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Occasional (Level 75 NFQ, Credits 30)
Academic Year 2024/2025
School
C.O. - Social Sciences & Law
Attendance
Full Time
Level
Occasional
NFQ Level
75
Mode of Delivery
Face-to-Face
Programme Director
Programme Credits:
Stage 1
Core/Option: 30
Electives: 0
Stage 2
Core/Option: 0
Electives: 0
Stage 3
Core/Option: 0
Electives: 0
Major/Minor Core & Option Credits:
Stage 1: 30

Curricular information is subject to change.

About this Course

Module ID Module Title Trimester Credits
Stage 1 Options - A)MIN0OF:
The following list of modules are either specifically tailored to international students or have higher capacity for exchange and study abroad students and may be of interest to you. You are permitted to register to a maximum of 30 credits from either option group.
     
ARCH20660 Discovering Dublin Autumn

5

ECON20060 Irish Economy: Policy Making in a Global Context Autumn

5

ARCH20170 Discovering Ireland: Landscape Autumn and Spring (separate)

5

ECON30130 Econometrics: Applying Statistics to Economic Data Autumn and Spring (separate)

5

PHIL10040 Introduction to Ethics Autumn and Spring (separate)

5

ARCH30980 The Viking Age: Studies in the Archaeology of northern Europe, c.AD700–1050 Spring

5

DEV20130 Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals Spring

5

ECON10040 Economics and Sustainability Spring

5

ECON20120 The Economics of the European Union: Institutions, Policies and Crises Spring

5

EDUC10280 Why Trust Science? Spring

5

GEOG10100 People, Places, Regions Spring

5

GEOG30020 Historical Geography of Ireland Spring

5

LAW10440 Law in Europe Spring

5

LAW10450 Law and Courts Spring

5

PHIL10020 Introduction to the Problems of Philosophy Spring

5

PHIL10100 Existentialism and Humanism: An Introduction to Continental Philosophy Spring

5

POL10120 Foundations in Global Development Spring

5

POL20250 Irish Politics Spring

5

SOC10060 Ireland in Comparative Perspective Spring

5

SPOL10020 Contemporary Irish Welfare State Spring

5

SPOL38270 Gender Inequality & Soc Pol Spring

5

SSJ10060 Inequality and Social Justice in Irish Society Spring

5

Stage 1 Options - A)MIN0OF:
The following list of modules are either specifically tailored to international students or have higher capacity for exchange and study abroad students and may be of interest to you. You are permitted to register to a maximum of 30 credits from either option group.
     
Stage 1 Options - B)MIN0OF:
You must choose a minimum of 15 credits per trimester from this option list to support your learning as a Social Sciences student. The remaining credits can be chosen from this option list AND/OR the Arts & Humanities option list. You are permitted to take a maximum of 30 credits per trimester. If you experience issues registering to modules, please email us at socialsciencesstudyabroad@ucd.ie
Note: If you are majoring in Psychology and wish to take Psychology modules you will be contacted separately about your registration.
     
ARCH20610 Historical Archaeology Autumn

5

ARCH20660 Discovering Dublin Autumn

5

ECON20060 Irish Economy: Policy Making in a Global Context Autumn

5

SSJ20140 Human Rights & Social Justice Autumn

5

ARCH20170 Discovering Ireland: Landscape Autumn and Spring (separate)

5

ECON20040 Statistics for Economists Autumn and Spring (separate)

5

ECON30130 Econometrics: Applying Statistics to Economic Data Autumn and Spring (separate)

5

PHIL10040 Introduction to Ethics Autumn and Spring (separate)

5

ARCH10050 Intro archaeology of Ireland Spring

5

ARCH10150 Anthropology: an introduction Spring

5

ARCH20500 Archaeology of Things Spring

5

ARCH20620 People in Prehistory: key themes and problems Spring

5

ARCH30830 Medieval Buildings: An Arch Spring

10

ARCH30840 Minoan Archaeology Spring

10

ARCH30970 Iron Age Ireland Spring

5

ARCH30980 The Viking Age: Studies in the Archaeology of northern Europe, c.AD700–1050 Spring

5

DEV20010 Topics in Intl Development Spring

5

DEV20130 Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals Spring

5

DSCY10150 Hope Spring

5

DSCY10160 Refugee Displacement Spring

5

ECON10040 Economics and Sustainability Spring

5

ECON10720 Microeconomics for Business Spring

5

ECON20020 Intermediate Macroeconomics Spring

5

ECON20100 Game Theory Spring

5

ECON20120 The Economics of the European Union: Institutions, Policies and Crises Spring

5

ECON20130 Economic History: From the Middle Ages to the Second World War Spring

5

ECON20160 Economics of the Environment Spring

5

ECON20180 Intermediate Microeconomics II Spring

5

ECON20230 Economics, Organisation and Management Spring

5

ECON30120 Advanced Macroeconomics Spring

5

ECON30160 International Trade Economics Spring

5

ECON30170 Intermediate Financial Economics Spring

5

ECON30190 Public Economics: Government Spending, Taxation and Public Choice Spring

5

ECON30260 The Economics of the Transport Sector Spring

5

ECON30390 Experimental Economics: Lab Experiments Spring

5

ECON30430 Economics of International Fin Spring

5

ECON30500 Field Experiments Social Sci Spring

5

ECON30530 Advanced Econometrics: Microeconometrics Spring

5

ECON30550 Philosophy of Economics Spring

5

ECON30580 Economics of Betting Markets Spring

5

ECON30600 Economics of Climate Change Spring

5

EDUC10180 Irish Childhoods Spring

5

EDUC10220 Education for a sustainable future Spring

5

EDUC10280 Why Trust Science? Spring

5

EDUC20020 Science and Maths Pedagogy Spring

5

EDUC20070 Travellers, Ethnicity & Rights Spring

5

EDUC30050 Schools and Society Spring

5

GEOG10080 Dynamic Earth Spring

5

GEOG10100 People, Places, Regions Spring

5

GEOG20060 Weather, Climate and Climate Change Spring

5

GEOG20130 Cities in a Global World Spring

5

GEOG20170 Global Historical Geographies Spring

5

GEOG30020 Historical Geography of Ireland Spring

5

GEOG30080 Geography of the Growth and Development of Dublin Spring

5

GEOG30840 The Urban Environment Spring

5

GEOG30940 Global Risks and Resilience Spring

5

GEOG31060 Population Geography Spring

5

INRL20110 Intro to Middle East Politics Spring

5

INRL30340 Internat. Political Economy Spring

10

INRL30400 EU Foreign Policy: understanding how the European Union and its member states engage with the world Spring

10

IS10040 Information, Society, and Culture Spring

5

IS10060 Digital Technology Spring

5

IS20030 Contextual Design Inquiry in Organisations Spring

5

IS20110 Social Media & Participation in an Online World Spring

5

IS20120 Computer-Mediated Communication Spring

5

IS20130 Social Studies of ICTs Spring

5

IS30370 Digital Media Ethics (formerly Information Ethics) Spring

5

IS30380 Digital Storytelling Spring

5

LAW10440 Law in Europe Spring

5

LAW10450 Law and Courts Spring

5

PHIL10020 Introduction to the Problems of Philosophy Spring

5

PHIL10030 Introduction to Modern Philosophy Spring

5

PHIL10070 The First Philosophers Spring

5

PHIL10100 Existentialism and Humanism: An Introduction to Continental Philosophy Spring

5

PHIL20020 Logic Spring

5

PHIL20240 Applied Ethics Spring

5

PHIL20570 Philosophy & Literature Spring

5

PHIL20580 Plato's Republic Spring

5

PHIL20640 Philosophy of Mind and AI Spring

5

PHIL20700 Introduction to the Philosophy of History Spring

5

PHIL20730 Revelation and Reason Spring

5

PHIL30070 Philosophy of Language Spring

5

PHIL30250 Philosophy of Autobiography Spring

5

PHIL30650 History & Philosophy: Nazi Germany Spring

5

PHIL30690 Science, Perception & Reality Spring

5

PHIL30870 Philosophy of Fiction Spring

5

PHIL30890 Wittgenstein's Philosophical Investigations Spring

5

PHIL30910 Irish Enlightenment Spring

5

POL10120 Foundations in Global Development Spring

5

POL10160 Foundations of Contemporary Politics Spring

5

POL10180 Foundations of Pol Theory Spring

5

POL20020 Comparative Politics Spring

5

POL20050 Research Methods in Political Science Spring

5

POL20250 Irish Politics Spring

5

POL30660 Data Analytics for Social Sciences Spring

10

POL30680 Gender and Politics Spring

10

POL30690 Introduction to Asian Politics Spring

10

POL30840 Electoral Systems and their Consequences Spring

10

POL36100 Strategies of Politics Spring

10

POL36110 Comparative Political Theory Spring

10

POL36130 Liberalism & its Critics Spring

10

SOC10060 Ireland in Comparative Perspective Spring

5

SOC10070 Sociological Analysis and Research Design Spring

5

SOC20210 Animals and Human Society Spring

5

SOC20280 Sociology of Family Spring

5

SOC20320 Qualitative Research Methods Spring

5

SOC20330 Sociology of Peace, Conflict & Justice Spring

5

SOC20360 Sociology of the Environment Spring

5

SOC20400 Gender, Health and Society Spring

5

SOC20410 Sociology and ethics of care Spring

5

SOC30220 Science and Society Spring

5

SOC30270 Sociology of War and Violence Spring

5

SOC30350 Social Stratification Spring

5

SOC30380 Social Dynamics and Networks Spring

5

SOC30580 Latin American Sociology Spring

5

SPOL10020 Contemporary Irish Welfare State Spring

5

SPOL18130 Introduction to Social Work Spring

5

SPOL20260 Social Protection: Security, Work and Poverty Spring

5

SPOL20280 Housing Policies, Neighbourhoods and Homes Spring

5

SPOL28110 Social Work in Practice Spring

5

SPOL28170 Work & the Welfare State Spring

5

SPOL28180 Social Policy & the Lifecourse Spring

5

SPOL30220 Social Policy, Social Justice and the Environment Spring

5

SPOL38200 Analys Health & Soc Care Pol Spring

5

SPOL38270 Gender Inequality & Soc Pol Spring

5

SSCI20030 Building Resilience Spring

5

SSJ10020 Global Justice: Towards an Egalitarian Global Order Spring

5

SSJ10060 Inequality and Social Justice in Irish Society Spring

5

SSJ20110 Gender, Power and Politics - Historical Perspectives Spring

5

SSJ20170 Space, Place & Social Change Spring

5

SSJ38240 Childhood & Global Justice Spring

10

SSJ38250 Social Justice Movements Spring

10

SSJ38270 Inequality in the Lab Market Spring

5

Stage 1 Options - B)MIN0OF:
You must choose a minimum of 15 credits per trimester from this option list to support your learning as a Social Sciences student. The remaining credits can be chosen from this option list AND/OR the Arts & Humanities option list. You are permitted to take a maximum of 30 credits per trimester. If you experience issues registering to modules, please email us at socialsciencesstudyabroad@ucd.ie
Note: If you are majoring in Psychology and wish to take Psychology modules you will be contacted separately about your registration.
     
Stage 1 Options - C)MIN0OF:
Arts and Humanities (All Modules)

Arts and Humanities is complementary to many social sciences disciplines. You may choose options from this list (up to a maximum of 15 credits) but are not required to do so. Modules are listed in alphabetical order according to the School code (for example AH is Art History).

Note: If you wish to select a module from Level-3 English and History, and it is not listed below, or if you are unable to register to one of the modules below due to prerequisite requirements, please email us at socialsciencesstudyabroad@ucd.ie
     
AH20220 History of Photography Autumn

5

CCI10040 Video Games: History, Technology, and Culture Autumn

5

CCIV20020 The Fortunes of the Celtic Languages Autumn

5

DRAM20010 Performance in Everyday Life Autumn

5

FR20220 World War 2 in French Culture Autumn

5

FR30040 Literature of Quebec Autumn

5

GRC10130 Ancient Rome: An Introduction Autumn

5

GRC10190 War and the Hero: The Epics of Homer and Virgil Autumn

5

HIS10080 Rome to Renaissance Autumn

5

HIS10450 Radicals and Revolutionaries Autumn

5

HIS21240 Celts, Romans and Vikings: The Formation of Early Ireland Autumn

5

ITAL30200 The Story of Italian 2: Modern Age and Today Autumn

5

LAT30120 Virgil's Aeneid Autumn

5

DSCY10050 War: Ancient and modern Autumn and Spring (separate)

5

HIS20780 History of Science Autumn and Spring (separate)

5

IR10050 Irish for Beginners/Gaeilge do Thosaitheoirí Autumn and Spring (separate)

5

IRST30150 Ireland Uncovered Autumn and Spring (separate)

5

MUS10220 Popular Music Autumn and Spring (separate)

5

MUS20610 Music in Ireland Autumn and Spring (separate)

5

MUS20880 Techniques of Songwriting Autumn and Spring (separate)

5

AH10140 The Baroque to Romanticism: European Art, 1600-1850 Spring

5

AH10150 The Modern World 1848-1914 Spring

5

AH20210 Perspectives on Irish Art: From Medieval to Modern Spring

5

AH20230 European Architecture Spring

5

AH20290 Art & Death Spring

5

AH30540 Georgian Dublin Spring

5

AH30600 From Constantinople to Istanbul: Art, Faith, Politics Spring

10

AH30650 Art/Resistance/Activism Spring

10

CCIV10020 Early Ireland: Continuity & Change Spring

5

CCIV10030 The British Celts Spring

5

CCIV20070 Poets, Power and Performance Spring

5

CCIV20120 Law & Society in Early Ireland Spring

5

CCIV30100 Introduction to Early Irish 2 Spring

5

DRAM10030 Theatre Matters Spring

5

DRAM10080 Theatre & Activism Spring

5

DRAM30100 Contemporary Theatre & Performance Spring

5

DRAM30200 Queer and Trans* Theatre and Performance Spring

10

DSCY10100 Storytelling Spring

5

DSCY10120 Contagion & Control Spring

5

EMIR10020 Introduction to Early Irish II Spring

5

EMIR30130 Literacy & Learning Early Irl Spring

5

ENG10030 Literary Genre: the Art of Criticism and the Craft of Writing Spring

5

ENG10170 Contemporary Dystopian Fiction Spring

5

ENG10220 Literature and Crisis Spring

5

ENG20410 Reading Medieval Literature Spring

5

ENG20430 Modern American Literature Spring

5

FR10070 French Grammar & Expression Spring

5

FR10130 French Fictions Spring

5

FR10140 Paris Spring

5

FR20040 French Language II b: Expression française écrite et orale Spring

5

FR20160 The Realist Novel Spring

5

FR20180 La France d'aujourd'hui Spring

5

FR30270 The Object in Postwar French Culture Spring

5

FR30350 Narratives of Place Spring

5

FS10020 Introduction to Film and Media Theory Spring

5

FS10070 Doing Film History Spring

5

FS20140 Irish Cinema & TV Spring

5

FS20230 Race & Migration in Media Spring

5

FS30280 Gender Activism and the Global South Spring

10

GER10020 German Language I b Spring

5

GER10110 German Beginners B Spring

5

GER10150 German History on Screen Spring

5

GER20070 German Language II b Spring

5

GER20190 Grimms' Tales and Adaptations Spring

5

GER20200 Auf Deutsch Handeln Spring

5

GER20250 German for Ex-Beginners B Spring

5

GER20270 Introduction to translation German/English-English/German Spring

5

GER30090 German Language III b Spring

5

GER30240 German Feminisms Since 1918 Spring

5

GRC10140 Classical Myth: An Introduction Spring

5

GRC20040 Greek Tragedy Spring

5

GRC20270 The Athenian Empire Spring

5

GRC20280 Near Eastern Myth and Religion Spring

5

GRC30210 Eating and Drinking in Classi Spring

5

GRC30350 Sparta Spring

10

GRK10100 Greek Language II Spring

10

GRK20110 Greek Texts: Plato Spring

5

GRK30020 Greek Texts: Thucydides Spring

5

GRK30090 Greek Texts: Euripides Spring

5

GRK30110 Greek Texts: Epic Spring

5

HIS10320 The Making of Modern Ireland, 1800-2000 Spring

5

HIS10460 Animal Histories 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

HUM10030 Introduction to Arts Spring

5

IRFL10040 Ethnography of the Everyday Spring

5

IRFL20050 Healers and Healing Spring

5

IRFL20090 Folklife & Ethnology Spring

5

IRFL20100 Oral history and tradition Spring

5

IRFL30020 Calendar Custom Spring

5

IRFL30080 Textual Analysis of the Irish Oral Tradition Spring

5

IRFL30100 Popular religion and belief Spring

5

IRST10020 Introduction to Irish Cultural Studies Spring

5

IRST20060 Reading Irish Studies Spring

5

IRST30140 The Forgotten Irish Spring

5

IRST30160 Exploring Ireland Spring

5

ITAL10030 Italian Language I b Spring

5

ITAL10080 Making Italy Spring

5

ITAL10100 Italian Language I NonBeginner Spring

5

ITAL10110 Italy Spring

5

ITAL20080 Italian Language II b Spring

5

ITAL20170 Italian Short Stories Spring

5

ITAL20230 Italian cinema and society Spring

5

ITAL30080 Italian Language III b Spring

5

LAT10100 Beginners' Latin II Spring

10

LAT20130 Catullus Spring

5

LING10010 Language Use and Communication Spring

5

LING10040 Words and Sentences Spring

5

LING10050 Introduction to Linguistics Spring

5

LING20080 Meaning in Language Spring

5

LING20090 Sociolinguistics 2 Spring

5

LING20120 Second Language Teaching & Learning Spring

5

LING20130 Multilingualism Spring

5

LING30030 Language Impairment Spring

5

LING30060 First Language Acquisition Spring

5

LING30140 Corpus Linguistics Spring

10

LING30200 Research Creole Languages Spring

5

MFD10020 Adaptation, Transmediality & Intertextuality Spring

5

MFD20010 Producing Music, Film & Drama Spring

5

MUS10120 Music, Culture and Society Spring

5

MUS20030 Studies in Irish Music Spring

5

MUS20410 Music History Since 1750 Spring

5

MUS31300 Blues and Jazz Spring

10

MUS31330 Post-Truth, Politics & Music Spring

5

MUS31340 Music Theatre Spring

10

PORT10030 Portuguese Language Ib Spring

5

PORT10090 Film and Fiction (in the Portuguese-speaking world) Spring

5

PORT20050 Portuguese Language IIb Spring

5

PORT30050 Portuguese Language IIIb Spring

5

SLL20030 Perceptions of Europe in the Twentieth Century Spring

5

SPAN10050 Spanish Language I b Spring

5

SPAN10110 Reading Hispanic Texts Spring

5

SPAN10150 Intensive ab initio Spanish Ib Spring

5

SPAN20060 Spanish Language II b Spring

5

SPAN20220 La sociedad española actual: Economía y cultura Spring

5

SPAN30020 Spanish Language III b Spring

5

SPAN30200 Surrealism in Spain and Mexico Spring

5

SPAN30230 Historical Memory in Spain: 21st Century Narrative and Film Spring

5

SPAN30280 Women's Life Writing in Spain Spring

5