YOUR MAYNOOTH EDUCATION Living in a rapidly-changing era, we know we must continuously enhance the Maynooth Education to even better serve the needs of our students. Our revised curriculum, introduced in September 2016, offers you many opportunities to personalise your degree programme throughout your time with us; we have introduced more subject choice than ever before including a dedicated Critical Skills subject, flexible programme pathways and the opportunity to take an Elective and Experiential Learning opportunities to enhance your degree.
FIRST YEAR CRITICAL SKILLS COURSES Second Year for Science students At third level it is expected that students will develop skills that will not only enable them to successfully negotiate their university experience but which will also help them in other areas of their lives. Our 15 credit Critical Skills courses are designed to develop these skills early in our students’ university experience. These optional courses are designed to help first year students to learn, experience, practice and develop various essential skills that will support their ongoing studies. Expect small classes and active learning. We want to build student confidence by providing a learning environment that is both supportive and academically challenging. Critical Skills courses are available in second year for science students in a select number of degrees.
www.maynoothuniversity.ie/maynootheducation
See individual degree information for details on the availability of our 15 credit Critical Skills courses in your preferred degrees.
SAMPLE CRITICAL SKILLS MODULES > Globalization, Integrating Worlds > Universal Critical Skills (multiple classes) > Creative Thinking > Digital Critical Skills > Social Analysis of Everyday Life > Critical Skills for Social Science For more details log on to www.maynoothuniversity.ie/critical-skills or www.criticalskills.ie
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