MSc in Social Policy (European and Comparative Social Policy)
Programme Code: TMSPEUCSP
Department: Social Policy
For students starting this programme of study in 2017/18
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 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.
Please note that places are limited on some optional courses. Admission onto any particular course is not guaranteed and may be subject to timetabling constraints and/or students meeting specific prerequisite requirements.
Paper |
Course number, title (unit value) | |
Paper 1 |
SA4L1 The Governance of Welfare: The Nation State and the European Union (0.5) (withdrawn 2018/19) | |
Paper 2 |
SA488 Social Policy Goals and Issues (0.5) (withdrawn 2018/19) | |
Paper 3 |
European Contextual Options | |
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EU420 European Law and Government (0.5) * A (not available 2018/19) | |
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EU439 Political and Fiscal Integration and Disintegration in EU Member States (0.5) | |
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EU453 The Political Economy of European Welfare States (0.5) # | |
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IR431 European Union Policy Making in a Global-Context (0.5) (withdrawn 2018/19) | |
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SA4F7 The Economics of European Social Policy (0.5) # (withdrawn 2018/19) | |
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Or another appropriate course(s) with the approval of the Programme Director | |
Paper 4 |
Social Policy Options | |
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GI414 Theorising Gender and Social Policy (0.5) | |
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GI415 Gender and European Welfare States (0.5) | |
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GI417 Gender, Population, and Policy (0.5) | |
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HP400 Financing Health Care (0.5) | |
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HP402 Measuring Health System Performance (0.5) | |
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PP4X6 Welfare Analysis and Measurement (1.0) | |
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SA409 Social Security Policies (0.5) | |
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SA429 Understanding Social (Dis)advantage (0.5) | |
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SA4B8 Ethnicity, Race and Social Policy (0.5) | |
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SA4B9 Education Policy, Reform and Financing (0.5) | |
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SA4C6 International Housing and Human Settlements; Conflicts and Communities (0.5) (not available 2018/19) | |
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SA4C9 Social Policy - Organisation and Innovation (0.5) (withdrawn 2018/19) | |
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SA4D5 Social Rights and Human Welfare (0.5) # (not available 2018/19) | |
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SA4F1 Migration: Current Research, Critical Approaches (0.5) | |
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SA4F8 Behavioural Public Policy (0.5) | |
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SA4G8 Social Movements, Activism, and Social Policy (0.5) | |
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SA4K5 Issues in Contemporary Policing (0.5) # (not available 2018/19) | |
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SA4L6 Illegal Drugs and Their Control: Theory, Policy and Practice (0.5) # | |
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SA4M1 Politics of Social Policy: Welfare and Work in Comparative Perspective (0.5) | |
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Or a course from another MSc programme with approval from the Programme Director and the Course Teacher. | |
Paper 5 |
SA466 European and Comparative Social Policy - Long Essay (1.0) and SA4C1 Long Essay and the Research Process (0.0) (withdrawn 2018/19) | |
Prerequisite Requirements and Mutually Exclusive Options
* means available with permission
Footnotes
A : EU420 may only be taken with the permission of the Course Tutor and the MSc Programme Director.
# means there may be prerequisites for this course. Please view the course guide for more information.
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').
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.
This programme has been discontinued. Last year of entry 2017/18.
