
Education MA (Hons)
Course Overview - Education MA (Hons)
Teaching is a rewarding job and requires a variety of professional skills. This course gives you a qualification in primary education, leading to provisional registration with the General Teaching Council for Scotland.
There are periods of professional practice placements throughout the course, giving you experience in a range of different settings including nursery/early years (ages 3-7) and middle/upper stages (ages 8-12). This helps you to apply theory to practice from an early stage in your studies.
In Level 2 you will also participate in a Learning from Life p...
Teaching is a rewarding job and requires a variety of professional skills. This course gives you a qualification in primary education, leading to provisional registration with the General Teaching Council for Scotland.<br/><br/>There are periods of professional practice placements throughout the course, giving you experience in a range of different settings including nursery/early years (ages 3-7) and middle/upper stages (ages 8-12). This helps you to apply theory to practice from an early stage in your studies.<br/><br/>In Level 2 you will also participate in a Learning from Life placement, which takes place in an educational setting that is not a Scottish primary school, such as an educational charity or museum for example. <br/><br/>Increasingly teachers are required to work with a variety of people and services to support children. We prepare you for this by giving you the experience of working and collaborating with our Community Education and Social Work students in your first year, sharing interactive learning together.
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Course Details
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Study Mode
Full-time
Duration
4 Years
Start Date
21/09/2026
Campus
Main Site
Application Details
14 January
Application deadline
Provider Details
Codes/info
Course Code
X120
Institution Code
D65
Points of Entry
Year 1
Entry Requirements
UCAS Tariff
Not Accepted
Scottish Higher
B,B,B,B
including Higher English at B and National 5 Maths at C
International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme
28
28 points with 5,5,4 at Higher Level to include Higher Level English and Literature at grade 5, plus Standard Level mathematics at grade 4
Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016)
MMM
A relevant BTEC Level 3 Extended Diploma with MMM plus GCSE English Language and Literature at grade 6/B and GCSE mathematics at grade 4/C
Leaving Certificate - Higher Level (Ireland) (first awarded in 2017)
H3,H3,H3,H3
Higher Level English at Grade H3 + Ordinary Level mathematics at grade O4
Scottish HNC
Pass
An HNC with B in the Graded Unit or with NextGen HNC with Merit plus Higher English at grade B and National 5 Mathematics at grade C
Scottish HND
Pass
A relevant HND with BB in the Graded Unit plus Higher English at grade B and National 5 Mathematics at grade C
A level
C,C,C
plus GCSE English Language and GCSE Literature at grade 6/B and GCSE Mathematics at grade 4/C
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