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Degree Programme Table: Social Policy and Law (MA Hons) (UTSOPLA)

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

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


    • COMPULSORY COURSES
    This DPT has 4 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
    LAWS08128 Scottish Legal System As available 20
    LAWS08123 Public Law of the UK and Scotland As available 20




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


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

     


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


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


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
    SCPL08006 European Social Policy As available 20
    LAWS08132 Public Law and Individual Rights As available 10
    SCPL08010 Evidence, Politics and Policy As available 20




    COURSE OPTIONS
    This DPT has 2 set(s) of course options with the following rules.


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

     
    AND   

    Select exactly 30 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    LAWS08129    Jurisprudence   10  
    LAWS08132    Public Law and Individual Rights   10  
    LAWS08134    Business Entities   10  
    LAWS08133    Property Law (Ordinary)   20  
    LAWS08131    Commercial Law (Ordinary)   20  
    LAWS08130    Succession and Trust Law   10  
    LAWS08119    International Private Law Ordinary   10  
    LAWS08118    Revenue Law   10  
    LAWS08135    Delict   10  
    LAWS08141    Evidence (Ordinary)   10  
    LAWS08142    Criminal Law (Ordinary)   10  

     


    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.
    Students may substitute Health Policy Analysis and Globalisation and Public Health for one 20 credit Social Policy Honours course.


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


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
    SCPL10024 Analytical Perspectives in Social Policy As available 20




    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, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    SCIL10062    Designing and Doing Social Research   20  
    SCIL10063    Doing Survey Research   20  

     
    AND   

    Overarching rule collection group: A  
    Select a minimum of 40 credits and a maximum of 80 credits from these collections:  


    Select a minimum of 0 credits and maximum of 80 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    LAWS10086    Commercial Law   40  
    LAWS10083    Company Law   40  
    LAWS10078    Contract   40  
    LAWS10056    Criminology   40  
    LAWS10044    European Institutions   40  
    LAWS10075    Family Law   40  
    LAWS10059    Gender and Justice   40  
    LAWS10096    Trusts and Succession Law   40  
    LAWS10090    Constitutional Law   40  
    LAWS10137    EU Law Honours   40  
    LAWS10084    Property Law   40  
    LAWS10142    Human Rights   40  
    LAWS10048    International Law A: The Individual and International Law   40  
    LAWS10123    Criminal Law A: Harm, Offence and Criminalisation   40  
    LAWS10093    Media Law   40  
    LAWS10135    European Union Regulation of Culture and the Mass Media   40  
    LAWS10146    International Private Law Honours   40  
    LAWS10171    International Law and Global Affairs   40  
    LAWS10122    Criminal Law B: Doctrine and Theory   40  
    LAWS10066    Comparative Law   40  
    LAWS10064    Law, Democracy and Citizenship   40  
    LAWS10190    Freedom of Expression Law Clinic   40  
    LAWS10087    Intellectual Property   40  

     
    AND   

    Select a minimum of 0 credits and maximum of 80 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    LAWS10156    Fundamentals of Competition Law   20  
    LAWS10153    Economic analysis of corporate finance law   20  
    LAWS10151    EU and UK Equality Law   20  
    LAWS10149    Law, Culture and Rights in a Transnational World   20  
    LAWS10163    Principles of Taxation   20  
    LAWS10162    The Law of Fiduciary Duties   20  
    LAWS10160    Issues in Child Law   20  
    LAWS10166    Fundamental Issues in Medical Jurisprudence   20  
    LAWS10165    Contemporary Issues in Medical Jurisprudence   20  
    LAWS10168    Global Environmental Law   20  
    LAWS10169    WTO Law   20  
    LAWS10158    The Law of Promise   20  
    LAWS10181    The Origins of Modern Commerce   20  
    LAWS10179    The Practice of Legal Argument   20  
    LAWS10177    Commercial Leases   20  
    LAWS10176    Neuroscience and the Law   20  
    LAWS10175    Asylum and Refugee Law and Policy   20  
    LAWS10172    Private Law Theory   20  
    LAWS10189    Current Issues in EU Law   20  
    LAWS10186    Lords and Vassals in Medieval Scotland   20  
    LAWS10184    Negligence Law (Honours)   20  
    LAWS10183    Personality Rights: Scots Law in a European Context   20  
    LAWS10185    Slavery in Eighteenth-Century Scotland   20  
    LAWS10167    Administrative Law   20  
    LAWS10188    Foundations of Modern Sovereignty   20  

     



    AND   

    Overarching rule collection group: B  
    Select a minimum of 0 credits and a maximum of 40 credits from these collections:  

    Select a minimum of 0 credits and maximum of 40 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    SCPL10010    Children's Rights   20  
    LAWS10104    Criminology 1   20  
    SCIL10062    Designing and Doing Social Research   20  
    SCIL10063    Doing Survey Research   20  
    SCPL10029    Population Health and Health Policy   20  
    SSPS10001    Contemporary Feminist Debates   20  
    SCPL10005    Educational Politics and Policy   20  
    SCPL10023    Governing The Social   20  
    IPHP10001    Social Determinants of Health and Public Policy   20  
    PLIT10093    Political Work   20  
    SCPL10020    Social Inequality and the Life Course   20  

     



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


    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 3 set(s) of course options with the following rules.


    Overarching rule collection group: B  
    Select a minimum of 40 credits and a maximum of 80 credits from these collections:  


    Select a minimum of 0 credits and maximum of 80 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    LAWS10086    Commercial Law   40  
    LAWS10083    Company Law   40  
    LAWS10078    Contract   40  
    LAWS10056    Criminology   40  
    LAWS10044    European Institutions   40  
    LAWS10075    Family Law   40  
    LAWS10059    Gender and Justice   40  
    LAWS10096    Trusts and Succession Law   40  
    LAWS10090    Constitutional Law   40  
    LAWS10137    EU Law Honours   40  
    LAWS10084    Property Law   40  
    LAWS10142    Human Rights   40  
    LAWS10048    International Law A: The Individual and International Law   40  
    LAWS10123    Criminal Law A: Harm, Offence and Criminalisation   40  
    LAWS10093    Media Law   40  
    LAWS10135    European Union Regulation of Culture and the Mass Media   40  
    LAWS10146    International Private Law Honours   40  
    LAWS10171    International Law and Global Affairs   40  
    LAWS10122    Criminal Law B: Doctrine and Theory   40  
    LAWS10066    Comparative Law   40  
    LAWS10064    Law, Democracy and Citizenship   40  
    LAWS10190    Freedom of Expression Law Clinic   40  
    LAWS10087    Intellectual Property   40  

     
    AND   

    Select a minimum of 0 credits and maximum of 80 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    LAWS10156    Fundamentals of Competition Law   20  
    LAWS10153    Economic analysis of corporate finance law   20  
    LAWS10151    EU and UK Equality Law   20  
    LAWS10149    Law, Culture and Rights in a Transnational World   20  
    LAWS10163    Principles of Taxation   20  
    LAWS10162    The Law of Fiduciary Duties   20  
    LAWS10160    Issues in Child Law   20  
    LAWS10166    Fundamental Issues in Medical Jurisprudence   20  
    LAWS10165    Contemporary Issues in Medical Jurisprudence   20  
    LAWS10168    Global Environmental Law   20  
    LAWS10169    WTO Law   20  
    LAWS10158    The Law of Promise   20  
    LAWS10181    The Origins of Modern Commerce   20  
    LAWS10179    The Practice of Legal Argument   20  
    LAWS10177    Commercial Leases   20  
    LAWS10176    Neuroscience and the Law   20  
    LAWS10175    Asylum and Refugee Law and Policy   20  
    LAWS10172    Private Law Theory   20  
    LAWS10189    Current Issues in EU Law   20  
    LAWS10186    Lords and Vassals in Medieval Scotland   20  
    LAWS10184    Negligence Law (Honours)   20  
    LAWS10183    Personality Rights: Scots Law in a European Context   20  
    LAWS10185    Slavery in Eighteenth-Century Scotland   20  
    LAWS10167    Administrative Law   20  
    LAWS10188    Foundations of Modern Sovereignty   20  

     



    AND   

    Overarching rule collection group: C  
    Select a minimum of 0 credits and a maximum of 40 credits from these collections:  

    Select a minimum of 0 credits and maximum of 40 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    SCPL10010    Children's Rights   20  
    LAWS10104    Criminology 1   20  
    SCIL10062    Designing and Doing Social Research   20  
    SCIL10063    Doing Survey Research   20  
    SCPL10029    Population Health and Health Policy   20  
    SSPS10001    Contemporary Feminist Debates   20  
    SCPL10005    Educational Politics and Policy   20  
    SCPL10023    Governing The Social   20  
    IPHP10001    Social Determinants of Health and Public Policy   20  
    PLIT10093    Political Work   20  
    SCPL10020    Social Inequality and the Life Course   20  

     



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