Expand+At least 21 by 1 January of year of application
Hold Leaving Certificate or FETAC Level 5 or an equivalent qualification
A practitioner or experience in personal or social development (or both)
English Language Requirement: All applicants whose fi...

Hide-At least 21 by 1 January of year of application
Hold Leaving Certificate or FETAC Level 5 or an equivalent qualification
A practitioner or experience in personal or social development (or both)
English Language Requirement: All applicants whose first language is not English must have attained IELTS Level 6 or the equivalent TOEFL score.

Diploma programmes are offered subject to a minimum number of eligible applicants registering for the programme. Following completion of year 1 of this programme, should a sufficient number of eligible students not wish to progress form year 1 to year 2 of this programme as to make the year 2 viable, students will graduate with a certificate at that point. Programme viability is determined by reference to fee income and applicable costs in running the programme.

Expand+Course Outline
This course is for practitioners involved in personal and social development in the community. If your practice training has been through either structured experiential learning or apprenticeship processes it will give you an understa...

Hide-Course Outline
This course is for practitioners involved in personal and social development in the community. If your practice training has been through either structured experiential learning or apprenticeship processes it will give you an understanding of the principal theoretical positions that shape contemporary academic discourses within your field of work. Upon completing the course, you will be able to theorise, evaluate and be intellectually accountable for your practice.

The Diploma in Social and Psychological Health is for those who have completed training in the Social and Health Education Project (SHEP), practitioners in the areas of personal and social development in the community and activists working for individual and community health and well-being. If your practice training has been through structured, experiential learning it will give you an understanding of the main theories that shape contemporary academic discourses within your field of work. Training with SHEP is an advantage.

Who teaches this course
UCC staff
SHEP staff
External lecturers

Why Choose this Course?
Students like this course because it includes experiential workshops and the modules reflect the multi-dimensional character of health and well-being. Half of the assignments are personal learning journals, which require the students to reflect on their personal experience, their practice and their learning in the course. The remaining assignments are essays and the course incorporates workshops on essay writing skills to support students who may be studying at third level for the first time.

This diploma course is relevant to a wide range of employments though it is not a practitioner training or a professional qualification.