Academic Structures

Programme Academic Structure for 2017 - 2018, Bachelor of Education

This information is provisional & subject to change.

Explanation of Terms/Frequently Asked Questions

Year 1 Core Modules:

Code	Title	Credit	Semester	Exam %	CA %	Resit Category
ED1011	Foundations in Education and ECE	5	Semester 1	34	66	1
ED1013	Literacy & Language / Litearthacht & Teanga	5	Semester 2	50	50	1
ED1014	Visual Arts and Music Education	5	Semester 1	0	100	1
ED1015	Drama and Physical Education	5	Semester 2	50	50	1
ED1016	STEM and Social Studies	5	Semester 1	0	100	1
ED1017	Assessment, DL & SIE	5	Year long	60	40	1
ED1018	Teacher as Reflective Practitioner 1	5	Year long	0	100	1
ED1901	School Placement	5	Semester 2	0	100	2
FN156	Gaeilge	5	Year long	60	40	1

Year 1 Optional Modules -

Code	Title	Credit	Semester	Exam %	CA %	Resit Category
CCE101	Scripture,Faith and Religious Diversity	5	Year long	0	100	1
ED1009	Denominational Module (CIC)	5	Year long	0	100	1
ED1010	Foundations in Catholic Religious Education	5	Semester 1	60	40	1
ED1019	Irish Language & Literature ( CIC)	5	Year long	0	100	1
EL107	Introduction to Literature	5	Year long	100	0	1
FN155	Gaeilge mar Bhunabhar	5	Year long	0	100	1
GY106	Foundations in Geographic Literacy	5	Year long	0	100	1
HY107	Foundations in History	5	Year long	0	100	1
MC106	Music: Genres and Practices 1	5	Year long	40	60	1
MS118	Discrete Mathematics	5	Year long	75	25	1

Year 2 Core Modules:

Code	Title	Credit	Semester	Exam %	CA %	Resit Category
CIC313	Assessment	2.5	Semester 1	0	100
ED2011	Literacy & Language, Litearthacht & Teanga	5	Year long	0	100	1
ED2015	Teacher as Reflective Practitioner	5	Year long	50	50	1
ED2019	Drama & Physical Education	5	Semester 1	0	100	1
ED2020	Visual Arts & Music Education	5	Semester 2	0	100	1
ED2021	Stem & Early Childhood Education	5	Semester 2	0	100	1
ED2025	Foundations in Education	5	Semester 1	25	75	1
ED2026	SPHE, Ethics & Social Studies	5	Year long	0	100	1
ED2900	School Placement	10	Semester 2	0	100	2

Year 2 Optional Modules -

Code	Title	Credit	Semester	Exam %	CA %	Resit Category
AP204	Theory, Practice & Fund. Skill Development.	5	Semester 1	0	100	1
AP205	Teaching the Physical Education Curriculum	5	Semester 2	0	100	1
AP206	The Drama Continuum: From Make Believe Play	5	Semester 1	0	100	1
AP207	Drama as a Framework for Curriculum	5	Semester 2	0	100	1
AP208	Expanding the strands of the Art Curriculum	5	Semester 1	0	100	1
AP209	Exploring Art through Picture Books	5	Semester 2	0	100	1
AP210	Socially Inclusive Music Education	5	Semester 1	0	100	1
AP211	Innovative Tech. as Enabling Literacy	5	Semester 2	0	100	1
CCE201	Systematic and Moral Theology	5	Year long	0	100	1
CCE203	Understanding Catholic Theology	5	Semester 1	100	0	1
CCE204	Liturgical Celebration with Children	5	Semester 2	0	100	1
CIC311	Early Childhood Education	5	Year long	0	100
CIC316	Digital Learning CIC3	5	Year long	0	100	1
EC222	Well Being in Early Childhood	5	Semester 1	0	100	1
EC223	Young Children's Participation in ECEC	5	Semester 2	0	100	1
EC225	Supporting Struggling Readers & Writers	5	Semester 1	0	100	1
EC226	Literacy for English Language Learners	5	Semester 2	0	100	1
ED1010A	Foundations in Catholic Religious Education	5	Semester 1	60	40	1
ED2009	Religious, Ethics, Morals & Values Education	5	Year long	0	100	1
ED2018	Religious Education and the Child	5	Semester 1	100	0	1
ED2024	Mindfulness and Wellbeing	5	Semester 1	0	100	1
EL212	Romanticism and the Romantics	5	Semester 1	100	0	1
EL213	Victorianism	5	Semester 2	100	0	1
FN217	FilÃocht agus BÃ©aloideas	5	Semester 1	100	0	1
FN218	Taisteal agus Imirce	5	Semester 2	100	0	1
FN564	Gaeilge	5	Year long	30	70	1
HD2120	Psychology of Adolescence	5	Semester 2	100	0	1
HD2150	An Introduction to Existentialist Thought	5	Semester 2	0	100	1
HY211	Renaissance, Reform. & Religious Wars	5	Semester 1	0	100	1
HY214	Ascendancy Ireland 1690-1850	5	Semester 2	0	100	1
MC210	Music: Genres & Practices 2	5	Semester 1	60	40	1
MC211	Musical Techniques 1 (A)	5	Semester 2	70	30	1
PR201	Teaching in Multi-Level Classrooms	5	Semester 1	0	100	1
SG201	Fundamentals in Science	5	Semester 1	40	60	1
SG202	Environmental Systems	5	Semester 2	60	40	1
SG207	Meaning Making with Multimedia	5	Semester 1	0	100	1
SG208	Design & Build to Learn	5	Semester 2	0	100	1
SG210	Exploring climate change in the classroom	5	Semester 2	0	100	1
SG213	Geographical Environmenal & Outdoor Ed 1 Plac	5	Semester 1	0	100	1
SG214	Geographical, Environmental & Outdoor Ed 2 Sp	5	Semester 2	0	100	1
SG215	Children's Rights: Active Learning & Particip	5	Semester 1	0	100	1
SI204	Principles & Concepts of SIE & Teaching	5	Year long	0	100	1
SI205	Assessment & Planning for Individual Needs	5	Year long	0	100	1
SI208	Inclusive Education	5	Semester 2	0	100	1

Year 3 Core Modules:

Code	Title	Credit	Semester	Exam %	CA %	Resit Category
ED3900	School Placement	20	Semester 1	0	100	2

Year 3 Optional Modules -

Code	Title	Credit	Semester	Exam %	CA %	Resit Category
AP301	Curriculum and Inclusive Practice	5	Semester 2	0	100	1
AP302	Personal and Social Responsibility in PE	5	Semester 2	0	100	1
EC321	Formative Assessment of Early Learning	5	Semester 2	0	100	1
EC322	Multimodality in Early Childhood	5	Semester 2	0	100	1
EC323	Developing the Writer in the Reader	5	Semester 2	0	100	1
EC324	New Literacies:Dyslexia	5	Semester 2	0	100	1
ED3010	Philosophy, Ethics and Citizenship	7.5	Semester 2	0	100	1
ED3011	Integrated Learning across the Curriculum	5	Semester 2	0	100	1
ED3012	Literacy & Language, Litearthacht & Teanga	7.5	Semester 2	34	66	1
ED3013	Local Studies and Mathematics	5	Semester 2	50	50	1
ED3014	An Ghaelscolaiocht	5	Semester 2	0	100	1
ED3015	Assessment	5	Semester 2	0	100	1
ED3016	Cluichi Gaelacha	5	Semester 2	0	100	1
ED3017	Creating New Norms	5	Semester 2	0	100	1
ED3019	English as an Additional Language	5	Semester 2	0	100	1
ED3022	Global and Intercultural Education 1	5	Semester 2	0	100	1
ED3023	Investigating Mathematics for Teaching	5	Semester 2	0	100	1
ED3024	Embedding Digital Learning	5	Semester 2	0	100	1
ED3026	Music	5	Semester 2	0	100	1
ED3028	Promoting wellbeing through playing games	5	Semester 2	0	100	1
ED3030	Promoting SPHE in the Primary School	5	Semester 2	0	100	1
ED3031	Relating To People	5	Semester 2	0	100	1
ED3034	Visual Arts	5	Semester 2	0	100	1
ED3037	Dyslexia And Reading	5	Semester 2	0	100	1
ED3039	Environmental Systems	5	Semester 2	0	100	1
ED3040	Religious Education and the Child	0	Semester 2	100	0	1
ED3040X	Religious Education and the Child	5	Semester 2	0	100	1
ED3044	Work with Parents,Support Child Learning	5	Semester 2	0	100	1
ED3045	Classroom Communication & Reflective Practice	5	Semester 2	0	100	1
ED3046	Autism: Maximising Learning for Students 1	5	Semester 2	0	100	1
ED3047	Drama in the Classroom	5	Semester 2	0	100	1
ED3EE	Erasmus Experience	30	Semester 2	0	100	1
ED3EP	Eramus Portfolio	10	Semester 2	0	100	1
EL322	Childrens Literature: Genres and Forms	5	Semester 2	100	0	1
EL323	Young Adult Literature: Genres and Forms	5	Semester 2	100	0	1
FN313	An PrÃ³s Cruthaitheach	5	Semester 2	50	50	1
FN314	LitrÃocht an GhrÃ¡	5	Semester 2	100	0	1
GY313	Skills for Exploring the Environment	5	Semester 2	0	100	1
GY321	Spaces of Childhood and Youth	5	Semester 2	50	50	1
HD3110	Social Psychology	5	Semester 2	100	0	1
HD3130	Counselling and Psychotherapy	5	Semester 2	0	100	1
HY309	Exploring the Past Through Primary Sources	5	Semester 2	0	100	1
HY323	Inter-war Europe	5	Semester 2	67	33	1
MC311	Music: Genres & Practices 3	5	Semester 2	60	40	1
MC312	Musical Techniques 2	5	Semester 2	50	50	1
MS342	Problem Solving & Mathematical Modelling	5	Semester 2	50	50	1
MS348	Probability and Statistics	5	Semester 2	70	30	1
RL310	Moral Theology	5	Semester 2	100	0	1
RL311	Religion,Christianity,Culture & Athesim	5	Semester 2	0	100	1
RL312	Religion & Social Justice	5	Semester 2	0	100	1
SG301	Exploring Current Issues	5	Semester 2	0	100	1
SG302	Nature of Science	5	Semester 2	0	100	1
SG303	Sustainability & GEO Education	5	Semester 2	0	100	1
SG304	Agency & Action in GEO Education	5	Semester 2	0	100	1
SG305	Gaming to Learn	5	Semester 2	0	100	1
SG306	Creative Construction	5	Semester 2	0	100	1
SI301	Collaborative Practice	5	Semester 2	0	100	1
SI302	Curriculum and Pedagogy in SIE	5	Semester 2	0	100	1