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BSc (Hons) Government - CK210

  • 08-06-2010 12:12am
    #1
    Mweelrea
    Registered Users Posts: 1,172 ✭✭✭


    Could anyone shed some light on this particular course. I noticed one of the career options was teaching, what kind of teaching would that be ?

    Thanks !


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  • #2
    JohnMearsheimer
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,302 ✭✭✭JohnMearsheimer


    I'm a Government graduate and my views of the course are here:

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055664739&highlight=Government&page=3

    As for teaching, that would be a career option with most degrees. An undergraduate degree makes you eligible for the Higher Diploma in Education which will allows you to teach in a secondary school. The Teaching Council recognises Government for the teaching of CSPE, Business and Economics but how they can say you're eligible to teach business and economics is beyond me. I only took 3 economics modules in college and most of my class avoided it as it was optional.

    If you have honours Irish you can do a postgrad in primary school teaching in Mary I, Hibernia etc... A girl from my class is now primary school teacher.

    If you go on to PhD level you can teach at a university.


  • #3
    Mweelrea
    Registered Users Posts: 1,172 ✭✭✭Mweelrea


    JohnMearsheimer wrote: »
    I'm a Government graduate and my views of the course are here:

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055664739&highlight=Government&page=3

    As for teaching, that would be a career option with most degrees. An undergraduate degree makes you eligible for the Higher Diploma in Education which will allows you to teach in a secondary school. The Teaching Council recognises Government for the teaching of CSPE, Business and Economics but how they can say you're eligible to teach business and economics is beyond me. I only took 3 economics modules in college and most of my class avoided it as it was optional.

    If you have honours Irish you can do a postgrad in primary school teaching in Mary I, Hibernia etc... A girl from my class is now primary school teacher.

    If you go on to PhD level you can teach at a university.

    Thank you very much, great help


  • #4
    Gary ol1
    Registered Users Posts: 2 ✭Gary ol1


    A further question about government and teaching,if you wanted a job as a business or ecomomics teacher at second level with the BSc government degree another applicant went for the same degree with a commerce degree,would the commerce graduates credentials be of a higher standard than the government students?


  • #5
    yenom
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 659 ✭✭✭yenom


    Most jobs with a government degree need a postgrad completion.


  • #6
    Gary ol1
    Registered Users Posts: 2 ✭Gary ol1


    ok thanks for that!


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  • #7
    JohnMearsheimer
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,302 ✭✭✭JohnMearsheimer


    Make sure you have enough credits done in the subject you want to teach...I think it's 60 credits off the top of my head.


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