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MA COMPARATIVE
EUROPEAN SOCIAL STUDIES
Peter Sabroe Seminariet in
co-operation with Macess
Maastricht offer the MA
Comparative European Social
Studies (MA CESS) Ma CESS is
intended for graduate social
professionals (social workers,
social pedagogues, care workers
etc.) and offers the opportunity
to conduct comparative study and
research in the field of social
professional practice and/or
social policy within a European
context. Successful completion
of the course is awared by an
English MA degree.
For further information, please
contact
Peter Sabroe
Seminariet
Peter Sabroes Gade 14
8000 Århus C
Tel: 0045 8732 7040 – al@petersabroe
Course objective: This
unique course is sited in
Maastricht, validated by the
London Metropolitan University
and managed by the Hogeschool
Zuyd. Its teaching team is drawn
from a network of twenty-eight
institutes of higher education
in Europe. It provides student
with an opportunity to study
alongside others from throughout
Europe and invites students to
conduct a comparative study,
researching the field of social
professional practice and social
policy within a European context.
The course is designed to deepen
students’ understanding of
European institutions, policies
and frameworks for studying
comparative issues in the field
of the social professions.
MACESS co-operates with both the
Council of Europe and the
European Union. The course
language is English.
Course structure: The
course comprises six modules (4
core modules and 2 out of 5
optional modules) taught during
the first half year plus a six
month comparative research
project to be undertaken in
another European country, which
will form the basis of the
dissertation.
Core modules:
1. Introduction to
European institutions
and policy
2. Comparative social
research
3. Comparative social
policy
4. Social professional
practice in Europe
Optional modules:
5. Management of
change in a European
context
6. European network
development and
intercultural
theories
7. Marginalisation and
social exclusion in
Europe
8. European welfare law
9. Political philosophy
and European welfare
Dissertation:
A 20,000 word comparative
study written in English and
based on work undertaken during
a six-month research period
during the course. The
dissertation is submitted in
August.
Entry requirements:
Students should have a BA or
equivalent. Furthermore, they
should have a professional
qualification, which entitles
them to practice in the social
professions. Exceptionally,
students not qualified but with
appropriate experience and
knowledge of the social
professions will be accepted (particularly
from countries where no such
qualification exists). Finally,
students are expected to
demonstrate the ability to
communicate in English both
orally and in writing at an
appropriate level at the
beginning of the course.
Attendance: Full-time or
part-time.
Course fees: The course
fees are €2340
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