Pre-University PE Teaching and Sports Studies
Course Details
- Drogheda Institute of Further Education
- Louth
- Fitness and Health, PE Physical Education
- POA
- Further Education and PLC, Level 5 QQI
- 1 year
Course Description
This is a one year course designed to prepare students for a career in the sports and leisure industry, or provide a pathway to further study (PE Teaching). The course aims to encourage students to engage in a range of sports both practically and theoretically.
Course Content
- Sport & Recreation Studies
- Exercise & Fitness
- Soccer Coaching
- Sports Anatomy and Physiology
- Basketball Coaching
- Adapted Physical Activity
- Gaelic Coaching
- Nutrition
- Communications
- Work Experience
Certification
QQI Level 5 award in Sport, Recreation and Exercise – 5M5146.
NGB Coaching Qualifications including: GAA Foundation Coaching Award, FAI PDP 1, FAI Safeguarding.
Progression Options
After completion of an appropriate degree programme, graduates may pursue a career in P.E. teaching.
Alternatively, graduates can gain employment as Sports Coaches or in the leisure industry.
Graduates may choose this course as a progression path to gain entry into a range of specialist related physical education and sports related degree programmes in a variety of Universities and Institutes of Technology