Social Research and Criminology (MRes)
Master
In London
Description
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Type
Master
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Location
London
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Duration
1 Year
Our MRes Social Research and Criminology is an interdisciplinary social science training programme designed to prepare you for further research in the workplace or for MPhil/PhD study.
The programme covers ontology, epistemology, quantitative and qualitative techniques, and advanced methods masterclasses alongside substantive courses in the area of criminology. You will also carry out an independent dissertation, putting into practice the methods and theoretical concepts you have been taught.
The programme provides a particularly strong environment for theoretically informed, interdisciplinary and socially engaged research.
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About this course
Graduates go into research roles in government departments, think tanks, NGOs, the Civil Service and political parties. Possible professions include social researcher, government social researcher, or human resources officer. This degree may also be useful in becoming a higher education lecturer or politician’s assistant.
Our standard postgraduate entry requirement is a second-class honours degree (2:2 or above) from a UK university, or an equivalent international qualification.
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Subjects
- Property
- Healthcare
- Law
- Global
- International
- Psychology
- Land Law
- Criminology
- Intellectual Property
- Human Rights
- Property Law
- Intellectual Property Law
- IT Law
Course programme
You take two compulsory modules (choosing either Introduction to Quantitative Social Research or Intermediate Quantitative Social Research), choose two option modules and write a 60-credit dissertation.
COMPULSORY MODULES- Intermediate Quantitative Social Research
- Introduction to Quantitative Social Research
- Qualitative Social Research
- Advanced Intellectual Property Law
- Contemporary Issues in Criminal Justice
- Crime and Control
- Cultures of Human Rights
- Equality and the Law
- Film and Human Rights
- Futures: The Globalization of Human Rights
- Gender, Sexuality and Criminal Justice
- Global Perspectives on Crime and Crime Control
- Hate Crime
- Healthcare and Human Rights
- International Criminological Theory
- International Rights of Minorities
- Land, Law and Dispossession
- Psychology of Law and Crime
- Slavery, slaveries, enslavement : the Western experience
- Social Justice
- Taking a Case to the European Court of Human Rights
- The International Economic Constitution
- Youth Justice
- Social Research Dissertation
Additional information
One year full-time or two years part-time
FEES
Part-time home students: £4410 pa
Full-time home students: £8820 pa
Part-time international students: £8010 pa
Full-time international students: £16020 pa
Social Research and Criminology (MRes)