Modules

We regularly review our modules to incorporate student feedback, staff expertise, as well as the latest research and teaching methodology. We’re planning to run these modules in the academic year 2022/23. However, there may be changes to these modules in response to COVID-19, staff availability, student demand or updates to our curriculum. We’ll make sure to let our applicants know of material changes to modules at the earliest opportunity. We’ll do our best to provide as much optional choice as we can, but timetabling constraints mean it may not be possible to take some module combinations. The structure of a small number of courses means that the order of modules or the streams you choose may determine whether modules are core or optional. This means that your core modules or options may differ from what’s shown below. Core modules Core modules are taken by all students on the course. They give you a solid grounding in your chosen subject and prepare you to explore the topics that interest you most. Autumn teaching

• Introduction to Qualitative Methods

• Introduction to Quantitative Methods

• Research Design and Ethics

• Advanced Methods in Social Research

• Dissertation (MSc Social Research Methods)

• Critical Debates in Development Theory

• Gender Politics and Social Research

• International Relations Theory

• Migrants and Society: Global Transformations

• Philosophy of Science and Social Science Research Practice

• Understanding Processes of Social Change

• Action Research

• Discourse Analysis

• Ethnographic Methods of Data Collection

• Evidence for Policy and Practice: A Critical Stance

• Policy and Programme Evaluation Research

• Researching Childhood and Youth

• Self, Voice and Creativity in Research Writing

• Socio-legal Research Methods

• Effective Research Data Management - Ed Summer Sch

• Elite Interviewing

• Evaluation of Policy and Professional Practice

• Multi-sited and Mobile Ethnography

• Researching Hidden and Hard-to-reach Populations