MSc/PGDip Substance Use (Online)
Next Dates:
For entry dates, please check the course page on the University of Stirling website:
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Course Content:
This fully online MSc Substance Use course enables you to study flexibly around your work life and commitments. Throughout the course you’ll build subject expertise and develop skills in critical inquiry and research. You’ll then learn to apply your knowledge to drive innovation and impact in policy practice, and research related to substance use. You’ll explore:
- how current policy and practice impacts people who use drugs and/or alcohol;
- how substance use affects families, communities, practitioners and wider society;
- alcohol and drug theory, related policies, and interventions at local, national and international levels;
- addiction, treatment, and harm reduction approaches;
- how social research methods can be applied to inform research in substance use.
The course spans different disciplines and offers a wide range of options to help you tailor your studies. Connections with public health, social policy, criminology and housing allow students to choose elective modules in these areas.
Available study options are:
MSc Substance Use – 2 or 3 years part time
Post Graduate Diploma – 18 months part time
There are also three stand-alone modules available – 11 weeks per module
Who Should Apply?
Officers and full-time employees of The Salvation Army are invited to apply. While a second-class honours degree or equivalent is recommended, those with significant appropriate/relevant work/life experience are encouraged to apply.
To find out more about the course and content, please reach out to the Programme Director at the University of Stirling, Wendy Masterton: [email protected]