MSc in Comparative Social Policy
Course Code | 002660
This course is designed to provide training for those seeking immediate professional careers and for those wishing to prepare for doctoral work.
- Length of programme: Twelve months
- Core and optional courses:
- There are two compulsory papers, one in Methods of Social Research and one in Comparative Social Policy/Welfare States.
- Option papers cover such topics as Demography and Population; Educational Policy; Health and Health Care; Labour Market Policy; Poverty and Social Exclusion,
Social Policy and Social Development and Social Security.
- Programme specification
MPhil in Comparative Social Policy
Course Code | 002650
The MPhil in Comparative Social Policy includes all of the courses included in the MSc degree, together with an additional option course and a substantial research project in the second year. The MPhil thesis is 30,000 words and includes significant fieldwork and/or original analysis. MPhil students also join one of the Student Research Groups that are convened by members of academic staff, which normally meet fortnightly during term.
In addition, in their second year, students will have the opportunity to be involved in the Oxford Berkeley Collaboration.
- Length of programme: Twenty-two months
- Core and optional courses:
- There are two compulsory papers, one in Methods of Social Research and one in Comparative Social Policy/Welfare States.
- Option papers vary from year to year and may cover such topics as Demography and Population; Educational Policy; Labour Market Policy; Health and Health Care; Poverty and Social Exclusion, Social Policy and Social Development and Social Security.
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Programme specification
MSc in Evidence-Based Social Intervention
Course Code | 002911
This course is for those wishing to study the effectiveness of interventions for psychosocial and social problems.
- Length of programme: Twelve months
- Core and optional courses:
- There are two compulsory papers, one in Methods of Social Intervention Research and one in Social Interventions.
- Option papers vary from year to year and may cover such topics as Children and Families, Community Analysis, Mental Health, Criminology and HIV/AIDS Prevention
- Programme specification
MPhil in Evidence-Based Social Intervention
Course Code | 002921
The MPhil in Evidence-Based Social Intervention includes all of the courses included in the MSc degree, together with an additional option course and a substantial research project in the second year. The MPhil thesis is 30,000 words and includes significant fieldwork and/or original analysis. MPhil students also join one of the Student Research Groups that are convened by members of academic staff, which normally meet fortnightly during term.
In addition, in their second year, students will have the opportunity to be involved in the Oxford Berkeley Collaboration.
- Length of programme: Twenty-two months
- Core and optional courses:
- There are two compulsory papers, one in Methods of Social Research and one in Social Interventions.
- Option papers cover such topics as Children and Families, Community Analysis, Mental Health, Criminology and HIV/AIDS Prevention.
- Programme specification
How to ApplyThe deadlines for the MPhil and MSc courses listed above are 16 November 2012, 18 January 2013 and 8 March 2013. Studentship applications should be submitted by the January deadline. The standard set of materials you should send
with any application to a taught course comprises: In addition to the standard documents above,
applicants to the MPhil or MSc courses in Comparative Social Policy and Evidence-Based Social Intervention should provide two (2) relevant academic essays or other
writing samples from their most recent qualification of 2,000 words each,
or 2,000-word extracts of longer work(s). |
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