DN530 BA Humanities Celtic Studies, Art History & History (CCS1)

The BA Humanities is an innovative, interdisciplinary four-year programme that combines multiple subjects to provide coherence and depth to student learning within nine carefully structured pathways. Taught by expert academics in the Arts and Humanities, the BA Humanities programme offers both intensive training in particular disciplines and unique skill sets that are developed by bringing together subjects that and relate closely to each other. Students will gain essential life and employment skills, including critical, analytical and creative thinking, and expert communications, while learning how to be adaptable and flexible in preparation for employment in a dynamic work environment.

This interdisciplinary Celtic Studies, Art History and History pathway provides an opportunity to study issues ranging across these three fields. The core of this pathway will see students examine the history, literature, language and culture of the Celts across the centuries. It will challenge students to develop their critical thinking and evaluation skills as they develop understanding and an appreciation of the complexities of ideas, societies, cultures, languages and art. Students on this pathway will gain the transferable skills and interdisciplinary competencies most highly valued by organisations in the cultural and heritage sector and education sector, by employers in archives, media, journalism, museums and galleries, and by a wide range of private and public sector employers.

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In this programme the History of the Celts will be placed in a European and global context allowing for a deep understanding of Celtic Civilization from Antiquity to the present day.  Students will also engage with the aesthetic, stylistic, historical and critical elements of the visual arts: painting, sculpture, architecture, the decorative arts and modern visual art forms, including photography, video and will gain digital expertise in Medieval artifacts.  The diversity of choice in the modules that are available – from early Irish and Welsh to Medieval art and architecture, and folklore and migration – draws together Celtic Studies, Art History and History.  This unique interdisciplinary programme covers all of these areas, ranging across Celtic Studies, Art History and History.  The core of this programme will see students examine the history, literature, language and culture of the Celts across the centuries.  It will challenge students and will develop their critical thinking and evaluation skills, as well as providing an appreciation of the complexities of ideas, societies, cultures, languages and art.


In this programme the History of the Celts will be placed in a European and global context allowing for a deep understanding of Celtic Civilization from Antiquity to the present day.  Students will also engage with the aesthetic, stylistic, historical and critical elements of the visual arts: painting, sculpture, architecture, the decorative arts and modern visual art forms, including photography, video and will gain digital expertise in Medieval artifacts.  The diversity of choice in the modules that are available – from early Irish and Welsh to Medieval art and architecture, and folklore and migration – draws together Celtic Studies, Art History and History.  This unique interdisciplinary programme covers all of these areas, ranging across Celtic Studies, Art History and History.  The core of this programme will see students examine the history, literature, language and culture of the Celts across the centuries.  It will challenge students and will develop their critical thinking and evaluation skills, as well as providing an appreciation of the complexities of ideas, societies, cultures, languages and art.


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 including through the independent pursuit of knowledge and making connections between different disciplinary approaches and methods.
3 - 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 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 a propensity towards and awareness of the value of life-long learning, an understanding of how to learn, including an appreciation of the complexity of ideas, of societies, cultures and language and art history.

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Module ID Module Title Trimester Credits
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 Art History options below. Students who do not take the dissertation option may take more than 10 credits from each of the three subject groups.
      
AH30010 Writings on Art Autumn 5
AH30050 Caravaggio and Caravaggism Autumn 5
AH30590 Woman & Modern Architecture Autumn 10
AH30630 Genre in the Age of Vermeer Autumn 10
AH30240 Berlin: Museum Studies Spring 5
AH30540 Georgian Dublin Spring 5
AH30600 From Constantinople to Istanbul: Art, Faith, Politics Spring 10
AH30650 Art/Resistance/Activism Spring 10
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 Art History options below. Students who do not take the dissertation option may take more than 10 credits from each of the three subject groups.
      
Stage 4 Options - C)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 History options below. Students who do not take the dissertation option may take more than 10 credits from each of the three subject groups.
      
HIS31320 The Irish Revolution, 1910-1923 Autumn 10
HIS32430 Florence 1200 - 1400 Autumn 10
HIS31900 Roads to Heaven & Hell 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
HIS31760 Irish Foreign Policy, 1919-73: A Place Among the Nations Spring 10
HIS32330 A History of Decadence: Sex, Spectacle and Corruption in Eighteenth-Century Venice Spring 10
HIS32620 US Pivots To Asia, 1890s-1950s Spring 10
Stage 4 Options - C)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 History options below. Students who do not take the dissertation option may take more than 10 credits from each of the three subject groups.
      
Stage 4 Options - D)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 Celtic Studies options below. Students who do not take the dissertation option may take more than 10 credits from each of the three subject groups.
      
CCIV20130 Kings and Heroes of Early Ireland Autumn 5
CCIV30070 Introduction to Early Irish 1 Autumn 5
CCIV30110 Early Irish Myths & Sagas Autumn 5
CCIV20070 Poets, Power and Performance Spring 5
CCIV20120 Law & Society in Early Ireland Spring 5
CCIV30100 Introduction to Early Irish 2 Spring 5
Stage 4 Options - D)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 Celtic Studies options below. Students who do not take the dissertation option may take more than 10 credits from each of the three subject groups.
      
Stage 4 Options - E)MIN0OF:
You may select this module as one of your elective modules. General Elective modules can also be chosen on the Electives Tab
      
HUM30050 Writing for Life: employability skills for arts and humanities students Spring 5
Stage 4 Options - E)MIN0OF:
You may select this module as one of your elective modules. General Elective modules can also be chosen on the Electives Tab
      
See the UCD Assessment website for further details

Module Weighting Info  
  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

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