Overview
Status: Active
National Framework Of Qualifications (NFQ) Level: 9
NFQ Award Class: Major Award
Total Credits: 120
Connected Curriculum: - Civic and Community Engagement
- Employability
- Inter-and Transdisciplinary
- Research Based Teaching
Graduate Attributes: - Creator, evaluator and communicator of knowledge
- Effective global citizen
- Independent and creative thinker
- Socially Responsible
Exit Award only
Students who pass Years 1 and 2 (120 credits) of the DSocSc may choose to exit the programme and be conferred with an MSocSc (Applied Social Research).
Programme Requirements
For information about modules, module choice, options and credit weightings, please go to Programme Requirements.
Programme Requirements
Module List
| Code |
Title |
Credits |
| |
| SS7001 | An Introduction to Social Research | 15 |
| SS7002 | Philosophies of Social Science | 15 |
| SS7003 | Research Methods and Skills 1: Qualitative | 15 |
| SS7004 | Social Policy Debates and Processes | 15 |
| |
| SS7005 | Research Methods and Skills 2: Quantitative | 15 |
| SS7006 | State and Society | 15 |
| SS7007 | The Politics and Ethics of Social Research | 15 |
| SS7008 | Designing for Research and Evaluation | 15 |
| Total Credits | 120 |
Examinations
Full details and regulations governing Examinations for each programme will be contained in the Marks and Standards Book and for each module in the Book of Modules.
Programme Learning Outcomes
Programme Learning Outcomes for MSocSc (Applied Social Research) (NFQ Level 9, Major Award)
On successful completion of this programme students should be able to:
- Critically evaluate the role of social research and evaluation in society, and identify and formulate research ‘problems’;
- Apply theoretical and conceptual debates in the social sciences to the analysis of social issues and research;
- Critically analyse social policy debates and processes in the context of participants’ own work practices/organisation;
- Design a substantive piece of social research;
- Select and apply appropriate social research methodologies in designing a research project;
- Develop an appropriate ethical protocol for application in the context of addressing a research problem
- Effectively communicate research findings in both written and oral formats to a range of audiences;
- Develop intellectual/professional leadership through the use of research as a method of developing organisations.
