ARCH20170 Discovering Ireland: Landscape

Academic Year 2024/2025

This module is intended for students new to Ireland and so largely unfamiliar with Irish archaeology and indeed Irish history. It aims to show how the Irish landscape can be read as a document to reveal many clues about Irish identity, whether that be ancient, medieval or modern. The module is focused on the idea of heritage: cultural landscape as a key element of Irish heritage. It is not based on traditional classroom lectures but on on fieldtrips, supported by materials available through our Virtual Learning Environment. But the best way to understand a landscape is to visit it, thinking and reading about it in advance and then thinking and reading about it again having experienced it.

Two fieldtrips are normally part of this module, both concentrating on ancient and medieval landscapes within reach of Dublin by coach.

Autumn
Saturday, 8th October 2022
Saturday, 5th November 2022

Spring:
Saturday, 4th February 2023
Saturday, 25th March 2023

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Curricular information is subject to change

Learning Outcomes:

At the end of this module, students should

1. possess an appreciation of how landscape can be read as a complex document;

2. have developed some sense of how archaeologists (in particular) make distinctions between types of field-monument and types of historic landscape;

3. have developed some of the skills - vocabulary, critical reading of sources - needed to write in an informed way about landscapes.

Student Effort Hours: 
Student Effort Type Hours
Field Trip/External Visits

20
Specified Learning Activities

40
Autonomous Student Learning

40
Total

100
Approaches to Teaching and Learning:
This module is field based - it requires you to attend and engage with two fieldtrips. These provide the raw materials and inspiration for the final project. Although there are no formal classes for this module - a preparation session is offered prior to each of the trips. 
Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations

Not applicable to this module.


Module Requisites and Incompatibles
Not applicable to this module.
 
Assessment Strategy  
Description Timing Open Book Exam Component Scale Must Pass Component % of Final Grade

Not yet recorded.

Carry forward of passed components
Yes
 
Remediation Type Remediation Timing
In-Module Resit Prior to relevant Programme Exam Board
Please see Student Jargon Buster for more information about remediation types and timing. 
Feedback Strategy/Strategies

• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment

How will my Feedback be Delivered?

UCD School of Archaeology use standard feedback sheets for all modules. Your feedback is provided on this form - the form also contains feed forward details - this will help you think about how you could improve your approach in future assignments.

Name Role
Ms Angela McAteer Lecturer / Co-Lecturer