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The BA in Local Studies and the BA Community Studies (MH803) have been specifically designed for Adult students who are interested in pursuing a part-time degree at night. These flexible degrees have been developed for people who are busy with work, family and daily life. If you are interested in history, politics, the environment, development, adult education, society and culture, and you have two free evenings a week, then you should consider these wide-ranging degrees where 8 of the University’s academic departments come together to create the only degrees of their kind in Ireland.

If you are curious about how people interacted with their environment in the past and how this impacted on their culture and identity in ways that are still felt today, then the BA in Local Studies should be of interest to you.Students will have the opportunity to learn together through our Common Modules where history, folklore, archaeology, geography, adult education, sociology and anthropology bring their unique disciplinary insights to bear on culture, society, landscape, politics and more.

The BA in Community Studies (Social Sciences) is specifically designed for adult students who are interested in Community work, addiction and recovery, Youth studies, history, politics, development, adult education, society and culture. If you would like a deeper understanding of the world around us and consider participation and critical engagement with the issues that face humanity over the coming century such as social justice, democracy and sustainability as providing a possibility to influence the present and the future, then you should consider the BA Community Studies.

These unique adult focused degrees provide students with the study skills and IT skills in the first semester followed with ongoing student support throughout the duration of the programme that allows them to complete their studies at their own pace. Applications for the BA in Local Studies/BA Community Studies is through the CAO using code MH803.

If you would like more information about this and our other Adult and Community Education programmes please e-mail Kay at kay.loughlin@mu.ie or see our brocure for MH803 BA Local/Community Studies Degree

For the BA Local Studies and BA Community Studies please make enquiries directly to derek.barter@mu.ie

BA Local Studies/Community Studies - MH803

The BA in Local Studies (Arts) and the BA in Community Studies (Social Sciences) (MH803) are specifically designed for Adult Students who are interested in pursuing a Part-Time Evening degree. These flexible degrees have been developed for people who are busy with work, family and daily life. If you are interested in History, Politics, the Environment, Adult Education, Society and Culture and you have two evenings a week free then this wide ranging degree is for you.

In the Local Studies programme you will study a range of different subjects including History, Geography, Folklore, Archaeology, Anthropology, Sociology. There are modules to suit everyone’s tastes and interests from exploring the evolution of the Irish countryside through looking at the physical landscape to understanding and exploring society and culture in the past through archaeology, art and architecture. There are modules that examine the rise of political ideas and cultural phenomena such as the Gaelic Revival in Ireland and Nationalism in the wider European context.

In the Community Studies programme you will study a range of subjects including Adult and Community Education; Anthropology; Applied Social Studies; Sociology; History; and Geography. Community Studies students are oftentimes active at some level in the community and voluntary sector. The people who undertake the Community Studies are committed to change and fairness. They are willing to engage in a process that critically analyses the taken for granted assumptions of everyday life in order to bring about a more equal and just society not only in their local community or on a national scale but to think and act to this end globally.

Apply via CAO for MH803 or call 01 708 6062/708 3948 or e-mail kay.loughlin@mu.ie for further information

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