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DEGREE REGULATIONS & PROGRAMMES OF STUDY 2015/2016
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Degree Programme Table: Sociology with Quantitative Methods (MA) (Full-time) (UTMAHSOCQM1F)

Year 1, Academic year 2015/16, Starting month: September

  • Notes: Before selecting your outside courses, please ensure you have met your Personal Tutor.
    Admission into Year 1 will not take place until 2015/16.


    • COMPULSORY COURSES
    This DPT has 5 compulsory course(s).


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
    SCIL08004 Sociology 1A: The Sociological Imagination: Individuals and Society As available 20
    SCIL08005 Sociology 1B: The Sociological Imagination: Private Troubles, Public Problems As available 20
    SCIL08010 Fundamentals: Developing Sociological Imagination As available 0
    SSPS08009 Mathematics for Social Science As available 20
    SSPS08008 Introduction to Statistics for Social Science As available 20




    COURSE OPTIONS
    This DPT has 1 set(s) of course options with the following rules.


    Select exactly 40 credits from Level 7 and 8 courses in Schedules A to Q, T and W, as available

     


    Year 2, Academic year 2015/16, Starting month: August

  • Notes: Students having taken Introduction to Statistics - Summer School (SSPS08066) will be allowed entry to 2nd year 2015/16. Students who did not take Mathematics for Social Science in their 1st Year will be expected to do so in their 2nd Year


    • COMPULSORY COURSES
    This DPT has 4 compulsory course(s).


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
    SCIL08012 Sociology 2a: Thinking Sociologically As available 20
    SCIL08013 Sociology 2b: Researching Social Life As available 20
    SCIL08011 Fundamentals 2: Sociology As available 0
    SSPS08007 Doing Social Research with Statistics As available 20




    COURSE OPTIONS
    This DPT has 1 set(s) of course options with the following rules.


    Select exactly 60 credits from Level 7 and 8 courses in Schedules A to Q, T and W, as available

     


    Year 3, Academic year 2015/16, Starting month: August

  • Notes: Students who have passed courses to the required value of 240 credits, and achieved marks of 50% or more at the first attempt in all required second-year courses for their registered degree, are automatically entitled to progress to honours. Students who are planning on spending their Junior Year Abroad must successfully progress to honours before they can proceed on their JYA.
    As part of their honours curriculum, students must take at least three and no more than four Quantitative Methods courses.


    • COMPULSORY COURSES
    This DPT has 3 compulsory course(s).


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
    SCIL10062 Designing and Doing Social Research As available 20
    SCIL10018 Social Theory As available 20
    SSPS10027 Statistical Modelling As available 20




    COURSE OPTIONS
    This DPT has 1 set(s) of course options with the following rules.


    Select exactly 60 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    SCIL10033    Armed Force and Society   20  
    SSPS10001    Contemporary Feminist Debates   20  
    LAWS10104    Criminology 1   20  
    SCIL10067    Globalization   20  
    SCIL10065    Nations and Nationalism   20  
    SCIL10037    The Project Presentation   20  
    SCIL10018    Social Theory   20  
    SCIL10072    Sociology of Emotions   20  
    SPRT10021    Sport, Media and Society   20  
    SCIL10056    The Internet and Society   20  
    LAWS10059    Gender and Justice   40  
    LAWS10148    Gender and Justice 1   20  
    SCIL10023    Intimate Relationships   20  
    SCIL10079    Digital Culture   20  
    SCIL10081    The social life of food   20  
    SCIL10080    Contemporary Issues in Sociology   20  
    SCIL10078    Dynamics of Social Inquiry   20  
    SCIL10006    Social Demography   20  
    SCIL10077    Economic Sociology: Theories and Enquiries   20  
    LAWS10057    Punishment and Society   40  
    SCIL10022    Gender Science and Technology   20  
    SSPS10024    Multi-Level Modelling in Social Science   20  

     


    Year 4, Academic year 2015/16, Starting month: August

  • Notes: As part of their honours curriculum, students must take at least three and no more than four Quantitative Methods courses.


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


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
    SCIL10045 Sociology Project As available 40




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


    Select exactly 20 credits from the following list of courses, during Semester 1
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    SSPS10016    Bayesian Statistics for Social Scientists   20  
    SSPS10022    Advanced Social network Analysis using UCINet and R   20  
    SSPS10018    Researching Contemporary Britain (Individuals, Households and Families): A Course on Analysing Longitudinal Household D   20  

     
    AND   


    Select exactly 20 credits from the following list of courses, during Semester 2
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    SSPS10016    Bayesian Statistics for Social Scientists   20  
    SSPS10022    Advanced Social network Analysis using UCINet and R   20  
    SSPS10018    Researching Contemporary Britain (Individuals, Households and Families): A Course on Analysing Longitudinal Household D   20  

     

    OR   


    Select exactly 20 credits from the following list of courses, during Semester 2
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    SCIL10033    Armed Force and Society   20  
    SSPS10001    Contemporary Feminist Debates   20  
    LAWS10104    Criminology 1   20  
    SCIL10062    Designing and Doing Social Research   20  
    SCIL10063    Doing Survey Research   20  
    SCIL10067    Globalization   20  
    SCIL10065    Nations and Nationalism   20  
    SCIL10037    The Project Presentation   20  
    SCIL10018    Social Theory   20  
    SCIL10072    Sociology of Emotions   20  
    SPRT10021    Sport, Media and Society   20  
    SCIL10056    The Internet and Society   20  
    LAWS10059    Gender and Justice   40  
    LAWS10148    Gender and Justice 1   20  
    SCIL10023    Intimate Relationships   20  
    SCIL10079    Digital Culture   20  
    SCIL10081    The social life of food   20  
    SCIL10080    Contemporary Issues in Sociology   20  
    SCIL10078    Dynamics of Social Inquiry   20  
    SCIL10006    Social Demography   20  
    SCIL10077    Economic Sociology: Theories and Enquiries   20  
    LAWS10057    Punishment and Society   40  
    SCIL10022    Gender Science and Technology   20  

     

    AND   

    Select exactly 40 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    SCIL10033    Armed Force and Society   20  
    SSPS10001    Contemporary Feminist Debates   20  
    LAWS10104    Criminology 1   20  
    SCIL10062    Designing and Doing Social Research   20  
    SCIL10063    Doing Survey Research   20  
    SCIL10067    Globalization   20  
    SCIL10065    Nations and Nationalism   20  
    SCIL10037    The Project Presentation   20  
    SCIL10018    Social Theory   20  
    SCIL10072    Sociology of Emotions   20  
    SPRT10021    Sport, Media and Society   20  
    SCIL10056    The Internet and Society   20  
    LAWS10059    Gender and Justice   40  
    LAWS10148    Gender and Justice 1   20  
    SCIL10023    Intimate Relationships   20  
    SCIL10079    Digital Culture   20  
    SCIL10081    The social life of food   20  
    SCIL10080    Contemporary Issues in Sociology   20  
    SCIL10078    Dynamics of Social Inquiry   20  
    SCIL10006    Social Demography   20  
    SCIL10077    Economic Sociology: Theories and Enquiries   20  
    LAWS10057    Punishment and Society   40  
    SCIL10022    Gender Science and Technology   20  

     


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