Entry requirementsEntry requirements A first degree in a relevant subject. Applicants with relevant professional experience may be accepted with fewer qualifications. Please contact the programme director to discuss.
This programme provides excellent research training prior to a PhD and/or for employment in research or policy analysis in the public or voluntary sectors or in private practice.
Content
You will take five compulsory courses, two (or three) optional courses and a dissertation.
Compulsory courses
* Social science statistics 1
* Qualitative methods
* Philosophy of social sciences
* Contemporary government and governance
* Policy analysis.
Optional courses
* Risk and the environment
* Economic development and employment
* Housing and social inclusion
* Regeneration and health
* Crime and community safety
* Partnership working and joined up government
* Advanced qualitative methods
* Social science statistics 2.