School for Policy Studies units in 2013/14

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Unit name Unit code Credit points Level of study Open unit status Teaching Block
Advanced Practice in Communication and Direct Work with Children SPOLM0026 20 Masters/7 Not open AYEAR
Advanced Practice with Looked After Children: Adoption, Fostering and Kinship Care SPOLM0023 20 Masters/7 Not open AYEAR
An International Analysis of Crime, Harm and Justice SPOLM1065 20 Masters/7 Not open TB-2
Applied Social Science and Law SPOLM0034 40 Masters/7 Not open AYEAR
Assessment, Learning and Intervention ACHSD0002 20 Doctoral/8 Not open TB-1
Assessment, Risk and Decision-making SPOLM0024 20 Masters/7 Not open AYEAR
Assessment, Risk and Decision-making SPOL30024 20 Honours/6 Not open AYEAR
Changing Families and the State SPOL31008 20 Honours/6 Open TB-1
Changing Families and the State SPOL21008 20 Intermediate/5 Open TB-1
Child Development, Health and Wellbeing SPOLM0025 20 Masters/7 Not open AYEAR
Child Development, Health and Wellbeing SPOL30022 20 Honours/6 Not open AYEAR
Child and Adolescent Psychology SPOL20032 20 Intermediate/5 Not open TB-1
Children and Young People in the Law A SPOL30057 20 Honours/6 Not open TB-1
Children in Families and Communities ACHSD0004 20 Doctoral/8 Not open AYEAR
Children in Society I: An introduction SOWK10001 20 Certificate/4 Open TB-1
Children in Society II: Children and Contemporary Society SOWK10002 20 Certificate/4 Open TB-2
Children in a Global Context SPOL32008 20 Honours/6 Not open TB-2
China, Japan and the RIse of East Asia SPOLM4000 30 Masters/7 Not open AYEAR
Cities, Housing and Public Policy SPOLM1072 20 Masters/7 Not open TB-2
Citizenship and Participation ACHSM0002 20 Masters/7 Not open TB-2
Comparative Social Policy in a Globalizing World SPOL30048 20 Honours/6 Open TB-2
Comparative Social Policy in a Globalizing World SPOL20048 20 Intermediate/5 Open TB-2
Comparative and International Social Policy SPOL10014 20 Certificate/4 Open TB-2
Conflict, Migration and Human Rights SPOL31022 20 Honours/6 Not open TB-2
Contemporary Debates in Lifestyle Behaviours and Public Health SPOLM0018 15 Masters/7 Not open AYEAR
Contemporary Law and Policy for Child Welfare Services SPOLM0020 20 Masters/7 Not open AYEAR
Contemporary Law and Policy for Child Welfare Services SPOL30025 20 Honours/6 Not open AYEAR
Critical Policy Studies and the Internationalisation of Public Policy SPOLM0031 20 Masters/7 Not open TB-2
D.Soc.Sci. Dissertation SPOLD1006 300 Doctoral/8 Not open AYEAR
Determinants of Physical Activity and Eating Behaviour PHEDM4014 20 Masters/7 Not open TB-2
Dimensions of Social and Emotional Development ACHSD0012 20 Doctoral/8 Not open AYEAR
Dissertation SPOLM5014 60 Masters/7 Not open AYEAR
Dissertation PHEDM1002 60 Masters/7 Not open AYEAR
Dissertation (Childhood Studies) SPOL30018 40 Honours/6 Not open TB-4
Dissertation (Childhood Studies) SPOL30033 40 Honours/6 Not open TB-4
Dissertation (Inclusive Theory and Practice) ACHSM0004 60 Masters/7 Not open AYEAR
Dissertation (MSc in Public Policy) SPOLM1010 60 Masters/7 Not open AYEAR
Dissertation (Social Policy) SPOL30017 40 Honours/6 Not open TB-4
Dissertation / Work-Based Project SPOLM0027 60 Masters/7 Not open AYEAR
Domestic Violence: Research, Policy and Activism SPOLD2029 20 Doctoral/8 Not open TB-2
Domestic Violence: Research, Policy and Activism SPOLM5010 20 Masters/7 Open TB-2
Education, Schooling and Diversity SPOL10015 20 Certificate/4 Open TB-1
Evidence-Based Practice SPOLM5106 40 Masters/7 Not open AYEAR
Family Support SOWK20002 20 Intermediate/5 Not open TB-2
Family Therapy and Systemic Practice: Foundations of Therapeutic Practice SPOLM1005 30 Masters/7 Not open AYEAR
Family Therapy and Systemic Practice: Varieties of Therapeutic Practice SPOLM1006 30 Masters/7 Not open AYEAR
Family Therapy at the Cutting Edge: Systemic Theories and Research in Practice SPOLM1007 30 Masters/7 Not open AYEAR
Family Therapy in its Wider Context SPOLM1008 30 Masters/7 Not open AYEAR
Foundations of Social Work: The Professional Role SPOLM0032 20 Masters/7 Not open TB-4
Further Qualitative Methods SPOLM0017 20 Masters/7 Open TB-2
Further Quantitative Methods SPOLM0016 20 Masters/7 Open TB-1
Further Quantitative Methods SPOLD0001 20 Doctoral/8 Not open TB-2
Gender and Violence: International and Global Perspectives SPOLM1067 20 Masters/7 Not open TB-2
Governance and the Changing Institutional Framework SPOLD2027 20 Doctoral/8 Not open TB-1
Governance, Institutions and the Global Political Economy SPOLM1073 20 Masters/7 Not open TB-1
Health Care Policies SPOL21018 20 Intermediate/5 Open TB-1
Health Care Policies SPOL31018 20 Honours/6 Open TB-1
Health Policy in a Global Context SPOL20055 20 Intermediate/5 Open TB-1
Health Policy in a Global Context SPOL30055 20 Honours/6 Open TB-1
Health Policy in an International Context SPOL31020 20 Honours/6 Not open TB-1
Health and Health Care in a Global Context SPOLM1066 20 Masters/7 Not open TB-2
Health and Social Care Research SPOLD2020 20 Doctoral/8 Not open TB-2
Including Students' Voices ACHSM0003 20 Masters/7 Not open TB-1
Inclusive Research with Disabled People ACHSM0001 20 Masters/7 Not open TB-2
Independent Study SPOLM0012 20 Masters/7 Not open AYEAR
Inequalities in Health, Poverty and Development SPOL31021 20 Honours/6 Not open TB-1
Informing and Evaluating Policy - Research Methods and Analysis SPOLM1061 20 Masters/7 Not open TB-1
Inter-Professional Working and Integrated Services SPOLM0028 20 Masters/7 Not open AYEAR
Inter-professional Working SOWK30002 20 Honours/6 Not open TB-2
Introduction to Disability Studies SPOL20018 20 Intermediate/5 Open TB-2
Introduction to Disability Studies SPOL30027 20 Honours/6 Not open TB-2
Introduction to Qualitative Research Methods in the Social Sciences (SPS) SPOLM0014 20 Masters/7 Not open TB-1
Introduction to Quantitative Research Methods in the Social Sciences (SPS) SPOLM0015 20 Masters/7 Not open TB-1
Introduction to Social Work Research SPOLM5013 20 Masters/7 Open TB-1
Language and Literacy SPOL30015 20 Honours/6 Not open TB-1
Leadership and Management in Social Work SPOLM0029 20 Masters/7 Not open AYEAR
Local Authority and School Systems ACHSD0008 20 Doctoral/8 Not open TB-1
Markets, Government and Public Policy SPOL30021 20 Honours/6 Open TB-1
Markets, Government and Public Policy SPOL20017 20 Intermediate/5 Open TB-1
Migration, Asylum and Human Rights in the European Union SPOLM1070 20 Masters/7 Not open TB-2
Multi-Agency Working ACHSD0009 20 Doctoral/8 Not open TB-2
Nutrition, Disease and Public Health PHEDM4012 20 Masters/7 Not open TB-1
Personalisation in Practice: Health and Social Care ACHSM0008 20 Masters/7 Not open TB-2
Perspectives on policy SPOLD2030 20 Doctoral/8 Not open TB-2
Philosophy and Research Design in the Social Sciences (SPS) SPOLM0013 20 Masters/7 Not open TB-1
Philosophy of Social Science SPOLD1001 20 Doctoral/8 Not open TB-2
Physical Activity , Disease and Public Health PHEDM4013 20 Masters/7 Not open TB-1
Physical Activity and Nutrition Interventions: Conceptualisation and Design PHEDM4015 20 Masters/7 Not open TB-2
Play and Creativity SPOL22021 20 Intermediate/5 Not open TB-1
Policy Processes and Policy Research SPOLM5008 20 Masters/7 Open TB-1
Policy Research Dissertation SPOLM5100 60 Masters/7 Not open AYEAR
Policy, Promotion and Delivery: Physical Activity and Nutrition Programmes PHEDM0001 10 Masters/7 Not open AYEAR
Poverty, Inequality and Social Inclusion Research SPOLD2024 20 Doctoral/8 Not open TB-2
Poverty, Social Exclusion and Social Policy SPOL30019 20 Honours/6 Open TB-2
Poverty, Social Exclusion and Social Policy SPOL20019 20 Intermediate/5 Open TB-2
Power, Politics and the Policy Process SPOLM1060 20 Masters/7 Not open TB-1
Practical Research Methods PHEDM0002 10 Masters/7 Not open AYEAR
Practice Learning 1 SPOLM5103 60 Masters/7 Not open TB-4
Practice Learning 2 SPOLM5107 60 Masters/7 Not open AYEAR
Professional Practice ACHSD0011 20 Doctoral/8 Not open TB-2
Promoting Inclusion ACHSD0001 20 Doctoral/8 Not open AYEAR
Psychological Dimensions of Interpersonal Communication ACHSD0010 20 Doctoral/8 Not open TB-1
Public Management and Organisations SPOLM1074 20 Masters/7 Not open TB-2
Qualitative Research Methods SPOLD1004 20 Doctoral/8 Not open TB-1
Quantitative Research Methods SPOLD1002 20 Doctoral/8 Not open TB-1
Research Methods PHEDM4011 20 Masters/7 Not open TB-1
Research Methods 1 ACHSD0005 20 Doctoral/8 Not open AYEAR
Research Methods 2 ACHSD0006 20 Doctoral/8 Not open AYEAR
Research Methods 3 ACHSD0007 20 Doctoral/8 Not open AYEAR
Research Methods in Social Work SPOLM0033 20 Masters/7 Not open AYEAR
Research in Social Work SPOLM5105 60 Masters/7 Not open AYEAR
Researching Child and Family Welfare SPOLD2031 20 Doctoral/8 Not open TB-2
Researching Child and Family Welfare SPOLM0011 20 Masters/7 Open TB-2
Researching Health and Social Care SPOLM5004 20 Masters/7 Open TB-2
Researching Poverty, Inequality and Social Exclusion SPOLM5011 20 Masters/7 Open TB-2
Social Policy and Development SPOL20050 20 Intermediate/5 Open TB-2
Social Policy and Development SPOL30050 20 Honours/6 Open TB-2
Social Policy and the Environment SPOL22032 20 Intermediate/5 Open TB-1
Social Policy and the Environment SPOL32032 20 Honours/6 Open TB-1
Social Policy and the Welfare State: Historical Perspectives SPOL10011 20 Certificate/4 Open TB-1
Social Policy and the Welfare State: Key Concepts and Contemporary Ideas SPOL10013 20 Certificate/4 Open TB-1
Social Policy and the Welfare State: Theoretical Perspectives SPOL10012 20 Certificate/4 Open TB-2
Social Policy in East Asia SPOL30049 20 Honours/6 Open TB-2
Social Policy in East Asia SPOL20049 20 Intermediate/5 Open TB-2
Social Research Methods SOAD20004 20 Intermediate/5 Open TB-2
Social Work Dissertation SPOLM0036 60 Masters/7 Not open AYEAR
Social Work Studies SPOLM5102 40 Masters/7 Not open TB-4
Social Work Studies 2 SPOLM0035 20 Masters/7 Not open TB-4
Social Work with Children and Families with Complex Needs SPOLM0021 20 Masters/7 Not open AYEAR
Social Work with Children and Families with Complex Needs SPOL30026 20 Honours/6 Not open AYEAR
Societal Change and the Transformation of Work SPOL22030 20 Intermediate/5 Open TB-2
Societal Change and the Transformation of Work SPOL32025 20 Honours/6 Open TB-2
Special Independent Study SPOLD2025 20 Doctoral/8 Not open TB-1
Special Independent Study SPOLD2026 40 Doctoral/8 Not open AYEAR
Special Independent Study SPOLD0002 10 Doctoral/8 Not open AYEAR
State and Society SPOLD2011 20 Doctoral/8 Not open TB-1
Supervised Independent Study SPOLM4300 20 Masters/7 Not open TB-1
Supervision and Assessment of Professional Practice SPOLM0022 20 Masters/7 Not open AYEAR
The Core Skills of Social Research (1) SPOLD1005 10 Doctoral/8 Not open AYEAR
The Core Skills of Social Research (2): Dissertation Preparation SPOLD1003 10 Doctoral/8 Not open AYEAR
The Economics of Public Policy SPOLD2028 20 Doctoral/8 Not open TB-2
The Economics of Public Policy SPOLM1062 20 Masters/7 Not open TB-2
The International Analysis of Poverty and Social Exclusion SPOLM1068 20 Masters/7 Not open TB-2
The Policy and Politics of Urban Sustainability SPOLM5109 20 Masters/7 Not open TB-2
The State of Labour SPOLM5110 20 Masters/7 Not open TB-2
Theorising Social Welfare II SPOL21002 20 Intermediate/5 Open TB-1
Theorising Social Welfare II SPOL31002 20 Honours/6 Open TB-1
Therapeutic Work With Children SPOL20014 20 Intermediate/5 Not open TB-2
Understanding Public Policy SPOL30054 20 Honours/6 Open TB-1
Understanding Public Policy SPOL20054 20 Intermediate/5 Open TB-1
Understanding and Challenging Social Barriers ACHSD0003 20 Doctoral/8 Not open AYEAR
Unit 1, Professional Skills in Practice (Professional Practice with Children & Young People) SPOL33334 20 Honours/6 Not open TB-4
Unit 1: Professional Skills in Practice SPOL32000 20 Honours/6 Not open TB-4
Unit 2, Child Development and Working with Children (Professional Practice with Children and Young People) SPOL33335 20 Honours/6 Not open TB-1
Unit 2: Child Development and Working with Children SPOL32001 20 Honours/6 Not open TB-1
Unit 3, Assessment and the Legal Context (Professional Practice with Children and Young People) SPOL33336 20 Honours/6 Not open TB-1
Unit 3: Assessment and the Legal Context SPOL32002 20 Honours/6 Not open TB-2
Unit 4, Children in Need and Working with Looked After Children (Professional Practice with Children and Young People) SPOL33337 20 Honours/6 Not open TB-2
Unit 4: Children in Need and Working with Looked After Children SPOL32003 20 Honours/6 Not open TB-2
Unit 5: Practice Education SPOL32004 20 Honours/6 Not open TB-1
Unit 6: Reflective Practice in a Multi-Agency Context SPOL32005 20 Honours/6 Not open TB-2
Year Abroad SPOL22029 120 Intermediate/5 Not open TB-1
Youth Justice SPOL32006 20 Honours/6 Not open TB-2
Youth, Sexualities and Gendered Violence SPOL22023 20 Intermediate/5 Not open TB-1