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Experience doing English Via Oscail DCU?

  • 17-04-2013 3:16pm
    #1
    zero_
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 54 ✭✭


    Hi,

    I'm just wondering can anyone give me advice if they had had any experience doing the English part-time degree in DCU via Oscail.

    I am a Hist/Geo teacher and want to add English. I would like to do two modules in the first year. Is this do-able? I will also be working full time.
    I don't want to take on too much and have to drop out.

    How much in terms of hours per week study would it be?

    Thanks to any replies! :)


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  • #2
    DrJames
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3 ✭DrJames


    Hi,

    You do not need to do the whole Oscail Humanities degree, or the Oscail English and History degree, in order to become registered with the Teaching Council for the teaching of English. You can become a BA Single Module (BASM) (http://www.dcu.ie/prospective/deginfo.php?classname=BASM&originating_school=) student and take four or five of the English Literature modules. The Teaching Council can tell you how many modules you would need to take, although it is typically five (Lit1 to Lit5) for those that have not studied English before and four (Lit2 to Lit5) for those who might have taken some introductory English previously. You would not have a diploma or degree at the end of it but you can get registered for teaching English quicker than working all the way to an exit award. Two modules would be typical of what Oscail students take on in a year, so that would be doable, but it depends on how much time/space you have in your life for studying. The official line on study time is 8 hours per module per week but again this depends on you and how easy/difficult you find the material. I haven't studied the modules myself so I will leave that to others.

    DrJ


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