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Degree Programme Table: Science and Technology Studies (MSc by Research) (Full-time) (PRMSCSCTST1F)


Year 1, Academic year 2011/12, 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  Course Name  Period  Credits 
    PGSP11016 Research Skills in the Social Sciences: Data Collection As available 20
    SCIL11009 Core quantitative data analysis 1 and 2 As available 20
    PGSP11208 Research Design As available 20




    COURSE OPTIONS
    This DPT has 3 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 60 credits and maximum of 100 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    PGSP11097    Dissertation MSc by Research Science & Technology Studies (60 credit)   60  
    PGSP11098    Dissertation MSc by Research Science and Technology Studies (80 credit)   80  
    PGSP11099    Dissertation MSc by Research Science and Technology Studies (100 credit)   100  

     
    AND   

    Select a minimum of 20 credits and maximum of 60 credits from the following list of courses, 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  
    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  
    PGSP11023    Case Study Methods in Science and Technology Studies: Theory and Practice   20  
    PGSP11022    Politics of Science and Technology   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  
    PGSP11287    Foundations of Science, Technology and Development   20  
    PGSP11289    Health, Innovation and Policy   20  
    PGSP11293    ICT for Development   20  

     
    AND   

    Select a minimum of 0 credits and maximum of 20 credits from Level 11 courses in Schedules A to Q, T and W, as available

     

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