Sociology (Youth, Community & Social Regeneration) MA

University of Limerick

This programme equips students with the skills necessary to engage with contemporary theoretical, policy and practice-related issues relating to work and study with young people in the national and international context of community regeneration. It includes an Internship where students undertake a placement in the field of Youth Work or Community Development. A total of 15 Places are available on this programme. All applicants will be interviewed as part of the application process. The Internships are with a range of NGO and Voluntary organisations in the community and youth sectors.This MA programme equips students with the skills necessary to engage with contemporary theoretical, policy and practice-related issues relating to work and study with young people in the national and international context of community regeneration and community development. The course offers a critical forum where the complexities of social regeneration are addressed. It builds upon existing research and teaching strengths at undergraduate and postgraduate levels within the Department of Sociology, namely: inequality and social exclusion the welfare state political sociology youth and community, community development media sociology and urban studies.

Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences