Unit name |
Unit code |
Credit points |
Status |
Teaching Block |
Dissertation
|
SOCIM1000 |
60 |
Mandatory |
AYEAR |
Contemporary Identities and Inequalities
|
SOCIM0015 |
20 |
Mandatory |
TB-1 |
Students must also choose FIVE optional units. Students must take at least FOUR from the following list: |
Interpreting Gender
|
SOCIM3103 |
20 |
Optional |
TB-2 |
Care, Labour and Gender
|
SOCIM0004 |
20 |
Optional |
TB-2 |
Religion, Ethnicity and Value Change
|
SOCIM0010 |
20 |
Optional |
TB-2 |
Contemporary Sociological Theory
|
SOCIM3101 |
20 |
Optional |
TB-1 |
Theories of Ethnicity and Racism
|
SOCIM3107 |
20 |
Optional |
TB-1 |
Philosophy and Research Design in the Social Sciences
|
SOCIM0012 |
20 |
Optional |
TB-1 |
Introduction to Qualitative Research Methods in the Social Sciences
|
SOCIM0013 |
20 |
Optional |
TB-1 |
Understanding Culture
|
SOCIM0014 |
20 |
Optional |
TB-1 |
Contemporary Identities and Inequalities
|
SOCIM0015 |
20 |
Mandatory |
TB-1 |
Advanced Qualitative Research
|
SOCIM3132 |
20 |
Optional |
TB-2 |
Advanced Quantitative Research
|
SOCIM3133 |
20 |
Optional |
TB-2 |
Mind, body, spirit? Critical approaches to contemporary belief
|
SOCIM0022 |
20 |
Optional |
TB-2 |
Gender, Family and Migration
|
SOCIM0023 |
20 |
Optional |
TB-2 |
Understanding Social Movements
|
SOCIM0028 |
20 |
Optional |
TB-2 |
From Structuralism to Post-structuralism
|
SOCIM0029 |
20 |
Optional |
TB-2 |
Researching Organisations, Institutions and Management
|
EFIMM0045 |
20 |
Optional |
TB-2 |
Research for a Sustainable Society
|
EFIMM0044 |
20 |
Optional |
TB-2 |
Consumption, Environment, and Sustainable Development: A Global Sociology of Everyday Life
|
SOCIM0030 |
20 |
Optional |
TB-2 |
Students may also be able to choose a maximum of ONE unit from the following list of Politics units depending on availability: |
Conflict, Security and Development
|
POLIM1007 |
20 |
Optional |
TB-1,TB-2 |
Gender and Development
|
POLIM2032 |
20 |
Optional |
TB-2 |
Environmental Politics
|
POLIM2041 |
20 |
Optional |
TB-2 |
Gender, Masculinity/ies and International Relations
|
POLIM3016 |
20 |
Optional |
TB-2 |
Foreign Policy Analysis
|
POLIM3017 |
20 |
Optional |
TB-2 |
Discourse Analysis: Research Methods for Politics and International Relations
|
POLIM3024 |
20 |
Optional |
TB-2 |
Europeanisation
|
POLIM3028 |
20 |
Optional |
TB-2 |
International Human Rights
|
POLIM3030 |
20 |
Optional |
TB-2 |
Sino-US Relations in Global Politics
|
POLIM3033 |
20 |
Optional |
TB-2 |
East Asia, Europe and Global Integration
|
POLIM0011 |
20 |
Optional |
TB-2 |
Global Civil Society
|
POLIM0022 |
20 |
Optional |
TB-2 |
China's International Relations
|
POLIM0023 |
20 |
Optional |
TB-2 |
India: An Emerging Power
|
POLIM0017 |
20 |
Optional |
TB-2 |
Theories of Violence
|
POLIM0018 |
20 |
Optional |
TB-2 |
European Security
|
POLIM0019 |
20 |
Optional |
TB-2 |
The Politics of (Un)sustainability
|
POLIM0028 |
20 |
Optional |
TB-2 |
Climate Change and International Security
|
POLIM0004 |
20 |
Optional |
TB-2 |
Global Justice
|
POLIM0005 |
20 |
Optional |
TB-2 |
Northern Ireland: A case study in ethno-national conflict and resolution
|
POLIM0031 |
20 |
Optional |
TB-2 |
The Politics of HIV / AIDS in Africa
|
POLIM2042 |
20 |
Optional |
TB-2 |
The Middle East in International Relations Theory
|
POLIM0037 |
20 |
Optional |
TB-2 |
Japan and East Asia: Socio-Economic Development
|
POLIM0027 |
20 |
Optional |
TB-2 |
Researching Organisations, Institutions and Management
|
EFIMM0045 |
20 |
Optional |
TB-2 |
Research for a Sustainable Society
|
EFIMM0044 |
20 |
Optional |
TB-2 |
MSc Contemporary Identities
|
|
180 |
|
|
Progression/award requirements
The pass mark set by the University for any level 7(M) unit is 50 out of 100.
For detailed rules on progression please see the Regulations and Code of Practice for Taught Programmes and the relevant faculty handbook.
Exit awards
All taught masters programmes, unless exempted by Senate, must allow the opportunity for students to exit from the programme with a postgraduate diploma or certificate.
To be awarded a postgraduate diploma, students must have successfully completed 120 credit points, of which 90 must be at level M/7.
To be awarded a postgraduate certificate, students must have successfully completed 60 credit points, of which 40 must be at level M/7.
Degree classifications:
An award with Merit or Distinction is permitted for postgraduate taught masters, diplomas and certificates, where these are specifically named entry-level qualifications. An award with Merit or Distinction is not permitted for exit awards where students are required to exit the programme on academic grounds. An exit award with Merit or Distinction may be permitted where students are prevented by exceptional circumstances from completing the intended award.
The classification of the award in relation to the final programme mark is as follows:
Award with Distinction*: at least 65 out of 100 for the taught component overall and, for masters awards, at least 70 out of 100 for the dissertation. **Faculties retain discretion to increase these thresholds.
Award with Merit*: at least 60 out of 100 for the taught component overall and, for masters awards, at least 60 out of 100 for the dissertation. Faculties retain discretion to increase these thresholds.
* The MA in Law has separate regulations for awarding distinction and merit.
** For the award of Distinction, the Faculty of Engineering requires at least 70 out of 100 for the taught component overall and, for masters awards, at least 70 out of 100 for the dissertation.
Diploma/certificate stages:
All taught masters programmes, unless exempted by Senate, must allow the opportunity for students to choose, or be required, to leave at the postgraduate diploma or certificate stage.
To be awarded a postgraduate diploma, students must have successfully completed 120 credit points, of which 90 must be at level M/7.
To be awarded a postgraduate certificate, students must have successfully completed 60 credit points, of which 40 must be at level M/7.