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Degree Programme Table: South Asian Studies (MSc by Research) (Full-time) (PRMSCSASST1F)

Year 1, Academic year 2016/17, Starting month: September

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


  • COMPULSORY COURSES
    This DPT has 6 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
    PGSP11122 Dissertation MSc by Research (South Asian Studies) As available 60
    SCIL11017 South Asia: Culture, Politics & Economy As available 20
    PGSP11188 Qualitative Methods and Ethnographic Fieldwork 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 20 credits from these collections:  


    Select a minimum of 0 credits and maximum of 20 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    SAST11002    South Asia: Roots of Poverty and Development   20  
    PGSP11225    Gender and Development   20  
    ENLI11007    Postcolonial Writing   20  
    GEGR11001    Political Ecology   20  
    CLLC11004    Research Methods and Problems   20  
    PGSP11017    Explanation and Understanding in Social and Political Research   20  
    GEGR09011    Research Design in Geography   10  
    PGSP11110    Analysing Qualitative Data   20  
    REST11018    Hindu Traditions: Critical Investigations   20  
    PGSP11379    Anthropology of Global Health   20  
    REST11019    Religion and Nationalism: Theory and Performance   20  
    PGSP11302    The Documents of Life   20  

     

    Select a minimum of 0 credits and maximum of 20 credits from Level 11 courses in Schedules E and J, as available

    Notes:Courses appropriate to the student's research area selected by the student and the Programme Director.
     



    Overarching rule collection group: B  
    Select a minimum of 80 credits and a maximum of 100 credits from these collections:  

    Select a minimum of 80 credits and maximum of 100 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    PGSP11123    Dissertation MSc by Research (South Asian Studies)   80  
    PGSP11124    Dissertation MSc by Research (South Asian Studies) 100 credit   100  

    Notes:In exceptional cases, and with the Programme Director's approval, it may be possible to take an 80 or 100 credit Dissertation and correspondingly fewer courses.
     



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