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DEGREE REGULATIONS & PROGRAMMES OF STUDY 2017/2018

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

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

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses

Course options

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


Year 2 Academic year: 2017/18, Starting in: August

Notes:
If transferring to Single Honours Politics, student must take 'Introduction to Political Data Analysis'.
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

Course options

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


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

Notes:
Students who have passed either Introduction to Statistics for Social Science (SSPS08008) or Doing Social Research with Statistics (SSPS08007) are not required to take Doing Survey Research (SCIL10063) and should take a Sociology Honours Option course instead. Students who have not taken Introduction to Statistics (SSPS08008) or Doing Social Research with Statistics (SSSPS08007) must take Doing Survey Research (SCIL10063) as compulsory course.
If considering taking the Politics dissertation, students are strongly recomended to take RESEARCH DESIGN IN POLITICS & IR

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

Course options

Courses from School(s) J - Sociology and Politics (MA Hons) - Level(s) 10

Select exactly 20 credits of the following courses
AND

Group A

Select exactly 20 credits in this group.

Sociology Year 3 Electives

Select exactly 20 credits of the following courses
OR

Politics Year 3 Electives

Select exactly 20 credits of the following courses
AND

Group B

Select exactly 20 credits in this group.

Politics Year 3 Electives

Select exactly 20 credits of the following courses

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

There are no compulsory courses in this year of this programme.

Course options

4TH YEAR DISSERTATIONS - Sociology and Politics (MA)- Level 10

Select exactly 40 credits of the following courses
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

Sociology Year 4

Select exactly 40 credits of the following courses
AND

Politics Year 4 Electives

Select exactly 40 credits of the following courses

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