As an undergraduate, you will study a four-year Science degree,
while also completing 60 credits in Education.
After four years you are awarded a BSc Science (with Education)
degree – a level 8 honours degree. You now have two pathways
open to you:
1. You can choose to exit your studies with your level 8
qualification and take a different path in your education or
career.
2. You can continue with your studies to become a fully
qualified teacher. This means you complete one further year
of study at postgraduate level - required in order to meet the
Teaching Council requirements to be registered as a Newly
Qualified Teacher (NQT) in two subjects. Having graduated
with your Level 8 BSc Science (with Education) degree, you
are guaranteed your place in this postgraduate year. At the
end of year five of your studies, you will be a fully qualified
second-level science and mathematics teacher, up to Leaving
Certificate level.
