If you work in the social sciences or humanities and want to improve your career prospects or prepare for a PhD, this flexible MRes degree – a postgraduate taught course, featuring a large research project – is the perfect way to achieve your ambitions.
On this course, you'll choose to study within any of the faculty's schools: the School of Education, Languages and Linguistics (SELL), the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice (SCCJ), and the School of Area Studies, Sociology, History, Politics, and Literature (SASSHPL).
You'll have the flexibility to choose your learning methods, set your own timetable, and specialise in your chosen field. You'll develop your research skills alongside specialist staff, and get a Master's degree without needing to sacrifice your job.
This degree is perfect for progressing your career, and can help you to pursue ambitious new roles, or seek promotion opportunities.
You can choose to study this course over one year full-time or two years part-time as a campus-based learner or by distance learning. You can also choose to study by full-time intensive block learning over one year.
Start in September or January if you're studying by block delivery, or in September if you prefer to learn on campus or through distance learning.
Depending on your chosen speciality, you'll graduate from the course with one of the following awards:
