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Degree Programme Table: Social Policy and Economics (MA Hons) (UTSOPEC)

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

Year 1 Academic year: 2024/25, Starting in: September

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
Economics 1

Must be passed

ECNM08013 40 credits

Course options

Group A

Select exactly 40 credits in this group.

Social Policy Pre-Honours

Select between 0 and 20 credits of the following courses
Understanding Public Policy
SCPL08012 20 credits
AND

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

Select between 0 and 40 credits from Level 7 and 8 courses in Schedules A to Q, S, T, W and Y
Selected courses must be passed

Year 2 Academic year: 2024/25, Starting in: August

Notes:
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

You must take these courses
Economics 2

Must be passed

ECNM08006 40 credits
Statistical Methods for Economics

Must be passed

ECNM08016 20 credits
Evidence, Politics and Policy

Must be passed 1st time at 50%

SCPL08010 20 credits
Comparative Social Policy: Global Perspectives

Must be passed 1st time at 50%

SCPL08014 20 credits
Research Skills for Social Policy

Must be passed 1st time at 50%

SCPL08015 20 credits

Year 3 Academic year: 2024/25, Starting in: August

Notes:
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

You must take these courses
Essentials of Econometrics
ECNM10052 20 credits
Topics in Microeconomics
ECNM10070 20 credits
Analysing and communicating Social Policy
SCPL10045 20 credits

Course options

Social Policy and Economics Year 3 options

Select exactly 20 credits of the following courses
Doing Survey Research
SCIL10063 20 credits
Qualitative Research: Principles and Practicalities for Social Policy
SCPL10040 20 credits
AND

Economics Course Options for Joint Programmes Year 3 (A)

Select exactly 20 credits of the following courses
Applications of Econometrics
ECNM10056 20 credits
Topics in Macroeconomics
ECNM10069 20 credits
AND

Social Policy Honours Electives

Select exactly 20 credits of the following courses
Advanced Issues in the Making of Contemporary Africa
AFRI10003 20 credits
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
Politics and communication of environmental risks
PLIT10175 20 credits
The Politics of Economic Expertise
PLIT10179 20 credits
Doing Survey Research
SCIL10063 20 credits
Social Demography
SCIL10097 20 credits
Social Inequality and the Life Course
SCPL10020 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
Party Politics and Welfare States in Democratic Capitalism
SCPL10041 20 credits
Screening Social Policy
SCPL10042 20 credits
Race, Power, and Social Policy
SCPL10043 20 credits
Domestic Violence: Concepts, Research and Policy
SCPL10046 20 credits
Advocacy, Lobbying and the Politics of Planetary Health
SCPL10047 20 credits
Drug Policy and the Public Good
SHSS10011 20 credits
Contemporary Feminist Debates
SSPS10001 20 credits

Year 4 Academic year: 2024/25, Starting in: August

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

Course options

4TH YEAR DISSERTATIONS ECONOMICS OR SOCIAL POLICY - Social Policy and Economics (MA)-Level 10

Select exactly 40 credits of the following courses
Economics Honours Dissertation
ECNM10030 40 credits
Dissertation (MA Social Policy)
SCPL10012 40 credits
AND

Economics Course Options Year 4 (joint programmes)

Select exactly 40 credits of the following courses
Essentials of Econometrics
ECNM10052 20 credits
Applications of Econometrics
ECNM10056 20 credits
Development Economics
ECNM10061 20 credits
Behavioural Economics
ECNM10066 20 credits
Economics of Sport
ECNM10068 20 credits
Topics in Macroeconomics
ECNM10069 20 credits
Topics in Microeconomics
ECNM10070 20 credits
Health Economics
ECNM10082 20 credits
Advanced Mathematical Economics
ECNM10085 20 credits
The Economics of Cities and Regions
ECNM10086 20 credits
International Economics
ECNM10087 20 credits
Experimental Economics
ECNM10090 20 credits
Key Developments in Modern Economic Analysis
ECNM10096 20 credits
Economics of Organisations
ECNM10101 20 credits
Fiscal Policy, Macroeconomics and Inequality
ECNM10104 20 credits
Firms, Markets, and Competition
ECNM10107 20 credits
Applied Financial Econometrics
ECNM10108 20 credits
Data Science in Economics
ECNM10109 20 credits
Modelling the Financial Crisis and its Aftermath
ECNM10110 20 credits
Game Theory
ECNM10111 20 credits
Applied Labour Economics
ECNM10112 20 credits
Economics of Education
ECNM10113 20 credits
Climate Change and Environmental Economics
ECNM10114 20 credits
Programming and Numerical Methods for Economics
ECNM10115 20 credits
The Economics of Crime
ECNM10116 20 credits
Public Economics
ECNM10117 20 credits
Political Economy
ECNM10118 20 credits
The Economics of Health and Health Care
ECNM10119 20 credits
Monetary Policy, Unemployment and the Labour Market
ECNM10120 20 credits
AND

Social Policy Honours Electives

Select exactly 40 credits of the following courses
Advanced Issues in the Making of Contemporary Africa
AFRI10003 20 credits
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
Politics and communication of environmental risks
PLIT10175 20 credits
The Politics of Economic Expertise
PLIT10179 20 credits
Doing Survey Research
SCIL10063 20 credits
Social Demography
SCIL10097 20 credits
Social Inequality and the Life Course
SCPL10020 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
Party Politics and Welfare States in Democratic Capitalism
SCPL10041 20 credits
Screening Social Policy
SCPL10042 20 credits
Race, Power, and Social Policy
SCPL10043 20 credits
Domestic Violence: Concepts, Research and Policy
SCPL10046 20 credits
Advocacy, Lobbying and the Politics of Planetary Health
SCPL10047 20 credits
Drug Policy and the Public Good
SHSS10011 20 credits
Contemporary Feminist Debates
SSPS10001 20 credits
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