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47 Master's degrees offered by the university

International Relations
The International Relations degree delivered by the University College Cork draws on international relations, conflict/peace studies and international history; it explores issues such as war and peace, the international order, international crises, counter-insurgency, terrorism and foreign policy.

Sociology
The Sociology degree delivered by the University College Cork will provide you with an opportunity to study advanced Sociological Concepts and Methods, and put your research interests into practice by enabling you to conduct your own sustained research project.

Social Policy and Social Justice (Online)
This Social Policy and Social Justice (Online) master degree delivered by the University College Cork is designed to cater flexibly to your life and is suitable for people with employment and care responsibilities. Full-time and part-time options enable you to choose a mode of study that is appropriate to your life circumstances.

Social Policy
This Social Policy degree delivered by the University College Cork sets social policy in the context of the social sciences. The course is particularly relevant to those who want to apply for professional postgraduate courses in social work, e.g. Master of Social Work.

Global Gallery Studies
The Global Gallery Studies course at University College Cork is a unique two-year part-time MA that prepares you for a career in the gallery sector and fine arts institutions in Ireland and internationally.

Work and Organisational Behaviour
This Work and Organisational Behaviour course delivered by the University College Cork can be taken on a full-time or part-time basis and is designed to advance your knowledge of the discipline of psychology applied in work settings. To achieve this the course content emphasises the application of high-quality psychological research to real-world concerns and issues in the workplace.

Sociology of Sustainability and Global Challenges
The innovative Sociology of Sustainability and Global Challenges course at University College Cork analyses the globalisation of poverty and inequality and explores alternative strategies of development.

Folklore
This Folklore degree at University College Cork gives you the opportunity to study everyday life in Ireland, in all of its rich diversity and its vast range of cultural expressions. Folklore, like its synonym popular culture, makes a study of everyday life, both past and present. Quite simply, it studies life by looking at how people lived their day-to-day lives.

Celtic Civilisation
The Celtic Civilisation degree delivered by the University College Cork is concerned with the history of the Celtic peoples from central Europe to Ireland, and from the early Iron Age into the Middle Ages.

Hearing, Balance and Communication
The Hearing, Balance and Communication degree delivered by the University College Cork is the only degree of its kind in Ireland. The Department of Speech and Hearing Sciences at University College Cork is pleased to provide you with the opportunity to acquire state-of-the-art knowledge and skills in the field of hearing and balance-related difficulties.

Spanish
The Spanish degree delivered by the University College Cork is aimed at graduates who may want to be considered for a master’s course in the area of Hispanic studies subsequently (but do not have an honours degree in the field) or who may want to add the subject of the Higher Diploma in Arts to their qualifications.

Digital Cultures (Online)
The Digital Cultures (Online) degree delivered by the University College Cork is delivered entirely through distance learning and explores and operates within the digital moment, developing knowledge, skills and critical awareness through theoretical engagement and critical practice.

Psychology
This Psychology degree degree delivered by the University College Cork is a conversion course to psychology for students with degrees in subjects other than psychology or with psychology as a minor subject. Completion of the Higher Diploma in Psychology effectively converts your degree to the equivalent of an honours degree with psychology as the main subject.

Design and Development of Digital Business
The Design and Development of Digital Business course delivered by the University College Cork is a 12-month (full-time) taught master’s degree course. This intensive and innovative course is aimed at creatively minded honours graduates from non-technical backgrounds.

Women's Studies
The Women's Studies course delivered by the University College Cork involves a wide variety of possibilities for interdisciplinary study, and for contact with the community and other organisations dealing with women’s and gender issues.

Health and Society
Health and wellbeing are critical issues in society and at University College Cork we have addressed this with our Health and Society programme. This is an innovative joint programme, led by the Department of Philosophy, the School of Public Health, and the Department of Economics, which examines health and its social and policy determinants from a rich interdisciplinary perspective.

Archaeology - Human Osteoarchaeology
The Archaeology - Human Osteoarchaeology degree delivered by the University College Cork is designed to provide students with an in-depth knowledge of and practical training in human osteoarchaeology: the analysis of human skeletal remains from archaeological contexts.

Business Economics
The Business Economics course delivered by the University College Cork is an integrated course applying economics to the business environment. Designed in consultation with leaders from the business community and public sector organisations, this unique course equips you with the key skills for career development in the ever-changing business world.

Archaeology
This Archaeology degree delivered by the University College Cork is for non-archaeology graduates who have a degree and would like to transfer their studies to the discipline of archaeology. The course is designed for those who have an active interest in archaeology and want to undertake a full-time course of study, out of interest, or to change careers.

Criminology
This Criminology degree delivered by the University College Cork examines a broad range of theoretical and applied approaches to understanding crime.