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Academic Structures

Programme Academic Structure for 2024 - 2025, PhD

This information is provisional & subject to change.

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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	Exam %	CA %	Resit Category
CM602	Engaged Research	10	Semester 1	0	100	1
GS601	Intellectual Property and Commercialisation	5	7	0	100	2
GS602	Postgraduate Tutoring Principles and Practice	5	Semester 1	0	100	1
GS602A	Postgraduate Tutoring Principles and Practice	5	Semester 2	0	100	1
GTEHSS	Graduate Training Elements (Humanities)		P	0	0	1
GY501	Ireland's Landscapes	10	Semester 2	0	100	1
HY509	Interpretation and Argument in History	10	Semester 1	0	100	1
HY510	Research Methods for the Historian	10	Semester 1	0	100	1
HY511	Ireland in the Twentieth Century	10	Semester 1	0	100	1
HY512	The Irish Revolution in Context	10	Semester 2	0	100	1
HY513	Gender and Society in Ireland since 1867	10	Semester 2	0	100	1
HY515	Promoting History	10	Semester 2	0	100	1
LC604	Navigating the Academic Publishing Landscape	5	Year long	0	100	1
TP600	Advanced Academic Writing in the Humanities	5	Semester 2	0	100	2
TP602	Research Ethics	5	Semester 1	0	100	1
UM405	Uaneen Non-Contributing Module	5	Year long	0	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

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	Exam %	CA %	Resit Category
CM602	Engaged Research	10	Semester 1	0	100	1
GS601	Intellectual Property and Commercialisation	5	7	0	100	2
GS602	Postgraduate Tutoring Principles and Practice	5	Semester 1	0	100	1
GS602A	Postgraduate Tutoring Principles and Practice	5	Semester 2	0	100	1
GTEHSS	Graduate Training Elements (Humanities)		P	0	0	1
HY509	Interpretation and Argument in History	10	Semester 1	0	100	1
HY510	Research Methods for the Historian	10	Semester 1	0	100	1
HY511	Ireland in the Twentieth Century	10	Semester 1	0	100	1
HY512	The Irish Revolution in Context	10	Semester 2	0	100	1
HY513	Gender and Society in Ireland since 1867	10	Semester 2	0	100	1
HY515	Promoting History	10	Semester 2	0	100	1
PSYC523	Science Communication for GraduateResearchers	5	7	0	100	2
TP600	Advanced Academic Writing in the Humanities	5	Semester 2	0	100	2
TP602	Research Ethics	5	Semester 1	0	100	1
UM405	Uaneen Non-Contributing Module	5	Year long	0	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

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