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MA Social Research (SCST67)     PT

2016 - 2017

 
 

Year 1


STUDENTS SHOULD CONTACT THE DEPARTMENT DIRECTLY FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ON WHICH UNITS ARE TAKEN IN WHICH YEAR OF STUDY.


1A

A student will take:

LAW6113

Quantitative Methods
GRAD YR F7 15
SCS6001   The Research Process
AUT SEM F7 15
SCS6002   Qualitative Methods
AUT SEM F7 15
SCS6320   Foundations of Sociological Inquiry
AUT SEM F7 15

units (60 credits)
1B
A student will take 60 credits from this group.

Semester 1
SCS6048  Intimacy and Personal Relationships AUT SEM 15 credits
SCS6054  Sociology of Evil AUT SEM 15 credits
SCS6069  International Social Change and Social Problems AUT SEM 15 credits
SCS6078  Researching Digital Society AUT SEM 15 credits
SCS6082  Social Media, Data and Society AUT SEM 15 credits
SCS6088  The Sociology of Organised Crime AUT SEM 15 credits
SCS643  International Childhoods - rights, policies, practices 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
SCS6055  The Sociology of Surveillance SPR SEM 15 credits
SCS6067  Methods for International Social and Policy Analysis SPR SEM 30 credits
SCS6071  International Social Change: Analysing Policy Responses SPR SEM 15 credits
SCS6079  Digital Practices SPR SEM 15 credits
SCS6084  Digital Health SPR SEM 15 credits
SCS6085  The Sociology of Culture and Identity SPR SEM 15 credits
SCS663  Visual Methods for Social Scientists SPR SEM 15 credits
SCS676  Children, Families and Welfare States SPR SEM 15 credits
a student can take unrestricted SCS (Sociological Studies) units to the value of 60 credits.

units (60 credits)
1C
A student will take

Any Semester
SCS6330  Dissertation GRAD YR 60 credits

2

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


4

A student may proceed to the dissertation only on the recommendation of the Examiners based on performance in the units listed at 1A and 1B above.


5

A student who has been awarded one hundred and twenty credits in respect of units listed at 1A and 1B above will be eligible for the award of the Postgraduate Diploma in Social Research.

 

 


6

A student who has been awarded sixty credits in respect of units listed at 1A above will be eligible for the award of Postgraduate Certificate in Social Research.

Year 2

 
 
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