MSc in Social Policy (European and Comparative 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) | |
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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) | ||
Gender, Population, and Policy (H) | ||
Urban Policy and Planning | ||
Financing Health Care (H) | ||
Social Security Policies (H) | ||
Understanding Social (Dis)advantage (H) | ||
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) (n/a 14/15) | ||
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) (n/a 14/15) | ||
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 |
European and Comparative Social Policy - Long Essay (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. | ||
It is not always possible to offer students a place on each of their preferred courses. This is particularly the case where courses are offered outside the Department of Social Policy (ie not prefixed with 'SA'). For further information please see lse.ac.uk/socialPolicyCourses. | ||
