City St George's, University of London · Part-time
Data, Policy and Society
As society becomes increasingly reliant on data and AI, tech companies, government bodies, thinktanks and NGOs alike are searching for individuals with the necessary training to analyse, interpret and present this data. This course will provide you with the pr…
MSc2 yearsPart-time
Department of Sociology and Criminology · Law
As society becomes increasingly reliant on data and AI, tech companies, government bodies, thinktanks and NGOs alike are searching for individuals with the necessary training to analyse, interpret and present this data. This course will provide you with the practical research skills and knowledge, to critically understand and ethically assess how data is used across a multitude of industries Benefits of this course You will benefit from a sociologically informed understanding of data-centric systems, which are integral to the majority of industries today, as well as the focus of governmental and non-governmental bodies. We believe that an interdisciplinary and critical approach to data and computational systems and their ethical use is a requirement for roles within tech companies, government bodies, thinktanks and non-governmental organisations alike. An interest in data, emerging technologies and their implications for policy and society will be helpful as cutting-edge theoretical insights, research methods and ethics combine to establish the programme. You can undertake projects that explicitly develop research undertaken on social and computer science undergraduate programmes. Accordingly, you might have a background in sociology and social policy, politics, computer science or human-computer interaction. Equally, you may already be working in industry or government in a data-focused role.
Getting in
As the university states it
Applicants will normally have a lower second-class (2.2) honours degree or above, or international equivalent. We welcome applications from any discipline or background as this course is focussed on how data is increasingly applied, used and governed across all industries.
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