Course Summary
Course Category: Tertiary Degrees
This programme is designed as a pathway into primary teaching that combines further education study with a clear transition into higher education.
The programme hopes to welcome students from a range of backgrounds and encourages participation from students who:
- Come from one or more of the National Access Plan (2022 – 2028) priority groups.
- Come from communities that experience disadvantage.
- Have experienced educational disadvantage.
The programme starts with Year 1 in EITHER Tipperary Education and Training Board (TETB) OR Limerick and Clare Education and Training Board (LCETB) and aims to build academic skills, confidence and readiness for progression to a Bachelor of Education – Primary Teaching with Mary Immaculate College, Limerick, where students will complete the remainder of their teaching studies. Students who successfully complete year 1 will be awarded, subject to validation, an NFQ Level 5 QQI Major Award in Education Studies – Primary Pathway.
Provider Locations:
Year 1
Apply to Tipperary FET College Nenagh OR
Apply to College of FET Mulgrave St. Campus
Years 2 to 5: At Mary Immaculate College, Limerick.
Course Details
This course prepares you for working in the following Career Sectors:
What will you study?
Progression to CAO Courses
The Student - Career Interests
This course is typically suited for people with the following Career Interests:
Social
The Social person's interests focus on interacting with the people in their environment. In all cases, the Social person enjoys the personal contact with other people in preference to the impersonal dealings with things, data and ideas found in other groups.
Many will seek out positions where there is direct contact with the public in some advisory role, whether a receptionist or a counsellor. Social people are motivated by an interest in different types of people and like diversity in their work environments. Many are drawn towards careers in the caring professions and social welfare area, whilst others prefer teaching and other 'informing' roles.
Linguistic
The Linguistic's interests are usually focused on ideas and information exchange. They tend to like reading a lot, and enjoy discussion about what has been said. Some will want to write about their own ideas and may follow a path towards journalism, story writing or editing. Others will develop skills in other languages, perhaps finding work as a translator or interpreter. Most Linguistic types will enjoy the opportunity to teach or instruct people in a topic they are interested in.
Further Research
Career Progression
Upon successful completion of the degree programme, applicants are eligible to register as a primary teacher with the Irish Teaching Council. Successful graduates of the programme may also be eligible for Level 9 and 10 postgraduate programmes within MIC and/or elsewhere.