MA Social Policy
Course Overview
This MA in Social Policy equips you to analyze pressing societal challenges and develop practical solutions to drive meaningful change. The program examines contemporary issues like poverty, inequality, and health disparities from both UK and global perspectives. You will learn to critically evaluate welfare systems and craft policies that promote human well-being and social justice.
Key Program Highlights
- Analyze real-world social problems like homelessness, health inequalities, and substance use to formulate effective policy solutions
- Gain a comparative understanding of welfare systems and their challenges in a global context
- Develop highly sought-after expertise in social research methods and advanced policy analysis techniques
- Explore normative questions of social justice and how to organize societies for greater well-being
- Prepare for a impactful career in health, housing, social services, or the non-profit sector
Course Overview
This MA in Social Policy equips you to analyze pressing societal challenges and develop practical solutions to drive meaningful change. The program examines contemporary issues like poverty, inequality, and health disparities from both UK and global perspectives. You will learn to critically evaluate welfare systems and craft policies that promote human well-being and social justice.
Key Program Highlights
- Analyze real-world social problems like homelessness, health inequalities, and substance use to formulate effective policy solutions
- Gain a comparative understanding of welfare systems and their challenges in a global context
- Develop highly sought-after expertise in social research methods and advanced policy analysis techniques
- Explore normative questions of social justice and how to organize societies for greater well-being
- Prepare for a impactful career in health, housing, social services, or the non-profit sector
Requirements
Modules
- LM Poverty, Wealth & Inequality
- LM Philosophies of Welfare: creating new societies?
- LM Dissertation
- LM Crime and Justice in a Globalised World
- LM Environment, Policy, and Society
- LM Migration, Superdiversity, Policy and Practice
- LM Policy Futures: Theories and Concepts in International Policymaking
- LM Social Research and Analysis Skills
- LM Sociology of race and racism
- LM Transforming Societies
- LM Applied Qualitative and Quantitative Data Analysis
- LM Crime and Social Harm
- LM Financial Wellbeing and Inclusion: a Social Policy Perspective
- LM Global Policy Institutions and Networks
- LM Globalisation, International Migration and Citizenship
- LM Policing the Crisis: An introduction to Stuart Hall and Cultural Studies
- LM Policy Evaluation
- LM Transforming Identities
