DPT: Social Policy and Economics (MA Hons) (UTSOPEC)

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

Year 1 Academic year: 2021/22, Starting in: September

Compulsory courses

Social Policy and Society

Must be passed

Politics of the Welfare State

Must be passed

Economics 1

Must be passed

Course options

Understanding Public Policy

AND

Selected courses must be passed

Year 2 Academic year: 2021/22, Starting in: August

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 have passed 240 credits and achieved marks of 50% or more at the first attempt in all required Social and Political Science second-year degree courses and a pass in Economics 2, and Statistical Methods for Economics are entitled to progress to honours.

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

Compulsory courses

Economics 2

Must be passed

Statistical Methods for Economics

Must be passed

Evidence, Politics and Policy

Must be passed 1st time at 50%

Comparative Social Policy: Global Perspectives

Must be passed 1st time at 50%

Research Skills for Social Policy

Must be passed 1st time at 50%

Year 3 Academic year: 2021/22, Starting in: August

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.

Entry into third year requires (i) passes in all courses (240 credits) in the first two years, (ii) a mark of 50% or above in Economics 2 at the first attempt and (iii) a pass in Statistical Methods for Economics.

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

Compulsory courses

Essentials of Econometrics

Analytical Perspectives in Social Policy

Topics in Microeconomics

Course options

Doing Survey Research

Qualitative Research: Principles and Practicalities for Social Policy

AND

Applications of Econometrics

Topics in Macroeconomics

AND

Children's Rights: Policy and Practice

Social Determinants of Health and Public Policy

Global Politics of Public Health

Political Work

Designing and Doing Social Research

Doing Survey Research

Educational Politics and Policy

Social Inequality and the Life Course

Governing The Social

Labour Market Policy in Europe

Population Health and Health Policy

Health Systems: Strengthening and Reform

Health Systems Analysis

Infectious Disease and Global Governance

Digesting Food Policy

Applied Demographic Analysis

Political Economy of Work and Welfare

Armed Force and Society

Party Politics and Welfare States in Democratic Capitalism

Drug Policy and the Public Good

Contemporary Feminist Debates

Using pre-existing data for your own research

Year 4 Academic year: 2021/22, Starting in: August

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.

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