MSc Applied Social Science

1st or 2nd class honours degree.

https://www.cumbria.ac.uk/study/student-finance/postgraduate/

You’ll be fully qualified to work in roles involving probation, children’s workforce or research focused jobs in the government or private sector. You may also wish to study at PhD level in social science, criminology and psychology. The flexible nature of the course allows students to gain an MSc that suits their own specific career goals.

Year One

Compulsory Modules

• Professional values and ethics
• Research skills and methods
• Dissertation

Optional Modules

Choose any four modules from the list below:

• Forensic psychology, offending behaviour and the criminal justice system
• Settings in forensic psychology
• Working with specialist populations in forensic psychology settings
• Advanced statistics
• Historical and philosophical issues in psychology
• Implementing psychological research techniques
• Qualitative research methodologies and techniques
• Theories of contemporary society
• Contemporary criminology
• Interpersonal violence and abuse studies
• Psychology of violent behaviour
• Critical perspectives in safeguarding adults
• Critical perspectives in safeguarding and child protection
• Rhetoric and reality of child and adolescent development
• Cultural and sociological aspects of child and adolescent wellbeing
• Child and adolescent mental health: theories and interventions
• Independent study