Qualification : POSTGRADUATE DIPLOMA
Award Type and NFQ level : POSTGRADUATE DIPLOMA (9)
CAO/PAC code : MHY62
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Closing Date : 30 June 2023
The goal of the Postgraduate Diploma is to provide a learning environment in which students are provided with the necessary critical and analytical skills to make sense of societies undergoing rapid and dramatic transitions.
The Postgraduate Diploma programme interrogates the political, economic and social dimensions of change in transitional societies, using Ireland as a key point of reference. Our aim is to stimulate students to think about the role that sociological analysis can play in helping to advance solutions to the current social and economic challenges. The programme also provides professional training in analytical reasoning and research methods in the social sciences.
The skills acquired transferable to a wide range of careers.
Honours Degree of at least a 2:2 in Social Science or a cognate discipline.
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Department of Sociology
Department of Social Sciences Institute (MUSSI)
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Department of Technology and Society
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Department of Sociology
Department of Centre for European and Eurasian Studies
Department of Social Sciences Institute (MUSSI)
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Department of Sociology
Department of Centre for European and Eurasian Studies
Department of Social Sciences Institute (MUSSI)
Students will complete 60 credits over the academic year.
Students will take a core module on analytical reasoning in the social sciences (10 credits), alongside two core social research methods options (20 credits).
Students will also take three additional substantive modules (10 credits each). Each module will be delivered through 24 hours of in- class teaching in the form of seminars and some computer lab based workshops.
The core programme will be delivered in co-operation with the existing M.A. programme in Sociology. Students will be introduced to existing social science research archives and data sets, (including the Irish qualitative data archive at Maynooth) and major research projects including the ERC funded New Deals project.
Online application only www.pac.ie/maynoothuniversity
PAC Code
MHY62
The following information should be forwarded to PAC, 1 Courthouse Square, Galway or uploaded to your online application form:
Certified copies of all official transcripts of results for all non-Maynooth University qualifications listed MUST accompany the application. Failure to do so will delay your application being processed. Non-Maynooth University students are asked to provide two academic references and a copy of birth certificate or valid passport.