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Our award-winning teaching is informed by our world-class research in law and criminal justice. Our graduates are in demand all over the world.
  • Start date
    September 2022
  • Duration
    1 year
  • Attendance
    Full-time Part-time Distance learning
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    Course description

    This course delivers a powerful shot of specialist knowledge that will enhance your career. It’s suitable for recent graduates,legal professionals, legal academics or anyone working with European law in the private or public sector.

    The degree is based on a structured first semester, which will provide you with the essential international legal principles and fundamental research skills required for further study.

    Specialist modules include: Judicial Protection in the European Union; European Copyright Law; EU Health Law; EU Constitutional Law in International Context. You can also choose up to two modules for any other pathway.

    Individual modules offered may vary depending on staff availability and the number of students selecting each module

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    Modules

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    Core modules

    • Data Analysis
    • Statistical Laboratory
    • Linear Models
    • Inference
    • Financial Mathematical, Dependent Data
    • Stochastic Processes and Finance

    Optional modules

    • Financial Mathematical, Dependent Data
    • Stochastic Processes and Finance
    • Data Analysis
    • Statistical Laboratory
    • Linear Models
    • Inference
    • Financial Mathematical, Dependent Data
    • Stochastic Processes and Finance

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    Core modules:

    Fascism 1918-1945

    This option studies the rise and fall of European fascism between 1918 and 1945. The aim is to account

    20 credits
    Career Development Skills

    This unit focuses on the development of transferable skills which are concerned with communicating and the management of a student's future career. In co-ordination with the University's career advice service, instruction in presentation and career management skills via a combination of lectures and workshops will provide students with the background information to assist in making career choices, preparation of CVs/covering letters, presentations and job interviews. Taking advantage of expertise from within the department students will receive detailed hands-on instruction in how to construct and prepare material for publication on the World Wide Web.

    10 credits
    Digital Design Thesis Project

    This unit allows students to develop their own in-depth project based on an individual research theme and the synthesized knowledge and skills gained from all previous units required for this programme.This unit describes Digital Design Thesis Project by design or by written thesis.

    60 credits
    Principles of Research Design

    This module addresses the foundations of social research: what needs to be established before a research project can be conducted. It has five main focuses

    1. The philosophical foundations upon which social scientific research is based

    2. The process of establishing the current state of the art in a given field of social science

    3. Establishing an appropriate study design for a given research question

    4. What happens during and after the process of conducting research

    5. The relevant professional skills required by researchers

    The module combines both conceptual and practical issues in the social sciences. It provides students with a toolkit to design and conduct an entire research project independently from a range of different philosophical and methodological perspectives.

    30 credits

    Optional modules:

    Physiology in the Extreme

    This module will allow candidates to explore both short and long term physiological adaptions to extreme environments. These conditions will include hypo- and hyperbaric environments, exercise physiology, extremes of temperature and those conditions experienced during short and long duration spaceflight. The module will be delivered as a series of lectures with one practical session. Assessment of the module will be a combination of an MCQ / short answer exam and coursework.

    10 credits
    Fetal Development, Pregnancy and Parturition

    This module is designed to provide students with knowledge of the biochemistry, physiology and pathology of human pregnancy, fetal development, and parturition. Lectures will cover a recap of implantation, and provide details of the maternal biochemical and physiological changes associated with pregnancy, birth and the puerperium, and will give an overview of key processes during fetal development. Disorders of pregnancy, fetal development, labour and delivery will be taught, and emphasis will be placed on the commoner clinical problems and their solutions. Various clinical sequalae associated with pregnancy will be introduced and broad range of clinical and underpinning scientific scenarios will be covered.

    15 credits

    The content of our courses is reviewed annually to make sure it's up-to-date and relevant. Individual modules are occasionally updated or withdrawn. This is in response to discoveries through our world-leading research; funding changes; professional accreditation requirements; student or employer feedback; outcomes of reviews; and variations in staff or student numbers. In the event of any change we will inform students and take reasonable steps to minimise disruption.

    Duration

    • 1 year full-time
    • 2 years part-time

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    This course delivers a powerful shot of specialist knowledge that will enhance your career. It’s suitable for recent graduates,legal professionals, legal academics or anyone working with European law in the private or public sector.

    The degree is based on a structured first semester, which will provide you with the essential international legal principles and fundamental research skills required for further study.

    Specialist modules include: Judicial Protection in the European Union; European Copyright Law; EU Health Law; EU Constitutional Law in International Context. You can also choose up to two modules for any other pathway.

    Individual modules offered may vary depending on staff availability and the number of students selecting each module

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    Individual modules offered may vary depending on staff availability and the number of students selecting each module

    Teaching

    There are lectures, tutorials and computing sessions. You’ll do group work, presentations and role play. Most statistics lectures are recorded so you can watch them again later.

    The distance learning option is taught online with support via email and an online forum. Distance learners also come to the University for residential weeks.

    Assessment

    You’re assessed by exams, project work and a dissertation.

    Your career

    Career information you may be able to get funding from the University or an external company. Course-specific studentships may also be available. You should apply for these as soon as possible.

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    Entry requirements

    Minimum 2:1 honours degree in mathematics, which must include a significant proportion of modern theorem and proof-based mathematics. A strong performance in a module based on rigorous mathematical analysis is essential.

    Your degree must also include a substantial component in statistics and probability theory.

    Not quite ready for a masters course yet?

    We also offer a Graduate Certificate in Statistics. This nine-month, part-time course is designed for students who need extra training to qualify for one of our masters degrees. It’s taught by distance learning, so you only need to be in Sheffield for your exams in June.

    Overall IELTS grade of 6.5 with a minimum of 6.0 in each component, or equivalent.

    Entry requirements for international students

    If you have any questions about entry requirements, please contact the school.

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    Fees and funding

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    Additional costs

    The annual fee for your postgraduate taught course may not include the costs for all compulsory elements. There are also other costs which you may need to consider. These costs may increase due to price increases outside of the University’s control and if you defer entry or change course.

    Examples of what's included and excluded in postgraduate taught fees

    Two-year MA

    The fees below apply to the two-year version of this course for 2021 entry.

    Three-year MA

    The fees below apply to the three-year version of this course for 2021 entry.

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    Our student protection plan

    Recognition of professional qualifications: from 1 January 2021, in order to have any UK professional qualifications recognised for work in an EU country across a number of regulated and other professions you need to apply to the host country for recognition. Read information from the UK government and the EU Regulated Professions Database.