Academic Structures

Programme Academic Structure for 2023 - 2024, Bachelor of Arts (BAJH)

This information is provisional & subject to change.

Explanation of Terms/Frequently Asked Questions

Year 1 Optional Modules -

Code	Title	Credit	Semester	Exam %	CA %	Resit Category
EL101	Introduction to Fiction:Short Story and Novel	5	Semester 1	70	30	1
EL102	Eng.Study Skills,Creativity&Theoretical Contx	5	Semester 1	0	100	1
EL103	Genre: The Tragedy-Comedy Complex	5	Semester 1	0	100	1
EL104	Poetry: How and Why to Read it	5	Semester 2	50	50	1
EL105	Modern European and American Drama	5	Semester 2	0	100	1
EL106	Lit&Value:What Makes Great Books Great	5	Semester 2	0	100	1
FN150	Cúrsa Teanga 1	10	Year long	0	100	1
FN151	An Nuafhilíocht agus na hAmhráin	5	Semester 1	100	0	1
FN152	Scéal na Gaeilge	5	Semester 1	0	100	1
FN154	AnScealaiochtThraidisiunta&anGearrsceal	5	Semester 2	0	100	1
FN162	Scéal na Gaeilge 2	5	Semester 2	0	100	1
GY101	Introduction to Human Geography	5	Semester 1	50	50	1
GY102	Ireland in Europe and the Wider World	5	Semester 2	50	50	1
GY103	Hazardous Earth	5	Semester 1	50	50	1
GY104	Global Climates	5	Semester 2	50	50	1
GY105	Geographical Interpretation and Communication	5	Semester 1	0	100	1
GY107	Geographical Fieldwork and Observation Skills	5	Semester 2	0	100	1
HD109	Introduction to Human Development 1	5	Semester 1	0	100	1
HD110	Introduction to Human Development 2	5	Semester 2	0	100	1
HD112	Intellectual Development of the Child	5	Semester 2	0	100	1
HD113	Social and Emotional Development of the Child	5	Semester 1	0	100	1
HD114	Philosophy: Perspectives on Childhood	5	Semester 2	0	100	1
HD115	Social Contexts of Childhood	5	Semester 1	0	100	1
HY112	Making of Modern Ireland 1850-1998	7.5	Semester 1	60	40	1
HY113	The World Since 1945	7.5	Semester 1	60	40	1
HY115	Early Modern Europe, 1450-1648	7.5	Semester 2	0	100	1
HY118	Uses and Abuses of History	7.5	Semester 2	0	100	1
MC101	Composition, Theory and Applied Techniques 1	7.5	Semester 1	0	100	1
MC102	Composition, Theory and Applied Techniques 2	7.5	Semester 2	0	100	1
MC103	Topics in Musicology 1	5	Semester 1	0	100	1
MC104	Topics in Musicology 2	5	Semester 2	50	50	1
MC105	Performance / Participation in Music 1	5	Year long	0	100	1
TP101	History of Christianity	5	Semester 1	0	100	1
TP102	Intro. to the Jewish and Christian Scriptures	5	Semester 2	0	100	1
TP103	Ethics	7.5	Semester 2	0	100	1
TP105	Introduction to Islam	7.5	Semester 1	0	100	1
TP106	Theology: Sources, Themes, Debates	5	Semester 1	0	100	1
TP134	Introduction to Political Philosophy	5	Semester 1	0	100	1
TP135	Reason Argument Analysis Intro to Logic	7.5	Semester 2	0	100	1
TP137	Philosophy Texts 1	5	Semester 2	0	100	1
TP150	Philosophy Texts 1	7.5	Semester 2	0	100	1
TP153	Introduction to Philosophy: Central Issues	5	Semester 1	0	100	1
TP154	Ethics	5	Semester 2	0	100	1
TP155	Reason Argument Analysis Intro to Logic	5	Semester 2	0	100	1
TP156	Knowledge, Belief, Scepticism	5	Semester 1		100	1

Year 2 Optional Modules -

Code	Title	Credit	Semester	Exam %	CA %	Resit Category
EL201	Shakespeare and the English Renaissance	5	Semester 1	60	40	1
EL202	Gender and Sexuality	5	Semester 1	0	100	1
EL203	Romanticism: Innocence and Experience	5	Semester 1	70	30	1
EL204	19th Century Literature	5	Semester 2	70	30	1
EL205	Modernism and Postmodernism	5	Semester 2	0	100	1
EL206	Empire Writing and Postcolonial Literatures	5	Semester 2	0	100	1
EL207	Creative Writing Fundamentals Craft&Technique	5	Semester 1	0	100	1
EL2070	Creative Writing Fundamentals Craft&Technique	5	Semester 2	0	100	1
FN250	Cúrsa Teanga 2	10	Year long	50	50	1
FN251	Aistriúchán agus Eagarthóireacht	5	Semester 1	0	100	1
FN253	An Nuafhilíocht 2	5	Semester 1	100	0	1
FN256	Litríocht an 17ú agus 18ú haois	5	Semester 2	0	100	1
FN257	An Béaloideas	5	Semester 1	0	100	1
FN341	Teangeolaíocht na Gaeilge	5	Semester 2	0	100	1
FN348	Ainmeolaíocht na Gaeilge	5	Semester 2	60	40	1
GY209	Evolution of Ireland's Physical Landscape	5	Semester 1	0	100	1
GY212	Society, Space and Inequality	5	Semester 1	50	50	1
GY215	Humanitarian Action	5	Semester 1	0	100	1
GY218	Climate Change: Causes and Consequences	5	Semester 2	50	50	1
GY243	Skills for Exploring Environments	10	Semester 2	0	100	2
HD211	Psychology 1: Learning and Motivation	5	Semester 1	0	100	1
HD212	Psychology II: Psychology of Adolescence	5	Semester 2	0	100	1
HD213	Social Contexts of Adolescence	5	Semester 1	0	100	1
HD214	Philosophy: Selfhood, Narrative & Recognition	5	Semester 1	0	100	1
HD218	Sociology of Adulthood	5	Semester 2	0	100	1
HD220	Research Methods in Human Development	5	Semester 2	0	100	1
HY115A	Early Modern Europe, 1450-1648	7.5	Semester 2	0	100	1
HY201	Ireland 1690-1850	5	Semester 1	66	34	1
HY206	Death and Disease in History	10	Semester 2	0	100	1
HY228	Authority and society in the 20th century	10	Semester 1	0	100	1
HY230	Irish Women in the Long Nineteenth Century	10	Semester 1	0	100	1
HY232	Political, Social and Cultural Change	10	Semester 2	0	100	1
HY234	Ireland 1169-1534: culture, law and society	10	Semester 1		100	1
HY235	A History of Northern Ireland	5	Semester 2	60	40	1
HY236	Fact, Fiction and European History	10	Semester 2	0	100	1
HY341A	Life In Medieval Towns: Sex,Class & Race	10	Semester 2	0	100	1
MC201	Composition, Theory and Applied Techniques 3	5	Semester 1	0	100	1
MC202	Composition, Theory and Applied Techniques 4	5	Semester 2	0	100	1
MC203	Topics in Musicology 3	7.5	Semester 1	0	100	1
MC204	Topics in Musicology 4	7.5	Semester 2	40	60	1
MC205	Performance / Participation in Music 2	5	Year long	0	100	1
TP204	Justice and Peace	5	Semester 1	0	100	1
TP206	The Letters of Paul	5	Semester 2	0	100	1
TP210	Philosophy: An Historical Introduction	5	Semester 1	0	100	1
TP212	Christology,Systematic,Hist.& Interreligious	5	Semester 2	0	100	1
TP214	Liberation Theologies	5	Semester 1	0	100	1
TP232	Philosophy of Religion	5	Semester 2	0	100	1
TP233	Environmental Ethics and Global Moral Issues	5	Semester 2	0	100	1
TP234	Philosophy Texts 2	5	Semester 2	0	100	1
TP235	Aesthetics	7.5	Semester 1	0	100	1
TP236	Metaphysics: An Historical Survey	7.5	Semester 1	0	100	1
TP237	Science and Religion	5	Semester 2	0	100	1

Year 3 Optional Modules -

Code	Title	Credit	Semester	Exam %	CA %	Resit Category
EL301	Research Seminar	10	Year long	0	100	1
EL302	Poetry in Public	5	Semester 2	0	100	1
EL303	Irish Writing: then & now, local & the global	5	Semester 1	0	100	1
EL304	Staging Ireland A history of Irish Theatre	5	Semester 1	0	100	1
EL305	Here be Dragons Childrens and YA Literature	5	Semester 2	0	100	1
EL324	Advanced Creative Writing	5	Semester 1	0	100	1
EL3240	Advanced Creative Writing	5	Semester 2	0	100	1
FN246	An Téarmeolaíocht agus an Fhoclóireacht	5	Semester 2	50	50	1
FN310	Athbheochan agus Athnuachan	5	Semester 1	0	100	1
FN311	An tSochtheangeolaíocht	5	Semester 1	0	100	1
FN312	Nuaphrós na Gaeilge	5	Semester 2	0	100	1
FN349	An Cúrsa Taighde	10	Year long	0	100	1
FN350	Cúrsa Teanga 3	10	Year long	50	50	1
GY303	Geopolitics: Middle East and North Africa	5	Semester 1	0	100	1
GY306	Slums and Suburbs	5	Semester 1	50	50	1
GY309	Historical Geography	5	Semester 1	50	50	1
GY320	Political Geography: Spaces of Memory	10	Semester 2	0	100	1
GY329	Advanced Urban Geography Research Project	10	Semester 2	0	100	1
GY332	Research skills for Catchments	10	Semester 2	0	100	1
GY337	Advanced Environmental Geography	5	Semester 2	40	60	1
GY339	Residential Field Course	5	Semester 1	0	100	1
HD220A	Research Methods in Human Development	5	Semester 2	0	100	1
HD311	Social Psychology	5	Semester 2	0	100	1
HD313	Counselling and Psychotherapy	5	Semester 1	0	100	1
HD314	Social Philosophy	5	Semester 1	0	100	1
HD318	Contemporary Perspectives in Human Dev and Ed	5	Semester 1	0	100	1
HD319	Philosophy Existentialism	5	Semester 2	0	100	1
HD320	Research Methods and Dissertation	10	Year long	0	100	1
HD321	Contemporary Issues in Educational Contexts	5	Semester 2	0	100	1
HY325	Modern Europe, 1848-1945	5	Semester 2	60	40	1
HY326	Modern America, 1830-1972	10	Semester 1	0	100	1
HY328	Public Health in Ireland, c. 1850-1930	10	Semester 2	0	100	1
HY329	The Irish Revival and Revolution , 1884-1922	10	Semester 2	0	100	1
HY330	Revolution & Civil War in Ireland, 1916-1923	10	Semester 2	0	100	1
HY331	Negotiating Gender British & Irish Women 1945	10	Semester 2	0	100	1
HY333	Nationalism in Modern Europe Theory & Practic	10	Semester 2	0	100	1
HY337	Crime and Punishment, c.1750-1950	10	Semester 1	0	100	1
HY341	Life In Medieval Towns: Sex,Class & Race	10	Semester 2	0	100	1
HY342	Witchhunting in Early Modern Europe	10	Semester 1	0	100	1
HY345	Historical Sources and Approaches	10	Semester 2	0	100	1
HY346	Children and Childhood in the Western World	10	Semester 1		100	1
HY347	Empires and Globalisation	5	Semester 1	60	40	1
MC301	Composition, Theory and Applied Techniques 5	5	Semester 1	0	100	1
MC302	Composition, Theory and Applied Techniques 6	5	Semester 2	0	100	1
MC303	Topics in Musicology 5	5	Semester 1	40	60	1
MC304	Topics in Musicology 6	5	Semester 2	0	100	1
MC305	Performance / Participation in Music 3	5	Year long	0	100	1
MC306	Musicological Research	5	Year long	0	100	1
MC318	Choral Studies/Conducting	5	Year long	0	100	1
TP301	Social Ethics & Service-Learning Placement	10	Year long	0	100	1
TP302	Religion:Philosoph. & Sociological Approaches	5	Semester 2	0	100	1
TP303	New Testament: The Gospels	5	Semester 1	0	100	1
TP307	World Religions/World Views	5	Semester 2	0	100	1
TP312	Bioethics	5	Semester 1	0	100	1
TP319	Hinduism, Buddhism & Eastern Traditions	5	Semester 2	0	100	1
TP321	Topics in European Philosophy	7.5	Semester 1	0	100	1
TP325	World Philosophies	5	Semester 2	0	100	1
TP326	Thesis/Dissertation	7.5	Semester 2	0	100	1
TP327	Topics in Feminist Philosophy	5	Semester 2	0	100	1
UM405	Uaneen Non-Contributing Module	5	Year long	0	100	1