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
HIS10320 The Making of Modern Ireland, 1800-2000 Autumn 5
HIS10440 The United States, 1776-1991 Autumn 5
HIS10480 Decoding atrocity Autumn 10
HIS10080 Rome to Renaissance Spring 5
HIS10310 Ireland's English Centuries Spring 5
HIS10450 Radicals and Revolutionaries Spring 5
HIS10500 Global Environmental History 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
LSOC10010 Making the Irish Landscape Autumn 5
DSCY10050 War: Ancient and modern Autumn and Spring (separate) 5
DSCY10120 Contagion & Control Spring 5
GRC10180 The Age of Augustus 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
HIS31460 Medicine, Culture and Society 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
HIS20950 European Statecraft, Strategy & Culture, c. 1470-c.1770: Personalities & Power Autumn 5
HIS20960 Living Loving & Dying in 19th Century Ireland Autumn 5
HIS21320 Sport and the modern world Autumn 5
HIS20820 Nazi Germany Spring 5
HIS21120 Northern Ireland, 1920-2010: from partition to Paisley Spring 5
HIS21170 The Making of the Middle East Spring 5
HIS21240 Celts, Romans and Vikings: The Formation of Early Ireland Spring 5
HIS21260 From the Goldmines to Trump: A global history of nativism and anti-immigration since the mid-19th c. 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:
     
HIS31280 Rise, Fall, Rise of Modern Japan Autumn 10
HIS31320 The Irish Revolution, 1910-1923 Autumn 10
HIS31500 Past, Present and Future in Medieval England Autumn 10
HIS31850 Contested Histories in Australia Autumn 10
HIS32430 Florence 1200 - 1400 Autumn 10
HIS32620 US Pivots To Asia, 1890s-1950s Autumn 10
HIS32720 Frontiers of Empire Autumn 10
HIS32730 The Digital Humanities 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
HIS31900 Roads to Heaven & Hell Autumn and Spring (separate) 10
HIS32710 Manufacturing Truth in the Modern World Autumn and Spring (separate) 10
HIS32850 Settler colonialism Autumn and Spring (separate) 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
HIS32230 Biography and History Spring 10
HIS32330 A History of Decadence: Sex, Spectacle and Corruption in Eighteenth-Century Venice Spring 10
HIS32350 Alcohol, Drugs & Society Spring 10
HIS32440 Florence 1400-1530 Spring 10
HIS32650 Migration Nation: The Irish Migration Experience since 1945 Spring 10
HIS32660 Conservative Political Activism in the United States, 1960-1980 Spring 10
HIS32800 History from below: Rural life in the middle ages Spring 10
HIS32870 Spectacle and the modern world Spring 10
HIS32920 Britain in the Islamic World: Themes of empire, religion, and resistance 1800-1950 Spring 10
HIS32940 Devolution, Dominion, Democracy: Ireland's constitutional history north and south, 1870-2007 Spring 10
HIS32960 Pills, Patents & Policies 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
     
HIS32460 Conquering Ireland, 1579-1691 Autumn 5
HIS32900 Questions in History Autumn 5
HIS32310 Revolutionary Russia, 1905-1921 Spring 5
HIS32380 Genocide & Mass Violence in the Twentieth Century 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:
You may select one (or more) modules from this list as your elective modules. General Elective modules can also be chosen on the Electives Tab
     
HUM30040 Created Spaces&Imagined Places Spring 5
HUM30050 Professional Communication Workshop Spring 5
Stage 3 Options - D)MIN0OF:
You may select one (or more) modules from this list as your elective modules. General Elective modules can also be chosen on the Electives Tab
     
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.
     
HIS31280 Rise, Fall, Rise of Modern Japan Autumn 10
HIS31320 The Irish Revolution, 1910-1923 Autumn 10
HIS31500 Past, Present and Future in Medieval England Autumn 10
HIS31850 Contested Histories in Australia Autumn 10
HIS32430 Florence 1200 - 1400 Autumn 10
HIS32620 US Pivots To Asia, 1890s-1950s Autumn 10
HIS32720 Frontiers of Empire Autumn 10
HIS32730 The Digital Humanities 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
HIS31900 Roads to Heaven & Hell Autumn and Spring (separate) 10
HIS32710 Manufacturing Truth in the Modern World Autumn and Spring (separate) 10
HIS32850 Settler colonialism Autumn and Spring (separate) 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
HIS32230 Biography and History Spring 10
HIS32330 A History of Decadence: Sex, Spectacle and Corruption in Eighteenth-Century Venice Spring 10
HIS32350 Alcohol, Drugs & Society Spring 10
HIS32440 Florence 1400-1530 Spring 10
HIS32650 Migration Nation: The Irish Migration Experience since 1945 Spring 10
HIS32660 Conservative Political Activism in the United States, 1960-1980 Spring 10
HIS32800 History from below: Rural life in the middle ages Spring 10
HIS32870 Spectacle and the modern world Spring 10
HIS32920 Britain in the Islamic World: Themes of empire, religion, and resistance 1800-1950 Spring 10
HIS32940 Devolution, Dominion, Democracy: Ireland's constitutional history north and south, 1870-2007 Spring 10
HIS32960 Pills, Patents & Policies 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.
     
HIS32460 Conquering Ireland, 1579-1691 Autumn 5
HIS32900 Questions in History Autumn 5
HIS32310 Revolutionary Russia, 1905-1921 Spring 5
HIS32380 Genocide & Mass Violence in the Twentieth Century Spring 5
HUM30050 Professional Communication Workshop 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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