Education - Primary Teaching Mary Immaculate College

Overview

Accredited by the Teaching Council, the Education - Primary Teaching program at University of Limerick seeks to equip participants with the competence to teach at all levels of the primary school. Reflecting the College's well-established reputation for excellence in teacher education, this programme enables students to examine their role as a learner, a teacher, a researcher and a leader. It comprises of on-campus study and school placement, and also gives students the opportunity to specialise in specific areas in education or the liberal arts. Insightful and challenging, the B Ed programme will prepare you for a varied and rewarding career as an educator.

Modules

The B Ed programme blends subject-specific teaching methods with modules interrogating contemporary issues in education. Over four years, students take 55 modules—47 of which are pre-defined, common to all and form the core programme.

As the programme is designed to facilitate student choice in pursuing areas of personal interest, choosing the remaining eight modules from a broad selection. Three of these must be liberal arts modules and the final five modules chosen determine whether the student graduates with a Multidisciplinary Bachelor of Education or a Bachelor of Education with a Specialism (both pathways are of equal merit).

Career Opportunities

The Bachelor of Education Honours Degree is designed to qualify students to teach in primary school. This University of Limerick accredited degree is an internationally recognised qualification and was the first programme of its kind to be accredited by the Teaching Council of Ireland. 

The course promotes the personal and intellectual development of students, while providing the professional and academic foundation for a career in teaching.