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Degree Programme Table: Social Policy and Sociology (MA Hons) (UTSOPSO)

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

  • Notes: After enrolling on your courses, please be sure to meet with your Personal Tutor.


    • 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
    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
    SCPL08007 Fundamentals: Social Policy 1 As available 0




    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 2016/17, Starting month: August


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


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
    SCPL08006 European Social Policy As available 20
    SCIL08012 Sociology 2a: Thinking Sociologically As available 20
    SCIL08013 Sociology 2b: Researching Social Life As available 20
    SCPL08008 Fundamentals 2: Social Policy As available 0
    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 40 credits from Level 7 and 8 courses in Schedules A to Q, T and W, as available

     


    Year 3, Academic year 2016/17, 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 4 compulsory course(s).


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
    SCIL10018 Social Theory As available 20
    SCIL10062 Designing and Doing Social Research As available 20
    SCIL10063 Doing Survey Research As available 20
    SCPL10024 Analytical Perspectives in Social Policy As available 20




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


    Overarching rule collection group: A  
    Select exactly 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  
    PLIT10093    Political Work   20  
    SCPL10020    Social Inequality and the Life Course   20  
    IPHP10002    Global Politics of Public Health   20  

     
    AND   

    Select a minimum of 0 credits and maximum of 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  
    SCIL10067    Globalization   20  
    SCIL10065    Nations and Nationalism   20  
    SCIL10037    The Project Presentation   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  
    SCIL10081    The social life of food   20  
    SCIL10077    Economic Sociology: Theories and Enquiries   20  
    LAWS10057    Punishment and Society   40  
    SCIL10022    Gender Science and Technology   20  
    SSPS10029    Analysing Social Networks with Statistics   20  
    SCIL10076    China's Contemporary Transformations   20  
    SCIL10068    Migration: social origins and social consequences   20  
    SCIL10020    Scotland: Social Structure and Social Change   20  
    SCIL10047    Social & Political Movements: Theory and Practice   20  
    SCIL10083    Sociology of the Arts   20  
    SCIL10024    Sociology of the Environment and Risk   20  
    SCIL10073    Gender, Marginality and Social Change   20  
    SCSU10004    Controversies in Medicine, Technology and the Environment   20  
    SCIL10016    Medical Sociology   20  

     



    Year 4, Academic year 2016/17, Starting month: August


    COMPULSORY COURSES
    This DPT has 0 compulsory course(s).


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 




    COURSE OPTIONS
    This DPT has 3 set(s) of course options with the following rules.


    Select exactly 40 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    SCPL10012    Dissertation (MA Social Policy)   40  
    SCIL10045    Sociology Project   40  

    Notes:If taking the Sociology Project students are expected to use part of the summer vacation of their third year on research for it.
     
    AND   

    Select exactly 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  
    PLIT10093    Political Work   20  
    SCPL10020    Social Inequality and the Life Course   20  
    IPHP10002    Global Politics of Public Health   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  
    SCIL10067    Globalization   20  
    SCIL10065    Nations and Nationalism   20  
    SCIL10037    The Project Presentation   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  
    SCIL10081    The social life of food   20  
    SCIL10077    Economic Sociology: Theories and Enquiries   20  
    LAWS10057    Punishment and Society   40  
    SCIL10022    Gender Science and Technology   20  
    SSPS10029    Analysing Social Networks with Statistics   20  
    SCIL10076    China's Contemporary Transformations   20  
    SCIL10068    Migration: social origins and social consequences   20  
    SCIL10020    Scotland: Social Structure and Social Change   20  
    SCIL10047    Social & Political Movements: Theory and Practice   20  
    SCIL10083    Sociology of the Arts   20  
    SCIL10024    Sociology of the Environment and Risk   20  
    SCIL10073    Gender, Marginality and Social Change   20  
    SCSU10004    Controversies in Medicine, Technology and the Environment   20  
    SCIL10016    Medical Sociology   20  

     


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