Public Advocacy and Activism (MA)

The MA in Public Advocacy and Activism is an interdisciplinary programme that combines training in the practical skills of advocacy and activism with an exploration of the theories and concepts which inform these fields. No other programme in Ireland offers students the opportunity to acquire skills and training in such a breadth of disciplines, including management, communications, public relations and human rights. By drawing on the expertise of scholars and practitioners across these fields, the MA in Public Advocacy and Activism provides the skills crucial for those who wish to work in organizations which seek to shift attitudes and initiate change, including those working in community organisations, international relations, development, labour, rights, health and the environment. 

Subjects in this course are:-

• Required FM6116: Communication, Media & Marketing for Advocates
• Required FM6114: The Practice and Theory of Advocacy
• Required FM6115: Short Filmmaking for Advocates
• Required FA515: Dissertation
• Required FM6113: Service Learning For Advocacy and Activism
• Optional EC535: Political Economy, Colonialism & Globalisation
• Optional FM6120: Human Rights: An Introduction for Advocates and Activists
• Optional FM6119: Film, Politics, and Colonialism
• Optional FM6121: Organisations and Management for Advocates and Activists
• Optional SP6122: Social and Political Context of Activism and Advocacy