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Degree Programme Table: Social Policy with Quantitative Methods (MA) (Full-time) (UTMAHSOPQM1F)

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

  • Notes: This programme will only be available for admission into 1st year from academic year 2015/16.


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


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
    SCPL08004 Social Policy and Society As available 20
    SCPL08005 Politics of the Welfare State As available 20
    SCPL08007 Fundamentals: Social Policy 1 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 for Social Science- Summer School (SSPS 08066) will be allowed entry to 2nd year 2015/16. Students who did not take Mathematics for Social Science in their first 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 
    SCPL08006 European Social Policy As available 20
    SCPL08008 Fundamentals 2: Social Policy As available 0
    SSPS08007 Doing Social Research with Statistics As available 20
    SCPL08010 Evidence, Politics and Policy 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
    SCPL10024 Analytical Perspectives in Social Policy 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
    IPHP10001    Social Determinants of Health and Public Policy   20  
    LAWS10104    Criminology 1   20  
    SCPL10010    Children's Rights   20  
    SCPL10029    Population Health and Health Policy   20  
    SCPL10024    Analytical Perspectives in Social Policy   20  
    SSPS10001    Contemporary Feminist Debates   20  
    SSPS10024    Multi-Level Modelling in Social Science   20  
    SCPL10005    Educational Politics and Policy   20  
    SCPL10023    Governing The Social   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 
    SCPL10012 Dissertation (MA Social Policy) 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 Social Policy Level 10 courses, during Semester 2

     

    AND   

    Select exactly 40 credits from Social Policy Level 10 courses, as available

     


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