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    MA, PGDip, PGCert 1 year full-time

Course Description

This degree will give students a thorough grounding at an advanced level to the principles, history and application of Catholic Social Teaching and related disciplines.

  • This is the only complete programme in Catholic Social Teaching taught face to face in the UK and Ireland.
  • World events, the increasing importance of social teaching in the churches and the public profile of Pope Francis make this a good time to study this subject.
  • The ethos and history of St Mary’s make it the best possible place to study this programme.

Why study Catholic Social Teaching?

Catholic Social Teaching is an increasingly important element in Christian moral teaching, valued across different churches. This course is the first MA degree programme devoted to this subject taught face-to-face in any university in the UK and Ireland.

Entry Requirements

2:2 Previous degree required

An interview is required before entry to the programme

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Fees

Home/EU: £7,580 International: £13,650

Student Destinations

This qualification will be a good starting point for further postgraduate study in Catholic Social Teaching. It will be particularly valuable for students hoping to work as teachers, or in charities and the voluntary sector.

It will also be appropriate for people working in business and the statutory sector (e.g. in relation to housing, welfare, development aid). It is suited to permanent deacons in the Catholic Church who are expected to have a specialist knowledge of this subject. It will also be appropriate for other clergy, lay ministers and catechists in the Catholic Church and other churches.

Module Details

  • Basic Principles and History of Catholic Social Teaching
  • Catholic Social Teaching Applied
  • The Theologies of Liberation and Political Theology
  • Catholic Charities and Ecumenism
  • Global Development, the Environment and the Market
  • Dissertation

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