Home Economics and Irish (St. Angela's)

The Bachelor of Arts (Education, Home Economics and Irish) and Professional Master of Education (with Home Economics) is a concurrent teacher education degree leading to a National Framework of Qualifications (NFQ) level 9 Master’s.After four years students will be awarded a Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Education, Home Economics and Irish; an NFQ level 8 honours degree. In order to qualify to teach, students must progress into Stage 5 which carries the award Professional Master of Education (PME) at NFQ Level 9. Upon graduation students will meet all the Teaching Council requirements to be registered as a Newly Qualified Teacher (NQT) in Home Economics and Irish. The course is an integrated five-year process. Students do not have to compete for a place in the fifth stage. Students must reach the required standard of H2.2 after Stage 4, however, before they can progress to Stage 5.