Social Research and Gender and Sexuality (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 Gender and Sexuality 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 gender and sexuality. 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 in to 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
- Quantitative Social
- Quantitative
- Social research
- Qualitative Social Research
- Culture
- Community
- Identity
- Gender and Development
- Sexuality in Contemporary
- Gender
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
- Africa Imagined: Visions of a Continent, 1600-2000
- Culture, Community, Identity
- Disciplining Sex: Sexuality, Society and Nineteenth-Century Literary Culture
- Gender and Development
- Gender and Sexuality in Contemporary Japanese Fiction
- Madness and its Meanings
- Men and Masculinities in Contemporary East Asia
- Queer Histories/Queer Cultures
- Theorising Gender
- 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 Gender and Sexuality (MRes)