Non-stream

DV434 Human Security (0.5)  (not available 2024/25)

MY405 Research Design for Policy and Programme Evaluation (0.5)

MY423 Interview Methods for Social Science Research (0.5) ^#

MY425 Case Studies and Comparative Methods for Qualitative Research (0.5) ^#

MY426 Doing Ethnography (0.5) ^#

MY428 Qualitative Text and Discourse Analysis (0.5) ^#

MY455 Multivariate Analysis and Measurement (0.5) ^#

MY456 Survey Methodology (0.5) ^#

MY457 Causal Inference for Observational and Experimental Studies (0.5) ^#

MY459 Quantitative Text Analysis (0.5) ^#

MY461 Social Network Analysis (0.5)

MY470 Computer Programming (0.5)

MY472 Data for Data Scientists (0.5)

MY474 Applied Machine Learning for Social Science (0.5) ^#

MY475 Applied Deep Learning for Social Science (0.5) ^#

SO407 Politics and Society (1.0)

ST416 Multilevel Modelling (0.5) ^#  (not available 2024/25)

ST425 Statistical Inference: Principles, Methods and Computation (1.0) ^#

ST442 Longitudinal Data Analysis (0.5) ^#

Or any other Graduate level courses from across the LSE (subject the approval of your Academic Mentor and the MSc Social Research Methods Programme Director).

OR

Gender stream

This stream applies only to students who are taking MSc Social Research Methods as part of a 1+3 PhD programme, in conjunction with the MPhil/PhD Gender. Other students can select these courses as standard unlisted optional courses under Paper 6 (where this is allowed by the Department of Gender Studies, and subject the approval of your Academic Mentor and the MSc Social Research Methods Programme Director).

One half-unit from the following:

GI402 Gender, Knowledge and Research Practice (0.5)

GI424 Gender Theories: An Interdisciplinary Approach (0.5)

GI429 Archival Interventions: Feminist, Queer and Decolonial Approaches (0.5) ^#

And one optional half unit graduate level course (typically from the Department of Gender Studies) as agreed with your Academic Mentor.

OR

Population stream

This stream applies only to students who are taking MSc Social Research Methods as part of a 1+3 PhD programme, in conjunction with the MPhil/PhD Demography (Social/Formal). Other students can select these courses as standard unlisted optional courses under Paper 6 (where this is allowed by the host department of the course, and subject the approval of your Academic Mentor and the MSc Social Research Methods Programme Director).

One compulsory half-unit:

DV456 Population, Health and Development: Evidence and Projections (0.5) ^#

And courses to the value of 0.5 units from the following:

DV411 Population, Development and Environment: an Analytical Approach (0.5)  (not available 2024/25)

DV444 Global Health Challenges: Epidemics, Disease, and Public Health Response (0.5) ^#

DV457 Sexual and Reproductive Health Programmes: Design, Implementation and Evaluation (0.5)

GI415 Gender and Welfare Regimes: Developments and Change (0.5)

GI417 Feminist Population Politics (0.5)  (not available 2024/25)

MY476 Population Analysis: Methods and Models (0.5) ^#