Politics and Society for Teachers (Level 8)- Professional Diploma Programme content
Key information
Key information
- Complete part-time over two years.
- Delivered fully online, with online weekly in-person tutorials and a 2-3 day on campus Summer School.
- Modules taught during autumn, spring, and summer semesters.
- Programme Portfolio that invites integration of learning across the 2 years.
You will learn through a blend of
- Online lectures, workshops, and hands-on activities
- Reflective practice and guided research
- Regular feedback from faculty and peers
Programme content - Year 1
Core modules
- Education, Schooling and Society: Foundational Perspectives (EN4061) will equip participants with the theoretical understanding and practical skills necessary to become effective democratic educators.
- Government and Politics in Ireland (PO4061) will introduce students to the study of the government and politics in Ireland.
Books and journal articles needed for the course will be available online through the UL Glucksman Library.
For more information on each module, you can search the faculty, school and module code on UL’s Book of Modules.
Core modules
- Globalisation in the 21st Century (SO4062) provides a comprehensive introduction to the various discourses of globalisation.
- Modern European Political Thought (PO4142) will introduce you to some of the main arguments in the western tradition of political thought.
Books and journal articles needed for the course will be available online through the UL Glucksman Library.
For more information on each module, you can search the faculty, school and module code on UL’s Book of Modules.
Core modules (In-person, 2/3 day)
- Politics and Society for Teachers Summer School (EN4073) this serves as a pivotal experience, synthesising the content and learning from the first year while fostering participants' development as reflective teachers of Politics & Society.
Books and journal articles needed for the course will be available online through the UL Glucksman Library.
For more information on each module, you can search the faculty, school and module code on UL’s Book of Modules.
Programme content - Year 2
Core modules
- Integration, Inequality and Inclusion–Exclusion (SO4103) will examine the social dynamics of social and economic difference and how these shape large scale patterns of social equality/inequality and inclusion/exclusion.
- International Relations (PO4053) will outlines the major theories that can be used to analyse and understand international politics, including realism, liberalism, Marxism, constructivism, and feminism.
Books and journal articles needed for the course will be available online through the UL Glucksman Library.
For more information on each module, you can search the faculty, school and module code on UL’s Book of Modules.
Core modules
- Sociology of Sustainable Development (SO4024) introduces students to sociological approaches to recent global transformations with systemic environmental and economic effects in society.
- Government and Politics of the EU (PO4014) will provide students with a comprehensive introduction to the EU.
Books and journal articles needed for the course will be available online through the UL Glucksman Library.
For more information on each module, you can search the faculty, school and module code on UL’s Book of Modules.
