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SG242
Early Childhood Care and Education

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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.

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4 Years
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This programme will equip students with a comprehensive knowledge base of all factors influencing children in contemporary society, including play, society, the family, diversity, creative studies (drama, music, art, dance, puppet making), children’s literature, sociology, psychology, primary education, social policy and law. The aim of the course is to deliver the skills required to improve the life outcomes of and opportunities for children.


Early Childhood Care Education - IT Sligo

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

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Graduates take up a range of professional career opportunities, including early childhood settings, crèches, nurseries, playgroups, pre-schools, primary schools and breakfast/ homework clubs. Graduates also find work in County Childcare Committees, Tusla (The Child and Family Agency) and communitybased Family Support programmes, as well as in specialist areas including additional needs services and early intervention projects.



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