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MRes Social Science

London South Bank University, United Kingdom
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Course Overview

The Ph.D. and MRes programs are closely linked to our growing and dynamic research culture. You'll benefit from engaging with highly qualified academic staff and working alongside a portfolio of dynamic and popular master's programs.

General Eligibility

When applying for a Research Degree Programme at LSBU you are expected to have a 2.1 honours degree, and a relevant Postgraduate qualification at Masters level would be beneficial.

If you have the equivalent of lower second-class honours you would also need a Postgraduate qualification at the Master's level.

You will also be required to show proof of all of your qualifications.

Part Time Work Details

20 hours work permit for international students

What You'll Study

1 Course Contents

  • Parliaments and legislatures

  • Political institutions

  • Engagement and participation

  • Representation

  • Theories of democracy

  • Political narratives and storytelling

  • Elections and voting

  • Civil society

  • The voluntary sector

  • Charities

  • NGOs

  • Gender

  • Sexuality

  • Race

  • Race, Disproportionality, and Social Justice

  • Globalization

  • International relations

  • Migration

  • Human rights

  • Genocide

  • Crimes against humanity

  • Social movements

  • Women's movements

  • Elites and networks

  • Agency

  • Development studies

  • Youth crime and resistance

  • Youth Safety

  • Young people and justice

  • Youth work/youth policy

  • Prostitution

  • Human trafficking

  • Violence against women and girls

  • Policing

  • Education for sustainability

  • Politics of Sustainability

  • Politics and climate change

  • Social science research methods

  • Twentieth century Britain

  • Welfare and social policy

  • Social history

  • Political violence and state harms

  • State violence, harm, and international justice

  • Criminalisation of dissent

  • Prison and prison experiences

  • Penal theories and policies

  • Experiences of the criminal justice system, imprisonment, violence, and trauma

  • Peacebuilding

  • Transitional justice

  • Aesthetics

  • The Holocaust

  • Empire and contemporary imperialism

  • Fascism/contemporary right-wing extremism/populism

  • China and the world system

  • Contemporary China

Language Requirement

  • IELTS7.0

If English is not your first language you will be expected to prove your competency in English, showing an IELTS score of at least 7.0 at postgraduate level.

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