Health and Community Development Studies

Entry requirements

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MA Health and Community Studies

Months of entry

October

Course content

You will have experience of or be interested in using skills of group work, informal learning and activity, outreach and community work; particularly with young people and adults often identified as hard to reach.

Reasons to study Health and Community Development Studies at DMU:

• Benefit from the flexibility of being able to tailor your learning specifically to your career interests - choose from two pathways
• Opportunities to study part-time alongside your work commitments, mainly through distance learning
• Our experienced practitioner and research-based staff and diverse range of practice-related modules enable you to achieve planned change through the process of education, development and practice orientated research - ensuring your learning is relevant to current practice and initiatives
• Benefit from inter-professional learning as the course attracts professionals, worldwide, from a variety of settings, including: sexual health, mental health, disability, drug abuse, parenting education, youth work and community development, children’s centres, housing and homelessness, youth offending and domestic violence
• Benefit from an international reputation in the field, with over 55 years’ professional training experience and international work

There are two pathways to choose from:

• The generic pathway; offering the greatest flexibility
• The management pathway; includes bespoke management modules and a management-focused dissertation

Core modules include:

• Theory and Practice of Community Development - introduces students to key concepts explored in relation to practice, policy and National Occupation Standards
• Issues of Health and Well-being - introduces key concepts of health and well-being and the context of youth work and community development
• Health and Social Research Methods - introduces strategies and methods of social science research commonly used in social and healthcare settings

You will also choose from a diverse range of option modules, (some are offered biennially) depending on your preferred pathway and specific career interests, including:

• Mental Health
• Contemporary Social Issues
• Global Issues in Youth and Community Development
• Managing Race and Diversity
• Anti-oppressive Practice
• Management of Services and People
• The Negotiated Module

Please contact us for option module descriptions and further information. For completion of the full MA, you will also be required to undertake:

Dissertation - Students must choose a health related topic identified in discussion with academic staff.

Fees and funding

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Qualification and course duration

MA

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MA