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MA Disability and Social Policy – (M.A.)
University of Leeds
Faculty of Education, Social Sciences and Law
| Location: | Leeds / United Kingdom / View location on map ▾ Hide location on map ▴ | ||
| Duration: | 12 months | Start Date: | September |
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| Languages: | English | ||
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We examine current and future developments in institutional and community-based care and support services for disabled people and their families. You will also explore the recent trend towards 'independent living', and greater user autonomy and control within welfare policy.
The MA in Disability and Social Policy draws on the expertise of scholars and researchers from the internationally-renowned Centre for Disability Studies in the School of Sociology and Social Policy. It is the first postgraduate programme that focuses exclusively on the relationship between these two areas of social investigation in the UK.
Contents
MA Disability and Social Policy is available on a 12-month full-time or 24-month part-time basis. The course has five modules: three compulsory, two elective.
Compulsory Modules
Debates on Disability Theory and Research gives you the opportunity to critically evaluate recent debates and developments within social research on disability. Not only will you discuss positivist, interpretative and 'emancipatory' methodologies, alongside associated data collection and analytical strategies, you will also examine their significance for disability research.
Through the module, you will investigate theoretical perspectives, the various definitions and approaches to impairment and disability, and disability as an equal opportunities and policy issue. You will explore the impact of myths and prejudices, industrialisation and the welfare state upon cultural representations of disability.
Issues in Social Policy Analysis and Research explores the intellectual paths and means available for analysing and investigating policies and practices, taking recent developments in welfare arrangements and social policy institutions as material.
The module will introduce you to a range of analytical starting points and theoretical perspectives; it will ask you to consider views about causation, the problem of 'proof' and the kinds of enquiries that arise through particular positions, values and settings.
Disability and Social Policy Dissertation allows you to tailor your own programme of training and research in consultation with a member of staff drawn from the department's MA/PhD supervisory panel. T
hrough the dissertation, you demonstrate your ability to develop and complete an in-depth analysis, select and use appropriate research methods, deploy advanced theoretical concepts and relate a focused study to broader Disability and Social Policy debates and concerns.
Elective Modules
In addition to the compulsory modules, you also choose two modules from the following list.
* Fundamental Issues in Sociological Research
* Research Strategy and Design
* Social Policy, Politics and Disabled People
* Race, Gender and Migration
* Disability and Development
* Evaluation Research
* Negotiated Study in Disability Studies
IELTS
You are normally required to take an English Proficiency Test.
Most European Universities recognise the IELTS test.
Take testRequirements
A good honours degree in a social science discipline
Language Proficiency
| Cambridge English: Advanced (CAE): | Grade C (Score: 60) |
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