MSc in Social Policy (Social Policy and Planning)
Programme Code: TMSPSPP
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: two half unit compulsory courses, attend the non-assessed course SA4C1, optional courses to the value of two full units and a dissertation.
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.
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Course number, title (unit value) | |
Paper 1 |
Compulsory courses | |
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SA488 Social Policy Goals and Issues (0.5) (withdrawn 2018/19) and SA4C9 Social Policy - Organisation and Innovation (0.5) (withdrawn 2018/19) | |
Papers 2 & 3 |
Optional courses | |
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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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GY441 The Politics of Housing (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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PB415 Behavioural Science (0.5) (not available 2018/19) | |
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PB421 Happiness (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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SA4B5 International Planning and Children's Rights (0.5) (not available 2018/19) | |
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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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SA4C8 Global Social Policy and International Organizations (0.5) (not available 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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SA4F7 The Economics of European Social Policy (0.5) # (withdrawn 2018/19) | |
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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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SA4H7 Urbanisation and Social Policy in the Global South (0.5) | |
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SA4K5 Issues in Contemporary Policing (0.5) # (not available 2018/19) | |
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SA4L1 The Governance of Welfare: The Nation State and the European Union (0.5) (withdrawn 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 full or half unit course from another MSc programme (only with the permission of your tutor, the MSc Programme Director and the Course Tutor). | |
Paper 4 |
SA471 Social Policy and Planning - Long Essay (1.0) and SA4C1 Long Essay and the Research Process (0.0) (withdrawn 2018/19) | |
# 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.
