- Location: Maynooth University, North Campus, Maynooth, Co. Kildare, Ireland - Ireland
- Duration: 2 Years
Course details
The MA in Community and Youth Work integrates advanced study in challenging issues facing society today with accredited professional education for key roles in community development, youth work, and associated equality, human rights, international development, local development, local authority, national institutions, and international agency work. The programme provides an opportunity to engage in education and training in a dialogical environment, combining research and praxis for action, policy influence and advocacy, and participation in shaping society and facilitating young people to reach their potential.
Entry Requirements
Application for entry to the MACYW programme is open to those who:
1 - Have a primary degree in one of the social sciences (those holding other primary degrees may be also considered in light of their experience and personal studies).
2 - Have experience of / a demonstrated interest in work with communities, youth organisations or projects, minority groups, social movements or international development. Applicants must have a recognised primary degree which is considered equivalent to Irish university primary degree level.
- Minimum English language requirements:
- IELTS: 6.5 minimum overall score
- TOEFL (Paper based test): 585
- TOEFL (Internet based test): 95
- PTE (Pearson): 62
Module
Year 1
- DEVELOPMENT STUDIES
- FIELDWORK PRACTICE A
- GROUP WORK THEORY & PRACTICE
- YOUTH WORK
- COMMUNITY WORK
- COMPARATIVE & INTERNATIONAL STUDIES B
- YOUTH & COMMUNITY ARTS
- COMMUNITY STUDIES & YOUTH STUDIES
- SOCIAL POLICY
- Conflict and Mediation Studies
Year 2
- DEVELOPMENT STUDIES
- Community Work Praxis and Politics
- Practice Research Project
- FIELDWORK PRACTICE B
- ISSUES & INEQUALITIES
- YOUTH JUSTICE ANDRESTORATIVE PRACTICE - ELECTIVE
- COMPARATIVE & INTERNATIONAL STUDIES B
- ORGANISATION & MANAGEMENT
- Youth Work Praxis and Politics
- SOCIAL POLICY
- COMMUNITY STUDIES & YOUTH STUDIES
- Conflict and Mediation Studies
- RESEARCH METHODS
- PRACTICE SKILLS DEVELOPMENT
Course Location
About Maynooth University
This means that students at Maynooth benefit from an international outlook, and those of you who wish to study abroad for a semester or an academic year during yTheir degree have a network of connections to tap in to. During the cTheirse of their academic degree students from Maynooth have studied subjects such as Law at Boston College, Mandarin Chinese at Beijing Foreign Studies University and Music in the University of Vienna.
Maynooth has many shared research projects with universities around the world.
- In the Dept of Psychology, Prof Dermot Barnes-Holmes is working with academics in Columbia University in New York to predict the success of cocaine abuse treatment.
- Mathematician Dr. Ken Duffy is working with immunologists from the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research in MelbTheirne, Australia to analyse cell behaviTheir in a study that could have significant implications for Their understanding and treatment of diseases like Coeliac disease, diabetes and rheumatoid arthritis.
- Historian Dr Tom O Connor is working with colleagues from the University of Alcala and the Irish Colleges in Spain, discovering the hidden stories of Irish people who got caught up in the Spanish Inquisition.
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