Humanities and Social Sciences

University of Portsmouth
Postgraduate MRes Full-time 1 Year PolicingSociologyCriminologyLanguagesEducation

About this course

Overview

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 and Sociology (SES), the School of Languages and Applied Linguistics (SLAL) and the School of Area Studies, History, Politics, and Literature (SASHPL).

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 1 year full-time or 2 years part-time as a campus-based learner or by distance learning.

What you'll experience

On this course you'll:

  • Focus your research interest in the humanities and social sciences field

  • Learn to translate your learning into research, such as submitting peer reviewed publications and presentations

  • Access the University's respected research centres, including CEISR (Centre for European and International Studies Research) and ICJS, one of the UK's largest centres in criminology and criminal justice studies

  • Benefit from the professional training and supervision of our Graduate School

  • Access all the books and material you'll need in our library, along with electronic resources, including thousands of online ejournals and newspapers

    Depending on your chosen speciality, you'll graduate from the course with one of the following awards:

  • MRes African Studies

  • MRes American Studies

  • MRes Applied Linguistics

  • MRes Childhood Studies

  • MRes Communication

  • MRes Criminology and Criminal Justice Studies

  • MRes Development Studies

  • MRes Education

  • MRes European Politics

  • MRes Forensic Investigation

  • MRes Gender Studies

  • MRes History

  • MRes International Relations

  • MRes Literary Studies

  • MRes Mental Health and Wellbeing

  • MRes Politics

  • MRes Public Administration

  • MRes Security Risk Management

  • MRes Security Studies

  • MRes Sociology

  • MRes TESOL

  • MRes Translation

    Careers and opportunities

    You'll graduate from the MRes Humanities and Social Science degree course with knowledge of research methods, training and skills relevant to your current and future employment, and which will aid your future career progression. You can also choose to continue your academic studies with PhD research.

    • Study Options

    This course is available in 3 study options:

    Full-time Shown above

    Duration: 1 Year

    Qualification: MRes

    Location: Portsmouth

    Part-time

    Duration: 2 Years

    Qualification: MRes

    Location: Portsmouth

    Block-release

    Duration: 1 Year

    Qualification: MRes

    Location: Portsmouth

    Career Prospects

    Graduates from this course typically go into the following occupations:

    2317 Teachers of English as a foreign language
    3412 Authors, writers and translators
    1172 Social services managers and directors
    2435 Professional/Chartered company secretaries
    2461 Social workers
    2316 Special and additional needs education teaching professionals

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    A-Levels

    BBB - BBC

    UCAS Points

    112 - 120 points

    Avg. Salary

    £26,000

    Course Details

    Qualification
    Master of Research - MRes
    Study Mode
    Full-time
    Duration
    1 Year
    Start Date
    2025
    Academic Year
    2025
    Campus / Location
    Portsmouth
    Scheme
    Postgraduate
    Subjects
    Policing, Sociology, Criminology, Languages, Education

    Offered by

    University of Portsmouth

    Portsmouth

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