Programme Overview:
- Duration:
- 1 Years
- Attendance:
- Full Time
- Mode of Delivery:
- Face-to-Face
- Next Intake:
- 2024/2025 September
- Contact Name:
- Michael Wallace
- Contact Number:
- +353(0)1 716 8105
- Fees:
- Fee Information
Curricular information is subject to change
Full Time option suitable for:
Domestic(EEA) applicants: Yes
International (Non EEA) applicants currently residing outside of the EEA Region. No
The study of Folklore focuses on traditional popular culture, in the past and in the present. As an academic discipline, it involves the exploration of material culture, social tradition, oral literature and popular belief and practice.
The Higher Diploma programme is designed to give students in-depth knowledge of the principal forms and genres of Folklore, with reference to their historical background and global context. The programme is aimed at national and international students with an interest in popular tradition, vernacular culture and Irish studies. It is designed to deepen and enhance students’ capacity for cultural engagement across a range of issues and experiences, and provides them with a solid basis on which to develop their interest and involvement in the subject, should they so wish.
The programmes’ educational values are centred on the promotion of a spirit of enquiry regarding the nature, persistence and dynamics of tradition in everyday life. They encourage students to develop a reflective approach to their studies, while also emphasising the centrality of fieldwork and archival sources to their learning. Teaching is carried out in lectures, in small-group tutorials, and in seminar-style participatory classes. Students are also encouraged to use digital archive resources in their learning. Assessments take the form of written examinations, journal-keeping, in-semester essays and oral presentations. They also include assignments which give students the opportunity to pursue given topics using archival data-sets.
The programme cosists of 8 taught modules, two of which incorporate a series of research seminars as well as training and supervision towards an end-of-year dissertation. All students will be required to engage in original research as part of their work toward their dissertation.
HDip Irish Folklore (Z086) Full Time
EU fee per year - € 6670
nonEU fee per year - € 14350
***Fees are subject to change
Tuition fee information is available on the UCD Fees website. Please note that UCD offers a number of graduate scholarships for full-time, self-funding international students, holding an offer of a place on a UCD graduate degree programme. For further information please see International Scholarships.
If English is not your native language, unless you have done your primary degree through English in an English speaking country, an English language qualification is required for all programmes.
Higher Diploma in Irish Folklore
You will need:
The following entry routes are available:
* Courses will remain open until such time as all places have been filled, therefore early application is advised