Awards
Ordinary Bachelor Degree
Mode of Delivery: Full Time, ACCS
 
No. of Semesters : 6
NFQ Level: 7
Programme Credits: 180
Language of Instruction: English
Department: Wexford
 

Semester Schedules

Stage 1 / 60 ECTS / Semester 1
Elective Regulation
Students must have at least 80% attendance and mark of 40% in the module “Professional Social Care Theory and Practice ” in order to be eligible to go on placement and proceed to year 2. Students must have at least 80% attendance and mark of 40% in all modules to be eligible to go on placement and proceed to year 2. Learners are not permitted to carry any module into the next academic year. Academic Regulations Apply.
Mandatory
Module Code Module Title
PRAC C1701 Professional Social Care Theory and Practice
SOCL C1701 Introduction to Sociology for Social Care Practice
COMM C1701 Communications Research and Study Skills
PSYC C1701 Introduction to Psychology
CRTV C1701 Creative Skills 1
 

Stage 1 / 60 ECTS / Semester 2
Elective Regulation
Learners may EXIT at this stage of the programme with a Level 6 Minor Award, Certificate in Introduction to Social Studies (Embedded Exit Award), provided they have achieved the required learning outcomes and have accumulated 60 credits. Students must have at least 80% attendance and mark of 40% in the module 'Professional Social Care Practice: Contexts, models and legal system' in order to be eligible to go on placement and proceed to year 2. Students must have at least 80% attendance and mark of 40% in all modules to be eligible to go on placement and proceed to year 2. Learners are not permitted to carry any module into the next academic year. Academic regulations apply.
Mandatory
Module Code Module Title
MODL C1701 Professional Social Care Practice: Contexts, Models and Legal System
SOCG C1701 Introduction to Social Policy for Social Care Practice
DEVL C1701 Lifespan Development and Individual Difference
LAWS C1701 Safeguarding Children and Vulnerable Persons
SAFE C1701 Health and Safety in Social Care Practice
 

Stage 2 / 60 ECTS / Semester 1
Elective Regulation
A block placement of 12 weeks of 400 hours must be completed. In order to be eligible to go on placement , learners must have 80% attendance in the preparatory practice workshops. Learners who fail the work placement element of the Supervised Professional Practice 1 module shall be provided with one repeat opportunity in the next academic year, where IT Carlow is satisfied with the learner’s preparedness to practice. Academic Regulations Apply.
Mandatory
Module Code Module Title
PRTC C2702 Supervised Professional Practice 1
 

Stage 2 / 60 ECTS / Semester 2
Elective Regulation
Learners must have at least 80% attendance and a mark of 40% in all modules to pass that module, to be eligible to proceed to year 3 and go on placement in year 3. Students may EXIT at this stage of the programme with a Higher Certificate in Arts in Applied Social Studies (Embedded Exit Award), provided they have achieved the required level 6 learning outcomes and achieved 120 credits. Learners are not permitted to carry any module into the next academic year. Academic Regulations apply.
Mandatory
Module Code Module Title
SERV C2701 Community-based Social Care Services
WELL C2701 Health and Wellbeing in Social Care Practice
PSYC C2701 Psychology of Social Cognition
QUAL C2701 Sociological Perspectives on Contemporary Social Care Policy and Practice
DISB C2701 Disability and Positive Ageing
LAWS C2701 Legal Studies 1
 

Stage 3 / 60 ECTS / Semester 1
Elective Regulation
Learners must have at least 80% attendance in all modules and a mark of 40% in all modules to pass that module and be eligible to go on placement and proceed to year 4. Learners are not permitted to carry any module into the next academic year. Academic Regulations apply.
Mandatory
Module Code Module Title
FAMI C3701 Children and Families
LAWS C3701 Legal Studies 2
PSYC C3R04 Psychology of Mental Health and Neurodiversity
RECH C3701 Social Research Studies
SKLS C3701 Creative Skills 2
COMU C3701 Alternative to Home Care
 

Stage 3 / 60 ECTS / Semester 2
Elective Regulation
A block placement of 12 weeks of 400 hours must be completed. In order to be eligible to go on placement, learners must have 80% attendance in the preparatory practice workshops. In line with the provision of year-long module (within both Undergraduate and Postgraduate programmes) of at least 10 credits, Supervised Professional Practice 2 module will be assessed upon completion of semester 2 but workshops will take place in semester 1. Learners who fail the work placement element of the Supervised Professional Practice 2 module shall be provided with one repeat opportunity in the next academic year, where IT Carlow is satisfied with the learner’s preparedness to practice. Learners must also have completed at least 800 hours placement over the course of their programme of study to receive their award. Students may EXIT at this stage of the programme with a Bachelor of Arts in Applied Social Studies in Professional Social Care (Embedded Exit Award), provided they have achieved the required level 7 learning outcomes and accumulated 180 credits. Learners are not permitted to carry any module into the next academic year. Academic Regulations apply.
Mandatory
Module Code Module Title
PRTC C3701 Supervised Professional Practice 2