Full time
1 year
23-SEP-24
MRes - Master of Research
Quantitative Research Social Sciences
Research
Overview
Career Paths
The MRes Advanced Quantitative Methods (AQM) in Social Sciences is a training programme designed to equip you with the research skills necessary to progress to a doctoral research degree, or to embark upon on a career as a political researcher.
Employer valued skills
You will develop a range of academic, knowledge-based and personal skills:
Advanced independent thinking
Experience of working as an individual on challenging material
The ability to reflect on your learning, evaluate personal strengths and weakness, and map out a plan of personal development based on those reflections
Experience of working as a participant and/or leader of a group, and of contributing effectively to the planning and achievement of that group’s objectives
Experience of giving presentations to others in your field
The ability to construct a rigorous argument, and defend that argument citing relevant sources, both in written form and orally
For this course (per year)
£11,500
For this course (per year)
£23,800
Normally a 1st or 2:1 Honours degree (or international equivalent) in an appropriate subject from a recognised university. Students will be required to demonstrate that their undergraduate course contained a substantial quantitative element (nominally 60 credit points, 30 European Credit Transfers) and that their dissertation included the use of quantitative methods.