Youth Arts and Sports Education (MSocSc) 12 months Postgraduate Programme By University College Cork |TopUniversities
Subject Ranking

# 251-300QS Subject Rankings

Programme Duration

12 monthsProgramme duration

Tuitionfee

16,400 EURTuition Fee/year

Main Subject Area

Education and TrainingMain Subject Area

Programme overview

Main Subject

Education and Training

Degree

Other

Study Level

Masters

Study Mode

On Campus

The Masters in Youth Arts and Sports Education is designed for creative, active, and enthusiastic people who enjoy working with young people. The course shapes innovative practitioners to engage in transformative work with young people, facilitating them to flourish, to be healthy, happy, and empowered, and to contribute to positive change in society. We welcome people with various interests, including artistic, musical, dramatic, or sports. Whatever their skill level, we want applicants who are fun-loving, open-minded, and experimental, who love learning, embrace challenge, and seek adventure. Our ethos builds on core principles of youth work practice, which are concerned with enhancing young people’s wellbeing through one-to-one and group activities. Students on the course will learn how:

  • to devise, deliver, and evaluate arts- and sports-based opportunities for young people that are fun, engaging, and meaningful
  • to promote values of environmental sustainability through youth-centred educational activities
  • to contribute to social justice and global citizenship through youth-focused professional practice
  • to collaborate with young people and with like-minded practitioners to articulate and achieve common goals
  • to support young people’s digital wellbeing and digital creativity
  • to contribute to research and policy-making relevant to young people’s well-being.

Programme overview

Main Subject

Education and Training

Degree

Other

Study Level

Masters

Study Mode

On Campus

The Masters in Youth Arts and Sports Education is designed for creative, active, and enthusiastic people who enjoy working with young people. The course shapes innovative practitioners to engage in transformative work with young people, facilitating them to flourish, to be healthy, happy, and empowered, and to contribute to positive change in society. We welcome people with various interests, including artistic, musical, dramatic, or sports. Whatever their skill level, we want applicants who are fun-loving, open-minded, and experimental, who love learning, embrace challenge, and seek adventure. Our ethos builds on core principles of youth work practice, which are concerned with enhancing young people’s wellbeing through one-to-one and group activities. Students on the course will learn how:

  • to devise, deliver, and evaluate arts- and sports-based opportunities for young people that are fun, engaging, and meaningful
  • to promote values of environmental sustainability through youth-centred educational activities
  • to contribute to social justice and global citizenship through youth-focused professional practice
  • to collaborate with young people and with like-minded practitioners to articulate and achieve common goals
  • to support young people’s digital wellbeing and digital creativity
  • to contribute to research and policy-making relevant to young people’s well-being.

Admission Requirements

6.5+
63+
90+
176+
2.7+

Candidates should normally hold an honours primary degree with Second Class Honours Grade 2 (or equivalent) in any discipline. 

Candidates with an honours primary degree lower than a Second Class Honours Grade 2 (or equivalent) or without a primary degree (NQF Level 8 award) are eligible to apply if they hold significant senior professional responsibility/experience in a related field. Such applicants may be invited for interview (which may be online or by phone) to satisfy the selection committee of their suitability for the programme under Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL). Admission of such applicants will be subject to the approval of the College of Arts, Celtic Studies and Social Sciences.

All applicants will be asked to evidence their commitment to working with young people and to document any experience and training relevant to the programme as part of the written application process.

Strong references and personal statements are an important part of the application, as is relevant work experience.

1 Year
Sep

  • Candidates are required to submit references or letter(s) of recommendation for acceptance

Domestic
6,130 EUR
International
16,400 EUR

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