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Medicine, Science & Society
|MSc
|Part Time, Full Time
| Admissions status: Open
MSc Medicine, Science & Society addresses the nature and implications of developments in health and medicine in an international context and from a social science perspective. It examines the social, economic, political, legal and ethical implications of recent developments in advanced biomedicine and biotechnology.
• A truly interdisciplinary programme
• A wide range of specialist options
• A global focus
• Taught by leading specialists in the field
• Close links with the worlds of policy and biomedical research
• World renowned visiting speakers
• Taught in the context of a thriving research community on medicine, science and society
• Opportunities for visits to key laboratories and research institutions
• Located in the heart of London
KEY BENEFITS
• Taught within a world class department in social scientific approaches to health and medicine, with innovative research and research led teaching providing the basis for input into global health policy.• A truly interdisciplinary programme
• A wide range of specialist options
• A global focus
• Taught by leading specialists in the field
• Close links with the worlds of policy and biomedical research
• World renowned visiting speakers
• Taught in the context of a thriving research community on medicine, science and society
• Opportunities for visits to key laboratories and research institutions
• Located in the heart of London
KEY FACTS
Programme leader/s
Professor Nikolas Rose
Awarding institution
King's College London
Credit value (UK/ECTS equivalent)
UK180-190/ECTS90-95
Duration
One year FT, two years PT. (September to September)
Location
Strand Campus
Student destinations
Students may go on to pursue academic careers or a career in sociology, other social sciences, policy and regulation in government, NGOs in the UK or internationally.
Year of entry 2012
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