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Arts & Humanities

Occasional (Level 75 NFQ, Credits )
Academic Year 2024/2025
School
Arts and Humanities Adm
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)MIN0CR:
Recommended modules:
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.
      
AH10070 Dublin: Its Museums and Collections Autumn

5
DRAM10010 Theatre Context and Conventions Autumn

5
ENG10130 Contemporary Irish Writing Autumn

5
ENG32510 Writing Dublin Autumn

5
HIS21100 A History of Ireland: Politics, Culture, and Society Autumn

5
IRFL10010 Introduction to Folklore Autumn

5
ITAL10020 Italian Language I a Autumn

5
DSCY10050 War: Ancient and modern Autumn and Spring (separate)

5
ENG10020 Children's Literature 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
MUS20610 Music in Ireland Autumn and Spring (separate)

5
ENG20440 Reading the story of Ireland: Irish Literature in English Spring

5
GRC10200 Classical Greece Spring

5
HIS10310 Ireland's English Centuries Spring

5
Stage 1 Options - A)MIN0CR:
Recommended modules:
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)MIN15CR:
Art and Humanities Modules
The following modules are listed in alphabetical order according to the School code (for example AH is Art History).
Students must choose 15 credits from the list below. The remaining credits can be chosen from this option module list and/or the Social Sciences option module list below. You are permitted to register to a maximum of 30 credits from either option group.
Note: If you wish to select a module from Level-3 English and History, and it is not listed below, please follow the instructions of your UCD contact.
If you are unable to register to one of the modules below due to prerequisite requirements, please email your UCD contact.
      
AH10070 Dublin: Its Museums and Collections Autumn

5
AH10120 The Art of the Renaissance: Reform and Rebirth Autumn

5
AH10160 Art History in the Making Autumn

5
AH20200 The Modern to the Contemporary Autumn

5
AH20280 Queer Art Histories Autumn

5
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
CCIV10010 Introduction to Celtic Civilization Autumn

5
CCIV10040 Vikings in the Celtic World Autumn

5
CCIV20130 Kings and Heroes of Early Ireland Autumn

5
CCIV30070 Introduction to Early Irish 1 Autumn

5
CCIV30110 Early Irish Myths & Sagas Autumn

5
DRAM10010 Theatre Context and Conventions Autumn

5
DRAM20220 Documentary Theatre Autumn

5
DRAM30320 Performance Across the Globe Autumn

5
EMIR10010 Introduction to Early Irish I Autumn

5
ENG10130 Contemporary Irish Writing Autumn

5
ENG20450 Writing and Performance in the Age of Shakespeare: Renaissance Literature Autumn

5
ENG20490 Romanticism Autumn

5
ENG32510 Writing Dublin Autumn

5
EUST20010 Discourses of Freedom Autumn

5
FR10060 French Grammar & Comprehension Autumn

5
FR10120 Reading Short French Texts: Literary Analysis Autumn

5
FR30290 Qu'est-ce que l'individualisme Autumn

5
FR30390 Postcolonial Narratives in French Autumn

5
FR40390 Reading French for Research Purposes Autumn

10
FS10010 Introduction to Film and Media Autumn

5
FS20200 Horror Autumn

5
FS20210 Women's Authorship in American Cinema Autumn

5
FS20220 Everyday Experiences and Digital Media Autumn

5
FS30240 Digital Media Cultures Autumn

5
FS30250 Feminist Media Studies Autumn

10
GER10010 German Language I a Autumn

5
GER10100 German Beginners A Autumn

5
GER10120 Spoken German for Beginners Autumn

5
GER10140 Reading German Literature Autumn

5
GER20230 Transcultural Encounters 1 Autumn

5
GER20240 German for Ex-Beginners A Autumn

5
GER20260 Radical Thinkers Autumn

5
GER30130 Translating Contemporary Texts German-English (Advanced) Autumn

5
GER30210 Transcultural Encounters 2 Autumn

5
GRC10170 Lost Cities of the Ancient World Autumn

5
GRC20100 Ovid's Metamorphoses and the Transformation of Myth Autumn

5
GRC20220 Greeks, Romans, and Barbarians Autumn

5
GRC30330 Death and the Afterlife in the Ancient World Autumn

5
GRK10090 Greek Language I Autumn

10
GRK20140 Intermediate Greek Autumn

10
GRK30060 Greek Texts: Aeschylus Autumn

5
HIS10070 The Making of Modern Europe: 1500-2000 Autumn

5
HIS20670 France since the Revolution  Autumn

5
HIS21100 A History of Ireland: Politics, Culture, and Society Autumn

5
HIS21140 History Today Autumn

5
HIS21180 Landscapes Remade: People and Place in Ireland, 1500-1800 Autumn

5
HIS21210 Spanish Civil War Autumn

5
HIS21320 Sport and the modern world Autumn

5
HIS21340 The Irish at War, 1914-1998 Autumn

5
HUM10010 Study Skills in the Humanities Autumn

5
IRFL10010 Introduction to Folklore Autumn

5
IRFL20010 The Study of Folklore: Origins and Development Autumn

5
IRFL20030 The Narrative Art Autumn

5
IRFL30030 The Life Cycle Autumn

5
IRFL30090 Collectors of Song and Music Autumn

5
IRST10010 Introduction to Irish Studies Autumn

5
IRST20010 Place, People & Identities Autumn

5
ITAL10020 Italian Language I a Autumn

5
ITAL20010 Italian Language II a Autumn

5
ITAL20160 Reading Italian Literature Autumn

5
ITAL20240 Italian history 1815-1945 Autumn

5
ITAL30070 Italian Language III a Autumn

5
LING10020 Language Acquisition and Language Disruption Autumn

5
LING10030 Sounds in Language Autumn

5
LING20010 Syntax 2 Autumn

5
LING20020 Phonology 2 Autumn

5
LING20060 World Englishes Autumn

5
LING30080 Phonology 3 Autumn

5
MFD10010 Music, Film and Drama: Making, Doing, Interpreting Autumn

5
MUS10150 Writing about Music Autumn

5
MUS20080 Global Soundscapes Autumn

5
MUS20390 Bach & the Art of Counterpoint Autumn

5
MUS20400 Early European Music Autumn

5
MUS31200 The Piano Concerto in European Musical Culture Autumn

10
MUS31270 The Ethnomusicology of Popular Music Autumn

10
MUS31470 Techniques of Composition Autumn

10
PORT10020 Portuguese Language Ia Autumn

5
PORT20040 Portuguese Language IIa Autumn

5
PORT30040 Portuguese Language IIIa Autumn

5
SLL30050 Adaptations Autumn

5
SPAN10130 Hispanic Cultures & Societies Autumn

5
SPAN20080 Spanish Language II a Autumn

5
SPAN20230 Spanish ex ab-initio IIa Autumn

5
SPAN20240 Latin American Culture I Autumn

5
SPAN20260 Modern Spanish Theatre Autumn

5
SPAN20290 21st-C Spanish fictions Autumn

5
SPAN30010 Spanish Language III a Autumn

5
SPAN30070 Latin American Literature II: To the Boom and Beyond Autumn

5
SPAN30290 Producción y comprensión oral en español Autumn

5
DSCY10050 War: Ancient and modern Autumn and Spring (separate)

5
ENG10020 Children's Literature 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
AH20250 Early Islamic Art and Architecture Spring

5
DRAM20110 Contemporary Ireland On Stage Spring

5
ENG20440 Reading the story of Ireland: Irish Literature in English Spring

5
FS30170 Whiteness, Ethnicity & American Film Spring

10
FS30190 Animation Spring

10
GRC20030 Early Roman Empire Spring

5
GRC30070 Family Life in Ancient Greece Spring

5
HIS10310 Ireland's English Centuries Spring

5
HIS10440 The United States, 1776-1991 Spring

5
HIS20460 Islam and Christianity in the Middle Ages Spring

5
LAT30020 Ovid and Lucan: Successors to Virgil Spring

5
Stage 1 Options - B)MIN15CR:
Art and Humanities Modules
The following modules are listed in alphabetical order according to the School code (for example AH is Art History).
Students must choose 15 credits from the list below. The remaining credits can be chosen from this option module list and/or the Social Sciences option module list below. You are permitted to register to a maximum of 30 credits from either option group.
Note: If you wish to select a module from Level-3 English and History, and it is not listed below, please follow the instructions of your UCD contact.
If you are unable to register to one of the modules below due to prerequisite requirements, please email your UCD contact.
      
Stage 1 Options - C)MIN0CR:
Social Science Modules. Social Sciences is complementary to many Arts 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 ARCH is Archaeology).
      
ARCH10010 Exploring Archaeology Autumn

5
ARCH10160 The Human Past Autumn

5
ARCH20510 Archaeology of Landscapes Autumn

5
ARCH20520 How Archaeologists Think: an introduction to archaeological theory Autumn

5
ARCH20570 Cultural Heritage Autumn

5
ARCH30170 Combat Archaeology Autumn

5
ARCH30770 Environmental Arch in Practice Autumn

10
ARCH30810 Southeast and East Asian Archaeology Autumn

10
CSOC10010 Introduction to Computational Social Science Autumn

5
CSOC20010 Applied Computational Social Science Autumn

5
ECON10030 Introduction to Quantitative Economics Autumn

5
ECON10760 Macroeconomics for Business Autumn

5
ECON10770 Introduction to Economics Autumn

5
ECON20010 Intermediate Microeconomics I Autumn

5
ECON20080 Economic Policy Analysis Autumn

5
ECON20190 Introduction to Financial Economics Autumn

5
ECON20200 Int Microeconomics (ECON&FIN) Autumn

5
ECON30100 The Economics of Health and Health Policy Autumn

5
ECON30150 International Money and Banking Autumn

5
ECON30180 Industrial Economics: Economics of Business Strategy Autumn

5
ECON30270 Behavioural Economics and Public Policy Autumn

5
ECON30290 Advanced Microeconomics Autumn

5
ECON30360 Labour Economics Autumn

5
ECON30400 Political Economy Autumn

5
ECON30410 Development Economics Autumn

5
ECON30520 R for Economists Autumn

5
ECON30540 Advd Econometrics: Time Series Autumn

5
ECON30570 Economic Growth Autumn

5
ECON30590 Economics of Gender and Diversity Autumn

5
ECON30610 Economics of Natural Resources Autumn

5
EDUC10170 Human Learning Autumn

5
EDUC20030 Key Ideas in Education Autumn

5
GEOG10130 Geography Matters Autumn

5
GEOG10140 Mapping a Sustainable World Autumn

5
GEOG20040 Rivers, Estuaries and Coasts Autumn

5
GEOG20150 Quaternary Environmental Change Autumn

5
GEOG30370 River Catchment Management Autumn

5
GEOG31070 Social Geography Autumn

5
GEOG31080 Far-right, Hate and Political Polarisation Autumn

5
GEOG31090 Civil Society and NGOs: Theory and Practice to Change the World Autumn

5
GEOG31100 Fortress Europe and the Global War on Migrants Autumn

5
INRL10020 Foundations of Intl Relations Autumn

5
INRL20040 Theories and Concepts in International Relations Autumn

5
INRL20080 Irish Foreign Policy Autumn

5
INRL20160 Introduction to European Union Politics Autumn

5
INRL30320 Gender in War & Peace Autumn

10
INRL30370 Terrorism & Political Violence Autumn

10
IS10010 Introduction to Communication & Media Studies Autumn

5
IS10050 Digital Judgement: Truth, Lies, & the Internet Autumn

5
IS20010 Core Competencies for Digital Citizenship Autumn

5
IS30020 Web Publishing Autumn

5
IS30050 Information Architecture: Designing the Web Autumn

5
IS30350 The Digital Self Autumn

5
IS30460 Gender, Race and Media Autumn

10
PHIL10160 Critical Thinking Autumn

5
PHIL20010 Rationalism and Empiricism Autumn

5
PHIL20320 Philosophy of Science Autumn

5
PHIL20440 Feminism & Gender Justice Autumn

5
PHIL20490 Knowledge & Scepticism Autumn

5
PHIL20500 Phenomenology & Existentialism Autumn

5
PHIL20620 Philosophy of Social Science Autumn

5
PHIL20630 Art and Society Autumn

5
PHIL30110 German Idealist Philosophy Autumn

5
PHIL30260 Philosophy of Law Autumn

5
PHIL30280 Philosophy of Interpretation Autumn

5
PHIL30590 Aristotle: Ethics & Politics Autumn

5
PHIL30820 Hume and Kant Autumn

5
PHIL30900 Personal Identity Autumn

5
POL10170 Foundations in Political Research Autumn

5
POL20010 Individuals and the State: The Idea of Freedom in the History of Political Thought Autumn

5
POL20260 Introduction to Chinese Politics Autumn

5
POL30640 Deliberative Mini-Publics Autumn

10
POL30820 Political Risk and Foreign Direct Investment Autumn

10
POL30880 Capitalism and Democracy Autumn

10
POL30890 The Politics of Organised Crime Autumn

10
POL36070 Political Psychology Autumn

10
POL36120 Gender, Religion & Colonialism Autumn

10
SOC10010 Foundations of Sociological Thought Autumn

5
SOC10020 Introduction to Sociology Autumn

5
SOC10110 Sociology of Crime & Deviance Autumn

5
SOC20040 Sociology of Gender Autumn

5
SOC20070 Social Anthropology Autumn

5
SOC20220 Social Theory and Social Media Autumn

5
SOC20270 Sociology Health & Inequality Autumn

5
SOC20340 Sociology of Human Rights Autumn

5
SOC30070 Sociology of Education Autumn

5
SOC30080 Health, Illness and Society Autumn

5
SOC30100 American Society Autumn

5
SOC30330 Currents in Contemporary Theory Autumn

5
SOC30360 Sociology of Migration, Race and Ethnicity Autumn

5
SOC30420 Deception: The Social, Moral & Economic Foundations of Lying Autumn

5
SOC30560 Global Inequalities Autumn

5
SOC30570 Solidarities, Power and Difference Autumn

10
SOC30690 Art & Social Change Autumn

5
SPOL10010 Social Policy Theories and Concepts I Autumn

5
SPOL10030 Understanding Social Problems and Policies Autumn

5
SPOL10180 History of Irish Social Policy Autumn

5
SPOL20050 Economics of Social Policy Autumn

5
SPOL20210 Investigating Social Services Autumn

5
SPOL28150 Global Social Policy Autumn

5
SPOL28160 Enviro, Soc & Human Wellbeing Autumn

5
SPOL30010 Policy-making, Implementation & Evaluation Autumn

5
SPOL30360 Drug Use, Society and Policy Autumn

5
SPOL38190 Child Abuse, Sexual + Domestic Autumn

5
SPOL38210 Migration, Racism and Irish Society Autumn

5
SSCI30050 Digital Research Skills for the Social Sciences Autumn

5
SSJ10070 Exploring Gender Autumn

5
SSJ10090 Social Justice Perspectives Autumn

5
SSJ20160 Race and Racism: Critical Perspectives Autumn

5
SSJ30070 Gender War and Violence Autumn

5
SSJ30080 Global Masculinities Autumn

5
SSJ38260 Social justice and the city Autumn

10
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
ARCH20600 Archaeological Science Spring

5
EDUC10200 Young Adult Fiction: Readers, Rebels & Realisation Spring

5
PHIL20710 Body, Mind, World Spring

5
PHIL30880 Applied Epistemology Spring

5
SOC30220 Science and Society Spring

5
SSJ20150 Political Economy & Social Justice Spring

5