MSc Social Policy (Social Policy and Planning)
Programme code: TMSPSPP (Formerly MSc Social Policy and Planning)
Department: Social Policy
This information is for the 2017/18 session.
Guidelines for interpreting programme regulations
Classification scheme for the award of a taught master's degree (four units)
Exam sub-board local rules
Full-year programme. Students must take: two half unit compulsory courses, attend the non-assessed course SA4C1, optional courses to the value of two full units and a dissertation.
Paper |
Course number and title | |
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Compulsory courses | |
1 |
Social Policy: Goals and Issues (H) | |
Social Policy: Organisation and Innovation (H) | ||
2 & 3 |
Optional courses | |
Theorising Gender and Social Policy (H) | ||
Gender and European Welfare States (H) | ||
Gender, Population, and Policy (H) (not available 2017/18) | ||
The Politics of Housing (H) | ||
Urban Policy and Planning (H) | ||
Financing Health Care (H) | ||
Measuring Health System Performance (H) | ||
Happiness (H) | ||
Behavioural Science (H) | ||
Social Security Policies (H) | ||
Understanding Social (Dis)advantage (H) | ||
Social Policy Research | ||
International Planning and Children's Rights (H) | ||
Ethnicity, Race and Social Policy (H) | ||
Education Policy, Reform and Financing (H) | ||
International Housing and Human Settlements (H) | ||
Global Social Policy and International Organisations (H) | ||
Social Rights and Human Welfare (H) | ||
Migration: Current Research, Critical Approaches (H) | ||
The Economics of European Policy (H) | ||
Behavioural Public Policy (H) | ||
Housing, Neighbourhoods and Communities (H) | ||
The Third Sector (H) | ||
Urbanisation and Social Policy in the Global South (H) | ||
Issues in Contemporary Policing (H) | ||
The Governance of Welfare: The Nation State and the European Union (H) | ||
SA4L4 |
Behaviour, Happiness and Public Policy (withdrawn 2017/18) | |
Illegal Drugs and Their Control: Theory, Policy and Practice (H) | ||
Policing, Security and Globalisation (H) | ||
Politics of Social Policy: Welfare and Work in Comparative Perspective (H) | ||
Riots, Disorder and Urban Violence (H) | ||
Welfare Analysis and Measurement | ||
Or a full or half unit course from another MSc programme * | ||
4 |
Dissertation: Social Policy and Planning (10,000 words) | |
Long Essay and the Research Process (not assessed) | ||
Notes | ||
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* May only be taken with the permission of your tutor, the MSc Programme Director and the Course Tutor. | ||
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. | ||
Note for prospective students:
For changes to graduate course and programme information for the next academic session, please see the graduate summary page for prospective students. Changes to course and programme information for future academic sessions can be found on the graduate summary page for future students.
