Year 1, Academic year 2012/13, 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
|
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
|
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
|
|