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Socio-Legal Research
The University of Exeter
School of Law
| Annual Tuition Fee: | ≈ € 5,255 - ≈ € 13,937 (non-EEA) | ||
| Location: | Exeter / United Kingdom / View location on map ▾ Hide location on map ▴ | ||
| Duration: | 12 months | Start Date: | October |
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| Languages: | English | ||
Location of The University of Exeter
Location
Streatham Campus, Exeter
The MRes is a research training Masters programme which provides rigorous training in socio-legal research skills to enable you to carry out doctoral level research using legal and socio-legal methodology or, alternatively, to embark on a career as a specialist socio-legal researcher.
The programme is ESRC-recognised. This means it meets the research training requirements of the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) and that you are eligible to apply for ESRC funding for PhD research.
The taught programme offers research training in generic social-science skills, providing you with a solid basis in social science theory and methodology through modules offered to all social science postgraduates across the University. These are then built on within the socio-legal context through two skills-based modules offered by the Law School. Specialist modules reflect the socio-legal research expertise of staff. The supervised research dissertation will allow you to bring together the conceptual and practical skills acquired in the taught modules and demonstrate your understanding by applying them to your own research ideas in the socio-legal context. Teaching is mainly seminar and workshop based.
The methods of learning, teaching and assessment vary across modules. The generic social science modules are lecture-based whereas the socio-legal modules are taught in smaller seminar groups for which students prepare in advance. They also include some student-led seminars, presentations and practical exercises.
Contents
Total credits required: 180
Compulsory modules
* Dissertation (60)
* Approaches to Research in Law (15)
* Data Sources and Data Collection in the Social Sciences (15)
* Philosophy of the Social Sciences (15)
* Socio-Legal Research Skills (30)
* Social Science Data Analysis (15)
* Social Science Research Skills (15)
Option modules
One from:
* Comparative Civil Process (15)
* Comparative Legal Profession (15)
* European Environmental Law and Regulation (15)
* Feminist Perspective on Social Contractarianism (15)
* Human Rights and International Business Policy (15)
* International Environmental Law (15)
* International Humanitarian Law (15)
* Globalisation and Legal Theory (15)
* Law and Social Theory (15)
* Patent Law and Policy (15)
* The Family, Law and Social Change (15)
* Theoretical Debates within Feminist Legal Research (15)
* Theoretical Perspectives on Law (15)
For a full list and details of the individual modules, please see the MRes Socio-Legal Research programme pages on the College of Social Sciences and International Studies webpages.
Please note that availability of all modules is subject to timetabling constraints and that not all modules are available every year.
Assessment
All taught modules are evaluated by a range of assessments. These may include an oral presentation, practical exercise, reflective log, essay plan and/or essay. If the taught modules are successfully completed, you will progress to undertake a dissertation on an approved subject linked to your research interests. The dissertation is submitted for assessment by 15th September in the year in which you are first assessed. These examinations may be supplemented by oral examination. If you fail to meet the standard for the degree but reach an appropriate lower standard, you may be eligible for the award of a Postgraduate Diploma or Certificate.
IELTS
You are normally required to take an English Proficiency Test.
Most European Universities recognise the IELTS test.
Take testRequirements
Normally a reasonably good Law degree or a degree in a social science subject, i.e. Psychology, Sociology, Social Policy.
English requirements: ITELS 6.5
Additional Requirements
| Minimal degree required: | Bachelor's degree |
| Minimal amount of work experience | Not specified |
Language Proficiency
| Cambridge English: Advanced (CAE): | Grade A (Score: 80) |
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