Social Sciences (Professional Doctorate) DSSci
University of Dundee
About this program
Social Sciences (Professional Doctorate) DSSci
The major challenges confronting society are complex and interdisciplinary, and current solutions to today's and tomorrow's intractable problems are not working. This complexity requires a different type of professional; one who is equipped to work in a very different and collaborative way to find new solutions.
Our Professional Doctorate program will help you to develop the knowledge, skills and attributes required to fulfil this role.
We are bringing together academic experts from across the University to provide you with interdisciplinary learning, teaching and research, thereby enabling you to transcend boundaries and lead applied research that will help you transform lives and tackle complex challenges in unique ways.
You apply for a specific award, but you will be part of the overall community of Professional Doctorate students across the University You will participate in shared modules, but will benefit from supervisors who are experts in your chosen discipline area.
You will be encouraged to:
- demonstrate critical insight into personal and professional identities
- engage critically with a range of research paradigms, theories and methodologies
- evaluate in-depth theory relating to leadership and change, applying this to different professional and interdisciplinary contexts
- utilise in-depth knowledge and skills in your discipline, to offer evidence-based solutions that are relevant and transferable across different contexts
- deploy design-led approaches to develop innovative solutions to complex professional challenges
Admission requirements
Grade Entry
Upper second class Honours degree or Masters degree or equivalent, plus 5 years professional practice experience
English language requirements
IELTS Academic
- Overall - 7.0
- Writing - 6.5
- Listening - 7.0
- Reading - 7.0
- Speaking - 7.0
For more information about admission requirements, please visit the university website.
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Program content
Core Modules
These modules are an essential part of your course
- Leadership in Professional Practice
- Professional Identities in a Changing World
- Research Methodologies for Interdisciplinarity
- Applied Research Methods as Strategic Tools
- Transforming Lives Through Innovation
- Critical Review of Literature and Practice
- Engagement and Impact
- Thesis
Scholarships & funding
Several scholarship options are available. Please visit the university website for more information.
Tuition
Tuition fee:
- Scotland: £ 4,596 per year of study
- England, Wales, Northern Ireland, and Republic of Ireland: £ 4,596 per year of study
- International: £ 10,500 per year of study
Qualification
To achieve this, principles of professional learning are integrated throughout the learning and teaching, including:
- a strong emphasis on reflective practice throughout the program.
- opportunities to situate learning within contexts that are familiar to you and actively facilitating you to explore interdisciplinary practice in a broader range of disciplines and contexts.
- an option for workplace ‘consultancy’ experience that combines research skills with practice-based interventions.
- teaching and learning that actively includes working as a group to address issues and challenges in interdisciplinary ways, using this as a vehicle for deeper learning and understanding.
- opportunities to network locally, nationally and internationally
Career paths
A Professional Doctorate will enhance your professional development and enable you to progress as a &'researching professional' within your own setting and beyond.
To achieve this, principles of professional learning are integrated throughout the learning and teaching, including:
- a strong emphasis on reflective practice throughout the program.
- opportunities to situate learning within contexts that are familiar to you and actively facilitating you to explore interdisciplinary practice in a broader range of disciplines and contexts.
- an option for workplace &'consultancy' experience that combines research skills with practice-based interventions.
- teaching and learning that actively includes working as a group to address issues and challenges in interdisciplinary ways, using this as a vehicle for deeper learning and understanding.
- opportunities to network locally, nationally and internationally
While you will graduate with a unique range of attributes, fundamentally, this program aims to create a community of scholars who display &'doctoral characteristics' that is, the qualities and skills associated with doctoral graduates. It is also about preparing you for working in a post-digital world, where 21stcentury qualities, such as being value-based, reflective and transdisciplinary, are an expectation of professionals.
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