核心信息
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课程概览
Whether you are starting your career in social research, are an experienced researcher seeking to enhance your skills or looking to further your academic research career, this course will build on your existing expertise, equipping you with advanced mixed methods research skills, along with the theoretical foundations of social research. You'll gain a versatile range of cutting-edge qualitative, quantitative and mixed methods research skills. We will develop your ability to successfully deliver complex research projects from proposal through to the design, implementation and communication of the results. You will learn how to: You'll develop widely transferable and practical skills that can be applied to real-life research problems and support yourcareer development. Our innovative teaching methods will enable you to learn bydoing, giving you the chance to use your new knowledge in your current role or to further your PhD studies. Guided by our expert staff, as part of your course you will complete either a hands-on research project in the form of a dissertation or extended research proposal, where you have the opportunity to design a large-scale research project. We try to pair you with a supervisor that shares an interest in your research topic, providing you with further expert insight. You can tailor your course to your own interests by selecting optional modules from a wide range of departments from across the Faculty of Social Sciences, exposing you to the latest debates within your field of research. The course has been specifically developed to meet the ESRC postgraduate training and development guidelines.
录取要求
Minimum 2:1 undergraduate honours degree in any subject. We assess each application on the basis of the applicant’s preparation and achievement as a whole. We may accept applicants whose qualifications don’t meet the published entry criteria but have other experience relevant to the course. If required degree subjects and modules are listed, these are indicative only. Sometimes we may accept subjects or modules that aren’t listed, and sometimes we may not accept subjects or modules that are listed, depending on the content studied. We also consider a wide range of international qualifications:
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课程模块
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- Principles of Research Design
- Introduction to Qualitative Research
- Introduction to Quantitative Research
- Advanced Qualitative Methods
- Advanced Quantitative Methods
- Theory and Research in Design
- Reflections on Architectural Design
- Chinese Cities in Transition
- Japan in International Politics and the Global Economy
- Microeconomic Analysis
- Macroeconomic Analysis
- Econometric Methods
就业/职业信息
You may currently work in a research based role and are looking to widen your skillset or you may be wanting to enhance your research career prospects, The MA Social Research will develop your understanding of a wide range of advanced practical research skills, giving you the opportunity to directly apply your learning to your current role. Here are just some of the specific skills you will develop on our course: The principles of research design, including how to formulate research questions and develop the appropriate strategies to answer them. Quantitative research skills including practical data tidying, visualisation, data analysis in the R programming language with no prior experience required. Qualitative research skills including interviewing, ethnographic approaches, participatory and creative approaches, reflexive thematic analysis, and narrative analysis. How to be ethically responsible researchers, foregrounding moral considerations in all aspects of the research process. H