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Course Details

Course Name

BA Development Studies and Social Statistics

Level of study

Undergraduate

Study Mode

Fulltime

Duration

3 Years

Start Term

Sept

Country

United Kingdom

City

Manchester

Course Subject

Social Sciences

Course Fees

Inside EU: 9250

Outside EU: 18500

Universities

University of Manchester

Description

Course description

The Development Studies and Social Statistics pathway one of the one of 15 pathways within the BA Social Sciences (BASS) degree and is a new course at The University of Manchester for 2018. This flexible, innovative course offers research-led teaching and a considerable depth of insight into real world research issues.

Data doesn't function in isolation, which is why you'll study it in context at Manchester. Statistical practices are best understood and explored through an understanding of the environments in which they are useful.

This course offers advanced social statistics teaching for students with a grounding in maths and/or statistics (gained either at A-level or on the specialist first year course units). Social statistics uses data, which can be numbers, text, sounds, images, memories or experiences; to study human behaviour and social environments. We will use it to ask questions about business environments, the ways they function and their impact.

You'll graduate able to understand and apply central concepts in social statistics, including the theory and method involved in using quantitative data in social science research. You'll be able to take a critical approach to different data sources and understand their strengths and weaknesses. You'll be able to demonstrate to employers that you have skills in complex problem solving, research, and making sense of statistical information in the workplace.

Each of your course units has been developed from the research of specialists in their fields.

Special features

The University of Manchester has a global reputation for teaching and researching issues relating to development and poverty.

Two Nobel Prize winners in this area have worked at the University - Sir Arthur Lewis and Professor Joseph Stiglitz.

This degree's broad-based foundation year means that you don't need to have a social science qualification to apply.

The BAEcon Peer Mentoring Network will be on hand to help you settle in - both academically and socially.

Teaching and learning

Your course units feature formal lectures supported by smaller tutorials or seminars, in which you will be able to explore the contents of lectures and recommended reading in greater depth.

Tutorials and seminars are also key elements in improving your written and oral communication skills through group discussions, essay-writing and presentations.

Students are assigned an Academic Advisor, a member of staff who takes a friendly interest in your progress and can advise you on selecting course units and career opportunities.

Coursework and assessment

The way that you study and are assessed will depend on which units you choose.

The range of methods is carefully designed to promote in-depth learning and understanding, including:

essays, coursework and other mid-term evaluations that allow fuller development of and feedback on students' knowledge and understanding;

coursework and dissertations promote the development of argument and fuller understanding of academic material and test the extent to which students can carry out work independently; and

Presentations or group projects that promote the development of teamwork.

Course content for year 1

The first year is designed to give you a solid foundation in the study of Business and a wider understanding of the business environment.

The Development Studies and Social Statistics pathway of the BA (Hons) Economic and Social Studies programme is a modular course and in your first year you take 120 credits overall (so between 10-12 individual course units) made up of:

40 credits of Economics

20 credits of Mathematics/Statistics

40 credits of Social Sciences - eg Sociology, Social Anthropology or Philosophy

Remaining 20 credits from other disciplines - including Social Sciences, Finance, Development, Applied Statistics, Economic History or Study Skills.

At the end of your first year you can change onto another pathway, such as Economics or Economics and Politics, depending on your own academic interests, as they all share a common first year.

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