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.
UCD Arts & Humanities Programme Office,
Newman Building,
Belfield,
Dublin 4
Tel: +353 1 716 8321/8102
Web: www.ucd.ie/ahss
Students register to 6 Core modules and then choose any 4 modules from the available Options.
It is recommended that students spread their credit workload evenly between Trimester 1 and Trimester 2.
Students who remain in UCD for one or both trimesters will take at least 25 credits worth of modules per trimester from the list below and may take two 5 credit modules as an electives or take all 60 credits from the list below. Any students on a trimester exchange or internship in stage 3 should choose an even spread of modules across the subjects for one trimester.
Students can choose to take a 20 credit dissertation option which comprises a 5 credit research preparation module in autumn (ARCH30700) AND a 15 credit dissertation which takes place in spring (CAHA30010) plus 30 credits of taught option modules and two electives. Students who do not take the dissertation option must take 50 credits of taught option modules and two electives.
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)
Module ID | Module Title | Trimester | Credits |
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AH20210 | Perspectives on Irish Art: From Medieval to Modern | Autumn | 5 |
HIS21140 | History Today | Autumn | 5 |
HUM20040 | Primary Source Research in the Humanities A: Exploring UCD Cultural Heritage Collections | Autumn | 5 |
IRFL20030 | The Narrative Art | Autumn | 5 |
AH20250 | Early Islamic Art and Architecture | Spring | 5 |
CCIV20070 | Poets, Power and Performance | Spring | 5 |
IRFL20010 | The Study of Folklore: Origins and Development | Autumn | 5 |
IRFL20100 | Oral history and tradition | Autumn | 5 |
HIS20460 | Islam and Christianity in the Middle Ages | Autumn | 5 |
HIS20950 | European Statecraft, Strategy & Culture, c. 1470-c.1770: Personalities & Power | Autumn | 5 |
HIS21180 | Landscapes Remade: People and Place in Ireland, 1500-1800 | Autumn | 5 |
HIS21220 | Modern China Since 1600 | Autumn | 5 |
HIS20960 | Living Loving & Dying in 19th Century Ireland | Spring | 5 |
HIS21120 | Northern Ireland, 1920-2010: from partition to Paisley | Spring | 5 |
HIS21240 | Celts, Romans and Vikings: The Formation of Early Ireland | Spring | 5 |
AH20240 | The Age of Michelangelo: Mannerism in Italy 1520-1600 | Autumn | 5 |
AH20220 | History of Photography | Spring | 5 |
AH20260 | Digital Art: from EAT to NFTs | Spring | 5 |
HUM20030 | Career Readiness (Humanities) | Spring | 5 |
Stage 3 Options - *A)MIN0OF: Art History Options: Students who remain in UCD for the full academic year should choose a balance of modules across all three subjects. Students who are taking up an internship or a trimester exchange should choose a balance of modules across all three subjects for the trimester they are in UCD. |
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AH30010 | Writings on Art | Autumn | 5 |
AH30540 | Georgian Dublin | Autumn | 5 |
AH30600 | From Constantinople to Istanbul: Art, Faith, Politics | Autumn | 10 |
AH30630 | Genre in the Age of Vermeer | Autumn | 10 |
AH30610 | Art, Myth & Identity in Venice | Spring | 10 |
AH30650 | Art/Resistance/Activism | Spring | 10 |
Stage 3 Options - *A)MIN0OF: Art History Options: Students who remain in UCD for the full academic year should choose a balance of modules across all three subjects. Students who are taking up an internship or a trimester exchange should choose a balance of modules across all three subjects for the trimester they are in UCD. |
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Stage 3 Options - A)MIN0OF: History Options: Students who remain in UCD for the full academic year should choose a balance of modules across all three subjects. Students who are taking up an internship or a trimester exchange should choose a balance of modules across all three subjects for the trimester they are in UCD. |
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HIS31280 | Rise, Fall, Rise of Modern Japan | Autumn | 10 |
HIS31320 | The Irish Revolution, 1910-1923 | Autumn | 10 |
HIS31760 | Irish Foreign Policy, 1919-73: A Place Among the Nations | Autumn | 10 |
HIS31860 | Slavery and the New World | Autumn | 10 |
HIS32250 | Religious persecution and migration in early modern Europe | Autumn | 10 |
HIS32430 | Florence 1200 - 1400 | Autumn | 10 |
HIS32550 | Gender, War and Memory: Women in Late Qing and Republican China | Autumn | 10 |
HIS32780 | The Viking Age | Autumn | 10 |
HIS32820 | Measuring the world | Autumn | 10 |
HIS32830 | History of the American south | Autumn | 10 |
HIS31900 | Roads to Heaven & Hell | Autumn and Spring (separate) | 10 |
HIS32620 | US Pivots To Asia, 1890s-1950s | Autumn and Spring (separate) | 10 |
HIS31250 | Dynastic Politics, Culture & Diplomacy in Post-Westphalian Germany | Spring | 10 |
HIS31310 | Madness and Civilisation | Spring | 10 |
HIS31400 | British Atlantic History, 1607-1776 | Spring | 10 |
HIS32230 | Biography and History | Spring | 10 |
HIS32330 | Venice in the modern European imagination | Spring | 10 |
HIS32790 | Sport: A modern history | Spring | 10 |
HIS32800 | History from below: Rural life in the middle ages | Spring | 10 |
HIS32810 | Europe's age of immigration | Spring | 10 |
Stage 3 Options - A)MIN0OF: History Options: Students who remain in UCD for the full academic year should choose a balance of modules across all three subjects. Students who are taking up an internship or a trimester exchange should choose a balance of modules across all three subjects for the trimester they are in UCD. |
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Stage 3 Options - C)MIN0OF: Celtic Studies Options: Students who remain in UCD for the full academic year should choose a balance of modules across all three subjects. Students who are taking up an internship or a trimester exchange should choose a balance of modules across all three subjects for the trimester they are in UCD. |
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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 3 Options - C)MIN0OF: Celtic Studies Options: Students who remain in UCD for the full academic year should choose a balance of modules across all three subjects. Students who are taking up an internship or a trimester exchange should choose a balance of modules across all three subjects for the trimester they are in UCD. |
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HUM30020 | Internship-Autumn (Humanities) | Autumn | 30 |
HUM30030 | Internship- Spring (Humanities) | Spring | 30 |
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 |
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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 |
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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. |
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AH30010 | Writings on Art | Autumn | 5 |
AH30540 | Georgian Dublin | Autumn | 5 |
AH30600 | From Constantinople to Istanbul: Art, Faith, Politics | Autumn | 10 |
AH30630 | Genre in the Age of Vermeer | Autumn | 10 |
AH20220 | History of Photography | Spring | 5 |
AH20250 | Early Islamic Art and Architecture | Spring | 5 |
AH30610 | Art, Myth & Identity in Venice | 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. |
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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. |
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HIS31280 | Rise, Fall, Rise of Modern Japan | Autumn | 10 |
HIS31320 | The Irish Revolution, 1910-1923 | Autumn | 10 |
HIS31760 | Irish Foreign Policy, 1919-73: A Place Among the Nations | Autumn | 10 |
HIS31860 | Slavery and the New World | Autumn | 10 |
HIS32250 | Religious persecution and migration in early modern Europe | Autumn | 10 |
HIS32430 | Florence 1200 - 1400 | Autumn | 10 |
HIS32550 | Gender, War and Memory: Women in Late Qing and Republican China | Autumn | 10 |
HIS32780 | The Viking Age | Autumn | 10 |
HIS32820 | Measuring the world | Autumn | 10 |
HIS32830 | History of the American south | Autumn | 10 |
HIS31900 | Roads to Heaven & Hell | Autumn and Spring (separate) | 10 |
HIS32620 | US Pivots To Asia, 1890s-1950s | Autumn and Spring (separate) | 10 |
HIS31250 | Dynastic Politics, Culture & Diplomacy in Post-Westphalian Germany | Spring | 10 |
HIS31310 | Madness and Civilisation | Spring | 10 |
HIS31400 | British Atlantic History, 1607-1776 | Spring | 10 |
HIS32230 | Biography and History | Spring | 10 |
HIS32330 | Venice in the modern European imagination | Spring | 10 |
HIS32790 | Sport: A modern history | Spring | 10 |
HIS32800 | History from below: Rural life in the middle ages | Spring | 10 |
HIS32810 | Europe's age of immigration | 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. |
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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. |
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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 |