Overview
Status: Active
National Framework Of Qualifications (NFQ) Level: 9
NFQ Award Class: Major Award
Duration Full Time: 12 Month(s)
Duration Part Time: 24 Month(s)
Total Credits: 90
Delivery Method: In-Person
Connected Curriculum: - Civic and Community Engagement
- Employability
- Global Reach
- Inter-and Transdisciplinary
- Research Based Teaching
- Sustainability
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): - Reduced Inequality
- Sustainable Cities and Communities
- Peace Justice Strong Institutions
Graduate Attributes: - Creator, evaluator and communicator of knowledge
- Digitally Fluent
- Effective global citizen
- Independent and creative thinker
- Socially Responsible
Work-Integrated Learning (Including Placement): No
The MA (Migration, Mobility and Culture) may be taken full-time over 12 months or part-time over 24 months from the date of first registration for the programme.
Part-time option
Students registered on the MA (Migration, Mobility and Culture) part-time take as follows: A minimum of 50 credits of taught modules (which must include LL6038 OR LL6037, LL6111 SC6644 SS6816 and LL6903) in Year 1, and 40 credits in Year 2, including LL6106and 10 credits from the list of elective modules.
Postgraduate Diploma in Migration, Mobility and Culture (NFQ Level 9, Major Award)
Students who pass taught modules to the value of at least 60 credits may opt to exit the programme and be conferred with a Postgraduate Diploma in Migration, Mobility and Culture.
Programme Requirements
For information about modules, module choice, options and credit weightings, please go to Programme Requirements.
Programme Requirements
Module List
| Code |
Title |
Credits |
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| LL6111 | Theorising the Global: Migration Studies, Postcolonialism, and Critical Theory | 10 |
| LL6903 | Research Skills in Migration, Mobility and Intercultural Communication | 10 |
| LL6037 | Migration and Material Culture | 10 |
| or LL6038 | Metropolis, Mobility and Minorities |
| SC6644 | Im/mobilities: forced migration and belonging | 10 |
| SS6816 | Migration, mobilities and social policy | 10 |
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| Migration and Public Health (5) | |
| Conceptualising Society, Space and the City (10) | |
| Contemporary Global Politics (5) | |
| Migration and Material Culture (10) | |
| Refugee and Forced Displacement Law (10) | |
| Metropolis, Mobility and Minorities (10) | |
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| Dissertation/Major Project in Migration, Mobility, Culture (30) | |
| Multilingual Cork: Creating a Transnational Interview Archive (30) | |
| Total Credits | 90 |
Examinations
Full details and regulations governing Examinations for each programme will be contained in the Marks and Standards Book and for each module in the Book of Modules.
Programme Learning Outcomes
Programme Learning Outcomes for MA Migration, Mobility and Culture (NFQ Level 9, Major Award)
On successful completion of this programme, students should be able to:
- Evaluate a broad range of primary and secondary sources related to migration, mobility and culture in the widest context;
- Apply a range of appropriate interdisciplinary methodologies required for undertaking research in the respective areas;
- Demonstrate critical understanding of a range of topics and academic approaches in the areas of cultural theory, social policy, migration and mobility studies;
- Contribute to existing critical, theoretical and methodological debates within a specified field of study;
- Plan and conduct research at the appropriate level for a masters qualification;
- Present their research in a dissertation or major creative/community-based project supported by relevant secondary materials;
- Demonstrate through the dissertation or major creative/community-based project advanced understanding of a selected topic in the field;
- Utilise advanced critical, theoretical, and methodological concepts in the presentation of their research;
- Work effectively as an individual, in teams and in multi-disciplinary and multicultural settings together with the capacity to undertake lifelong learning.
