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Degree Programme Table: Science and Technology in Society (MSc) (Part-time) (PTMSCSCTSO1P)

Year 1, Academic year 2014/15, Starting month: September

  • Notes: Before selecting your outside courses, please ensure you have met your Director of Studies.


  • COMPULSORY COURSES
    This DPT has 0 compulsory course(s).


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 




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


    Overarching rule collection group: A  
    Select exactly 30 credits from these collections:  

    Select exactly 20 credits from the following list of courses, during Semester 1
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    PGSP11352    Science, Knowledge and Expertise   20  
    PGSP11353    Understanding Technology   20  

    Notes:Notes: 1) These core courses MUST be taken in either Year 1 or Year 2.
    2) You MUST take all the courses in the list and cannot take any course twice.

     
    AND   

    Select exactly 10 credits from the following list of courses, during Semester 1
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    PGSP11334    Innovation Systems: Theory and Practice I   10  
    PGSP11395    Introduction to Risk, Regulation and Governance   10  

    Notes:Notes: 1) These core courses MUST be taken in either Year 1 or Year 2.
    2) You MUST take all the courses in the list and cannot take any course twice.

     


    AND   

    Overarching rule collection group: B  
    Select a minimum of 0 credits and a maximum of 30 credits from these collections:  

    Select a minimum of 0 credits and maximum of 30 credits from the following list of courses, during Semester 2
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    SCSU11007    Supervised Reading in Science and Technology Studies (10 credits)   10  
    SCSU11006    Supervised Reading in Science and Technology Studies (20 credits)   20  
    PGSP11116    Internet, Society and Economy   20  
    PGSP11293    ICT for Development   20  
    PGSP11217    Gender, Science and Technology   20  
    PGSP11245    Armed Force and Society   20  
    PGSP11024    Genetics, Nature and Society   20  
    RCSS11001    Social Dimensions of Systems and Synthetic Biology   20  
    PGSP11133    Energy Policy and Politics (10 credit version)   10  
    PGSP11132    Energy Policy and Politics (20 credits)   20  
    PGHC11205    Man and the Natural World in the Enlightenment   20  
    PGSP11231    Sociology of the Environment and Risk   20  
    PGSP11110    Analysing Qualitative Data   20  
    SCAN10032    Belief, Thought and Language   20  
    PGSP11276    Contemporary Social Theory   20  
    PGSP11176    Consumption, Exchange, Technology: The Anthropology of Economic Processes   20  
    PGSP11287    Foundations of Science, Technology and Development   20  
    PGSP11299    Global Environmental Politics   20  
    PGSP11185    Magic, Science and Healing   20  
    PGSP11127    Multi-Level Democracy and Public Policy   20  
    PGSP11247    Political Issues in Public Policy   20  
    PGSP11188    Qualitative Methods and Ethnographic Fieldwork   20  
    SCWR11001    Reflexivity in Qualitative Research   20  
    PGSP11208    Research Design   20  
    PGSP11157    Survey Methods and Data   20  

    Notes:Notes: 1) Courses run in either Semester 1 or Semester 2.
    2) Not all courses will run in any given year.
    3) Candidates must take a total of 60 credits of option courses over the four semesters of their part-time degree. Normally, a total of 60 credits will be divided between the academic years, but this can be carried with the explicit agreement of the Programme Director.

     
    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

     



    Year 2, Academic year 2014/15, Starting month: September

  • Notes: Before selecting your outside courses, please ensure you have met your Director of Studies.


  • COMPULSORY COURSES
    This DPT has 1 compulsory course(s).


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
    PGSP11354 Dissertation (MSc Science and Technology in Society Block 5 (sem 2) 60




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


    Overarching rule collection group: A  
    Select exactly 30 credits from these collections:  

    Select exactly 20 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    PGSP11352    Science, Knowledge and Expertise   20  
    PGSP11353    Understanding Technology   20  

    Notes:Notes: 1) These core courses MUST be taken in either Year 1 or Year 2.
    2) You MUST take all the courses in the list and cannot take any course twice.

     
    AND   

    Select exactly 10 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    PGSP11334    Innovation Systems: Theory and Practice I   10  
    PGSP11395    Introduction to Risk, Regulation and Governance   10  

    Notes:Notes: 1) These core courses MUST be taken in either Year 1 or Year 2.
    2) You MUST take all the courses in the list and cannot take any course twice.

     


    AND   

    Overarching rule collection group: B  
    Select a minimum of 0 credits and a maximum of 60 credits from these collections:  

    Select a minimum of 0 credits and maximum of 60 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    SCSU11007    Supervised Reading in Science and Technology Studies (10 credits)   10  
    SCSU11006    Supervised Reading in Science and Technology Studies (20 credits)   20  
    PGSP11116    Internet, Society and Economy   20  
    PGSP11293    ICT for Development   20  
    PGSP11217    Gender, Science and Technology   20  
    PGSP11245    Armed Force and Society   20  
    PGSP11024    Genetics, Nature and Society   20  
    RCSS11001    Social Dimensions of Systems and Synthetic Biology   20  
    PGSP11133    Energy Policy and Politics (10 credit version)   10  
    PGSP11132    Energy Policy and Politics (20 credits)   20  
    PGHC11205    Man and the Natural World in the Enlightenment   20  
    PGSP11231    Sociology of the Environment and Risk   20  
    PGSP11110    Analysing Qualitative Data   20  
    SCAN10032    Belief, Thought and Language   20  
    PGSP11276    Contemporary Social Theory   20  
    PGSP11176    Consumption, Exchange, Technology: The Anthropology of Economic Processes   20  
    PGSP11287    Foundations of Science, Technology and Development   20  
    PGSP11299    Global Environmental Politics   20  
    PGSP11185    Magic, Science and Healing   20  
    PGSP11127    Multi-Level Democracy and Public Policy   20  
    PGSP11247    Political Issues in Public Policy   20  
    PGSP11188    Qualitative Methods and Ethnographic Fieldwork   20  
    SCWR11001    Reflexivity in Qualitative Research   20  
    PGSP11208    Research Design   20  
    PGSP11157    Survey Methods and Data   20  

    Notes:Notes: 1) Courses run in either Semester 1 or Semester 2.
    2) Not all courses will run in any given year.
    3) Candidates must take a total of 80 credits of option courses over the four semesters of their part-time degree. Normally, a total of 80 credits will be divided between the academic years, but this can be carried with the explicit agreement of the Programme Director.

     
    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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