Master of Arts in Social Care and Social Justice

Progression Route to Master of Arts (MA) in Social Care and Social JusticeAll students will first commence on the Postgraduate (PG) Diploma in Social Care and Social Justice, if successful they may transfer to the MA programme, on approval of the Programme Board.Students are required to obtain a 50% average across the Postgraduate (PG) Diploma in Social Care and Social Justice to be considered for progression to the MA programme.This programme offers students the opportunity to critically analyse social care and social justice and explore its applications to a range of service and user groups to enhance their capacity to act as a force for progressive social change.Through this course students are required to reflectively interrogate their own identities and positioning, developing practical skills for advocacy, lobbying and activism allowing them to lead and initiate change within a given area. Students will be provided with the skills to facilitate representation at the personal, organisational and political levels of society; promote the concept of relationality in all aspects of social care to promote social inclusion, social justice and equality; practice the values of recognition and respect in all social care domains and in society generally; critique redistributive and social justice; critically redress unequal relations; develop the capacity to access care for oneself and undertake care for others.