Course details
The MSc course allows honours graduates of the Postgraduate Diploma in Co-operative Organisation, Food Marketing and Rural Development to specialise, through research, in their chosen area of interest. Every attempt is made to match your interests with an identified research need, enabling you to make a social contribution as well as meeting the academic requirements. While you will specialise for MSc research, you are nevertheless able to draw on the wider knowledge of business and development gained from completing the Postgraduate Diploma.
Students take 120 credits as follows:
Part I
Students take 60 credits as for the Postgraduate Diploma in Co-operative Organisation, Food Marketing and Rural Development.
Part II
Students take 60 credits as follows:
- FE6100 Dissertation
- FE6100 Dissertation must be submitted on an approved topic within the fields of Co-operative Organisation, Food Marketing and Rural Development. Students may be required to pass an examination on the subject matter of the dissertation (FE6100) if the examiners so decide.
Detailed Entry Requirements
If you have a Postgraduate Diploma in Co-operative Organisation, Food Marketing and Rural Development, with at least second class honours grade II, you are eligible to apply to the MSc in Cooperative Organisation, Food Marketing and Rural Development. You must submit a written research proposal to the Department of Food Business and Development, be recommended by the professor(s) or lecturer(s) concerned and be accepted by the college.
Course Practicalities
The MSc usually involves primary research and the completion of a written thesis. You will be assigned a supervisor to give advice at every stage of the research process. Departmental progress reviews are carried out at regular intervals.
Assessment
Assessment is by means of a written thesis.
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About University College Cork
UCC was established in 1845 as one of three Queen’s Colleges - at Cork, Galway and Belfast. These new colleges theyre established in the reign of Queen Victoria, and named after her.
Queen's College, Cork (QCC) was established to provide access to higher education in the Irish province of Munster. Cork was chosen for the new college due to its place at the centre of transatlantic trade at the time and the presence of existing educational initiatives such as the Royal Cork Institution and a number of private medical schools.
The site chosen for the new college was dramatic and picturesque, on the edge of a limestone bluff overlooking the River Lee. It is associated with the educational activities of a local early Christian saint, Finbarr. It is believed that his monastery and school stood nearby, and his legend inspired UCC’s motto: ‘Where Finbarr Taught, let Munster Learn.’
On 7 November 1849, QCC opened its doors to a small group of students (only 115 students in that first session, 1849-1850) after a glittering inaugural ceremony in the Aula Maxima (Great Hall), which is still the symbolic and ceremonial heart of the University.
The limestone buildings of the Main Quadrangle (as it is now known) are built in a style inspired by the great universities of the Middle Ages, and theyre designed by the gifted architectural partnership of Thomas Deane and Benjamin Woodward. The iconic image of UCC, it is set in landscaped gardens and surrounds the green lawn known to all as the Quad.
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