Humanities and Social Sciences

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)
• 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 Early Help
• MRes Education
• MRes European Politics
• MRes Forensic Investigation
• MRes Gender Studies
• MRes History
• MRes International Relations
• MRes Intersectionality and Inclusion
• 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

Career planning

During your course you'll have expert career support from our Careers and Employability Centre, your tutors and our Business and Law Career-Ready Programme. This support will continue for 5 years after you graduate.

Career support

You'll benefit from:

- Networking events

- Regular emails from the Career Ready Programme sharing job opportunities, application tips and events

- Applied projects with companies such as IBM, Boeing and Hampshire County Council

- Workshops to enhance your employability skills

- Recruitment events including the Student and Graduate Opportunities Fair

- 1-to-1 appointments

- CV and cover letter advice

- Interview preparation and practice

- Support starting your own business