This programme provides students with an in-depth grounding in three cognate subject areas: Classics, Art History, and Archaeology. Students who take this course will benefit from the inter-disciplinary study of the visual arts, archaeology, and material culture from antiquity to the present day. The first three years of the programme focus on training and building expertise and skills in the three disciplinary areas. In Art History students will learn the skills of visual analysis and learn how to read images in their social and cultural context, in Archaeology they will move from the ‘big stories’ to methods and material culture analysis, and in Classics they will use literary and historical analysis along with the visual and material evidence to reconstruct the lost worlds of the Greek and Roman past. It is expected that on completion of the third year students will have accumulated 45 credits in each subject area. Interdisciplinarity will be emphasized in Stage 3, with a core seminar on a key theme (e.g. text and image, memory, environment and culture) and a summer fieldwork project in Glendalough. The focus of the final year will be the dissertation.

1 - Use skills of inquiry, research, critical thinking, and problem solving to pursue and evaluate knowledge.
2 - Evaluate ideas, challenge assumptions and develop creative solutions to problems for example by the independent pursuit of knowledge and making connections between different disciplinary approaches and methods.
3 - Communication, collaboration, and leadership: demonstrate effective communication, digital expertise, collaboration and leadership skills to convert decisions and commitments into action.
4 - Understand the ethical implications of ideas, communications, and actions including demonstrated awareness of the historical and cultural construction of knowledge systems and traditions
5 - Understand the relevance and contribution of the Humanities and the Social Sciences to contemporary society and cultural practice including an ability to articulate the links between past and present as well as the influence of the past on shaping community and societal structures and beliefs.
6 - Articulate advocacy of human, social and cultural values with an awareness of the value of life-long learning, an understanding of how to learn, and an appreciation of the complexity of ideas, societies, cultures, artefacts, and language, both visual and textual.

Graduates will have skills in critical thinking and interdisciplinary analysis, which will prepare them for careers in: Cultural Heritage, Education, Archives, Media, Journalism, Public Service, Museums and Art Galleries, Research, and a wide range of private sector roles.

This course prepares students for graduate study in many areas including: Classics, Art HIstory, History, Film, Drama, Media Studies, Cultural Studies, Education, Archives, Cultural Policy and Arts Management. Graduates are also eligible for MLitt and PhD programmes in Classics, English and History.

UCD Arts & Humanities Programme Office,
Newman Building,
Belfield,
Dublin 4
Tel: +353 1 716 8321/8102
Web: www.ucd.ie/ahss

Students are pre-registered to 6 core modules (30 credits). Students must also take the 10 credit pathway module CAHA10020. Students must also choose three option modules.
It is recommended that students spread their credit workload evenly i.e. register for 30 credits in autumn and 30 credits in spring.

Students register to 6 core modules. Students must also take the 5 credit pathway module HUM20040 and also choose three option modules.

It is recommended that students spread their credit workload evenly i.e. register for 30 credits in autumn and 30 credits in spring.

Students who remain in UCD for the full year in stage 3 should pick at least a minimum of 10 credits from Art History, at least a minimum of 10 credits from Archaeology, and at least a minimum of 10 credits from Classics. Students can then choose the remainder of their credit requirements from any of the three subjects. Stage 3 students can also choose a maximum of 5 credits from the "Extra-Subject Options" list.

Any students on a trimester exchange or internship in stage 3 should choose an even spread of modules from all three subjects for one trimester i.e. 30 credits in total for the trimester you are in UCD.
It is recommended that students spread their credit workload evenly between autumn and spring.

Students are pre-registered to two core modules (2x5cr) at stage 4.


The stage 4 dissertation is optional for all students. However, students who wish to take the 15credit dissertation module CAHA30010 must take ARCH30700 Research Project Preparation in the first trimester.


Students who choose to take the dissertation option (5 credit research preparation ARCH30700 plus 15 credit dissertation CAHA30010) must take a minimum of 10 credits from the level 3 options list. Students who do not choose the dissertation module must take a minimum of 30 credits from the level 3 options list.


You can also take a maximum of 10 credits from the level 2 Extra Option Modules.

Module ID	Module Title	Trimester	Credits
Stage 1 Core Modules
AH10160	Art History in the Making	Autumn	5
ARCH10010	Exploring Archaeology	Autumn	5
GRC10170	Lost Cities of the Ancient World	Autumn	5
AH10150	The Modern World 1848-1914	Spring	5
ARCH10050	Intro archaeology of Ireland	Spring	5
GRC10200	Classical Greece	Spring	5
Stage 1 Core Modules
Stage 1 Options - A)1OF: All stage 1 students must choose the pathway module CAHA10020
CAHA10020	Museums and Collections	Autumn	10
Stage 1 Options - A)1OF: All stage 1 students must choose the pathway module CAHA10020
Stage 1 Options - B)MIN1OF: Choose ONE Classics option from the list below You may also choose one extra module from the list below as your Spring Elective Module OR choose a General Elective from the electives tab in the January registration window.
GRC10130	Ancient Rome: An Introduction	Autumn	5
GRC10140	Classical Myth: An Introduction	Spring	5
Stage 1 Options - B)MIN1OF: Choose ONE Classics option from the list below You may also choose one extra module from the list below as your Spring Elective Module OR choose a General Elective from the electives tab in the January registration window.
Stage 1 Options - C)MIN1OF: Choose ONE Art History option from the list below You may also choose one extra module from the list below as your Spring Elective Module OR choose a General Elective from the electives tab in the January registration window
AH10260	An Introduction to European Art 1: Antiquity to High Renaissance	Autumn	5
AH10270	An Introduction to European Art 2: Late Renaissance to Romanticism	Spring	5
Stage 1 Options - C)MIN1OF: Choose ONE Art History option from the list below You may also choose one extra module from the list below as your Spring Elective Module OR choose a General Elective from the electives tab in the January registration window
Stage 1 Options - D)MIN1OF: Choose ONE Archaeology option from the list below You may also choose one extra module from the list below as your Spring Elective Module OR choose a General Elective from the electives tab in the January registration window
ARCH10160	The Human Past	Autumn	5
ARCH10150	Anthropology: an introduction	Spring	5
ARCH10170	Making the Past	Spring	5
Stage 1 Options - D)MIN1OF: Choose ONE Archaeology option from the list below You may also choose one extra module from the list below as your Spring Elective Module OR choose a General Elective from the electives tab in the January registration window
Stage 2 Core Modules
AH20200	The Modern to the Contemporary	Autumn	5
ARCH20520	How Archaeologists Think: an introduction to archaeological theory	Autumn	5
GRC20220	Greeks, Romans, and Barbarians	Autumn	5
AH20230	European Architecture	Spring	5
ARCH20500	Archaeology of Things	Spring	5
GRC20270	The Athenian Empire	Spring	5
Stage 2 Core Modules
Stage 2 Options - A)1OF: All stage 2 students must choose the pathway module HUM20040
HUM20040	Primary Source Research in the Humanities A: Exploring UCD Cultural Heritage Collections	Autumn	5
Stage 2 Options - A)1OF: All stage 2 students must choose the pathway module HUM20040
Stage 2 Options - B)MIN1OF: Choose at least ONE Classics option from the list below. Remember to balance your workload evenly across trimesters i.e. 30 credits for autumn and 30 credits for spring. You may also choose extra modules from the list below instead of one or both of your elective modules.
GRC20010	Alexander and his Successors	Autumn	5
GRC20130	Study Tour of Ancient Greece	Autumn	5
GRC20240	Piracy in World History	Autumn	5
GRC20030	Early Roman Empire	Spring	5
Stage 2 Options - B)MIN1OF: Choose at least ONE Classics option from the list below. Remember to balance your workload evenly across trimesters i.e. 30 credits for autumn and 30 credits for spring. You may also choose extra modules from the list below instead of one or both of your elective modules.
Stage 2 Options - C)MIN1OF: Choose at least ONE Art History option from the list below. Remember to balance your workload evenly across trimesters i.e. 30 credits for autumn and 30 credits for spring. You may also choose extra modules from the list below instead of one or both of your elective modules.
AH20220	History of Photography	Autumn	5
AH20280	Queer Art Histories	Autumn	5
AH20320	Age of Titian	Autumn	5
AH20250	Early Islamic Art and Architecture	Spring	5
AH20300	Medieval Art and Architecture: characteristics and influences	Spring	5
Stage 2 Options - C)MIN1OF: Choose at least ONE Art History option from the list below. Remember to balance your workload evenly across trimesters i.e. 30 credits for autumn and 30 credits for spring. You may also choose extra modules from the list below instead of one or both of your elective modules.
Stage 2 Options - D)MIN1OF: Choose at least ONE Archaeology option from the list below. Remember to balance your workload evenly across trimesters i.e. 30 credits for autumn and 30 credits for spring. You may also choose extra modules from the list below instead of one or both of your elective modules.
ARCH20510	Archaeology of Landscapes	Autumn	5
ARCH20570	Cultural Heritage	Autumn	5
ARCH20610	Historical Archaeology	Autumn	5
ARCH20600	Archaeological Science	Spring	5
ARCH20620	People in Prehistory: key themes and problems	Spring	5
Stage 2 Options - D)MIN1OF: Choose at least ONE Archaeology option from the list below. Remember to balance your workload evenly across trimesters i.e. 30 credits for autumn and 30 credits for spring. You may also choose extra modules from the list below instead of one or both of your elective modules.
Stage 2 Options - E)MIN0OF: This is an elective substitution module. You may select this module instead of one of your elective modules. Any students who are considering applying for an internship next year are strongly encouraged to take this module in place on one 5 credit elective.
HUM20030	Career Readiness (Humanities)	Spring	5
Stage 2 Options - E)MIN0OF: This is an elective substitution module. You may select this module instead of one of your elective modules. Any students who are considering applying for an internship next year are strongly encouraged to take this module in place on one 5 credit elective.
Stage 3 Options - A)MIN0OF: ARCHAEOLOGY OPTIONS Stage 3 students who are not on a trimester long exchange or internship should choose a minimum of 10 credits from the following Archaeology modules. Note: full year UCD students can choose more than 10 credits in a subject if they wish. Any students on a trimester exchange or internship in stage 3 should choose a minimum of 5 credits from each subject in one trimester up to 30 credits. Note some modules are 5 credits and some are 10 credits.
ARCH30170	Combat Archaeology	Autumn	5
ARCH30500	Experiment Archaeology & Ancient Technologies	Autumn	5
ARCH30820	The Archaeology of Collapse	Autumn	10
ARCH31010	Human Osteoarchaeology	Autumn	10
ARCH30990	Between Newgrange & Stonehenge	Spring	10
ARCH31000	People & Extreme Environments	Spring	10
Stage 3 Options - A)MIN0OF: ARCHAEOLOGY OPTIONS Stage 3 students who are not on a trimester long exchange or internship should choose a minimum of 10 credits from the following Archaeology modules. Note: full year UCD students can choose more than 10 credits in a subject if they wish. Any students on a trimester exchange or internship in stage 3 should choose a minimum of 5 credits from each subject in one trimester up to 30 credits. Note some modules are 5 credits and some are 10 credits.
Stage 3 Options - B)MIN0OF: CLASSICS OPTIONS Stage 3 students who are not on a trimester long exchange or internship should choose a minimum of 10 credits from the following Classics modules. Note: full year UCD students can choose more than 10 credits in a subject if they wish. Any students on a trimester exchange or internship in stage 3 should choose a minimum of 5 credits from each subject in one trimester up to 30 credits. Note some modules are 5 credits and some are 10 credits.
GRC30080	The Oedipus Myth	Autumn	5
GRC30330	Death and the Afterlife in the Ancient World	Autumn	5
GRC30560	Economies of the Roman Empire	Autumn	10
GRC30070	Family Life in Ancient Greece	Spring	5
GRC30290	Magic in the Ancient World	Spring	5
Stage 3 Options - B)MIN0OF: CLASSICS OPTIONS Stage 3 students who are not on a trimester long exchange or internship should choose a minimum of 10 credits from the following Classics modules. Note: full year UCD students can choose more than 10 credits in a subject if they wish. Any students on a trimester exchange or internship in stage 3 should choose a minimum of 5 credits from each subject in one trimester up to 30 credits. Note some modules are 5 credits and some are 10 credits.
Stage 3 Options - B1)MIN0OF: ART HISTORY OPTIONS Stage 3 students who are not on a trimester long exchange or internship should choose a minimum of 10 credits from the following Art History modules. Note: full year UCD students can choose more than 10 credits in a subject if they wish. Any students on a trimester exchange or internship in stage 3 should choose a minimum of 5 credits from each subject in one trimester up to 30 credits. Note some modules are 5 credits and some are 10 credits.
AH30590	Woman & Modern Architecture	Autumn	10
AH30630	Genre in the Age of Vermeer	Autumn	10
AH30540	Georgian Dublin	Spring	5
AH30600	From Constantinople to Istanbul: Art, Faith, Politics	Spring	10
AH30650	Art/Resistance/Activism	Spring	10
Stage 3 Options - B1)MIN0OF: ART HISTORY OPTIONS Stage 3 students who are not on a trimester long exchange or internship should choose a minimum of 10 credits from the following Art History modules. Note: full year UCD students can choose more than 10 credits in a subject if they wish. Any students on a trimester exchange or internship in stage 3 should choose a minimum of 5 credits from each subject in one trimester up to 30 credits. Note some modules are 5 credits and some are 10 credits.
Stage 3 Options - C)MIN0OF: SUMMER 2024 STUDY TOUR OPTION Only students who participated in the Study Tour in summer 2024 should register to these modules. DO NOT register for this module unless you took part in these over the summer.
GRC20130	Study Tour of Ancient Greece	Autumn	5
Stage 3 Options - C)MIN0OF: SUMMER 2024 STUDY TOUR OPTION Only students who participated in the Study Tour in summer 2024 should register to these modules. DO NOT register for this module unless you took part in these over the summer.
Stage 3 Options - D)MIN0CR: EXTRA SUBJECT OPTIONS Stage 3 full-year UCD students who are not on a trimester long exchange or internship may take up to a MAXIMUM of 5 credits from the extra subject options below.
HIS21140	History Today	Autumn	5
IA20010	Creative Thinking & Innovation	Autumn and Spring (separate)	5
IA20090	Design Your Purposeful Life	Autumn and Spring (separate)	5
BMGT20100	Developing Future Leaders	Spring	5
IS30380	Digital Storytelling	Spring	5
PHIL10070	The First Philosophers	Spring	5
Stage 3 Options - D)MIN0CR: EXTRA SUBJECT OPTIONS Stage 3 full-year UCD students who are not on a trimester long exchange or internship may take up to a MAXIMUM of 5 credits from the extra subject options below.
Stage 3 Options - F)MIN0OF: This is an elective substitution module. You may select this module instead of one of your elective modules.
HUM30050	Writing for Life: employability skills for arts and humanities students	Spring	5
Stage 3 Options - F)MIN0OF: This is an elective substitution module. You may select this module instead of one of your elective modules.
Stage 3 Options - G)MIN0OF: These are elective substitution modules. Full year UCD students can use their elective allowance of 10 credits to take one of these Greek or Latin language modules
GRK10090	Greek Language I	Autumn	10
LAT10090	Beginners' Latin I	Autumn	10
GRK10100	Greek Language II	Spring	10
LAT10100	Beginners' Latin II	Spring	10
Stage 3 Options - G)MIN0OF: These are elective substitution modules. Full year UCD students can use their elective allowance of 10 credits to take one of these Greek or Latin language modules
Stage 3 Options - H)MIN0OF: Students who have been offered a College sourced internship, or self-sourced their own internship with approval from the Programme Board should register to the internship module in the appropriate trimester.
HUM30020	Internship-Autumn (Humanities)	Autumn	30
HUM30030	Internship- Spring (Humanities)	Spring	30
Stage 3 Options - H)MIN0OF: Students who have been offered a College sourced internship, or self-sourced their own internship with approval from the Programme Board should register to the internship module in the appropriate trimester.
Stage 4 Core Modules
AH30010	Writings on Art	Autumn	5
ARCH30920	Communicating Archaeology	Autumn	5
Stage 4 Core Modules
Stage 4 Options - A)MIN0OF: The stage 4 dissertation is optional for all students. However, students who wish to take the 15credit dissertation module must take ARCH30700 Research Project Preparation in the first trimester. It is recommended that students spread their credit workload evenly between Trimester 1 and Trimester 2 i.e. 30 credits per trimester
ARCH30700	Research Project Preparation	Autumn	5
CAHA30010	Dissertation	Spring	15
Stage 4 Options - A)MIN0OF: The stage 4 dissertation is optional for all students. However, students who wish to take the 15credit dissertation module must take ARCH30700 Research Project Preparation in the first trimester. It is recommended that students spread their credit workload evenly between Trimester 1 and Trimester 2 i.e. 30 credits per trimester
Stage 4 Options - B)MIN1OF: Students who choose to take the dissertation option (5credit research preparation plus 15 credit dissertation) must take a minimum of 10 credits from the level 3 options below. Students who do not choose the dissertation module must take a minimum of 30 credits from the level 3 options below. It is very important that you fulfill these requirements to finish your degree.
AH30590	Woman & Modern Architecture	Autumn	10
AH30630	Genre in the Age of Vermeer	Autumn	10
ARCH30170	Combat Archaeology	Autumn	5
ARCH30500	Experiment Archaeology & Ancient Technologies	Autumn	5
ARCH30820	The Archaeology of Collapse	Autumn	10
ARCH31010	Human Osteoarchaeology	Autumn	10
GRC30080	The Oedipus Myth	Autumn	5
GRC30330	Death and the Afterlife in the Ancient World	Autumn	5
GRC30560	Economies of the Roman Empire	Autumn	10
AH30540	Georgian Dublin	Spring	5
AH30600	From Constantinople to Istanbul: Art, Faith, Politics	Spring	10
AH30650	Art/Resistance/Activism	Spring	10
ARCH30990	Between Newgrange & Stonehenge	Spring	10
ARCH31000	People & Extreme Environments	Spring	10
GRC30070	Family Life in Ancient Greece	Spring	5
GRC30290	Magic in the Ancient World	Spring	5
Stage 4 Options - B)MIN1OF: Students who choose to take the dissertation option (5credit research preparation plus 15 credit dissertation) must take a minimum of 10 credits from the level 3 options below. Students who do not choose the dissertation module must take a minimum of 30 credits from the level 3 options below. It is very important that you fulfill these requirements to finish your degree.
Stage 4 Options - C)MIN0CR: You may take a MAXIMUM of 10 credits only from the level 2 option modules below. This section is designed to allow you to choose level 2 option modules that you may not have been able to take in the past due to timetable clashes.
AH20220	History of Photography	Autumn	5
AH20280	Queer Art Histories	Autumn	5
AH20320	Age of Titian	Autumn	5
ARCH20510	Archaeology of Landscapes	Autumn	5
ARCH20570	Cultural Heritage	Autumn	5
ARCH20610	Historical Archaeology	Autumn	5
GRC20010	Alexander and his Successors	Autumn	5
GRC20130	Study Tour of Ancient Greece	Autumn	5
GRC20240	Piracy in World History	Autumn	5
AH20250	Early Islamic Art and Architecture	Spring	5
AH20300	Medieval Art and Architecture: characteristics and influences	Spring	5
ARCH20600	Archaeological Science	Spring	5
ARCH20620	People in Prehistory: key themes and problems	Spring	5
GRC20030	Early Roman Empire	Spring	5
Stage 4 Options - C)MIN0CR: You may take a MAXIMUM of 10 credits only from the level 2 option modules below. This section is designed to allow you to choose level 2 option modules that you may not have been able to take in the past due to timetable clashes.
Stage 4 Options - D)MIN0OF: This is an elective substitution module. You may select this module instead of one of your elective modules.
HUM30050	Writing for Life: employability skills for arts and humanities students	Spring	5
Stage 4 Options - D)MIN0OF: This is an elective substitution module. You may select this module instead of one of your elective modules.

		Award		GPA
Programme	Module Weightings	Rule Description	Description
BHACS024	Stage 4 - 50.00% Stage 3 - 30.00% Stage 2 - 20.00%	Standard Honours Award	First Class Honours	3.68	4.20
			Second Class Honours, Grade 1	3.08	3.67
			Second Class Honours, Grade 2	2.48	3.07
			Pass	2.00	2.47