Paper 1

SP401 Understanding Policy Research (0.5) and SP420 Understanding Policy Research (Advanced) (0.5) #

Paper 2

One 0.5 unit course from:

MY451A Introduction to Quantitative Analysis (0.5) #

MY451W Introduction to Quantitative Analysis (0.5) # (suspended 2026/27)

MY452A Applied Regression Analysis (0.5) #

MY452W Applied Regression Analysis (0.5) #

MY455 Multivariate Analysis and Measurement (0.5) #

MY456 Survey Methodology (0.5) #

MY457 Causal Inference for Observational and Experimental Studies (0.5) #

MY465 Intermediate Quantitative Analysis (0.5) #

MY472 Data for Data Scientists (0.5)

MY474 Applied Machine Learning for Social Science (0.5) #

MY475 Applied Deep Learning for Social Science (0.5) #

and one 0.5 unit course from:

MY421A Qualitative Research Methods (0.5)

MY421W Qualitative Research Methods (0.5)

MY422 Participatory Research (0.5)

MY423 Interview Methods for Social Science Research (0.5) #

MY425 Case Studies and Comparative Methods for Qualitative Research (0.5) #

MY426 Doing Ethnography (0.5) #

MY428 Qualitative Text and Discourse Analysis (0.5) # (suspended 2026/27)

MY459 Computational Text Analysis and Large Language Models (0.5) #

Paper 3

Courses to the value of 1.0 unit(s) from the following:

PP4X7 Inequality and Poverty Analysis (0.5)

PP4X8 Social and Multidimensional Inequality Analysis (0.5)

SP400 International Social and Public Policy (0.5)

SP403 Academic & Professional Skills Development for Social Policy (0.0)

SP410 Migration: Current Research, Critical Approaches (0.5)

SP411 Social Policy and Development (0.5)

SP412 Non-Governmental Organisations, Social Policy and Development (0.5) #

SP414 Racial Inequalities and Social Policies (0.5)

SP415 Urbanisation and Social Policy in the Global Souths (0.5) #

SP417 Sexuality, Everyday Lives and Social Policy in Developing Countries (0.5)

SP418 Global Social Policy and International Organizations (0.5)

SP419 Social Movements, Activism, and Social Policy (0.5)

SP430 Social Security Policies (0.5)

SP432 Education Policy and Reform (0.5)

SP434 Behavioural Public Policy (0.5)

SP441 Politics of Social Policy (0.5)

SP442 The Future of Work and Social Policy (0.5) (suspended 2026/27)

SP443 Social Policy of Climate Change (0.5)

SP444 Educational Inequality in the Global South (0.5) #

SP445 Migration and Inequality (0.5)

SP473 Policing, Security and Globalisation (0.5)

SP474 Criminological controversies: Global questions of our age (0.5) (suspended 2026/27)

SP475 Riots, Disorder and Urban Violence (0.5) #

SP476 Punishment and Penal Policy (0.5)

SP477 Crime, Justice & Social Policy (0.5)

SP479 Lived experiences of harm, violence & control: Perspectives from around the world (0.5) # (suspended 2026/27)

SP480 Technology, Crime and Criminal Justice (0.5)

Relevant outside options subject to agreement by the programme director.

Paper 4

SP499 Dissertation - International Social & Public Policy (1.0)