Graduate Diploma / Masters in Religious Education

The Graduate Diploma/M.Ed. in Religious Education responds to needs emerging from the radically altered context of Religious Education. This programme is designed to achieve the following aims:

• To assist students in responding to present and emerging cultural and religious challenges in schools
• To enhance students' professional qualification in Religious Education and prepare them to become subject leaders
• To give students a comprehensive and critical grounding in contemporary issues in Religious Education
• To relate and apply theological reflection to a variety of educational contexts (primary/post-primary/adult).

The Graduate Diploma/M.Ed. in Religious Education is a part-time evening programme.

• Graduate Diploma: Consists of eight taught modules including core and elective modules studied over a period of two years.
  
• Transfer to M.Ed. in Religious Education: Through achieving 2.1 (or higher) in the Graduate Diploma.
  
• M.Ed. in Religious Education: Added to the Graduate Diploma - one year of part-time study to consist of one taught module in Educational Research Methods and the writing of a dissertation on an approved topic.