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Social Science and Health Research MSc; PGDip – (M.Sc.)
Newcastle University
Institute of Health and Society
| Application Deadline: | International students applying for September 2011 entry should apply by Friday 15 July 2011 | ||
| Location: | Newcastle Upon Tyne / United Kingdom / View location on map ▾ Hide location on map ▴ | ||
| Duration: | 12 months | Start Date: | September |
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| Languages: | English | ||
Location of Newcastle University
You take compulsory modules (100 credits) which typically include: the nature of explanation and enquiry; introduction to quantitative methods; qualitative methodology in the arts, humanities and social sciences; introduction to information skills; thinking about research; dissertation preparation; health and health care policy; health and society. Optional modules (20 credits) are also selected from topics such as: applied epidemiology; health care quality; health economics; public health interventions; public social divisions and inequalities; and comparative perspectives in social and environmental change.
The MSc also involves a dissertation (60 credits) in a social policy or health sciences topic, which could be desk-based primary or secondary analysis, or a study involving fieldwork. The Diploma is available for those who do not undertake the dissertation.
Contents
Compulsory modules:
HSS8001 Thinking about Research
HSS8002 Information Skills
HSS8003 Dissertation Preparation
HSS8004 Qualitative Methods in the Social Sciences
HSS8005 Quantitative Methods in the Social Sciences
HSS8007 The Nature of Explanation and Enquiry in the Social Sciences
HSC8040 Health and Health Care Policy
HSC8047 Health and Society
SOC8098 Dissertation OR HSC8099 Dissertation
Optional modules:
HSC8045 Public Health Protection
HSC8042 Public Health Intervention
HSC8027 Health Economics
HSC8048 Health Care Quality
HSC8046 Applied Epidemiology
SOC8045 Comparative Perspectives in Social and Environmental Change
SOC8034 Social Divisions and Inequalities
IELTS
You are normally required to take an English Proficiency Test.
Most European Universities recognise the IELTS test.
Take testRequirements
An upper-second-class (2.1) Honours degree or higher, preferably in the social or health sciences, which can include the following (or related) discipline areas: sociology; social policy; criminology; organisational studies; cultural studies; media studies; film studies; human geography; politics; gender studies; health studies; epidemiology and health sciences. Applications from other backgrounds are welcome, but in such circumstances you are encouraged to discuss your application with the School in the first instance.
Applicants whose first language is not English require IELTS 7.5, TOEFL 107 (Internet-based) or 625 (paper-based), or equivalent, with a writing score of no less than IELTS 7.0 or equivalent.
Our INTO Newcastle University Centre can provide extra tuition to help you meet the University's English language requirements.
Additional Requirements
| Minimal degree required: | Bachelor's degree |
| Minimal amount of work experience | Not specified |
Language Proficiency
| IELTS Band: | 7.5 |
| TOEFL Internet-based: | 107 |
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