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Academic Structures

Programme Academic Structure for 2023 - 2024, Bachelor of Education

This information is provisional & subject to change.

Year 1 Core Modules:

CodeTitleCreditSemesterExam %CA %Resit Category
ED1011Foundations in Education and ECE5Semester 101001
ED1014Visual Arts and Music Education5Semester 101001
ED1015Drama and Physical Education5Semester 201001
ED1017Assessment, DL & SIE5Year long01001
ED1020Teagasc na Gaeilge2.5Semester 201001
ED1021Literacy Education in the Early Years2.5Semester 210001
ED1022Mathematics Education2.5Semester 101001
ED1024Teacher as a Reflective Practitioner (PP)7.5Year long01002
ED1026SESE, Hist & Geog, Sci Ed & SPHE & Wellbeing5Semester 101001
ED1027Teaching Studies & Teacher as a Person5Year long01001
FN156Gaeilge5Year long60401

Year 1 Optional Modules -

CodeTitleCreditSemesterExam %CA %Resit Category
CCE101Scripture,Faith and Religious Diversity0Year long01001
ED1009Religions, Ethics & Moral Values (CIC)5Year long01001
ED1010Foundations in Catholic Religious Education5Semester 101001
ED1019Irish Language & Literature ( CIC)5Year long01001
FN155Gaeilge mar Bhunábhar5Year long01001
HD1110SPHE & Wellbeing in the Primary Sch Contexts5Year long01001
MC106Music: Genres and Practices 15Year long01001
MS118Discrete Mathematics5Year long75251
SG101Science Education5Year long60401
SI103Inclusion: Teacher Roles & Contexts5Year long01001

Year 2 Core Modules:

CodeTitleCreditSemesterExam %CA %Resit Category
ED2019Drama & Physical Education5Semester 101001
ED2020Visual Arts & Music Education5Semester 201001
ED2025Foundations in Education5Semester 101001
ED2026SPHE, Ethics, Geog & Hist Education 25Year long01001
ED2027Teagasc na Gaeilge2.5Semester 101001
ED2029Literacy Education2.5Semester 110001
ED2030Teaching Studies and Teacher as Professional5Year long01001
ED2031Mathematics Education2.5Semester 201001
ED2032Science Ed 2 & Early Childhood Education2.5Semester 201001
ED2033Reflection & Enquiry2.5Year long01001
ED2900Professional Placement10Semester 201002
FN275Gaeilge2.5Year long60401

Year 2 Optional Modules -

CodeTitleCreditSemesterExam %CA %Resit Category
AB101ASocial Media, Wellbeing & Society.0Semester 201001
AP206The Drama Continuum: From Make Believe Play5Semester 101001
AP208Expanding the strands of the Art Curriculum5Semester 101001
AP212Physical Education & Well-Being5Semester 101001
AP213Intro to Social Inclusion in Music Education5Semester 101001
CCE201Systematic and Moral Theology0Year long01001
EC223Young Children's Participation in ECEC5Semester 101001
EC323Developing the Writer in the Reader5Semester 101001
ED2009Religious, Ethics, Morals & Values Education5Year long01001
ED2018Religious Education and the Child5Semester 101001
ED2024Mindfulness and Wellbeing5Semester 101001
FN217An Litríocht mar Thuras5Semester 101001
HD2160Narrative, Imagination & Pedagogy5Semester 101001
PR201Teaching in Multi-Level Classrooms5Semester 101001
SG201Fundamentals in Science5Semester 140601
SG218Practices and Learning in History Education5Semester 101001
SG222Sense of Place & Sense of Space5Semester 101001
SG223Professional Knowledge for Teaching Mathemati5Semester 101001
SG224Computational Thinking Through Purposeful Pla5Semester 101001
SI214Foundations for Inclusion:Key Concepts5Semester 101001

Year 3 Core Modules:

CodeTitleCreditSemesterExam %CA %Resit Category
ED3011Integrated Learning across the Curriculum5Semester 201001
ED3048Philosophy, Ethics5Semester 201001
ED3049Literacy Education 32.5Semester 201001
ED3052Mathematics Education 32.5Semester 201001
ED3053Global Citizenship & Local Studies5Semester 201001
ED3056Teagasc na Gaeilge2.5Semester 210001
ED3901Professional Placement Studies5Year long01001
ED3902Professional Placement 35Semester 101002
ED3903Professional Placement 45Semester 101002
ED3904Professional Placement 55Semester 101002
FN383Gaeilge 32.5Semester 201001

Year 3 Optional Modules -

CodeTitleCreditSemesterExam %CA %Resit Category
AP301Curriculum and Inclusive Practice5Semester 201001
AP302Personal and Social Responsibility in PE5Semester 201001
AP303Embodiment, Education and the Arts5Semester 201001
AP304Drama and Early Childhood Education5Semester 201001
AP305Fine Arts5Semester 201001
AP306Environmental Art5Semester 201001
AP307Approaches to Multicultural Music Education5Semester 201001
AP308Music Education Encounters in and for SEN5Semester 201001
EC225Reading & Writing: Inclusive Practice5Semester 201001
EC321Formative Assessment of Early Learning5Semester 201001
EC322Multimodality in Early Childhood5Semester 201001
EC324New Literacies:Dyslexia5Semester 201001
EC325Early Childhood Education5Semester 201001
EC329Feasacht Teanga5Semester 201001
EC330An tSochtheangeolaíocht5Semester 201001
ED3041Religion,Ethics, Morals and Values5Semester 201001
ED3042Professional Practitioner in Religious Ed.5Semester 201001
ED3054Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction5Semester 201001
ED3EEErasmus Experience30Autumn Semester01002
ED3EPEramus Portfolio10Semester 201001
FN313An Prós Cruthaitheach5Semester 201001
FN314Litríocht an Ghrá5Semester 201001
HD3130Therapeutic Approaches,Well-being, Education5Semester 201001
HD3160Social Psychology & Well-Being5Semester 201001
SG207Meaning Making with Multimedia5Semester 201001
SG301Exploring Current Issues5Semester 201001
SG302Nature of Science5Semester 201001
SG303Sustainability & GEO Education5Semester 201001
SG304Agency & Action in GEO Education5Semester 201001
SG306Creative Construction5Semester 201001
SG307Storybooks for Citizenship Education5Semester 201001
SG308Citizenship Education in Placements5Semester 201001
SG309Project Approaches to Teaching & Learning5Semester 201001
SG310Lesson Study:Researching Mathematics Teaching5Semester 201001
SG311Perspectives on Mathematics5Semester 201001
SG314History Citizenship Identity & Intercultural5Semester 201001
SG315Teaching Controversial & emotive issues5Semester 201001
SI301Collaborative Practice5Semester 201001
SI302Curriculum and Pedagogy in SIE5Semester 201001

Year 4 Core Modules:

CodeTitleCreditSemesterExam %CA %Resit Category
ED4010Children, their wellbeing and society5Semester 101001
ED4013Special/Inclusive Ed & Social Inclusion5Semester 101001
ED4014Schools as Communities5Semester 101001
ED4015Research Project10Year long01001
ED4055Mathematics Education 42.5Semester 101001
ED4056Enabling Learning2.5Semester 101001
ED4057Language and Literacy Education2.5Semester 101001
ED4901Professional Placement 610Semester 201002
ED4902Professional Placement 710Semester 201002
FN431Gaeilge 42.5Semester 101001

Year 4 Optional Modules -

CodeTitleCreditSemesterExam %CA %Resit Category
AB101Social Media, Wellbeing & Society0Semester 201001
AP401Subject Leadership in Physical Education5Semester 101001
AP404Leadership in Drama Education5Semester 101001
AP405Creative Teaching: Subject Leadership5Semester 101001
AP406 Socially Inclusive Music Education5Semester 101001
CCE401Liturgy,Sacraments and Spirituality0Year long01001
EC421Transition to Schools5Semester 101001
EC422Develop and Sustain Literacy Leadership5Semester 101001
FN430Ceannaireacht Ábhair: Gaeilge5Semester 101001
HD411Care,Wellbeing and Professional Praxis5Semester 101001
HD413New Futures for the Disciplines/Foundations5Semester 101001
PR405Teaching,Leading,Learning in the Small School5Semester 101001
SG401Science Subject Leadership5Semester 101001
SG402Leadership in GEO Education5Semester 101001
SG403Designing, Learning with Digital Technologies5Semester 101001
SG410Subject Leadership in Mathematics Education5Semester 101001
SG418Digital literacies in History5Semester 101001
SI401Leadership for Inclusion5Semester 101001
UM404Uaneen - Contributing Module5Year long01001
UM405Uaneen Non-Contributing Module5Year long01001

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