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This, the first undergraduate programme in Global Studies in Ireland, responds to a significant ‘global turn’ in the direction of humanities research in recent years, and to the demands of global citizenship. It combines core training in the disciplines of: History with a focus on international and global historical methods; Languages with a focus on those spoken outside of Europe; as well as Literature, Film and Drama with a focus on critical theory and world literature. The first year core module Of Borders and Belonging will be taught within the School of History while in the second year the core module will be taught out of the School of English, Film and Drama. In all the cores, a focus on interdisciplinary methods will be retained including of disciplines not currently taught at UCD such as anthropology, for example.
As the Global Studies programme places foreign language acquisition at the centre of its mission, it features at least one semester abroad wherein students can put into practice the training they have received locally. In addition to the core disciplines there will be the possibility for students to take electives in relevant social science modules. In the final year, students will be supervised in one school but will be encouraged to write a dissertation that brings insights from the other disciplines they have received training in.
Our Global Studies graduates have found employment in; Business Consultancy, Journalism, Diplomatic Service, Marketing, NGOs, Policy Analyst, Public Relations, Radio/TV Producer, Translating/Interpreting.
Graduates are prepared for a wide range of taught MA Programmes in the fields of Arts and Humanities such as: MA in Global History, MA in International War Studies, MA in Environmental Humanities, MA in European History, MA in Modern Languages, MA in Linguistics & Applied Linguistics, MA in Public History, MA in Cultural Policy & Arts Management. Graduates are also prepared for MPhil and PhD study. See www.ucd.ie/graduatestudies
Stage 1: Students should take 55 credits plus 5 elective credits. In addition to four 5-credit core modules (20 credits in total), students should select 35 credits of option modules. Overall, a minimum of 10 credits should come from History, 10 credits from English and 10 credits from Languages.
All students are strongly advised to balance their workload evenly across both trimesters. This means you should pick 30 credits in autumn (Trimester 1) and 30 credits in spring (Trimester 2)
Students should take 50 credits plus 10 elective credits.
In addition to 10 credits of core modules, students should pick a minimum of 10 credits of English modules and 10 credits of History modules.
Students may continue to study the language that they took at Stage 1 and they can take 10 credits of Language modules (both in the same language).
In addition, student take 10 further credits of option modules.
All students are strongly advised to balance their workload evenly across both trimesters. This means you should pick 30 credits in autumn (Trimester 1) and 30 credits in spring (Trimester 2).
All Global Studies students are strongly encouraged to spend at least one trimester studying abroad. Students who remain in UCD for the full year should take 50 programme credits plus 10 elective credits.
Instructions for full year UCD Students not on an exchange or on an internship (or combination):
*Select a minimum of 20 credits of Global History modules: 2 x 10 credit modules
*Select a maximum of 10 credits of Global Social Science modules: 2 x 5 credit modules or 1 x 10 credit module
* Select a maximum of 10 credits of Global Literature modules: 1 x 10 credit module
* Select a maximum of 10 credits of Language/Culture modules 2 x 5 credit modules
If the amount of credits you have selected makes up less than 50 credits (excluding your electives), you should make up the required credits with global history courses.
Instructions for one-trimester UCD Students in UCD for either Autumn or Spring:
*Select a minimum of 10 credits of Global History modules: 1 x 10 credit module
*Select a maximum of 5 credits of Global Social Science modules: 1 x 5 credit module
EITHER:
* Select a maximum of 10 credits of Global Literature modules: 1 x 10 credit module
OR
* Select a maximum of 10 credits of Language/Culture modules 2 x 5 credit modules
Extra option modules from your programme can be taken in place of your electives if you wish.
Module ID | Module Title | Trimester | Credits |
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ENG10230 | Reading World Literature | Autumn | 5 |
GBST10020 | From Micro to Global | Autumn | 5 |
ENG10220 | Literature and Crisis | Spring | 5 |
HIS10450 | Radicals and Revolutionaries | Spring | 5 |
Stage 1 Options - A)1OF: Stage 1 English, Drama & Film option: Pick one English, Drama & Film module from these options. All students are strongly advised to balance their workload evenly across both trimesters. This means you should pick 30 credits in autumn (Trimester 1) and 30 credits in spring (Trimester 2) |
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ENG10130 | Contemporary Irish Writing | Autumn | 5 |
ENG10270 | Banned in the USA | Spring | 5 |
Stage 1 Options - A)1OF: Stage 1 English, Drama & Film option: Pick one English, Drama & Film module from these options. All students are strongly advised to balance their workload evenly across both trimesters. This means you should pick 30 credits in autumn (Trimester 1) and 30 credits in spring (Trimester 2) |
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HIS10070 | The Making of Modern Europe: 1500-2000 | Autumn | 5 |
HIS10310 | Ireland's English Centuries | Autumn | 5 |
HIS10440 | The United States, 1776-1991 | Autumn | 5 |
HIS10080 | Rome to Renaissance | Spring | 5 |
HIS10320 | The Making of Modern Ireland, 1800-2000 | Spring | 5 |
FR10060 | French Grammar & Comprehension | Autumn | 5 |
PORT10020 | Portuguese Language Ia | Autumn | 5 |
SPAN10010 | Spanish Language I a | Autumn | 5 |
SPAN10140 | Intensive ab initio Spanish Ia | Autumn | 5 |
LANG10020 | Chinese Language and Culture 1(CEFR A1.1) | Autumn and Spring (separate) | 5 |
LANG10080 | Arabic General Purposes 1(CEFR A1.1) | Autumn and Spring (separate) | 5 |
LANG10210 | Japanese Language and Culture 1 (CEFR A1.1) | Autumn and Spring (separate) | 5 |
LANG10220 | Russian General Purposes 1 (CEFR A1.1) | Autumn and Spring (separate) | 5 |
LANG10380 | Swahili General Purposes 1(CEFR A1.1) | Autumn and Spring (separate) | 5 |
LANG10660 | Korean for General Purposes 1 | Autumn and Spring (separate) | 5 |
LANG10160 | Chinese Language and Culture 2 (CEFR A1.2) | Autumn and Spring (separate) | 5 |
LANG10200 | Japanese Language and Culture 2 (CEFR A1.2) | Autumn and Spring (separate) | 5 |
LANG10350 | Russian General Purposes 2 (CEFR A1.2) | Autumn and Spring (separate) | 5 |
FR10070 | French Grammar & Expression | Spring | 5 |
LANG10680 | Swahili for General Purposes 2 | Spring | 5 |
LANG10700 | Korean General Purposes 2 | Spring | 5 |
LANG10710 | Arabic General Purposes 2 | Spring | 5 |
PORT10030 | Portuguese Language Ib | Spring | 5 |
SPAN10050 | Spanish Language I b | Spring | 5 |
SPAN10150 | Intensive ab initio Spanish Ib | Spring | 5 |
Stage 1 Options - D)2OF: Pick two option modules from the list below. Note that FR10120 and FR10130 require competency in French and SPAN10110 requires competency in Spanish All students are strongly advised to balance their workload evenly across both trimesters. This means you should pick 30 credits in autumn (Trimester 1) and 30 credits in spring (Trimester 2) |
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FR10120 | Reading Short French Texts: Literary Analysis | Autumn | 5 |
GRC10170 | Lost Cities of the Ancient World | Autumn | 5 |
SPAN10130 | Hispanic Cultures & Societies | Autumn | 5 |
DSCY10050 | War: Ancient and modern | Autumn and Spring (separate) | 5 |
AH10150 | The Modern World 1848-1914 | Spring | 5 |
DSCY10120 | Contagion & Control | Spring | 5 |
FR10130 | French Fictions | Spring | 5 |
MUS10120 | Music, Culture and Society | Spring | 5 |
SPAN10110 | Reading Hispanic Texts | Spring | 5 |
Stage 1 Options - D)2OF: Pick two option modules from the list below. Note that FR10120 and FR10130 require competency in French and SPAN10110 requires competency in Spanish All students are strongly advised to balance their workload evenly across both trimesters. This means you should pick 30 credits in autumn (Trimester 1) and 30 credits in spring (Trimester 2) |
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ARCH10160 | The Human Past | Autumn | 5 |
ARCH10150 | Anthropology: an introduction | Spring | 5 |
GEOG10080 | Dynamic Earth | Spring | 5 |
GEOG10100 | People, Places, Regions | Spring | 5 |
Stage 1 Options - F)MIN0OF: Elective Substitution Options: You may choose a module from the list below or a General Elective from the Electives Page in the January registration period. NOTE: you do not have to pick a module from this list if you wish to take a general elective. Note also that FR10140 requires basic competency in French. |
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DSCY10050 | War: Ancient and modern | Autumn and Spring (separate) | 5 |
ARCH10150 | Anthropology: an introduction | Spring | 5 |
FR10140 | Paris | Spring | 5 |
GER10150 | German History on Screen | Spring | 5 |
HIS10080 | Rome to Renaissance | Spring | 5 |
ITAL10110 | Italy | Spring | 5 |
LING10010 | Language Use and Communication | Spring | 5 |
MUS10120 | Music, Culture and Society | Spring | 5 |
POL10160 | Foundations of Contemporary Politics | Spring | 5 |
PORT10090 | Film and Fiction (in the Portuguese-speaking world) | Spring | 5 |
Stage 1 Options - F)MIN0OF: Elective Substitution Options: You may choose a module from the list below or a General Elective from the Electives Page in the January registration period. NOTE: you do not have to pick a module from this list if you wish to take a general elective. Note also that FR10140 requires basic competency in French. |
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HIS21140 | History Today | Autumn | 5 |
ENG20790 | Global 19th C. Literature | Spring | 5 |
Stage 2 Options - B)MIN2OF: Pick minimum 2 History modules from these options. Students may take additional modules as electives, if desired. All students are strongly advised to balance their workload evenly across both trimesters. This means you should pick 30 credits in autumn (Trimester 1) and 30 credits in spring (Trimester 2). |
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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 |
HIS21330 | Global Asia | Spring | 5 |
Stage 2 Options - B)MIN2OF: Pick minimum 2 History modules from these options. Students may take additional modules as electives, if desired. All students are strongly advised to balance their workload evenly across both trimesters. This means you should pick 30 credits in autumn (Trimester 1) and 30 credits in spring (Trimester 2). |
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Stage 2 Options - C)MIN10CR: Pick two English modules from these options. Students make take a third module as an elective, if desired. All students are strongly advised to balance their workload evenly across both trimesters. This means you should pick 30 credits in autumn (Trimester 1) and 30 credits in spring (Trimester 2). |
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ENG20450 | Writing and Performance in the Age of Shakespeare: Renaissance Literature | Autumn | 5 |
ENG20780 | Critical Theory | Autumn | 10 |
ENG20430 | Modern American Literature | Spring | 5 |
ENG20800 | Global Eco-Literature | Spring | 5 |
Stage 2 Options - C)MIN10CR: Pick two English modules from these options. Students make take a third module as an elective, if desired. All students are strongly advised to balance their workload evenly across both trimesters. This means you should pick 30 credits in autumn (Trimester 1) and 30 credits in spring (Trimester 2). |
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FR20020 | French language II a: Grammaire et syntaxe françaises | Autumn | 5 |
LANG20370 | Japanese Language & Culture 3a (CEFR A2.1) | Autumn | 5 |
LANG20420 | Chinese L & C 3a (CEFR A2.1) | Autumn | 5 |
LANG20430 | Russian General Purposes 3a | Autumn | 5 |
LANG20540 | Arabic for General Purposes 3a | Autumn | 5 |
LANG20550 | Korean for General Purposes 3a | Autumn | 5 |
PORT20040 | Portuguese Language IIa | Autumn | 5 |
SPAN20080 | Spanish Language II a | Autumn | 5 |
SPAN20230 | Spanish ex ab-initio IIa | Autumn | 5 |
FR20040 | French Language II b: Expression française écrite et orale | Spring | 5 |
LANG20380 | Japanese Language & Culture 3b (CEFR A2.2) | Spring | 5 |
LANG20480 | Russian General Purposes 3b (CEFR A2.2) | Spring | 5 |
LANG20520 | Chinese L & C 3b | Spring | 5 |
LANG20530 | Arabic for General Purposes 3b | Spring | 5 |
LANG20560 | Korean for General Purposes 3b | Spring | 5 |
PORT20050 | Portuguese Language IIb | Spring | 5 |
SPAN20060 | Spanish Language II b | Spring | 5 |
Stage 2 Options - F)MIN1OF: Pick 1 option module from the list below. Additional modules may be taken as electives if desired. Note that all modules coded SPAN require competency in Spanish and all modules coded FR require competency in French. Module LING20110 requires competency in a second language to B2 level. Module LING20060 World Englishes requires a prior introductory (Level 1) module in Linguistics. All students are strongly advised to balance their workload evenly across both trimesters. This means you should pick 30 credits in autumn (Trimester 1) and 30 credits in spring (Trimester 2). |
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AH20200 | The Modern to the Contemporary | Autumn | 5 |
AH20250 | Early Islamic Art and Architecture | Autumn | 5 |
AH20280 | Queer Art Histories | Autumn | 5 |
FR20260 | Reading Prose in the Early Modern Period | Autumn | 5 |
GRC20030 | Early Roman Empire | Autumn | 5 |
IRFL20010 | The Study of Folklore: Origins and Development | Autumn | 5 |
IRFL20030 | The Narrative Art | Autumn | 5 |
ITAL20240 | Italian history 1815-1945 | Autumn | 5 |
LING20060 | World Englishes | Autumn | 5 |
LING20100 | Intercultural Communication | Autumn | 5 |
MUS20080 | Musics of the World | Autumn | 5 |
SPAN20240 | Latin American Culture I | Autumn | 5 |
SPAN20260 | Modern Spanish Theatre | Autumn | 5 |
ARCH20610 | Historical Archaeology | Spring | 5 |
FR20160 | The Realist Novel | Spring | 5 |
FR20180 | La France d'aujourd'hui | Spring | 5 |
FR20220 | World War 2 in French Culture | Spring | 5 |
FR20250 | Social Networks: Experiments in Early Modern Friendship | Spring | 5 |
GRC20270 | The Athenian Empire | Spring | 5 |
IRFL20100 | Oral history and tradition | Spring | 5 |
IRST20060 | Reading Irish Studies | Spring | 5 |
LING20120 | Second Language Teaching & Learning | Spring | 5 |
SPAN20220 | La sociedad española actual: Economía y cultura | Spring | 5 |
Stage 2 Options - F)MIN1OF: Pick 1 option module from the list below. Additional modules may be taken as electives if desired. Note that all modules coded SPAN require competency in Spanish and all modules coded FR require competency in French. Module LING20110 requires competency in a second language to B2 level. Module LING20060 World Englishes requires a prior introductory (Level 1) module in Linguistics. All students are strongly advised to balance their workload evenly across both trimesters. This means you should pick 30 credits in autumn (Trimester 1) and 30 credits in spring (Trimester 2). |
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GEOG20140 | Geography, Politics and Media | Autumn | 5 |
INRL20040 | Theories and Concepts in International Relations | Autumn | 5 |
INRL20160 | Introduction to European Union Politics | Autumn | 5 |
PHIL20500 | Phenomenology & Existentialism | Autumn | 5 |
POL20010 | Individuals and the State: The Idea of Freedom in the History of Political Thought | Autumn | 5 |
POL20260 | Introduction to Chinese Politics | Autumn | 5 |
DEV20130 | Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals | Spring | 5 |
GEOG20130 | Cities in a Global World | Spring | 5 |
GEOG20170 | Global Historical Geographies | Spring | 5 |
INRL20110 | Intro to Middle East Politics | Spring | 5 |
PHIL20580 | Plato's Republic | Spring | 5 |
POL20020 | Comparative Politics | Spring | 5 |
Stage 2 Options - H)MIN0OF: This is a College of Arts and Humanities module. It is the equivalent of an elective. You can take it instead of taking one of your Stage 2 electives. Please make sure that you have selected the correct number of programme options from the list above. This is not one of your required options. It is recommended in particular if you are considering applying for an internship option next year. |
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HUM20030 | Career Readiness (Humanities) | Spring | 5 |
Stage 2 Options - H)MIN0OF: This is a College of Arts and Humanities module. It is the equivalent of an elective. You can take it instead of taking one of your Stage 2 electives. Please make sure that you have selected the correct number of programme options from the list above. This is not one of your required options. It is recommended in particular if you are considering applying for an internship option next year. |
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HIS31250 | Dynastic Politics, Culture & Diplomacy in Post-Westphalian Germany | 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 |
HIS32650 | Migration Nation: The Irish Migration Experience since 1945 | 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 |
HIS32980 | Britain's War Northern Ireland | Autumn | 10 |
HIS33020 | United States and the World | Autumn | 10 |
HIS33040 | Medicine and Miracles | Autumn | 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 |
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 |
ARCH30170 | Combat Archaeology | Autumn | 5 |
ARCH30810 | Southeast and East Asian Archaeology | Autumn | 10 |
GEOG30820 | Development Geographies | Autumn | 5 |
GEOG31070 | Social Geography | Autumn | 5 |
INRL30320 | Gender in War & Peace | Autumn | 10 |
INRL30370 | Terrorism & Political Violence | Autumn | 10 |
ECON30260 | The Economics of the Transport Sector | Spring | 5 |
ECON30550 | Philosophy of Economics | Spring | 5 |
GEOG30940 | Global Risks and Resilience | Spring | 5 |
GEOG31060 | Population Geography | Spring | 5 |
INRL30340 | Internat. Political Economy | Spring | 10 |
Stage 3 Options - C)MIN0CR: GLOBAL LITERATURE OPTIONS Students who remain in UCD for the full academic year may choose a maximum of 10 credits from this option list. Students who remain in UCD for one trimester only may EITHER choose 10 credits of Global Literature from the options below, OR choose a maximum of 10 credits from the Language and Culture options further down the page. |
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ENG31960 | Apocalypse Then: Old Eng. Lit. | Autumn | 10 |
ENG31990 | Reading Gender and Sexuality | Autumn | 10 |
ENG32100 | Fin-de-Siecle | Autumn | 10 |
ENG32110 | Literature and Science | Autumn | 10 |
ENG32560 | Writing Black: African American Literature and Racial Consciousness | Autumn | 10 |
ENG32780 | Presenting Tennessee Williams | Autumn | 10 |
ENG32670 | Dark Romanticism | Autumn and Spring (separate) | 10 |
ENG31940 | Global Science Fiction | Spring | 10 |
ENG32080 | Social Networks in Fiction: from Jane Austen to Conan Doyle | Spring | 10 |
ENG32090 | Masculinities and Manhood in Irish Writing and Culture | Spring | 10 |
ENG32500 | Fiction and Financial Crises | Spring | 10 |
ENG32640 | Girlhood in 21stC American YA | Spring | 10 |
ENG32680 | Global Renaissance | Spring | 10 |
ENG32760 | Life Writing: Text and Self | Spring | 10 |
ENG32790 | Shakespeare in Film&Television | Spring | 10 |
Stage 3 Options - C)MIN0CR: GLOBAL LITERATURE OPTIONS Students who remain in UCD for the full academic year may choose a maximum of 10 credits from this option list. Students who remain in UCD for one trimester only may EITHER choose 10 credits of Global Literature from the options below, OR choose a maximum of 10 credits from the Language and Culture options further down the page. |
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Stage 3 Options - D)MIN0CR: LANGUAGE AND CULTURE OPTIONS Students who remain in UCD for the full academic year may choose a maximum of 10 credits from this option list. Students who remain in UCD for one trimester only may only choose a maximum of 10 credits from this option list if they have not chosen a Global Literature option above |
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ITAL20240 | Italian history 1815-1945 | Autumn | 5 |
LING20060 | World Englishes | Autumn | 5 |
LING20100 | Intercultural Communication | Autumn | 5 |
SPAN10130 | Hispanic Cultures & Societies | Autumn | 5 |
SPAN20240 | Latin American Culture I | Autumn | 5 |
SPAN20260 | Modern Spanish Theatre | Autumn | 5 |
SPAN20290 | 21st-C Spanish fictions | Autumn | 5 |
GER10150 | German History on Screen | Spring | 5 |
ITAL10110 | Italy | Spring | 5 |
LING10010 | Language Use and Communication | Spring | 5 |
LING20120 | Second Language Teaching & Learning | Spring | 5 |
PORT10090 | Film and Fiction (in the Portuguese-speaking world) | Spring | 5 |
SPAN10110 | Reading Hispanic Texts | Spring | 5 |
SPAN20220 | La sociedad española actual: Economía y cultura | Spring | 5 |
Stage 3 Options - D)MIN0CR: LANGUAGE AND CULTURE OPTIONS Students who remain in UCD for the full academic year may choose a maximum of 10 credits from this option list. Students who remain in UCD for one trimester only may only choose a maximum of 10 credits from this option list if they have not chosen a Global Literature option above |
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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 |
HUM30050 | Writing for Life: employability skills for arts and humanities students | Spring | 5 |
HUM30020 | Internship-Autumn (Humanities) | Autumn | 30 |
HUM30030 | Internship- Spring (Humanities) | Spring | 30 |
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 |