Social Policy

Entry requirements

A good Honours degree or equivalent is normally required. This will usually be in a social science, although applications from those with degrees in other disciplines will be considered. Applications are also encouraged from those without an Honours degree who have five years or more relevant work experience in a policy or practice area.

Months of entry

September

Course content

The MA Social Policy aims to explore the development and contemporary context of social policy both in Britain and internationally. A key feature of the programme is the emphasis on understanding social policy developments within its broader economic, social and political context. Students will study a number of core and optional modules covering a wide range of perspectives. It is designed for both home and international students.

Programme content

The MA Social Policy is made up of 180 credits. This includes 120 credits of taught modules and a 60 credit dissertation (10,000 words). The Postgraduate Diploma is made up of 120 credits of taught modules.

Core Modules

• Philosophies of Welfare: creating new societies? (20 credits)
• Poverty, Wealth and Inequality (20 credits)
• Dissertation (60 credits)

Optional Modules* (80 credits from the list below)

• The Third Sector and Social Policy (20 credits)
• Migration, Super diversity, Policy and Practice (20 credits)
• Policy Futures: Theories and Concepts in International Policymaking (20 credits)
• Globalisation, International Migration & Citizenship (20 credits)
• Crime and Social Harm (20 credits)
• Sociology of Race and Racism (20 credits)
• Applied Qualitative and Quantitative Data Analysis (20 credits)
• Global Policy Institutions and Networks (20 credits)
• Policy Evaluation (20 credits)
• Transforming Identities (20 credits)
• Transforming Societies (20 credits)

Information for international students

International students can find details of scholarships on our website

Fees and funding

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