Program Overview
This PhD program in Social Science offers a comprehensive combination of theoretical and methodological training through coursework modules and hands-on research guidance. Its focus on adaptable skills, advanced research methods, and subject specialization prepares graduates for successful careers in social science research, teaching, and knowledge redefinition.
Program Outline
Degree Overview:
This structured PhD program in Social Science combines graduate education in theory and methods with supervised research. The taught elements draw on modules offered to postgraduate students in the Departments of Politics and Public Administration, and Sociology, to provide broader research skills. External research methodology training and generic skill development supplement these modules. The program aims to:
- Provide a core social science program to contextualize research.
- Equip graduates with skills to adapt to changing social and economic demands for social science research.
- Facilitate cutting-edge research in social science methodology and subject-specific knowledge.
- Generate research that contributes to redefining existing social science knowledge.
Outline:
The program's first year focuses on knowledge enhancement through relevant modules. The subsequent three years emphasize research.
Other:
- The program is a four-year, full-time program.
- The program code is PHHUMRFAD.
- The program is offered by the Faculty of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences.
- The program is research-based.
- The program provides a core program that will give graduates skills to cope with changing social and economic demands for social science research.
- The program provides specialist disciplinary teaching for graduates so that they can teach and develop research to the best international standards.
- The program facilitates student research that is at the forefront of social science methodological developments and subject-specific knowledge.
- The program generates student research work that will contribute to the redefinition of existing social science knowledge.
