Full-time course duration:

3 Years (6 Semesters)

Admission Requirements:

A minimum of two years community involvement.

Entry to this programme will be based on interview which will be held in the Cork Institute of Technology

Due to resource constraints, the first year intake to this Programme may be limited. Please contact the Department directly regarding application.

Download an Application Form

Please contact Anne Deasy directly regarding intake, application, and interview dates.
Anne Deasy
T: 021 4335930
E: anne.deasy@cit.ie

(Please note that entry to the course is by direct application to CIT and not through the Central Applications Office).

Garda Vetting

This programme requires applicants to undergo a Garda Vetting process. This requirement is due to the mandatory external placement element of the programme which will bring the applicant into contact with children or vulnerable adults and in which they will assume positions of trust. CIT uses the GCVU to help assess the suitability of all applicants on such programmes. Offers of places on this programme will be provisional and contingent on the applicant’s satisfactory completion of CIT’s Garda Vetting Procedure.

Depending upon the outcome of the vetting process, the Institute reserves the following rights:

1. to not register a student
2. to remove an existing registered student
3. to delay the student’s practice placement modules on course

In all circumstances, it is the applicant /student’s responsibility to proactively disclose any convictions/ cases pending. The Institute reserves the right to inform any placement agency of the existence of any convictions/cases pending.

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Work Placement

At present, the placement is composed of supervised community work, for 180 hours over a 20 week period. It may be possible for applicants, who are already active in community work, to continue this work in order to meet the placement requirements. Participants must have satisfactorily completed the Institute’s mandatory Garda Vetting before commencing placement.

Course summary

The broad aim of the programme of courses is to provide an opportunity for people who are active in the community to achieve formal qualifications in the community work field.

Further studies

Suitable qualified graduates may be considered to proceed to the Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Community Development.

Department(s)

DEIS: Department of Education Developmen

Full-time course duration

3 Years (6 Semesters)

How will the course be assessed?

The course will be assessed by continuous assessment: essay, reports, role play and presentations. Practical work within the community will also contribute to assessment. No formal, terminal, written examination will be undertaken.

Work Placement

At present, the placement is composed of supervised community work, for 180 hours over a 20 week period. It may be possible for applicants, who are already active in community work, to continue this work in order to meet the placement requirements.

Participants must have satisfactorily completed the Institute’s mandatory Garda Vetting before commencing placement.

About Community Development

The broad aim of the programme is to provide an opportunity for people who are active in the community to achieve formal qualifications in the community work field. This course has been developed in partnership with community groups and consists of lectures, workshops, seminars combined with a substantial practical element, based in the community. Participants will remain within the community setting, thereby sustaining their contribution to the community while developing the capacity to add value to that contribution through supervised and supported learning in the workplace.

Graduates of the degree programmes can expect to take supervisory/management/ leadership roles in community projects and within statutory agencies. It is envisaged that Higher Certificate holders will be qualified to seek employment in any of the following areas:

• Development workers within a Community Education Project.
• Development worker within a Community Resource Centre.
• Worker within a Community Development Project (CDP).
• Summer Project Organiser
• Co-facilitator in group work
• Skilled worker in Adult Literacy, community-based health and well being programmes

Further Studies

Suitably qualified graduates may be considered to proceed to Year 4 of
> Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Community Development.

Where applicants for the honours degree do not have a qualification at Diploma or Bachelor degree level in Community Development at the specified minimum level, they may be admitted on the basis of a learning portfolio that verifiably demonstrates learning performance equal to that specified by the learning outcomes of the BA Degree programme at CIT.