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European Studies aims to inspire in-depth exploration of the rich and varied histories and cultures of Europe, equipping you with core transferable skills in research, analysis and communication. In taking this four-year BA pathway, you will investigate the significance of Europe through its histories, languages, literature and cultures, with a focus on processes of change, including migration, war and integration. Proficiency in modern European languages is essential, and as such you will develop and hone your fluency either in: French, German, Italian, Spanish or Portuguese. You will also spend either one semester or a full academic year at a partner European university immersing yourself in the country’s culture and language. This pathway has been established to take advantage of the very substantial research strengths across the University in European Studies and is intended to offer an introduction to the opportunities and challenges of interdisciplinary study.
To promote your own interdisciplinary journey, you will take survey and more specialised modules from across the College of Arts and indeed the University. In your first two years, you will take an Approaches course intended to introduce you to different disciplinary methodologies and techniques. You will take courses on offer in the Schools of History and in the Schools of Languages; the former will give you a grounding in European history from the middle ages to the present day; the latter will develop your skills in one modern language, but also allow you to explore texts and themes more deeply. However, you will also be encouraged and expected to take advantage from the wide variety of course options on offer from music to politics, and classical studies to art history. In your third year, you will participate in the Erasmus scheme for at least a semester and hopefully a full year at one of UCD’s partner universities. In your fourth year, under the supervision of a member of the academic staff of the College, you will write a dissertation in the field of European Studies – using sources in English and at least one other European language.
Our English graduates have found employment in: Business Consultancy, Diplomatic Service, European Commission, Journalism, Marketing, NGOs, Policy Analyst, Public Relations, Radio/TV Producer, Translating and Interpreting.
Graduates are prepared for a wide range of taught MA Programmes in the fields of Arts and Humanities, such as: MA in European History, MA in Modern Languages, MA in Linguistics & Applied Linguistics, MA in Public History, MA in International War Studies, MA in Cultural Policy & Arts Management. Graduates are also prepared for MPhil and PhD study. See www.ucd.ie graduatestudies
Stage 1: Students should take 55 credits plus 5 elective credits. In addition to 15 credits of core modules, students must also choose a 15 credit language block, plus 25 credits of options.
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 should take 50 credits plus 10 elective credits. In addition to 10 credits of core modules, students must also choose 15 option credits in History, plus 20 option credits in Languages, plus a minimum of 5 credits of further option modules. When selecting Language credits, students should choose four modules, all of which must be selected from the SAME language block. Students can choose to take extra option modules as electives if they wish.
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)
All European Studies students are strongly encouraged to spend at least one trimester studying abroad. Students who remain in UCD for the full year should take 50 programme credits plus 10 elective credits.
Instructions for full year UCD Students not on an exchange or on an internship (or combination):
- Select a minimum of 30 credits of European History modules: this can be EITHER 3 x 10 credit modules OR 2 x 10 credit modules plus 2 x 5 credit modules
- Select a maximum of 10 credits of European Social Science modules: 2 x 5 credit modules or 1 x 10 credit module
- Select a maximum of 10 credits of Language modules - students can take 3a and 3b language modules for their European language to complete the core language requirements for the degree.You can also complete these in stage 4.
Instructions for one-trimester UCD Students in UCD for either Autumn or Spring:
- Select a minimum of 15 credits of European History modules: 1 x 10 credit module AND 1 x 5 credit module
- Select a maximum of 5 credits of European Social Science modules: 1 x 5 credit module
- Select a maximum of 5 credits of Language modules [NOTE: Students in UCD for one trimester only should take a language-subject literature or cultural module. Language 3a and 3b modules will be taken at stage 4 to complete the language requirements for the degree]
Extra option modules from your programme can be taken in place of your electives if you wish.
Module ID | Module Title | Trimester | Credits |
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EUST10010 | Approaches to European Studies | Autumn | 5 |
HIS10070 | The Making of Modern Europe: 1500-2000 | Autumn | 5 |
HIS10080 | Rome to Renaissance | Spring | 5 |
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 |
CCIV10010 | Introduction to Celtic Civilization | Autumn | 5 |
CCIV10040 | Vikings in the Celtic World | Autumn | 5 |
GRC10170 | Lost Cities of the Ancient World | Autumn | 5 |
GRC10200 | Classical Greece | Autumn | 5 |
HIS10310 | Ireland's English Centuries | Autumn | 5 |
IRFL10010 | Introduction to Folklore | Autumn | 5 |
IRST10010 | Introduction to Irish Studies | Autumn | 5 |
IR10050 | Irish for Beginners/Gaeilge do Thosaitheoirí | Autumn and Spring (separate) | 5 |
AH10140 | The Baroque to Romanticism: European Art, 1600-1850 | Spring | 5 |
AH10150 | The Modern World 1848-1914 | Spring | 5 |
CCIV10030 | The British Celts | Spring | 5 |
GRC10130 | Ancient Rome: An Introduction | Spring | 5 |
GRC10190 | War and the Hero: The Epics of Homer and Virgil | Spring | 5 |
HIS10320 | The Making of Modern Ireland, 1800-2000 | Spring | 5 |
IRST10020 | Introduction to Irish Cultural Studies | Spring | 5 |
LING10010 | Language Use and Communication | Spring | 5 |
MUS10120 | Music, Culture and Society | Spring | 5 |
POL10170 | Foundations in Political Research | Autumn | 5 |
DSCY10050 | War: Ancient and modern | Autumn and Spring (separate) | 5 |
ARCH10050 | Intro archaeology of Ireland | Spring | 5 |
DSCY10120 | Contagion & Control | Spring | 5 |
LAW10440 | Law in Europe | 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 |
POL10160 | Foundations of Contemporary Politics | Spring | 5 |
DSCY10050 | War: Ancient and modern | Autumn and Spring (separate) | 5 |
IR10050 | Irish for Beginners/Gaeilge do Thosaitheoirí | Autumn and Spring (separate) | 5 |
AH10140 | The Baroque to Romanticism: European Art, 1600-1850 | Spring | 5 |
AH10150 | The Modern World 1848-1914 | Spring | 5 |
CCIV10030 | The British Celts | Spring | 5 |
DSCY10120 | Contagion & Control | Spring | 5 |
IRST10020 | Introduction to Irish Cultural Studies | Spring | 5 |
LAW10440 | Law in Europe | Spring | 5 |
LING10010 | Language Use and Communication | Spring | 5 |
PHIL10100 | Existentialism and Humanism: An Introduction to Continental Philosophy | Spring | 5 |
POL10120 | Foundations in Global Development | Spring | 5 |
POL10160 | Foundations of Contemporary Politics | Spring | 5 |
Spanish Beginners (Humanities 15 credit language block) | |||
Spanish Non-Beginners (Humanities 15 credit language block) | |||
French (Humanities 15 credit language block) | |||
German Beginners (Humanities 15 credit language block) | |||
German Non-Beginners (Humanities 15 credit language block) | |||
Italian Beginners (Humanities 15 credit language block) | |||
Italian Non-Beginners (Humanities 15 credit language block) | |||
Portuguese (Humanities) | |||
EUST20010 | Discourses of Freedom | Autumn | 5 |
HIS21140 | History Today | Autumn | 5 |
FR20020 | French language II a: Grammaire et syntaxe françaises | Autumn | 5 |
FR20130 | French New Wave | Autumn | 5 |
FR20260 | Reading Prose in the Early Modern Period | Autumn | 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 |
FR20220 | World War 2 in French Culture | Spring | 5 |
FR20250 | Social Networks: Experiments in Early Modern Friendship | Spring | 5 |
GER20230 | Transcultural Encounters 1 | Autumn | 5 |
GER20240 | German for Ex-Beginners A | Autumn | 5 |
GER20260 | Radical Thinkers | Autumn | 5 |
GER20190 | Grimms' Tales and Adaptations | Spring | 5 |
GER20250 | German for Ex-Beginners B | Spring | 5 |
GER20060 | German Language II a | Autumn | 5 |
GER20230 | Transcultural Encounters 1 | Autumn | 5 |
GER20260 | Radical Thinkers | Autumn | 5 |
GER20070 | German Language II b | Spring | 5 |
GER20190 | Grimms' Tales and Adaptations | Spring | 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 |
SPAN20060 | Spanish Language II b | Spring | 5 |
SPAN20300 | Spaces of Conflict in Spanish Film | Spring | 5 |
SPAN20310 | Indigenous Cultures | Spring | 5 |
SPAN20080 | Spanish Language II a | Autumn | 5 |
SPAN20240 | Latin American Culture I | Autumn | 5 |
SPAN20260 | Modern Spanish Theatre | Autumn | 5 |
SPAN20290 | 21st-C Spanish fictions | Autumn | 5 |
SPAN20060 | Spanish Language II b | Spring | 5 |
SPAN20300 | Spaces of Conflict in Spanish Film | Spring | 5 |
SPAN20310 | Indigenous Cultures | Spring | 5 |
ITAL20010 | Italian Language II a | Autumn | 5 |
ITAL20160 | Reading Italian Literature | Autumn | 5 |
ITAL20240 | Italian history 1815-1945 | Autumn | 5 |
ITAL20080 | Italian Language II b | Spring | 5 |
ITAL20230 | Italian cinema and society | Spring | 5 |
HIS20460 | Islam and Christianity in the Middle Ages | Autumn | 5 |
HIS20670 | The French Revolution | 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 |
HIS21240 | Celts, Romans and Vikings: The Formation of Early Ireland | Spring | 5 |
AH20200 | The Modern to the Contemporary | Autumn | 5 |
AH20250 | Early Islamic Art and Architecture | Autumn | 5 |
AH20280 | Queer Art Histories | Autumn | 5 |
GRC20030 | Early Roman Empire | Autumn | 5 |
GRC20220 | Greeks, Romans, and Barbarians | Autumn | 5 |
INRL20160 | Introduction to European Union Politics | Autumn | 5 |
IRFL20010 | The Study of Folklore: Origins and Development | Autumn | 5 |
IRFL20030 | The Narrative Art | Autumn | 5 |
MUS20400 | Early European Music | Autumn | 5 |
PHIL20500 | Phenomenology & Existentialism | Autumn | 5 |
AH20230 | European Architecture | Spring | 5 |
AH20290 | Art & Death | Spring | 5 |
ARCH20610 | Historical Archaeology | Spring | 5 |
ARCH20620 | People in Prehistory: key themes and problems | Spring | 5 |
CCIV20120 | Law & Society in Early Ireland | Spring | 5 |
ECON20120 | The Economics of the European Union: Institutions, Policies and Crises | Spring | 5 |
GEOG20170 | Global Historical Geographies | Spring | 5 |
GRC20270 | The Athenian Empire | Spring | 5 |
IRFL20100 | Oral history and tradition | Spring | 5 |
MUS20410 | Music History Since 1750 | Spring | 5 |
PHIL20580 | Plato's Republic | Spring | 5 |
Stage 2 Options - K)MIN0OF: This is a College of Arts and Humanities module. It is the equivalent of an elective. You can take it instead of taking one of your Stage 2 electives. Please make sure that you have selected the correct number of programme options from the list above. This is not one of your required options. It is recommended in particular if you are considering applying for an internship option next year. |
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HUM20030 | Career Readiness (Humanities) | Spring | 5 |
Stage 2 Options - K)MIN0OF: This is a College of Arts and Humanities module. It is the equivalent of an elective. You can take it instead of taking one of your Stage 2 electives. Please make sure that you have selected the correct number of programme options from the list above. This is not one of your required options. It is recommended in particular if you are considering applying for an internship option next year. |
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HIS31250 | Dynastic Politics, Culture & Diplomacy in Post-Westphalian Germany | Autumn | 10 |
HIS31320 | The Irish Revolution, 1910-1923 | Autumn | 10 |
HIS31840 | The First World War: cultures and consequences | Autumn | 10 |
HIS32430 | Florence 1200 - 1400 | Autumn | 10 |
HIS32690 | Revolution and War in Twentieth-Century Vietnam | Autumn | 10 |
HIS32710 | Manufacturing Truth in the Modern World | 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 |
HIS31310 | Madness and Civilisation | 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 |
HIS32720 | Frontiers of Empire | 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 - B)MIN0OF: EUROPEAN HISTORY OPTIONS Students who remain in UCD for the full academic year may choose two 5 credit History options from this list OR may choose a 10 credit option from the list above. Students in UCD for one trimester only must choose one 5 credit History option from this list. |
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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: EUROPEAN HISTORY OPTIONS Students who remain in UCD for the full academic year may choose two 5 credit History options from this list OR may choose a 10 credit option from the list above. Students in UCD for one trimester only must choose one 5 credit History option from this list. |
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Stage 3 Options - C)MIN0CR: EUROPEAN SOCIAL SCIENCE OPTIONS Students who remain in UCD for the full academic year may choose a maximum of 10 credits of modules from this list of options from Social Sciences. Students who remain in UCD for one trimester only may choose a maximum of 5 credits from this list of options from Social Sciences. |
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GEOG30240 | Political Geography of European Integration | Autumn | 5 |
INRL30320 | Gender in War & Peace | Autumn | 10 |
INRL30370 | Terrorism & Political Violence | Autumn | 10 |
AH30540 | Georgian Dublin | Spring | 5 |
ARCH30830 | Medieval Buildings: An Arch | Spring | 10 |
ARCH30840 | Minoan Archaeology | Spring | 10 |
ECON30260 | The Economics of the Transport Sector | Spring | 5 |
ECON30550 | Philosophy of Economics | Spring | 5 |
GEOG30080 | Geography of the Growth and Development of Dublin | Spring | 5 |
GEOG31060 | Population Geography | Spring | 5 |
INRL30340 | Internat. Political Economy | Spring | 10 |
Stage 3 Options - C)MIN0CR: EUROPEAN SOCIAL SCIENCE OPTIONS Students who remain in UCD for the full academic year may choose a maximum of 10 credits of modules from this list of options from Social Sciences. Students who remain in UCD for one trimester only may choose a maximum of 5 credits from this list of options from Social Sciences. |
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Stage 3 Options - D)MIN0CR: FRENCH LANGUAGE BLOCK Students who remain in UCD for the full academic year can choose the level 3 language cores FR30310 French Language 3a and FR30320 French Language 3b. Further language option modules can be taken at stage 4 Students who remain in UCD for one trimester only should choose any one 5 credit module [NOTE: you will complete French Language 3a and 3b in stage 4]. NOTE: French language 3a must be passed before taking French language 3b |
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FR30290 | Qu'est-ce que l'individualisme | Autumn | 5 |
FR30310 | French Language 3a: Expression avancée | Autumn | 5 |
FR30370 | Equality and Feminisms in C17 France | Autumn | 5 |
FR30390 | Postcolonial Narratives in French | Autumn | 5 |
FR30040 | Literature of Quebec | Spring | 5 |
FR30210 | Research in French | Spring | 5 |
FR30270 | The Object in Postwar French Culture | Spring | 5 |
FR30320 | French Language 3b | Spring | 5 |
FR30350 | Narratives of Place | Spring | 5 |
Stage 3 Options - D)MIN0CR: FRENCH LANGUAGE BLOCK Students who remain in UCD for the full academic year can choose the level 3 language cores FR30310 French Language 3a and FR30320 French Language 3b. Further language option modules can be taken at stage 4 Students who remain in UCD for one trimester only should choose any one 5 credit module [NOTE: you will complete French Language 3a and 3b in stage 4]. NOTE: French language 3a must be passed before taking French language 3b |
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Stage 3 Options - E)MIN0CR: GERMAN LANGUAGE BLOCK Students who remain in UCD for the full academic year can choose GER30080 German Language 3a and GER30090 German Language 3b. Further language option modules can be taken at stage 4 Students who remain in UCD for one trimester only should choose any one 5 credit module from the options below [NOTE: you will complete German Language 3a and 3b in stage 4] |
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GER30080 | German Language III a | Autumn | 5 |
GER30130 | Translating Contemporary Texts German-English (Advanced) | Autumn | 5 |
GER30210 | Transcultural Encounters 2 | Autumn | 5 |
GER30090 | German Language III b | Spring | 5 |
GER30240 | German Feminisms Since 1918 | Spring | 5 |
Stage 3 Options - E)MIN0CR: GERMAN LANGUAGE BLOCK Students who remain in UCD for the full academic year can choose GER30080 German Language 3a and GER30090 German Language 3b. Further language option modules can be taken at stage 4 Students who remain in UCD for one trimester only should choose any one 5 credit module from the options below [NOTE: you will complete German Language 3a and 3b in stage 4] |
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Stage 3 Options - F)MIN0CR: ITALIAN LANGUAGE BLOCK Students who remain in UCD for the full academic year can choose ITAL30070 Italian Language 3a and ITAL30080 Italian Language 3b. Further language option modules can be taken at stage 4. Students who remain in UCD for one trimester only should choose any one 5 credit module from the options below [NOTE: you will complete Italian Language 3a and 3b in stage 4] |
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ITAL30070 | Italian Language III a | Autumn | 5 |
ITAL30310 | Women Writing Identities | Autumn | 5 |
ITAL30080 | Italian Language III b | Spring | 5 |
ITAL30200 | The Story of Italian 2: Modern Age and Today | Spring | 5 |
ITAL30260 | Politics and Morals in Renaissance Italy | Spring | 5 |
ITAL30320 | Italian Transnational Literature | Spring | 5 |
Stage 3 Options - F)MIN0CR: ITALIAN LANGUAGE BLOCK Students who remain in UCD for the full academic year can choose ITAL30070 Italian Language 3a and ITAL30080 Italian Language 3b. Further language option modules can be taken at stage 4. Students who remain in UCD for one trimester only should choose any one 5 credit module from the options below [NOTE: you will complete Italian Language 3a and 3b in stage 4] |
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Stage 3 Options - G)MIN0CR: SPANISH LANGUAGE BLOCK Students who remain in UCD for the full academic year can choose SPAN30010 Spanish Language 3a and SPAN30020 Spanish Language 3b. Further language option modules can be taken at stage 4. Students who remain in UCD for one trimester only should choose any one 5 credit module from the options below [NOTE: you will complete Spanish Language 3a and 3b in stage 4] |
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SPAN30010 | Spanish Language III a | Autumn | 5 |
SPAN30070 | Latin American Literature II: To the Boom and Beyond | Autumn | 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 |
Stage 3 Options - G)MIN0CR: SPANISH LANGUAGE BLOCK Students who remain in UCD for the full academic year can choose SPAN30010 Spanish Language 3a and SPAN30020 Spanish Language 3b. Further language option modules can be taken at stage 4. Students who remain in UCD for one trimester only should choose any one 5 credit module from the options below [NOTE: you will complete Spanish Language 3a and 3b in stage 4] |
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HUM30020 | Internship-Autumn (Humanities) | Autumn | 30 |
HUM30030 | Internship- Spring (Humanities) | Spring | 30 |
HUM30050 | Writing for Life: employability skills for arts and humanities students | Spring | 5 |
Award | GPA | ||||
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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 |
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Second Class Honours, Grade 2 | 2.48 |
3.07 |
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Pass | 2.00 |
2.47 |