Program Overview
The graduate-level ProfCert Social Justice program empowers individuals to understand social injustice and champion positive change. It combines interdisciplinary theory and practice to foster critical thinking and analytical skills. Targeting diverse professionals from activists to healthcare workers, the program prepares graduates for careers in social advocacy, policy, and community development.
Program Outline
Degree Overview:
The ProfCert Social Justice is a graduate-level program (level 9 NQF, 10 credits) designed to foster an understanding of social injustice and empower individuals to drive positive social change. It is an interdisciplinary program that emphasizes the connection between theory and practice.
Key Features:
- Student-Centred and Participatory: The learning environment is designed to be interactive and engaging, encouraging active participation from students.
- Critical Thinking and Analytical Skills: The program equips students with essential critical thinking, analytical, and other skills applicable to various fields.
- Feminist theory and practice
- The role of law in maintaining and challenging inequality
- Sociological understanding of inequality
- Economics of inequality
- Global justice
- Disability
- Sexuality
- Racism and anti-racism
Target Audience:
The program welcomes applicants from diverse backgrounds, including:
- Recent graduates
- Community activists
- Educators
- Healthcare professionals
- Civil servants
- Journalists
Program Aims:
The program caters to students seeking to:
- Enhance their professional development through the study of equality in a specific dimension.
- Become advocates or activists for equality in civil society or politics.
Teaching Approach:
The School adopts a student-centred approach, emphasizing:
- Dialogical teaching
- Recognition of students' contributions to the learning experience
- Peer learning
- Staff learning from students
Assessment:
Assessment methods are diverse and designed to build students' knowledge and skills at the appropriate level. Extensive student feedback is sought for all modules, used to review and revise subsequent courses, assignments, and assessments.
Careers:
Graduates of the program work across various sectors, including:
- Trade unions
- Non-governmental organizations
- Statutory agencies
- Civil service
- Journalism
Other:
- The program is part-time and lasts for 4 months.
- The program is delivered face-to-face.
- The next intake is in September 2024/2025.
- The contact person for the program is Dominic Shellard.
- Students who complete the Professional Certificate in Social Justice and subsequently obtain a place on one of the Masters courses offered by the School where the module forms part of the course structure can apply to have the module recognized and the credits and result counted towards the Masters programme.
EU fee per year - € 1220 nonEU fee per year - € 2510
