MA Social Research Methods

Overview

Social research methods masters. MA Social Research Methods at Durham University: 6 assessed courses, 180 credits and 1,800 notional learning hours, at 10 hours per credit. The hours on each course add up to that total. Seminars run online. A Durham collegiate campus route is published separately from this online award. MA Social Research Methods is taught as one award, not a list of unrelated modules. The published length is 18 months, and the credit total is 180. Students move from The working week in Social Research Methods through The working week in Social Research Methods; Evidence in Social Research Methods; The system around Social Research Methods; Rules that bind Social Research Methods; A manager's brief in Social Research Methods; Capstone in Social Research Methods, and finish on Capstone in Social Research Methods. Each course has a question, a method, and a submission. In this field, students apply the method of the subject to a defined problem and defend the result. Reading is a core text, a case or dataset, and a critique. The artefact a marker expects is a submission that shows the method, the evidence, and the limit of the claim. The award is built so that a graduate can do the following in practice: Produce a professional file in Social Research Methods Choose a method and write what the evidence cannot support Keep a record a third party can review Teaching assumes the student can read a source, attempt a problem before the seminar, and revise after feedback. Attendance at live seminars is part of the design. The capstone or final course must use the methods of the earlier courses; a project that ignores them does not pass. The pages for each course name the topics that are examined. Those topics are the syllabus. A brochure line is not a substitute for them.

Each credit is 10 notional learning hours. The courses add up to 180 credits and 1,800 hours.

Who This Programme Is For

• ✦People already working around Social Research Methods
• ✦Career-changers who can study without leaving their city
• ✦Teams who need a file they can review, not a slogan

Programme Structure & Delivery

Learning Outcomes

• ✦Produce a professional file in Social Research Methods
• ✦Choose a method and write what the evidence cannot support
• ✦Keep a record a third party can review
• ✦State the limit of the award
• ✦Submit the final project inside the published hours

Career Pathways

• ✦Social Research Methods lead
• ✦Social Research Methods analyst
• ✦Social Research Methods coordinator
• ✦Advisor, Social Research Methods
• ✦Project officer, Social Research Methods

Curriculum