DN530 BA Humanities History (HSS3)

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History prepares students for a wide range of careers including journalism, business, law, the civil service, diplomacy, NGOs, social media, and teaching.



You can continue to study History at Postgraduate or PhD level, or use your History degree to progress to a wide range of prestigious postgraduate conversion courses.


Stage 1

Students take eight stage 1 core modules (50 credits), and select one 5-credit stage 1 option module.

It is recommended that students spread their credit workload evenly between Trimester 1 and Trimester 2.

Stage 2

Students take three stage 2 core modules (25 credits) and should select a minimum of five 5-credit stage 2 option modules.

Stage 3

Students who remain in UCD for the full year should take 50 option credits at level 3 plus 10 elective credits. Students who take up a trimester-long exchange or internship for one trimester and are in UCD for the other trimester only should take 20 option credits at level 3. Extra option modules from your programme can be taken in place of your electives if you wish.

Stage 4

Students take 30 credits of core modules, including the 20-credit dissertation module.


In addition, students choose one 10-credit module in each trimester.


Up to two 5-credit modules may be chosen from the elective block if desired.

Module ID Module Title Trimester Credits
Stage 1 Core Modules
     
HIS10070 The Making of Modern Europe: 1500-2000 Autumn 5
HIS10310 Ireland's English Centuries Autumn 5
HIS10440 The United States, 1776-1991 Autumn 5
HIS10500 Global Environmental History Autumn 10
HIS10080 Rome to Renaissance Spring 5
HIS10320 The Making of Modern Ireland, 1800-2000 Spring 5
HIS10450 Radicals and Revolutionaries Spring 5
HIS10480 Decoding atrocity Spring 10
Stage 1 Core Modules
     
Stage 1 Options - A)MIN1OF:
Choose one module from the list below.
Students may choose an additional Spring trimester option module in place of an elective.
     
GRC10170 Lost Cities of the Ancient World Autumn 5
DSCY10050 War: Ancient and modern Autumn and Spring (separate) 5
DSCY10120 Contagion & Control Spring 5
Stage 1 Options - A)MIN1OF:
Choose one module from the list below.
Students may choose an additional Spring trimester option module in place of an elective.
     
Stage 2 Core Modules
     
HIS21140 History Today Autumn 5
HIS32750 Themes in Contemp British Hist Autumn 10
HIS21300 Marathon Spring 10
Stage 2 Core Modules
     
Stage 2 Options - A)MIN5OF:
Select 5 option modules from the list below.
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)
Students may take additional option modules in place of electives.
     
HIS20460 Islam and Christianity in the Middle Ages Autumn 5
HIS20670 The French Revolution Autumn 5
HIS21180 Landscapes Remade: People and Place in Ireland, 1500-1800 Autumn 5
HIS21320 Sport and the modern world Autumn 5
HIS21340 The Irish at War, 1914-1998 Autumn 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
HIS21240 Celts, Romans and Vikings: The Formation of Early Ireland Spring 5
HIS21330 Global Asia Spring 5
Stage 2 Options - A)MIN5OF:
Select 5 option modules from the list below.
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)
Students may take additional option modules in place of electives.
     
Stage 3 Options - A)MIN0OF:
Select a minimum of four 10 credit modules from the list below. Students who take up an internship or a trimester long exchange, and are in UCD for one trimester only, should select two 10 credit modules from this list:
     
HIS31250 Dynastic Politics, Culture & Diplomacy in Post-Westphalian Germany Autumn 10
HIS31320 The Irish Revolution, 1910-1923 Autumn 10
HIS31510 Religion & Society in Independent Ireland, 1922-1968 Autumn 10
HIS31840 The First World War: cultures and consequences Autumn 10
HIS31860 Slavery and the New World Autumn 10
HIS32350 Alcohol, Drugs & Society Autumn 10
HIS32430 Florence 1200 - 1400 Autumn 10
HIS32650 Migration Nation: The Irish Migration Experience since 1945 Autumn 10
HIS32690 Revolution and War in Twentieth-Century Vietnam Autumn 10
HIS32710 Manufacturing Truth in the Modern World Autumn 10
HIS32730 The Digital Humanities Autumn 10
HIS32850 Settler colonialism Autumn 10
HIS32860 Jonathan Swift and Ireland Autumn 10
HIS32950 Weimar Germany Autumn 10
HIS32970 The 1641 Rebellion Autumn 10
HIS32980 Britain's War Northern Ireland Autumn 10
HIS33020 United States and the World Autumn 10
HIS33040 Medicine and Miracles 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
HIS31960 Satan in the Middle Ages Spring 10
HIS32330 A History of Decadence: Sex, Spectacle and Corruption in Eighteenth-Century Venice Spring 10
HIS32540 Everyday life in War and Revolution in Ireland, 1914-23 Spring 10
HIS32620 US Pivots To Asia, 1890s-1950s Spring 10
HIS32720 Frontiers of Empire Spring 10
HIS32940 Devolution, Dominion, Democracy: Ireland's constitutional history north and south, 1870-2007 Spring 10
HIS32960 Pills, Patents & Policies Spring 10
HIS32990 1942: The World at War Spring 10
HIS33000 Political Violence in Ireland Spring 10
HIS33010 Global History before AD 1000 Spring 10
HIS33030 Women and Ethical Action in the First Millennium CE Spring 10
HIS33050 Science and Environment Spring 10
HIS33060 From the Ashes of Empire Spring 10
Stage 3 Options - A)MIN0OF:
Select a minimum of four 10 credit modules from the list below. Students who take up an internship or a trimester long exchange, and are in UCD for one trimester only, should select two 10 credit modules from this list:
     
Stage 3 Options - B)MIN0OF:
Select two 5 credit modules from the list below. Students who take up an internship or a trimester long exchange, and are in UCD for one trimester only, may select one or two of these modules in place of an elective, if desired
     
HIS32310 Revolutionary Russia, 1905-1921 Autumn 5
HIS32900 Questions in History Autumn 5
HIS32380 Genocide & Mass Violence in the Twentieth Century Spring 5
HIS32460 Conquering Ireland, 1579-1691 Spring 5
Stage 3 Options - B)MIN0OF:
Select two 5 credit modules from the list below. Students who take up an internship or a trimester long exchange, and are in UCD for one trimester only, may select one or two of these modules in place of an elective, if desired
     
Stage 3 Options - C)MIN0OF:
Students who have been offered a College sourced internship, or self-sourced their own internship with approval from the Programme Board should register to the internship module in the appropriate trimester.
     
HUM30020 Internship-Autumn (Humanities) Autumn 30
HUM30030 Internship- Spring (Humanities) Spring 30
Stage 3 Options - C)MIN0OF:
Students who have been offered a College sourced internship, or self-sourced their own internship with approval from the Programme Board should register to the internship module in the appropriate trimester.
     
Stage 3 Options - D)MIN0OF:
This is an elective substitution module. You may select this module instead of one of your elective modules.
     
HUM30050 Writing for Life: employability skills for arts and humanities students Spring 5
Stage 3 Options - D)MIN0OF:
This is an elective substitution module. You may select this module instead of one of your elective modules.
     
Stage 4 Core Modules
     
HIS32890 SSH Dissertation 2 Trimester duration (Aut-Spr) 20
HIS30550 Research Skills Seminar Autumn 5
HIS31040 Conference Spring 5
Stage 4 Core Modules
     
Stage 4 Options - A)MIN2OF:
Select two 10-credit modules from the list below.
     
HIS31250 Dynastic Politics, Culture & Diplomacy in Post-Westphalian Germany Autumn 10
HIS31320 The Irish Revolution, 1910-1923 Autumn 10
HIS31510 Religion & Society in Independent Ireland, 1922-1968 Autumn 10
HIS31840 The First World War: cultures and consequences Autumn 10
HIS31860 Slavery and the New World Autumn 10
HIS32350 Alcohol, Drugs & Society Autumn 10
HIS32430 Florence 1200 - 1400 Autumn 10
HIS32650 Migration Nation: The Irish Migration Experience since 1945 Autumn 10
HIS32690 Revolution and War in Twentieth-Century Vietnam Autumn 10
HIS32710 Manufacturing Truth in the Modern World Autumn 10
HIS32730 The Digital Humanities Autumn 10
HIS32850 Settler colonialism Autumn 10
HIS32860 Jonathan Swift and Ireland Autumn 10
HIS32950 Weimar Germany Autumn 10
HIS32970 The 1641 Rebellion Autumn 10
HIS32980 Britain's War Northern Ireland Autumn 10
HIS33020 United States and the World Autumn 10
HIS33040 Medicine and Miracles 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
HIS31960 Satan in the Middle Ages Spring 10
HIS32330 A History of Decadence: Sex, Spectacle and Corruption in Eighteenth-Century Venice Spring 10
HIS32540 Everyday life in War and Revolution in Ireland, 1914-23 Spring 10
HIS32620 US Pivots To Asia, 1890s-1950s Spring 10
HIS32720 Frontiers of Empire Spring 10
HIS32940 Devolution, Dominion, Democracy: Ireland's constitutional history north and south, 1870-2007 Spring 10
HIS32960 Pills, Patents & Policies Spring 10
HIS32990 1942: The World at War Spring 10
HIS33000 Political Violence in Ireland Spring 10
HIS33010 Global History before AD 1000 Spring 10
HIS33030 Women and Ethical Action in the First Millennium CE Spring 10
HIS33050 Science and Environment Spring 10
HIS33060 From the Ashes of Empire Spring 10
Stage 4 Options - A)MIN2OF:
Select two 10-credit modules from the list below.
     
Stage 4 Options - B)MIN0OF:
You may choose one or two of the modules from the list below as your Elective Module(s). General Elective modules can also be chosen on the Electives tab.
     
HIS32310 Revolutionary Russia, 1905-1921 Autumn 5
HIS32900 Questions in History Autumn 5
HIS32380 Genocide & Mass Violence in the Twentieth Century Spring 5
HIS32460 Conquering Ireland, 1579-1691 Spring 5
HUM30050 Writing for Life: employability skills for arts and humanities students Spring 5
Stage 4 Options - B)MIN0OF:
You may choose one or two of the modules from the list below as your Elective Module(s). 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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