A bachelor degree with a 2:1 (hons) or equivalent in a social science, or related subject.
We accept a range of international equivalent qualifications. .
At a local, national and global level, we are witnessing an intense period of social transformation and fragmentation. Within this context, there is growing political and policy recognition of the need to better understand and address social inequalities.
The social sciences have an important role to play in mapping and understanding how inequalities arise and in tackling their causes and consequences. Innovative developments are offering new methodological, theoretical and empirical insights into entrenched and emerging inequalities of status, resource, outcome and opportunity.
This interdisciplinary course explores all forms of inequality, as well as the social, political and economic implications. It will equip you with the necessary knowledge and skills to understand, research and analyse complex inequalities.
Capitalising on expertise in the School of Sociology and Social Policy and its interdisciplinary networks, you’ll harness leading analytical approaches combining qualitative, quantitative and data analytic methods.
In addition to offering an advanced understanding of rising material inequality, this course encourages an intersectional approach to understanding socio-economic stratification and how this links with physical (dis)ability, race, ethnicity, nationality, gender, sexuality, class and age.
You’ll benefit from a stimulating intellectual environment and cutting-edge methodological approaches to comparing the formation and consequences of inequalities across a range of national and international contexts. Through an examination of geopolitical and socioeconomic shifts, such as urbanisation and globalisation, you are actively supported to critically interrogate the contemporary character and extent of social inequality.
The course offers an Applied Research Project (ARP) option as an alternative to the standard dissertation. The ARP is a dissertation run in partnership with a non-academic organisation and enables you to undertake research with direct policy and practice relevancies. We have a range of projects arranged in partnership with Voluntary Action Leeds, Leeds City Council, Leeds City College and the University of Leeds Sustainability Service, amongst others.Partnership and projects may change year to year.
Course highlights You’ll join a vibrant and dynamic research-led teaching and learning environment in the School of Sociology and Social Policy .
You’ll benefit from the interdisciplinary expertise and extra-curricular activities hosted by the School and its research centres including those in Disability Studies , Ethnicity and Racism Studies , Interdisciplinary Gender Studies and Research into Families, the Life Course and Generations .
You’ll also access events through the Leeds Social Sciences Institute (LSSI) , which fosters cross-departmental collaboration, learning and impact. You can benefit from workshops on global inequalities by academic leaders from across campus and research seminars with external speakers; along with career development opportunities and events. As such, you can take advantage of academic and applied expertise both within and beyond the University whilst also developing specialist knowledge and transferable skills for your future career development in the public, private or third sector.
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| QS 综合 | 院校 | 学制 | 学费 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 第 62 位 | 伦敦政治经济学院London School of Economics and Political Science | 1年 | 32000英镑/年 |