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On completion of the module, students should be able to:
1. Give an account of calendar custom and festival practice in Ireland, with reference to the wider European context.
2. Discuss relevant analytical work on the nature and function of calendar custom.
3. Identify individual strands and influences in the development of contemporary and historical calendar custom.
4. Evaluate some of the more important collective and social implications of festival observance and other calendar-related practices.
Student Effort Type | Hours |
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Lectures | 22 |
Specified Learning Activities | 32 |
Autonomous Student Learning | 46 |
Total | 100 |
Not applicable to this module.
Description | Timing | Component Scale | % of Final Grade | ||
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Essay: End-of-trimester assignment. | Coursework (End of Trimester) | n/a | Graded | No | 50 |
Continuous Assessment: In-trimester assignment. | Week 6 | n/a | Graded | No | 50 |
Resit In | Terminal Exam |
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Autumn | No |
• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment
Feedback in this module is centred around the in-trimester component, enabling students to draw on feedback provided for the in-trimester component to improve their performance in the later component.