MSc in Police Leadership and Management by Distance Learning - Distance

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University of Leicester

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• Objectives
  To understand a wide range of models of leadership and apply these to the context of policing; to utilise concepts in the practice of police leadership; to critically analyse other research on policing and leadership; to make use of national and international information sources, including libraries, archives, and bibliographic databases, including that available via the internet; to appreciate and understand the human and organisational dimensions of leadership, including planning and decision-making, organising, management and use of information systems for evaluating performance and allocating resources; to design, organise, manage and conduct research including the ability to undertake a research project, implementing an appropriate research strategy and methods, and to write a detailed dissertation on the study and findings.
• Entry requirements
  Entry requirements A first or second class honours degree or an acceptable equivalent professional qualification. Special consideration is given to applications from people with relevant work experience and knowledge.
• Academic title
  MSc in Police Leadership and Management
• Course description
  Course modules
  Core:
  
  -Theories of Crime and Deviance
  -Police Leadership in the 21st Century
  -Research Methods
  -Dissertation
  
  Optional (three from the following):
  
  -Crime and Penal Policy
  -Leadership and Management
  -Issues in Community Safety
  -Issues in Criminal Justice
  -Policing and Crime Prevention
  -Policing Diversity
  -Crime, Order and Society
  
  Teaching and assessment methods
  Each course is based on continuous assessment, comprising a written assignment of 4,000 words for each module studied. Each module lasts 12 weeks, three weeks of which are for writing the assignment. Approximately five months are allowed to prepare and complete the dissertation

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