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Degree Programme Table: Social Policy with Social and Political Studies (MA Hons) (UTSOPPS)

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Year 1 Academic year: 2020/21, Starting in: September

Notes:
We carefully and continuously are monitoring the Covid-19 situation to adjust our provisions accordingly. Some alterations to the normal course of study may therefore be implemented.

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

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses
Social Policy and Society

Must be passed

SCPL08004 20 credits
Politics of the Welfare State

Must be passed

SCPL08005 20 credits

Course options

Group A

Select exactly 80 credits in this group.

Social Policy Pre-Honours

Select between 0 and 40 credits of the following courses
Understanding Public Policy
SCPL08012 20 credits
Rethinking Economics and the Financial Crisis
SCPL08013 20 credits
AND

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

Select between 0 and 40 credits from Level 7 and 8 courses in Schedules A-Q, T, W and Y
AND

Level 8 courses in the School of Social and Political Science

Select exactly 40 credits from Level 8 courses in the School of Social and Political Science

Year 2 Academic year: 2020/21, Starting in: August

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses
European Social Policy

Must be passed 1st time at 50%

SCPL08006 20 credits
Evidence, Politics and Policy

Must be passed 1st time at 50%

SCPL08010 20 credits

Course options

Group A

Select exactly 80 credits in this group.

Social Policy Pre-Honours

Select between 0 and 40 credits of the following courses
Understanding Public Policy
SCPL08012 20 credits
Rethinking Economics and the Financial Crisis
SCPL08013 20 credits
AND

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

Select between 0 and 40 credits from Level 7 and 8 courses in Schedules A-Q, T, W and Y
AND

Level 8 courses in the School of Social and Political Science

Select exactly 40 credits from Level 8 courses in the School of Social and Political Science

Year 3 Academic year: 2020/21, Starting in: August

Notes:
We carefully and continuously are monitoring the Covid-19 situation to adjust our provisions accordingly. Some alterations to the normal course of study may therefore be implemented.

Students who are planning on spending their Junior Year Abroad must successfully progress to honours before they can proceed on their JYA.

Students are not required and not allowed to take Doing Survey Research if they have already taken and passed Introduction to Statistics for Social Science or Introduction to Political Data Analysis.

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses
Designing and Doing Social Research
SCIL10062 20 credits
Doing Survey Research
SCIL10063 20 credits
Analytical Perspectives in Social Policy
SCPL10024 20 credits

Course options

Social Policy Honours Electives

Select exactly 20 credits of the following courses
Children's Rights: Policy and Practice
EDUA10204 20 credits
Social Determinants of Health and Public Policy
IPHP10001 20 credits
Global Politics of Public Health
IPHP10002 20 credits
Political Work
PLIT10093 20 credits
Designing and Doing Social Research
SCIL10062 20 credits
Doing Survey Research
SCIL10063 20 credits
Educational Politics and Policy
SCPL10005 20 credits
Social Inequality and the Life Course
SCPL10020 20 credits
Governing The Social
SCPL10023 20 credits
Labour Market Policy in Europe
SCPL10028 20 credits
Population Health and Health Policy
SCPL10029 20 credits
Health Systems: Strengthening and Reform
SCPL10030 20 credits
Health Systems Analysis
SCPL10034 20 credits
Infectious Disease and Global Governance
SCPL10035 20 credits
Digesting Food Policy
SCPL10036 20 credits
Applied Demographic Analysis
SCPL10037 20 credits
Political Economy of Work and Welfare
SCPL10038 20 credits
Armed Force and Society
SCPL10039 20 credits
Contemporary Feminist Debates
SSPS10001 20 credits
Using pre-existing data for your own research
SSPS10030 20 credits
AND

Level 10 courses in the School of Social and Political Science

Select exactly 40 credits from Level 10 courses in the School of Social and Political Science

Year 4 Academic year: 2020/21, Starting in: August

Notes:
We carefully and continuously are monitoring the Covid-19 situation to adjust our provisions accordingly. Some alterations to the normal course of study may therefore be implemented.

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses
Dissertation (MA Social Policy)

Must be passed

SCPL10012 40 credits

Course options

Courses from School(s) J-J - Social Policy with Social and Political Studies (MA Hons) - Level(s) 10

Select exactly 40 credits of the following courses
Social Determinants of Health and Public Policy
IPHP10001 20 credits
Criminology 1
LAWS10104 20 credits
Political Work
PLIT10093 20 credits
Designing and Doing Social Research
SCIL10062 20 credits
Doing Survey Research
SCIL10063 20 credits
Educational Politics and Policy
SCPL10005 20 credits
Children's Rights
SCPL10010 20 credits
Social Inequality and the Life Course
SCPL10020 20 credits
Governing The Social
SCPL10023 20 credits
Population Health and Health Policy
SCPL10029 20 credits
Contemporary Feminist Debates
SSPS10001 20 credits
AND

Level 10 courses in the School of Social and Political Science

Select exactly 40 credits from Level 10 courses in the School of Social and Political Science
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