MH803 BCS BA Community Studies (part-time, mature only

SeCTIoN 7 – HUmaNITIeS aND SoCIal SCIeNCeS SPecIalISeD DeGreeS BA Community Studies (part-time, evening) CAO Code: MH803 BCS | CAO Points 2021: Not applicable

CAO Code: MH803 BCS CAO Points 2021: Not applicable – mature students only (21 years or more) CAO Points Range 2020: Not applicable – mature students only (21 years or more) Places 2021: 30 (MH803) Duration: 4.5 years (part-time) Erasmus/Study Abroad Option: No Mature Applicants: Applicants must be 21 years or older on 1 January of the year of entry. Application through the CAO. Selected candidates are invited for interview. See our website for details (link in Contact us). UK, EU & International Applicants: See p. 214 QQI Link: No Placement Option: No Leaving Certificate: Not applicable. Only open to mature applicants aged 21 years or older. OPC: Open Choice Option Up to 4 weeks to decide on MH803 degree stream (entry requirements apply)

>Community Studies as a part-time (evening) interdisciplinary degree for mature applicants only (21 years or more); >Departments involved are Adult and Community Education;

Anthropology; Applied Social Studies; Sociology;

History; Geography.

Why choose this degree?

>The BA in Community Studies (Social Sciences) is specifically designed for adult students who are interested in pursuing a part-time evening degree. >New students are catered for in Semester 1 with an introduction to programmes which includes a comprehensive study skills and student support module aimed at people who have been out of the education system for any length of time. >If you are interested in community work, addiction and recovery, youth studies, history, politics, development, adult education, society and culture and have two free evenings a week, then this wide-ranging degree will appeal to you. >Use previous learning to fast-track to the degree award through our Recognition of Prior Learning system. Options after graduation?

>The community, voluntary and statutory sectors. >Adult and further education and training; community development, teaching, drug and alcohol services, civil service and Non-Governmental Organisations. >Postgraduate study in Adult and Community Education,

Anthropology, Applied Social Studies and Sociology. >Progression to the Professional Master of Education for

Secondary School teaching or the HDip. in Further Education and Training or the MEd in Adult and Community Education.

Contact us

Maynooth University Department of Adult and Community Education  + 353 1 708 6062 / + 353 1 708 3948  evening.degrees@mu.ie  www.maynoothuniversity.ie/adult-and-community-education @mu_aced

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Course structure

> This flexible degree has been developed for people who are busy with work, family and daily life > As MH803 is a completely modular degree based on a 4.5 year cycle students are not divided into years but rather choose modules as they come up on the BA modular carousel > Experience a dynamic learning environment where new students mix, learn and gain support from other students who are further along the degree path

Possible topics

Examples of modules include:

> Contemporary Youth Work Issues > Creativity and Performing Arts > Equality and Identity > Substance Misuse and Dependence > Housing and Community > Group Facilitation Skills