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Social Sciences
Connect the issues that matter to you with the theories, evidence and research methods used to study them. Similar degree titles can offer different approaches.
Choose a destination and study plan to carry into your enquiry.
Ask better questions about the world around you.
Use these themes to begin your research. The modules and entry requirements of the actual programme should guide your shortlist.
Society & public policy
Explore institutions, communities, inequality and the evaluation of policy choices.
Politics & international studies
Compare approaches to political systems, international questions and the interpretation of evidence.
Behaviour & social research
Look at how programmes investigate behaviour and teach qualitative or quantitative research methods.
Three questions.
A more useful shortlist.
Which questions shape the curriculum?
Compare compulsory topics and the perspectives used to approach them.
What research methods will you learn?
Look for the balance of statistics, qualitative work, research design and ethics.
How is independent work supported?
Ask about project choices, dissertation supervision and access to relevant learning resources.
Turn research into a clearer choice.
Take one issue you care about and compare how two programmes could help you investigate it. Note the relevant modules, methods and possible project formats.
A few notes are
a good beginning.
- A social issue or research question that interests you
- Your academic background and methods experience
- Two programme links and questions about independent research
Check the exact prerequisites and qualification purpose. Where a professional route is involved, verify recognition separately from the general subject description.
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