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.

 

1 - 1: Use skills of inquiry, research, critical thinking, and problem-solving to pursue and evaluate knowledge.
2 - Challenge assumptions and develop creative solutions to problems including through the independent pursuit of knowledge and making connections between different disciplinary approaches and methods.
3 - Demonstrate effective communication, digital expertise, collaboration and leadership skills to convert decisions and commitments into action
4 - Understand the ethical implications of ideas, communications, and actions including demonstrated awareness of the historical and cultural construction of knowledge systems and traditions
5 - Understand the relevance and contribution of the Humanities to contemporary society and cultural practice including an ability to articulate the links between past and present as well as the influence of the past on shaping community and societal structures and beliefs.
6 - Articulate advocacy of human, social and cultural values with a propensity towards and awareness of the value of life-long learning, an understanding of how to learn, including an appreciation of the complexity of ideas, of societies, cultures and 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)"

Module ID	Module Title	Trimester	Credits
Stage 1 Core Modules
EUST10010	Approaches to European Studies	Autumn	5
HIS10070	The Making of Modern Europe: 1500-2000	Autumn	5
HIS10080	Rome to Renaissance	Spring	5
Stage 1 Core Modules
Stage 1 Options - A)4OF: Pick 4 modules from the options 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)
AH10070	Dublin: Its Museums and Collections	Autumn	5
AH10120	The Art of the Renaissance: Reform and Rebirth	Autumn	5
AH10130	The Art of the Ancient and Medieval World	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
GRC10190	War and the Hero: The Epics of Homer and Virgil	Autumn	5
HIS10320	The Making of Modern Ireland, 1800-2000	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
GRC10180	The Age of Augustus	Spring	5
GRC10200	Classical Greece	Spring	5
HIS10310	Ireland's English Centuries	Spring	5
IRST10020	Introduction to Irish Cultural Studies	Spring	5
LING10010	Language Use and Communication	Spring	5
MUS10120	Music, Culture and Society	Spring	5
Stage 1 Options - A)4OF: Pick 4 modules from the options 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)
Stage 1 Options - B)1OF: Students can choose one option module 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)
INRL10010	Foundation of Political Theory & International Relations	Autumn	5
POL10170	Foundations in Political Research	Autumn	5
DSCY10050	War: Ancient and modern	Autumn and Spring (separate)	5
DSCY10120	Contagion & Control	Spring	5
LAW10440	Law in Europe	Spring	5
PHIL10030	Introduction to Modern Philosophy	Spring	5
PHIL10070	Ancient Philosophy	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
Stage 1 Options - B)1OF: Students can choose one option module 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)
Stage 1 Options - C)MIN0OF: Elective Substitution Options: You may choose a module from the list below OR a General Elective from the Electives Page in the January registration period. NOTE: you do not have to pick a module from this list if you wish to take a General Elective.
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
GRC10180	The Age of Augustus	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
Stage 1 Options - C)MIN0OF: Elective Substitution Options: You may choose a module from the list below OR a General Elective from the Electives Page in the January registration period. NOTE: you do not have to pick a module from this list if you wish to take a General Elective.
Stage 1 Options - Subject / Streams
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)
Stage 1 Options - Subject / Streams
Stage 2 Core Modules
EUST20010	Discourses of Freedom	Autumn	5
HIS21140	History Today	Autumn	5
Stage 2 Core Modules
Stage 2 Options - B)MIN0OF: Students who took French in Stage 1 must take FR20020 French Language II a and FR20040 French Language II b, plus a further two five credit options
FR20020	French language II a: Grammaire et syntaxe françaises	Autumn	5
FR20130	French New Wave	Autumn	5
FR20140	Versailles: Power, Politics & Spectacle	Autumn	5
FR20220	World War 2 in French Culture	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
Stage 2 Options - B)MIN0OF: Students who took French in Stage 1 must take FR20020 French Language II a and FR20040 French Language II b, plus a further two five credit options
Stage 2 Options - C)MIN0OF: Students who took German Beginners in Stage 1 must take GER20240 German for Ex-Beginners A and GER20250 German for Ex-Beginners B plus a further two five credit option modules.
GER20230	Transcultural Encounters 1	Autumn	5
GER20240	German for Ex-Beginners A	Autumn	5
GER20260	Radical Thinkers	Autumn	5
GER20160	German-speaking Enlightenment	Spring	5
GER20250	German for Ex-Beginners B	Spring	5
Stage 2 Options - C)MIN0OF: Students who took German Beginners in Stage 1 must take GER20240 German for Ex-Beginners A and GER20250 German for Ex-Beginners B plus a further two five credit option modules.
Stage 2 Options - D)MIN0OF: Students who took German Non-Beginners in stage 1 must select GER20060 German Language IIa and GER20070 German Language IIb plus a further two five credit option modules.
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
GER20160	German-speaking Enlightenment	Spring	5
Stage 2 Options - D)MIN0OF: Students who took German Non-Beginners in stage 1 must select GER20060 German Language IIa and GER20070 German Language IIb plus a further two five credit option modules.
Stage 2 Options - E)MIN0OF: Students who took Spanish Beginners in stage 1 must select SPAN20230 Spanish ex ab-initio IIa and SPAN20060 Spanish Language II b plus a further two five credit option modules.
SPAN20230	Spanish ex ab-initio IIa	Autumn	5
SPAN20260	Modern Spanish Theatre	Autumn	5
SPAN20270	Indigeneity in Latin America	Autumn	5
SPAN20280	Introduction to Catalonia	Autumn	5
SPAN20060	Spanish Language II b	Spring	5
SPAN20240	Latin American Culture I	Spring	5
SPAN20250	Crime, Passion & Mystery in Latin American Noir	Spring	5
Stage 2 Options - E)MIN0OF: Students who took Spanish Beginners in stage 1 must select SPAN20230 Spanish ex ab-initio IIa and SPAN20060 Spanish Language II b plus a further two five credit option modules.
Stage 2 Options - F)MIN0OF: Students who took Spanish Non-Beginners in stage 1 must select SPAN20080 Spanish Language IIa and SPAN20060 Spanish Language IIb plus a further two five credit option modules.
SPAN20080	Spanish Language II a	Autumn	5
SPAN20260	Modern Spanish Theatre	Autumn	5
SPAN20270	Indigeneity in Latin America	Autumn	5
SPAN20060	Spanish Language II b	Spring	5
SPAN20240	Latin American Culture I	Spring	5
SPAN20250	Crime, Passion & Mystery in Latin American Noir	Spring	5
Stage 2 Options - F)MIN0OF: Students who took Spanish Non-Beginners in stage 1 must select SPAN20080 Spanish Language IIa and SPAN20060 Spanish Language IIb plus a further two five credit option modules.
Stage 2 Options - H)MIN0OF: These modules are for students who took either Italian Beginners or Non-Beginners at stage 1. Select all four modules.
ITAL20010	Italian Language II a	Autumn	5
ITAL20160	Reading Italian Literature	Autumn	5
ITAL20080	Italian Language II b	Spring	5
ITAL20230	Italian cinema and society	Spring	5
Stage 2 Options - H)MIN0OF: These modules are for students who took either Italian Beginners or Non-Beginners at stage 1. Select all four modules.
Stage 2 Options - I)MIN3OF: Students should select 3 of the following modules. Students can choose to take extra from this list in place of their elective module(s) if they wish.
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
HIS21240	Celts, Romans and Vikings: The Formation of Early Ireland	Spring	5
Stage 2 Options - I)MIN3OF: Students should select 3 of the following modules. Students can choose to take extra from this list in place of their elective module(s) if they wish.
Stage 2 Options - J)MIN1OF: Students should select 1 of the following modules. Students can choose to take extra from this list in place of their elective module(s) if they wish.
AH20200	The Modern to the Contemporary	Autumn	5
AH20270	Venice: Art, Myth and Identity	Autumn	5
AH20280	Queer Art Histories	Autumn	5
GEOG20170	Global Historical Geographies	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
AH20250	Early Islamic Art and Architecture	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
GRC20030	Early Roman Empire	Spring	5
GRC20240	Piracy in World History	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
SOC20420	European Societies	Spring	5
Stage 2 Options - J)MIN1OF: Students should select 1 of the following modules. Students can choose to take extra from this list in place of their elective module(s) if they wish.
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.
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.

		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