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MA Sociology (SCST34)     FT

2016 - 2017

 
 

Year 1


units (60 credits)
1A
A student will take

Semester 1
SMI605  Introduction to Qualitative Research AUT SEM 15 credits
SMI606  Introduction to Quantitative Research AUT SEM 15 credits
SMI607  Principles of Research Design AUT SEM 15 credits

Semester 2
SCS6085  The Sociology of Culture and Identity SPR SEM 15 credits

units (30 credits)
1B
A student will take a minimum of 30 and a maximum of 60 credits from this group.

Semester 1
SCS6069  International Social Change and Social Problems AUT SEM 15 credits
SCS6082  Social Media, Data and Society AUT SEM 15 credits
SCS643  International Childhoods - rights, policies, practices AUT SEM 15 credits

Semester 2
SCS6071  International Social Change: Analysing Policy Responses SPR SEM 15 credits
SCS663  Visual Methods for Social Scientists SPR SEM 15 credits
SMI601  Advanced Quantitative Methods for Social Research SPR SEM 15 credits
SMI609  Advanced Qualitative Methods SPR SEM 15 credits
AND

units
1C
A student will take up to 30 credits from this group.

Semester 1
SCS6048  Intimacy and Personal Relationships AUT SEM 15 credits
SCS6054  Sociology of Evil AUT SEM 15 credits
SCS6088  The Sociology of Organised Crime AUT SEM 15 credits

Semester 2
SCS6044  Men, Masculinities and Gender Relations SPR SEM 15 credits
SCS6045  Sociology of the New Genetics SPR SEM 15 credits
SCS6051  Sociology of Whiteness SPR SEM 15 credits
SCS6084  Digital Health SPR SEM 15 credits

units (60 credits)
1D
A student will take

Semester 2
SCS6046  MA in Sociology Dissertation SPR SEM 60 credits

2

A student may, with the approval of the Head of Department, substitute for a unit listed at 1B and 1C other F7-level units to the value of not more than fifteen credits.


3

A student may, with the approval of the Head of Department, substitute for units listed at 1A, 1B and 1C other units offered by the White Rose Doctoral Training Centre to the value of not more than sixty credits.


4

A student may proceed to the dissertation only on the recommendation of the Examiners based on performance in the units listed at 1A, 1B and 1C, or those units substituted under regulations 2 and 3 above where applicable.


5

A student who has been awarded one hundred and twenty credits in respect of units listed at 1A, 1B and 1C, or those units substituted under regulations 2 and 3 above where applicable, will be eligible for the award of Postgraduate Diploma in Sociology.


6

A student who has been awarded sixty credits in respect of units listed at 1A, 1B and 1C, or those units substituted under regulations 2 and 3 above where applicable, will be eligible for the award of Postgraduate Certificate in Sociology.

 
 
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