Organisation and Community Development

MSc

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Attendance & duration

Full-time: please contact Admissions for details

Part-time (eve): two years or more, one day/evening a week

PLEASE NOTE There is no official closing date for this course, but you are advised to apply as early as possible as we will only consider your application if there are places available on the course.

Tuition fees*

* Tuition fees are subject to change, please check with Admissions

Location

London North campus
Graduate Centre

Department

Applied Social Sciences

Further information

Admissions Office

Tel: 020 7133 4202
Fax: 020 7133 2677
Email: admissions@londonmet.ac.uk
or for further academic questions, contact socialscience@londonmet.ac.uk

Course Leader

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Aims of the course

The course is unique among Masters in the field of community development in concentrating on the integration of policy, evidence based methods, and management. The focus is consistently on community development as a strategy rather than the operation of large organisations.

The course builds on London Metropolitan's experience of running programmes for refugee organisations, examining and building on the analysis of the skills of refugees and the job opportunities that are available for them.

The course will enable graduates to bring their knowledge and skills to bear on:

• refugee community organisations run by and for refugees
• other community-based organisations serving refugees as part of a wider group
• statutory agencies with responsibility for community development in areas with a refugee population

The course is also relevant and appropriate to people not currently specifically working with refugees both because the skills and knowledge learned on the course is based on more general theory and practice and because all organisations and community development workers need to have competences that equip them to work inclusively with all sections of the community.

Entry requirements

The minimum entry requirement will normally be a lower second class Honours degree or equivalent. Applicants will also be considered who have extensive relevant work experience.

Before entry applicants will generally be asked to submit a short piece of written work to demonstrate their study skills and ability to reflect on their experience.

The course is generally offered part-time. Anyone wishing to do the course full-time will need to demonstrate that they are able to arrange voluntary or paid community work during the course that they can reflect on.

Course structure

The course consists of six essential modules and a dissertation of 15,000 words.

• Managing Self and Others
• Organisational Development in Communities
• Social Structures and Issues
• Community Development

• Project Management
• Researching Communities

If students do not do both of these modules, they can choose any other further module from the postgraduate prospectus with the agreement of the course leader.

Read more details about the modules

Assessment

This will include a range of methods including written reports, software projects and examination.

Career opportunities

Graduates of the course are expected to be able to develop careers in community-based organisations, particularly those supporting refugee communities, voluntary organisations, and statutory bodies in the field of community development.

Most students intend to work in the UK but some students work overseas.