MA History of Welfare and Medicine in Society

1 Year On Campus Masters Program

University College Dublin

Program Overview

Medicine, illness and welfare occupy a central place in all our lives. The MA in the History of Welfare and Medicine in Society is designed to enable you to understand the place of medicine and welfare in society and history (c1750-1980) and engage with critical debates through various media including film, literature, and art, amongst others.The programme explores the main trends within welfare and medical history from social history, gender history, post-colonial history to individual experiences of poverty, and of illness throughout history. You will explore how medicine and welfare regimes and policies overlapped with culturally constructed conceptions of femininity and masculinity, and race and ethnicity. 

Program Key Stats

€21520 (Annual cost)
Rolling


10 %

Eligibility Criteria


75
150
149
646
6.5
75

Additional Information & Requirements

Career Options

  • Media
  • teaching
  • politics and in private and public sector management and policy

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