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1 Department of Social Sciences, Loughborough University Leicestershire LE11 3TU, United Kingdom T: +44(0) E: YouTube

2 Department of Social Sciences Conversation Analysis MSc Discursive Psychology MSc

3 1 Department of Social Sciences Welcome The Social Sciences Department is a vibrant home for interdisciplinary scholarship bringing together media and communications, sociology, social psychology and social policy. Our aim is to produce both fundamental and applied research of exceptional quality. Our Masters courses refl ect these research and academic strengths, bringing together our learning and teaching to the cutting edge of social sciences advancement. Our graduates refl ect this approach, being highly trained, successful individuals, capable of working in a wide range of careers worldwide. These unique programmes provide students with a fantastic opportunity to learn from our world leading experts within a supportive and friendly community of students and staff. Professor David Deacon Head of Department, Social Sciences. For further information on these programmes please contact the Programme Director Dr Alexa Hepburn E: A.Hepburn@lboro.ac.uk T:

4 Department of Social Sciences 2 Contents 01 Welcome 03 The Department 04 Why Choose Loughborough? 05 Our Staff 07 Communication and Interaction: Conversation Analysis MSc 09 Communication and Interaction: Discursive Psychology MSc 53737/Design & Print Services/Feb13

5 3 Department of Social Sciences Our staff These unique programmes offer you the opportunity to be taught by a number of world leading experts, giving you the highest professional advantage in the fi elds of conversation analysis and discursive psychology. These staff also encourage your active engagement within the social sciences community at Loughborough, and seek to support you throughout your programme. Below is a list of our specialist staff team, along with their research interests. Professor Paul Drew Basic and applied conversation analysis Professor John Heritage Conversation analysis, medical interaction and political communication Professor Jonathan Potter Discursive psychology, conversation analysis and constructionism Professor Charles Antaki Applied conversation analysis Professor Elizabeth Stokoe Conversation analysis and membership categorisation analysis Professor Sue Wilkinson Basic, applied and feminist conversation analysis Dr Carly Butler Conversation analysis, ethnomethodology and membership categorisation analysis Professor Michael Billig Discourse analysis and discursive psychology Dr Cristian Tileaga Discourse analysis and discursive psychology Dr Alexa Hepburn - Programme Director Basic and applied conversation analysis and discursive psychology The programmes will also feature workshops guest lectures and seminars from a number of distinguished US, UK and European experts.

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7 5 Department of Social Sciences MSc, PG Cert, PG Diploma 1 yr full time, 2 yr part time Some elements of the programme will be made available as standalone short courses, contact us for details msccadp@lboro.ac.uk Conversation Analysis MSc Provisional modules Semester 1 Studying Discourse Methods for Interaction Research Understanding Communication in Interaction Communication Practices in Institutional Settings Semester 2 Applications of Interaction Research Advanced Topics in Conversation Analysis Advance studies in Professional and Clinical Interaction Dissertation The Programme Conversation analysis is the study of the ways in which speakers manage the subtle features of conversation to perform their social actions. This unique programme provides you with the opportunity to develop not only your research skills, but also your analysis of language, social interaction and society. The programme is taught by staff who are among the world s leading fi gures in the fi eld, providing you with the unique opportunity to be taught by those who have, and continue to, shape the discipline. Programme Content The programme will delve into the major traditions, theories and debates surrounding the fi eld of conversation analysis. Modules taken will cover the process of collecting, transcribing and analysing data from everyday phone calls, family mealtimes and playground interactions to clinical encounters, emergency helplines and courtrooms. Other modules will investigate the role that various forms of software and technology support analysis, as well as teaching you how to generate fi ndings that are useful to practitioners. Programme content also teaches you how to work with practitioners to evaluate and improve practice. Please see opposite page for module details. Learning and Teaching Students and staff will engage very closely in lectures, seminars and workshops. Emphasis will be on hands-on data analysis, individually and in small groups. Assessment Assessment will mainly take the form of essays, practical reports, presentations, group exercises and a fully supported dissertation. This advanced dissertation will be modelled on a journal article structure, preparing you to integrate your work into the fi eld of conversation analysis. Entry Requirements All applicants are required to have an upper-second class BA or BSc degree in Social or Health Sciences, Humanities, Linguistics, or associated subjects. International students, whose fi rst language is not English, must have an IELTS score of at least 6.5. For further information and clarifi cation, please contact us. Loughborough is really friendly, the campus and its facilities are amazing, and the range of courses on offer really gives you plenty of choice. My Personal Tutor and lecturers are all very helpful and approachable, and the help I have received from the University s support services has been excellent. If I had to rate them, I d give them all top marks! Lukas Stepanek, Social Sciences MA student IMPORTANT NOTE This programme is subject to change, please see our website for the latest information.

8 Department of Social Sciences 6 Module Information Autumn Term: 30 September 13 December 2013 Studying Discourse - Carly Butler, Paul Drew This module explores the bases of interaction analysis in ethnomethodology, conversation analysis and discursive psychology. Methods for Interaction Research - Alexa Hepburn, Elizabeth Stokoe This module trains students in the practicalities of accessing suitable data, ethical issues, fi eldwork, recording, working with audio and video fi les, using editing software, transcription, building a corpus, managing data. Understanding Communication in Interaction - Sue Wilkinson, Alexa Hepburn This module covers the development of skills in analysing interaction using key principles and fi ndings from conversation analysis such as turn-taking, sequence organisation, preference organisation, person reference, repair and action formation. Communication Practices in Institutional Settings - Paul Drew, Carly Butler This module looks at the history of an interactional approach to understanding in institutions, the application of interactional analysis across a variety of institutional domains. Spring Term: 6 January 28 March 2014 Applications of Interaction Research - Charles Antaki, Elizabeth Stokoe This module looks at the study of interaction analysis in: mediation services; psychotherapy; support for people with intellectual impairment; health and other telephone help-lines, including specialised case studies. Advanced Topics in Conversation Analysis - Paul Drew, John Heritage This module looks at the development of analysis of original data, which relates to CA topics such as: epistemics, multimodal interactions, emotion in interaction, phonetics, affi liation and alignment, advice, complaints, promises, requests, directives, threats and recruitments. Advanced studies in professional and clinical interaction - Paul Drew, John Heritage This module provides in-depth coverage of the application of CA methods to: service encounters; legal proceedings; medical and other therapeutic interactions; expert systems control; classrooms; care-work; news interviewing and broadcasting. Summer Term & Holiday: 28 April September 2014 Dissertation - All staff will be involved in supervision This module involves an independent research project, supervised by a member of staff, in the style of a journal article. Employment Prospects This programme will prepare graduates for a number of future prospects, including: Careers in research Further Postgraduate study Employment involving interaction in settings such as health, the media and education As part of on-going professional development in the public and private sectors

9 7 Department of Social Sciences MSc, PG Cert, PG Diploma 1 yr full time, 2 yr part time Some elements of the programme will be made available as standalone short courses, contact us for details msccadp@lboro.ac.uk Discursive Psychology MSc Provisional modules Semester 1 Studying Discourse Methods for Interaction Research Understanding Communication in Interaction Communication Practices in Institutional Settings Semester 2 Applications of Interaction Research Understanding Discursive Psychology Discursive Psychology: Advanced Topics Dissertation The Programme Discursive psychology is the study of how psychological phenomena such as memory, perception, attitudes and feelings are managed in their talk, and the consequences for their lives. This unique programme provides you with the opportunity to develop not only your research skills, but also your analysis of language, social interaction and society. The programme is taught by staff who are among the world s leading fi gures in the fi eld, providing you with the unique opportunity to be taught by those who have, and continue to, shape the discipline. Programme Content The programme will delve into the major traditions, theories and debates surrounding the fi eld of discursive psychology. Modules taken will cover the process of collecting, transcribing and analysing data from everyday phone calls, family mealtimes and playground interactions to clinical encounters, emergency helplines and courtrooms. Other modules will investigate the role that various forms of software and technology support analysis, as well as teaching you how to generate fi ndings that are useful to practitioners. Programme content also teaches you how to work with practitioners to evaluate and improve practice. Please see opposite page for module details. Learning and Teaching Students and staff will engage very closely in lectures, seminars and workshops. Emphasis will be on hands-on data analysis, individually and in small groups. Assessment Assessment will mainly take the form of essays, practical reports, presentations, group exercises and a fully supported dissertation. This advanced dissertation will be modelled on a journal article structure, preparing you to integrate your work into the fi eld of discursive psychology. Entry Requirements All applicants are required to have an upper-second class BA or BSc degree in Social or Health Sciences, Humanities, Linguistics, or associated subjects. International students, whose fi rst language is not English, must have an IELTS score of at least 6.5. For further information and clarifi cation, please contact us. IMPORTANT NOTE This programme is subject to change, please see our website for the latest information.

10 Department of Social Sciences 8 Module Information Semester 1: 30 September January 2014 Studying Discourse - Carly Butler, Paul Drew This module explores the bases of interaction analysis in ethnomethodology, conversation analysis and discursive psychology. Methods for Interaction Research - Alexa Hepburn, Elizabeth Stokoe This module trains students in the practicalities of accessing suitable data, ethical issues, fi eldwork, recording, working with audio and video fi les, using editing software, transcription, building a corpus, managing data. Understanding Communication in Interaction - Sue Wilkinson, Alexa Hepburn This module covers the development of skills in analysing interaction using key principles and fi ndings from conversation analysis such as turn-taking, sequence organisation, preference organisation, person reference, repair and action formation. Communication Practices in Institutional Settings - Paul Drew, Carly Butler This module looks at the history of an interactional approach to understanding in institutions, the application of interactional analysis across institutional domains such as clinical, educational and helplines. Semester 2: 3 February 18 June 2014 Applications of Interaction Research - Charles Antaki, Elizabeth Stokoe This module looks at the study of interaction analysis in: mediation services; psychotherapy; support for people with intellectual impairment; health and other telephone help-lines, including specialised case studies. Discursive Psychology: Fundamental issues - Jonathan Potter, Mick Billig This module covers the development of discursive psychology (DP), DP s relation to conversation analysis, DP s relation to other methods of discourse analysis such as critical discourse analysis, its use with different types of discourse data including written texts and social interaction; topics in DP such as identity, development, cognition. Discursive Psychology: Advanced topics - Alexa Hepburn, Jonathan Potter This module covers the concepts and methods in discursive psychology, exploring its contribution to psychology and the social sciences through specifi c topics such as social categories, epistemics, scripts, narrative and socialisation. Dissertation - All staff will be involved in supervision This module involves an independent research project, supervised by a member of staff, in the style of a journal article. Employment Prospects This programme will prepare graduates for a number of future prospects, including: Careers in research Further Postgraduate study Employment involving interaction in settings such as health, the media and education As part of on-going professional development in the public and private sectors

11 9 Department of Social Sciences The Department The Social Sciences Department is based in a supportive and friendly environment with a lively international community of highly regarded academics, researchers, students and support staff. We pride ourselves on providing our students with the best teaching, opportunities and support to ensure they meet their full potential. At the heart of all that we do is our world renowned research, which helps to inform and keep our teaching at the cutting-edge of social sciences development. Facilities The Department of Social Sciences houses state-of-the-art facilities for media and communications research. The Loughborough Qualitative Digital Research Lab (LiQUiD Lab) consists of a suite of rooms containing state-of-the-art equipment for the development of qualitative research involving the use of digital and audiovisual methods and media. The Communication Research Centre Loughborough University s Communication Research Centre (CRC) is located within the Department of Social Sciences and brings together internationally leading researchers from a range of disciplinary backgrounds. The Centre s work is intrinsic to the three Master s programmes, ensuring they are up-to-date and at the cutting edge of Social Science development. The Centre s interests span the range of communication studies from culture and media to discourse and social interaction. It is also home to a wide range of research projects on topics from political communication to media and religion, and members also have expertise in a wide range of social research methods. The CRC is comprised of two core research groups; the Culture and Media Analysis Research Group (CaMARG) and the Discourse and Rhetoric Group (DARG). CaMARG brings together staff and students in the Department engaged in studying, researching, and writing about all aspects of both media and cultural life. It is interdisciplinary, drawing on insights from across the social sciences and humanities to explore institutional formations, expressive forms, and everyday practices. DARG is home to a community of academics, postgraduate students and visitors who pursue research into a broad range of topics but share an interest in language, how it is used socially, and what effects it has in interaction and in text. Industry Links Several international journals are edited by members of the department including the European Journal of Communication and Media, Culture and Society and members have acted as consultants for a wide range of national and international bodies including UNESCO, the United Nations, Ofcom, the Department for Children, Schools and Families, and the Institute for Public Policy Research. Our innovative research has received international recognition within the social sciences, including the award of the Queen s Anniversary Prize for outstanding work at world-class level. One of our professors was recently appointed a member of the House of Lords in the UK Parliament.

12 Department of Social Sciences 10 Why Choose Loughborough? Choosing a university involves more than just selecting a degree. You are making a decision about where to spend the next few years of your life. There are many reasons why we are proud of what Loughborough has to offer you here are just a few; Research that Matters Loughborough University is a research intensive institution which undertakes high quality research across all its subjects. Over the years the University has produced work which has infl uenced academic disciplines, public policy, the professions, business and industry. The widespread involvement of our staff in research activity ensures that our postgraduate students are part of a vibrant research culture in which they are taught and supported by academics at the forefront of their disciplines. Belfast Glasgow Edinburgh 75 min Newcastle 180 min An Attractive Campus Environment Loughborough is the largest single-site campus in the UK, consisting of 437 attractively landscaped acres. It lies within walking distance of the town itself and is easily accessible by rail. It has a fast rail link to London and is within 30 minutes of Nottingham, Leicester and Derby. It is also close to Junction 23 of the M1 and to East Midlands International Airport. Fantastic Facilities There are a wide range of sporting, study, shops and catering facilities dotted around campus for your convenience. This includes the Students Union which, as well as providing support and representation, caters for a wide variety of interests and hobbies offering over 100 different clubs and societies to try. More information on our campus facilities can be found in our prospectus. 60 min Dublin 60 min Liverpool 120 min Cardiff Exeter Manchester 130 min East Midlands International Airport Birmingham 45 min Bristol 180 min Leeds 100 min Derby Leicester Oxford 90 min Southampton Nottingham Loughborough London 90 min Dover Student Experience Loughborough University has been voted England s Best Student Experience for six years in a row by its students. This accolade is testament to the rounded experience that Loughborough provides its students, both academically and from an extra-curricular perspective. The combination of these produces students with a diverse portfolio of skills and experience crucial to the contemporary work-place.