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Programme Academic Structure for 2024 - 2025, Bachelor of Arts (BAJM)

This information is provisional & subject to change.

Year 1 Core Modules:

CodeTitleCreditSemesterExam %CA %Resit Category
CM135Analysing Visual Media Texts10Semester 201001
CM137History & Structure of the Media5Semester 190101
CM157Cultural Studies5Semester 201001
CM163Introduction to Media Studies10Semester 101001

Year 1 Optional Modules -

CodeTitleCreditSemesterExam %CA %Resit Category
EL101Introduction to Fiction:Short Story and Novel5Semester 170301
EL102Eng.Study Skills,Creativity&Theoretical Contx5Semester 101001
EL103Genre: The Tragedy-Comedy Complex5Semester 101001
EL104Poetry: How and Why to Read it5Semester 250501
EL105Modern European and American Drama5Semester 201001
EL106Lit&Value:What Makes Great Books Great5Semester 201001
FR130French Language 3 (Intermediate)10Year long01001
FR140French Language 4 (Intermediate)5Semester 201001
FR142Introduction to Translation Practice (French)10Semester 201001
FR190French Society and Literature5Semester 101001
GE130German Language 3(Intermediate)10Year long01001
GE140German Language 4 (Intermediate)5Semester 201001
GE1410Introduction to Translation Practice (German)10Semester 201001
GE190German Society and Literature (Intermediate)5Semester 101001
LG113Introduction to US History and Politics5Semester 201001
LG116Introduction to Politics5Semester 101001
LG1170Intro to International Relations & Security10Semester 101001
LG123Introduction to Development5Semester 201001
LG147Introduction to European Integration5Semester 201001
SP130Spanish Language 3 (Intermediate)10Year long01001
SP140Spanish Language 4 (Intermediate)5Semester 201001
SP1410Introduction to Translation Practice(Spanish)10Semester 201001
SP190Spanish Society and Literature (Intermediate)5Year long01001

Year 2 Core Modules:

CodeTitleCreditSemesterExam %CA %Resit Category
CM2006Social Class and the Media5Semester 101001
CM261Crime, Policing and the Media5Semester 201001
CM2770Media Audiences5Semester 101001
CM2780Media and Power5Semester 201001
CM286Film, History and Theory5Semester 210001
CM293Theorising Social Media in Everyday Life5Semester 101001

Year 2 Optional Modules -

CodeTitleCreditSemesterExam %CA %Resit Category
EL201Shakespeare and the English Renaissance5Semester 160401
EL202Gender and Sexuality5Semester 101001
EL203Romanticism: Innocence and Experience5Semester 170301
EL20419th Century Literature5Semester 270301
EL205Modernism and Postmodernism5Semester 201001
EL206Empire Writing and Postcolonial Literatures5Semester 201001
EL207Creative Writing Fundamentals Craft&Technique5Semester 101001
EL2070Creative Writing Fundamentals Craft&Technique5Semester 201001
FR208French Translation Practice5Semester 201001
FR290French Literature and Film5Semester 101001
FR294French Language and Culture 210Year long01001
FR298French Literature Film and Visual Studies5Semester 201001
GE208German Translation Practice5Semester 201001
GE290German Literature and Film5Semester 101001
GE294German Literature Film and Visual Studies5Semester 201001
GE297German Language and Culture 210Year long01001
LC208The Making of Contemporary Europe5Semester 101001
LC212Introduction to Text Analysis5Semester 101001
LG108The Irish Political System5Semester 101001
LG139The Politics of Climate Change5Semester 201001
LG233Conflict, Security and Peace10Semester 101001
LG241Global Political Economy10Semester 201001
SP208Spanish Translation Practice5Semester 201001
SP290Spanish Literature and Film5Semester 101001
SP294Spanish Literature Film and Visual Studies5Semester 201001
SP297Spanish Language & Culture 2 Ex Intermediate10Year long01001

Year 3 Core Modules:

CodeTitleCreditSemesterExam %CA %Resit Category
CM3001Television Drama5Semester 201001
CM3006Communication, Culture and the Environment5Semester 101001
CM3100Press and Public Relations5Semester 101001
CM346Gender and Sexuality in Digital Culture5Semester 101001
CM391Race and the Media5Semester 201001
CM392Science, Technology & Society5Semester 201001

Year 3 Optional Modules -

CodeTitleCreditSemesterExam %CA %Resit Category
EL301Research Seminar10Year long01001
EL302Poetry in Public5Semester 201001
EL303Irish Writing: then & now, local & the global5Semester 101001
EL304Staging Ireland A history of Irish Theatre5Semester 101001
EL305Here be Dragons Childrens and YA Literature5Semester 201001
EL324Advanced Creative Writing5Semester 101001
EL3240Advanced Creative Writing5Semester 201001
FR304French Literature and Society5Semester 101001
FR376French Language Skills (Higher Intermediate)10Year long01001
FR379French Language and Contemporary Society10Year long01001
GE376German Language Skills (Higher Intermediate)10Year long01001
GE379German Language and Contemporary Society10Year long01001
GE426German Literature and Society5Semester 101001
LC321Cultural Project: Literary & Cultural Studies5Semester 201001
LG232Post Soviet Politics5Semester 101001
LG320Contemp. Politics of the M. East & N. Africa5Semester 201001
LG331Issues in American Politics5Semester 201001
LG333Dissertation10Year long01001
LG365The Politics of South Asia5Semester 101001
LG396Digital International Relations10Semester 101001
SP376Spanish Language Skills (Higher Intermediate)10Year long01001
SP379Spanish Language and Contemporary Society10Year long01001
SP427Spanish Literature and Society5Semester 101001
UM404Uaneen - Contributing Module5Year long01001
UM405Uaneen Non-Contributing Module5Year long01001

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