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DEGREE REGULATIONS & PROGRAMMES OF STUDY 2025/2026

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Year 2 Academic year: 2025/26, 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/current/dpt/cxpgsp11551.htm

Compulsory courses

Dissertation MSc Comparative Public Policy

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

Course options

Students must take 40 - 80 credits of these courses across the 2 year programme.

Global Politics of Public Health

European Social Policy

Economic Issues in Public Policy

Global and International Social Policy

AND

Students may take up to 40 credits of these courses across the 2 year programme.

Social Determinants of Health and Public Policy

Research Skills in the Social Sciences: Data Collection

Energy Policy and Politics (20 credits)

International Political Economy

Politics and Theories of International Development

Foreign Policy Analysis

Labour Market Policy: International and Comparative Perspectives

Global Environment and Society

Health Systems Analysis

Health Systems: Strengthening and Reform

Policy in Action

Bayesian Statistics for Social Scientists

Refugees, Health and Humanitarian Action

Social Demography

Research Design for Societal Challenges

Core quantitative data analysis 1 and 2

Globalization

Health and Human Rights: Principles, Practice and Dilemmas

Population Health and Health Policy

Policy Work

AND

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

Students may take up to 20 credits of these courses across the 2 year programme.

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