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Duration:
3 Years
Attendance:
Full Time
Delivery:
On Campus
NFQ Level:
8 (180 credits)
Level:
Undergraduate
Award:
Bachelor of Arts
Next Intake:
September
General Entry Requirements (A-Level)

DDD

General Entry Requirements (IB)

24

Subject Requirements (Mathematics)

A Level C for Maths/Stats

IB HL5 for Maths/Stats

CAO Points 2025

420

Leaving Cert Subject Entry Requirements

O6/H7 in English, Irish, a third Language, and three other recognised subjects

Country Specific Entry Requirements:
Visit the UCD Global Undergraduate Entry Requirements webpage.
Other School Leaving Requirements:
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History is the pursuit of how we got here and the stories that we tell ourselves to explain the past. We explore histories of race, class, gender, migration, capital, medicine, violence, religion and environment within the dynamics of an ever-changing world. Working from ordinary to extraordinary, local to global, fact to fiction you will develop critical thinking, argument and analysis skills that lie at the heart of careers in media, government, culture and education.

About This Course

Students who take History as a Joint-Honours, three-year degree will study History in combination with one other major subject.  Explore the past, examine a wide range of periods and topics from around the globe and study the different ways that the past can be understood. Students can choose from a broad range of modules including: Rome to Renaissance • The United States from 1776 • Radicals & Revolutionaries in Global History • Ireland’s English Centuries • Modern Ireland 1800- 2000 • Modern Europe 1500-2000 In first year, students on the Joint-Honours degree also take the Creating History module, where you study in a small group with a historian to develop essential critical research and analytical skills. This webpage generally covers Stages 2, 3 and 4 of your course and should be consulted together with the following link, which explains the course structure in Stage 1.

In second year, you begin to specialise in the areas of History that you are most interested in, focusing on particular countries, themes, and periods. Modules include: History Today • Islam & Christianity • Nazi Germany • A History of Anti-Immigration • The Irish at War, 1914-1998 • Global Asia •  History from the Margins: Race, Class, and Identity in Modern Global History

In third year you deepen your historical interests through our small-group, specialised research-based courses. In weekly two-hour seminars, you will engage in primary source research, deliver class presentations and write your own research project. You also have the option of studying abroad. Modules include: • Genocide & Mass Violence • Modern Japan • The Irish Revolution • Manufacturing Truth • Madness & Civilisation • Sexuality and Society in the Middle Ages • Revolutionary Russia  • Queer History in Practice • Digital Humanities.

As a Joint Major with:

Archaeology

Greek & Roman Civilisation

Art History

Irish/Gaelige

Celtic Civilisation

Irish Folklore

Drama Studies

Irish Studies

English

Italian

Film Studies

Latin

French

Linguistics

Geography

Mathematics

German

Spanish

Philosophy

Sociology

Portuguese

  

 

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.

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 1 Core Modules
 HIS10390 Creating History Autumn  5
Stage 1 Options - A) Min 1 of:
Choose at least one option module from the list below.
Students may choose additional Spring trimester option modules in place of electives if they wish.
 HIS10070 The Making of Modern Europe: 1500-2000 Autumn  5
Stage 1 Options - A) Min 1 of:
Choose at least one option module from the list below.
Students may choose additional Spring trimester option modules in place of electives if they wish.
 HIS10080 Rome to Renaissance Autumn  5
Stage 1 Options - A) Min 1 of:
Choose at least one option module from the list below.
Students may choose additional Spring trimester option modules in place of electives if they wish.
 HIS10310 Ireland's English Centuries Autumn  5
Stage 1 Options - A) Min 1 of:
Choose at least one option module from the list below.
Students may choose additional Spring trimester option modules in place of electives if they wish.
 HIS10320 The Making of Modern Ireland, 1800-2000 Spring  5
Stage 1 Options - A) Min 1 of:
Choose at least one option module from the list below.
Students may choose additional Spring trimester option modules in place of electives if they wish.
 HIS10440 Histories of the United States during the Twentieth Century Spring  5
Stage 1 Options - A) Min 1 of:
Choose at least one option module from the list below.
Students may choose additional Spring trimester option modules in place of electives if they wish.
 HIS10450 Radicals and Revolutionaries Spring  5
Stage 2 Core Modules
 HIS21140 History Today Autumn  5
Stage 2 Options - A) Min 4 of:
Option Modules:
Select a minimum of 4 option modules
 HIS20670 The French Revolution Autumn  5
Stage 2 Options - A) Min 4 of:
Option Modules:
Select a minimum of 4 option modules
 HIS21120 Northern Ireland, 1920-2010: from partition to Paisley Autumn  5
Stage 2 Options - A) Min 4 of:
Option Modules:
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:
Option Modules:
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:
Option Modules:
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:
Option Modules:
Select a minimum of 4 option modules
 HIS21320 Sport and the modern world Autumn  5
Stage 2 Options - A) Min 4 of:
Option Modules:
Select a minimum of 4 option modules
 HIS20460 Islam and Christianity in the Middle Ages Spring  5
Stage 2 Options - A) Min 4 of:
Option Modules:
Select a minimum of 4 option modules
 HIS20820 Nazi Germany Spring  5
Stage 2 Options - A) Min 4 of:
Option Modules:
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:
Option Modules:
Select a minimum of 4 option modules
 HIS21330 Global Asia Spring  5
Stage 2 Options - A) Min 4 of:
Option Modules:
Select a minimum of 4 option modules
 HIS21340 The Irish at War, 1914-1998 Spring  5
Stage 2 Options - A) Min 4 of:
Option Modules:
Select a minimum of 4 option modules
 HIS21360 History from the Margins: Race, Class, and Identity in Modern Global History Spring  5
Stage 2 Options - B) Min 0 of:
Additional Options:
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:
Choose two modules from the list below.
 HIS31280 Rise, Fall, Rise of Modern Japan Autumn  10
Stage 3 Options - A)2 of:
10 Credit Options:
Choose two modules from the list below.
 HIS31400 British Atlantic History, 1607-1776 Autumn  10
Stage 3 Options - A)2 of:
10 Credit Options:
Choose two modules from the list below.
 HIS31700 Origins of the First World War Autumn  10
Stage 3 Options - A)2 of:
10 Credit Options:
Choose two modules from the list below.
 HIS32690 Revolution and War in Twentieth-Century Vietnam Autumn  10
Stage 3 Options - A)2 of:
10 Credit Options:
Choose two modules from the list below.
 HIS32710 Manufacturing Truth in the Modern World Autumn  10
Stage 3 Options - A)2 of:
10 Credit Options:
Choose two modules from the list below.
 HIS32730 The Digital Humanities Autumn  10
Stage 3 Options - A)2 of:
10 Credit Options:
Choose two modules from the list below.
 HIS32750 Blitz to Brexit: Themes in Contemporary British History Autumn  10
Stage 3 Options - A)2 of:
10 Credit Options:
Choose two modules from the list below.
 HIS32880 Sexuality and Society Autumn  10
Stage 3 Options - A)2 of:
10 Credit Options:
Choose two modules from the list below.
 HIS32950 Weimar Germany Autumn  10
Stage 3 Options - A)2 of:
10 Credit Options:
Choose two modules from the list below.
 HIS32970 The 1641 Rebellion Autumn  10
Stage 3 Options - A)2 of:
10 Credit Options:
Choose two modules from the list below.
 HIS33100 The United States and the Vietnam War Autumn  10
Stage 3 Options - A)2 of:
10 Credit Options:
Choose two modules from the list below.
 HIS33110 Queer History in Practice: A Global Methodology Autumn  10
Stage 3 Options - A)2 of:
10 Credit Options:
Choose two modules from the list below.
 HIS33240 Rurality in modern Middle East Autumn  10
Stage 3 Options - A)2 of:
10 Credit Options:
Choose two modules from the list below.
 HIS33270 Energy, capitalism and conflict: generating power and turmoil in a warming world, 1800s-2020s Autumn  10
Stage 3 Options - A)2 of:
10 Credit Options:
Choose two modules from the list below.
 HIS33280 Food and Nutritional Health in History Autumn  10
Stage 3 Options - A)2 of:
10 Credit Options:
Choose two modules from the list below.
 HIS33290 From Barter to Bitcoin: The History of Money in Europe and the West, c. 600 BCE – Present Autumn  10
Stage 3 Options - A)2 of:
10 Credit Options:
Choose two modules from the list below.
 HIS33300 The United States and the Middle East 1800s to 2008 Autumn  10
Stage 3 Options - A)2 of:
10 Credit Options:
Choose two modules from the list below.
 HIS33310 The Global Cold War 1945-1991 Autumn  10
Stage 3 Options - A)2 of:
10 Credit Options:
Choose two modules from the list below.
 HIS31900 Roads to Heaven & Hell Autumn and Spring (separate)  10
Stage 3 Options - A)2 of:
10 Credit Options:
Choose two modules from the list below.
 HIS33010 Global History before AD 1000 Autumn and Spring (separate)  10
Stage 3 Options - A)2 of:
10 Credit Options:
Choose two modules from the list below.
 HIS31250 Old Germany Spring  10
Stage 3 Options - A)2 of:
10 Credit Options:
Choose two modules from the list below.
 HIS31500 Past, Present and Future in Medieval England Spring  10
Stage 3 Options - A)2 of:
10 Credit Options:
Choose two modules from the list below.
 HIS31510 Catholic state?: Religion, secularism, and the development of Independent Ireland, 1922-1968 Spring  10
Stage 3 Options - A)2 of:
10 Credit Options:
Choose two modules from the list below.
 HIS31760 Irish Foreign Policy, 1919-73: A Place Among the Nations Spring  10
Stage 3 Options - A)2 of:
10 Credit Options:
Choose two modules from the list below.
 HIS31840 The First World War: cultures and consequences Spring  10
Stage 3 Options - A)2 of:
10 Credit Options:
Choose two modules from the list below.
 HIS31860 Slavery and the New World Spring  10
Stage 3 Options - A)2 of:
10 Credit Options:
Choose two modules from the list below.
 HIS32330 A History of Decadence: Sex, Spectacle and Corruption in Eighteenth-Century Venice Spring  10
Stage 3 Options - A)2 of:
10 Credit Options:
Choose two modules from the list below.
 HIS32440 Florence 1400-1530 Spring  10
Stage 3 Options - A)2 of:
10 Credit Options:
Choose two modules from the list below.
 HIS32540 Women, War and Irish Society 1914-1923 Spring  10
Stage 3 Options - A)2 of:
10 Credit Options:
Choose two modules from the list below.
 HIS32620 International Relations in the Asia Pacific, 1890s-1950s Spring  10
Stage 3 Options - A)2 of:
10 Credit Options:
Choose two modules from the list below.
 HIS32660 Rise of the Right in the US since 1945 Spring  10
Stage 3 Options - A)2 of:
10 Credit Options:
Choose two modules from the list below.
 HIS32940 Devolution, Dominion, Democracy: Ireland's constitutional history north and south, 1870-2007 Spring  10
Stage 3 Options - A)2 of:
10 Credit Options:
Choose two modules from the list below.
 HIS32980 Britain's War Northern Ireland Spring  10
Stage 3 Options - A)2 of:
10 Credit Options:
Choose two modules from the list below.
 HIS33030 Women and Ethical Action in the First Millennium CE Spring  10
Stage 3 Options - A)2 of:
10 Credit Options:
Choose two modules from the list below.
 HIS33170 Capitalism, colonialism and climate change: Historical perspectives Spring  10
Stage 3 Options - A)2 of:
10 Credit Options:
Choose two modules from the list below.
 HIS33220 The Penal Laws Spring  10
Stage 3 Options - A)2 of:
10 Credit Options:
Choose two modules from the list below.
 HIS33230 The Health Raj: Medicine and Society in British India, 1750-1900 Spring  10
Stage 3 Options - A)2 of:
10 Credit Options:
Choose two modules from the list below.
 HIS33320 Centering the Peripheries: A History of the Borderlands of the Russian Empire, 1861-1922 Spring  10
Stage 3 Options - A)2 of:
10 Credit Options:
Choose two modules from the list below.
 HIS33330 Nation, Interdependence, and Empire: Europe 1870-1882 Spring  10
Stage 3 Options - A)2 of:
10 Credit Options:
Choose two modules from the list below.
 HIS33340 The Horse in Modern Global History 1800s-1950s Spring  10
Stage 3 Options - B) Min 1 of:
5 Credit Options:
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 Autumn  5
Stage 3 Options - B) Min 1 of:
5 Credit Options:
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:
5 Credit Options:
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:
5 Credit Options:
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 Spring  5
Stage 4 Options - A)2 of:
10 Credit Options:
Choose two modules from the list below.
 HIS31280 Rise, Fall, Rise of Modern Japan Autumn  10
Stage 4 Options - A)2 of:
10 Credit Options:
Choose two modules from the list below.
 HIS31400 British Atlantic History, 1607-1776 Autumn  10
Stage 4 Options - A)2 of:
10 Credit Options:
Choose two modules from the list below.
 HIS31700 Origins of the First World War Autumn  10
Stage 4 Options - A)2 of:
10 Credit Options:
Choose two modules from the list below.
 HIS32690 Revolution and War in Twentieth-Century Vietnam Autumn  10
Stage 4 Options - A)2 of:
10 Credit Options:
Choose two modules from the list below.
 HIS32710 Manufacturing Truth in the Modern World Autumn  10
Stage 4 Options - A)2 of:
10 Credit Options:
Choose two modules from the list below.
 HIS32730 The Digital Humanities Autumn  10
Stage 4 Options - A)2 of:
10 Credit Options:
Choose two modules from the list below.
 HIS32750 Blitz to Brexit: Themes in Contemporary British History Autumn  10
Stage 4 Options - A)2 of:
10 Credit Options:
Choose two modules from the list below.
 HIS32880 Sexuality and Society Autumn  10
Stage 4 Options - A)2 of:
10 Credit Options:
Choose two modules from the list below.
 HIS32950 Weimar Germany Autumn  10
Stage 4 Options - A)2 of:
10 Credit Options:
Choose two modules from the list below.
 HIS32970 The 1641 Rebellion Autumn  10
Stage 4 Options - A)2 of:
10 Credit Options:
Choose two modules from the list below.
 HIS33100 The United States and the Vietnam War Autumn  10
Stage 4 Options - A)2 of:
10 Credit Options:
Choose two modules from the list below.
 HIS33110 Queer History in Practice: A Global Methodology Autumn  10
Stage 4 Options - A)2 of:
10 Credit Options:
Choose two modules from the list below.
 HIS33240 Rurality in modern Middle East Autumn  10
Stage 4 Options - A)2 of:
10 Credit Options:
Choose two modules from the list below.
 HIS33270 Energy, capitalism and conflict: generating power and turmoil in a warming world, 1800s-2020s Autumn  10
Stage 4 Options - A)2 of:
10 Credit Options:
Choose two modules from the list below.
 HIS33280 Food and Nutritional Health in History Autumn  10
Stage 4 Options - A)2 of:
10 Credit Options:
Choose two modules from the list below.
 HIS33290 From Barter to Bitcoin: The History of Money in Europe and the West, c. 600 BCE – Present Autumn  10
Stage 4 Options - A)2 of:
10 Credit Options:
Choose two modules from the list below.
 HIS33300 The United States and the Middle East 1800s to 2008 Autumn  10
Stage 4 Options - A)2 of:
10 Credit Options:
Choose two modules from the list below.
 HIS33310 The Global Cold War 1945-1991 Autumn  10
Stage 4 Options - A)2 of:
10 Credit Options:
Choose two modules from the list below.
 HIS31900 Roads to Heaven & Hell Autumn and Spring (separate)  10
Stage 4 Options - A)2 of:
10 Credit Options:
Choose two modules from the list below.
 HIS33010 Global History before AD 1000 Autumn and Spring (separate)  10
Stage 4 Options - A)2 of:
10 Credit Options:
Choose two modules from the list below.
 HIS31250 Old Germany Spring  10
Stage 4 Options - A)2 of:
10 Credit Options:
Choose two modules from the list below.
 HIS31500 Past, Present and Future in Medieval England Spring  10
Stage 4 Options - A)2 of:
10 Credit Options:
Choose two modules from the list below.
 HIS31510 Catholic state?: Religion, secularism, and the development of Independent Ireland, 1922-1968 Spring  10
Stage 4 Options - A)2 of:
10 Credit Options:
Choose two modules from the list below.
 HIS31760 Irish Foreign Policy, 1919-73: A Place Among the Nations Spring  10
Stage 4 Options - A)2 of:
10 Credit Options:
Choose two modules from the list below.
 HIS31840 The First World War: cultures and consequences Spring  10
Stage 4 Options - A)2 of:
10 Credit Options:
Choose two modules from the list below.
 HIS31860 Slavery and the New World Spring  10
Stage 4 Options - A)2 of:
10 Credit Options:
Choose two modules from the list below.
 HIS32330 A History of Decadence: Sex, Spectacle and Corruption in Eighteenth-Century Venice Spring  10
Stage 4 Options - A)2 of:
10 Credit Options:
Choose two modules from the list below.
 HIS32440 Florence 1400-1530 Spring  10
Stage 4 Options - A)2 of:
10 Credit Options:
Choose two modules from the list below.
 HIS32540 Women, War and Irish Society 1914-1923 Spring  10
Stage 4 Options - A)2 of:
10 Credit Options:
Choose two modules from the list below.
 HIS32620 International Relations in the Asia Pacific, 1890s-1950s Spring  10
Stage 4 Options - A)2 of:
10 Credit Options:
Choose two modules from the list below.
 HIS32660 Rise of the Right in the US since 1945 Spring  10
Stage 4 Options - A)2 of:
10 Credit Options:
Choose two modules from the list below.
 HIS32940 Devolution, Dominion, Democracy: Ireland's constitutional history north and south, 1870-2007 Spring  10
Stage 4 Options - A)2 of:
10 Credit Options:
Choose two modules from the list below.
 HIS32980 Britain's War Northern Ireland Spring  10
Stage 4 Options - A)2 of:
10 Credit Options:
Choose two modules from the list below.
 HIS33030 Women and Ethical Action in the First Millennium CE Spring  10
Stage 4 Options - A)2 of:
10 Credit Options:
Choose two modules from the list below.
 HIS33170 Capitalism, colonialism and climate change: Historical perspectives Spring  10
Stage 4 Options - A)2 of:
10 Credit Options:
Choose two modules from the list below.
 HIS33220 The Penal Laws Spring  10
Stage 4 Options - A)2 of:
10 Credit Options:
Choose two modules from the list below.
 HIS33230 The Health Raj: Medicine and Society in British India, 1750-1900 Spring  10
Stage 4 Options - A)2 of:
10 Credit Options:
Choose two modules from the list below.
 HIS33320 Centering the Peripheries: A History of the Borderlands of the Russian Empire, 1861-1922 Spring  10
Stage 4 Options - A)2 of:
10 Credit Options:
Choose two modules from the list below.
 HIS33330 Nation, Interdependence, and Empire: Europe 1870-1882 Spring  10
Stage 4 Options - A)2 of:
10 Credit Options:
Choose two modules from the list below.
 HIS33340 The Horse in Modern Global History 1800s-1950s Spring  10
Stage 4 Options - B) Min 1 of:
5 Credit Options:
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 Autumn  5
Stage 4 Options - B) Min 1 of:
5 Credit Options:
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:
5 Credit Options:
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:
5 Credit Options:
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 Spring  5

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