Master degree
12 months
Application deadlines: July 1
Processing time: 30 days
Application fee: €35
Full-time, Part-time
Intakes: September
International tuition: €6,764
Domestic tuition: €3,104
Program overview
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Sociology (Youth, Community & Social Regeneration) MA
1 Year Full-Time OR 2 Years Part-Time
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Overview
This programme aims to equip students with the skills necessary to engage with contemporary theoretical, policy and practice-related issues relating to work and study with young people in the national and international context of community regeneration. The course offers a critical forum where the complexities of social regeneration can be addressed. It builds upon existing research and teaching strengths at undergraduate and postgraduate levels within the Department of Sociology, namely inequality and social exclusion; the welfare state; social change; youth and community, social regeneration and sociological research methods.
Objectives
To provide students with a conceptual and operational understanding of key issues, objectives and processes pertaining to the social aspect of Regeneration.
To provide students with in depth knowledge of theoretical, policy, and practical issues related to the study of youth and youth experiences in the context of Community.
To provide students with the transferable skills necessary to conduct high-quality social research in community settings.
To facilitate learning and personal educational development by offering a range of teaching and assessment approaches, together with excellent research supervision.
To assist students in designing, conducting and writing up high-quality research which will be of benefit to themselves and the wider community.
To provide a core foundation, for those students, who on completion of the MA wish to embark on a PhD in this area.
To provide a sound basis for moving from an academic setting into different areas of the labour force by helping students to identity the transferable skills gained during the MA programme
Study options

This program can be done
On campus
Part-time
Requirements
Exams:
- TOEFL PBT
- IELTS
- TOEFL iBT
Applicants must normally hold a primary degree in a relevant discipline with First or Second Class Honours (Level 8 - National Qualifications Authority of Ireland) or an approved equivalent qualification. All applicants will be called for interview.
Applicants who do not meet the academic requirements but who have appropriate professional qualifications and/or professional experience will also be considered. All candidates must be fully proficient in both written and spoken English.
What to include with your application
Qualification transcripts and certificates
English language qualification(s) if English is not your first language
Certified English translation of your transcripts/certificates where the original transcripts are in a language other than English.
A copy of your birth certificate (long document)
Career opportunities
This MA aims to equip students with the skills necessary to engage with contemporary theoretical, policy and practice-related issues relating to work and study with young people in the national and international context of community regeneration. Facilitating new learning as well as building on established academic, professional and practical experience, a range of teaching and assessment approaches will be utilised. These, combined with excellent research supervision, state-of-the-art training in either qualitative or quantitative methodological skills and a commitment to the collection and dissemination of both national and international examples of best practice in the field will provide students with a comprehensive understanding of the key practical and theoretical issues which characterise the field. The cross-disciplinary and cross-institutional nature of the MA encourages intellectual flexibility, strong communication skills and an awareness of the diversity of approaches and experiences which characterise community based research and engagement. Upon completion of the MA students will be well equipped to embark on PhD research in this area and indeed to move from an academic setting into different areas of the labour force across a wide range of career paths. These paths include, but are not limited to, research careers, policy development, youth and community work and professional engagement in the processes of social regeneration.
Campus location
Limerick
,
Ireland




