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Department of Social & Policy Sciences, Programme Catalogue 2011/12

THSP-APM04: MSc International Social Policy

Leading to the award of MASTER OF SCIENCE IN INTERNATIONAL SOCIAL POLICY

Mode of attendance: Part-time

Year 2

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  • This year of this programme of study does not currently fall within the NFAAR


Semester 1

Optional Units: Select between 0 and 1 Unit(s) from the following list:
Students with an adequate previous command of quantitative methods may take one of the options below in place of XX50134.
AA00001 Choose nothing from this list of options 0 Credits
PL50607 Multilevel governance and multilayered citizenship in Europe 6 Credits
SP50123 Business, society and states: corporate power and accountability 6 Credits
SP50250 The politics of policy in international perspective: actors, arenas and conflict 6 Credits
ZZ50001 Director of Studies approved unit 6 Credits
Optional Units: Select between 0 and 3 Unit(s) from the following list:
Units in this group are core to the programme and must be taken in either Year 1 or Year 2.
XX50134 Quantitative methods 1: introduction to quantitative methods 6 Credits
SP50075 Comparative European social policy 6 Credits
SP50249 Advanced policy analysis 6 Credits

Semester 2

Optional Units: Select between 0 and 1 Unit(s) from the following list:
Units in this group are core to the programme and must be taken in either Year 1 or Year 2.
SP50080 Globalisation & economic insecurity: social policy challenges 6 Credits
Optional Units: Select between 0 and 2 Unit(s) from the following list:
PL50605 The politics of migration 6 Credits
SP50122 Comparative research methods 6 Credits
SP50144 Research for policy: concepts, methods and values 6 Credits
SP50225 Globalisation 2: political economy of globalisation 6 Credits
ZZ50005 Director of Studies approved unit 6 Credits

Dissertation Period

Compulsory Units
SP50165 Dissertation in international social policy 30 Credits

Notes:
* This programme catalogue is applicable for the 2011/12 academic year only. Students continuing their studies into 2012/13 and beyond should not assume that later years of a programme will be in the format displayed here for 2011/12.
* Programmes and units are subject to change at any time, in accordance with normal University procedures.
* Availability of units will be subject to constraints such as staff availability, minimum and maximum group sizes, and timetabling factors as well as a student's ability to meet any pre-requisite rules.