2013/14 Taught Postgraduate Programme Catalogue
MA Disability Studies
| Programme code: | MA-DISA | UCAS code: | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Duration: | 12 Months | Method of Attendance: | Full Time |
| Programme manager: | Colin Barnes and Alison Sheldon | Contact address: | c.barnes@leeds.ac.uk, a.sheldon@leeds.ac.uk |
A part time version of this programme is available (programme code MA-DISA-PT). Please contact Dr Barnes or Dr Mercer for further details.
Total credits: 180
Entry requirements:
- Generally a good Honours degree or equivalent professional qualifications, but relevant work experience will also be taken into account.
- Candidates who have narrowly missed securing an upper second may be considered ion their individual merits.
- Overseas applicants must meet specific requirements for English language. These are subject to periodic review.
School/Unit responsible for the parenting of students and programme:
School of Sociology and Social Policy
Examination board through which the programme will be considered:
Disability Studies and MA Examining Board
Programme specification:
This programme aims to provide students with a specialist knowledge and mastery of techniques relevant to Disability Studies. At the end of this programme students should be able to demonstrate a sophisticated understanding of concepts, information and techniques at the forefront of Disability Studies, and to exhibit mastery in the exercise of generic and subject-specific intellectual abilities relevant to Disability studies.
Students will have the opportunity to demonstrate a comprehensive understanding of concepts, issues and debates applicable to their own research or advanced scholarship in the area of Disability Studies, and to take a proactive and self-reflective role in working and to develop professional relationships with others in the field of Disability Studies.
The MA dissertation will jprovide students with the opportunity to proactively to formulate ideas and hypotheses and to develop, implement and execute plans by which to evaluate these, and to critically and creatively evaluate current issues, research and advanced scholarship in the field of Disability Studies.
Year1 - View timetable
[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment, Learning Context]
Compulsory modules:
Candidates will be required to study the following compulsory modules:
| SLSP5119M | Dissertation | 60 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| SLSP5216M | Social Policy, Politics and Disabled People Pre-requisite for: Dissertation | 30 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| SLSP5414M | Debates on Disability Theory and Research Pre-requisite for: Dissertation | 30 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) |
Optional modules:
Candidates will be required to study 60 credits from the following optional modules:
| SLSP5102M | Research Strategy and Design | 30 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| SLSP5113M | Advanced Racism and Ethnicity Studies | 30 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| SLSP5117M | Issues in Social Policy Analysis and Research | 30 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| SLSP5141M | Contemporary Social Thought | 30 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| SLSP5230M | Disability and Development | 30 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| SLSP5232M | Negotiated Study in Disability Studies | 30 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| SLSP5233M | Evaluation Research | 30 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| SLSP5234M | From Conception to the Grave: Health in a Global Context | 30 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| SLSP5235M | 'Race', Identity and Culture in the Black Atlantic | 30 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) |
Last updated: 17/02/2014
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