This Adult Guidance & Counselling Masters is designed to offer experienced practitioners in the field of adult guidance grounding in practitioner research. Candidates will be required to submit a dissertation in which there is particular emphasis on reflexivity and practice.
| Course Location | Maynooth, Kildare |
| Course Type | Classroom Based |
| Course Qualification | Masters Degree |
| Awarding Body | National University of Ireland |
| Course Duration | 1 year Part-time |
| Course Fee | POA |
| Entry Requirements | A primary honours degree or Postgraduate Diploma in Arts (Adult Guidance and Counselling) or equivalent; 3 years experience in the field. An informal interview will also be required. Recognition of prior learning may apply for candidates who have achieved a grade of 2:1 or higher in the Diploma in Arts (Adult Guidance and Counselling). For international students for whom English is not their first language, an English language exam certificate showing IELTS 6.5 (or equivalent) is required. |
| Career Path | In addition to practitioners in mainstream adult and community education settings, the MEd has also been found useful by tutors, counsellors and psychotherapists, local government personnel and those working in education and development settings. |
| Course Code | MHA51 |
The aim of this course is to provide participants with a broad overview of key theoretical frameworks in relation to substance misuse and dependence, and to enable them to develop basic helping and intervention skills.
The Department of Adult and Community Education in Maynooth University takes a very different approach to teaching and learning than a lot of people will have encountered through their previous educational experiences.
The course had been developed by the Department of Adult and Community Education, Maynooth University in collaboration with stakeholders in the field of Adult Guidance.
This Certificate Modular Programm contains different modules : Theorizing Society, Project Planning and Management, Sociology of the Body and Sexuality, Philosophy of Adult & Community Education, Introduction to Anthropology, Youth Culture : The Meaning of Style & Rites of Passage, Social Research, Critical Social Theory.
