MA Health in Social Science
Entry requirements
A level: ABB (required: no specific A level subjects required) IB: 34 points with 655 at HL
About this course
MA (Hons) in Health in Social Science, an undergraduate degree centred on cognitive neuroscience and psychology and social policy and health & social care. The programme is delivered across four years. The first year covers the foundations through health and illness, associated beliefs and behaviours, and the related concepts of deviance and stigma. The second year focuses on current key health issues of local and global importance, understanding how knowledge is produced and used in real-life situations, and the role of language in communicating about health in society and in healthcare settings. The third year builds on research skills, explores compassion, empathy and ethics as critical to care, and examines mental health problems and the therapeutic alliance. The fourth year concludes with critical challenges in interdisciplinary work, effective health and social care partnerships, and leadership and change management.
Modules
- health and illness
- associated beliefs and behaviours
- the related concepts of deviance and stigma
- study current key health issues of local and global importance with expert researchers in the fields of drug policy, sexual health, mental health, disability and medical technology
- gain an understanding of how knowledge is produced and used in real-life situations
- be introduced to how language shapes societies and individuals
- focus on the role of language in communicating about health in society (for example the media and health promotion literature) and in healthcare settings
- gain hands-on experience in developing your own communication skills
- learn research skills
- explore compassion, empathy and ethics as critical to care
- examine care alongside consideration of the concept of the person, spirituality, individuality and dignity
- study mental health problems and the therapeutic alliance
- exploring nature's impact on health
- disability studies
- drug policy
- the body at the centre of a sociological exploration of wellbeing
- critical challenges in interdisciplinary work
- effective health and social care partnerships
- leadership and change management
- public health initiatives
- community collaborations for enhancing health at individual and community scales
- exploring nature's impact on health
- disability studies
- drug policy
- the body at the centre of a sociological exploration of wellbeing