Research Methods for Social Science & Health

This postgraduate programme is aimed at professionals and practitioners who need to develop their understanding and practical application of quantitative and qualitative research methods, especially those from health, policy, NGO and government sectors including researchers and those who manage and/or commission research. No prior knowledge of research methods is necessary.

KEY BENEFITS

• Set in a leading international centre for the study of social science and health.
• A dynamic, research-led department with an international reputation for excellence.
• Wide range of disciplinary and methodological expertise offered by a dedicated team of academics.
• Flexibility: modules can be taken either as stand-alone units or towards the PGCert qualification.
• An excellent foundation for understanding, conducting, commissioning or using research in the social, policy and healthcare arenas.

PURPOSEAn excellent foundation for understanding, conducting, commissioning or using research in the social, policy and healthcare arenas.

DESCRIPTION

Students can take the modules offered either as standalone units, or combined, as a Postgraduate Certificate in Research Methods for Social Science and Health. The full Postgraduate Certificate can be taken within one academic year (January to May), or over two years (January in one year to May the following year).

The first three core modules are offered over ten weeks from mid-January to mid-March, with teaching for all three modules on a Thursday (one day a week). The final optional modules are taught over a full week in May. This is the timetable for the "full-time" study option. Modules can also be taken over two years, which is the "part time" study option.

In both cases, the course is well-suited to those with full or part-time employment, and it has been designed with this in mind. Most of our students on the "Full Time" course have full-time jobs, with day-release from their employers to attend lectures on one day a week for 10 weeks, and then one week off in May for the optional module.

Teaching takes place on Thursdays from 10am – 1pm, 2pm – 5pm from mid-January to mid-March for the three core modules; and then for one full week in May, 10am to 4pm for the optional module. This is usually around the third week in May. Assessment is via coursework & assignments only. There is no exam.