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I would advise anybody wishing to pursue a career as a Midwife to focus on having science subjects in their Leaving Certificate. The basic entrance requirements are high at the moment so a good Leaving Certificate is essential (unless applying as a mature applicant).

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CW748
Early Childhood Education and Care

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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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4 Years
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This three-year programme is structured to enable participants to become professional, reflective practitioners with an integrated approach in early childhood education and care. Students will acquire skills in areas such as: children’s play; creative studies; care; education; children’s literature; sociology and social policy. In the second half of the programme, students can specialise depending on areas of interest. A supervised work placement in a variety of early years settings is a key element of the programme enabling students to learn from practice as well as theory.

The design and content of the programme has been determined by the Model Framework for Education, Training and Professional Development for the Early Childhood Care and Education sector. The programme includes a work placement that will bring students into direct contact with children and therefore offers for this programme are conditional and could subsequently be withdrawn if applicants do not successfully complete the Garda Vetting process.

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CW748 - Early Childhood Education and Care
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To view Mature Entry requirements, or alternative requirements, please visit Qualifax or the Colleges' website from the links available in the Course Details section above.

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This course will accept any QQI Level 5 or 6 Major Award as an entry requirement.
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Essential Module Requirements:
Three Distinctions

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Graduates of this programme will have the knowledge, competencies and skills to work directly with, or on behalf of, young people in a range of early year’s services. Graduates will be trained to think, act, manage and operate at the level of experienced practitioner. Employment opportunities include roles as managers, directors, co-coordinators or leaders in early years settings such as: pre-schools; crèches; special needs services; family support centres and community services in the statutory; voluntary; community; private sectors; government agencies and public agencies.



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Early Childhood Studies Dundalk IT - DKIT 
Early Years Care and Education Athlone IT - AIT 
Early Childhood - Teaching and Learning (part time) Maynooth University 
Education - Primary Teaching - Gaeltacht Applicants (Froebel) Maynooth University 
Education - Primary Teaching (Froebel) Maynooth University 
Mathematics with Education Maynooth University 
Early Childhood Education and Care - Wexford Campus Institute of Technology Carlow 
Early Childhood Education and Care Institute of Technology Carlow 
Science with Education Maynooth University 
Theology Pontifical University, St Patricks College 


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