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This programme aims to enhance analytical and critical skills in key theoretical and practical aspects of social policy and social development. It provides an opportunity to examine existing welfare policies, and develop professional skills in the formulation and implementation of social policies through the critical assessment of relevant research and analytical techniques. The programme is intended for social science graduates or for public sector personnel involved in social policy formulation and implementation as well as NGO personnel concerned with policy advocacy and social development project implementation and teachers and researchers in social work and social policy.

Special features An overseas field visit is an integral part of the programme. The cost of the visit is included in the programme fee. In addition, participants may undertake research visits to organisations applying information systems in practice in the UK. Fieldcourses may be scheduled at any point during the twelve-month period of the degree programme and this may include during University vacations. Successful applicants are expected to be available to attend

Module details

Core course units typically include:

* Comparative Social Policy
* Development Research
* Perspectives on Development
* Social Development: Analysis and Policy

Optional course units may include:

* Civil Society and Public Action
* Citizen-Led Development
* Conflict Analysis
* Critical Issues in Urban Inequality
* Development as Historical Change
* Gender and Development
* Humanitarianism and Conflict Response: Inquiries
* Meeting the Millennium development Goals: The Anthropology of International Development
* Micro Finance
* Migration and Development
* Planning and Managing Development
* Politics and Development
* Political Economy of Development
* Poverty and Development: Concepts, Analysis and the International Poverty Agenda
* Poverty and Poverty Reduction in Context
* Reconstruction and Development
* Responses to Illegal Economies and Political Violence

Availability of course units may vary from year to year.

Academic entry qualification: Applicants should have a good first degree (minimum 2:1 or equivalent).Admission of candidates who do not meet this criterion may be approved if satisfactory evidence of postgraduate study, research or professional experience can be provided.English language requirements: Applicants whose first language is not English should meet the following language requirements: * an IELTS Test score of 7.0 or more overall with a minimum writing score of 7 * or a TOEFL Test (Paper-based) score of 600 or more with a minimum score in Test of Written English of 5 * or a TOEFL Test (Computer-based) score of 250 or more with a minimum essay rating of 5 * or a TOEFL Test (Internet based) score of 100 or more with a minimum writing score of 25 * an NCUK PMP EAP Grade A Applicants whose language of academic instruction for at least 1 year has been English may be exempted from this requirement, at the discretion of the Institute. English Language Requirements CAE score: (read more) Cambridge English: Advanced (CAE) is part of the Cambridge English suite and is targeted at a high level (IETLS 6.5-8.0). It is an international English language exam set at the right level for academic and professional success. Developed by Cambridge English Language Assessment - part of the University of Cambridge - it helps you stand out from the crowd as a high achiever. 60 (Grade C)