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Once you graduate from this course, you can teach these subjects up to Leaving Cert level or choose from a wide range of other exciting career paths.

This course offers a unique blend of academic subjects, taught in a way that emphasises learning through practical experiences. During the course, you’ll gain a comprehensive understanding of the content, theory, and skills of different physical activities (such as athletics, games, aquatics, dance, and outdoor activities), maths and education. You’ll also improve your communication, leadership, and critical thinking skills.

Future-proof your life

In both third and fourth year, you’ll do a comprehensive professional school placement and you can also choose to study overseas through the Erasmus programme. The course includes various ways of learning and teaching, for example face-to-face and online lectures, small group work, independent work, practical classes, professional placement, and research.

While you can go on to become a post-primary PE and maths teacher in Ireland or abroad, you’ll also well placed to go on to complete a coaching qualification or to pursue other careers in education, exercise science, physical education, physical therapy, and maths. Alternatively, you may go on to pursue a master’s or doctorate qualification.

Careers

When you graduate you will be qualified for teaching posts at all second-level schools (vocational, secondary, community and comprehensive schools) and for admission to the Open Register of the Teaching Council (see for further details).

Graduates are qualified to teach general science to Junior Certificate level and PE and Biology to Leaving Certificate level.

Through the many skills you have learned on this course, you can also pursue other options such as coaching, sports development and further education.

Career Areas

• Education
• Sports Development