In your first year (called Stage 1) you take 12 modules over two semesters. You must study core modules in Philosophy and typically two further Arts subjects.
Stage 2 students progress with a major in Philosophy, students also get the chance to take a small number of elective modules from any School across the University during their degree programme.
See below for the full list of subjects. Further details per stage will be displayed when browsing through subject. Please note that some subject combinations may not be possible, for timetable or other reasons.
(Please Note:Stage 1 below is only applicable to direct entry students. Students entering the BA programme via DN012 (Omnibus) do not select specific majors or a minor until stage 2. DN012 students must apply to the relevant School for entry to a single major).
Curricular information is subject to change
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Philosophy is characterised by a set of distinctively philosophical problems about the world and about our place in it; about appearance and reality; about value and conflicts of value; about the nature and limits of our own mind and bodies. We aim to cultivate students’ understanding of such problems, partly by exploring what the great philosophers have been saying about them over many centuries. Philosophy is also characterised by a set of skills and attitudes relevant to one’s effort to understand and orient oneself within the problems, and to develop and defend particular solutions to the problems. The key place to learn such skills is in the small-group tutorial, which meets eight times for every module. Essay-writing is also central to the discipline. Philosophy provides a special course in thinking deeply, in reading critically, in listening patiently, in writing clearly, and in living a more reflective life.
You may apply to study abroad for either a semester or a year through the Erasmus programme or on a non-EU exchange.
UCD has over 200 Erasmus partners in Europe and an increasing number of non-EU exchange agreements with universities in the USA, Canada, Australia, Japan and elsewhere. Please visit the Erasmus section by clicking on the International Office link at the top of this page.
The year abroad takes place when you have accumulated at least 110 credits and satisfied any subject prerequisites, adding a fourth year to the BA programme and turning it into a BA International.
Students should select ten Level 2 option modules.
Students must register to the final stage core module and select nine Level 3 option modules.
Award | GPA | ||||
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Programme | Module Weightings | Rule Description | Description | ||
BHACS001 | Stage 3 - 50.00% Stage 2 - 50.00% |
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 |