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Public Affairs & Social Sciences
What Are Public Affairs & Social Sciences?
Social sciences address a range of human issues. They explore the structure and impact of groups. Social and behavioral scientists examine phenomena from social, cultural, political, technological and biological perspectives. Public Affairs covers a variety of areas including government, corporate responsibility, and information and communications management. In its broadest sense it describes the relationship of organizations with their stakeholders.
Social sciences and public affairs encompass the following fields of study:
- Anthropology – the study of human diversity from a cultural, biological, and historical lens
- Sociology – the study of human social activity
- Psychology – the study of the human mind and behavior
- Social work – an interdisciplinary field of study blending psychology, sociology, ethnic studies and public policy
- Law – the study of the societal rules that govern behavior
- Global studies – an interdisciplinary field studying social, political and cultural relationships across the world
- Political science – the study of political entities and processes
- Emergency management – the study of managing disasters and minimizing their impact
- Public policy – the study of systems of law addressing a given topic
Who Should Study Public Affairs & Social Sciences?
If you plan on studying one of these subjects, you may ideally answer “yes” to the following questions:
- Do I truly enjoy learning about different human processes?
- Am I curious about people?
- Do I enjoy listening to people?
- Could I spend all day reading about, listening to, or writing other peoples’ life stories?
- Do I want to make a difference in the world by doing work that “gives back”?
- Also, you should ideally answer “no” to the following questions: Do people bore me?
- Do I have a low tolerance for socializing?
- Am I drawn to working alone, and being in minimal contact with others?
Types of Social Science and Public Affairs Careers
There are many fields of study within public affairs & social sciences, so there are many career paths from which to choose. Those holding social and behavioral science degrees may find work in:
- Government
- Business
- Law firms
- Non-governmental organizations
- Education
- Private industry
- Nonprofits
- Universities
- Newspapers
- Broadcast television
- Think tanks
- Charitable foundations
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University of East London
Refugee Studies
Analysis of key issues in the field of forced migration, with the option to specialize in the cultural, political, legal and psycho-social fields.
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University of Essex
MA/MSc Global and Comparative Politics
How does the behaviour of political actors -- leaders, parties, pressure groups, voters, protestors, and so on -- vary across countries and over time?
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Richmond, The American International University in London
MA in International Relations
Richmond sits at the crossroads of the world, at the gateway to Europe and North America.
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Cardiff University
International Public Relations
To public relations professionals, the core responsibility of their job is to assist organisations or clients in the careful management of information flow and their hard won reputations.
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University of Sheffield
MA International Political Economy
Globalisation is one of the key issues in international politics. This program allows you to examine the nature and direction of global change, focusing on political and economic aspects.
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Roehampton University
Human Rights and International Relations
Roehampton offers a distinctive suite of masters programmes in human rights.
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University of Buckingham
MA in Global Affairs
This innovative Masters Programme is the only one of its kind in the United Kingdom.
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Ruskin College
Women's Studies, Public History, International Labour and Trade Union Studies
Women's Studies:It focuses on contemporary women?s issues ranging from the family, work and organisations, and social policy, to art, music and writing.Public History: covers the broad themes of appro
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University of London International Programs
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University of Aberdeen
International Relations
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University of Wales - Aberystwyth
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University of York (UK)
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Middlesex University
MA International Relations
As our personal lives, education and professional careers extend beyond our countries of birth, understanding other nations and the political and economic relations between nations is becoming more im
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University of Sunderland
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Centre for International Relations
International Conflict Studies/ M.A. in International Relations
The Centre for International Relations is part of the world renowned Department of War Studies, Kings College, London.
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London Metropolitan University
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University of Wales - Swansea
International Relations, MA
The Department offers training in word processing and computer skills and provides up-to-date computing facilities and a common room for all registered postgraduate students.
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University of Warwick
Graduate Programs in Politics and International Relations
The University of Warwick has more than 4000 graduate students in its graduate school, and offers more than 90 Master's programmes, as well as PhDs in every academic department.
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University of Kent
International Environmental Law - Master
The recently established LLM in International Environmental Law builds upon the substantial expertise in environmental legal issues that has existed for many years at Kent, and applies this to increas
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University of Westminster
International Relations
This course is hosted by the internationally recognised Centre for the Study of Democracy (CSD) and offers an innovative, disciplined and intellectually challenging theoretical and empirical framework
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University of Cambridge
International Relations
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