Venues

Gilmorehill Campus

Content

This programme is specifically designed for people who are working within the field either in paid employment or in a voluntary capacity. You will normally attend classes approximately a day and a half per week from September to May. Work-based learning, reflective enquiry, and subject area studies are interwoven throughout the programme.

Year 1: In the first year you will study: Community development and social action models; Local and global contexts; Practice methodology for community development and social action; Social theories 1;
Transformational practice.

Year 2: In the second year you will study: Lifelong learning and social change; Empowerment strategies and practice models; Organisation, planning and evaluation; Critical practice for empowerment; Social theories 2; Critical practice.

Year 3: In the third year you will study: Social theories 3; Research methods; Research project; Practice placement.

Entry Requirements

2026 entry requirements:
3 or 4 Highers at AAB or ABBB by the end of S6.

Additional requirements: Work-based learning requires a minimum of two days’ work in the field of community development.