Academic Structures

Programme Academic Structure for 2023 - 2024, PhD

This information is provisional & subject to change.

Explanation of Terms/Frequently Asked Questions

Full-time Programme Structure

Year 1 Core Modules:

Code	Title	Credit	Semester	Exam %	CA %	Resit Category
RSPD01	Research Thesis - Year 1		P	0	100	1

Year 1 Optional Modules -

Code	Title	Credit	Semester	CA %	Resit Category
CM5002	Understanding Social Media	10	Semester 1	100	1
CM5028	Climate Change and the Media	10	Semester 1	100	1
CM5032	Strat. Comm. for STEM, Envirn. & Healthcare	10	Semester 2	100	1
CM5033	Data Communication	10	Semester 2	100	1
CM534	Science and Health in the Media	10	Semester 2	100	1
CM536	Media Audiences and Consumption	10	Semester 2	100	1
CM548	Political Communication 1: Concepts & Issues	10	Semester 1	100	1
CM5630	Social Media, Journalism and Democracy	10	Semester 1	100	1
CM569	Media and Politics in Ireland	10	Semester 1	100	1
CM603	Research Methods Communications	10	Year long	100	1
GS601	Intellectual Property and Commercialisation	5	7	100	2
GS602	Postgraduate Tutoring Principles and Practice	5	Semester 1	100	1
GS602A	Postgraduate Tutoring Principles and Practice	5	Semester 2	100	1
GS608BS	Strategies for Academic Writing	5	7	100	2
GTEHSS	Graduate Training Elements (Humanities)		P	0	1
HR610	Personal and Professional Development	5	Year long	100	2
LC600	English for Academic Purposes	5	Autumn Semester	100	1
LC604	Navigating the Academic Publishing Landscape	5	Year long	100	1
LG602	Quantitative Methods for Social Sciences 1	5	Semester 2	100	1
LG603	Qualitative Methods	5	Year long	100	1
MT610	Qualitative Research Methods	5	7	100	2
MT611	Quantitative Research Methods	5	7	100	2
NS5055	Qualitative Research Summer School	5	7	100	1
TP518	Ethics in the World Religions	10	Semester 1	100	1
TP600	Advanced Academic Writing in the Humanities	5	Semester 2	100	2
TP602	Research Ethics	5	Semester 1	100	1
TP603	Philosophical Texts: A Reading Group	10	Semester 2	100	1
UM405	Uaneen Non-Contributing Module	5	Year long	100	1

Year 2 Core Modules:

Code	Title	Credit	Semester	Exam %	CA %	Resit Category
RSPD02	Research Thesis - Year 2		P	0	100	1

Year 3 Core Modules:

Code	Title	Credit	Semester	Exam %	CA %	Resit Category
RSPD03	Research Thesis - Year 3	270	P	0	100	1

Year 4 Core Modules:

Code	Title	Credit	Semester	Exam %	CA %	Resit Category
RSPD04	Research Thesis - Year 4	270	P	0	100	1

Year 5 Core Modules:

Code	Title	Credit	Semester	Exam %	CA %	Resit Category
RSPD05	Research Thesis - Year 5	270	P	0	100	1

Year 6 Core Modules:

Code	Title	Credit	Semester	Exam %	CA %	Resit Category
RSPD06	Research Thesis - Year 6	270	P	0	100	1

Year 7 Core Modules:

Code	Title	Credit	Semester	Exam %	CA %	Resit Category
RSPD07	Research Thesis - Year 7	270	P	0	100	1

Year 8 Core Modules:

Code	Title	Credit	Semester	Exam %	CA %	Resit Category
RSPD08	Research Thesis - Year 8	270	P	0	100	1

Year 9 Core Modules:

Code	Title	Credit	Semester	Exam %	CA %	Resit Category
RSPD09	Research Thesis - Year 9	270	P	0	100	1

Year R Core Modules:

Code	Title	Credit	Semester	Exam %	CA %	Resit Category
RSPD10	Research Thesis - Year 10	270	P	0	100	1

Part-time Programme Structure

Year 1 Core Modules:

Code	Title	Credit	Semester	Exam %	CA %	Resit Category
RSPD01	Research Thesis - Year 1		P	0	100	1

Year 1 Optional Modules,

Code	Title	Credit	Semester	CA %	Resit Category
CM5002	Understanding Social Media	10	Semester 1	100	1
CM5028	Climate Change and the Media	10	Semester 1	100	1
CM5032	Strat. Comm. for STEM, Envirn. & Healthcare	10	Semester 1	100	1
CM5033	Data Communication	10	Semester 2	100	1
CM534	Science and Health in the Media	10	Semester 2	100	1
CM536	Media Audiences and Consumption	10	Semester 2	100	1
CM548	Political Communication 1: Concepts & Issues	10	Semester 1	100	1
CM5630	Social Media, Journalism and Democracy	10	Semester 1	100	1
CM569	Media and Politics in Ireland	10	Semester 1	100	1
CM603	Research Methods Communications	10	Year long	100	1
GS601	Intellectual Property and Commercialisation	5	7	100	2
GS602	Postgraduate Tutoring Principles and Practice	5	Semester 1	100	1
GS602A	Postgraduate Tutoring Principles and Practice	5	Semester 2	100	1
GS608BS	Strategies for Academic Writing	5	7	100	2
GTEHSS	Graduate Training Elements (Humanities)		P	0	1
HR610	Personal and Professional Development	5	Year long	100	2
LC600	English for Academic Purposes	5	Autumn Semester	100	1
LG603	Qualitative Methods	5	Year long	100	1
MT610	Qualitative Research Methods	5	7	100	2
MT611	Quantitative Research Methods	5	7	100	2
NS5055	Qualitative Research Summer School	5	7	100	1
TP518	Ethics in the World Religions	10	Semester 1	100	1
TP600	Advanced Academic Writing in the Humanities	5	Semester 2	100	2
TP602	Research Ethics	5	Semester 1	100	1
TP603	Philosophical Texts: A Reading Group	10	Semester 2	100	1
UM405	Uaneen Non-Contributing Module	5	Year long	100	1

Year 2 Core Modules:

Code	Title	Credit	Semester	Exam %	CA %	Resit Category
RSPD02	Research Thesis - Year 2		P	0	100	1

Year 3 Core Modules:

Code	Title	Credit	Semester	Exam %	CA %	Resit Category
RSPD03	Research Thesis - Year 3	270	P	0	100	1

Year 4 Core Modules:

Code	Title	Credit	Semester	Exam %	CA %	Resit Category
RSPD04	Research Thesis - Year 4	270	P	0	100	1

Year 5 Core Modules:

Code	Title	Credit	Semester	Exam %	CA %	Resit Category
RSPD05	Research Thesis - Year 5	270	P	0	100	1

Year 6 Core Modules:

Code	Title	Credit	Semester	Exam %	CA %	Resit Category
RSPD06	Research Thesis - Year 6	270	P	0	100	1

Year 7 Core Modules:

Code	Title	Credit	Semester	Exam %	CA %	Resit Category
RSPD07	Research Thesis - Year 7	270	P	0	100	1

Year 8 Core Modules:

Code	Title	Credit	Semester	Exam %	CA %	Resit Category
RSPD08	Research Thesis - Year 8	270	P	0	100	1

Year 9 Core Modules:

Code	Title	Credit	Semester	Exam %	CA %	Resit Category
RSPD09	Research Thesis - Year 9	270	P	0	100	1

Year R Core Modules:

Code	Title	Credit	Semester	Exam %	CA %	Resit Category
RSPD10	Research Thesis - Year 10	270	P	0	100	1