MA Social Research
1) Check core modules EDC442 and FCS601 are on your record
2) Decide which Independent Research Project module to choose (if you know you are going on to study a PhD choose EDC454)
3) Ensure you have 60 credits in Semester 1, 60 credits in Semester 2 and 180 in total (including your Independent Research Project)
4) Check for timetable clashes by following the instructions for viewing other timetables here
Core units:
EDC442 - Principles in Research Design I - ACAD YR - 30 credits
FCS601 - Research Ethics and Integrity - ACAD YR - 0 credits
A student will take 45 credits from this group:
Semester 1
EDC459 - Introduction to Qualitative Research - AUT SEM - 15 credits
EDC473 - Introduction to Quantitative Research - AUT SEM - 15 credits
Semester 2
EDC460 - Advanced Quantitative Methods for Social Research - SPR SEM - 15 credits
EDC466 - Advanced Qualitative Methods - SPR SEM - 15 credits
This section applies only to students on an ESRC-funded '1+3' programmes, you will take 15 credits from this group:
Semester 2
EDC470 - Working Beyond Disciplines - SPR SEM - 15 credits
A student will also take 30 credits from the list below.
A student will take 45 credits from this group (if you are an ESRC funded 1+3 student, you will take 30):
Semester 1
ALA428 - Histories and Theories of Urban Design - AUT SEM - 15 credits
ALA437 - Theory and Research in Design - AUT SEM - 15 credits
ECN6510 - Microeconomic Analysis - AUT SEM - 15 credits
ECN6520 - Macroeconomic Analysis - AUT SEM - 15 credits
ECN6540 - Econometric Methods - AUT SEM - 15 credits
EDC439 - Early Childhood 1: Development, Learning and Curriculum - AUT SEM - 30 credits
EDC476 - Developmental Psychology - AUT SEM - 30 credits
EDC478 - Language Acquisition, Learning and Pedagogy - AUT SEM - 30 credits
GPL425 - The Science of Environmental Change - AUT SEM - 15 credits
GPL472 - Theory and Debates in Food Security and Food Injustice - AUT SEM - 15 credits
HES474 - (HCSPGT) Children's Learning - AUT SEM - 15 credits
IJC414 - Data and Society - AUT SEM - 15 credits
IJC418 - Information and Knowledge Management - AUT SEM - 15 credits
IJC423 - Information Literacy - AUT SEM - 15 credits
IJC424 - Information Systems in Organisations - AUT SEM - 15 credits
IJC435 - Information Systems Modelling - AUT SEM - 15 credits
IJC437 - Introduction to Data Science - AUT SEM - 15 credits
IJC440 - Libraries, Information and Society - AUT SEM - 15 credits
IJC452 - Journalism in Britain - AUT SEM - 15 credits
LAS4125 - Global Governance and Japan - AUT SEM - 30 credits
LAS4128 - International Politics of East Asia - AUT SEM - 30 credits
LAS461 - Work and Organisation in East Asia - AUT SEM - 15 credits
LAS497 - Media, State and Society in China - AUT SEM - 15 credits
MGT6043 - Accounting and Financial Management - AUT SEM - 15 credits
MGT6045 - Marketing - AUT SEM - 15 credits
MGT6046 - Operations and Supply Change Management - AUT SEM - 15 credits
MGT6127 - Management and Organisational Theory - AUT SEM - 15 credits
MGT6163 - Leadership, Engagement and Motivation - AUT SEM - 15 credits
MGT6182 - International Consumer Behaviour - AUT SEM - 15 credits
MGT650 - Managing People in Organisations - AUT SEM - 15 credits
MGT659 - Industrial Relations - AUT SEM - 15 credits
SLW454 - Principles of International Law - AUT SEM - 15 credits
SPR407 - Contemporary Global Security - AUT SEM - 30 credits
SPR423 - Visual Methods for Social Scientists - AUT SEM - 15 credits
SPR433 - The Digital Self - AUT SEM - 15 credits
SPR434 - Digital Methods - AUT SEM - 15 credits
SPR449 - Development and the State - AUT SEM - 30 credits
Semester 2
ECN606 - Public Economics - SPR SEM - 15 credits
ECN6620 - International Money and Finance - SPR SEM - 15 credits
ECN6650 - Industrial Organisation - SPR SEM - 15 credits
ECN6660 - Monetary Economics - SPR SEM - 15 credits
EDC440 - Early Childhood 2: Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood Education - SPR SEM - 30 credits
EDC460 - Advanced Qualitative Methods - SPR SEM - 15 credits
EDC466 - Advanced Quantitative Methods for Social Research - SPR SEM - 15 credits
EDC470 - Working Beyond Disciplines - SPR SEM - 15 credits
EDC480 - Language, Society and Education - SPR SEM - 30 credits
EDC482 - Critical Psychology and Education - SPR SEM - 30 credits
GPL446 - GIS for Built Environment Professionals - SPR SEM - 15 credits
GPL448 - Health, Wellbeing and the City - SPR SEM - 15 credits
GPL451 - Issues in Housing - SPR SEM - 15 credits
GPL454 - Planning Law - SPR SEM - 15 credits
GPL469 - Managing Climate Change - SPR SEM - 15 credits
IJC413 - Business Intelligence - SPR SEM - 15 credits
IJC420 - Information Governance and Ethics - SPR SEM - 15 credits
IJC427 - Big Data Analytics - SPR SEM - 15 credits
IJC467 - Database Design - SPR SEM - 15 credits
IJC469 - Academic and Workplace Library, Information and Knowledge Services - SPR SEM - 15 credits
IJC472 - Media Freedom: European, UK and US Perspectives - SPR SEM - 15 credits
LAS4107 - Chinese Cities in Transition - SPR SEM - 15 credits
MGT6104 - European Business - SPR SEM - 15 credits
MGT6149 - Marketing in Society - SPR SEM - 15 credits
MGT6159 - Managing Museums and Cultural Heritage Sites - SPR SEM - 15 credits
MGT6168 - Well-being and Work - SPR SEM - 15 credits
SPR408 - Democratic Governance in the 21st Century: Problems, Innovations and Solutions - SPR SEM - 30 credits
SPR411 - Political Economy of Global Environmental change - SPR SEM - 30 credits
SPR422 - Digital Media in Datafield Society - SPR SEM - 15 credits
SPR425 - Mobile Media and Digital Futures - SPR SEM - 15 credits
SPR427 - Sociology of Genders, Sexualities and the Bodies - SPR SEM - 15 credits
SPR432 - Digital Health - SPR SEM - 15 credits
SPR448 - Capitalism and Crisis - SPR SEM - 30 credits
SPR450 - Freedom - SPR SEM - 30 credits
SPR451 - Terrorism and Political Violence - SPR SEM - 30 credits
Full academic year
ALA434 - Reflections on Architectural Design - ACAD YR - 15 credits
MGT6162 - Applying Psychology to Work and Organisations - ACAD YR - 15 credits
PSY6231 - Professional Skills for Psychologists - ACAD YR - 30 credits
A student will take 60 credits from this group:
Full academic year
EDC453 - Independent Research Project by Dissertation - ACAD YR - 60 credits
EDC454 - Independent Research Project by Proposal - ACAD YR - 60 credits
Department Key
ALA - Architecture and Landscape Architecture
ECN - Economics
EDC - Education
GPL - Geography and Planning
IJC - Information School and Journalism Studies
LAS - East Asian Studies
MGT - Management
PSY - Psychology
SCS - Sociological Studies
SLW - Law
SPR - Sociological Studies and Politics and International Relations