population, Health and Development: Evidence and Projections (0.5) # | |
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DV458 Key issues in Global Health and Development (0.5) | |
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GI414 Theorising Gender and Social Policy (0.5) | |
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GI415 Gender and European Welfare States (0.5) | |
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GY441 The Politics of Housing (0.5) | |
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HP401 Introduction to Health Policy and Politics (0.5) | |
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HP420 Health Economics (0.5) | |
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HP424 Pharmaceutical Economics and Policy (0.5) | |
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LL4CL Explaining Punishment: Philosophy, Political Economy, Sociology (0.5) | |
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PB415 Behavioural Science (0.5) (not available 2021/22) | |
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PB421 Happiness (0.5) | |
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PP4X6 Welfare Analysis and Measurement (1.0) | |
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SA409 Social Security Policies (0.5) (withdrawn 2019/20) | |
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SA41A Wellbeing and Public Policy (0.5) (withdrawn 2019/20) | |
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SA429 Understanding Social (Dis)advantage (0.5) (withdrawn 2019/20) | |
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SA488 Social Policy Goals and Issues (0.5) (withdrawn 2018/19) | |
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SA4B8 Ethnicity, Race and Social Policy (0.5) (withdrawn 2019/20) | |
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SA4B9 Education Policy, Reform and Financing (0.5) (withdrawn 2019/20) | |
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SA4C2 Basic Education for Social Development (0.5) # (withdrawn 2019/20) | |
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SA4C6 International Housing and Human Settlements; Conflicts and Communities (0.5) (withdrawn 2019/20) | |
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SA4C9 Social Policy - Organisation and Innovation (0.5) (withdrawn 2018/19) | |
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SA4D5 Social Rights and Human Welfare (0.5) # (withdrawn 2019/20) | |
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SA4F1 Migration: Current Research, Critical Approaches (0.5) (withdrawn 2019/20) | |
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SA4F7 The Economics of European Social Policy (0.5) # (withdrawn 2018/19) | |
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SA4F8 Behavioural Public Policy (0.5) (withdrawn 2019/20) | |
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SA4F9 Housing, Neighbourhoods and Communities (0.5) # (withdrawn 2019/20) | |
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SA4G8 Social Movements, Activism, and Social Policy (0.5) (withdrawn 2019/20) | |
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SA4H7 SA415 Urbanisation and Social Policy in the Global South (0.5) # (withdrawn 2019/20) | |
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SA4K2 Sexuality, Everyday Lives and Social Policy in Developing Countries (0.5) # (withdrawn 2019/20) | |
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SA4K5 Issues in Contemporary Policing (0.5) # (withdrawn 2019/20) | |
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SA4L1 The Governance of Welfare: The Nation State and the European Union (0.5) (withdrawn 2018/19) | |
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SA4L6 Illegal Drugs and Their Control: Theory, Policy and Practice (0.5) # (withdrawn 2019/20) | |
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SA4L7 Policing, Security and Globalisation (0.5) # (withdrawn 2019/20) | |
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SA4M1 Politics of Social Policy: Welfare and Work in Comparative Perspective (0.5) (withdrawn 2019/20) | |
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SA4N8 Riots, Disorder and Urban Violence (0.5) # (withdrawn 2019/20) | |
Paper 4 |
SA47R Social Policy (Research) - Dissertation (1.0) (withdrawn 2019/20) | |
# means there may be prerequisites for this course. Please view the course guide for more information.
It is not always possible to offer students a place on each of their preferred courses. This is particularly the case where courses are offered outside the Department of Social Policy (ie not prefixed with 'SA').
Note for prospective students:
For changes to graduate course and programme information for the next academic session, please see the . Changes to course and programme information for future academic sessions can be found on the .
This programme has been retitled to MSc in International Social and Public Policy (Research) for 2019/20. Last year of entry 2018/19.
