Program Overview

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MA Applied Anthropology & Community Development / Community Arts

Overview

This unique MA combines academic and practice-based learning with high-level professional qualifications. It is aimed at students who wish to pursue a career in community development or community arts and associated sectors, and those who want an MA with additional professional qualifications to enable more senior career progression.

Why Study MA Applied Anthropology & Community Development / Community Arts at Goldsmiths

• This MA is a pathway of the MA Applied Anthropology & Community & Youth Work, aimed at applicants who may not need a National Youth Agency qualification in youth work (JNC) and those who want to become specialists in community development or community arts.
• Taught jointly by the Departments of Anthropology, and Social, Therapeutic and Community Studies (STaCS), this fieldwork pathway reflects the common concerns of both disciplines with a particular focus on community development and community arts.
• Established in 1992, the youth work pathway was the first of three fieldwork pathway options. An additional pathway in Community Development launched in 2012 and a Community Arts pathway launched in 2015. Community Development and Community Arts are merged at the point of pathway entry but allow for fieldwork specialism in each distinct area.
• The Community Development/Community Arts pathway caters for students who want to specialise in community development, or those with an arts background and arts interests who wish to work in community arts.
• You'll join a diverse cohort of students with a variety of practice experiences and interests. Whether you wish to specialise in community development or community arts, you will be taught alongside fellow students with interests in both disciplines, providing opportunities for the exchange of ideas and as well as interaction with an extensive range of organisations and practitioners.
• You will undertake fieldwork, which is focused on national occupational standards in community development and may take place in either community development settings or community arts settings depending on your specialism.
• The programme is structured to give you autonomy over the accredited placement organisations that you work with. You will be able to arrange placements with organisations that best facilitate the form of practice that you wish to explore.

Length

• 1 year full-time or 2 years part-time

Fees

• Home - full-time: £11250
• Home - part-time: £5625
• International - full-time: £21000

Departments

• Anthropology
• Social, Therapeutic and Community Studies

What You'll Study

Overview

The MA combines an academic programme of lectures, seminars and tutorial assignments with placement-based practical experience specific to your pathway.

Modules

• Fieldwork & placements
  • Fieldwork Report 1: Perspectives and Approaches (15 credits)
  • Fieldwork Report 2: Critical Practice (15 credits)
  • Fieldwork Report 3: Management, Enterprise and Development (30 credits)
• Anthropology components
  • Contemporary Social Issues (30 credits)
  • Anthropological Research Methods (30 credits)
• Dissertation
  • Dissertation (60 credits)

Structure

The structure of the programme provides the reliability that many of our students who have work and caring responsibilities beyond university require to take the step into postgraduate education, while providing clearly signposted opportunities to personalise their learning journey.

Careers

Increasing employment prospects are central to this programme.

• Our graduates find work directly or indirectly related to the disciplines relatively quickly after graduating, or even while on the programme. The majority of our students gain work in youth work or community work.
• Examples of recent graduate employment include:
  • Full-time health youth worker for a London Borough, leading on LGBTQ awareness and homophobic bullying
  • CEO of a charity supporting young people with SEND
  • Community centre-based senior youth worker
  • Mentoring and Befriending Co-ordinator at a civil society equalities organisation
  • Community Development Worker in a social work team in Hong Kong

Entry Requirements

• An undergraduate degree of at least second class standard in the social sciences or another appropriate subject, with some experience in community development or community arts.
• At least four months of full-time, or part-time equivalent, work experience prior to starting the MA.
• An Enhanced Disclosure Certificate from the DBS.

International Qualifications

We accept a wide range of international qualifications.

English Language Requirements

If English isn’t your first language, you will need an IELTS score (or equivalent English language qualification) of 6.5 with a 6.5 in writing and no element lower than 6.0 to study this programme.

Funding Opportunities

In recent years students on the programme have been supported by awards from the Chevening Scholarship, the Jean Monnet Scholarship, and the Aziz Foundation.

How to Apply

You apply directly to Goldsmiths using our online application system.

• To complete your application, you will need to have:
  • Details of your academic qualifications
  • The email address of your referee who we can request a reference from, or alternatively a copy of your academic reference
  • Copies of your educational transcripts or certificates
  • A personal statement
  • A work experience report

Selection Process

Admission to many programmes is by interview, unless you live outside the UK. Occasionally, we'll make candidates an offer of a place on the basis of their application and qualifications alone.

DBS Checks

If we make you an offer to study on this programme, we will ask you to complete an application for an Enhanced Disclosure Certificate from the DBS.