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DEGREE REGULATIONS & PROGRAMMES OF STUDY 2023/2024

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Year 1 Academic year: 2023/24, Starting in: September

Not all electives may run in a given year and places may be limited.

Students will have an opportunity to apply for a Placement-Based Dissertation in Semester 2. For more information please see here: http://www.drps.ed.ac.uk/23-24/dpt/cxpgsp11551.htm

Compulsory courses

Comparative Analysis of Social and Public Policy

Political Issues in Public Policy

Dissertation MSc Comparative Public Policy

Must be passed at 50% and taken during Block 5 (Sem 2) and beyond

Course options

Global Politics of Public Health

European Social Policy

Labour Market Policy: International and Comparative Perspectives

Global and International Social Policy

AND

Social Determinants of Health and Public Policy

Research Skills in the Social Sciences: Data Collection

Energy Policy and Politics (20 credits)

Institutions and Policies of the European Union

International Political Economy

Politics and Theories of International Development

Global Environmental Politics

Foreign Policy Analysis

Global Environment and Society

Health Systems Analysis

Multi-Level Modelling in Social Science

Policy in Action

Education Policy and Governance

The Politics and Governance of Crisis

Core quantitative data analysis 1 and 2

Globalization

Population Health and Health Policy

AND

Courses in this collection can only be taken with permission from the Programme Director and the Course Organiser.

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