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Degree Programme Table: MSc by Research Science and Technology Studies- 1 Year (PRMSCSCTST1F)


Year 1, Academic year 2009/10, Starting month: September

  • Notes: Students who can demonstrate expected levels of research skill in particular areas can, with the agreement of the Programme Director, claim exemption from particular parts of the training programme. Students who obtain exemption from core courses must substitute option courses or undertake a longer dissertation. Exemptions from particular modules of the Research Skills in Social Sciences will be administered by the Graduate School course team.


    • COMPULSORY COURSES
    This DPT has 3 compulsory course(s).


    Code  EUCLID code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
    P00002 (PGSP11016) Research Skills in the Social Sciences: Data Collection As available 20
    P02137 (SCIL11009) Core quantitative data analysis 1 and 2 As available 20
    SP0059 (PGSP11208) Research Design As available 20




    COURSE OPTIONS
    This DPT has 4 set(s) of course options with the following rules.


    Overarching rule collection group: A  
    Select exactly 120 credits from these collections:  

    Select a minimum of 20 credits and maximum of 60 credits from the following list of courses for the Programme Collection: 'Courses from School of Social and Political Science- Science and Technology Studies (MSc)- Level 11' (ROU_J_PTMSCSCTST1F_11) , as available.
    Code   EUCLID code   Course Name   Credits
    P00111    (PGSP11022)    Politics of Science and Technology   20  
    P00112    (PGSP11023)    Case Study Methods in Science and Technology Studies: Theory and Practice   20  
    SU0011    (PGSP11219)    Social and Economic Perspectives on Technology   20  

     

    Select a minimum of 20 credits and maximum of 60 credits from the following list of courses for the Programme Collection: 'Courses from Schools of Business/Economics & Social and Political Science- Science and Technology Studies (MSc)-Level 11' (ROU_H/J_PTMSCSCTST1F_11) , as available.
    Code   EUCLID code   Course Name   Credits
    SY0072    (PGSP11226)    The Social Shaping of Information and Communication Technology   20  
    SU0009    (PGSP11217)    Gender, Science and Technology   20  
    P00113    (PGSP11024)    Genetics, Nature and Society   20  
    BS0109    (BUST11028)    The Management of Technology   10  
    P01498    (BUST11127)    Management of R & D and Product Innovation   10  
    SY0094    (PGSP11231)    Sociology of the Environment and Risk   20  
    P01356    (SCSU11001)    Supervised Reading in Social and Political Studies   10  
    P00114    (PGSP11025)    The Evolution and Dynamics of Biotechnology   20  
    P02027    (SCSU11003)    SUPERVISED READING IN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY STUDIES   20  
    P02189    (PGSP11113)    Science, technology and development   20  
    P02702    (PGSP11132)    Energy Policy and Politics (20 credits)   20  
    U03378    (SCIL10056)    The Internet and Society   20  
    P02568    (SCSU11004)    The History of Psychiatry   20  
    P02266    (PGSP11117)    Colonial Science and its Legacies   20  
    P02703    (PGSP11133)    Energy Policy and Politics (10 credit version)   10  

     

    Select a minimum of 0 and maximum of 20 from the following School Collection: 'School collection schedule A to Q and T and W level 11' (SCH_A-Q/T/W_11) , as available.

     

    Select a minimum of 60 and maximum of 120 from the following list of courses for the Programme Collection: 'Courses from School of Social and Political Science- Science and Technology Studies (MSc by Research)- Level 11' (ROU_J_PRMSCSCTST1F_11) , as available.
    Code   EUCLID code   Course Name   Credits
    P01979    (PGSP11097)    Dissertation MSc by Research Science & Technology Studies (60 credit)   60  
    P01980    (PGSP11098)    Dissertation MSc by Research Science and Technology Studies (80 credit)   80  
    P01981    (PGSP11099)    Dissertation MSc by Research Science and Technology Studies (100 credit)   100  
    P01982    (PGSP11100)    Dissertation MSc by Research Science and Technology Studies (120 credit)   120  

     

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