MSc in Disability Studies: Inclusive Theory and Research

This MSc research programme will equip you with the skills, knowledge and ability to plan and carry out academic research relevant to Disability Studies, with a particular emphasis on people with learning (intellectual) disabilities. You will gain a particular awareness and skill set associated with emancipatory and participatory models of research, where disabled people themselves take active roles in the research process. Parts of the programme are delivered by, or co-taught with, disabled people.

You will take core units about research design, quantitative methods and qualitative methods along with students on the MSc in Policy Research and the MSc in Social Work Research, plus an additional core unit about inclusive research with disabled people. The core units are part of the ESRC South West Doctoral Training Centre at Bristol, and as such are a good grounding for those who wish to carry on to a PhD or take up research posts. The optional units will give you a chance to consider research about inclusion for people with learning disabilities and other disabled people in health, in social care and policy, and in education.

Core units

• Philosophy and Research Design in the Social Sciences
• Introduction to Quantitative Research Methods in the Social Sciences
• Introduction to Qualitative Research Methods in the Social Sciences
• Inclusive Research with Disabled People

Optional units

Options will be available from the following list:

• Personalisation in Practice
• Citizenship and Participation
• Social Inclusion
• Including Students' Voices

Dissertation

In order to gain an MSc, you will undertake a research dissertation, which is the equivalent of a further three units. Part-time students will normally take two mandatory units and one optional unit in Year One, and two mandatory units and one optional unit in Year Two.