The BA Humanities is an innovative, interdisciplinary four-year programme that combines multiple subjects to provide coherence and depth to student learning within nine carefully structured pathways. Taught by expert academics in the Arts and Humanities, the BA Humanities programme offers both intensive training in particular disciplines and unique skill sets that are developed by bringing together subjects that and relate closely to each other. Students will gain essential life and employment skills, including critical, analytical and creative thinking, and expert communications, while learning how to be adaptable and flexible in preparation for employment in a dynamic work environment.
Students on the Classics, Art History and Archaeology pathway will benefit from the inter-disciplinary study of the visual arts, archaeology, and material culture from prehistory and antiquity to the present day. In Classics, you will use literary and historical analysis along with the visual and material evidence to reconstruct the lost worlds of the Greek and Roman past; in Art History, you will learn the skills of visual analysis and learn how to read images in their social and cultural context; and in Archaeology, you will learn the principles and practices of archaeological approaches to material culture and landscapes in order to explore past human societies. Graduates will have skills in critical thinking and interdisciplinary analysis which will prepare them for careers in the cultural and heritage sector, education, archives, media, journalism, public service, museums and art galleries, research, and a wide range of private sector employment opportunities.
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This programme provides students with an in-depth grounding in three cognate subject areas: Classics, Art History, and Archaeology. Students who take this course will benefit from the inter-disciplinary study of the visual arts, archaeology, and material culture from antiquity to the present day. The first three years of the programme focus on training and building expertise and skills in the three disciplinary areas. In Art History students will learn the skills of visual analysis and learn how to read images in their social and cultural context, in Archaeology they will move from the ‘big stories’ to methods and material culture analysis, and in Classics they will use literary and historical analysis along with the visual and material evidence to reconstruct the lost worlds of the Greek and Roman past. It is expected that on completion of the third year students will have accumulated 45 credits in each subject area. Interdisciplinarity will be emphasized in Stage 3, with a core seminar on a key theme (e.g. text and image, memory, environment and culture) and a summer fieldwork project in Glendalough. The focus of the final year will be the dissertation.
Graduates will have skills in critical thinking and interdisciplinary analysis, which will prepare them for careers in: Cultural Heritage, Education, Archives, Media, Journalism, Public Service, Museums and Art Galleries, Research, and a wide range of private sector roles.
This course prepares students for graduate study in many areas including: Classics, Art HIstory, History, Film, Drama, Media Studies, Cultural Studies, Education, Archives, Cultural Policy and Arts Management. Graduates are also eligible for MLitt and PhD programmes in Classics, English and History.
UCD Arts & Humanities Programme Office,
Newman Building,
Belfield,
Dublin 4
Tel: +353 1 716 8321/8102
Web: www.ucd.ie/ahss
Students are pre-registered to 6 core modules (30 credits). Students must also take the 10 credit pathway module CAHA10020. Students must also choose three option modules.
It is recommended that students spread their credit workload evenly i.e. register for 30 credits in autumn and 30 credits in spring.
Students register to 6 core modules. Students must also take the 5 credit pathway module HUM20040 and also choose three option modules.
It is recommended that students spread their credit workload evenly i.e. register for 30 credits in autumn and 30 credits in spring.
Students who remain in UCD for the full year in stage 3 should pick at least a minimum of 10 credits from Art History, at least a minimum of 10 credits from Archaeology, and at least a minimum of 10 credits from Classics. Students can then choose the remainder of their credit requirements from any of the three subjects. A maximum of 5 credits from the "Extra-Subject Options" list.
Any students on a trimester exchange or internship in stage 3 should choose an even spread of modules from all three subjects for one trimester i.e. 30 credits in total for the trimester you are in UCD.
It is recommended that students spread their credit workload evenly between autumn and spring.
Students are pre-registered to two core modules (2x5cr) at stage 4.
The stage 4 dissertation is optional for all students. However, students who wish to take the 15credit dissertation module CAHA30010 must take ARCH30700 Research Project Preparation in the first trimester.
Students who choose to take the dissertation option (5 credit research preparation ARCH30700 plus 15 credit dissertation CAHA30010) must take a minimum of 10 credits from the level 3 options list. Students who do not choose the dissertation module must take a minimum of 30 credits from the level 3 options list.
You can also take a maximum of 10 credits from the level 2 Extra Option Modules.
Module ID | Module Title | Trimester | Credits |
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AH10160 | Art History in the Making | Autumn | 5 |
ARCH10010 | Exploring Archaeology | Autumn | 5 |
GRC10170 | Lost Cities of the Ancient World | Autumn | 5 |
AH10150 | The Modern World 1848-1914 | Spring | 5 |
ARCH10050 | Intro archaeology of Ireland | Spring | 5 |
GRC10130 | Ancient Rome: An Introduction | Spring | 5 |
CAHA10020 | Museums and Collections | Autumn | 10 |
GRC10200 | Classical Greece | Autumn | 5 |
GRC10140 | Classical Myth: An Introduction | Spring | 5 |
AH10120 | The Art of the Renaissance: Reform and Rebirth | Autumn | 5 |
AH10140 | The Baroque to Romanticism: European Art, 1600-1850 | Spring | 5 |
ARCH10160 | The Human Past | Autumn | 5 |
ARCH10150 | Anthropology: an introduction | Spring | 5 |
ARCH10170 | Making the Past | Spring | 5 |
AH20200 | The Modern to the Contemporary | Autumn | 5 |
ARCH20520 | How Archaeologists Think: an introduction to archaeological theory | Autumn | 5 |
GRC20220 | Greeks, Romans, and Barbarians | Autumn | 5 |
AH20230 | European Architecture | Spring | 5 |
ARCH20500 | Archaeology of Things | Spring | 5 |
GRC20270 | The Athenian Empire | Spring | 5 |
HUM20040 | Primary Source Research in the Humanities A: Exploring UCD Cultural Heritage Collections | Autumn | 5 |
GRC20030 | Early Roman Empire | Autumn | 5 |
GRC20100 | Ovid's Metamorphoses and the Transformation of Myth | Autumn | 5 |
GRC20130 | Study Tour of Ancient Greece | Autumn | 5 |
GRC20300 | Women in Ancient Greece | Autumn | 5 |
GRC20040 | Greek Tragedy | Spring | 5 |
GRC20280 | Near Eastern Myth and Religion | Spring | 5 |
Stage 2 Options - C)MIN1OF: Choose at least ONE Art History option from the list below. Remember to balance your workload evenly across trimesters i.e. 30 credits for autumn and 30 credits for spring. You may also choose extra modules from the list below instead of one or both of your elective modules. |
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AH20250 | Early Islamic Art and Architecture | Autumn | 5 |
AH20280 | Queer Art Histories | Autumn | 5 |
AH20210 | Perspectives on Irish Art: From Medieval to Modern | Spring | 5 |
AH20220 | History of Photography | Spring | 5 |
AH20290 | Art & Death | Spring | 5 |
Stage 2 Options - C)MIN1OF: Choose at least ONE Art History option from the list below. Remember to balance your workload evenly across trimesters i.e. 30 credits for autumn and 30 credits for spring. You may also choose extra modules from the list below instead of one or both of your elective modules. |
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Stage 2 Options - D)MIN1OF: Choose at least ONE Archaeology option from the list below. Remember to balance your workload evenly across trimesters i.e. 30 credits for autumn and 30 credits for spring. You may also choose extra modules from the list below instead of one or both of your elective modules. |
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ARCH20510 | Archaeology of Landscapes | Autumn | 5 |
ARCH20570 | Cultural Heritage | Autumn | 5 |
ARCH20600 | Archaeological Science | Autumn | 5 |
ARCH20630 | Archaeological Field Skills | Autumn | 5 |
ARCH20610 | Historical Archaeology | Spring | 5 |
ARCH20620 | People in Prehistory: key themes and problems | Spring | 5 |
Stage 2 Options - D)MIN1OF: Choose at least ONE Archaeology option from the list below. Remember to balance your workload evenly across trimesters i.e. 30 credits for autumn and 30 credits for spring. You may also choose extra modules from the list below instead of one or both of your elective modules. |
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HUM20030 | Career Readiness (Humanities) | Spring | 5 |
Stage 3 Options - A)MIN0OF: ARCHAEOLOGY OPTIONS Stage 3 students who are not on a trimester long exchange or internship should choose a minimum of 10 credits from the following Archaeology modules. Any students on a trimester exchange or internship in stage 3 should choose an even spread of modules from all three subjects for one trimester i.e. pick up to 30 credits for the trimester you are in UCD. |
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ARCH30170 | Combat Archaeology | Autumn | 5 |
ARCH30770 | Environmental Arch in Practice | Autumn | 10 |
ARCH30810 | Southeast and East Asian Archaeology | Autumn | 10 |
ARCH30830 | Medieval Buildings: An Arch | Spring | 10 |
ARCH30840 | Minoan Archaeology | Spring | 10 |
ARCH30970 | Iron Age Ireland | Spring | 5 |
ARCH30980 | The Viking Age: Studies in the Archaeology of northern Europe, c.AD700–1050 | Spring | 5 |
Stage 3 Options - A)MIN0OF: ARCHAEOLOGY OPTIONS Stage 3 students who are not on a trimester long exchange or internship should choose a minimum of 10 credits from the following Archaeology modules. Any students on a trimester exchange or internship in stage 3 should choose an even spread of modules from all three subjects for one trimester i.e. pick up to 30 credits for the trimester you are in UCD. |
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Stage 3 Options - B)MIN0OF: CLASSICS OPTIONS Stage 3 students who are not on a trimester long exchange or internship should choose a minimum of 10 credits from the following Classics modules. Any students on a trimester exchange or internship in stage 3 should choose an even spread of modules from all three subjects for one trimester i.e. pick up to 30 credits for the trimester you are in UCD. |
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GRC30070 | Family Life in Ancient Greece | Autumn | 5 |
GRC30290 | Magic in the Ancient World | Autumn | 5 |
GRC30330 | Death and the Afterlife in the Ancient World | Autumn | 5 |
GRC30210 | Eating and Drinking in Classi | Spring | 5 |
GRC30350 | Sparta | Spring | 10 |
Stage 3 Options - B)MIN0OF: CLASSICS OPTIONS Stage 3 students who are not on a trimester long exchange or internship should choose a minimum of 10 credits from the following Classics modules. Any students on a trimester exchange or internship in stage 3 should choose an even spread of modules from all three subjects for one trimester i.e. pick up to 30 credits for the trimester you are in UCD. |
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Stage 3 Options - B1)MIN0OF: ART HISTORY OPTIONS Stage 3 students who are not on a trimester long exchange or internship should choose a minimum of 10 credits from the following Art History modules. Any students on a trimester exchange or internship in stage 3 should choose an even spread of modules from all three subjects for one trimester. i.e. pick up to 30 credits for the trimester you are in UCD. |
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AH30050 | Caravaggio and Caravaggism | Autumn | 5 |
AH30590 | Woman & Modern Architecture | Autumn | 10 |
AH30630 | Genre in the Age of Vermeer | Autumn | 10 |
AH30240 | Berlin: Museum Studies | Spring | 5 |
AH30540 | Georgian Dublin | Spring | 5 |
AH30600 | From Constantinople to Istanbul: Art, Faith, Politics | Spring | 10 |
AH30650 | Art/Resistance/Activism | Spring | 10 |
Stage 3 Options - B1)MIN0OF: ART HISTORY OPTIONS Stage 3 students who are not on a trimester long exchange or internship should choose a minimum of 10 credits from the following Art History modules. Any students on a trimester exchange or internship in stage 3 should choose an even spread of modules from all three subjects for one trimester. i.e. pick up to 30 credits for the trimester you are in UCD. |
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ARCH20630 | Archaeological Field Skills | Autumn | 5 |
GRC20130 | Study Tour of Ancient Greece | Autumn | 5 |
HIS21140 | History Today | Autumn | 5 |
IS30350 | The Digital Self | Autumn | 5 |
IA20010 | Creative Thinking & Innovation | Autumn and Spring (separate) | 5 |
IA20090 | Design Your Purposeful Life | Autumn and Spring (separate) | 5 |
BMGT20100 | Developing Future Leaders | Spring | 5 |
IS30380 | Digital Storytelling | Spring | 5 |
PHIL10070 | The First Philosophers | Spring | 5 |
HUM30050 | Writing for Life: employability skills for arts and humanities students | Spring | 5 |
GRK10090 | Greek Language I | Autumn | 10 |
LAT10090 | Beginners' Latin I | Autumn | 10 |
GRK10100 | Greek Language II | Spring | 10 |
LAT10100 | Beginners' Latin II | Spring | 10 |
HUM30020 | Internship-Autumn (Humanities) | Autumn | 30 |
HUM30030 | Internship- Spring (Humanities) | Spring | 30 |
AH30010 | Writings on Art | Autumn | 5 |
ARCH30920 | Communicating Archaeology | Autumn | 5 |
Stage 4 Options - A)MIN0OF: The stage 4 dissertation is optional for all students. However, students who wish to take the 15credit dissertation module must take ARCH30700 Research Project Preparation in the first trimester. It is recommended that students spread their credit workload evenly between Trimester 1 and Trimester 2 i.e. 30 credits per trimester |
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ARCH30700 | Research Project Preparation | Autumn | 5 |
CAHA30010 | Dissertation | Spring | 15 |
Stage 4 Options - A)MIN0OF: The stage 4 dissertation is optional for all students. However, students who wish to take the 15credit dissertation module must take ARCH30700 Research Project Preparation in the first trimester. It is recommended that students spread their credit workload evenly between Trimester 1 and Trimester 2 i.e. 30 credits per trimester |
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Stage 4 Options - B)MIN1OF: Students who choose to take the dissertation option (5credit research preparation plus 15 credit dissertation) must take a minimum of 10 credits from the level 3 options below. Students who do not choose the dissertation module must take a minimum of 30 credits from the level 3 options below. It is very important that you fulfill these requirements to finish your degree. |
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AH30050 | Caravaggio and Caravaggism | Autumn | 5 |
AH30590 | Woman & Modern Architecture | Autumn | 10 |
AH30630 | Genre in the Age of Vermeer | Autumn | 10 |
ARCH30170 | Combat Archaeology | Autumn | 5 |
ARCH30770 | Environmental Arch in Practice | Autumn | 10 |
ARCH30810 | Southeast and East Asian Archaeology | Autumn | 10 |
GRC30070 | Family Life in Ancient Greece | Autumn | 5 |
GRC30290 | Magic in the Ancient World | Autumn | 5 |
GRC30330 | Death and the Afterlife in the Ancient World | Autumn | 5 |
AH30240 | Berlin: Museum Studies | Spring | 5 |
AH30540 | Georgian Dublin | Spring | 5 |
AH30600 | From Constantinople to Istanbul: Art, Faith, Politics | Spring | 10 |
AH30650 | Art/Resistance/Activism | Spring | 10 |
ARCH30830 | Medieval Buildings: An Arch | Spring | 10 |
ARCH30840 | Minoan Archaeology | Spring | 10 |
ARCH30970 | Iron Age Ireland | Spring | 5 |
ARCH30980 | The Viking Age: Studies in the Archaeology of northern Europe, c.AD700–1050 | Spring | 5 |
GRC30210 | Eating and Drinking in Classi | Spring | 5 |
GRC30350 | Sparta | Spring | 10 |
Stage 4 Options - B)MIN1OF: Students who choose to take the dissertation option (5credit research preparation plus 15 credit dissertation) must take a minimum of 10 credits from the level 3 options below. Students who do not choose the dissertation module must take a minimum of 30 credits from the level 3 options below. It is very important that you fulfill these requirements to finish your degree. |
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AH20250 | Early Islamic Art and Architecture | Autumn | 5 |
AH20280 | Queer Art Histories | Autumn | 5 |
ARCH20510 | Archaeology of Landscapes | Autumn | 5 |
ARCH20570 | Cultural Heritage | Autumn | 5 |
ARCH20600 | Archaeological Science | Autumn | 5 |
ARCH20630 | Archaeological Field Skills | Autumn | 5 |
GRC20030 | Early Roman Empire | Autumn | 5 |
GRC20100 | Ovid's Metamorphoses and the Transformation of Myth | Autumn | 5 |
GRC20130 | Study Tour of Ancient Greece | Autumn | 5 |
GRC20300 | Women in Ancient Greece | Autumn | 5 |
AH20210 | Perspectives on Irish Art: From Medieval to Modern | Spring | 5 |
AH20220 | History of Photography | Spring | 5 |
AH20290 | Art & Death | Spring | 5 |
ARCH20610 | Historical Archaeology | Spring | 5 |
ARCH20620 | People in Prehistory: key themes and problems | Spring | 5 |
GRC20040 | Greek Tragedy | Spring | 5 |
GRC20280 | Near Eastern Myth and Religion | Spring | 5 |
HUM30050 | Writing for Life: employability skills for arts and humanities students | Spring | 5 |
Award | GPA | ||||
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Programme | Module Weightings | Rule Description | Description | ||
BHACS024 | Stage 4 - 50.00% Stage 3 - 30.00% Stage 2 - 20.00% |
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 |