Education & Health Sciences

This is a full-time one-year postgraduate programme. The programme will prepare successful graduates for a professional teaching qualification in Physical Education. The programme is offered by both the Department of Education and Professional Studies in the College of Education and by the Department of Physical Education and Sport Sciences in the College of Science.

The Master of Art in Psychology (MA Psychology) is a full-time 1-year conversion course that integrates existing undergraduate modules and postgraduate modules. The course - accredited by the Psychological Society of Ireland (PSI) - has been designed for students with prior experiences in psychology and research methods comparable to 1 year of study (10 modules; 60 ECTS). The undergraduate modules will be provided by the Department of Psychology (Education and Health Science); the postgraduate modules will be provided by the Department of Psychology, the Department of Design and Technology (Faculty and Science and Engineering), the Department of Personnel and Employment Relations (Kemmy Business School), and the Physical Education and Sport Sciences Department (Faculty of Education and Health Sciences). The MA in Psychology has been accredited by the Psychological Society of Ireland (PSI).

This is a full-time one-year or part-time two-year postgraduate programme. The programme will prepare successful graduates for a career in sports performance analysis, specialising in strength & conditioning, video analysis and nutrition. The programme is offered by the Department of Physical Education and Sport Sciences in the Faculty on Education and Health Sciences. The course will increase understanding of the processes of advanced practice in sport performance analysis, by appreciating and challenging the current practice and designing innovative alternatives.

Launching in January 2013 will be an additional suite of modules designed to broaden the MSc in Sports Performance. These modules will be psychology specific and will give students the chance to have a sport psychology specialisation with their MSc in Sports Performance qualification. As an alternative to sports nutrition and/or S&C based modules (Endurance sports, CSCS and Nutrition PBL) prospective students may now elect to take a psychology pathway through the MSc by taking the following modules- Performance Psychology; Psychology Problem Based Learning  (PBL); Psychological Skills Training for Sports Performance.

The Centre for Teaching and Learning in the University of Limerick aims to champion and support excellence, innovation and enhancements in teaching and learning activities within UL and throughout the sector. Dedicated to heightening the profile and value of teaching activities, collaboratively engaging in evidence-based research and enabling key teaching innovations, the centre works to provide support, to advise, to recognise and to facilitate all those involved in teaching and learning at UL.