Overview
Status: Active
National Framework Of Qualifications (NFQ) Level: 8
NFQ Award Class: Major Award
Duration Part Time: 4 Academic Year(s)
Total Credits: 240
Delivery Method: In-Person
Connected Curriculum: - Civic and Community Engagement
- Employability
- Inter-and Transdisciplinary
- Sustainability
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): - Good Health and Well-being
- Quality Education
- Gender Equality
- Reduced Inequality
- Sustainable Cities and Communities
- Responsible Consumption and Production
Graduate Attributes: - Creator, evaluator and communicator of knowledge
- Digitally Fluent
- Effective global citizen
- Independent and creative thinker
- Socially Responsible
Work-Integrated Learning (Including Placement): Yes
UCC policies applying to applicants/students on this programme: - Fitness to Practise Policy
- Student Vetting Policy and Procedure
Alternative Pathway for students not proceeding to Second or Third Education (Physical Education, Sports Studies and Arts)
The Bachelor of Sports Studies (Hons) is an alternative degree pathway for students who do not satisfy the pass standard for the placement module ED2325 (15 credits) in Year 2 of the BEd (Hons) (Physical Education, Sports Studies and Arts) programme, or who decide not to continue with their professional training in the BEd (Hons) Physical Education, Sports Studies and Arts programme (upon successful completion of Year 1 or during Year 2). Such students may opt instead to register for the Bachelor of Sports Studies (Hons). These students would then progress to either Second year or Third year Bachelor of Sport Studies (Hons) where, on successful completion of the programme (4 years in duration), they would graduate with a Bachelor of Sports Studies (Hons).
Note: Students who opt for this Pathway are not eligible for a professional teaching qualification.
Alternative Pathway for students not proceeding to Fourth Education (Sports Studies and Physical Education/Physical Education, Sports Studies and Arts)
The Bachelor of Sports Studies (Hons) is an alternative degree pathway for students who do not satisfy the pass standard for the placement module ED3329 (15 credits) in Year 3 of the BEd (Hons) (Physical Education, Sports Studies and Arts) programme, or who decide not to continue with their professional training in the BEd (Hons) Physical Education, Sports Studies and Arts programme. Such students may opt instead to register for the Bachelor of Sports Studies (Hons). These students would then progress to fourth year Bachelor of Sport Studies (Hons) where, on successful completion, they would graduate with a Bachelor of Sports Studies (Hons).
Note: Students who opt for this Pathway are not eligible for a professional teaching qualification.
Alternative Pathway for students not completing Fourth Education (Sports Studies and Physical Education/Physical Education, Sports Studies and Arts)
The Bachelor of Sports Studies (Hons) is an alternative degree pathway for students who do not satisfy the pass standard for the placement module ED4320 Placement 4, or who decide not to continue with their professional training in the BEd (Hons) Physical Education, Sports Studies and Arts. Such students may opt instead to register for the Bachelor of Sports Studies (Hons) and to complete ED4314Community Placement
(20 credits) within the restrictions of the three year rule. After successfully completing this module these students will then graduate with a Bachelor of Sports Studies (Hons).
Programme Requirements
For information about modules, module choice, options and credit weightings, please go to Programme Requirements.
Programme Requirements
For students who decide after second year to change their registration to the Bachelor of Sports Studies (from 2024/25 onwards)
Module List
| Code |
Title |
Credits |
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| AN1063 | Anatomy of Exercise | 5 |
| DH1001 | Introduction to the Digital Humanities | 5 |
| ED1308 | Sport Psychology - Fundamentals and Application | 5 |
| ED1309 | Motor Development for Learning and Skill Competence | 5 |
| ED1310 | Introduction to Exercise Physiology | 5 |
| ED1314 | Curriculum-Based Physical Activities 1 | 5 |
| ED1323 | Curriculum-Based Physical Activities 2 | 5 |
| ED1324 | Pedagogical Foundations | 5 |
| ED1325 | Curriculum and Pedagogical Coherence in Lower Secondary Education (Junior Cycle) | 5 |
| 15 |
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1 | |
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| ED2322 | Curriculum and Pedagogical Coherence in Upper Secondary Education (Senior Cycle) | 5 |
| ED2324 | Arts Subject Pedagogy 1 | 5 |
| ED2325 | School Placement 1 | 15 |
| ED2405 | Curriculum-Based Physical Activities 3 | 5 |
| ED2406 | Curriculum-Based Physical Activities 4 | 5 |
| 25 |
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| Chaucer: The Canterbury Tales and Related Texts | |
| American Literature to 1900 | |
| Women and Literature | |
| Colony and Nation: Irish Literature before 1900 | |
| Adaptation, Literature, and Culture | |
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| Old English Language | |
| Eighteenth-Century Literature | |
| Romance and Realism | |
| Introduction to Renaissance Literature | |
| Advanced French Language I 6 | |
| Literary Seminar I | |
| Topics in Literature and Culture | |
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| Love and Desire: An Introduction to Twentieth-Century French Thought | |
| France and the Great War | |
| Psychoactive substances in French culture and society: from Gautier to Preciado | |
| Postcolonial France 1958-2020 | |
| Africa: Colonialism to Continental Crisis | |
| Francophone Travel Narratives | |
| An Introduction to Translation Studies with French | |
| Úsáid agus Cruinneas na Gaeilge I | |
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| Filíocht na hOchtú hAoise Déag | |
| Léann agus Lámhscríbhinní na Gaeilge | |
| Logainmníocht na Gaeilge | |
| Dialanna na Gaeilge | |
| Cineálacha Scéalaíochta: An Litríocht Bhéil agus an Gearrscéal Liteartha | |
| Foghraíocht na Gaeilge | |
| An Ghaeltacht | |
| Teanga na Nua-Ghaeilge Luaithe | |
| Iriseoireacht na Gaeilge | |
| Seán Ó Ríordáin: filíocht agus prós | |
| Na Laoithe Fiannaíochta | |
| Sex, Gender and Power in History | |
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| Culture and Power: Renaissance Intellectual History, 1450-1650 | |
| The Vikings | |
| Sport and Society in Modern Ireland | |
| The Tudors and Ireland | |
| Crime, Violence, and Revolutionary Ireland, 1913-1925 | |
| Popular Justice and Social Control in Ireland, 1803-1940 | |
| 1989 Revolutions: Poland and East Central Europe - Transition to Democracy | |
| The Great Famine: its Making, Meaning and Memory | |
| The First World War, 1914-1918; International Relations, Politics and Society | |
| Anti-Semitism in Europe from the Middle Ages to the Holocaust | |
| Discrete Mathematics | |
| Geometry | |
| Multivariable Calculus with Financial Applications | |
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| Introduction to Mathematical Modelling | |
| Mechanics I | |
| Quantitative Research and Survey Sampling Methods | |
| Business Data Analytics | |
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| ED2405 | Curriculum-Based Physical Activities 3 | 5 |
| ED2406 | Curriculum-Based Physical Activities 4 | 5 |
| ED2007 | Physical Activity and Childhood Holistic Development | 5 |
| EH1010 | Introduction to Public Health | 5 |
| HI2036 | Sport and Society in Modern Ireland 7 | 5 |
| DR2012 | Cultures of Movement and Place | 10 |
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| ED2405 | Curriculum-Based Physical Activities 3 | 5 |
| ED2406 | Curriculum-Based Physical Activities 4 | 5 |
| ED2322 | Curriculum and Pedagogical Coherence in Upper Secondary Education (Senior Cycle) | 5 |
| ED2324 | Arts Subject Pedagogy 1 | 5 |
| ED2326 | Community Placement 1 | 15 |
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| AP2505 | Psychology of Childhood and Adolescence | 5 |
| DH2002 | Digital Tools and Methods II | 5 |
| ED2007 | Physical Activity and Childhood Holistic Development | 5 |
| ED3304 | Curriculum-Based Physical Activities 5 | 5 |
| ED3307 | Coaching Science | 5 |
| ED3308 | Health and Wellbeing | 5 |
| ED3327 | Creativity and Innovation in Education | 5 |
| ED3328 | Community-Based Physical Activity | 5 |
| 20 |
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| ED3304 | Curriculum-Based Physical Activities 5 | 5 |
| ED3307 | Coaching Science | 5 |
| ED3308 | Health and Wellbeing | 5 |
| ED3321 | Community Placement 2 | 15 |
| ED3327 | Creativity and Innovation in Education | 5 |
| ED3328 | Community-Based Physical Activity | 5 |
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| ED4107 | Conceptual Foundations in Inclusive Education | 5 |
| ED4314 | Community Placement 3 | 20 |
| ED4315 | Final Year Research Project | 10 |
| SS3006 | Education and Welfare | 5 |
| SS3019 | Science, Technology and Public Controversy | 5 |
| SS3011 | Youth Policy and Practice | 5 |
| SS3047 | Social Practice and the Social Professions 3 | 5 |
| AP3504 | Child and Family Health Psychology | 5 |
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| ED4104 | Conceptual Foundations in the Philosophy and History of Education | 5 |
| ED4105 | Conceptual Foundations in the Psychology and Sociology of Education | 5 |
| ED4106 | Conceptual Foundations in Curriculum and Assessment | 5 |
| ED4107 | Conceptual Foundations in Inclusive Education | 5 |
| ED4314 | Community Placement 3 | 20 |
| ED4315 | Final Year Research Project | 10 |
| | 5 |
| | 5 |
Examinations
Full details and regulations governing Examinations for each programme will be contained in the Marks and Standards Book and for each module in the Book of Modules.
Programme Learning Outcomes
Programme Learning Outcomes for BSpSt (Hons) (Bachelor of Sports Studies) (NFQ Level 8, Major Award)
On successful completion of this programme, students should be able to:
- Demonstrate discipline knowledge in physical activity and sport that enables graduates to work effectively in diverse contexts;
- Evaluate with critical awareness the role physical activity and sport plays in society and in life-long activity patterns;
- Demonstrate and apply curriculum knowledge and processes as appropriate for sports development;
- Critically engage in contemporary debates on issues relating to physical activity and sport;
- Apply intellectual leadership to progress the area of sport, physical activity and health;
- Engage and participate professionally in their community and take responsibility for their own life-long professional learning;
- Demonstrate a clear competency in numeracy and literacy skills in class and within assignments.
