This programme is structured to enable participants to become professional, reflective practitioners with an integrated approach in early childhood education and care. Students will acquire skills in areas such as: children's play and creativity, care, education, children's literature, psychology, sociology and social policy. The Faculty of Business & Humanities is an innovative, dynamic and quality driven Faculty within the Limerick Institute of Technology. The Faculty thrives on offering its students the relevant supports, skills and competencies to equip them to deal with the challenges they will encounter in the workplace of their chosen discipline area. The Faculty offers courses leading to qualifications at Level 6 (Higher Certificate), at Level 7 (Degree) add-on, at Level 8 (Honours Degree) (add-on and ab-initio) and at Level 9 (Taught and by Research). A number of programmes delivered by the Faculty have recognition from professional bodies. Such recognition offers accreditation to graduates on completion of the respective courses or enable graduates to claim significant exemptions from the examinations of the professional bodies.