Community Research - MA Programme content
Develop applied community research skills in engaged research and community development with UL’s unique, innovative Master of Arts in Community Research.
Key information
EU fees per year
€8,400
Non-EU fees per year
€19,200
NFQ Level
NFQ Level 9 Major
Duration
One year
Attendance
Full-time
Programme type
Taught
Start date
September
Award
Masters
Key information
- Complete full-time in one year
- Blended delivery including on campus lectures and seminars, online workshops and community-based project work
- Modules taught during autumn and spring semesters
- Dissertation or large-scale piece of student directed work (e.g. Portfolio or Report) delivered at the end of the summer semester
You will learn through a blend of
- Lectures, workshops, and hands-on activities
- Reflective practice and guided research
- Regular feedback from faculty and peers
Programme content
Core modules
- Graduate seminar in development (PO5004) introduces students to the concept of development and ideas about how it should be pursued.
- Engaged research design (UP5101) enables students to work in cross-disciplinary teams on real-world problems, identified with external partners.
Elective - choose 1
- Institutions and politics of the EU (PO5017) develops understanding of how the European Union formulates and adopts policies.
OR
- Public administration theory and practice (PA6011) serves as an advanced introduction to Public Administration.
Books and journal articles needed for the course will be available online through the UL Glucksman Library.
For more information on each module, you can search the faculty, school and module code on UL’s Book of Modules.
Core modules
- Graduate seminar in peace building (PO5006) explores the different conceptions of peace and looks at a range of peacebuilding interventions.
- Engaged research delivery (UP5102) engages students in faculty designed, applied research projects in collaboration with external community stakeholders.
Elective - choose 1
- Graduate seminar in international cooperation and conflict (PO5007) develops understanding of the theories and methods used in the empirical study of International Relations.
- Collaborative governance and leadership (PA6032) focuses on themes of collaborative governance and leadership.
- International Political Economy (PO5008) explaining transformations in the global economy.
Books and journal articles needed for the course will be available online through the UL Glucksman Library.
For more information on each module, you can search the faculty, school and module code on UL’s Book of Modules.
Core modules
- Dissertation/Large scale student directed work (PO6003) enables students to produce a piece of supervised, self-directed research work of 8-10,000 words.
- Engaged research evaluation (UP5105) enables students to apply the disciplinary knowledge they have learnt to multi-faceted real-world problems.
Books and journal articles needed for the course will be available online through the UL Glucksman Library.
For more information on each module, you can search the faculty, school and module code on UL’s Book of Modules.
