The Postgraduate Diploma in Applied Social Studies is open to graduates from all disciplines. Students have access to weekly learning resources and engage with each other and with lecturers using discussion fora which are all available online.  Once a week students join their classmates in a live online tutorial to discuss key issues and debates in the module. Graduates from the programme can progress to the School’s new online Masters in Applied Social Studies and on to PhD study.  The programme also opens a pathway to study in Social Work and related disciplines.

The one year Diploma in Applied Social Studies helps student to understand the potential of social policy to address society’s ‘wicked problems’ – those complex interdependent problems such as crime and poverty which are often resistant to the solutions put in place by governments.  Students are exposed to the arguments for developing policy interventions to address these problems and the challenges of implementing policy decisions.

Dr Stephanie Holt, Programme Director at the School of Social Work and Social Policy, said: “The programme is part of the School’s ongoing commitment to high quality and innovative postgraduate education. This programme facilitates career progression and career change for those interested in health and social care services, social work and social policy.”

For more information about online courses see here: This is the link: https://www.tcd.ie/OnlineEducation/