Expand+Minimum H4 in either a Lab Science subject, Maths or Applied Maths. Minimum grade H5 in one other subject and minimum grade O6/H7 in four other subjects. Subjects must include Irish, English, Maths and a Lab Science subject (Biology, Chemistry, Physi...

Hide-Minimum H4 in either a Lab Science subject, Maths or Applied Maths. Minimum grade H5 in one other subject and minimum grade O6/H7 in four other subjects. Subjects must include Irish, English, Maths and a Lab Science subject (Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Physics with Chemistry or Agricultural Science). NOTE if the H4 is in Maths or Applied Maths, an O6/H7 in a lab Science subject is also required.

A condition of enrolment on this programme is that all incoming students have cleared the vetting process in accordance with University policy and the National Vetting Bureau (Children and Vulnerable Persons) Act 2012.

Expand+To compete for a place as a school leaver, an applicant must satisfy the minimum entry requirements as well as any specific programme requirements, and then compete on the basis of the results obtained in their school leaving examinations.

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Hide-To compete for a place as a school leaver, an applicant must satisfy the minimum entry requirements as well as any specific programme requirements, and then compete on the basis of the results obtained in their school leaving examinations.

Applicants may combine results achieved in different sittings for the purpose of meeting the minimum entry requirements for programmes, with the exception of Medicine (CK701). However, results achieved in separate years of school-leaving exams may not be combined for the purpose of scoring points.

Leaving Certificate applicants compete on the basis of a Points scheme.

Age Limits for Entry
For 2020 entry, CAO applicants for full-time degree programmes should have reached 17 years of age by 15th January 2021. Where a candidate below that age seeks to enter UCC, a special application must be made by the applicant to the Admissions Officer. Such an application should be accompanied by a letter of support from the Principal of the school at which the student is completing their school leaving examination.

Exemption from Irish And/Or The 3rd Language
In certain circumstances, applicants may be exempt from Irish and/or the third language requirement. Please refer to the NUI Handbook, the UCC Calendar or talk to your Guidance Counsellor for further details.

Infectious Diseases Policy
Students enroled on certain courses in the College of Medicine and Health are at increased risk of contracting and transmitting certain infectious diseases as a result of being in the clinical environment as part of their course. It is important, therefore, in order to protect patients and students that healthcare students are screened for, and immunized against, certain infectious illnesses. Students enroling in the School of Nursing and Midwifery are screened and immunized by the Health Service Executive Occupational Health Service and are subject to the HSE policies in this regard. All other undergraduate students in the College of Medicine and Health are subject to the UCC Infectious Disease Screening and Blood Borne Virus Policy. Details will be sent from the Admissions Office once a student has accepted his/her place.

Expand+QQI FET (FETAC) Students
Entry to degree programmes at UCC is available on a competitive basis to students who present with a recognised QQI award. For a full list of linked programmes, and the relevant QQI FET requirements, see www.ucc.ie/ e...

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Entry to degree programmes at UCC is available on a competitive basis to students who present with a recognised QQI award. For a full list of linked programmes, and the relevant QQI FET requirements, see www.ucc.ie/ en/study/undergrad/fetac.

Students must meet the requirements and have achieved distinctions in the awards as outlined for each programme.

Due to the competitive nature of the Nursing Programmes, scores will only be calculated when the appropriate award is presented together with all the required modules and grades from a single sitting. For full details of the QQI FET award scoring scheme see www.qqi.ie.

Expand+Mature Students
UCC reserves places for mature students on almost all undergraduate degree programmes. Mature students do not need Leaving Certificate points to enter UCC. However, some degree programmes have specific educational requirements and i...

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UCC reserves places for mature students on almost all undergraduate degree programmes. Mature students do not need Leaving Certificate points to enter UCC. However, some degree programmes have specific educational requirements and it is essential that prospective applicants check the Mature Student Guide, the Mature Student Office website, or contact a Mature Student Advisor for further details.

To be eligible to compete for a place as a mature student, applicants must be 23 years of age on or before the 1st January 2020. Application is made through the CAO by 1 February 2020. There is no late application date for mature students. UCC allows mature applicants to change the order of their CAO preferences up to 1 July. The completed application form is a vital component of the selection process.

The Mature Student Office will be pleased to help you with your application. The Mature Student Guide gives details of all aspects of the application and selection procedures as well as financial matters. This Guide is available on request from the Mature Student Office. The MSAP selection test for mature students to the College of Arts, Celtic Studies and Social Sciences will take place in March 2020.

Contact Information: Mature Student Office 1–2 Brighton Villas T: +353 (0)21 490 3670 E: mso@ucc.ie

Expand+Early online application (discounted): Fee €30 Closing Date: 20 January 2020 at 5:15pm

Normal online application: Fee €45 Closing Date: 1 February 2020 at 5:15pm

Late online application - restrictions apply (see page 3 2020 CAO Handbook): F...

Hide-Early online application (discounted): Fee €30 Closing Date: 20 January 2020 at 5:15pm

Normal online application: Fee €45 Closing Date: 1 February 2020 at 5:15pm

Late online application - restrictions apply (see page 3 2020 CAO Handbook): Fee: €60 Closing Date: 1 May 2020 at 5:15 pm

Change of Mind - restrictions apply (see page 3 2020 CAO Handbook): Fee: Nil Closing Date: 1 July 2020 5:15 pm

Exceptional online late application (see page 21 of the 2020 CAO Handbook): Fee €60 Closing Date: 22 July 2020 at 5:15pm

Be sure to complete any action well in advance of closing dates. You should avoid making an application close to a closing date. No extensions to closing dates will be allowed and all application fees are non-refundable.

LATE APPLICATIONS
Late Applications are those which are received after 5:15pm on 1 February 2020. The closing date for late applications is 5:15pm on 1 May 2020, subject to the restricitions listed on page 3 of the 2020 CAO Handbook. The online facility for late applications opens on the 5 March 2020 at 12:00 noon - a fee of €60 applies.

Exceptional Late Applications (Exception to the timetable)
The exceptional closing date of 22 July at 5:15pm applies only to applicants who are registered as an undergraduate student on 1 May 2020 in any year in any one of the participating HEIs (subject to the exclusions listed below). In order to avail of the Exceptional Late Application facility you must have entered the HEI through the CAO system.

If you did not enter your current course through the CAO system, you must first contact the Admissions Office of the HEI to which you wish to apply and they will inform you if you may submit an application direct to the institution.

Exclusions:
You may submit a late application only for entry to courses other than your existing course. If you wish to repeat the year in the same course you must arrange this within your HEI.

Mary Immaculate College Limerick, Marino Institute of Education, Trinity College Dublin, University of Limerick, Maynooth University and Galway Mayo Institute of Technology have special procedures in place in the case of current or previous students who wish to apply for entry to another course in the same HEI. Such applicants must contact their Admissions Office to determine the application procedure. However, if you are a student in another HEI and you wish to apply to any of these five HEIs, you should apply through CAO.

Refer to page 21 of the 2020 CAO Handbook on how to make an Exceptional Late Application.

Restricted-category Applicants
Mature applicants – most HEIs will require mature applicants, who wish to be assessed on mature grounds, to have applied to CAO by 1st February 2020 at 5:15pm, and include course choices by that date or add them using the Change of Course Choices facility for a fee of €10 before 1 March at 5:15pm. (This restriction does not apply if the applicant wishes to be considered on the basis of school leaving qualifications only.) For more information about applying to CAO on the basis of mature years go to www.cao.ie/mature.

Applying for the DARE and/or HEAR – to be considered for DARE and/or HEAR, applicants must have registered on the CAO system by 1 February 2020 at 5:15pm. To apply to DARE, you must answer YES to Question 1 ('Do you wish to be considered for DARE?) on Section A of the fully completed Supplementary Information Form (SIF) by 5:15pm on 1 March 2020.

To apply to HEAR, you must indicate on your CAO application that you wish to apply for HEAR and fully and correctly complete all elements of the online HEAR form by 5:15pm on 1 March 2020.

Supporting documents for DARE and/or HEAR applicants must be sent to CAO offices before 15 March 2020 at 5:15pm

Expand+Introduction
Public Health Professionals focus on preventing disease and promoting health in populations. The BSc Public Health programme equips students with the wide range of knowledge and skills to become 21st century public health practitioners...

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Public Health Professionals focus on preventing disease and promoting health in populations. The BSc Public Health programme equips students with the wide range of knowledge and skills to become 21st century public health practitioners.

Why Study
This degree programme offers students an integrated learning experience in an interdisciplinary setting. It provides a broad-based training, reflecting the range of skills that are involved in keeping people healthy and preventing disease, including:

• assessing health and wellbeing of populations

• investigating complex public health problems such as obesity and HIV/AIDS

• investigating outbreaks of infectious diseases e.g. Mumps, Salmonella or Ebola

• assessing the health impact of policy at local, national and global level.

Work Placement
Students undertake a 12-week work placement at the end of Year 3, providing them with the opportunity to experience the working world and apply theory to practice. The BSc Public Health programme has built strong relationships with national and international organisations, including HSE Public Health Departments, Safefood, Public Health England and the WHO in Copenhagen, all of which accept UCC students on placement. The work placement opens doors to future work opportunities, with a large number of employers recruiting graduates in Ireland, elsewhere in Europe, and in other economically developed or developing countries.

Alternatively, a limited number of students may be permitted to undertake the Third Year of their BSc Public Health Sciences studies abroad, at an approved institution.

Key Facts

• It is the only undergraduate degree in public health in Ireland

• The broad-based training in the programme provides graduates with multiple options, when seeking employment or postgraduate courses

• The Department is involved in major national research focusing on nutritional epidemiology, looking at causes and prevention of obesity, Type 2 diabetes and coronary heart disesase, tobacco control and health services research. As such, the degree programme is facilitated to prepare graduates for the complex working world.

Expand+Year 1 Modules:

CORE: EH1004 Epidemiology I (10 credits); EH1006 Perspectives on Public Health (5 credits); EH1007 Introduction to Health Information Systems (HIS) (5 credits); EH1009 Determinants of Health (5 credits); EH1010 Introduction to Pub...

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CORE: EH1004 Epidemiology I (10 credits); EH1006 Perspectives on Public Health (5 credits); EH1007 Introduction to Health Information Systems (HIS) (5 credits); EH1009 Determinants of Health (5 credits); EH1010 Introduction to Public Health (5 credits); EV2002 The Environment and Human Health (5 credits); MB1003 Microbiology in Society (5 credits); SC1011 Sociology of Health, Public Health and Health Promotion (5 credits); ST1002 Introduction to Health Statistics (5 credits)

ELECTIVES: Introduction to Biochemistry and the Biological Basis of Disease; Poverty and Development; Introduction to Development Studies I; Threshold French; French for Reading Purposes I; German Language (Intermediate Level B1, Pt1 & Pt2); International Politics; Spanish Language (Beginner Level & Post Leaving Cert)

Year 2 Modules:
Core:Principles of Social Research; Epidemiology; Health Information Systems; Introduction to Theories and Practices of Health Promotion; Public Health Issues; Introduction to Food and Industrial Microbiology; Management and Planning of Public Health Systems; Fundamentals of Nutrition Part; Sociology of Health, Illness and the Body; Critical Perspectives on Irish Health Policy; Social Research and Survey Methods.

ELECTIVES: Biomolecules Principles of Metabolic Pathways; Introduction to Sustainable Livelihoods Analysis; French; Spanish; German; Cities of Diversity; The History of the Media in Ireland; Introductory Molecular Biology; Fundamentals of Nutrition Part 2; Philosophy of Science; Sociology of the Body, Health and Illness

Year 3 Modules:
Core: Epidemiology; Work Placement; Public Health Practice; Data Management for Public Health; Medical Microbiology; Transmission and Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases; Nutrition in Growth, Development and Ageing; Sociology of Health and Illness: New Directions and Current Debates; The Politics of Health and Medicine.

ELECTIVES: Gender and Development; Global Urbanism; Global Political Economy; Medical Microbiology; Applied Nutrition; Social Movements and Health

Year 4 Modules:
Core: Health Economics; Health Protection; Health Services; Research Project; Public Health Advocacy; Primary Health Care; The Politics of Public Health Management; Science, Technology and Public Controversy; Advanced Applied Epidemiology; Introduction to Promoting Health with Communities; Global Health and Development; Nutrition and Public Health.

ELECTIVES: Biochemistry of the Central Nervous System; Advanced Applied Epidemiology; Introduction to Promoting Health with Communities; Global Health and Development; Advanced Programme Planning and Policy Processes; Humanitarian Action in Development; Global Urbanism; Nutrition and Public Health; Human Nature and Free Will

Expand+Careers
This degree opens up a range of career opportunities and graduates are currently employed in diverse public health roles and settings, including:

• public health research
• data analysis and disease surveillance
• health promoti...

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This degree opens up a range of career opportunities and graduates are currently employed in diverse public health roles and settings, including:

• public health research
• data analysis and disease surveillance
• health promotion
• health and nutrition
• health communication
• media and public relations
• health and safety
• international aid agencies

Further Study
Masters Programmes (National and International) in:

• epidemiology
• international/global health
• nutrition and dietetics
• health services research
• biostatistics
• occupational health and safety
• maternal and child health
• environmental health