Medical Sociology MSc

Study modes: Full time | Part time evening

Course description: Now in its fourth decade, this MSc has an international reputation; it aims to provide students with a full training in social research methods combined with in-depth understanding of social aspects of health and healthcare; the programme is taught mainly through seminars and assessed through coursework, one take home exam paper and some in class tests in statistics.(read more)

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Sociology and Social Policy MSc

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Course description: This programme enables students to combine advanced level training in sociology and social policy; there are 3 available pathways: Quantitative; qualitative; and substantive; the programme enables students to formulate research questions in specific research contexts, select and use appropriate methods of data collection and analysis, manipulate and critically evaluate key concepts and issues, and present results in a systematic way.(read more)

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Global Ageing MSc

Study modes: Full time | Part time evening

Course description: The programme's central aim is to develop the student's understanding of the factors which shape the emergence and development of issues of relevance to ageing populations globally, and deepen that understanding through the study of a selection of substantive gerontological areas.(read more)

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Mental Health in Learning Disabilities MSc

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Course description: This programme provides a timely response to the growing need for advanced training in the field of mental health for people with learning disabilities; the course aims to expand the knowledge and skills of clinicians working with service users and enhance the analytical skills required for service development.(read more)

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Sociology of Sport MSc

Study modes: Full time

Course description: This programme is designed for graduates possessing a degree in sociology, cultural studies or sports science, with an emphasis in the social sciences of sport; the growing cultural, economic and political significance of sport has led to greater demand for qualified specialists to provide basic knowledge regarding the relationship between sport and society.(read more)

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Medical Anthropology MSc

Study modes: Full time | Part time evening

Course description: The main objectives of the course are to provide a rigorous grounding in key topics and perspectives in medical anthropology, and to equip candidates with a range of research skills to enable them to successfully complete research (either individually or part of a team).(read more)

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Interprofessional Practice (Society, Violence and Practice) MSc

Study modes: Part time evening

Course description: Partnership in practice; research methods; research dissertation; emergency and crisis responses to victims of violence; prevention, public education and community organisation; historical, social and cultural aspects of violence and practice; legal responses to intentional and unintentional violence; beyond crisis: psychosocial services for survivors of violence; elective placement.(read more)

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Anthropology of Education MSc

Study modes: Full time | Part time evening

Course description: This course aims to give candidates a solid grounding in key topics in the anthropology of education; through detailed consideration of cases from the UK and around the world, students explore the relationship between culture, education and learning, along with the different educational forms and processes through which cultural knowledge is transmitted, and how culture impacts upon wider learning processes.(read more)

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Crime Science MSc

Study modes: Full time | Part time evening

Course description: Compulsory units: Research methods; forensic principles; intelligent support systems; criminology; plus 4 units from: psychological aspects of investigation; decision making in the forensic context; crimes against the person; crimes against property; evidence science and technology; international criminal law: theory and practice; terrorism and the law; advanced forensic digital imaging; data mining and information exploration.(read more)

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Social Statistics (Research Methods) MSc

Study modes: Full time | Part time evening

Course description: This programme trains students in the theory and methods of social statistics, exposing them to cutting-edge social statistical practice, to equip and prepare them for carrying out research in social science disciplines and to contribute to developments in the area; it has a particular focus on survey
design and analysis, statistical modelling of complex data and demographic methods; the programme is recognised by the ESRC.(read more)

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Autism MSc

Study modes: Full time

Course description: This course is for a range of professionals: teachers; medical and healthcare staff; educational psychologists; speech and language therapists; residential care; community care or social work staff; and voluntary sector personnel; applications from parents, family members and individuals on the spectrum are welcomed.(read more)

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Applied Criminology MSc

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Course description: Core modules: Applied criminology; crime and risk; research methods and dissertation; optional modules are: law and penal policy: comparative frameworks; advanced practice.(read more)

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Criminological Psychology MSc

Study modes: Part time evening

Course description: This programme aims to equip students with an understanding of contemporary theories of criminal behaviour and the criminal justice system, together with the skills to analyse individuals' offending behaviour and to plan treatment and supervision strategies for both victims and offenders; both theory and practice are set in the context of the legal and institutional systems through which offenders and victims are managed.(read more)

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Cross-Cultural Psychology MSc

Study modes: Full time | Part time evening

Course description: The course provides students with an understanding of how basic psychological processes may vary across cultures, and gives you the skills necessary to conduct your own research with different ethnic groups; the programme is specifically aimed at those who intend to pursue their psychological work in a number of different cultural settings, whether within Britain or overseas.(read more)

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Public Opinion and Polling MSc

Study modes: Full time | Part time evening

Course description: Introduces students to the latest research on the nature and dynamics of public opinion; as well as examining the variations in opinion across the electorate, it looks at how citizens acquire information and use it to understand the political world; in addition it gives students full understanding of the techniques of measurement of opinion and the skills to be able to analyse and understand opinion surveys.(read more)

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Environmental Anthropology MSc

Study modes: Full time | Part time evening

Course description: Kent has conducted pioneering research into human ecology, ethnoecology and anthropological approaches to the environment for many years; members of staff have particular expertise in ethnobiological classification, historical ecology, computing applications, the human ecology of tropical subsistence systems, wildlife conservation, biodiversity management, and agricultural change and sustainable development.(read more)

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Evolution and Human Behaviour MSc

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Course description: This programme combines both evolutionary anthropology, with a focus on the behaviour of both human and non-human primates, with evolutionary, social and cognitive psychology, to provide an interdisciplinary approach to understanding the origins and functions of human behaviour.(read more)

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Analysis and Intervention in Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities MSc

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Course description: Accreditation of prior learning and prior experiential learning may be possible on both programmes; applicants can transfer between programmes and between levels, subject to meeting admission requirements.(read more)

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Cross-Cultural Studies of Children, Child Development and Youth MSc

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Course description: This course has an anthropological perspective on what it is to be a child or to be young; its key organising principle is that understanding children requires the study of how their relations with others (peers, older and younger children, parents, teachers and other adults) inform their practices, identities and world views.(read more)

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Intellectual (Learning) Disability Studies MSc

Study modes: Distance with attendance

Course description: Coursework modules: needs and rights of person with intellectual (learning) disability and of his/her family; assessment and intervention programmes; development of communication and language; additional disabilities; community living skills; project: social provision/policy; examinations, plus research module and dissertation for Master's.(read more)

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