Postgraduate Diploma in Dementia

Overview

Status: Active
National Framework Of Qualifications (NFQ) Level: 9
NFQ Award Class: Major Award
Total Credits: 60
Connected Curriculum:
  • Civic and Community Engagement
  • Employability
  • Global Reach
  • Inter-and Transdisciplinary
  • Research Based Teaching
  • Sustainability

Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs):
  • Good Health and Well-being
  • Quality Education
  • Gender Equality
  • Reduced Inequality
  • Sustainable Cities and Communities

Graduate Attributes:
  • Creator, evaluator and communicator of knowledge
  • Digitally Fluent
  • Effective global citizen
  • Independent and creative thinker
  • Socially Responsible

UCC policies applying to applicants/students on this programme:
  • Student Vetting Policy and Procedure


Exit Award only

Upon satisfactory completion of 60 taught credits, to include modules CG6015, CG6016 and CG6017, a student on the MSc (Dementia) programme may opt not to proceed with / complete the dissertation (CG6018), exit the programme and be conferred with a Postgraduate Diploma in Dementia. A student who subsequently applies to continue to Master's level must do so within 5 years of successful completion of exiting the programme.

Programme Requirements

For information about modules, module choice, options and credit weightings, please go to Programme Requirements