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Postgrad (School of Social and Political Studies)

SCQF Level 10 (6 courses)

Code Availability Course Name Period Credits
PGSP10002 Children and Families Social Work: Themes and Issues (PG) Not delivered this year 10
PGSP10003 Community Care Social Work: Themes and Issues (PG) Not delivered this year 10
PGSP10006 SV1 Engaging with Digital Research Semester 2 10
PGSP10001 Social Science for Social Work Not delivered this year 20
PGSP10004 Social Work and Criminal Justice: Themes and Issues (PG) Not delivered this year 10
PGSP10005 Social Work and the Law (PG) Not delivered this year 10

SCQF Level 11 (257 courses)

Code Availability Course Name Period Credits
SCAN11006 SV1 Advanced Issues in Anthropological Research Full Year 40
PGSP11089 SV1 Advanced Issues in Social Work Research Full Year 20
PGSP11101 SV1 Advanced Issues in Socio-Cultural Research Full Year 40
SCIL11007 SV1 Advanced Issues in Sociological Research and Sociology Writing Workshop Full Year 40
PGSP11371 SV1 Advanced Theory in Science and Technology Studies Semester 2 20
PGSP11151 SV1 Africa and International Politics Semester 2 20
PGSP11344 African Borderlands Not delivered this year 20
PGSP11064 American Foreign Policy Not delivered this year 20
PGSP11049 SV1 An Introduction to Anthropological Theory Semester 1 20
PGSP11319 SS1 Analysing Development (Distance Learning) Semester 2 20
PGSP11110 SV1 Analysing Qualitative Data Semester 2 20
PGSP11310 SS1 Analysis for Policy Semester 1 15
PGSP11172 SV1 Anthropological Theory Semester 1 20
PGSP11385 SV1 Anthropology of Christianity Semester 1 20
PGSP11379 SV1 Anthropology of Global Health Semester 2 20
PGSP11071 SV1 Anthropology of Health and Healing Semester 1 20
PGSP11374 Anthropology of Violence Not delivered this year 20
PGSP11140 Application to a Practice Setting (Adult Protection) Not delivered this year 10
PGSP11014 Approaches to Analysing Text, Discourse and Narratives Not delivered this year 20
PGSP11245 SV1 Armed Force and Society Semester 2 20
PGSP11174 SV1 Belief,Thought and Language Semester 2 20
PGSP11331 SV1 Biobusiness Semester 2 20
PGSP11303 SV1 Childhood and Children's Rights Semester 1 20
PGSP11104 SV1 Comparative Analysis of Social and Public Policy Semester 2 20
PGSP11145 SV1 Comparative Perspectives in Nationalism Studies Semester 2 20
PGSP11176 SV1 Consumption, Exchange, Technology: The Anthropology of Economic Processes Semester 2 20
PGSP11076 SV1 Contemporary African Issues and Debates Semester 1 20
PGSP11026 SV1 Contemporary Hunter-Gatherers Semester 2 20
PGSP11276 Contemporary Social Theory Not delivered this year 20
PGSP11118 SV1 Contemporary South Asian Issues and Debates Full Year 20
PGSP11288 Contemporary War: Understanding Change and Continuity Not delivered this year 20
PGSP11068 SV1 Continuing Professional Development - Listening to Children: Research and Consultation Flexible 20
PGSP11370 Controversies in Science and Technology Not delivered this year 20
SCIL11009 SV1 Core quantitative data analysis 1 and 2 Semester 1 20
PGSP11078 SV1 Core quantitative data analysis for social research: part 1 Semester 1 10
PGSP11079 SV1 Core quantitative data analysis for social research: part 2 Semester 1 10
PGSP11027 SV1 Criminal Justice in Law and Social Policy Flexible 20
PGSP11377 SV1 Critical perspectives on mental health and well-being in the global south Semester 2 20
PGSP11178 SV1 Culture and Power: The Anthropology of Political Processes Semester 1 20
PGSP11295 SV1 Cultures of Human Rights and Humanitarianism Semester 2 20
PGSP11070 Current Issues in Health and Illness Research Not delivered this year 20
PGSP11330 SV1 Current Trends in Life Science Innovation I Semester 1 10
PGSP11332 SV1 Current Trends in Life Science Innovation II Semester 2 10
PGSP11397 SV1 Deconstructing Development: Technology and Development Policy Semester 2 20
PGSP11286 Democratisation and Europeanisation in Central and Eastern Europe Not delivered this year 20
PGSP11345 Development and Economics Not delivered this year 20
PGSP11125 Discourse Analysis/ Conversation Analysis Not delivered this year 20
PGSP11369 Displacement and Development Not delivered this year 20
PGSP11039 Dissertation (MSW) Not delivered this year 60
PGSP11361 SV1 Dissertation (MSc Global Environment, Politics and Society) Block 5 (Sem 2) and beyond 60
PGSP11291 SS1 Dissertation (MSc International Development) Block 5 (Sem 2) and beyond 60
PGSP11317 SV1 Dissertation (MSc International Relations of the Middle East with Arabic) Block 5 (Sem 2) and beyond 60
PGSP11292 SV1 Dissertation (MSc International Relations of the Middle East) Block 5 (Sem 2) and beyond 60
PGSP11354 SS1 Dissertation (MSc Science and Technology in Society Block 5 (Sem 2) and beyond 60
PGSP11216 SV1 Dissertation (MSc by Research Social Policy) Block 5 (Sem 2) and beyond 60
PGSP11139 Dissertation (MSc in Advanced Social Work Studies (Adult Protection)) Not delivered this year 60
PGSP11338 SV1 Dissertation (MSc in Management of Bioeconomy, Innovation and Governance) Block 5 (Sem 2) and beyond 60
PGSP11398 SS1 Dissertation (MSc in Sociology and Global Change) Block 5 (Sem 2) and beyond 60
PGSP11059 SV1 Dissertation (MSc/Dip African Studies) Block 5 (Sem 2) and beyond 60
PGSP11053 SV1 Dissertation (MSc/Dip Childhood Studies) Block 5 (Sem 2) and beyond 60
PGSP11052 SV1 Dissertation (MSc/Dip International & European Politics) Block 5 (Sem 2) and beyond 60
PGSP11054 SV1 Dissertation (MSc/Dip Nationalism Studies) Block 5 (Sem 2) and beyond 60
PGSP11055 SV1 Dissertation (MSc/Dip Policy Studies) Block 5 (Sem 2) and beyond 60
PGSP11060 SV1 Dissertation (MSc/Dip Social Anthropology) Block 5 (Sem 2) and beyond 60
PGSP11057 SV1 Dissertation (MSc/Dip Social Research) Semester 2 60
PGSP11239 Dissertation 100 credits MSc by Research (Political Theory) Not delivered this year 100
PGSP11238 Dissertation 80 credits MSc by Research (Political Theory) Not delivered this year 80
PGSP11248 SV1 Dissertation MSc Comparative Public Policy Flexible 60
PGSP11349 SS1 Dissertation MSc Medical Anthropology Block 5 (Sem 2) and beyond 60
PGSP11122 SV1 Dissertation MSc by Research (South Asian Studies) Flexible 60
PGSP11123 SV1 Dissertation MSc by Research (South Asian Studies) Flexible 80
PGSP11124 SV1 Dissertation MSc by Research (South Asian Studies) 100 credit Flexible 100
PGSP11090 SS1 Dissertation MSc by Research - Social Work (60 Credits) Flexible 60
PGSP11108 SV1 Dissertation MSc by Research African Studies (100 credits) Flexible 100
PGSP11106 Dissertation MSc by Research African Studies (60 credits) Not delivered this year 60
PGSP11107 SV1 Dissertation MSc by Research African Studies (80 credits) Flexible 80
PGSP11355 SS1 Dissertation MSc by Research Medical Anthropology Block 5 (Sem 2) and beyond 60
PGSP11097 SV1 Dissertation MSc by Research Science & Technology Studies (60 credit) Full Year 60
PGSP11099 SV1 Dissertation MSc by Research Science and Technology Studies (100 credit) Full Year 100
PGSP11098 SV1 Dissertation MSc by Research Science and Technology Studies (80 credit) Full Year 80
PGSP11254 SV1 Dissertation MSc by Research Social Policy (100 credits) Flexible 100
PGSP11253 SV1 Dissertation MSc by Research Social Policy (80 credits) Block 5 (Sem 2) and beyond 80
PGSP11092 SV1 Dissertation MSc by Research Socio-Cultural Studies (60 credit) Full Year 60
PGSP11093 SV1 Dissertation MSc by Research Socio-Cultural Studies (80 credit) Full Year 80
PGSP11251 SV1 Dissertation MSc in Africa and International Development Block 5 (Sem 2) and beyond 60
PGSP11074 SV1 Dissertation MSc in the Anthropology of Health and Illness Flexible 60
PGSP11094 SV1 Dissertation Msc by Research Sociological and Anthropological Approaches to Health & Healing (60 credit) Full Year 60
PGSP11384 SV1 Dissertation by Placement (MSc Childhood Studies) Block 5 (Sem 2) and beyond 60
PGSP11103 SV1 Dissertation by Placement MSc Social Research Full Year 60
PGSP11246 SV1 Economic Issues in Public Policy Semester 1 20
PGSP11308 SS1 Economics of Public Policy Semester 1 15
PGSP11350 SS1 Education Policy Semester 2 15
PGSP11387 SV1 Egyptian Politics and International Relations Semester 2 20
PGSP11133 SV1 Energy Policy and Politics (10 credit version) Semester 2 10
PGSP11132 SV1 Energy Policy and Politics (20 credits) Semester 2 20
PGSP11380 SS1 Engagement for Public Policy Practitioners Semester 2 15
PGSP11401 SV1 Engaging with Digitial Research Semester 2 10
PGSP11313 SS1 Environmental Policy Semester 2 15
PGSP11143 Ethical Practice (Adult Protection) Not delivered this year 10
PGSP11259 Ethics and Markets Not delivered this year 20
PGSP11378 Ethnography of the USA Not delivered this year 20
PGSP11312 SS1 European Public Policy Semester 2 15
PGSP11203 SV1 European Social Policy Semester 1 20
PGSP11373 SV1 Evaluation Research Methods Semester 2 20
PGSP11136 Evidence Based Practice in Adult Protection Not delivered this year 20
PGSP11037 Evidence-Based Practice (PG) Not delivered this year 40
PGSP11017 SV1 Explanation and Understanding in Social and Political Research Semester 2 20
PGSP11382 SS1 Foreign Policy (MPP) Semester 2 15
PGSP11300 SV1 Foreign Policy Analysis Semester 2 20
PGSP11287 Foundations of Science, Technology and Development Not delivered this year 20
PGSP11333 SV1 Foundations of the Bioeconomy Semester 1 20
PGSP11148 France in International Affairs Not delivered this year 20
PGSP11225 SV1 Gender and Development Semester 2 20
PGSP11217 SV1 Gender, Science and Technology Semester 2 20
PGSP11024 Genetics, Nature and Society Not delivered this year 20
PGSP11366 SV1 Genocide and Ethnic Conflict Semester 2 20
PGSP11249 Global Crime, Justice and Security: Theories and Frameworks Not delivered this year 20
PGSP11326 SS1 Global Development Challenges (Distance Learning) Semester 1 20
PGSP11359 SV1 Global Environment and Society Semester 2 20
PGSP11358 SV1 Global Environment: Key Issues Semester 1 20
PGSP11299 SV1 Global Environmental Politics Semester 1 20
PGSP11328 SV1 Global Health Governance (DIstance Learning) Semester 2 20
IPHP11003 SV1 Global Politics of Public Health Semester 2 20
PGSP11301 SV1 Global Politics of Sex and Gender Semester 2 20
PGSP11404 SV1 Global Resource Governance: environments and policies in a context of global change Semester 2 15
IPHP11009 SV1 Globalisation and public health Block 1 (Sem 1) 10
PGSP11327 SV1 Governance, Development and Poverty in Africa Semester 2 20
PGSP11281 SV1 Governing Mineral Extraction in Africa Semester 1 20
PGSP11365 Governing the Social: International Perspectives Not delivered this year 20
PGSP11080 Guided Reading in African Studies Not delivered this year 20
PGSP11063 SV1 Happiness: Cross-Cultural Perspectives Semester 2 20
IPHP11008 Health Policy Analysis Not delivered this year 10
PGSP11363 SV1 Health Systems Analysis Semester 1 20
PGSP11364 SV1 Health Systems: Strengthening and Reform Semester 2 20
PGSP11329 SV1 Health inequities and the social determinants of health (Distance learning) Semester 2 20
PGSP11289 Health, Innovation and Policy Not delivered this year 20
PGSP11147 Himalayan Ethnography Not delivered this year 20
PGSP11307 SV1 Human Origins and the Genesis of Symbolic Thought Semester 2 20
PGSP11376 Humans and Other Species Not delivered this year 20
PGSP11293 ICT for Development Not delivered this year 20
PGSP11375 Indian Politics and Society Not delivered this year 20
PGSP11334 SV1 Innovation Systems: Theory and Practice I Semester 1 10
PGSP11335 SV1 Innovation Systems: Theory and Practice II Semester 2 10
PGSP11400 SV1 Innovation in Sustainable Food Systems Semester 2 20
PGSP11170 SV1 Institutions and Policies of the European Union Semester 1 20
PGSP11321 SV1 Intermediate inferential statistics: testing and modelling Semester 2 20
PGSP11314 SS1 International Development Semester 2 15
PGSP11311 SS1 International Dimensions of Public Policy Semester 1 15
PGSP11134 International Indigenous Politics Not delivered this year 20
PGSP11171 SV1 International Political Economy Semester 2 20
PGSP11156 SV1 International Relations Theory Semester 1 20
PGSP11162 SV1 International Security Semester 2 20
PGSP11362 International Social Work: Themes and Issues Not delivered this year 20
PGSP11116 SV1 Internet, Society and Economy Semester 2 20
PGSP11296 SV1 Interpreting Development: Institutions and Practices Semester 2 20
PGSP11229 Intimate Relationships Not delivered this year 20
PGSP11394 SV1 Introduction to Industrial Biotechnology and its Governance Semester 1 10
PGSP11395 SV1 Introduction to Risk, Regulation and Governance Semester 1 10
IPHP11022 SV1 Introduction to epidemiology for public policy Semester 1 10
PGSP11102 Key Issues in Law and Society Research Not delivered this year 20
PGSP11348 SV1 Key Skills in Development Practice Semester 2 20
PGSP11290 Keywords in South Asian Public Culture Not delivered this year 20
PGSP11046 Khoisan Southern Africa Not delivered this year 20
PGSP11184 SV1 Kinship: Structure and Process Semester 2 20
PGSP11304 Labour Market Policy: International and Comparative Perspectives Not delivered this year 20
PGSP11036 Learning for Practice (PG) 1 Not delivered this year 80
PGSP11038 Learning for Practice (PG) 2 Not delivered this year 80
PGSP11142 Legislative and Policy Context (Adult Protection) Not delivered this year 10
PGSP11012 SV1 Listening to Children: Research and Consultation Semester 2 20
PGSP11316 SS1 MPP Capstone Project Block 5 (Sem 2) and beyond 60
PGSP11264 SV1 MSc Dissertation in Global Crime, Justice and Security (SPS) Flexible 60
PGSP11185 SV1 Magic, Science and Healing Semester 2 20
PGSP11391 SV1 Managing Digital Influence Semester 1 10
PGSP11277 Methods in Political Theory (20 CREDIT) Not delivered this year 20
PGSP11341 SV1 Modern Africa Semester 1 20
PGSP11127 Multi-Level Democracy and Public Policy Not delivered this year 20
PGSP11146 SV1 Nations and Nationalism Semester 1 20
PGSP11187 Peoples and Cultures of Africa Not delivered this year 40
PGSP11114 Policy and Management Issues in Science and Technology Not delivered this year 20
PGSP11129 Political Economy of East Asia Not delivered this year 20
PGSP11062 Political Economy of European Integration Not delivered this year 20
PGSP11298 Political Islam in the Middle East Not delivered this year 20
PGSP11247 SV1 Political Issues in Public Policy Semester 2 20
PGSP11111 SV1 Political Theory and International Affairs Semester 1 20
PGSP11161 Political Theory of International Human Rights Not delivered this year 20
PGSP11240 SV1 Politics and Theories of International Development Semester 1 20
PGSP11318 SS1 Politics and Theories of International Development (Distance Learning) Semester 1 20
PGSP11309 SS1 Politics of Public Policy Semester 1 15
PGSP11261 SV1 Popular Music Technology and Society Semester 2 20
PGSP11360 SV1 Project-Based Report (MSc Global Environment, Politics and Society) Block 5 (Sem 2) and beyond 60
PGSP11315 SS1 Public Health Policy Semester 2 15
PGSP11339 SV1 Public Health and Health Policy (Distance Learning) Semester 1 20
PGSP11205 Public Policy in Scotland Not delivered this year 20
PGSP11188 SV1 Qualitative Methods and Ethnographic Fieldwork Semester 2 20
PGSP11357 Race and Ethnicity Not delivered this year 20
PGSP11393 SV1 Regulation and Governance of New Therapies Semester 2 20
PGSP11396 SV1 Regulation and Governance of the Life Sciences Semester 2 10
PGSP11347 Religion and Development Not delivered this year 20
PGSP11243 Religion and Global Society Not delivered this year 20
PGSP11208 SV1 Research Design Semester 2 20
PGSP11128 SV1 Research Project for PG Certificate in Democracy and Public Policy Flexible 40
PGSP11016 SV1 Research Skills in the Social Sciences: Data Collection Semester 1 20
PGSP11141 Research and Evaluation (Social Work) in Practice Not delivered this year 10
PGSP11138 Research and Evaluation (Social Work): Theoretical Approaches Not delivered this year 20
PGSP11083 Research and Evaluation in Social Work Not delivered this year 20
PGSP11340 SV1 Research in Africa Semester 2 20
PGSP11262 Researching Drugs and Alcohol in Society Not delivered this year 20
PGSP11386 SV1 Rethinking Development Economics Semester 1 20
PGSP11137 Risk and Adult Protection Not delivered this year 20
PGSP11336 Risk, Regulation and Governance I Not delivered this year 10
PGSP11337 Risk, Regulation and Governance II Not delivered this year 10
PGSP11191 SV1 Ritual and Religion Semester 1 20
PGSP11320 SS1 Roots of African Poverty and Development (Distance Learning) Semester 1 20
PGSP11352 SV1 Science, Knowledge and Expertise Semester 1 20
PGSP11257 SV1 Scotland: Social Structure and Social Change Semester 2 20
PGSP11381 SS1 Security Governance Semester 2 15
PGSP11192 Selected Anthropological Texts Not delivered this year 20
PGSP11040 Social & Political Movements: Theory and Practice Not delivered this year 20
IPHP11002 SV1 Social Determinants of Health and Public Policy Semester 2 20
PGSP11305 SV1 Social Interventions in HIV and AIDS Semester 1 20
PGSP11372 SV1 Social Network Analysis: Mapping and Exploring the Network Society Semester 2 20
PGSP11351 SS1 Social Policy Semester 2 15
PGSP11389 SV1 Social Shaping of Digital Research Semester 2 10
PGSP11399 SV1 Social and Political Science Research Training Workshops Flexible 5
PGSP11258 SV1 Social inequality and social protection Semester 2 20
PGSP11367 SV1 Sociology of Emotions Semester 2 20
PGSP11231 SV1 Sociology of the Environment and Risk Semester 2 20
PGSP11119 SV1 South Asian studies: conceptual and theoretical underpinnings Semester 1 20
PGSP11044 Southeast Asia Not delivered this year 20
PGSP11282 Southern Africa: History, Politics and Society Not delivered this year 20
PGSP11157 Survey Methods and Data Not delivered this year 20
AFRI11001 SV1 Swahili 1A Semester 1 20
AFRI11002 SV1 Swahili 1B Semester 2 20
PGSP11390 SV1 Technologies of Civic Participation Semester 1 10
PGSP11047 SV1 The Anthropology of Death Semester 2 20
PGSP11302 SV1 The Documents of Life Semester 2 20
PGSP11042 SV1 The Ethnography Seminar Semester 2 20
PGSP11356 The Euro: Theory, History, and Crisis Not delivered this year 20
PGSP11061 SV1 The European Union in International Affairs Semester 2 20
PGSP11025 The Evolution and Dynamics of Biotechnology Not delivered this year 20
PGSP11343 SV1 The International Politics of Money Semester 2 20
PGSP11275 SV1 The Middle East in International Relations Semester 2 20
PGSP11050 The Politics of Identity in South Asia Not delivered this year 20
PGSP11149 SV1 The Politics of Post-Soviet Russia Semester 1 20
PGSP11226 The Social Shaping of Information and Communication Technology Not delivered this year 20
PGSP11388 SV1 The use and evolution of digital data analysis and collection tools Semester 2 10
PGSP11144 SV1 Theories and Theorists in Nationalism Studies Semester 1 20
PGSP11383 SV1 Transitional Justice in Context Semester 1 20
PGSP11392 SV1 Understanding Data Visualisation Full Year 10
PGSP11212 Understanding Public Policy in OECD Countries Not delivered this year 20
PGSP11353 SV1 Understanding Technology Semester 1 20
PGSP11368 SV1 Urban Development Semester 2 20
PGSP11260 SV1 Visual Anthropology Semester 2 20
PGSP11403 SV1 Work-based dissertation (Africa and International Development) Block 5 (Sem 2) and beyond 60
PGSP11402 SV1 Work-based dissertation (International Development) Block 5 (sem 2) 60
BUST11169 SS1 Management of R&D and Product Innovation Semester 2 20
PGGE11050 Society and Development Not delivered this year 20
Key
Available to all students - SV
Not available to visiting students - SS
Part-year visiting students only - VV
 
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