M.Sc Dementia

Year One
 

• Ways of Understanding Dementia and Dementia Care
• Critical Issues in Assessment and Care Planning
• Enhancing the experience of Living with Dementia 
• Fundamentals of Palliative and End of Life Care
• Theory and Practice of Enquiry Methods for Health Care

and one of the following
 

• Ethics and Law in Health and Social Care or

• Clinical Practice Module 

Year Two
 

• NU8007 Dissertation

• Minimum of one year's professional experience in supporting persons with dementia within the past two years

• For the duration of the course all applicants are required to be working in an area where dementia care is delivered.

• Normally hold an honours degree in a relevant discipline, e.g. social, health or pastoral care. Candidates with relevant, and significant, experience as professional practitioners in the field of dementia care may be considered with a lower class degree or equivalent

• Otherwise satisfy the selection panel that they will have the ability to complete and benefit from the course

All applicants to the School of Nursing and Midwifery whose first language is not English or who have not been educated through the medium of English must present one of the following qualifications in the English language:
 

• IELTS: Grade 6.5 overall with a minimum of grade of 6.5 in each category

• TOEFL: 88 internet-based, 570 paper-based, 230 computer-based. The test taken here should be TOEFL IBT

Non-EU fees for academic year 2022/23 are:
 

• € 21,936