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DEGREE REGULATIONS & PROGRAMMES OF STUDY 2015/2016

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

Year 1, Academic year 2015/16, 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  

    Notes:Please note that the 60 credit dissertation option PGSP11097 is taken as standard.

    For students who have already covered core programme courses (e.g. through one of our taught MSCs) may by arrangement opt for an 80 or 100 credit thesis.

     
    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  
    PGSP11132    Energy Policy and Politics (20 credits)   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  
    PGSP11293    ICT for Development   20  
    PGSP11352    Science, Knowledge and Expertise   20  
    PGSP11353    Understanding Technology   20  
    PGGE11130    Human dimensions of environmental change and sustainability   20  
    BUST11169    Management of R&D and Product Innovation   20  
    PGSP11245    Armed Force and Society   20  
    PGSP11017    Explanation and Understanding in Social and Political Research   20  
    PGSP11188    Qualitative Methods and Ethnographic Fieldwork   20  
    PGSP11331    Biobusiness   20  
    PGSP11395    Introduction to Risk, Regulation and Governance   10  
    PGSP11396    Regulation and Governance of the Life Sciences   10  
    PGSP11425    Analysis and Shaping of the Bioeconomy   10  
    PGSP11426    Innovation Systems Theory and Practice   10  
    PGSP11400    Innovation in Sustainable Food Systems   20  
    SSPS11003    Development, Science and Technology   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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