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Degree Programme Table: Social Research (MSc) (Full-time) (PTMSCSORES1F)

Jump to: Year 1

Year 1 Academic year: 2022/23, Starting in: September

Notes:
Course choices should be confirmed with your Programme Director or Personal Tutor.
You will be required to show that your choices reflect an appropriate breadth of interest.

Not all electives may run in any given year and places may be limited.

NOTE: Students following the Quantitative Methods pathway will take either 'Core Quantitative Data Analysis 1 and 2 (SCIL11009)' OR 'Statistical Modelling in the Social Sciences (PGSP11486)' as compulsory courses. See relevant course entries for more information. Entry to 'Statistical Modelling in the Social Sciences 'will be on the basis of a discussion with the Programme Director during welcome week.

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses
Research Skills in the Social Sciences: Data Collection
PGSP11016 20 credits
Research Design
PGSP11208 20 credits
Core quantitative data analysis 1 and 2
SCIL11009 20 credits

Course options

Group A

Select exactly 60 credits in this group.

Specialist Courses - Social Research

Select between 20 and 60 credits of the following courses
Humanities and Arts-informed Research Methods in the Social Sciences
CNST11087 20 credits
Comparative Analysis of Social and Public Policy
PGSP11104 20 credits
Analysing Qualitative Data
PGSP11110 20 credits
Internet, Society and Economy
PGSP11116 20 credits
Longitudinal Data Analysis
PGSP11487 20 credits
Gender, Politics and Representation
PGSP11542 20 credits
Bayesian Statistics for Social Scientists
PGSP11553 20 credits
Computational Text Analysis
PGSP11584 20 credits
Advanced Methods Workshops (20 credit)
PGSP11596 20 credits
Social Network Research: Theories and Analysis
SCIL11042 20 credits
AND

Level 11 courses in Schedules A to Q, T, W and Y

Select between 0 and 40 credits from Level 11 courses in Schedules A to Q, T, W and Y
Notes:
Courses in this collection can only be taken with permission from the Programme Director.
OR

Quantitative Methods Pathway - MSc Social Research

Select between 40 and 60 credits of the following courses
Notes:
Select between 40 and 60 credits from Level 11 courses in Schedules A to Q, T, W and Y
NOTES:
These courses specialise in quantitative methods and analysis.
Multi-Level Modelling in Social Science
PGSP11424 20 credits
Longitudinal Data Analysis
PGSP11487 20 credits
Bayesian Statistics for Social Scientists
PGSP11553 20 credits
Computational Text Analysis
PGSP11584 20 credits
Advanced Methods Workshops (20 credit)
PGSP11596 20 credits
AND

Specialist Courses - Social Research

Select between 0 and 20 credits of the following courses
Humanities and Arts-informed Research Methods in the Social Sciences
CNST11087 20 credits
Comparative Analysis of Social and Public Policy
PGSP11104 20 credits
Analysing Qualitative Data
PGSP11110 20 credits
Internet, Society and Economy
PGSP11116 20 credits
Longitudinal Data Analysis
PGSP11487 20 credits
Gender, Politics and Representation
PGSP11542 20 credits
Bayesian Statistics for Social Scientists
PGSP11553 20 credits
Computational Text Analysis
PGSP11584 20 credits
Advanced Methods Workshops (20 credit)
PGSP11596 20 credits
Social Network Research: Theories and Analysis
SCIL11042 20 credits
AND

Level 11 courses in Schedules A to Q, T, W and Y

Select between 0 and 20 credits from Level 11 courses in Schedules A to Q, T, W and Y
Notes:
Courses in this collection can only be taken with permission from the Programme Director.
AND

Group B

Select exactly 60 credits in this group.

Dissertations - Social Research

Select exactly 60 credits of the following courses
Selected courses must be passed at 50%
Dissertation (MSc/Dip Social Research)
PGSP11057 60 credits
Placement-Based Dissertation (MSc Social Research)
PGSP11537 60 credits
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