Conflict Transformation and Social Justice

Master

In Belfast City

£ 4,000 + VAT

Description

  • Type

    Master

  • Location

    Belfast city (Northern Ireland)

  • Duration

    1 Year

  • Start date

    Different dates available

Overview: This is a unique and innovative interdisciplinary programme taught through subject areas that include law, anthropology, english, history, philosophy, politics, psychology, sociology and the creative arts.



Module choice within the programme will permit you to build your own personalised portfolio of knowledge and learning within the area of conflict transformation and social justice.



You will be taught by academics and practitioners whose expertise is both national and global and who offer research-led teaching in areas of conflict such as South/ Southeast Asia, the Middle East, Southern Europe, South America and Northern Ireland. Did you miss our recent webinars?  Here's another opportunity to watch the recordings of the session. Conflict Transformation and Social Justice   The Senator George J. Mitchell Institute for Global Peace, Security and Justice is a newly established international centre of excellence at Queen’s University Belfast. The Institute fosters collaborations across a range of subject areas which allow the Faculty to address some of the key global challenges faced in seeking to achieve fairness, security, prosperity, social harmony and progress. A flagship for interdisciplinary research in areas of major societal challenge, the Mitchell Institute brings together excellent researchers from a wide range of disciplines to tackle some of the greatest global issues of our age. Why Queen's? Location of Belfast: globally-significant locale for conflict and peace research; access to institutions, community projects, case studies for students' own work. Only MA actively facilitating study and research that combines cultural and creative aspects of conflict transformation and social justice together with their socio-legal, institutional and inter-state contexts. Only MA in the field to be interdisciplinary across all the...

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Location

Start date

Belfast City (County Antrim)
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University Road, BT7 1NN

Start date

Different dates availableEnrolment now open

About this course

Normally at least a 2.1 Honours degree or equivalent qualification acceptable to the University in an Arts, Humanities or Social Sciences discipline or another cognate subject area. Applicants with a 2.2 Honours degree or equivalent qualification acceptable to the University may be admitted if they hold a Masters degree, or equivalent qualification acceptable to the University or if they have 3 years' relevant working experience in the field of conflict transformation, youth work, social justice or related experience in...

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Subjects

  • Conflict
  • Global
  • English
  • Law
  • IT Law
  • School
  • Teaching
  • Sociology
  • Philosophy
  • Psychology
  • Politics

Course programme

Course Details

Students will study and critically examine the key conceptual, moral, legal, political and cultural issues that relate to conflict, conflict transformation and social justice. This will relate to the fields of political science, law, sociology, history, anthropology, English, drama and psychology.

Students are required to complete three compulsory taught modules as well as teh triple weighted dissertation (60 CATS):

  • Global Concepts and Practices of Conflict Transformation and Social Justice (20 CATS);
  • Conducting Research in Conflict Transformation and Social Justice (20 CATS);
  • Making Knowledge Work (20 CATS)

In addition to the compulsory modules, students take 60 CATS points of optional modules from existing programmes delivered by the following Schools: Social Sciences, Education and Social Work; History, Anthropology, Philosophy and Politics; Arts, English and Language; Law and Management.

A student cannot take more than 40 credits in any School. Where a student wishes to take more than 40 credits in a particular School, it is recommended that they apply for the Masters programme in that School.

The taught modules are delivered during two 12 week semesters. For further information see the Institute website. Download the programme brochure here.

Assessment & Feedback

Examination and continuous assessment. The Programme will also be complemented by a non-assessed Personal Development Programme (PDP) which will enhance graduate study.

Learning and Teaching

Morning / Afternoon / Evening

Additional information

The MA programme provides our graduates with the skills to pursue a wide range of careers in the private, public and voluntary sectors, both domestically and internationally. In addition, the learning and intellectual environment provided by the Institute will prepare students for Doctoral study. We increasingly find that undergraduate degrees alone are insufficient to commandsecure appropriate employment. Postgraduate taught degrees are used to top-up learning and employability skills, and enhance knowledge and information. Some...

Conflict Transformation and Social Justice

£ 4,000 + VAT