Master of Arts - Health and Society

Health and wellbeing are critical issues in society and, at UCC, we have addressed this with our MA in Health & Society. This is an innovative joint programme, led by the Department of Philosophy, the School of Public Health, and the Department of Economics, which examines health and its social and policy determinants from a rich interdisciplinary perspective.

Our MA programme is aimed at graduates from a broad range of disciplines in the medical sciences, economics, and humanities and is designed to provide a unique and critical analysis of contemporary discourses on health from an individual, societal and global perspective.

This course is about health, but not exclusively healthcare, as health is both a medical and a social issue. We explore health from a variety of different angles and to this end bring together health experts from a vast range of disciplines and colleges, including medicine, epidemiology, philosophy, economics, sociology, social policy, and law.

The programme aims to prepare graduates for a range of careers in health policy and advocacy, in government, media, NGOs, and teaching. This MA in Health & Society is set up to educate a new generation of national and international health policymakers who understand how to integrate foundational knowledge of epidemiology, economics, ethics, and scientific methods.