MSc Social Policy (European and Comparative Social Policy)
[Formerly MSc European Social Policy]
Full-year programme. Students must take compulsory courses to the value of one unit, optional courses to the value of two units, the non-assessed course SA4C1 and a dissertation as shown.
Paper |
Course number and title | |
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1 |
The Governance of Welfare: The Nation State and the European Union (H) | |
2 |
Social Policy: Goals and Issues (H) | |
3 |
European Contextual options | |
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European Union Law and Government (H) * | |
Policy-Making in the European Union (H) | ||
Political and Fiscal Integration and Disintegration in EU Member States (H) | ||
The Political Economy of European Welfare States (H) | ||
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European Union Policy-Making in a Global Context (H) (n/a 13/14) | |
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The Economics of European Social Policy (H) | |
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Or another appropriate course(s) with approval of the Programme Director. | |
4 |
Social Policy Options | |
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Gender and Social Policy: Theory and Practice (H) | |
Gender and European Welfare States (H) | ||
Urban Policy and Planning | ||
Criminal Justice Policy | ||
Financing Health Care (H) | ||
Social Security Policies (H) | ||
Social Exclusion, Inequality and the 'Underclass' Debate (H) (n/a 13/14) | ||
Social Policy Research | ||
Ethnicity, Race and Social Policy (H) | ||
Education Policy, Reform and Financing (H) | ||
International Housing and Human Settlements (H) | ||
Globalization and Social Policy (H) | ||
Social Policy: Organisation and Innovation (H) | ||
Measuring Health System Performance (H) | ||
Social Rights and Human Welfare (H) | ||
Behavioural Public Policy (H) | ||
Housing, Neighbourhoods and Communities (H) | ||
The Third Sector (H) | ||
Contemporary Issues in European Social Policy (H) | ||
Illegal Drugs and Their Control: Theory, Policy and Practice (H) | ||
Politics of Social Policy: Welfare and Work in Comparative Perspective (H) | ||
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Or a course from another MSc programme with approval from the Programme Director and the Course Teacher. | |
5 |
Dissertation (10,000 words) to be handed in by 1 September | |
Long Essay and the Research Process (not assessed) | ||
Notes | ||
* May only be taken with the permission of the Course Tutor and the MSc Programme Director. | ||
