MSc in Social Policy (Research)
Programme code: TMSOPORE
Department: Social Policy
This information is for the 2017/18 session.
Guidelines for interpreting programme regulations
Classification scheme for the award of a taught master's degree (four units)
Exam sub-board local rules
Full-year programme. Students take two compulsory courses, one unit of options and a dissertation.
Paper |
Course number and title | |
|---|---|---|
1 |
Social Policy Research | |
2 |
Foundations of Social Research 1 or | |
Foundations of Social Research 2 | ||
3 |
Courses to the value of one full unit from the following: | |
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Planning for Population and Development (H) | |
Demographic Change and Development (H) (not available 2017/18) | ||
Theorising Gender and Social Policy (H) | ||
Gender and European Welfare States (H) | ||
The Politics of Housing (H) | ||
Foundations of Health Policy (H) | ||
Health Economics (H) | ||
Pharmaceutical Economics and Policy (H) | ||
Explaining Punishment: Philosophy, Political Economy, Sociology (H) | ||
Doing Ethnography (H) | ||
Happiness (H) | ||
Behavioural Science (H) | ||
Social Security Policies (H) | ||
Understanding Social (Dis)advantage (H) | ||
Social Policy: Goals and Issues (H) | ||
Ethnicity, Race and Social Policy (H) | ||
Education Policy, Reform and Financing (H) | ||
Basic Education and Social Development (H) (not available 2017/18) | ||
International Housing and Human Settlements (H) | ||
Social Policy - Organization and Innovation (H) | ||
Social Rights and Human Welfare (H) | ||
Rural Development and Social Policy (H) (not available 2017/18) | ||
Migration: Current Research, Critical Approaches (H) | ||
The Economics of European Policy (H) | ||
Behavioural Public Policy (H) | ||
Housing, Neighbourhoods and Communities (H) | ||
The Third Sector (H) | ||
Urbanisation and Social Policy in the Global South (H) | ||
Sexuality, Everyday Lives and Social Policy in Developing Countries (H) | ||
Issues in Contemporary Policing (H) | ||
The Governance of Welfare: The Nation State and the European Union (H) | ||
SA4L4 |
Behaviour, Happiness and Public Policy (withdrawn 2017/18) | |
Illegal Drugs and Their Control: Theory, Policy and Practice (H) | ||
Policing, Security and Globalisation (H) | ||
Politics of Social Policy: Welfare and Work in Comparative Perspective (H) | ||
Riots, Disorder and Urban Violence (H) | ||
Welfare Analysis and Measurement | ||
4 |
Social Policy (Research) - Dissertation | |
Notes |
A course from another programme, with the permission of your tutor, the MSc Programme Director and the Course Tutor. | |
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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. | |
Note for prospective students:
For changes to graduate course and programme information for the next academic session, please see the graduate summary page for prospective students. Changes to course and programme information for future academic sessions can be found on the graduate summary page for future students.
