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Studying for a Masters Degree

Studying for a Masters degree is a challenging but rewarding experience. You may have developed a particular interest in a certain subject area while completing your undergraduate studies, which you wish to pursue further at a more advanced level. Perhaps you wish to develop your professional expertise through a specialised vocational programme. Or maybe you wish ultimately to undertake PhD study and would like to develop you research skills first.

The Faculty of Social Sciences offers a range of MA and MRes schemes which provide students with the opportunity to study a subject in depth at an advanced level and to access expert teaching and research support in a number of departments across the Faculty.

One of the distinctive features of the Faculty’s research and teaching culture is its emphasis on interdisciplinarity. This is reflected in the range of postgraduate degree schemes on offer at MA/MRes and PhD level.All departments in the Faculty offer one or more Master’s programmes, which may be undertaken on a full- or part-time basis. These courses are complete in themselves, but may also be used as a valuable stepping stone to PhD study. Many departments offer MRes schemes accredited by the ERSC as part of its "1+3" funding scheme and a number of departments also offer more vocational MA courses, for example in Applied Research and Consultancy, Creative Writing, Adult Literacy and Numeracy and Healthcare Practice.