MSc in Social Research Methods

Programme code: TMSORM

Department: Methodology

This information is for the 2016/17 session.

Full-year programme. 
Part 1: Social Research Methods. Students must take courses to the value of three full units and a dissertation as shown.
Part 2: Disciplinary streams. Students must take courses to the value of one full unit in one of the ten streams as shown.

Guidelines for interpreting programme regulations

Part 1 Social Research Methods

Paper

Course number and title

1

Two of the following:

 

MY451M or MY451L Introduction to Quantitative Analysis (H)

MY452M or MY452L Applied Regression Analysis (H)

 

MY455

Multivariate Analysis and Measurement (H)

 

Or courses in Statistics to the value of one full unit §

2

MY400

Fundamentals of Social Science Research Design (H) and

MY421M or MY421L Qualitative Research Methods (H)

3

MY499

Dissertation (August)

 

Notes

§ means by special permission only.

 

 

Part 2 Disciplinary Streams

Sociology

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

MY426

Doing Ethnography (H)

MY427

Qualitative Research With Non-Traditional Data (H) (n/a 16/17)

SO407

Politics and Society

SO438

Sociology of Employment I: Social Relations at Work (H) (withdrawn 16/17)

SO454

Families and Inequalities (H)

SO458

Gender and Societies (H) (n/a 16/17)

SO473

Crime, Control and the City (H) (n/a 16/17)

Courses to the value of one unit from the Methodology options list (below)

Social Psychology

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

MC402

The Audience in Media and Communications (H)

MY427

Qualitative Research With Non-Traditional Data (H)

PS404

Organisational Social Psychology and PS443A Societal Psychology (unassessed)

PS411

Current Communication Research (H) (n/a 16/17)

PS415

Social Psychology of Economic Life: Advanced Topics (H)

PS418

Health Communication (H)

PS421

Issues in Social Psychology: Group Dynamics (H) 

PS439

Science, Technology and Resistance (H)

PS445

Organisational and Social Decision Making (H)

PS464

Social Influence (H)

Courses to the value of one unit from the Methodology options list (below)

Philosophy

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

PH400

Philosophy of Science

PH405

Philosophy of the Social Sciences

PH413

Philosophy of Economics

Courses to the value of one unit from the Methodology options list (below)

Social Policy

SA451

Social Policy Research

Courses to the value of one unit from the Methodology options list (below)

Statistics

Any approved Graduate level courses in Statistics to the value of one unit, for example:

MY459

Special Topics in Quantitative Analysis: Quantitative Text Analysis (H) (n/a 16/17)

MY456

Survey Methodology (H) 

MY457

Causal Inference for Observational and Experimental Studies (H)

ST416

Multilevel Modelling (H)

ST425

Statistical Inference: Principles, Methods and Computation

ST442

Longitudinal Data Analysis (H)

Courses to the value of one unit from the Methodology options list (below)

Decision and Policy Sciences

Any half unit in MSc Decision Sciences, subject to timetabling constraints, and as approved by the course tutor. 

Courses to the value of one unit from the Methodology options list (below)

Government

Any Graduate level course(s) in Government, subject to timetabling constraints, and as approved by the course tutor, to the value of one full unit. 

Courses to the value of one unit from the Methodology options list (below)

Development Studies

Any Graduate level course(s) in Development Studies, subject to timetabling constraints, and as approved by the course tutor, to the value of one full unit. 

Courses to the value of one unit from the Methodology options list (below)

Management

Any Graduate level course(s) in Management, subject to timetabling constraints, and as approved by the course tutor, to the value of one full unit. 

Courses to the value of one unit from the Methodology options list (below)

Population

One compulsory half unit: 

SA481

Population Analysis: Methods and Models (H)

One half unit from the following: 

DV411

Population and Development: an Analytical Approach (H)

GI415

Gender and European Welfare States (H)

GI417

Gender, Population and Policy (H)

SA485

Planning for Population and Development (H)

SA492

Sexual and Reproductive Health Programmes: Design, Implementation and Evaluation (H)

SA493

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

SA4D1

Social Epidemiology (H)

SA4D2

Global Health and Population Change (H)

Methodology options list

MY400

Fundamentals of Social Science Research Design (H)

MY405

Research Methods for Evaluation in Health, Development and Public Policy (H)

MY421M or MY421L Qualitative Research Methods (H)

MY426

Doing Ethnography (H)

MY427

Qualitative Research With Non-Traditional Data (H) (n/a 16/17)

MY428

Qualitative Text Analysis (H) (n/a 16/17)

MY429

Special Topics in Qualitative Research: Introspection-based Methods in Social Research (H) (n/a 16/17)

MY451M or MY451L Introduction to Quantitative Analysis (H)

MY452M or MY452L Applied Regression Analysis (H)

MY454

Applied Statistical Computing using R (H) (n/a 16/17)

MY455

Multivariate Analysis and Measurement (H)

MY456

Survey Methodology (H) 

MY457

Causal Inference for Observational and Experimental Studies (H)

MY459

Special Topics in Quantitative Analysis: Quantitative Text Analysis (H) (n/a 16/17)

MY560

Workshop in Advanced Quantitative Analysis (H)

Or any other course approved by the tutor *

Notes

* means by special permission only