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Management for Community & Voluntary Services – (M.A.)
All Hallows College
All Hallows College
| Application Deadline: | May 13, 2011 | ||
| Annual Tuition Fee: | ≈ € 5,875 - | ||
| Location: | Dublin / Ireland / View location on map ▾ Hide location on map ▴ | ||
| Duration: | 12 months | Start Date: | September |
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| Credits (ECTS): | 90 | ||
| Languages: | English | ||
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Why choose this course?
* If you are working in the community & voluntary sector
* If you want to take more responsibility in your own organisation
* If you are looking for a move to a more challenging position in another agency
* If you care about people enough to do something for them
* If you see peoples’ need for education, support, welfare
* If you are excited about culture, health, youth, art, music, sport
* If you know that you have much to give to community, to society, to the public
Then you will want to learn about efficient and effective management of non-profit organisations.
We want to help you learn the theory and skills of management, leadership, human resources, policy design, financial administration, strategic planning, marketing, funding and decision-making in non-profit groups.
How do we learn in this course?
We relate the theory and practice of voluntary and community management to your own organisations, or an organisation with which you are sufficiently familiar. You can reflect on your own experience as a manager or employee or volunteer in the community and voluntary sector, set it alongside theory or best practice as you learn it, and plan for change, both in your place of work and in your own career.
Our approach is inter-disciplinary and interactive, using an adult model of learning. Lectures are an important element but you will be involved, as well, in case studies, group presentation, multi-media, research and in significant reflection on these experiences. You will prepare an individual research project or dissertation is presented for August of your final year.
What is the award for this course?
The award for the full course (90 ECTS credits) is a Master of Arts in Management: Voluntary and Community Services, and it is conferred by Dublin City University, of which All Hallows is a linked college.
It is possible for you to leave the course after 30 credits (approximately a year part-time) with a Certificate in Management: Voluntary and Community Services.
It is possible to exit after 60 credits (approximately two year part-time course-work) without attempting the Research Project or Dissertation with a Diploma in Management: Voluntary and Community Services.
During the summer sessions, you will be studying with students from DePaul University School of Public Service. The DePaul programme (Masters in Public Service) has been coming to Dublin since 1999. DePaul, located in Chicago, is the largest Catholic University in the United States, and has a deserved reputation for non-profit management education. Our educational partnership with DePaul makes it possible for students of All Hallows to link up globally with programmes in many parts of the world.
Contents
This is a taught Programme which is offered at Master’s level. The course can be completed in one year full-time and two years part-time study. We strongly advise anyone who intends to remain in employment during their studies to follow the part-time mode.
The part-time mode consists of one evening a week during the academic year for two years and two weeks full-time during each of three summer sessions in July. The evening sessions run from 5.20pm to 9pm. The summer weeks start with 7-9pm on Sunday evening, runs from 9.30am to 5.30pm Monday to Thursday, and from 9.30am to 1pm on Friday.
The full-time mode consists of two evenings a week during the academic year (from 5.20 to 9pm) September to June, and two weeks full-time (similar to the part-time mode)during two summer sessions (the previous and following July).
The Learning Units are as follows:
* Introduction to Non Profit Management
* Social Justice: a Context for Management
* Leadership for Non Profit Organisations
* Marketing for Non Profit Organisations
* Fund-Raising for Non Profit Organisations
* Human Resource Management for Non Profit Organisations
* Spirituality in the Workplace
* Law & Voluntary Organisations
* Strategic Planning & Managing Change for Non Profit Organisations
* Social Entrepreneurship
* Policy Design & Analysis
* Project Management
* Research Methods
* Research Seminars
* Research Project
Each unit is a module in length, that is, twenty four hours of class time and approximately fifty hours of student study.
There are five shorter units on practical topics necessary for contemporary management:
* Basic Accounting for Non Profit Organisations (half module)
* Communications for Non Profit Organisations (half module)
* Public Relations and Advocacy for Non Profit Organizations (half module)
* Information Technology for Non Profit Organisations (half module)
* Financial Management for Non Profit Organisations (half module)
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Register Now!Requirements
A honours Bachelor degree (minimum level: 2nd class honours) in a related field: anthropology, business studies, counselling, economics, pastoral studies, psychology, spirituality, the social sciences, religious studies or theology.
Candidates holding professional qualification in social work, nursing, education, professional theological studies, community care or chaplaincy may be admitted to the MA programme subject to an interview and/or examination as decided by All Hallows College and approved by Dublin City University.
Mature students whose experience is outside the academic requirements may be awarded a place on the programme through the APEL (Accreditation of Prior Experiential Learning) system. Information on APEL is available on request.
Additional Requirements
| Minimal degree required: | Bachelor's degree |
| Minimal amount of work experience | Not specified |
Language Proficiency
| Cambridge English: Advanced (CAE): | Grade A (Score: 80) |
Accreditation
All Hallows College is a college of Dublin City University.
All degrees are validated and accredited by DCU.
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