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Graduates of History and Politics have key skills in research, analysis and communication that are highly valued by employers. History & Politics graduates work across: International Organizations, Broadcasting and Journalism, Business, Civil Service, Law, NGOs, Publishing, Public Relations, Politics, Research, Teaching, Marketing, Policymaking, Tourism, Heritage.
Graduates are eligible to apply for UCD MA and MSc programmes in either History or Politics and International Relations. For more information see www.ucd.ie/graduatestudies.
Students are registered to nine core modules (45 credits) and should choose two 5-credit option modules. You may choose a further module as an elective in the spring trimester from the list of option modules or from the general elective list. It is recommended that students spread their credit workload evenly between Trimester 1 and Trimester 2.
Students take five stage 2 core modules (25 credits) and should select at least three 5-credit History option modules and two 5-credit Politics option modules.
Students who remain in UCD for the full year should take 50 option credits at level 3 plus 10 elective credits.
Students should select 25 credits of Politics modules: At least 20 credits should be taken from the 10-credit Politics Options and 5 credits from the 5-credit Politics Options.
Students should select 25 credits of History modules: At least 20 credits should be taken from level 3 10-credit modules and 5 credits from level 3 5-credit modules.
Students who take up a trimester-long exchange or internship for one trimester and are in UCD for the other trimester only should take 20 option credits at level 3, plus 10 elective credits. A minimum of 10 credits should be taken in both History and Politics. Extra option modules from your programme can be taken in place of your electives if you wish.
Students take 50 credits of option modules, plus 10 credits of electives.
Students can choose to take a 20-credit dissertation/capstone option (which comprises a 5-credit research skills module AND the 15-credit dissertation) plus a further 30 credits of option modules, or simply 50 credits of taught option modules.
Students who take the 20-credit dissertation/capstone option must take at least 15 credits in History option modules (one 10-credit module plus one 5-credit module) and 15 credits in Politics option modules (one 10-credit modules plus one 5-credit module).
Students who simply take 50 credits of taught option modules need to take 25 credits in History option modules (two 10-credit modules plus one 5-credit module) and 25 credits in Politics option modules (two 10-credit modules plus one 5-credit module).
Module ID | Module Title | Trimester | Credits |
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HIS10070 | The Making of Modern Europe: 1500-2000 | Autumn | 5 |
HIS10310 | Ireland's English Centuries | Autumn | 5 |
HIS10410 | Elections, parliaments, and state formation | Autumn | 5 |
INRL10020 | Foundations of Intl Relations | Autumn | 5 |
POL10170 | Foundations in Political Research | Autumn | 5 |
HIS10320 | The Making of Modern Ireland, 1800-2000 | Spring | 5 |
HIS10450 | Radicals and Revolutionaries | Spring | 5 |
POL10160 | Foundations of Contemporary Politics | Spring | 5 |
POL10180 | Foundations of Pol Theory | Spring | 5 |
HIS10440 | The United States, 1776-1991 | Autumn | 5 |
DSCY10050 | War: Ancient and modern | Autumn and Spring (separate) | 5 |
DSCY10120 | Contagion & Control | Spring | 5 |
HIS10080 | Rome to Renaissance | Spring | 5 |
INRL20110 | Intro to Middle East Politics | Spring | 5 |
POL10120 | Foundations in Global Development | Spring | 5 |
POL20250 | Irish Politics | Spring | 5 |
HIS21140 | History Today | Autumn | 5 |
INRL20040 | Theories and Concepts in International Relations | Autumn | 5 |
POL20010 | Individuals and the State: The Idea of Freedom in the History of Political Thought | Autumn | 5 |
POL20020 | Comparative Politics | Spring | 5 |
POL20050 | Research Methods in Political Science | Spring | 5 |
HIS20460 | Islam and Christianity in the Middle Ages | Autumn | 5 |
HIS20670 | The French Revolution | Autumn | 5 |
HIS21180 | Landscapes Remade: People and Place in Ireland, 1500-1800 | Autumn | 5 |
HIS21320 | Sport and the modern world | Autumn | 5 |
HIS21340 | The Irish at War, 1914-1998 | Autumn | 5 |
HIS20820 | Nazi Germany | Spring | 5 |
HIS20950 | European Statecraft, Strategy & Culture, c. 1470-c.1770: Personalities & Power | Spring | 5 |
HIS21120 | Northern Ireland, 1920-2010: from partition to Paisley | Spring | 5 |
HIS21240 | Celts, Romans and Vikings: The Formation of Early Ireland | Spring | 5 |
HIS21330 | Global Asia | Spring | 5 |
INRL20080 | Irish Foreign Policy | Autumn | 5 |
INRL20160 | Introduction to European Union Politics | Autumn | 5 |
POL20260 | Introduction to Chinese Politics | Autumn | 5 |
DEV20010 | Topics in Intl Development | Spring | 5 |
DEV20130 | Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals | Spring | 5 |
INRL20110 | Intro to Middle East Politics | Spring | 5 |
POL10120 | Foundations in Global Development | Spring | 5 |
POL20250 | Irish Politics | Spring | 5 |
Stage 3 Options - A)MIN0OF: Stage 3 Politics Options: Select at least 25 option credits in Politics in stage 3. 20 Credits should be taken from this section and 5 credits from the 5-credit Politics Options list. Students who take up a trimester-long exchange or internship for one trimester and are in UCD for the other trimester only should take 20 option credits at level 3, plus 10 elective credits. A minimum of 10 credits should be taken in both History and Politics. Extra option modules from your programme can be taken in place of your electives if you wish. |
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INRL30320 | Gender in War & Peace | Autumn | 10 |
INRL30370 | Terrorism & Political Violence | Autumn | 10 |
POL30640 | Deliberative Mini-Publics | Autumn | 10 |
POL30820 | Political Risk and Foreign Direct Investment | Autumn | 10 |
POL30880 | Capitalism and Democracy | Autumn | 10 |
POL30890 | The Politics of Organised Crime | Autumn | 10 |
POL36070 | Political Psychology | Autumn | 10 |
POL36120 | Gender, Religion & Colonialism | Autumn | 10 |
INRL30340 | Internat. Political Economy | Spring | 10 |
INRL30400 | EU Foreign Policy: understanding how the European Union and its member states engage with the world | Spring | 10 |
POL30660 | Data Analytics for Social Sciences | Spring | 10 |
POL30680 | Gender and Politics | Spring | 10 |
POL30690 | Introduction to Asian Politics | Spring | 10 |
POL36100 | Strategies of Politics | Spring | 10 |
POL36110 | Comparative Political Theory | Spring | 10 |
POL36130 | Liberalism & its Critics | Spring | 10 |
POL36150 | Feminist Pers. on Social Pol. | Spring | 10 |
Stage 3 Options - A)MIN0OF: Stage 3 Politics Options: Select at least 25 option credits in Politics in stage 3. 20 Credits should be taken from this section and 5 credits from the 5-credit Politics Options list. Students who take up a trimester-long exchange or internship for one trimester and are in UCD for the other trimester only should take 20 option credits at level 3, plus 10 elective credits. A minimum of 10 credits should be taken in both History and Politics. Extra option modules from your programme can be taken in place of your electives if you wish. |
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Stage 3 Options - B)MIN0OF: Stage 3 Politics Options: Select at least 25 option credits in Politics in stage 3. 20 Credits should be taken from the 10-credit Politics Options list and 5 credits from this section. Students who take up a trimester-long exchange or internship for one trimester and are in UCD for the other trimester only should take 20 option credits at level 3, plus 10 elective credits. A minimum of 10 credits should be taken in both History and Politics. Extra option modules from your programme can be taken in place of your electives if you wish. |
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INRL20080 | Irish Foreign Policy | Autumn | 5 |
INRL20160 | Introduction to European Union Politics | Autumn | 5 |
POL20260 | Introduction to Chinese Politics | Autumn | 5 |
DEV20010 | Topics in Intl Development | Spring | 5 |
DEV20130 | Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals | Spring | 5 |
ECON30500 | Field Experiments Social Sci | Spring | 5 |
INRL20110 | Intro to Middle East Politics | Spring | 5 |
MUS31330 | Post-Truth, Politics & Music | Spring | 5 |
POL10120 | Foundations in Global Development | Spring | 5 |
POL20250 | Irish Politics | Spring | 5 |
Stage 3 Options - B)MIN0OF: Stage 3 Politics Options: Select at least 25 option credits in Politics in stage 3. 20 Credits should be taken from the 10-credit Politics Options list and 5 credits from this section. Students who take up a trimester-long exchange or internship for one trimester and are in UCD for the other trimester only should take 20 option credits at level 3, plus 10 elective credits. A minimum of 10 credits should be taken in both History and Politics. Extra option modules from your programme can be taken in place of your electives if you wish. |
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Stage 3 Options - C)MIN0OF: Stage 3 History Options: Select at least 25 option credits in History in stage 3. 20 Credits should be taken from 10 credit modules below and 5 credits from a 5 credit module. Students who take up a trimester-long exchange or internship for one trimester and are in UCD for the other trimester only should take 20 option credits at level 3, plus 10 elective credits. A minimum of 10 credits should be taken in both History and Politics. Extra option modules from your programme can be taken in place of your electives if you wish. |
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HIS31250 | Dynastic Politics, Culture & Diplomacy in Post-Westphalian Germany | Autumn | 10 |
HIS31320 | The Irish Revolution, 1910-1923 | Autumn | 10 |
HIS31840 | The First World War: cultures and consequences | Autumn | 10 |
HIS31860 | Slavery and the New World | Autumn | 10 |
HIS32350 | Alcohol, Drugs & Society | Autumn | 10 |
HIS32430 | Florence 1200 - 1400 | Autumn | 10 |
HIS32650 | Migration Nation: The Irish Migration Experience since 1945 | Autumn | 10 |
HIS32690 | Revolution and War in Twentieth-Century Vietnam | Autumn | 10 |
HIS32710 | Manufacturing Truth in the Modern World | Autumn | 10 |
HIS32730 | The Digital Humanities | Autumn | 10 |
HIS32850 | Settler colonialism | Autumn | 10 |
HIS32860 | Jonathan Swift and Ireland | Autumn | 10 |
HIS32950 | Weimar Germany | Autumn | 10 |
HIS32970 | The 1641 Rebellion | Autumn | 10 |
HIS32980 | Britain's War Northern Ireland | Autumn | 10 |
HIS33020 | United States and the World | Autumn | 10 |
HIS33040 | Medicine and Miracles | Autumn | 10 |
HIS31900 | Roads to Heaven & Hell | Autumn and Spring (separate) | 10 |
HIS31280 | Rise, Fall, Rise of Modern Japan | Spring | 10 |
HIS31310 | Madness and Civilisation | Spring | 10 |
HIS31400 | British Atlantic History, 1607-1776 | Spring | 10 |
HIS31760 | Irish Foreign Policy, 1919-73: A Place Among the Nations | Spring | 10 |
HIS31960 | Satan in the Middle Ages | Spring | 10 |
HIS32330 | A History of Decadence: Sex, Spectacle and Corruption in Eighteenth-Century Venice | Spring | 10 |
HIS32540 | Everyday life in War and Revolution in Ireland, 1914-23 | Spring | 10 |
HIS32620 | US Pivots To Asia, 1890s-1950s | Spring | 10 |
HIS32720 | Frontiers of Empire | Spring | 10 |
HIS32940 | Devolution, Dominion, Democracy: Ireland's constitutional history north and south, 1870-2007 | Spring | 10 |
HIS32960 | Pills, Patents & Policies | Spring | 10 |
HIS32990 | 1942: The World at War | Spring | 10 |
HIS33000 | Political Violence in Ireland | Spring | 10 |
HIS33010 | Global History before AD 1000 | Spring | 10 |
HIS33030 | Women and Ethical Action in the First Millennium CE | Spring | 10 |
HIS33050 | Science and Environment | Spring | 10 |
HIS33060 | From the Ashes of Empire | Spring | 10 |
Stage 3 Options - C)MIN0OF: Stage 3 History Options: Select at least 25 option credits in History in stage 3. 20 Credits should be taken from 10 credit modules below and 5 credits from a 5 credit module. Students who take up a trimester-long exchange or internship for one trimester and are in UCD for the other trimester only should take 20 option credits at level 3, plus 10 elective credits. A minimum of 10 credits should be taken in both History and Politics. Extra option modules from your programme can be taken in place of your electives if you wish. |
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Stage 3 Options - D)MIN0OF: Stage 3 History Options: Select at least 25 option credits in History in stage 3. 20 Credits should be taken from 10 credit modules and 5 credits from the 5 credit option modules below. Students who take up a trimester-long exchange or internship for one trimester and are in UCD for the other trimester only should take 20 option credits at level 3, plus 10 elective credits. A minimum of 10 credits should be taken in both History and Politics. Extra option modules from your programme can be taken in place of your electives if you wish. |
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HIS32310 | Revolutionary Russia, 1905-1921 | Autumn | 5 |
HIS32900 | Questions in History | Autumn | 5 |
HIS32380 | Genocide & Mass Violence in the Twentieth Century | Spring | 5 |
HIS32460 | Conquering Ireland, 1579-1691 | Spring | 5 |
Stage 3 Options - D)MIN0OF: Stage 3 History Options: Select at least 25 option credits in History in stage 3. 20 Credits should be taken from 10 credit modules and 5 credits from the 5 credit option modules below. Students who take up a trimester-long exchange or internship for one trimester and are in UCD for the other trimester only should take 20 option credits at level 3, plus 10 elective credits. A minimum of 10 credits should be taken in both History and Politics. Extra option modules from your programme can be taken in place of your electives if you wish. |
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HUM30020 | Internship-Autumn (Humanities) | Autumn | 30 |
HUM30030 | Internship- Spring (Humanities) | Spring | 30 |
HUM30050 | Writing for Life: employability skills for arts and humanities students | Spring | 5 |
Stage 4 Options - A)MIN0OF: Students can choose to take a 20-credit dissertation/capstone option in EITHER History or Politics. Students who wish to choose the History dissertation module HIS32840 MUST also choose the autumn semester research skills module HIS30550. Students who wish to choose the Politics capstone must choose both the autumn semester module POL30860 AND the spring semester module POL30870. POL30860 and POL30870 have limited capacity and entry is competitive. Further info is available at https://www.ucd.ie/spire/study/currentundergraduatestudents/advancedseminarinpolitics/. Students who do not choose either dissertation option should take 50 credits of taught modules from the option blocks below (25 credits in History and 25 credits in Politics). |
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HIS30550 | Research Skills Seminar | Autumn | 5 |
POL30860 | Advanced Seminar in Politics 1 | Autumn | 5 |
HIS32840 | Dissertation | Spring | 15 |
POL30870 | Advanced Seminar in Politics 2 | Spring | 15 |
Stage 4 Options - A)MIN0OF: Students can choose to take a 20-credit dissertation/capstone option in EITHER History or Politics. Students who wish to choose the History dissertation module HIS32840 MUST also choose the autumn semester research skills module HIS30550. Students who wish to choose the Politics capstone must choose both the autumn semester module POL30860 AND the spring semester module POL30870. POL30860 and POL30870 have limited capacity and entry is competitive. Further info is available at https://www.ucd.ie/spire/study/currentundergraduatestudents/advancedseminarinpolitics/. Students who do not choose either dissertation option should take 50 credits of taught modules from the option blocks below (25 credits in History and 25 credits in Politics). |
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INRL30320 | Gender in War & Peace | Autumn | 10 |
INRL30370 | Terrorism & Political Violence | Autumn | 10 |
POL30640 | Deliberative Mini-Publics | Autumn | 10 |
POL30820 | Political Risk and Foreign Direct Investment | Autumn | 10 |
POL30880 | Capitalism and Democracy | Autumn | 10 |
POL30890 | The Politics of Organised Crime | Autumn | 10 |
POL36070 | Political Psychology | Autumn | 10 |
POL36120 | Gender, Religion & Colonialism | Autumn | 10 |
INRL30340 | Internat. Political Economy | Spring | 10 |
INRL30400 | EU Foreign Policy: understanding how the European Union and its member states engage with the world | Spring | 10 |
POL30660 | Data Analytics for Social Sciences | Spring | 10 |
POL30680 | Gender and Politics | Spring | 10 |
POL30690 | Introduction to Asian Politics | Spring | 10 |
POL36100 | Strategies of Politics | Spring | 10 |
POL36110 | Comparative Political Theory | Spring | 10 |
POL36130 | Liberalism & its Critics | Spring | 10 |
POL36150 | Feminist Pers. on Social Pol. | Spring | 10 |
INRL20080 | Irish Foreign Policy | Autumn | 5 |
INRL20160 | Introduction to European Union Politics | Autumn | 5 |
POL20260 | Introduction to Chinese Politics | Autumn | 5 |
DEV20010 | Topics in Intl Development | Spring | 5 |
DEV20130 | Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals | Spring | 5 |
ECON30500 | Field Experiments Social Sci | Spring | 5 |
INRL20110 | Intro to Middle East Politics | Spring | 5 |
MUS31330 | Post-Truth, Politics & Music | Spring | 5 |
POL20250 | Irish Politics | Spring | 5 |
HIS31250 | Dynastic Politics, Culture & Diplomacy in Post-Westphalian Germany | Autumn | 10 |
HIS31320 | The Irish Revolution, 1910-1923 | Autumn | 10 |
HIS31510 | Religion & Society in Independent Ireland, 1922-1968 | Autumn | 10 |
HIS31840 | The First World War: cultures and consequences | Autumn | 10 |
HIS31860 | Slavery and the New World | Autumn | 10 |
HIS32350 | Alcohol, Drugs & Society | Autumn | 10 |
HIS32430 | Florence 1200 - 1400 | Autumn | 10 |
HIS32650 | Migration Nation: The Irish Migration Experience since 1945 | Autumn | 10 |
HIS32690 | Revolution and War in Twentieth-Century Vietnam | Autumn | 10 |
HIS32710 | Manufacturing Truth in the Modern World | Autumn | 10 |
HIS32730 | The Digital Humanities | Autumn | 10 |
HIS32850 | Settler colonialism | Autumn | 10 |
HIS32860 | Jonathan Swift and Ireland | Autumn | 10 |
HIS32950 | Weimar Germany | Autumn | 10 |
HIS32970 | The 1641 Rebellion | Autumn | 10 |
HIS32980 | Britain's War Northern Ireland | Autumn | 10 |
HIS33020 | United States and the World | Autumn | 10 |
HIS33040 | Medicine and Miracles | Autumn | 10 |
HIS31900 | Roads to Heaven & Hell | Autumn and Spring (separate) | 10 |
HIS31280 | Rise, Fall, Rise of Modern Japan | Spring | 10 |
HIS31310 | Madness and Civilisation | Spring | 10 |
HIS31400 | British Atlantic History, 1607-1776 | Spring | 10 |
HIS31760 | Irish Foreign Policy, 1919-73: A Place Among the Nations | Spring | 10 |
HIS32330 | A History of Decadence: Sex, Spectacle and Corruption in Eighteenth-Century Venice | Spring | 10 |
HIS32540 | Everyday life in War and Revolution in Ireland, 1914-23 | Spring | 10 |
HIS32620 | US Pivots To Asia, 1890s-1950s | Spring | 10 |
HIS32720 | Frontiers of Empire | Spring | 10 |
HIS32940 | Devolution, Dominion, Democracy: Ireland's constitutional history north and south, 1870-2007 | Spring | 10 |
HIS32960 | Pills, Patents & Policies | Spring | 10 |
HIS32990 | 1942: The World at War | Spring | 10 |
HIS33000 | Political Violence in Ireland | Spring | 10 |
HIS33010 | Global History before AD 1000 | Spring | 10 |
HIS33030 | Women and Ethical Action in the First Millennium CE | Spring | 10 |
HIS33050 | Science and Environment | Spring | 10 |
HIS33060 | From the Ashes of Empire | Spring | 10 |
HIS32310 | Revolutionary Russia, 1905-1921 | Autumn | 5 |
HIS32900 | Questions in History | Autumn | 5 |
HIS32380 | Genocide & Mass Violence in the Twentieth Century | Spring | 5 |
HIS32460 | Conquering Ireland, 1579-1691 | 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 |