Course Summary
Course Category: Direct Entry (Higher Education - HET)
The aim of the Certificate in Personal and Professional Development programme is to enable learners:
- To understand the theory of key transferable skills and abilities (including digital literacy) for lifelong learning and work, through their higher education
- To deepen understanding of their previous real world learning through looking at theoretical frameworks, and to apply this learning in new contexts.
- To develop self-confidence and the abilities needed to take part in lifelong learning, including higher education, in addition to taking a variety of different roles the workplace.
An Cosán has worked in partnership with IT Carlow to develop this blended online Certificate.
Course Details
This course prepares you for working in the following Career Sectors:
What will you study?
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Foundations in Adult Learning
Communications
Essential IT Applications in a Changing World
Unpacking Everyday Maths
Critical and Ethical Thinking
Learning to Collaborate
Enabling Wellbeing
Introduction to Research
Important
- Colleges may add/remove modules to keep the course updated and to meet demands.
Progression to CAO Courses
The Student - Career Interests
This course is typically suited for people with the following Career Interests:
Enterprising
Enterprising people like situations that involve using resources for personal or corporate economic gain. Such people may have an opportunistic frame of mind, and are drawn to commerce, trade and making deals. Some pursue sales and marketing occupations. Many will eventually end up owning their own business, or in management roles in larger organisations. They tend to be very goal-oriented and work best when focused on a target. Some have an entrepreneurial inclination.
Social
The Social person's interests focus on interacting with the people in their environment. In all cases, the Social person enjoys the personal contact with other people in preference to the impersonal dealings with things, data and ideas found in other groups.
Many will seek out positions where there is direct contact with the public in some advisory role, whether a receptionist or a counsellor. Social people are motivated by an interest in different types of people and like diversity in their work environments. Many are drawn towards careers in the caring professions and social welfare area, whilst others prefer teaching and other 'informing' roles.
