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Degree Programme Table: Government, Policy and Society with Quantitative Methods MA (Hons) (UTMAHGPSQM1F)

Jump to: Year 1, Year 2, Year 3, Year 4

Year 1 Academic year: 2017/18, Starting in: September

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

Mathematics for Social Science (SSPS08009) should normally be taken in Year 1 but can be taken in Year 2. Please talk to your PT if you want to take this course in Year 2.

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses
Social Policy and Society

Must be passed

SCPL08004 20 credits
Fundamentals: Social Policy 1

Must be passed

SCPL08007 0 credits
Mathematics for Social Science

Must be passed

SSPS08009 20 credits
Introduction to Statistics for Social Science

Must be passed

SSPS08008 20 credits

Course options

Courses from School(s) J - Government, Policy and Society MA(Hons) - Level(s) 8

Select exactly 20 credits of the following courses
Politics of the Welfare State
SCPL08005 20 credits
European Social Policy
SCPL08006 20 credits
Rethinking the Financial Crisis
SCPL08011 20 credits
AND

Level 7 and 8 courses in Schedules A to Q, T and W

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

Year 2 Academic year: 2017/18, Starting in: 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 who did not take Mathematics for Social Science (SSPS08009) in their 1st Year will be expected to do so in their 2nd Year.

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses
Understanding Public Policy

Must be passed 1st time at 50%

SCPL08012 20 credits
Evidence, Politics and Policy

Must be passed 1st time at 50%

SCPL08010 20 credits
Fundamentals 2: Social Policy

Must be passed

SCPL08008 0 credits
Doing Social Research with Statistics

Must be passed 1st time at 50%

SSPS08007 20 credits

Course options

Courses from School(s) J - Government, Policy and Society MA(Hons) - Level(s) 8

Select exactly 20 credits of the following courses
Politics of the Welfare State
SCPL08005 20 credits
European Social Policy
SCPL08006 20 credits
Rethinking the Financial Crisis
SCPL08011 20 credits
AND

Level 7 and 8 courses in Schedules A to Q, T and W

Select exactly 40 credits from Level 7 and 8 courses in Schedules A to Q, T and W
Notes:
Students should not take Introduction to Political Data Analysis.

Year 3 Academic year: 2017/18, Starting in: 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.

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses
Designing and Doing Social Research

Must be passed

SCIL10062 20 credits
Statistical Modelling

Must be passed

SSPS10027 20 credits
Analytical Perspectives in Social Policy

Must be passed

SCPL10024 20 credits

Course options

Group A

Select exactly 60 credits in this group.

Quantitative Methods Year 3 Electives

Select exactly 20 credits of the following courses
Bayesian Statistics for Social Scientists
SSPS10016 20 credits
Multi-Level Modelling in Social Science
SSPS10024 20 credits
Analysing Social Networks with Statistics
SSPS10029 20 credits
AND

Courses from School(s) J-F - Government, Policy and Society MA(Hons) - Level(s) 10

Select exactly 20 credits of the following courses
Social Determinants of Health and Public Policy
IPHP10001 20 credits
Global Politics of Public Health
IPHP10002 20 credits
Criminology 1
LAWS10104 20 credits
Educational Politics and Policy
SCPL10005 20 credits
Children's Rights
SCPL10010 20 credits
Population Health and Health Policy
SCPL10029 20 credits
Education Policy in the EU
SCPL10031 20 credits
Infectious Disease and Global Governance
SCPL10035 20 credits
AND

Courses from School(s) J - Government, Policy and Society MA(Hons) - Level(s) 10

Select exactly 20 credits of the following courses
International Political Economy
PLIT10018 20 credits
Political Work
PLIT10093 20 credits
International Politics of Money
PLIT10095 20 credits
Public participation in democracy and governance
PLIT10098 20 credits
Public Policy: Agenda-Setting
PLIT10100 20 credits
Economic Sociology: Theories and Enquiries
SCIL10077 20 credits
Social Inequality and the Life Course
SCPL10020 20 credits
Governing The Social
SCPL10023 20 credits
Contemporary Feminist Debates
SSPS10001 20 credits

Year 4 Academic year: 2017/18, Starting in: August

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses
Dissertation (MA Social Policy)
SCPL10012 40 credits

Course options

Group A

Select exactly 80 credits in this group.

Quantitative Methods Year 4 Electives

Select between 20 and 40 credits of the following courses
Bayesian Statistics for Social Scientists
SSPS10016 20 credits
Multi-Level Modelling in Social Science
SSPS10024 20 credits
Researching Contemporary Britain using Longitudinal Data
SSPS10028 20 credits
Analysing Social Networks with Statistics
SSPS10029 20 credits
AND

Courses from School(s) J-F - Government, Policy and Society MA(Hons) - Level(s) 10

Select between 20 and 40 credits of the following courses
Social Determinants of Health and Public Policy
IPHP10001 20 credits
Global Politics of Public Health
IPHP10002 20 credits
Criminology 1
LAWS10104 20 credits
Educational Politics and Policy
SCPL10005 20 credits
Children's Rights
SCPL10010 20 credits
Population Health and Health Policy
SCPL10029 20 credits
Education Policy in the EU
SCPL10031 20 credits
Infectious Disease and Global Governance
SCPL10035 20 credits
AND

Courses from School(s) J - Government, Policy and Society MA(Hons) - Level(s) 10

Select between 20 and 40 credits of the following courses
International Political Economy
PLIT10018 20 credits
Political Work
PLIT10093 20 credits
International Politics of Money
PLIT10095 20 credits
Public participation in democracy and governance
PLIT10098 20 credits
Public Policy: Agenda-Setting
PLIT10100 20 credits
Economic Sociology: Theories and Enquiries
SCIL10077 20 credits
Social Inequality and the Life Course
SCPL10020 20 credits
Governing The Social
SCPL10023 20 credits
Contemporary Feminist Debates
SSPS10001 20 credits
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