Bachelor of Science (Hons) Early Childhood Care, Health & Education at Letterkenny Institute of Technology

Our Bachelor of Science (Hons) in Early Childhood Care, Health & Education is a four year course that will equip you with the necessary skills and knowledge to work with young children in a healthcare capacity. It’s an invigorating and exciting career path, where your role is instrumental in giving children a bright future.

The early years are critical to the future happiness and wellbeing of any individual. This course will empower you to play a key role in this regard. Young children use all their senses to discover the world, and adults involved in that education must to the same.

Working with young children requires patience, energy, commitment and dedication. Most of all, it demands creativity and a sense of fun. After all, young children live in the present, in the here and now, and our role as an early year’s educator is to cultivate appropriate care and development environments for children to grow in body and mind.

It’s a fantastic career with opportunities to work in a diverse range of fields, whether specifically in childcare, education or healthcare. Typically graduates work in private and public childcare facilities, in special needs, as specialist advisors and as primary school teachers.

Career Pathways

The main employers are:

• Childcare
• Education
• Health Services
• Other Public Health Services

Graduate Careers

Graduate careers typically include:

• Specialist Advisors
• Family Support and Community Services
• Primary School Teacher