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Graduates of History and Politics have key skills in research, analysis and communication that are highly valued by employers. History & Politics graduates work across: International Organizations, Broadcasting and Journalism, Business, Civil Service, Law, NGOs, Publishing, Public Relations, Politics, Research, Teaching, Marketing, Policymaking, Tourism, Heritage.
Graduates are eligible to apply for UCD MA and MSc programmes in either History or Politics and International Relations. For more information see www.ucd.ie/graduatestudies.
Students are registered to nine core modules (45 credits) and should choose two 5-credit option modules. You may choose a further module as an elective in the spring trimester from the list of option modules or from the general elective list. It is recommended that students spread their credit workload evenly between Trimester 1 and Trimester 2.
Students take five stage 2 core modules (25 credits) and should select at least three 5-credit History option modules and two 5-credit Politics option modules.
Students who remain in UCD for the full year should take 50 option credits at level 3 plus 10 elective credits.
Students should select 25 credits of Politics modules: At least 20 credits should be taken from the 10-credit Politics Options and 5 credits from the 5-credit Politics Options.
Students should select 25 credits of History modules: At least 20 credits should be taken from level 3 10-credit modules and 5 credits from level 3 5-credit modules.
Students who take up a trimester-long exchange or internship for one trimester and are in UCD for the other trimester only should take 20 option credits at level 3, plus 10 elective credits. A minimum of 10 credits should be taken in both History and Politics. Extra option modules from your programme can be taken in place of your electives if you wish.
Students take 50 credits of option modules, plus 10 credits of electives.
Students can choose to take a 20-credit dissertation/capstone option (which comprises a 5-credit research skills module AND the 15-credit dissertation) plus a further 30 credits of option modules, or simply 50 credits of taught option modules.
Students who take the 20-credit dissertation/capstone option must take at least 15 credits in History option modules (one 10-credit module plus one 5-credit module) and 15 credits in Politics option modules (one 10-credit modules plus one 5-credit module).
Students who simply take 50 credits of taught option modules need to take 25 credits in History option modules (two 10-credit modules plus one 5-credit module) and 25 credits in Politics option modules (two 10-credit modules plus one 5-credit module).
Module ID | Module Title | Trimester | Credits |
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HIS10070 | The Making of Modern Europe: 1500-2000 | Autumn | 5 |
HIS10450 | Radicals and Revolutionaries | Autumn | 5 |
HIS10520 | International Order since 1990 | Autumn | 5 |
POL10160 | Foundations of Contemporary Politics | Autumn | 5 |
POL10170 | Foundations in Political Research | Autumn | 5 |
HIS10310 | Ireland's English Centuries | Spring | 5 |
HIS10320 | The Making of Modern Ireland, 1800-2000 | Spring | 5 |
INRL10020 | Foundations of Intl Relations | Spring | 5 |
POL10180 | Foundations of Pol Theory | Spring | 5 |
HIS10080 | Rome to Renaissance | Autumn | 5 |
DSCY10050 | War: Ancient and modern | Autumn and Spring (separate) | 5 |
DSCY10120 | Contagion & Control | Spring | 5 |
HIS10440 | The United States, 1776-1991 | Spring | 5 |
INRL20110 | Intro to Middle East Politics | Spring | 5 |
POL10120 | Foundations in Global Development | Spring | 5 |
HIS21140 | History Today | Autumn | 5 |
INRL20040 | Theories and Concepts in International Relations | Autumn | 5 |
POL20010 | Individuals and the State: The Idea of Freedom in the History of Political Thought | Autumn | 5 |
POL20020 | Comparative Politics | Spring | 5 |
POL20050 | Research Methods in Political Science | Spring | 5 |
Stage 2 Options - A)MIN3OF: Choose at least 3 History Option Modules All students are strongly advised to balance their workload evenly across both trimesters. This means you should pick 30 credits in Autumn (Trimester 1) and 30 credits in Spring (Trimester 2) You may wish to take additional option modules from the list below in place of electives. |
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HIS20670 | France since the Revolution | Autumn | 5 |
HIS21180 | Landscapes Remade: People and Place in Ireland, 1500-1800 | Autumn | 5 |
HIS21240 | Celts, Romans and Vikings: The Formation of Early Ireland | Autumn | 5 |
HIS21260 | From the Goldmines to Trump: A global history of nativism and anti-immigration since the mid-19th c. | Autumn | 5 |
HIS21320 | Sport and the modern world | Autumn | 5 |
HIS21340 | The Irish at War, 1914-1998 | Autumn | 5 |
HIS20460 | Islam and Christianity in the Middle Ages | Spring | 5 |
HIS20820 | Nazi Germany | Spring | 5 |
HIS20950 | European Statecraft, Strategy & Culture, c. 1470-c.1770: Personalities & Power | Spring | 5 |
HIS21120 | Northern Ireland, 1920-2010: from partition to Paisley | Spring | 5 |
HIS21330 | Global Asia | Spring | 5 |
Stage 2 Options - A)MIN3OF: Choose at least 3 History Option Modules All students are strongly advised to balance their workload evenly across both trimesters. This means you should pick 30 credits in Autumn (Trimester 1) and 30 credits in Spring (Trimester 2) You may wish to take additional option modules from the list below in place of electives. |
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Stage 2 Options - B)MIN2OF: Choose at least 2 Politics Option Modules All students are strongly advised to balance their workload evenly across both trimesters. This means you should pick 30 credits in Autumn (Trimester 1) and 30 credits in Spring (Trimester 2) You may wish to take additional option modules from the list below in place of electives. |
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INRL20080 | Irish Foreign Policy | Autumn | 5 |
INRL20160 | Introduction to European Union Politics | Autumn | 5 |
POL20260 | Introduction to Chinese Politics | Autumn | 5 |
DEV20010 | Topics in Intl Development | Spring | 5 |
DEV20130 | Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals | Spring | 5 |
INRL20110 | Intro to Middle East Politics | Spring | 5 |
POL10120 | Foundations in Global Development | Spring | 5 |
Stage 2 Options - B)MIN2OF: Choose at least 2 Politics Option Modules All students are strongly advised to balance their workload evenly across both trimesters. This means you should pick 30 credits in Autumn (Trimester 1) and 30 credits in Spring (Trimester 2) You may wish to take additional option modules from the list below in place of electives. |
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Stage 3 Options - A)MIN0OF: Stage 3 Politics Options: Select at least 25 option credits in Politics in stage 3. 20 Credits should be taken from this section and 5 credits from the 5-credit Politics Options list. Students who take up a trimester-long exchange or internship for one trimester and are in UCD for the other trimester only should take 20 option credits at level 3, plus 10 elective credits. A minimum of 10 credits should be taken in both History and Politics. Extra option modules from your programme can be taken in place of your electives if you wish. |
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DEV30010 | Sustainable Development through the Lens of Gender | Autumn | 10 |
INRL30330 | Integration and Fragmentation in the Global System | Autumn | 10 |
INRL30370 | Terrorism & Political Violence | Autumn | 10 |
POL30730 | Political Activism in the Middle East | Autumn | 10 |
POL30780 | Justice in Education | Autumn | 10 |
POL36120 | Gender, Religion & Colonialism | Autumn | 10 |
POL36160 | Northern Ireland Politics | Autumn | 10 |
POL36180 | Politics of Care | Autumn | 10 |
POL36190 | Political Networks | Autumn | 10 |
POL36200 | Democracy, Elections and Campaigns | Autumn | 10 |
INRL30390 | Foreign Policy Mistakes | Spring | 10 |
INRL30400 | EU Foreign Policy: understanding how the European Union and its member states engage with the world | Spring | 10 |
POL30660 | Data Analytics for Social Sciences | Spring | 10 |
POL30680 | Gender and Politics | Spring | 10 |
POL30690 | Introduction to Asian Politics | Spring | 10 |
POL30820 | Political Risk and Foreign Direct Investment | Spring | 10 |
POL30840 | Electoral Systems and their Consequences | Spring | 10 |
POL36110 | Comparative Political Theory | Spring | 10 |
POL36150 | Feminist Perspectives on Social Policy | Spring | 10 |
POL36170 | Respecting Diversity | Spring | 10 |
Stage 3 Options - A)MIN0OF: Stage 3 Politics Options: Select at least 25 option credits in Politics in stage 3. 20 Credits should be taken from this section and 5 credits from the 5-credit Politics Options list. Students who take up a trimester-long exchange or internship for one trimester and are in UCD for the other trimester only should take 20 option credits at level 3, plus 10 elective credits. A minimum of 10 credits should be taken in both History and Politics. Extra option modules from your programme can be taken in place of your electives if you wish. |
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Stage 3 Options - B)MIN0OF: Stage 3 Politics Options: Select at least 25 option credits in Politics in stage 3. 20 Credits should be taken from the 10-credit Politics Options list and 5 credits from this section. Students who take up a trimester-long exchange or internship for one trimester and are in UCD for the other trimester only should take 20 option credits at level 3, plus 10 elective credits. A minimum of 10 credits should be taken in both History and Politics. Extra option modules from your programme can be taken in place of your electives if you wish. |
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INRL20080 | Irish Foreign Policy | Autumn | 5 |
INRL20160 | Introduction to European Union Politics | Autumn | 5 |
POL20260 | Introduction to Chinese Politics | Autumn | 5 |
DEV20010 | Topics in Intl Development | Spring | 5 |
DEV20130 | Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals | Spring | 5 |
ECON30500 | Field Experiments Social Sci | Spring | 5 |
INRL20110 | Intro to Middle East Politics | Spring | 5 |
MUS31330 | Post-Truth, Politics & Music | Spring | 5 |
POL10120 | Foundations in Global Development | Spring | 5 |
Stage 3 Options - B)MIN0OF: Stage 3 Politics Options: Select at least 25 option credits in Politics in stage 3. 20 Credits should be taken from the 10-credit Politics Options list and 5 credits from this section. Students who take up a trimester-long exchange or internship for one trimester and are in UCD for the other trimester only should take 20 option credits at level 3, plus 10 elective credits. A minimum of 10 credits should be taken in both History and Politics. Extra option modules from your programme can be taken in place of your electives if you wish. |
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Stage 3 Options - C)MIN0OF: Stage 3 History Options: Select at least 25 option credits in History in stage 3. 20 Credits should be taken from 10 credit modules below and 5 credits from a 5 credit module. Students who take up a trimester-long exchange or internship for one trimester and are in UCD for the other trimester only should take 20 option credits at level 3, plus 10 elective credits. A minimum of 10 credits should be taken in both History and Politics. Extra option modules from your programme can be taken in place of your electives if you wish. |
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HIS31250 | Old Germany | Autumn | 10 |
HIS31320 | The Irish Revolution, 1910-1923 | Autumn | 10 |
HIS31440 | Ireland in the 1960s | Autumn | 10 |
HIS31500 | Past, Present and Future in Medieval England | Autumn | 10 |
HIS31860 | Slavery and the New World | Autumn | 10 |
HIS32350 | Alcohol, Drugs & Society | Autumn | 10 |
HIS32440 | Florence 1400-1530 | Autumn | 10 |
HIS32690 | Revolution and War in Twentieth-Century Vietnam | Autumn | 10 |
HIS32730 | The Digital Humanities | Autumn | 10 |
HIS32860 | Jilted Lovers, Giants, Yahoos and Cannibals: Jonathan Swift's Ireland, 1685-1745 | Autumn | 10 |
HIS32880 | Sexuality and Society | Autumn | 10 |
HIS32950 | Weimar Germany | Autumn | 10 |
HIS32970 | The 1641 Rebellion | Autumn | 10 |
HIS32980 | Britain's War Northern Ireland | Autumn | 10 |
HIS33010 | Global History before AD 1000 | Autumn | 10 |
HIS33160 | War, Religion and State in Sixteenth-Century France | Autumn | 10 |
HIS33170 | Capitalism, power and environmentalism: themes in global environmental history | Autumn | 10 |
HIS31700 | Origins of the First World War | Autumn and Spring (separate) | 10 |
HIS32620 | International Relations in the Asia Pacific, 1890s-1950s | Autumn and Spring (separate) | 10 |
HIS32710 | Manufacturing Truth in the Modern World | Autumn and Spring (separate) | 10 |
HIS31280 | Rise, Fall, Rise of Modern Japan | Spring | 10 |
HIS31310 | Madness and Civilisation | Spring | 10 |
HIS31400 | British Atlantic History, 1607-1776 | Spring | 10 |
HIS31510 | Religion & Society in Independent Ireland, 1922-1968 | Spring | 10 |
HIS31760 | Irish Foreign Policy, 1919-73: A Place Among the Nations | Spring | 10 |
HIS31900 | Roads to Heaven & Hell | Spring | 10 |
HIS31960 | Satan in the Middle Ages | Spring | 10 |
HIS32330 | A History of Decadence: Sex, Spectacle and Corruption in Eighteenth-Century Venice | Spring | 10 |
HIS32540 | Women, War and Irish Society 1914-1923 | Spring | 10 |
HIS32720 | Frontiers of Empire | Spring | 10 |
HIS32940 | Devolution, Dominion, Democracy: Ireland's constitutional history north and south, 1870-2007 | Spring | 10 |
HIS32990 | 1942: The World at War | Spring | 10 |
HIS33000 | Political Violence in Ireland | Spring | 10 |
HIS33030 | Women and Ethical Action in the First Millennium CE | Spring | 10 |
HIS33070 | Russia at War | Spring | 10 |
HIS33090 | African American and Native American Citizenship, 1780-1950 | Spring | 10 |
HIS33100 | The United States and the Vietnam War | Spring | 10 |
HIS33120 | Women in Early Modern Ireland | Spring | 10 |
HIS33130 | The Scottish Financial Revolution in Context, 1688-1750 | Spring | 10 |
Stage 3 Options - C)MIN0OF: Stage 3 History Options: Select at least 25 option credits in History in stage 3. 20 Credits should be taken from 10 credit modules below and 5 credits from a 5 credit module. Students who take up a trimester-long exchange or internship for one trimester and are in UCD for the other trimester only should take 20 option credits at level 3, plus 10 elective credits. A minimum of 10 credits should be taken in both History and Politics. Extra option modules from your programme can be taken in place of your electives if you wish. |
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Stage 3 Options - D)MIN0OF: Stage 3 History Options: Select at least 25 option credits in History in stage 3. 20 Credits should be taken from 10 credit modules and 5 credits from the 5 credit option modules below. Students who take up a trimester-long exchange or internship for one trimester and are in UCD for the other trimester only should take 20 option credits at level 3, plus 10 elective credits. A minimum of 10 credits should be taken in both History and Politics. Extra option modules from your programme can be taken in place of your electives if you wish. |
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HIS32380 | Genocide & Mass Violence in the Twentieth Century | Autumn | 5 |
HIS32900 | Questions in History | Autumn | 5 |
HIS32310 | Revolutionary Russia, 1905-1921 | Spring | 5 |
HIS32460 | Conquering Ireland, 1579-1691 | Spring | 5 |
Stage 3 Options - D)MIN0OF: Stage 3 History Options: Select at least 25 option credits in History in stage 3. 20 Credits should be taken from 10 credit modules and 5 credits from the 5 credit option modules below. Students who take up a trimester-long exchange or internship for one trimester and are in UCD for the other trimester only should take 20 option credits at level 3, plus 10 elective credits. A minimum of 10 credits should be taken in both History and Politics. Extra option modules from your programme can be taken in place of your electives if you wish. |
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HUM30020 | Internship-Autumn (Humanities) | Autumn | 30 |
HUM30030 | Internship- Spring (Humanities) | Spring | 30 |
HUM30050 | Writing for Life: employability skills for arts and humanities students | Spring | 5 |
Stage 4 Options - A)MIN0OF: Students can choose to take a 20-credit dissertation/capstone option in EITHER History or Politics. Students who wish to choose the History dissertation module HIS32840 MUST also choose the autumn semester research skills module HIS30550. Students who wish to choose the Politics capstone must choose both the autumn semester module POL30860 AND the spring semester module POL30870. POL30860 and POL30870 have limited capacity and entry is competitive. Further info is available at https://www.ucd.ie/spire/study/currentundergraduatestudents/advancedseminarinpolitics/. Students who do not choose either dissertation option should take 50 credits of taught modules from the option blocks below (25 credits in History and 25 credits in Politics). |
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HIS30550 | Research Skills Seminar | Autumn | 5 |
POL30860 | Advanced Seminar in Politics 1 | Autumn | 5 |
HIS32840 | Dissertation | Spring | 15 |
POL30870 | Advanced Seminar in Politics 2 | Spring | 15 |
Stage 4 Options - A)MIN0OF: Students can choose to take a 20-credit dissertation/capstone option in EITHER History or Politics. Students who wish to choose the History dissertation module HIS32840 MUST also choose the autumn semester research skills module HIS30550. Students who wish to choose the Politics capstone must choose both the autumn semester module POL30860 AND the spring semester module POL30870. POL30860 and POL30870 have limited capacity and entry is competitive. Further info is available at https://www.ucd.ie/spire/study/currentundergraduatestudents/advancedseminarinpolitics/. Students who do not choose either dissertation option should take 50 credits of taught modules from the option blocks below (25 credits in History and 25 credits in Politics). |
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DEV30010 | Sustainable Development through the Lens of Gender | Autumn | 10 |
INRL30330 | Integration and Fragmentation in the Global System | Autumn | 10 |
INRL30370 | Terrorism & Political Violence | Autumn | 10 |
POL30730 | Political Activism in the Middle East | Autumn | 10 |
POL30780 | Justice in Education | Autumn | 10 |
POL36120 | Gender, Religion & Colonialism | Autumn | 10 |
POL36160 | Northern Ireland Politics | Autumn | 10 |
POL36180 | Politics of Care | Autumn | 10 |
POL36190 | Political Networks | Autumn | 10 |
POL36200 | Democracy, Elections and Campaigns | Autumn | 10 |
INRL30390 | Foreign Policy Mistakes | Spring | 10 |
INRL30400 | EU Foreign Policy: understanding how the European Union and its member states engage with the world | Spring | 10 |
POL30660 | Data Analytics for Social Sciences | Spring | 10 |
POL30680 | Gender and Politics | Spring | 10 |
POL30690 | Introduction to Asian Politics | Spring | 10 |
POL30820 | Political Risk and Foreign Direct Investment | Spring | 10 |
POL30840 | Electoral Systems and their Consequences | Spring | 10 |
POL36110 | Comparative Political Theory | Spring | 10 |
POL36150 | Feminist Perspectives on Social Policy | Spring | 10 |
POL36170 | Respecting Diversity | Spring | 10 |
INRL20080 | Irish Foreign Policy | Autumn | 5 |
INRL20160 | Introduction to European Union Politics | Autumn | 5 |
POL20260 | Introduction to Chinese Politics | Autumn | 5 |
DEV20010 | Topics in Intl Development | Spring | 5 |
DEV20130 | Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals | Spring | 5 |
ECON30500 | Field Experiments Social Sci | Spring | 5 |
INRL20110 | Intro to Middle East Politics | Spring | 5 |
MUS31330 | Post-Truth, Politics & Music | Spring | 5 |
HIS31250 | Old Germany | Autumn | 10 |
HIS31320 | The Irish Revolution, 1910-1923 | Autumn | 10 |
HIS31440 | Ireland in the 1960s | Autumn | 10 |
HIS31500 | Past, Present and Future in Medieval England | Autumn | 10 |
HIS31860 | Slavery and the New World | Autumn | 10 |
HIS32350 | Alcohol, Drugs & Society | Autumn | 10 |
HIS32440 | Florence 1400-1530 | Autumn | 10 |
HIS32690 | Revolution and War in Twentieth-Century Vietnam | Autumn | 10 |
HIS32730 | The Digital Humanities | Autumn | 10 |
HIS32860 | Jilted Lovers, Giants, Yahoos and Cannibals: Jonathan Swift's Ireland, 1685-1745 | Autumn | 10 |
HIS32880 | Sexuality and Society | Autumn | 10 |
HIS32950 | Weimar Germany | Autumn | 10 |
HIS32970 | The 1641 Rebellion | Autumn | 10 |
HIS32980 | Britain's War Northern Ireland | Autumn | 10 |
HIS33010 | Global History before AD 1000 | Autumn | 10 |
HIS33160 | War, Religion and State in Sixteenth-Century France | Autumn | 10 |
HIS33170 | Capitalism, power and environmentalism: themes in global environmental history | Autumn | 10 |
HIS31700 | Origins of the First World War | Autumn and Spring (separate) | 10 |
HIS32620 | International Relations in the Asia Pacific, 1890s-1950s | Autumn and Spring (separate) | 10 |
HIS32710 | Manufacturing Truth in the Modern World | Autumn and Spring (separate) | 10 |
HIS31280 | Rise, Fall, Rise of Modern Japan | Spring | 10 |
HIS31310 | Madness and Civilisation | Spring | 10 |
HIS31400 | British Atlantic History, 1607-1776 | Spring | 10 |
HIS31510 | Religion & Society in Independent Ireland, 1922-1968 | Spring | 10 |
HIS31760 | Irish Foreign Policy, 1919-73: A Place Among the Nations | Spring | 10 |
HIS31900 | Roads to Heaven & Hell | Spring | 10 |
HIS31960 | Satan in the Middle Ages | Spring | 10 |
HIS32330 | A History of Decadence: Sex, Spectacle and Corruption in Eighteenth-Century Venice | Spring | 10 |
HIS32540 | Women, War and Irish Society 1914-1923 | Spring | 10 |
HIS32720 | Frontiers of Empire | Spring | 10 |
HIS32940 | Devolution, Dominion, Democracy: Ireland's constitutional history north and south, 1870-2007 | Spring | 10 |
HIS32990 | 1942: The World at War | Spring | 10 |
HIS33000 | Political Violence in Ireland | Spring | 10 |
HIS33030 | Women and Ethical Action in the First Millennium CE | Spring | 10 |
HIS33070 | Russia at War | Spring | 10 |
HIS33090 | African American and Native American Citizenship, 1780-1950 | Spring | 10 |
HIS33100 | The United States and the Vietnam War | Spring | 10 |
HIS33120 | Women in Early Modern Ireland | Spring | 10 |
HIS33130 | The Scottish Financial Revolution in Context, 1688-1750 | Spring | 10 |
HIS32380 | Genocide & Mass Violence in the Twentieth Century | Autumn | 5 |
HIS32900 | Questions in History | Autumn | 5 |
HIS32310 | Revolutionary Russia, 1905-1921 | Spring | 5 |
HIS32460 | Conquering Ireland, 1579-1691 | Spring | 5 |
HUM30050 | Writing for Life: employability skills for arts and humanities students | Spring | 5 |
Award | GPA | ||||
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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 |
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Second Class Honours, Grade 2 | 2.48 |
3.07 |
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Pass | 2.00 |
2.47 |