IRFL30020 Calendar Custom

Academic Year 2022/2023

This module deals with customs, beliefs and practices relating to significant time-periods and festivals in the Irish traditional calendar, and examines the ways in which these occasions are collectively observed in popular culture. Calendar custom encompasses many aspects of folklore including ritual, belief, performance and narrative. The morphology of calendar custom, and the continuing development and relevance of calendar observance in contemporary society, are explored and discussed, thus enabling students to draw on their own experience as part of their studies.

Teaching in the module is carried out in lectures. It is geared towards the promotion of a spirit of enquiry among students and towards encouraging them to develop a reflective approach to their studies.

We are hoping that teaching will be carried out face-to-face in the academic year 2021/22. Students should note that this situation may change depending on public health restrictions, however.

Assessment will take the form of an in-term assignment and an end-of-term assignment.

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Curricular information is subject to change

Learning Outcomes:

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 Hours: 
Student Effort Type Hours
Lectures

22

Specified Learning Activities

32

Autonomous Student Learning

46

Total

100

Approaches to Teaching and Learning:
Teaching in the module is carried out in lectures. It is geared towards the promotion of a spirit of enquiry among students and towards encouraging them to develop a reflective approach to their studies.

We are hoping that teaching will be carried out face-to-face in the academic year 2021/22. Students should note that this situation may change depending on public health restrictions, however.

Assessment will take the form of an in-term assignment and an end-of-term assignment. 
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
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


Carry forward of passed components
No
 
Resit In Terminal Exam
Autumn No
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?

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.