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M-Level

Part-time Masters-level Courses for Teachers

  • Master of Education (MEd)
  • Diploma in Advanced Studies in Education (DASE)
  • Advanced Certificate in Education (AdvCertEd)

Aims of the Programme

The aims of the masters-level programme are to provide teachers and education- related professionals with the opportunity to:

  • engage in informed debate about major issues in education and training;
  • reflect in depth on the relationship between theory and practice in their professional context;
  • develop further their competences within their specialist areas;
  • keep abreast of research and developments in education; and
  • design, conduct and critically appraise research.

The M-level Pathway Course Structure.

 

 

Course Structures

The AdvCertEd, DASE and MEd are part-time modular courses within the masters-level programme.

For students entering the programme from September 2006 onwards all successfully completed masters-level modules will attract 30 M-points.


 

Master of Education (MEd)

180 M-points

4 M-level modules, plus a 15-20,000 word dissertation.

 

2 modules chosen from specialist option

1 research module

1 other module from the listed options

Dissertation

 

 

Diploma in Advanced Studies in Education

(DASE)

120 M-points
4 M-level modules

 

2 modules chosen from specialist option

2 other modules from the listed options

 

 

 

Advanced Certificate in Education
(AdvCertEd)

60 M-points
2 M-level modules

 

2 modules from the listed options

 

Specialist Options Offered at
St. Mary's University College


DASE and MEd awards have named specialist options (listed below). Each has a specified set of core modules from which students study at least two:

 

Master of Education/ DASE

  • Curriculum Development and Primary Education
  • Early Years Education
  • Education Management and School Organisation
  • English and Literacy in the Curriculum
  • Special Education
  • Inclusive Education

 

  

Assessment

 

All modules are assessed by coursework. There are no formal written examinations.

 

 

Location

 

Within the overall pathway a number of options will be provided at St. Mary's University College and a number at Stranmillis University College. The options listed opposite are offered at St. Mary's University College.

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