MA History of Welfare & Medicine in Society 12 months Postgraduate Programme By University College Dublin |TopUniversities
Subject Ranking

# 51-100QS Subject Rankings

Programme Duration

12 monthsProgramme duration

Tuitionfee

22,600 EURTuition Fee/year

Main Subject Area

HistoryMain Subject Area

Programme overview

Main Subject

History

Degree

MA

Study Level

Masters

Study Mode

On Campus

Medicine, illness and welfare occupy a central place in all our lives. The MA in the History of Welfare and Medicine in Society is designed to enable you to understand the place of medicine and welfare in society and history (c1750-1980) and engage with critical debates through various media including film, literature, and art, amongst others.


The programme explores the main trends within welfare and medical history from social history, gender history, post-colonial history to individual experiences of poverty, and of illness throughout history. You will explore how medicine and welfare regimes and policies overlapped with culturally constructed conceptions of femininity and masculinity, and race and ethnicity. 

  • The MA has a reputation for excellence taught by lecturers with international profiles.
  • Modules are taught through seminars. You will develop expertise in presenting, analytical thinking, effective communication, and writing with clarity and precision.
  • The dissertation, at the core of the MA, allows you to engage your own research-based interests.

Programme overview

Main Subject

History

Degree

MA

Study Level

Masters

Study Mode

On Campus

Medicine, illness and welfare occupy a central place in all our lives. The MA in the History of Welfare and Medicine in Society is designed to enable you to understand the place of medicine and welfare in society and history (c1750-1980) and engage with critical debates through various media including film, literature, and art, amongst others.


The programme explores the main trends within welfare and medical history from social history, gender history, post-colonial history to individual experiences of poverty, and of illness throughout history. You will explore how medicine and welfare regimes and policies overlapped with culturally constructed conceptions of femininity and masculinity, and race and ethnicity. 

  • The MA has a reputation for excellence taught by lecturers with international profiles.
  • Modules are taught through seminars. You will develop expertise in presenting, analytical thinking, effective communication, and writing with clarity and precision.
  • The dissertation, at the core of the MA, allows you to engage your own research-based interests.

Admission Requirements

176+
90+
3.2+
6.5+
  • ​A primary degree in an appropriate field such as a Bachelor of Arts, or in a cognate discipline such as medicine and nursing. You must supply details of any third level institutions you have attended and professional qualifications you have attained.
  • Excellent academic grades 2H1 or an equivalent of a UCD GPA 3.2  NFQ Level 8.  Transcripts will be required
  • You will be asked to complete a supporting statement outlining your reasons and motivation for wishing to undertake the course
  • Two academic references from referees who are in a position to assess your intellectual ability, maturity and motivation.
  • Candidates whose first language is not English are normally expected to have achieved an overall 6.5 in IELTS or equivalent with no individual band lower than 6.

1 Year
Sep

Domestic
9,100 EUR
International
22,600 EUR

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