This concurrent initial teacher education (ITE) course has been recognised and accredited by The Teaching Council of Ireland
(www.teachingcouncil.ie/en/)
- School
- School of Education
- Attendance
- Full Time
- Level
- Undergraduate
- NFQ Level
- 8
- Award
- Bachelor of Education
- Mode of Delivery
- On Campus
- Programme Director
- Dr Eileen Bowman
- Overall Programme Credits:
- 240
- Programme Credits:
- Stage 1
Core/Option: 60 Electives: 0
Stage 2
Core/Option: 60 Electives: 0
Stage 3
Core/Option: 60 Electives: 0
Stage 4
Core/Option: 60 Electives: 0 - Major/Minor Core & Option Credits:
- Stage 1: 60
Stage 2: 40
Curricular information is subject to change.
Are you interested in studying to be a teacher of modern languages and/or an Ghaeilge at post-primary level? Are you passionate about teaching young people and making a positive impact on their lives? This innovative teacher education course prepares high quality language teachers to teach, inspire and lead across the Irish education system.
Stage 1
Subject/ Stream selection: You must select Gaeilge from the list of language streams below, along with one of the five modern languages offered on this programme: French, German, Italian, Portuguese and Spanish.
You must select one language culture option from the list below to fulfill stage 1 requirements. Please ensure that you choose a culture option in the modern language that you are studying. Please note, you will be required to take a second culture option module in your modern language in stage 2.
Stage 2
You must select one language culture option from the list below to fulfill stage 2 requirements. You must select an option in one of the languages you are studying, ensuring that you select an option in the language you did not select in stage 1. For example, if you are studying Gaeilge and Spanish, and selected a Gaeilge culture option in stage 1, a Spanish culture option must be taken in stage 2.
Below is a list of all modules offered for this degree in the current academic year. Click on the module to discover what you will learn in the module, how you will learn and assessment feedback profile amongst other information.
Incoming Stage 1 undergraduates can usually select an Elective in the Spring Trimester. Most continuing undergraduate students can select up to two Elective modules (10 Credits) per stage. There is also the possibility to take up to 10 extra Elective credits.
| Trimester | Credits | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Stage 1 Core Modules |
EDUC10180 | Irish Childhoods | Autumn | 5 |
Stage 1 Core Modules |
EDUC10240 | Introduction to Language Learning, Pedagogy & Communication | Autumn | 5 |
Stage 1 Core Modules |
EDUC10270 | What’s it for?” – Socio-Historic Perspectives on Education | Autumn | 5 |
Stage 1 Core Modules |
EDUC10220 | Education for a sustainable future | Spring | 5 |
Stage 1 Core Modules |
EDUC10250 | Professional Placement | Spring | 10 |
Stage 1 Core Modules |
EDUC10260 | Creative Pedagogies, Critical Thinking and Wellbeing in Education | Spring | 5 |
Stage 1 Options - A)1 of: You must select one language culture option from the list below to fulfill stage 1 requirements. Please ensure that you choose a culture option in the modern language that you are studying. Please note, you will be required to take a second culture option module in your modern language in stage 2. |
FR10120 | Reading Short French Texts: Literary Analysis | Autumn | 5 |
Stage 1 Options - A)1 of: You must select one language culture option from the list below to fulfill stage 1 requirements. Please ensure that you choose a culture option in the modern language that you are studying. Please note, you will be required to take a second culture option module in your modern language in stage 2. |
GER10120 | Spoken German for Beginners | Autumn | 5 |
Stage 1 Options - A)1 of: You must select one language culture option from the list below to fulfill stage 1 requirements. Please ensure that you choose a culture option in the modern language that you are studying. Please note, you will be required to take a second culture option module in your modern language in stage 2. |
GER10140 | Reading German Literature | Autumn | 5 |
Stage 1 Options - A)1 of: You must select one language culture option from the list below to fulfill stage 1 requirements. Please ensure that you choose a culture option in the modern language that you are studying. Please note, you will be required to take a second culture option module in your modern language in stage 2. |
ITAL20240 | Italian history 1815-1945 | Autumn | 5 |
Stage 1 Options - A)1 of: You must select one language culture option from the list below to fulfill stage 1 requirements. Please ensure that you choose a culture option in the modern language that you are studying. Please note, you will be required to take a second culture option module in your modern language in stage 2. |
PORT10110 | Postcolonial Portuguese World | Autumn | 5 |
Stage 1 Options - A)1 of: You must select one language culture option from the list below to fulfill stage 1 requirements. Please ensure that you choose a culture option in the modern language that you are studying. Please note, you will be required to take a second culture option module in your modern language in stage 2. |
SPAN10110 | Reading Hispanic Texts | Autumn | 5 |
Stage 1 Options - A)1 of: You must select one language culture option from the list below to fulfill stage 1 requirements. Please ensure that you choose a culture option in the modern language that you are studying. Please note, you will be required to take a second culture option module in your modern language in stage 2. |
FR10130 | French Fictions | Spring | 5 |
Stage 1 Options - A)1 of: You must select one language culture option from the list below to fulfill stage 1 requirements. Please ensure that you choose a culture option in the modern language that you are studying. Please note, you will be required to take a second culture option module in your modern language in stage 2. |
ITAL10110 | Italy | Spring | 5 |
Stage 2 Core Modules |
EDUC20030 | Key Ideas in Education | Autumn | 5 |
Stage 2 Core Modules |
EDUC20090 | Contemporary Language Pedagogy, Curriculum and Assessment | Autumn | 5 |
Stage 2 Core Modules |
EDUC20100 | Inclusive Ed for Additional N | Autumn | 5 |
Stage 2 Core Modules |
EDUC20080 | Professional Placement II | Spring | 20 |
Stage 2 Options - A)1 of: You must select one language culture option from the list below to fulfill stage 2 requirements. You must select an option in one of the languages you are studying, ensuring that you select an option in the language you did not select in stage 1; i.e. studying Gaeilge and German, if a German culture option is taken in stage 1, a Gaeilge culture option must be taken in stage 2. |
FR20130 | French New Wave | Autumn | 5 |
Stage 2 Options - A)1 of: You must select one language culture option from the list below to fulfill stage 2 requirements. You must select an option in one of the languages you are studying, ensuring that you select an option in the language you did not select in stage 1; i.e. studying Gaeilge and German, if a German culture option is taken in stage 1, a Gaeilge culture option must be taken in stage 2. |
GER20230 | Transcultural Encounters 1 | Autumn | 5 |
Stage 2 Options - A)1 of: You must select one language culture option from the list below to fulfill stage 2 requirements. You must select an option in one of the languages you are studying, ensuring that you select an option in the language you did not select in stage 1; i.e. studying Gaeilge and German, if a German culture option is taken in stage 1, a Gaeilge culture option must be taken in stage 2. |
GER20260 | Radical Thinkers | Autumn | 5 |
Stage 2 Options - A)1 of: You must select one language culture option from the list below to fulfill stage 2 requirements. You must select an option in one of the languages you are studying, ensuring that you select an option in the language you did not select in stage 1; i.e. studying Gaeilge and German, if a German culture option is taken in stage 1, a Gaeilge culture option must be taken in stage 2. |
IR20240 | An Ghaeilge ar an Scáileán | Autumn | 5 |
Stage 2 Options - A)1 of: You must select one language culture option from the list below to fulfill stage 2 requirements. You must select an option in one of the languages you are studying, ensuring that you select an option in the language you did not select in stage 1; i.e. studying Gaeilge and German, if a German culture option is taken in stage 1, a Gaeilge culture option must be taken in stage 2. |
ITAL20240 | Italian history 1815-1945 | Autumn | 5 |
Stage 2 Options - A)1 of: You must select one language culture option from the list below to fulfill stage 2 requirements. You must select an option in one of the languages you are studying, ensuring that you select an option in the language you did not select in stage 1; i.e. studying Gaeilge and German, if a German culture option is taken in stage 1, a Gaeilge culture option must be taken in stage 2. |
PORT20200 | Migration and Displacement in Portuguese-language global cinema | Autumn | 5 |
Stage 2 Options - A)1 of: You must select one language culture option from the list below to fulfill stage 2 requirements. You must select an option in one of the languages you are studying, ensuring that you select an option in the language you did not select in stage 1; i.e. studying Gaeilge and German, if a German culture option is taken in stage 1, a Gaeilge culture option must be taken in stage 2. |
SPAN20310 | Indigenous Cultures | Autumn | 5 |
Stage 2 Options - A)1 of: You must select one language culture option from the list below to fulfill stage 2 requirements. You must select an option in one of the languages you are studying, ensuring that you select an option in the language you did not select in stage 1; i.e. studying Gaeilge and German, if a German culture option is taken in stage 1, a Gaeilge culture option must be taken in stage 2. |
SPAN20320 | Spain on Screen | Autumn | 5 |
Stage 2 Options - A)1 of: You must select one language culture option from the list below to fulfill stage 2 requirements. You must select an option in one of the languages you are studying, ensuring that you select an option in the language you did not select in stage 1; i.e. studying Gaeilge and German, if a German culture option is taken in stage 1, a Gaeilge culture option must be taken in stage 2. |
SPAN20330 | Catalan Culture and Society | Autumn | 5 |
Stage 2 Options - A)1 of: You must select one language culture option from the list below to fulfill stage 2 requirements. You must select an option in one of the languages you are studying, ensuring that you select an option in the language you did not select in stage 1; i.e. studying Gaeilge and German, if a German culture option is taken in stage 1, a Gaeilge culture option must be taken in stage 2. |
FR20160 | The Realist Novel | Spring | 5 |
Stage 2 Options - A)1 of: You must select one language culture option from the list below to fulfill stage 2 requirements. You must select an option in one of the languages you are studying, ensuring that you select an option in the language you did not select in stage 1; i.e. studying Gaeilge and German, if a German culture option is taken in stage 1, a Gaeilge culture option must be taken in stage 2. |
FR20180 | La France d'aujourd'hui | Spring | 5 |
Stage 2 Options - A)1 of: You must select one language culture option from the list below to fulfill stage 2 requirements. You must select an option in one of the languages you are studying, ensuring that you select an option in the language you did not select in stage 1; i.e. studying Gaeilge and German, if a German culture option is taken in stage 1, a Gaeilge culture option must be taken in stage 2. |
GER20200 | Auf Deutsch Handeln | Spring | 5 |
Stage 2 Options - A)1 of: You must select one language culture option from the list below to fulfill stage 2 requirements. You must select an option in one of the languages you are studying, ensuring that you select an option in the language you did not select in stage 1; i.e. studying Gaeilge and German, if a German culture option is taken in stage 1, a Gaeilge culture option must be taken in stage 2. |
GER20280 | Große Reden | Spring | 5 |
Stage 2 Options - A)1 of: You must select one language culture option from the list below to fulfill stage 2 requirements. You must select an option in one of the languages you are studying, ensuring that you select an option in the language you did not select in stage 1; i.e. studying Gaeilge and German, if a German culture option is taken in stage 1, a Gaeilge culture option must be taken in stage 2. |
IR20310 | Bunchlocha an Aistriúcháin | Spring | 5 |
Stage 2 Options - A)1 of: You must select one language culture option from the list below to fulfill stage 2 requirements. You must select an option in one of the languages you are studying, ensuring that you select an option in the language you did not select in stage 1; i.e. studying Gaeilge and German, if a German culture option is taken in stage 1, a Gaeilge culture option must be taken in stage 2. |
PORT20210 | Portuguese Today | Spring | 5 |
Stage 2 Options - A)1 of: You must select one language culture option from the list below to fulfill stage 2 requirements. You must select an option in one of the languages you are studying, ensuring that you select an option in the language you did not select in stage 1; i.e. studying Gaeilge and German, if a German culture option is taken in stage 1, a Gaeilge culture option must be taken in stage 2. |
PORT20220 | Reading Portuguese Texts | Spring | 5 |
Stage 2 Options - A)1 of: You must select one language culture option from the list below to fulfill stage 2 requirements. You must select an option in one of the languages you are studying, ensuring that you select an option in the language you did not select in stage 1; i.e. studying Gaeilge and German, if a German culture option is taken in stage 1, a Gaeilge culture option must be taken in stage 2. |
SPAN20240 | Latin American Culture I | Spring | 5 |
Stage 2 Options - A)1 of: You must select one language culture option from the list below to fulfill stage 2 requirements. You must select an option in one of the languages you are studying, ensuring that you select an option in the language you did not select in stage 1; i.e. studying Gaeilge and German, if a German culture option is taken in stage 1, a Gaeilge culture option must be taken in stage 2. |
SPAN20290 | 21st-C Spanish fictions | Spring | 5 |
Stage 2 Options - A)1 of: You must select one language culture option from the list below to fulfill stage 2 requirements. You must select an option in one of the languages you are studying, ensuring that you select an option in the language you did not select in stage 1; i.e. studying Gaeilge and German, if a German culture option is taken in stage 1, a Gaeilge culture option must be taken in stage 2. |
SPAN20300 | Spaces of Conflict in Spanish Film | Spring | 5 |
| Stage 1 Options - Subject/Streams | ELCD | Spanish | ||
| Stage 1 Options - Subject/Streams | FRC8 | French | ||
| Stage 1 Options - Subject/Streams | GRCG | German | ||
| Stage 1 Options - Subject/Streams | ITCC | Italian | ||
| Stage 1 Options - Subject/Streams | MIC4 | Irish | ||
| Stage 1 Options - Subject/Streams | PRC7 | Portuguese | ||
| Stage 2 Options - Subject/Streams | ELCD | Spanish | ||
| Stage 2 Options - Subject/Streams | FRC8 | French | ||
| Stage 2 Options - Subject/Streams | GRCG | German | ||
| Stage 2 Options - Subject/Streams | ITCC | Italian | ||
| Stage 2 Options - Subject/Streams | MIC4 | Irish | ||
| Stage 2 Options - Subject/Streams | PRC7 | Portuguese |
See the UCD Assessment website for further details
Module Weighting Info
Module Weighting Info
| Award | GPA | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Programme | Module Weightings | Rule Description | Description | ||
| BHSOC019 | Stage 4 - 50.00% Stage 3 - 30.00% Stage 2 - 20.00% |
Standard Honours Award | First Class Honours | 3.68 |
4.20 |
| Second Class Honours, Grade 1 | 3.08 |
3.67 |
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| Second Class Honours, Grade 2 | 2.48 |
3.07 |
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| Pass | 2.00 |
2.47 |
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