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CK111
Early Years and Childhood Studies

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Undergraduate awards typically reflect three to five years of study after secondary school and include Ordinary (Level 7) and Honours Bachelor Degrees and Higher Diplomas (Level 8's).

Undergraduate awards may be achieved directly or through a series of progression steps. Learners may choose to progress upwards from a Level 5 to a Level 6, Level 7 and finally a Level 8.

Undergraduate awards are awarded by the QQI, HEA or Higher Education Institutes.

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3rd level Graduates are qualified for a wide range of occupations, and their education prepares them for roles involving specific skills, and for coordinating, supervising, managing, or training others. Examples include accountants, sales managers, computer programmers, teachers, chemists, environmental engineers, criminal investigators, and financial analysts.

Level on the National Framework of Qualifications
3 Years
Duration of course
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This course aims to develop students knowledge and skills in a wide range of areas concerning early childhood learning. They study subjects such as education, social policy, psychology, child health, and welfare. Educational and work placements in the second and third years place the theory into practice.

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 CK111 - Early Years and Childhood Studies
UCC (NUI)

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CK111 - Early Years and Childhood Studies
Qualifax - The National Courses Database
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PLC courses leading to the following QQI Major Awards may be used for entry into this course.

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Old Code New Code Award Title
DCHSC  5M2009  Early Childhood Care and Education
DCXXX  6M2007  Early Childhood Care and Education

Essential Module Requirements:
Must have distinctions in 5 modules (excluding 5N1356 - Work Experience; 6N1946 - Work Experience; W20008 - Work Experience; 5N1433 - Work Practice; 6N1947 - Work Practice) in the QQI FET/FETAC qualification which must include two of the following modules:


5N1764 - Child Development
or 6N1942 - Child Development
or D20005 - Child Development
or L22679 - Child and Adolescent Development

5N1773 - Early Childhood Education and Play

6N1944 - Early Childhood Curriculum

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Positions requiring organisational and managerial skills in the rapidly expanding areas of preschool facilities, cr?ches, after school services for children.



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