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BA (NFQ Level 8) · Academic Year 2024/2025
School
School of History
Attendance
Full Time
Level
Undergraduate
NFQ Level
8
Award
Bachelor of Arts
Mode of Delivery
On Campus
Programme Director
Professor Michael Staunton
Overall Programme Credits:
180
Programme Credits:
Stage 1
Core/Option: 50 Electives: 10
Stage 1
Core/Option: 55 Electives: 5
Stage 2
Core/Option: 50 Electives: 10
Stage 3
Core/Option: 50 Electives: 10
Stage 3
Core/Option: 60 Electives: 0
Stage 4
Core/Option: 50 Electives: 10
Major/Minor Core & Option Credits:
Stage 2: 25
Stage 3: 25
Stage 4: 25

Curricular information is subject to change.

The History programme is designed to provide students with a knowledge and understanding of the past, and the tools with which to pursue that knowledge and understanding. It is aimed at anyone who has an interest in history, and no prior qualification in the discipline is required. What we do expect is that students approach the subject in an inquisitive and critical way, and are prepared to consider the history of Ireland and the world from a variety of perspectives. The syllabus takes in the entire sweep of history, from the fall of the Roman Empire to the present, and  embraces all aspects of human experience. This includes conflict and political change, the lives of individuals and the fortunes of nations and civilisations. It also includes how people lived, how they thought and how they expressed themselves. The study of history, then, overlaps with the study of such subjects as gender, medicine, the media, religion and literature. Students learn through a combination of lectures, seminars and independent study, working with active researchers in the field and interacting with their peers. The objective is not only to learn what happened in the past. It is also about identifying and evaluating historical evidence, and about posing questions and framing answers based their consideration. The History programme, therefore, allows you to deepen your study of history, while teaching skills that are valuable in any career you choose.


1 - Demonstrate a familiarity with of a broad range of historical periods and situations, Irish and international.
2 - Demonstrate an in-depth knowledge of selected fields of historical study.
3 - Appreciate continuities and contrasts between diverse historical periods and situations.
4 - Analyse primary source evidence, place it in context and assess its reliability.
5 - Use primary sources in an ethical and effective way, informed by an understanding of how professional historians conduct research, pose questions and frame answers.
6 - Demonstrate an understanding of diverse academic viewpoints and methodologies.
7 - Deliver oral presentations clearly and confidently, and engage constructively in group discussions.
8 - Submit written work which is coherently argued, backed up by evidence, well-presented, and documented in an academic format appropriate to the discipline.
9 - Demonstrate a knowledge of research skills that are fundamental to historical inquiry and more broadly applicable.

This exciting programme offers you an opportunity to study the historical background to the contemporary world as well as examining the link between political systems and political ideas, and exploring some of the main issues in international politics.

You will build on historical analysis to gain an understanding of how political systems operate globally. Refer to the Arts Omnibus page for subject descriptions.

In Stage 1 you will be introduced to models of democracy in political theory, Irish politics, international and comparative politics alongside the context of European history from the Roman to the European empires of the 19th and 20th centuries. Ireland plays an important role within this framework as a colonised country with a deep cultural identity.

In Stage 2 you will be given the opportunity to develop your understanding of Comparative Politics, International Relations and Political Theory. Modules on 20th Century War and Peace and The Irish Experience 1920-2000 provide you with an historical background that enhances your understanding of international politics so that you have the analytical skills o assess the interplay between history, politics and international relations.

A wide range of employment opportunities in the public and private sectors is available to graduates of this programme, both in Ireland and abroad. Areas include the print and broadcasting media, the civil service, the diplomatic service, business, administration and research, as well as careers as public representatives and in academic life.

Stage 2

Students must register to the Stage 2 core module and select four Level 2 option modules.

Stage 3

Students must select two 10-credit Stage 3 option modules and one 5-credit Level 3 option module.

Stage 4

Students must select two 10-credit Stage 4 option modules and one 5 credit Stage 4 option module

Below is a list of all modules offered for this degree in the current academic year. Click on the module to discover what you will learn in the module, how you will learn and assessment feedback profile amongst other information.

Incoming Stage 1 undergraduates can usually select an Elective in the Spring Trimester. Most continuing undergraduate students can select up to two Elective modules (10 Credits) per stage. There is also the possibility to take up to 10 extra Elective credits.

Module Type Module   Trimester Credits
Stage 2 Core Modules
 HIS21140 History Today Autumn  5
Stage 2 Options - A) Min 4 of:
Select a minimum of 4 option modules
 HIS20670 The French Revolution Autumn  5
Stage 2 Options - A) Min 4 of:
Select a minimum of 4 option modules
 HIS21180 Landscapes Remade: People and Place in Ireland, 1500-1800 Autumn  5
Stage 2 Options - A) Min 4 of:
Select a minimum of 4 option modules
 HIS21240 Celts, Romans and Vikings: The Formation of Early Ireland Autumn  5
Stage 2 Options - A) Min 4 of:
Select a minimum of 4 option modules
 HIS21260 From the Goldmines to Trump: A global history of nativism and anti-immigration since the mid-19th c. Autumn  5
Stage 2 Options - A) Min 4 of:
Select a minimum of 4 option modules
 HIS21320 Sport and the modern world Autumn  5
Stage 2 Options - A) Min 4 of:
Select a minimum of 4 option modules
 HIS21340 The Irish at War, 1914-1998 Autumn  5
Stage 2 Options - A) Min 4 of:
Select a minimum of 4 option modules
 HIS20460 Islam and Christianity in the Middle Ages Spring  5
Stage 2 Options - A) Min 4 of:
Select a minimum of 4 option modules
 HIS20820 Nazi Germany Spring  5
Stage 2 Options - A) Min 4 of:
Select a minimum of 4 option modules
 HIS20950 European Statecraft, Strategy & Culture, c. 1470-c.1770: Personalities & Power Spring  5
Stage 2 Options - A) Min 4 of:
Select a minimum of 4 option modules
 HIS21120 Northern Ireland, 1920-2010: from partition to Paisley Spring  5
Stage 2 Options - A) Min 4 of:
Select a minimum of 4 option modules
 HIS21330 Global Asia Spring  5
Stage 2 Options - B) Min 0 of:
This a College of Arts and Humanities module, It is the equivalent of an elective. You can take it instead of taking one of your Stage 2 electives. Please make sure that you have selected the correct number of programme options from the list above. This is not one of your required options.
 HUM20010 Career Readiness for Arts Autumn  5
Stage 3 Options - A)2 of:
10 Credit Options
 HIS31250 Old Germany Autumn  10
Stage 3 Options - A)2 of:
10 Credit Options
 HIS31320 The Irish Revolution, 1910-1923 Autumn  10
Stage 3 Options - A)2 of:
10 Credit Options
 HIS31440 Ireland in the long 1960s Autumn  10
Stage 3 Options - A)2 of:
10 Credit Options
 HIS31500 Past, Present and Future in Medieval England Autumn  10
Stage 3 Options - A)2 of:
10 Credit Options
 HIS31860 Slavery and the New World Autumn  10
Stage 3 Options - A)2 of:
10 Credit Options
 HIS32350 Alcohol, Drugs & Society Autumn  10
Stage 3 Options - A)2 of:
10 Credit Options
 HIS32440 Florence 1400-1530 Autumn  10
Stage 3 Options - A)2 of:
10 Credit Options
 HIS32690 Revolution and War in Twentieth-Century Vietnam Autumn  10
Stage 3 Options - A)2 of:
10 Credit Options
 HIS32730 The Digital Humanities Autumn  10
Stage 3 Options - A)2 of:
10 Credit Options
 HIS32860 Jilted Lovers, Giants, Yahoos and Cannibals: Jonathan Swift's Ireland, 1685-1745 Autumn  10
Stage 3 Options - A)2 of:
10 Credit Options
 HIS32880 Sexuality and Society Autumn  10
Stage 3 Options - A)2 of:
10 Credit Options
 HIS32950 Weimar Germany Autumn  10
Stage 3 Options - A)2 of:
10 Credit Options
 HIS32970 The 1641 Rebellion Autumn  10
Stage 3 Options - A)2 of:
10 Credit Options
 HIS32980 Britain's War Northern Ireland Autumn  10
Stage 3 Options - A)2 of:
10 Credit Options
 HIS33010 Global History before AD 1000 Autumn  10
Stage 3 Options - A)2 of:
10 Credit Options
 HIS33160 War, Religion and State in Sixteenth-Century France Autumn  10
Stage 3 Options - A)2 of:
10 Credit Options
 HIS33170 Capitalism, power and environmentalism: themes in global environmental history Autumn  10
Stage 3 Options - A)2 of:
10 Credit Options
 HIS31700 Origins of the First World War Autumn and Spring (separate)  10
Stage 3 Options - A)2 of:
10 Credit Options
 HIS32620 International Relations in the Asia Pacific, 1890s-1950s Autumn and Spring (separate)  10
Stage 3 Options - A)2 of:
10 Credit Options
 HIS32710 Manufacturing Truth in the Modern World Autumn and Spring (separate)  10
Stage 3 Options - A)2 of:
10 Credit Options
 HIS31280 Rise, Fall, Rise of Modern Japan Spring  10
Stage 3 Options - A)2 of:
10 Credit Options
 HIS31310 Madness and Civilisation Spring  10
Stage 3 Options - A)2 of:
10 Credit Options
 HIS31400 British Atlantic History, 1607-1776 Spring  10
Stage 3 Options - A)2 of:
10 Credit Options
 HIS31510 Religion & Society in Independent Ireland, 1922-1968 Spring  10
Stage 3 Options - A)2 of:
10 Credit Options
 HIS31760 Irish Foreign Policy, 1919-73: A Place Among the Nations Spring  10
Stage 3 Options - A)2 of:
10 Credit Options
 HIS31900 Roads to Heaven & Hell Spring  10
Stage 3 Options - A)2 of:
10 Credit Options
 HIS31960 Satan in the Middle Ages Spring  10
Stage 3 Options - A)2 of:
10 Credit Options
 HIS32330 A History of Decadence: Sex, Spectacle and Corruption in Eighteenth-Century Venice Spring  10
Stage 3 Options - A)2 of:
10 Credit Options
 HIS32540 Women, War and Irish Society 1914-1923 Spring  10
Stage 3 Options - A)2 of:
10 Credit Options
 HIS32720 Frontiers of Empire Spring  10
Stage 3 Options - A)2 of:
10 Credit Options
 HIS32940 Devolution, Dominion, Democracy: Ireland's constitutional history north and south, 1870-2007 Spring  10
Stage 3 Options - A)2 of:
10 Credit Options
 HIS32990 1942: The World at War Spring  10
Stage 3 Options - A)2 of:
10 Credit Options
 HIS33000 Political Violence in Ireland Spring  10
Stage 3 Options - A)2 of:
10 Credit Options
 HIS33030 Women and Ethical Action in the First Millennium CE Spring  10
Stage 3 Options - A)2 of:
10 Credit Options
 HIS33070 Russia at War, 1686 – 1989 Spring  10
Stage 3 Options - A)2 of:
10 Credit Options
 HIS33090 African American and Native American Citizenship, 1780-1950 Spring  10
Stage 3 Options - A)2 of:
10 Credit Options
 HIS33100 The United States and the Vietnam War Spring  10
Stage 3 Options - A)2 of:
10 Credit Options
 HIS33120 Women in Early Modern Ireland Spring  10
Stage 3 Options - A)2 of:
10 Credit Options
 HIS33130 The Scottish Financial Revolution in Context, 1688-1750 Spring  10
Stage 3 Options - A)2 of:
10 Credit Options
 HIS33180 Modern Migrants and Migration Spring  10
Stage 3 Options - B) Min 1 of:
Students must choose one module from the list below.

You may wish to take additional option modules from the list below in place of electives.
 HIS32380 Genocide & Mass Violence in the Twentieth Century Autumn  5
Stage 3 Options - B) Min 1 of:
Students must choose one module from the list below.

You may wish to take additional option modules from the list below in place of electives.
 HIS32900 Questions in History Autumn  5
Stage 3 Options - B) Min 1 of:
Students must choose one module from the list below.

You may wish to take additional option modules from the list below in place of electives.
 HIS32310 Revolutionary Russia, 1905-1921 Spring  5
Stage 3 Options - B) Min 1 of:
Students must choose one module from the list below.

You may wish to take additional option modules from the list below in place of electives.
 HIS32460 Conquering Ireland, 1579-1691 Spring  5
Stage 4 Options - A)2 of:
10 Credit Options
 HIS31250 Old Germany Autumn  10
Stage 4 Options - A)2 of:
10 Credit Options
 HIS31320 The Irish Revolution, 1910-1923 Autumn  10
Stage 4 Options - A)2 of:
10 Credit Options
 HIS31440 Ireland in the long 1960s Autumn  10
Stage 4 Options - A)2 of:
10 Credit Options
 HIS31500 Past, Present and Future in Medieval England Autumn  10
Stage 4 Options - A)2 of:
10 Credit Options
 HIS31860 Slavery and the New World Autumn  10
Stage 4 Options - A)2 of:
10 Credit Options
 HIS32350 Alcohol, Drugs & Society Autumn  10
Stage 4 Options - A)2 of:
10 Credit Options
 HIS32440 Florence 1400-1530 Autumn  10
Stage 4 Options - A)2 of:
10 Credit Options
 HIS32690 Revolution and War in Twentieth-Century Vietnam Autumn  10
Stage 4 Options - A)2 of:
10 Credit Options
 HIS32730 The Digital Humanities Autumn  10
Stage 4 Options - A)2 of:
10 Credit Options
 HIS32860 Jilted Lovers, Giants, Yahoos and Cannibals: Jonathan Swift's Ireland, 1685-1745 Autumn  10
Stage 4 Options - A)2 of:
10 Credit Options
 HIS32880 Sexuality and Society Autumn  10
Stage 4 Options - A)2 of:
10 Credit Options
 HIS32950 Weimar Germany Autumn  10
Stage 4 Options - A)2 of:
10 Credit Options
 HIS32970 The 1641 Rebellion Autumn  10
Stage 4 Options - A)2 of:
10 Credit Options
 HIS32980 Britain's War Northern Ireland Autumn  10
Stage 4 Options - A)2 of:
10 Credit Options
 HIS33010 Global History before AD 1000 Autumn  10
Stage 4 Options - A)2 of:
10 Credit Options
 HIS33160 War, Religion and State in Sixteenth-Century France Autumn  10
Stage 4 Options - A)2 of:
10 Credit Options
 HIS33170 Capitalism, power and environmentalism: themes in global environmental history Autumn  10
Stage 4 Options - A)2 of:
10 Credit Options
 HIS31700 Origins of the First World War Autumn and Spring (separate)  10
Stage 4 Options - A)2 of:
10 Credit Options
 HIS32620 International Relations in the Asia Pacific, 1890s-1950s Autumn and Spring (separate)  10
Stage 4 Options - A)2 of:
10 Credit Options
 HIS32710 Manufacturing Truth in the Modern World Autumn and Spring (separate)  10
Stage 4 Options - A)2 of:
10 Credit Options
 HIS31280 Rise, Fall, Rise of Modern Japan Spring  10
Stage 4 Options - A)2 of:
10 Credit Options
 HIS31310 Madness and Civilisation Spring  10
Stage 4 Options - A)2 of:
10 Credit Options
 HIS31400 British Atlantic History, 1607-1776 Spring  10
Stage 4 Options - A)2 of:
10 Credit Options
 HIS31510 Religion & Society in Independent Ireland, 1922-1968 Spring  10
Stage 4 Options - A)2 of:
10 Credit Options
 HIS31760 Irish Foreign Policy, 1919-73: A Place Among the Nations Spring  10
Stage 4 Options - A)2 of:
10 Credit Options
 HIS31900 Roads to Heaven & Hell Spring  10
Stage 4 Options - A)2 of:
10 Credit Options
 HIS31960 Satan in the Middle Ages Spring  10
Stage 4 Options - A)2 of:
10 Credit Options
 HIS32330 A History of Decadence: Sex, Spectacle and Corruption in Eighteenth-Century Venice Spring  10
Stage 4 Options - A)2 of:
10 Credit Options
 HIS32540 Women, War and Irish Society 1914-1923 Spring  10
Stage 4 Options - A)2 of:
10 Credit Options
 HIS32720 Frontiers of Empire Spring  10
Stage 4 Options - A)2 of:
10 Credit Options
 HIS32940 Devolution, Dominion, Democracy: Ireland's constitutional history north and south, 1870-2007 Spring  10
Stage 4 Options - A)2 of:
10 Credit Options
 HIS32990 1942: The World at War Spring  10
Stage 4 Options - A)2 of:
10 Credit Options
 HIS33000 Political Violence in Ireland Spring  10
Stage 4 Options - A)2 of:
10 Credit Options
 HIS33030 Women and Ethical Action in the First Millennium CE Spring  10
Stage 4 Options - A)2 of:
10 Credit Options
 HIS33070 Russia at War, 1686 – 1989 Spring  10
Stage 4 Options - A)2 of:
10 Credit Options
 HIS33090 African American and Native American Citizenship, 1780-1950 Spring  10
Stage 4 Options - A)2 of:
10 Credit Options
 HIS33100 The United States and the Vietnam War Spring  10
Stage 4 Options - A)2 of:
10 Credit Options
 HIS33120 Women in Early Modern Ireland Spring  10
Stage 4 Options - A)2 of:
10 Credit Options
 HIS33130 The Scottish Financial Revolution in Context, 1688-1750 Spring  10
Stage 4 Options - A)2 of:
10 Credit Options
 HIS33180 Modern Migrants and Migration Spring  10
Stage 4 Options - B) Min 1 of:
Students must choose one module from the list below.

You may wish to take additional option modules from the list below in place of electives.
 HIS32380 Genocide & Mass Violence in the Twentieth Century Autumn  5
Stage 4 Options - B) Min 1 of:
Students must choose one module from the list below.

You may wish to take additional option modules from the list below in place of electives.
 HIS32900 Questions in History Autumn  5
Stage 4 Options - B) Min 1 of:
Students must choose one module from the list below.

You may wish to take additional option modules from the list below in place of electives.
 HIS32310 Revolutionary Russia, 1905-1921 Spring  5
Stage 4 Options - B) Min 1 of:
Students must choose one module from the list below.

You may wish to take additional option modules from the list below in place of electives.
 HIS32460 Conquering Ireland, 1579-1691 Spring  5

See the UCD Assessment website for further details

Module Weighting Info
 
  Award GPA
Programme Module Weightings Rule Description Description >= <=
BHACS014 Stage 3 - 50.00%
Stage 2 - 50.00%
 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
BHACS001 Stage 3 - 50.00%
Stage 2 - 50.00%
 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
BHACS023 Stage 3 - 70.00%
Stage 2 - 30.00%
 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
BHACS027 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
BHACS031 Stage 3 - 70.00%
Stage 2 - 30.00%
 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
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