Programme structure: Social Policy with Quantitative Research Methods (MSci) - what's running in 2015/16

This Integrated Master's programme has been designated as type II: Advanced Study in accordance with the QAA descriptors for Master's programmes. Please see the Regulations and Code of Practice for Taught Programmes for further information on this type of programme.

Unit name	Unit code	Credit points	Status	Teaching Block
Dissertation (with Quantitative Research Methods) (Social Policy)	SPOL30032	40	Mandatory	TB-4
Select four units from the following list:
Migration Policy in the UK and European Union	SPOL30030	20	Optional	TB-1
Social Policy and the Environment	SPOL32032	20	Optional	TB-2
Comparative Social Policy in a Globalizing World	SPOL30048	20	Optional	TB-2
Social Policy and Development	SPOL30050	20	Optional	TB-2
Health Policy in a Global Context	SPOL30055	20	Optional	TB-1
Poverty, Social Exclusion and Social Policy	SPOL30019	20	Optional	TB-2
Housing, Economy and Society	SPOL30020	20	Optional	TB-1
Understanding Urban Society	SPOL30023	20	Optional	TB-1
Societal Change and the Transformation of Work	SPOL32025	20	Optional	TB-1
Changing Families and the State	SPOL31008	20	Optional	TB-1
Health Care Policies	SPOL31018	20	Optional	TB-1
Youth Justice	SPOL32006	20	Optional	TB-2
Children in a Global Context	SPOL32008	20	Optional	TB-2
Theorising Social Welfare	SPOL30038	20	Optional	TB-2
BSc Social Policy with Quantitative Research Methods		120

Progression/award requirements

Unit Pass Mark for Undergraduate Programmes:

• 40 out of 100 – for level C/4, I/5 & H/6 units
• 50 out of 100 – for level M/7 units

For details on the weightings for classifying undergraduate degrees, please see the Agreed Weightings, by Faculty, to be applied for the Purposes of Calculating the Final Programme Mark and Degree Classification in Undergraduate Programmes.

For detailed rules on progression please see the Regulations and Code of Practice for Taught Programmes and the relevant faculty handbook.

Please refer to the specific progression/award requirements for programmes with a preliminary year of study, the Gateway programmes and International Foundation programmes.

Exit awards

All undergraduate degree programmes allow the opportunity for a student to exit from a programme with a Diploma or Certificate of Higher Education.

• To be awarded a Diploma of Higher Education, a student must have successfully completed 240 credit points, of which at least 90 must be at level 5.
• To be awarded a Certificate of Higher Education, a student must have successfully completed 120 credit points at level 4.

Integrated Master's degrees may also allow the opportunity for a student to exit from the programme with an equivalent Bachelor's degree where a student has achieved 360 credit points, of which 90 must be at level 6, and has successfully met any additional criteria as described in the programme specification.

The opportunities for a student to exit from one of the professional programmes in Veterinary Science, Medicine, and Dentistry with an Award is outlined in the relevant Programme Regulations (which are available as an annex in the Regulations and Code of Practice for Taught Programmes).