Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, Cambridge

Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, Cambridge

The Faculty of Social and Political Sciences is part of the School of Humanities and Social Sciences at the University of Cambridge. It comprises three departments: Politics, Social and Developmental Psychology, and Sociology. It also includes the Centre for Family Research.

The faculty is currently spread across two sites. The Social & Political Sciences Library and the Departments of Sociology and Social Psychology are on Free School Lane at the New Museums Site. The Department of Politics and the Centre for International Studies are at 17 Mill Lane.

Members of the faculty

University & College Teaching Officers primarily associated with SPS
* John Thomspon, sociology
* Andrew Gamble, government, politics & political economy
* Juliet Mitchell, gender studies
* David Runciman, political scientist
* Glen Rangwala, specialising in Middle East politics
* John Dunn, political theory
* Sylvana Tomaseli
* Ruth Scurr

Members of the Faculty elsewhere in the University
* Gareth Stedman Jones, History
* Alan Macfarlane, Anthropology
* Quentin Skinner, History
* William Brown, Economics
* Christopher Hill, International Studies
* Marilyn Strathern, Anthropology
* Lord Runciman, Trinity College
* Simon Baron-Cohen, experimental psychology
* Sandra Dawson, Management Studies (currently Chair of the Faculty Board) [http://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/reporter/2007-08/special/05/23.html Members of the Faculty retrieved 2008-09-21]

Teaching

Tripos (BA/MA)

A Social and Political Sciences Tripos (commonly known as "SPS") has been running at Cambridge University, in some form, since 1970, being fully established under Anthony Giddens. For undergraduates, the course is initially multi-disciplinary, encompassing Politics, Psychology, Sociology and Social Anthropology. [ [http://www.sps.cam.ac.uk/ Faculty of Social and Political Sciences ] ]

Postgraduate (MPhil/PhD)

The faculty teaches a number of masters programmes and contains students studying for doctorates.

Applications

The number of applicants per place for SPS is one of the highest in Cambridge, averaging around 6 to every place. [ [http://www.cam.ac.uk/admissions/undergraduate/statistics/subjects.html#sps Subject applications and admissions statistics ] ]

References


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