In addition to the shared core taught module, students take three modules from a list of options focusing on a particular social policy area, or on research methods. A wide range of modules is available, including:

Substantive policy areas

• Children's Rights in Practice
• Gender, Education and Development *
• Leading Policy and Practice for Early Childhood Services
• Minorities, Migrants and Refugees in European Education
• Planning for Education and Development
• Promoting Health and Wellbeing: Planning, Practice and Participation 
• Understanding Education Policy
• Vocational Learning: Policy and Practice

Research methods and research use

• Impact Evaluation Methods (new for 2014/15)
• Qualitative Analysis
• Quantitative Analysis
• Systematic Reviews for Policy and Practice*
• Methods for Research Synthesis*
• Participative Research and Policy *

Those marked * can be taken at a distance from the UCL Institute of Education.