Sociology - Youth Community & Social Regeneration

Key programme benefits to future students

This programme equips 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.



It includes an Internship where students undertake a placement in the field of Youth Work or Community Development.



The MA programme includes field trips each semester to a variety of NGOs working in the areas of youth, community development and social regeneration.

Autumn Modules

• Practitioner-Led Workshops on Youth and Community Development Management

• Preparing for the Student Internship

• Sociology of Community and Community Development

• State and Society: Political Sociology in Action



Spring Modules

• Youth Crime

• Practitioner-Led Seminars: Critical Perspectives On The Sociology Of Youth, Community And Social Regeneration

• The Sociology Of Regeneration: Theory, Policy And Practice

• Youth Sociology



Summer Modules

• MA, Youth, Community and Social

Regeneration Student Internship

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 undertake an interview. Interviews will, usually, take place in March/April of each year for entry in the following September.



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.



All applicants must include a detailed personal statement on why they think they are suited to the course, outlining in particular, any experience they may have of volunteering and/or of working in the NGO or youth and community sectors.



What to include with your application

Qualification transcripts and certificates

A copy of your birth certificate (long document)

All applicants should submit a personal statement outlining their motivations for applying for a place on this programme. Please include details of any previous or current volunteering experience in the Youth and/or Community sectors.



If your qualifications have been obtained in a country where English is an official language this will suffice

If this is not available, the following additional documents must be provided:

• English translation of your qualification(s)/transcripts

AND

• English language competency certificate

1 year full-time, 2 years part-time, on-campus.

Autumn

Graduate careers

Graduates pursue careers in research, policy development, youth and community work and professional engagement in the processes of social regeneration.