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Degree Programme Table: Science and Technology Studies (MSc) (Full-time) (PTMSCSCTST1F)


Year 1, Academic year 2010/11, Starting month: September


COMPULSORY COURSES
This DPT has 2 compulsory course(s).


Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
PGSP11220 The Sociology of Scientific Knowledge As available 20
PGSP11058 Dissertation (MSc/Dip Science and Technology Studies) As available 60




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



Select exactly 40 credits from the following list of courses for the Programme Collection: 'Courses from School(s) J - Science and Technology Studies (MSc) (Full-time) - Level(s) 11' (ROU_J_PTMSCSCTST1F1_11) , as available.
     
Code   Course Name   Credits
PGSP11219    Social and Economic Perspectives on Technology   20  
PGSP11024    Genetics, Nature and Society   20  

Notes:Standard route
 
AND   

Select exactly 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   Course Name   Credits
PGSP11226    The Social Shaping of Information and Communication Technology   20  
PGSP11217    Gender, Science and Technology   20  
BUST11028    The Management of Technology   10  
BUST11127    Management of R & D and Product Innovation   10  
PGSP11231    Sociology of the Environment and Risk   20  
PGSP11025    The Evolution and Dynamics of Biotechnology   20  
PGSP11132    Energy Policy and Politics (20 credits)   20  
SCSU11004    The History of Psychiatry   20  
PGHC11205    Man and the Natural World in the Enlightenment   20  
RCSS11001    Social Dimensions of Systems and Synthetic Biology   20  
PGSP11279    Science Technology and Development: Roots and Legacies   20  
PGSP11023    Case Study Methods in Science and Technology Studies: Theory and Practice   20  
PGSP11022    Politics of Science and Technology   20  
PGSP11284    Science, Technology and Development: Global Issues, Contemporary Solutions?   20  
SCSU11006    Supervised Reading in Science and Technology Studies (20 credits)   20  
SCSU11007    Supervised Reading in Science and Technology Studies (10 credits)   10  
PGSP11116    Internet, Society and Economy   20  

Notes:Standard route
 

OR   


Select exactly 40 credits from the following list of courses for the Programme Collection: 'Courses from School(s) E - Science and Technology Studies (MSc) (Full-time) - Level(s) 11' (ROU_E_PTMSCSCTST1F1_11) , as available.
     
Code   Course Name   Credits
PGHC11205    Man and the Natural World in the Enlightenment   20  
PGHC11091    Historical Methodology   20  

Notes:History of Science & Medicine specialism
 
AND   

Select exactly 60 credits from the following list of courses for the Programme Collection: 'Courses from School(s) J/E - Science and Technology Studies (MSc) (Full-time) - Level(s) 11' (ROU_J/E_PTMSCSCTST1F1_11) , as available.
                       
Code   Course Name   Credits
PGSP11217    Gender, Science and Technology   20  
PGSP11024    Genetics, Nature and Society   20  
SCSU11004    The History of Psychiatry   20  
PGSP11279    Science Technology and Development: Roots and Legacies   20  
PGHC11288    Historical Sources in the Digital Age   10  
PGHC11207    Historiography and Theory of Social and Cultural History   20  
PGSP11022    Politics of Science and Technology   20  
SCSU11006    Supervised Reading in Science and Technology Studies (20 credits)   20  

Notes:History of Science & Medicine specialism
 

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