MSc in Social Policy (Research)

Programme code: TMSOPORE

Department: Social Policy

This information is for the 2016/17 session.

Full-year programme. Students take two compulsory courses, one unit of options and a dissertation.

Guidelines for interpreting programme regulations

Paper

Course number and title

1

SA451 

Social Policy Research

2

MY4M1  

Foundations of Social Research 1 or

MY4M2

Foundations of Social Research 2

3

Courses to the value of one full unit from the following:

 

GI414

Gender and Social Policy: Theory and Practice (H)

GI415

Gender and European Welfare States (H)

GY441

The Politics of Housing (H)

LL4CL

Explaining Punishment: Philosophy, Political Economy, Sociology (H)

MY426

Doing Ethnography (H)

SA408

Health Economics (H)

SA409

Social Security Policies (H)

SA427

Pharmaceutical Economics and Policy (H)

SA429

Understanding Social (Dis)advantage (H)

SA447

Foundations of Health Policy (H)

SA485

Planning for Population and Development (H) 

SA488

Social Policy: Goals and Issues (H)

SA493

Demographic Change and Development (H) (n/a 16/17)

SA4B8

Ethnicity, Race and Social Policy (H) (n/a 16/17)

SA4B9

Education Policy, Reform and Financing (H) (n/a 16/17)

SA4C2

Basic Education and Social Development (H)

SA4C6

International Housing and Human Settlements (H) 

SA4C9

Social Policy - Organization and Innovation (H)

SA4D5

Social Rights and Human Welfare (H)

SA4E6

Rural Development and Social Policy (H)

SA4F7

The Economics of European Policy (H)

SA4F8

Behavioural Public Policy (H)

SA4F9

Housing, Neighbourhoods and Communities (H)

SA4G8

The Third Sector (H)

SA4H7

Urbanisation and Social Policy in the Global South (H) (n/a 16/17)

SA4H9

Non-Governmental Organisations, Social Policy and Development (H)

SA4J9

States, Social Policy and Development (H)

SA4K2

Sexuality, Everyday Lives and Social Policy in Developing Countries (H)

SA4L1

The Governance of Welfare: The Nation State and the European Union (H)

SA4L2

Contemporary Issues in European Social Policy (H) (withdrawn 16/17)

SA4L4

Behaviour, Happiness and Public Policy

SA4L6

Illegal Drugs and Their Control: Theory, Policy and Practice (H)

SA4M1

Politics of Social Policy: Welfare and Work in Comparative Perspective (H)

SA4N8

Riots, Disorder and Urban Violence (H)

SA4X6

Welfare Analysis and Measurement

4

SA47R

Dissertation: Social Policy (Research) - Dissertation

Notes

A course from another programme, with the permission of your tutor, the MSc Programme Director and the Course Tutor.

 

It is not always possible to offer students a place on each of their preferred courses. This is particularly the case where courses are offered outside the Department of Social Policy (ie not prefixed with 'SA'). For further information please see lse.ac.uk/socialPolicyCourses.