Migration, Mobility and Culture

Overview

The Migration, Mobility and Culture programme at University College Cork  will form graduates with a multi-focal and transnational understanding of the global grand challenge of migration and its relationship to culture, politics and the social sciences. In this one-year degree, you will engage with experts on migration from a range of disciplines, including Sociology, Languages, Literatures, Geography, Law, Applied Social Studies and Public Health.

With its interdisciplinary, practical and skills-enhancing content and wide-ranging types of assessment, the MA in MMC is designed to match the urgent need for initial and advanced training of professionals in all areas of society where specific knowledge regarding the complexity of interactions among people of different cultures, ethnicities and social groups is necessary.

Course Practicalities

Our MA in Migration, Mobility and Culture is offered by the School of Languages, Literatures and Cultures at UCC. 

Lecture hours and timetables depend largely on your chosen modules. The elective modules have a value of 10 credits and involve two hours of teaching per week during one semester. The rest of the modules may have a value of 5 or 10 credits and they take a variety of different formats (workshops, participation in research seminars, online learning), so an estimation of the total amount of classes for the duration of the academic year would be between 5 and 10 hours per week, with more than this devoted to directed study outside class hours. 

The part-time option will be taught during weekday working hours over two years.

The Migration, Mobility and Culture programme has a major focus on developing key skills and employability of its graduates with advanced training in research skills, teaching and learning methodologies, and advanced language skills. It will provide you with advanced training in languages, intercultural communication and develop your research skills to high levels. We aim to equip you for jobs in the education, tourism, translation, heritage, technology, or global business sectors.