Program Overview

Overview

• You will develop the ability to apply data analysis techniques to a range of substantive and policy related questions
• Choose to specialise within a policy subfield such as social and family policy, economic and public policy, environment, criminal justice and security
• Delivered by the highly successful Q-Step Centre for Applied Data Analysis. Teaching covers a range of data analytic techniques and practical software and programming skills
• Put your market-leading social data science skills into practice with optional work placements or industry-based research consultancy projects
• You’ll gain an understanding of complex political and cultural issues, often in continually changing environments which will be relevant to both business and public sector careers or PhD study

Careers

You will develop a number of skills that are valued in professional and managerial careers: the ability to research and analyse information from a variety of sources along with written and verbal skills needed to present and discuss your opinions. The understanding you will gain of complex political and cultural issues, often in continually changing environments, can also be relevant to both business and public sector appointments.