This programme is structured to enable participants to become professional, reflective practitioners with an integrated approach in early childhood education and care. Students will acquire skills in areas such as: children's play and creativity, care, education, children's literature, psychology, sociology and social policy. The Faculty of Applied Science, Engineering and Technology provides a very wide and diverse range of programmes to our community from Agricultural Mechanisation to Forensic and Pharmaceutical Science to Civil Engineering to Quantity Surveying and Computing. The academic level of our programmes ranges from Higher Certificates (Level 6), to Ordinary Degrees, Honours Degrees, Masters Degrees and on to PhD (Level 10). We are constantly monitoring the quality and relevance of all of our programmes of study and developing new programmes to meet the demand of students and industry. Programmes are recognised by the relevant professional bodies including Engineers Ireland, Society of Chartered Surveyors Ireland, the Chartered Institute of Building and others.