MA Government, Policy and Society with Quantitative Methods
Entry requirements
A level: from A*AA to AAB (required: Mathematics at B or AS Mathematics at A) IB: from 37 points with 666 at HL to 34 points with 655 at HL
About this course
MA (Hons) in Government, Policy and Society with Quantitative Methods, a mathematics and statistics and social policy degree focused on political systems, policy-making processes, and quantitative data analytics. Core topics include Statistics, Policy Analysis, and Global & Comparative Perspective. The course runs over four years and integrates interdisciplinary learning across social sciences. The first year covers foundational concepts through Social Policy and Society, Research Skills for Social Policy, Politics of the Welfare State, and Introduction to Statistics for Social Science. The second year builds competence with Comparative Social Policy: Global Perspectives, Understanding Public Policy, Evidence, Economy and Social Policy, and Doing Social Research with Statistics. The third year advances analytical capabilities via Qualitative and Quantitative Research: Principles and Practicalities for Social Policy, Analysing and communicating Social Policy, and Statistical Modelling.
Modules
- Social Policy and Society
- Research Skills for Social Policy
- Politics of the Welfare State
- Mathematics for Social Science
- Introduction to Statistics for Social Science
- social anthropology
- international relations
- sociology
- political science
- social work
- economics
- philosophy
- history
- Comparative Social Policy: Global Perspectives - In this course, you will compare different approaches to social policy in European and non-European countries
- Understanding Public Policy - In this course, you will develop the skills needed to analyse specific policies created by governments with regard to their goals, structures and effectiveness. You will engage with external practitioners to understand the practical implications of their academic knowledge to the world of real policy-making.
- Evidence, Economy and Social Policy - This course will focus on the economic dimension of social policy, and the (mis)use of underlying evidence
- Doing Social Research with Statistics
- social anthropology
- international relations
- sociology
- political science
- social work
- economics
- philosophy
- history
- Qualitative and Quantitative Research: Principles and Practicalities for Social Policy
- Analysing and communicating Social Policy
- Statistical Modelling
- social inequality
- labour markets
- childhood
- health policy
- education policy