24 monthsProgramme duration
9,000 EURTuition Fee/year
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Programme overview
Main Subject
Education and Training
Degree
MEd
Study Level
Masters
Study Mode
On Campus
The MEd masters degree is a modularised programme and can be attained through a credit accumulation process, the focus is on the continuing professional development of teachers and educators at all levels of education. Students can design their own special programme from the available modules to suit their own professional specialisation, research areas and personal interests. However, students should note that a minimum and maximum quota of students will be applied to each module.
- MEDOD - MEd Modular (120-credit route): Applicants meeting the initial entry requirements should apply for the 120-credit route.
- MEDM - MEd Modular (60-credit route): Applicants meeting the initial entry requirements and who have an approved postgraduate diploma in the general education area or equivalent (with an honours grade) should apply for the 60-credit route. Equivalencies are subject to the School and College approval.
Programme overview
Main Subject
Education and Training
Degree
MEd
Study Level
Masters
Study Mode
On Campus
The MEd masters degree is a modularised programme and can be attained through a credit accumulation process, the focus is on the continuing professional development of teachers and educators at all levels of education. Students can design their own special programme from the available modules to suit their own professional specialisation, research areas and personal interests. However, students should note that a minimum and maximum quota of students will be applied to each module.
- MEDOD - MEd Modular (120-credit route): Applicants meeting the initial entry requirements should apply for the 120-credit route.
- MEDM - MEd Modular (60-credit route): Applicants meeting the initial entry requirements and who have an approved postgraduate diploma in the general education area or equivalent (with an honours grade) should apply for the 60-credit route. Equivalencies are subject to the School and College approval.
Admission Requirements
To apply for entry to the M.Ed degree modular programme you must hold:
- a primary degree and the Professional Master of Education (formerly the Postgraduate/Higher Diploma in Education) with a Second Class Honours in one (or its' equivalent)
- or have a Second Class Honours BEd degree, (or its' equivalent)
- or have a Second Class Honours BSc (Education in Physical Sciences), (or its' equivalent)
- or have a Second Class Honours Grade I in a primary honours degree (NFQ, Level 8) BA (Hons) Degree in Early Years & Childhood Studies (or its' equivalent)
Professional teaching experience, equivalent to five full years (excluding initial teacher education), will be considered as an honours equivalent.
Furthermore applicants must also possess a minimum of one year’s post teacher education professional teaching experience, or certified equivalent (e.g. research in schools, voluntary work with schools, working with school teams).In addition to the above requirements, applicants who have achieved at least a Second Class Honours grade in one of the following postgraduate diplomas (or equivalent – equivalencies are subject to School and College approval) will be eligible to apply for the 60 credit route:
Approved Postgraduate Diplomas:
- Postgraduate Diploma in Educational Administration
- Postgraduate Diploma in Educational Leadership
- Postgraduate Diploma in the Teaching of Religious Education
- Postgraduate Diploma in the Teaching of Science in the Primary School
- Postgraduate Diploma in Special Education Needs/Postgraduate Diploma in Learning Support/Compensatory and Remedial Education
- Postgraduate Diploma in Innovation through Design Thinking
- Postgraduate Diploma in Curriculum Studies (CSPE)
- Postgraduate Diploma in Guidance and Counselling
- Postgraduate Diploma in Italian/Spanish for Post-Primary Teachers
- Postgraduate Diploma in English and the Teaching of English
- An tArd Teastas i dTeagasc agus i Litriocht na Gaeilge
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