Overview

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
Students take 90 credits.
Part I
Students take 50 credits as follows:
Core Modules
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
Elective Modules		10
Students take 10 credits from the following:
EH6155	Migration and Public Health (5)
GG6018	Conceptualising Society, Space and the City (10)
GV6010	Contemporary Global Politics (5)
LL6037	Migration and Material Culture (10)
LW6634	Refugee and Forced Displacement Law (10)
LL6038	Metropolis, Mobility and Minorities (10)
Or 10 credits of Language modules or equivalent in CELTA qualification
Part II
Elective Modules		30
Students take modules to the value of 30 credits from the following:
LL6106	Dissertation/Major Project in Migration, Mobility, Culture (30)
LL6100	Multilingual Cork: Creating a Transnational Interview Archive (30)
Total Credits		90

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For students taking 10 credits in a language offered by the School of Languages, Literatures and Cultures, the level and appropriate module will be determined by the department and approved by the Programme Director(s). Students may take a language at Beginner Level or at any of the competency levels offered by the department if appropriate.

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.