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Co||ee ol /rts, Ce|t|c 3tud|es
and 3oc|a| 3c|ences
1He spec|a| va|ue ol an /rts deree ||es |n tHe prov|s|on ol a broad enera|
educat|on and tra|n|n |n tHe ||bera| arts, w|tH empHas|s on ||teracy, cr|t|ca|
ana|ys|s and tHe use ol source mater|a| wHetHer |n tHe lorm ol books,
per|od|ca|s, or data obta|ned by l|e|dwork and researcH. You w||| a|so l|nd
subjects |n an /rts deree w|tH a part|cu|ar vocat|ona| or|entat|on sucH as
/pp||ed lsycHo|oy, Lconom|cs and lus|c.
lrolessor 0av|d Cox
Head o Lollee
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we|come lrom tHe Head ol Co||ee
lrolessor 0av|d Cox
Head o Lollee
B/ lroramme
BacHe|or ol 3oc|a| 3c|ence
BacHe|or ol lus|c
B/ |/rts - lus|c
B/ |/pp||ed lsycHo|oy
B/ |Lar|y CH||dHood 3tud|es
B/ |0rama and 1Heatre 3tud|es
BacHe|or ol 3oc|a| 3c|ence |YoutH and Commun|ty work
lature 3tudents on|y
BacHe|or ol 3oc|a| work
lature 3tudents on|y
BLd |3ports 3tud|es and lHys|ca| Lducat|on
CKI0I
CKI0Z
CKI03
CKI04
CKI0b
CKIII
CKIIZ
CKII4
CKIIb
CKIIb
Entry tc Degree Frcgrammes thrcugh the CAD |s crgan|sed as fc||cws:
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Course Code: CKI0I /rts 0urat|on: 3 years
CH|nese 3tud|es latHway 0urat|on: 4 years
Luropean 3tud|es latHway 0urat|on: 4 years
lanuae and Cu|tura| 3tud|es latHway 0urat|on: 4 years
/rts |B/
Mcre Infcrmat|cn:
1: +3b3 |CZ 49CZ3b or 49CZ//3
L: /rtslacu|ty@arts.ucc.|e
www.ucc.|e,en,Cc||egesandDepartments,
ArtsCe|t|cStud|esandScc|a|Sc|ences,
Leav|ng Cert|f|cate
Requ|rements:
l|ease see tHe m|n|mum
entry requ|rements out||ned
on pae b.
Why study Arts
/ B/ |s a broad deree, oller|n a w|de var|ety ol subjects to cHoose
lrom. lt w||| prov|de you w|tH a so||d loundat|on on wH|cH to app|y lor
jobs or postraduate study |n lre|and or abroad. 1He |nte||ectua|, soc|a|
and manaement sk|||s, as we|| as spec|l|c subject know|ede a|ned
by an /rts raduate can be app||ed |n a var|ety ol jobs. 1He qua||ty ol a
deree |s very olten more |mportant tHan tHe actua| subjects se|ected.
/bout /C" ol tHe emp|oyers wHo contact 0CC |ook lor raduates w|tH
overa|| ood marks, ratHer tHan lrom a spec|l|c d|sc|p||ne. lany B/
raduates undertake postraduate study |n order to spec|a||se |n a
part|cu|ar subject or area.
Frcgramme Dverv|ew
1H|s B/ deree proramme ollers a w|de cHo|ce, w|tH students
se|ect|n lour subjects |n l|rst /rts lrom a cHo|ce ol Z9 and cont|nu|n
w|tH two ol tHose subjects |n 3econd and 1H|rd /rts. /t tHe end ol tHe
l|rst Year, depend|n on tHe|r cHo|ce ol subjects, students may cHoose
tHe CH|nese 3tud|es, tHe Luropean 3tud|es or lanuae and Cu|tura|
3tud|es patHways. 1Hese students take a louryear deree and spend
tHe 1H|rd Year study|n at a un|vers|ty |n anotHer country.
Ch|nese Stud|es Fathway
1H|s |s a louryear deree wH|cH enab|es students ol
CH|nese 3tud|es to spend tHe|r 1H|rd Year study|n
at a CH|nese un|vers|ty. 3tudents w|sH|n to take tHe
CH|nese 3tud|es latHway study lour subjects |n l|rst
Year, |nc|ud|n CH|nese 3tud|es.
ln 3econd Year, you w||| cont|nue w|tH CH|nese 3tud|es
and one otHer subject lrom l|rst Year |wH|cH may be
a second |anuae. You w||| spend tHe 1H|rd Year
study|n at a un|vers|ty |n CH|na. ln tHe l|na| Year you
w||| return to 0CC to study CH|nese 3tud|es and tHe
second subject.
Eurcpean Stud|es Fathway
1H|s |s a louryear deree |nvo|v|n Luropean 3tud|es
and modern cont|nenta| |anuaes. 1He 1H|rd Year |s
spent study|n |n anotHer L0 country. 3tudents w|sH|n
to take tHe Luropean 3tud|es patHway |n 3econd Year
must cHoose lour subjects |n l|rst Year: Luropean
3tud|es, one or two |anuaes |lrencH, 0erman, lta||an
or 3pan|sH, and one or two subjects lrom tHose ||sted
|n 1ab|e No. on pae /b.
ln 3econd Year you w||| cont|nue w|tH Luropean 3tud|es
and one or two |anuaes. You w||| spend tHe 1H|rd
Year study|n at a un|vers|ty |n tHe country ol one
|anuae, |.e. lrance, 0ermany, lta|y or 3pa|n. ln tHe
l|na| Year you w||| return to 0CC and take Luropean
3tud|es and your |anuae.
Language and Cu|tura| Stud|es Fathway
1H|s |s a louryear deree wH|cH enab|es students ol a
modern cont|nenta| |anuae to spend tHe|r 1H|rd Year
study|n at a Luropean un|vers|ty. 3tudents w|sH|n
to take tHe lanuae and Cu|tura| 3tud|es latHway
study lour subjects |n l|rst Year, |nc|ud|n at |east one
|anuae |lrencH, 0erman, lta||an or 3pan|sH.
ln 3econd Year, you w||| cont|nue w|tH your cHosen
|anuae and one otHer subject lrom l|rst Year |wH|cH
may be a second |anuae. You w||| spend tHe 1H|rd
Year study|n at a un|vers|ty |n tHe country ol your
cHosen |anuae, |.e. lrance, 0ermany, lta|y or 3pa|n.
ln tHe l|na| Year you w||| return to 0CC to study your
cHosen |anuae and tHe second subject.
Career Dppcrtun|t|es:
0ur|n tHe|r t|me at 0CC, /rts students deve|op a
portlo||o ol translerab|e sk|||s sucH as cr|t|ca| tH|nk|n,
report wr|t|n, presentat|on sk|||s, ora|/wr|tten
commun|cat|on, dea||n w|tH comp|ex |deas etc.
1oday's market a|ready requ|res raduates wHose
educat|on Has equ|pped tHem to be l|ex|b|e, |nnovat|ve
and |ma|nat|ve and many d|llerent k|nds ol emp|oyer
va|ue tHe comb|nat|on ol |nte||ectua|, |ma|nat|ve and
pract|ca| sk|||s tHe B/ deree a|ms to deve|op.
/rts raduates are not drawn to any one proless|on |n
part|cu|ar. lost raduates embark on a w|de var|ety
ol postraduate tra|n|n prorammes and careers. /n
/rts deree |ays tHe loundat|on lor successlu| careers
|n botH tHe pub||c and pr|vate sectors, sucH as tHe C|v||
3erv|ce, tHe 3em|3tate sector, rad|o and te|ev|s|on,
tour|sm, ||brar|ansH|p, teacH|n, pr|nt journa||sm, tHe
|ea| proless|on, bus|ness, arts adm|n|strat|on and
Her|tae manaement.
lany ol our raduates proceed to H|Her derees |e..
lostraduate 0|p|omas, lasters and lH0s. 3ome Have
taken oneyear convers|on courses |n areas sucH as
computer sc|ence and psycHo|oy, wH||e otHers o on
to enro| |n tHe lostraduate 0|p|oma |n Lducat|on, w|tH
a v|ew to becom|n secondary scHoo| teacHers.
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Tab|e Nc. I: CKI0I: What w||| ycu be study|ng
Arts (A)
Year I
3tudents cHoose lour subjects lrom tHe ||st be|ow, w|tH not more tHan one subject lrom any roup:
0roup
Computer 3c|ence
H|story
0roup Z
/pp||ed latHemat|cs
Luropean 3tud|es
lo|k|ore
0ae||e/lr|sH
0reek and boman C|v|||sat|on
H|story ol /rt
3tud|es |n lsycHo|oy
0roup 3
/rcHaeo|oy
CH|nese 3tud|es
0erman
lat|n
latHemat|cs
latHemat|ca| 3tud|es
lo||t|cs
0roup 4
lrencH
3oc|o|oy
3tud|es |n lus|c
0roup b
Lconom|cs
Ln||sH
0reek
/n leann 0ucHa|s
be|||ons and 0|oba| 0|vers|ty

0roup b|a
0eorapHy
lta||an
0roup b|b
Ce|t|c C|v|||sat|on
lH||osopHy
3pan|sH
Uroups 6(a) and 6(b) become one roup in Second and !hird Ar!s. !hereore, only one subjec! rom
Lel!ic Livilisa!ion, Ueoraphy, l!alian, Fhilosophy, Spanish may be con!inued in Second and !hird Ar!s.
Year Z and 3
3tudents cont|nue w|tH two subjects lrom Year |n one ol tHe lo||ow|n opt|ons:
S|ng|e Subject: 3tudents study bC cred|ts |n one subject and C cred|ts |n tHe otHer.
Majcr Subject: 3tudents study 4C cred|ts |n one subject and ZC cred|ts |n tHe otHer.
Jc|nt Subject: 3tudents study 3C cred|ts |n eacH subject.
Subject Se|ect|cn
ln mak|n your l|na| se|ect|on ol subjects you need to cons|der tHe t|metab|e roups |above as on|y
one subject |s ava||ab|e lrom eacH roup. /|so tHe spec|l|c subject requ|rements need to be cons|dered.
3tudents wHo accept a p|ace on CbC /rts cHoose tHe|r subjects beore tHey re|ster lor tHe proramme |n
m|d3eptember. /|| students are uaranteed tHe|r l|rst and second cHo|ce ol subjects, prov|ded tHey
meet tHe subject requ|rements. ln tHe case ol tH|rd and lourtH subjects, wHere tHe number ol requests
lor a part|cu|ar subject exceeds tHe quota, tHen p|aces |n tHat subject w||| be a||ocated on tHe bas|s ol
tota| leav|n Cert|l|cate po|nts. 1He |nd|v|dua| /rts subjects are out||ned |n deta|| on paes to C9.
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Why study App||ed Mathemat|cs
3|nce tHe empHas|s tHrouHout tHe deree |s on
prob|em so|v|n, a ood lee| lor puzz|es, ames,
matHemat|ca| conundrums, as we|| as be|n "reat'
at latHemat|cs and matHemat|ca| prob|ems enera||y
m|Ht we|| be |nd|cators ol wHy you m|Ht want to
study /pp||ed latHemat|cs.
/pp||ed latHemat|cs |s tHe app||cat|on ol latHemat|cs
to tHe mode||n and so|v|n ol pract|ca|, rea| wor|d
prob|ems. lt |s at tHe core ol many d|sc|p||nes, ran|n
lrom Bus|ness, l|nance, and Lconom|cs, tHrouH
0eorapHy and 0eo|oy to a|| brancHes ol Ln|neer|n
and tHe 3c|ences.
lt |s concerned w|tH tHe del|n|t|on, lormu|at|on, so|ut|on
and |nterpretat|on ol deve|oped matHemat|ca| mode|s.
Be|n ab|e to ellect|ve|y commun|cate about prob|ems
and tHe|r so|ut|ons w|tH tHose lrom otHer re|ated
d|sc|p||nes |s essent|a|. beard|ess ol tHe career patH
cHosen, today's emp|oyers demand tHese types ol
sk|||s and l|ex|b|||ty ol approacH. Computers p|ay a
centra| ro|e |n /pp||ed latHemat|cs.
lost prob|ems can on|y be so|ved by mak|n use
ol computers lor perlorm|n |mmense numer|ca|
computat|ons lar beyond tHe power ol Human be|ns.
Numer|ca| computat|on encompasses sc|ent|l|c
proramm|n, tHe use ol sopH|st|cated matHemat|ca|
soltware ||brar|es, computer |aboratory exper|ments
and numer|ca| ana|ys|s. 1He course content rel|ects
tH|s.
Subject Dverv|ew
/pp||ed latHemat|cs |nc|udes courses wH|cH rane
lrom some aspects ol more c|ass|ca| /pp||ed
latHemat|cs |n tHe lorm ol e|ements ol mecHan|cs,
to matHemat|ca| mode|||n metHods and tecHn|ques,
tHrouH a computer proramm|n |anuae and use ol
modern sopH|st|cated symbo||c soltware, to numer|ca|
exper|mentat|on, to enera| matHemat|ca| metHods,
to e|ements ol tHe very modern areas ol cHaos and
dynam|ca| systems. 1He empHas|s tHrouHout tHe
App||ed Mathemat|cs
What w||| ycu be study|ng
tHree year proramme |s on deve|op|n and enHanc|n
prob|emso|v|n sk|||s.
1He l|rst Year course |n /rts assumes no prev|ous
know|ede ol /pp||ed latHemat|cs and tHere |s
extens|ve tutor|a| support ava||ab|e tHrouHout tHe year.
Fcstgraduate Dppcrtun|t|es |n UCC
l/ 0eree |n /pp||ed latHemat|cs or |n latHemat|ca|
lHys|cs.
lH0 |n /pp||ed latHemat|cs.
H|Her 0|p|oma |n /pp||ed 3c|ence |lode|||n and
Numer|ca| Comput|n.
l3c |n /pp||ed 3c|ence |lode|||n and Numer|ca|
Comput|n.
Year I
lntroduct|ons to Construct|on and /na|ys|s

ol latHemat|ca| lode|s ol a var|ety ol lrob|ems/
lrocesses ar|s|n |n Bus|ness, l|nance, B|o|oy,
lHys|cs, Ln|neer|n, etc.
L|ements ol
lecHan|cs |n wH|cH l|rst and 3econd 0rder
0|llerent|a| Lquat|ons are used to a|n |ns|Ht and
understand|n ol some s|n|l|cant natura| systems
Ma!hema!ica as a 1oo| lor lrob|em

3o|v|n, or just s|mp|y do|n latHemat|cs
3tudents cHoose top|cs lrom a se|ect|on wH|cH
|nc|udes:
Comput|n 3k|||s ||nc|ud|n a H|H |eve|

proramm|n |anuae
lode|s and tHe|r

latHemat|ca| /na|ys|s
lodern /pp||ed
latHemat|cs |n tHe lorm ol 0ynam|ca| 3ystems,
CHaos, etc.
0nderstand|n ol Ma!hema!ica |s
enHanced tHrouH reu|ar app||cat|on
/pp||ed latHemat|cs lroject/0u|ded bead|n

Year Z and 3
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Why study Fsychc|cgy
lsycHo|oy |s tHe study ol peop|e: How tHey tH|nk, How
tHey act, react and |nteract. lsycHo|oy |s concerned
w|tH a|| aspects ol beHav|our and tHe tHouHts, lee||ns
and mot|vat|on under|y|n sucH beHav|our. 1He study ol
peop|e Has a |on H|story, w|tH ear|y observers bas|n
tHe|r ana|ys|s ol Human nature on everyday exper|ence.
ln contrast, modern lsycHo|oy |s tHe sc|ence ol Human
beHav|our and exper|ence, and to study lsycHo|oy you
Have to |earn sc|ent|l|c metHods |nvo|v|n observat|on,
measurement, HypotHes|s test|n, exper|mentat|on,
|o|ca| |nlerence and tHe use ol stat|st|cs to test tHe
s|n|l|cance ol researcH l|nd|ns.
Subject Dverv|ew
1He 0epartment ollers two courses:
(|) App||ed Fsychc|cgy (CKI0b)
|see paes b to 9 lor lurtHer deta||s
(||) Stud|es |n Fsychc|cgy (CKI0I)
1H|s |s a broad, enera| |ntroductory course |n
lsycHo|oy ava||ab|e to /rts students. 3tud|es |n
lsycHo|oy |s ava||ab|e |n l|rst /rts and tHerealter on|y
as a C or ZC cred|t subject. 1H|s course does not
conler proless|ona| recon|t|on.
3tudents wHo Have taken 3tud|es |n lsycHo|oy as
part ol tHe|r deree w||| need to comp|ete tHe H|Her
0|p|oma |n lsycHo|oy belore app|y|n lor any ol tHe
0epartment's lasters prorammes.
App||ed Fsychc|cgy ,
Stud|es |n Fsychc|cgy
S!udies in Fsycholoy is available in lirs! Ar!s and
!herea!er only as a 10 credi! op!ion wi!hin !he
Sinle Subjec! Froramme or a 20 credi! op!ion
wi!hin !he Major Subjec! Froramme.
3tudents se|ect modu|es |n areas sucH as:
Con|t|on and Cu|ture, 1He lsycHo|oy ol
0ran|s|n, learn|n and BeHav|our, lercept|on
and lemory, l|le 3pan lsycHo|oy, lnd|v|dua|
0|llerences, loundat|on lor uant|tat|ve /na|ys|s |n
lsycHo|oy, loundat|on lor besearcH letHods |n
lsycHo|oy, Human Computer lnteract|on: 0es|n
and Lva|uat|on, Human Computer lnteract|on:
lract|ca| lssues, 0ccupat|ona| lsycHo|oy,
lorens|c lsycHo|oy, /bnorma| lsycHo|oy,
Human 3exua||ty, lH||osopH|ca| loundat|ons
ol lsycHo|oy, los|t|ve lsycHo|oy, /pp|y|n
Con|t|ve lsycHo|oy.
Home ol tHe 0|sab|||ty 3upport 3erv|ce
Year I, Z and 3
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Why study Archaec|cgy
/rcHaeo|oy |s tHe study ol past Human soc|et|es
tHrouH tHe mater|a| rema|ns tHey Have |elt beH|nd.
lt |s an exc|t|n subject tHat |nvest|ates |mportant
deve|opments |n tHe Human story over a |on per|od
ol t|me. 1He reater part ol tHe Human story |s beyond
tHe rane ol trad|t|ona| H|stor|ca| metHods and can on|y
be stud|ed tHrouH tHe arcHaeo|o|ca| record. 1oday,
arcHaeo|o|sts reu|ar|y co||aborate w|tH sc|ent|sts
work|n |n sucH d|sc|p||nes as botany and pHys|cs |n,
lor examp|e, tHe ana|ys|s ol env|ronmenta| rema|ns
and tHe dat|n ol anc|ent objects. 1He exc|tement ol
d|scovery |n /rcHaeo|o|ca| excavat|on |s we|| known
tHrouH tHe med|a, However tH|s |s on|y one aspect ol
a d|sc|p||ne tHat comb|nes an |nterest |n tHe Human|t|es
w|tH sc|ent|l|c metHod.
Subject Dverv|ew
/rcHaeo|oy |s taken as one ol lour subjects |n tHe
l|rst /rts proramme. 1He l|rst year modu|e prov|des
a enera| |ntroduct|on to tHe d|sc|p||ne lor students
wHo Have no part|cu|ar backround |n /rcHaeo|oy.
1He course a|so prov|des a enera| |ntroduct|on to tHe
/rcHaeo|oy ol lre|and, spann|n some ten m|||enn|a
lrom tHe ear||est Human sett|ement ol tHe |s|and to tHe
ear|y modern era.
1He 3econd and 1H|rd Year prorammes prov|de
loundat|on and advanced tra|n|n |n lr|sH and Luropean
Archaec|cgy
/rcHaeo|oy, as we|| as a rane ol sk|||sor|entated
courses tHat are necessary lor career deve|opment.
0vera||, our B/ deree |n /rcHaeo|oy seeks to ba|ance
arcHeo|o|ca| tHeory and cu|ture H|story courses w|tH
tHose dea||n w|tH l|e|dwork and sc|ent|l|c approacHes
|n tHe past.
Study F|acement
/s we|| as |ectures and sem|nars, tHere |s a stron
l|e|dwork e|ement |n tHe /rcHaeo|oy proramme. lany
ol tHe course modu|es Have l|e|d excurs|ons wHere
students w||| be |ntroduced to tHe r|cH arcHaeo|o|ca|
Her|tae ol lre|and. 3tudents w||| be encouraed to
part|c|pate on excavat|ons and w||| rece|ve l|e|d survey
tra|n|n.
1Here are a|so opportun|t|es to work on arcHaeo|o|ca|
projects dur|n tHe summer w|tH commerc|a| compan|es
and otHer bod|es.
1He 0epartment ol /rcHaeo|oy ollers a oneyear tauHt
lasters deree on Human osteoarcHaeo|oy. we a|so
Have l.lH|| and lH0 deree prorammes lor students
|nterested |n undertak|n researcH |n /rcHaeo|oy.
Career Dppcrtun|t|es
/s we|| as be|n an exc|t|n and |nterest|n subject,
/rcHaeo|oy can |ead to a proless|ona| career
qua||l|cat|on, w|tH numerous emp|oyment opportun|t|es
|n lre|and and abroad. /rcHaeo|o|sts work |n tHe
state Her|tae sector, lor overnment bod|es sucH
as tHe Nat|ona| lonuments 3erv|ce and tHe Nat|ona|
luseum ol lre|and, as we|| as lor |oca| autHor|t|es
3tone Corr|dor, west w|n
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Ce|t|c C|v|||sat|on ollers a broad new perspect|ve on
ear|y lr|sH cu|ture. bequ|r|n no prev|ous know|ede
or |anuae sk|||s, tHe subject revea|s lre|and's ear|y
Luropean |nHer|tance as we|| as |ts ||nks w|tH otHer
Ce|t|c re|ons. Ce|t|c C|v|||sat|on opens up a r|cH wor|d
ol mytH, |eend, poetry, H|story and trad|t|ons, prov|d|n
an understand|n ol tHe past wH|cH enr|cHes our v|ew ol
tHe present.
Subject Dverv|ew
1He a|m |s to deve|op student lam|||ar|ty w|tH a w|de
rane ol ev|dence about Ce|t|c cu|ture, botH ||terary and
H|stor|ca|, and lrom severa| eorapH|ca| areas.
1He proramme comp|ements courses |n re|ated areas
sucH as /rcHaeo|oy, H|story, be|||ous 3tud|es or
lr|sH lanuae. loreover, |t prov|des a|| students w|tH
|nterd|sc|p||nary and ana|yt|ca| sk|||s wH|cH are w|de|y
translerab|e.
1He 0epartment ollers lasters and lH0 prorammes
|n Ce|t|c C|v|||sat|on and |n Lar|y and led|eva| lr|sH. |see
webs|te ||nks:
http:,,www.ucc.|e,facu|t|es,arts,pcstgraduate_
prcgrammes.htm|
http:,,www.ucc.|e,acad,smg,pcstgrad.htm
Career Dppcrtun|tes
3ome raduates proceed to H|Her derees or take
up researcH posts. 1eacH|n and adu|t educat|on are
|mportant avenues ol emp|oyment. 0tHer areas ol
raduate emp|oyment Have |nc|uded pub||c re|at|ons
and bus|ness.
Ce|t|c C|v|||sat|cn
Year I
lntroduct|on to /rcHaeo|oy
1He work ol
tHe /rcHaeo|o|st
1He /rcHaeo|oy ol lre|and

Year Z
3tudents se|ect lrom tHe lo||ow|n modu|es:
1He 0eve|opment ol /rcHaeo|o|ca| 1HouHt
1He /rcHaeo|oy ol tHe V|k|n /e:

3cand|nav|a and tHe NortH /t|ant|c
loraers to
larmers: 1He Lar|y lreH|story ol Lurope
CHa|co||tH|c and Bronze /e Lurope
1He /rcHaeo|oy ol Lar|y led|eva| lre|and
1He /rcHaeo|oy ol later and lostled|eva|

lre|and
/rt|lact 3tud|es
/rcHaeo|o|ca|
l|e|d 3urvey
lntroduct|on to Lnv|ronmenta|
/rcHaeo|oy
Human bema|ns lor

/rcHaeo|o|sts
/rcHaeo|o|ca| 0eopHys|cs and

0nderwater /rcHaeo|oy.
Year 3
3tudents se|ect lrom tHe lo||ow|n modu|es:
besearcH 0|ssertat|on
lreH|stor|c 3oc|ety
|n lre|and
Lar|y /r|cu|ture |n lre|and
Ce|t|c|sm
1He la|aeo||tH|c ol Luras|a
Neo||tH|c 0r||ns |n tHe Near Last, /nato||a and

Luras|a
V|k|n /e /rcHaeo|oy |n lre|and and

Br|ta|n
1ecHno|oy and 3oc|ety |n led|eva|

Lurope
1He /rcHaeo|oy ol tHe Lar|y lr|sH

CHurcH
Hea|tH, 0|et and 0|sease |n Lar|y

3oc|et|es
/rcHaeo|o|ca| Lxcavat|on
/rcHaeo|o|ca| Ceram|cs
0rban /rcHaeo|oy
/dvanced Lnv|ronmenta| /rcHaeo|oy

|n county museums and p|ann|n oll|ces. 1Here |s a
row|n commerc|a| /rcHaeo|oy sector |n lre|and,
serv|c|n tHe requ|rements ol state aenc|es sucH as
tHe Nat|ona| boads /utHor|ty as we|| as deve|opers |n
tHe pr|vate sector. /rcHaeo|o|sts work |n survey and
excavat|on, |n env|ronmenta| |mpact assessment, |n
Her|tae conservat|on projects and tour|sm |n|t|at|ves.
ln sHort, a deree |n /rcHaeo|oy |s very l|ex|b|e |n
reard to emp|oyment, wHetHer |n tHe arcHaeo|o|ca|
proless|on or some app||ed Her|tae area. 0ur students
a|so acqu|re |mportant sk|||s tHat are translerab|e to
otHer areas ol emp|oyment, |nc|ud|n tHe ab|||ty to tH|nk
cr|t|ca||y, to prob|em so|ve and carry out researcH,
as we|| as pract|ca| ab|||ty |n l|e|dwork and computer
app||cat|ons.
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Student Frcf||e
Marcus a|e,
lostraduate 3tudent,
B/ |Hons |Ce|t|c C|v|||sat|on and lo|k|ore
"l am lrom /rent|na and current|y do|n my lH0
|n Ce|t|c C|v|||sat|on. /lter arr|v|n |n lre|and l d|d
my underraduate deree |n Ce|t|c C|v|||sat|on
and lo|k|ore |n 0CC. 0ur|n my underraduate
stud|es, my c|asses were sucH an enjoyab|e
exper|ence. 1He atmospHere was a|ways very
re|axed and tHe |ecturers were tremendous|y
He|plu|. 1He p|easant env|ronment and
re|at|onsH|ps w|tH tHe |ecturers Have cont|nued
a|| tHrouH my underraduate and postraduate
stud|es.'
Year I
lntroduct|on to Ce|t|c C|v|||sat|on |tHere are tHree
components: .1He H|story ol tHe Ce|ts Z.Ce|t|c
be|||on and lytHo|oy 3.Ce|t|c l|terature
Year Z
1He Ce|t|c Contr|but|on to led|eva| Lurope
Ce|t|c 3a|nts
Lar|y Ce|t|c lyr|c loetry
learned 1rad|t|ons |n tHe Ce|t|c Countr|es
learn|n and 3oc|ety |n tHe Ce|t|c Countr|es
1He Ce|t|c lanuaes

Year 3
1He lab|no|
lre|and and wa|es
lre|and
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1Hemes |n Ce|t|c l|terature
Lar|y lr|sH
lr|sH H|stor|ca| 1a|es
1He l|nn
Cyc|e
Why study Ch|nese Stud|es
1He a|m ol tHe subject |s to prepare students to dea|
w|tH CH|na and to |ve tHem an understand|n ol
CH|nese soc|ety and cu|ture. CH|nese 3tud|es ollers
students tHe opportun|ty to acqu|re CH|nese |anuae
sk|||s as we|| as |v|n tHem tHe cHance to study a w|de
rane ol aspects ol CH|na's soc|ety, cu|ture, H|story,
economy, po||t|cs and overnment.
ln l|rst Year, students se|ect|n CH|nese 3tud|es
take two modu|es:
An Intrcduct|cn tc Ch|nese Cu|ture and Scc|ety
w||| |ve students an |ntroduct|on to bas|c aspects ol
cH|nese c|v|||sat|on and H|story, pH||osopHy, overnment,
cu|ture, as we|| as |ssues |n contemporary cH|nese
soc|ety.
Ch|nese Language (Mandar|n) Leve| I w||| |ntroduce
students to tHe CH|nese |anuae |n |ts most w|de|y
spoken lorm landar|n or lutonHua. 3tudents w|||
|earn How to read and wr|te CH|nese cHaracters a|on
w|tH tHe bas|cs ol CH|nese rammar tHat w||| prov|de
a so||d loundat|on lor tHe lo||ow|n years. lract|ca|
speak|n and ||sten|n sk|||s w||| be tauHt tHrouH aud|o
mater|a|s and conversat|on c|asses w|tH exper|enced
nat|ve speakers. By tHe end ol tHe modu|e students
w||| Have acqu|red a vocabu|ary ol around ZbC CH|nese
cHaracters, read some s|mp|e texts on everyday top|cs,
be ab|e to wr|te s|mp|e sentences |n CH|nese cHaracters
and be|n to express tHemse|ves |n landar|n.
lodu|es cont|nued |n subsequent years |nc|ude modern
CH|nese H|story, ||terature, soc|a| tHeor|es, pH||osopHy
and re|||on, bus|ness, po||t|ca| economy, as we|| as
aspects ol CH|nese soc|ety |nc|ud|n sport and cu|ture,
and ender and etHn|c|ty.

3tudents cHoos|n to take CH|nese 3tud|es on tHe
CH|nese 3tud|es latHway spend tHe|r tH|rd year sudy|n
at an 0n|vers|ty |n CH|na belore return|n to 0CC lor
lourtH year.
Ch|nese Stud|es
CH|nese 1ext
H|Her 0|p|oma/l/ |n Contemporary CH|nese Cu|ture
and Bus|ness.
Bus|ness llH||/lH0 |n CH|nese 3tud|es.
CH|na |s now tHe second |arest economy |n tHe wor|d
and |t |s expected to overtake tHe 03/ to become
tHe |arest econom|c power |n tHe wor|d by ZC39.
1He lnternat|ona| commerc|a| commun|ty |s r|Ht|y
|nterested |n CH|na. 1H|s course |s des|ned to appea| to
emp|oyers sucH as |nternat|ona| bus|ness oran|sat|ons,
lr|sH compan|es, overnmenta| and nonovernmenta|
educat|ona| |nst|tut|ons and soc|a| oran|sat|ons w|tH
CH|nese |nterest.
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Why study Ccmputer Sc|ence
Computer 3c|ence |s a re|at|ve|y youn l|e|d and |s
sHow|n a rap|d rowtH rate |n terms ol sc|ent|l|c and
tecHno|o|ca| advancement, and |mpact on d|verse
aspects ol Human ex|stence.
Frcgramme Dverv|ew
1eacH|n metHods used |n tHe 0epartment ol Computer
3c|ence ensure a mean|nlu| |nterat|on ol tHe
tHeoret|ca| and pract|ca| aspects ol comput|n. / co
ord|nated ser|es ol |ectures, tutor|a|s, pract|ca|s and
project ass|nment work are used lor |nd|v|dua| courses
as appropr|ate.
Computer 3c|ence |s ava||ab|e |n l|rst /rts and
tHerealter on|y as a C cred|t subject w|tH|n tHe 3|n|e
3ubject lroramme. 1He l|rst Year course toucHes on a
broad rane ol top|cs |n Computer 3c|ence.
ln 3econd and 1H|rd Year students are ollered a ||m|ted
rane ol top|cs lrom wH|cH to cHoose.
l3c |n lnteract|ve led|a
1He 0epartment a|so ollers a number ol postraduate
derees and d|p|omas ta||ored to raduates ol otHer
d|sc|p||nes.
Ccmputer Sc|ence
!his is available in lirs! Ar!s and !herea!er only
as a 10 credi! subjec! wi!hin !he Sinle Subjec!
Froramme. !he main Lompu!er Science
underradua!e proramme is in !he Lollee o
Science, Lnineerin and lood Science (Lr401
en!ry).
Why study Eccncm|cs
Lconom|cs |s concerned w|tH dec|s|onmak|n, pr|mar||y
|n bus|ness and pub||c po||cy. lt |s lounded on an
ana|ys|s ol tHe dec|s|ons and beHav|our ol peop|e |n
certa|n capac|t|es, as consumers, c|t|zens and members
ol oran|sat|ons. lt |s a|so about tHe consequences ol
tHese dec|s|ons lor |nd|v|dua| un|ts, sucH as l|rms, and
lor tHe soc|ety as a wHo|e.
/s one ol tHe Human or dec|s|on sc|ences, Lconom|cs
prov|des students w|tH an understand|n and a metHod
ol tH|nk|n about tHe act|ons ol |nd|v|dua|s, l|rms and
overnments. lt He|ps deve|op an ab|||ty to observe and
exp|a|n tHe |nterp|ay ol tHese act|ons |n markets, wH|cH
are m|ssed by tHe untra|ned eye. Lconom|c events
allect a|| aspects ol our everyday ||le.
lor examp|e, waes lor summer work may |ncrease
wHen a overnment |mposes a m|n|mum wae.
However, sucH a dec|s|on may a|so allect tHe amount ol
summer work ava||ab|e.
/ tra|n|n |n Lconom|cs w||| He|p you botH as a c|t|zen
and |n bus|ness to |nterpret and understand tHe
consequences ol events sucH as tHese and tHe outcome
ol dec|s|ons lor |nd|v|dua|s, oran|zat|ons and soc|ety as
a wHo|e. 1H|s cHa||en|n and d|verse d|sc|p||ne w||| He|p
you tH|nk carelu||y about many |mportant and |nterest|n
|ssues.
1He locus ol tHe B/ |Lconom|cs |s on tHe app||cat|on
ol tHeory to everyday prob|ems. lract|ce ol econom|c
ana|ys|s prov|des sk|||s and understand|n lor
eva|uat|n |nlormat|on; lormu|at|n, ana|ys|n and
so|v|n prob|ems; data sourc|n; and us|n |nlormat|on
tecHno|oy. lt deve|ops necessary sk|||s |n computer
app||cat|ons to |ndustry standards. ln add|t|on, you w|||
a|so |earn to present your work ellect|ve|y to otHers by
|mprov|n your wr|tten and ora| commun|cat|on sk|||s.
Subject Dverv|ew
. loundat|ons |n tHe lr|nc|p|es ol Lconom|c beason|n
and tHe leasurement and /ccount|n 1ecHn|ques
centra| to econom|cs ana|ys|s ol dec|s|onmak|n and
|ts consequences.
Eccncm|cs
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uant|tat|ve 1ecHn|ques and letHods ol 0ata
Co||ect|on and /na|ys|s, w|tH tHe /pp||cat|ons
to Current lssues and bey 0ebates.
3. Concentrat|on on one ol tHe lo||ow|n locused
roups ol courses or a se|ect|on ol courses lrom
across tHese roups to meets |nd|v|dua| career
asp|rat|ons: Bus|ness Lconom|cs |nc|ud|n Corporate
3tratey, lndustry Lconom|cs, l|nanc|a| larkets
and lnst|tut|ons, lub||c lo||cy, lanaement, Hea|tH
Lconom|cs, lub||c Lxpend|ture and l|nance,
Lconom|c 0rowtH, lnternat|ona| 1rade and
Compet|t|veness, ldeas, letHods and 1ecHn|ques,
3urvey letHods, Lconometr|cs.
Lconom|cs a|so |eads to many postraduate educat|on
and proless|ona| tra|n|n opportun|t|es, e.. lB3
|Bus|ness Lconom|cs, l/ |Lconom|cs, lostraduate
0|p|oma |n Hea|tH Lconom|cs and Lva|uat|on 3tud|es,
H|Her 0|p|oma Lconom|cs |Compet|t|on, 0overnance
and 3oc|ety, as we|| as otHer l|e|ds sucH as larket|n
and /ccountancy.
Why study Eng||sh
3tudy|n Ln||sH at 0n|vers|ty w||| |ve you tHe
cHance to exp|ore a w|de rane ol ||terature |n Ln||sH,
lrom 3Hakespear|an drama and /mer|can nove|s to
eowul and tHe work ol lr|sH wr|ters, and lrom tHe
study ol l||m to tHe r|cH cu|ture and ||terature ol tHe |ater
m|dd|e aes. Ln||sH as a un|vers|ty subject exam|nes
||terature |n soc|ety: How books, p|ays and poems He|p
to lorm and deve|op peop|e's va|ues, emot|ons and
understand|n ol tHe wor|d.

lt a|so locuses on tHe v|ta| sk|||s ol commun|cat|n
and speak|n as c|ear|y and ellect|ve|y as poss|b|e, and
|ncreas|n cr|t|ca| and ana|yt|ca| capac|t|es.

/ deree |n Ln||sH |s an exce||ent bas|s lor work |n
many l|e|ds; emp|oyers ol a|| k|nds va|ue tHe accuracy,
art|cu|acy and capac|ty lor reasoned rel|ect|on a|ned
by tak|n Ln||sH as a un|vers|ty subject.
Subject Dverv|ew:
1He l|rst Year course covers a samp|e ol ||terature
|n var|ous enres and lrom a rane ol H|stor|ca| per|ods.
You w||| study poems, nove|s and p|ays, by autHors
|nc|ud|n Bronte, l|nter and 3Hakespeare, as we|| as
tak|n an |ntroductory course |n l||m. ln 3econd Year
tHe course prov|des a more tHorouH round|n |n a||
aspects ol Ln||sH ||terature up to 9CC, w|tH room
lor cHo|ces ollered amon tHe var|ous modu|es. ln
1H|rd Year we oller a w|de rane ol modu|es |nc|ud|n
Zst Century l|terature, lr|sH, Ln||sH, /mer|can,
otHer ||teratures |n Ln||sH, and C|nema. 1He 3cHoo| ol
Ln||sH covers many l|e|ds |n our teacH|n and |n our
|nternat|ona||y pub||sHed researcH. 1Hese |nc|ude wr|t|n
lrom many enres and per|ods, p|us l||m 3tud|es,
l|terary 1Heory and lostco|on|a| wr|t|n.
lany otHer l|e|ds are we|| represented |n our teacH|n
and |n our |nternat|ona||y pub||sHed researcH. 1Hese
|nc|ude not on|y /mer|can and Ln||sH |n many per|ods,
but l||m stud|es, ||terary tHeory and cr|t|c|sm.
lor |nlormat|on on postraduate prorammes p|ease
see www.ucc.|e,academ|c,eng||sh,pcstgrad.htm|
Eng||sh
Year I
lr|nc|p|es ol Lconom|cs
Lconom|c /ccount|n and leasurement

Year Z
1Heory and /pp||ed 1Heory l
1Heory and
/pp||ed 1Heory ll
Lconom|c 0ata Co||ect|on and

/na|ys|s
lntroduct|on to uant|tat|ve 1ecHn|ques
Cr|t|ca| beason|n and 1H|nk|n

Year 3
us|ness Eccncm|cs:
Corporate 3tratey
Lconom|cs ol lndustry
l|nanc|a| larkets and lnst|tut|ons
Human
besources Lconom|cs
0ran|sat|ona| Lconom|cs
uant|tat|ve Methcds:
Lconometr|cs
3urvey letHods
Fub||c Fc||cy:
Hea|tH Lconom|cs
lub||c Lxpend|ture and

l|nance
lnternat|ona| 1rade and Compet|t|veness

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Why study Eurcpean Stud|es
Luropean 3tud|es |ntroduces students to a w|de rane
ol Luropean |ssues and How tHese can be ana|ysed.
lt |ooks at tHe major |nst|tut|ons, H|story and po||c|es
ol tHe L0 s|nce 94b and tHe|r |mpact on tHe Human
and pHys|ca| |andscapes. lt w||| a|so |ve students an
understand|n and an apprec|at|on ol tHe deve|opment
ol tHe L0. 1H|s |s lurtHer enHanced |n 1H|rd Year wHen
students et to spend tHe year study|n at a Luropean
un|vers|ty. 3tudents wHo successlu||y comp|ete /rts
l w|tH tHe requ|red subjects w||| Have tHe opt|on ol
cHoos|n tHe Luropean 3tud|es latHway |n Year Z.
Subject Dverv|ew
1He departments ol 0eorapHy and H|story ancHor
tHe Luropean 3tud|es patHway. 1He course ollers
an |nterated proramme ol study on contemporary
Lurope. lt exp|ores tHe processes ol po||t|ca|,
d|p|omat|c, adm|n|strat|ve, econom|c, p|ann|n and
bus|ness dec|s|onmak|n |n Lurope. /na|ys|s and
|nterpretat|on ol tHe comp|ex|t|es ol contemporary
Luropean deve|opment are addressed tHrouH an
eva|uat|on ol L0 po||c|es.
l|rst year Luropean 3tud|es |ooks at post 94b Lurope
locuss|n on tHe deve|opment ol tHe Luropean 0n|on as
a new po||t|ca| and econom|c ent|ty.
3econd year ollers, |n add|t|on to two core modu|es,
a w|de cHo|ce ol opt|ons: Luropean lo||t|cs, l|rat|on,
Lconom|c & 0rban 0eve|opment, 1our|sm, Comparat|ve
Luropean 0overnment and /dm|n|strat|on.
ln tHe tH|rd year students attend a un|vers|ty |n tHe
country ol tHe|r se|ected |anuae.
ln tHe lourtH year, students comp|ete a researcH
project on a top|c re|at|n to tHe country wHere tHey
spent tHe|r tH|rd year. 1Hey a|so Have a cHo|ce ol a
rane ol modu|es wH|cH deepens tHe|r understand|n ol
contemporary Luropean /lla|rs.
Eng||sh
Lnjoy|n 0r|entat|on
Year I
/ samp|e ol ||terature |n var|ous enres and lrom a
rane ol H|stor|ca| per|ods.
Year Z
/ more tHorouH round|n |n 0rama, loetry,
l|ct|on and Cr|t|c|sm up to 9CC.
Year 3
/ w|de rane ol modu|es |nc|ud|n contemporary
lr|sH, Ln||sH and /mer|can l|terature, 1Heory and
C|nema; |n a|| tHe spec|a||st l|e|ds covered by tHe
teacH|n stall.
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ln tHe tH|rd year, students attend a un|vers|ty |n a
country ol tHe|r se|ected |anuae.
In France: bennes l and ll; Nantes; laros lll; 3c|ences
lo; lyon lll; /|xen lrovence lLl and l|moes.
In Germany: lun|cH; bonstanz and Bonn.
In Austr|a: lnnsbruck.
In Ita|y: 3|ena; l|orence; leru|a and Bo|ona.
In Spa|n: 3ant|ao; 3a|amanca; 3ev|||e and Cad|z.
l/ |n Luropean lnterat|on 3tud|es.
l/ |n Luropean 0eve|opment 3tud|es.
llH||/lH0 |n Luropean 3tud|es.
New l|brary w|n, 0CC
Student Frcf||e
Ida Hc|dhus,
Year 3, B/ |Hons |Luropean lnterat|on 3tud|es
"Be|n a 3econd Year student ol Luropean
3tud|es at 0CC Has lu|l|||ed a|| my expectat|ons
and conv|nced me tHat l w|||, w|tH|n tHree years
at 0CC and one year abroad, be we|| su|ted
lor a number ol |nterest|n and d|verse jobs.
1He course |s we|| structured and prov|des an
exce||ent comb|nat|on ol |anuaes and stud|es ol
Lurope |n sma|| c|asses w|tH He|plu| and |nsp|r|n
teacHers, and botH my know|ede and |nterest |n
tHe subjects Have rown cons|derab|y tHrouHout
tHe year. l want to |earn about tHe wor|d and
Luropean 3tud|es at 0CC |s a ood p|ace to
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Why study Fc|k|cre
lo|k|ore at underraduate |eve| |s des|ned to |ve
students botH pract|ca| and tHeoret|ca| know|ede.
3tudents rece|ve pract|ca| tra|n|n |n arcH|v|n and
|nterv|ew|n tecHn|ques. lo|k|ore prov|des students w|tH
translerab|e sk|||s app||cab|e to otHer subjects |n tHe
Co||ee. 3tudents are prov|ded w|tH tHe opportun|ty
to deve|op tHe|r own area ol |nterest by means ol
|nd|v|dua| project researcH |n 3econd and 1H|rd Year
and as a resu|t a s|n|l|cant number ol raduates
pursue tHe|r study to lasters and 0octorate |eve|.
Subject Dverv|ew
1He overa|| a|m ol tH|s proramme |s tHe deve|opment
ol students' know|ede and sk|||s |n a w|de rane ol
areas concern|n lo|k|ore. 3tudents Have tHe ab|||ty
to l|nd and deve|op tHe|r own area ol |nterest as a
resu|t ol projectbased assessment. l|e|d tr|ps prov|de
students w|tH tHe opportun|ty lor lurtHer |nterpretat|on
ol tHeory and pract|ce.
0raduates Have secured emp|oyment |n tHe areas ol
soc|a| researcH, tHe museum and Her|tae sector,
educat|on, med|a and tour|sm.
Fc|k|cre
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Year I
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and LtH|cs ol l|e|d work
H|stor|ca| Backround to
LtHnorapHy
Year Z
1He b|se ol lo|k|ore and LtHno|oy
lntroduct|on to carry|n out besearcH |n lo|k|ore

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Narrat|ve Be||el and b|tua| |n

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Year 3
later|a| Cu|ture |n tHe last and lresent
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letHods
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Why study French
lrencH |s a manys|ded subject: |t compr|ses botH
tHe |ntens|ve study ol a lore|n |anuae and tHe
deve|opment ol know|ede and understand|n ol
a major wor|d cu|ture. /|| students ol lrencH are
concerned w|tH a common area, name|y tHe lrencH
|anuae. 1He study ol tHe subject a|so |eads to work
on lrencH and lrancopHone l|terature, H|story, 1HouHt,
Cu|ture, 3oc|ety, lo||t|cs and l|nu|st|cs. 1He benel|ts to
students tHat l|ow lrom tHe study ol lrencH |nc|ude tHe
acqu|s|t|on ol key translerab|e sk|||s, |nc|ud|n tHose ol
|nlormat|on atHer|n, ana|ys|s and |nterpretat|on.
1He 0epartment ol lrencH |s a |are commun|ty
ded|cated to prov|d|n teacH|n ol tHe H|Hest order.
lt |nc|udes a |are number ol nat|ve lrencH speakers
and members ol tHe 0epartment, wHo Have tHemse|ves,
rece|ved tHe|r educat|on |n un|vers|t|es |n lre|and,
lrance and Br|ta|n, and wHo w||| |ve expert teacH|n
and u|dance |n |anuae |earn|n and |n tHe study ol a
lore|n cu|ture.
Subject Dverv|ew
1He study ol lrencH |anuae and lrencH cu|ture |s
c|ose|y |nterated. 1He teacH|n ol tHe lrencH |anuae
|s undertaken |n sma|| roups and some ol tH|s teacH|n
|s |ven |n tHe med|um ol lrencH. lanuae work
locuses on tHe deve|opment ol an advanced |eve| ol
competence |n tHe sk|||s ol read|n, wr|t|n, speak|n
and ||sten|n.
1eacH|n a|so locuses on lrencH cu|ture ol tHe past
and tHe present. 1H|s aspect ol tHe study ol tHe
subject prov|des tHe opportun|ty to acqu|re a capac|ty
lor cr|t|ca| tH|nk|n, |nterpretat|on, ana|ys|s, arument
and commun|cat|on. ln eacH year, students work
on ||terature and |deas |n a ser|es ol core modu|es
compr|s|n botH |ectures and sem|nars.
ln tHe 3econd and l|na| Year, spec|a||sed or e|ect|ve
modu|es are prov|ded |n tHe lrencH |anuae,
l|nu|st|cs ||.e. tHe systemat|c study ol |anuae,
l|terature, tHe H|story ol ldeas, Cu|tura| 3tud|es
|extend|n over a rane ol lorms ol cu|tura|
product|on |n modern and contemporary lrance,
French
Honan l|aza
and lo||t|cs and 3oc|ety. 1He d|vers|ty ol lrencH as
a un|vers|ty subject means tHat |t |s adm|rab|y su|ted to
cater to a w|de rane ol |nterests, but |t prov|des
at tHe same t|me a locused |nte||ectua| tra|n|n.
Study F|acement
3tudents wHo cHoose tHe lanuae and Cu|tura| 3tud|es
stream or wHo cHoose lrencH |n tHe Luropean 3tud|es
stream w||| spend Year 3 study|n at a un|vers|ty |n
lrance or Be||um.
Careers |n wH|cH know|ede ol lrencH can be
used d|rect|y |nc|ude tHe pub||c serv|ce |n lre|and
and |n Lurope; Her|tae manaement and tour|sm;
|nternat|ona| bus|ness, adm|n|strat|on; |nlormat|on
and commun|cat|on tecHno|oy.
lany students undero lurtHer educat|on to ava||
ol tHese and otHer opportun|t|es and to extend tHe
rane ol know|ede and sk|||s tHey Have acqu|red.
1He 0epartment prov|des a w|de rane ol postraduate
teacH|n |n lanuae and l|nu|st|cs, l|terature, ldeas,
Cu|tura| 3tud|es, lo||t|cs and 3oc|ety, 1rans|at|on
3tud|es and part|c|pates w|tH otHer 0epartments |n a
rane ol |nterd|sc|p||nary prorammes.
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Why study Gae||ge,Ir|sh
/ student wHo cHooses 0ae||e/lr|sH as part ol H|s/Her
/rts deree proramme can expect to enjoy a un|que
cu|tura| enr|cHment. /s we|| as acqu|r|n tHe ora| and
wr|tten commun|cat|ons sk|||s wH|cH are an essent|a|
part ol a un|vers|ty |anuae course, tHe student ol
0ae||e/lr|sH deve|ops |nlormed op|n|ons on lr|sH ||le
and c|v|||sat|on tHrouH an acqua|ntance w|tH tHe var|ous
sources ol |nlormat|on on our Her|tae and lam|||ar|ty
w|tH lr|sH ||terature lrom ear|y t|mes to tHe present.
Cursa| Sta|d|r
1 |d|r tHeana aus ||tr|ocHt | ce|st | cursa| na
0ae||e. ls | an 0Hae||e le|n an men teaa|sc.
B|onn rananna beaa ar s|u| |na nd|r|tear ar scr|obH
na teana. 0eantar curam ar |e|tH den teana
|abHartHa sa 3aotHar|ann 1eana aus sna rananna
comHr. CotHa|tear sc||eanna |e|tHeo|reacHta aus
|e|rmHeas|reacHta sna cursa| ||tr|ocHta. 3cruda|tear
ne|tHe easu|a de sta|r cHu|turtHa na HL|reann.
0eantar sta|dear ar tHeana aus ar ||tr|ocHt na 0ae||e
tHosacH a|ms|re anuas o dt| an | |nn|u. Cu|reann an
d bo|nn na cursa| ce|me ar l|| | bp|rt |e cHe||e: bo|nn
na Nua0Hae||e aus bo|nn na 3ean aus na len
0Hae||e.
Anc|||ary Fac|||t|es
lonad na 0ae||e labHartHa, |n /ras 0| batHa|||e,
possesses a l|ne co||ect|on ol tapes and v|deos on lr|sH
matters. 1He Boo|e l|brary, |n add|t|on to tHe lr|sH books
|n tHe Human|t|es sect|on, Ho|ds a spec|a| co||ect|on ol
or||na| lr|sH manuscr|pts, m|crol||ms and rare books.
lnterm tr|ps to 0un CH|omH|n, 0CC's House near
Ba||ylerr|ter |n tHe west berry 0ae|tacHt, add a spec|a|
soc|a| and cu|tura| l|avour to tHe students' academ|c
course. 3cHo|arsH|ps are ava||ab|e to students to enab|e
tHem to spend |oner per|ods |n tHe 0ae|tacHt dur|n
tHe co||ee Ho||days. / v|brant lr|sH|anuae soc|ety, /n
CHua||acHt 0Hae|acH, oran|ses dramas, debates and
Gae||ge,Ir|sh
l! is recommended !ha! s!uden!s selec!in
Uaeilelrish should have a minimum Urade HL3
in !he Leavin Ler!iica!e lrish examina!ion, or
equivalen!.
3t 0obna|t by Harry C|arke
var|ous soc|a| act|v|t|es, tHe annua| H|H||Ht ol wH|cH |s
tHe week|on 3prao| Co|s lao| |n tHe l|rst term.
/s part ol 0CC's b|||nua| po||cy, oll|c|a||y adopted
by 0overn|n Body, a sect|on ol /ras 0| 1Huama |s
reserved lor lr|sHspeak|n students wHo rece|ve an
annua| scHo|arsH|p ol bCC on lu|l|||ment ol tHe re|evant
cond|t|ons.
Subject Dverv|ew
1He 0epartments ol lr|sH are un|que|y pos|t|oned to
prov|de an |ns|Ht |nto tHe ancestra| |anuae, ||terature
and cu|ture ol lre|and. lor tHe students |t can be a
enu|ne|y sat|sly|n encounter: tHere |s tHe sense ol
work|n |n an or||na| way w|tH mater|a| tHat c|ose|y
concerns tHemse|ves.
1He 0epartment ollers lasters and lH0 prorammes
|n lodern lr|sH. lany students come Here lrom otHer
countr|es to do postraduate work, part|cu|ar|y |n tHe
area ol Lar|y and led|eva| lr|sH. 0ur postraduate
students Have been very successlu| |n obta|n|n
researcH lund|n lrom bod|es sucH as tHe lr|sH besearcH
Counc|| lor tHe Human|t|es and 3oc|a| 3c|ences.
3|m||ar|y, our raduates are we|| represented on tHe
lacu|t|es ol otHer |nst|tut|ons, at Home and abroad.
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Why study Gecgraphy
0eorapHy lor some be|ons to tHe Human|t|es and
tHe 3oc|a| 3c|ences, but trad|t|ona||y |t a|so Has a
stron Lnv|ronmenta| 3c|ence d|mens|on w|tH lHys|ca|
0eorapHy, e.. |n tHe areas ol 0eomorpHo|oy,
B|oeorapHy and, w|tH|n 0CC, part|cu|ar|y |n
C||mato|oy, Coasta| and lar|ne 3c|ence, Lnv|ronmenta|
lanaement and lo||cy, and 0eorapH|ca| lnlormat|on
3ystems |0l3.
0n tHe Human|t|es s|de tHe major areas ol study are
|n Cu|tura|, H|stor|ca|, 3oc|a|, lo||t|ca| 0eorapHy and
landscape 3tud|es. 1He ma|nstream 3oc|a| 3c|ence
empHas|s |s upon Lconom|c, 0rban, bura| and
0eve|opment 0eorapHy and l|ann|n. 1Hese d|llerent
tHemat|c stud|es are brouHt toetHer w|tH w|der
courses on tHe nature ol 0eorapHy and |n tHe re|ona|
ana|yses ol Lurope espec|a||y lber|a and lre|and, NortH
Centra|3outH /mer|ca.
/n |nterated use ol a rane ol tecHn|ca| sk|||s are
a|so stressed |n many areas, sucH as |n cartorapHy,
0l3comput|n, |n l|e|d and |aboratory based work.
ln summary, 0eorapHy's locus |s on tHe nature ol
peop|e's re|at|onsH|ps w|tH tHe env|ronment at a
rane ol tempora| and spat|a| ||.e. |oba|, nat|ona|,
re|ona| and |oca| sca|es ol ana|ys|s.
1He a|m ol tHe course |s to deve|op a ood work|n
know|ede ol tHe d|llerent tHemat|c, re|ona| and sk|||s
areas ol tHe demand|n d|sc|p||ne. 1He 0eorapHy
0epartment a|so part|c|pates |n tHe lour year B/
|Luropean 3tud|es and |n tHe louryear B/ |lanuae
and Cu|tura| 3tud|es.
Subject Dverv|ew
3tudents ol 0eorapHy deve|op a w|de rane ol
pract|ca| and uselu| sk|||s. /part lrom ||brary stud|es
and |ectures, students a|so comp|ete pract|ca| work |n
courses, e.. lHys|ca| 0eorapHy, CartorapHy, 0l3
and computer ||nked work. l|e|dwork and l|e|d reports
are an |ntera| part ol tHe |earn|n process, as are
course ass|nments, tutor|a|s, essays and opportun|t|es
to undertake or||na| researcH. 0|ssertat|ons can be
undertaken |n tHe l|na| year ol stud|es.
Gecgraphy
Year I
0ne|tHe de 3Hao| aus de l|tr|ocHt na 0ae||e
Ceart na 0ae||e |d|r 3cr|obH aus labHa|rt

Year Z
0s|d aus Cru|nneas na 0ae||e
/n
0earrscea|
l|||ocHt na H0cHtu H/o|se 0ea
l|tr|ocHt BHe|| na 0ae||e
lrs na 3eacHtu
H/o|se 0ea
loa|nmn|ocHt na 0ae||e

0|a|anna na 0ae||e
l|tr|ocHt na Naou H/o|se

0ea
3ta|r na 1eana
1us 3ta|de|r ar
3cea|a|ocHt na 3ean0Hae||e
Year 3
Cru|nneas na 0ae||e |d|r 3cr|obH aus labHa|rt
l|tr|ocHt na 0ae|tacHta | Cu|e lumHan

l|||ocHt na 3eacHtu H/o|se 0ea
NualH|||ocHt
na 0ae||e
3cea|a|ocHt na Nua0Hae||e
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t0rscea| sa 0Hae||e
/n l||e aus an ltrun
/n 0Hae||e aus an loba|
l|||ocHt na Nua
0Hae||e lua|tHe
leamH aus l|tr|u na 0ae||e
/n t/|str|u l|teartHa
3cea| aus 3a|ocHt

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Cu|tra l|tr|ocHa na 3ean aus na

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1HouH most courses are tauHt tHrouH |ectures,
sma|| roup work |n sem|nars, |aborator|es and |n
tHe l|e|d are cons|dered an essent|a| part. 3tudents
w||| Have d|rect access to at |east one stall tutor.
0epartmenta| lac|||t|es and sources |nc|ude tHe ma|n
un|vers|ty co||ect|on ol maps and at|ases. 1Here are
spec|a||st |aborator|es lor lHys|ca| 0eorapHy, la|aeo
env|ronmenta| /na|yses, /|r lHoto lnterpretat|on
and lor 0l3 and Computer CartorapHy. / rane
ol m|crocomputers, ||nks to tHe Computer Centres
ma|nlrame computers and lnternet are ava||ab|e.
1auHt lasters |nc|ude l/ |n Coasta| lanaement
3ystems, lasters |n l|ann|n & 3usta|nab|||ty, l/ |n
Luropean 0eve|opment 3tud|es, l/ |n Contemporary
l|rat|on & 0|aspora 3tud|es, l3c |n 0l3 and bemote
3ens|n. llH|| and lH0 opportun|t|es are a|so
ava||ab|e.
Why study German
0erman |s spoken by tHe H|Hest number ol peop|e
|n tHe Luropean 0n|on. 3tudy|n 0erman opens tHe
ates to tHe |nte||ectua|, econom|c and cu|tura| r|cHes
ol Centra| Lurope |0ermany, /ustr|a, 3w|tzer|and.
0erman |s tHe |anuae ol "|nternat|ona| |cons' |n, lor
examp|e, tHe areas ol pH||osopHy |larx, ||terature
|0oetHe, balka, mus|c |lozart, BacH, BeetHoven,
l||m |lassb|nder, tHeatre |BrecHt, psycHo|oy |lreud,
sc|ence |L|nste|n, re|||on |lutHer - to name just a lew.
wH||e study|n 0erman w|tH tHe a|m ol us|n |t
proless|ona||y |ater on, you w||| become aware ol How
|mportant |t |s to be know|edeab|e about tHe |anuae
w|tH|n tHe cu|tura| and H|stor|ca| contexts |n wH|cH tHe
0erman |anuae |s spoken. 1He s|ze ol tHe 0epartment
a||ows lor stall and students to et to know eacH otHer
qu|ck|y, and many c|asses are sma|| enouH to a||ow lor
|ntens|ve excHane ol |deas. 3tudents a|so enjoy a H|H
|eve| ol leedback on a|| work subm|tted.
Subject Dverv|ew
ln l|rst Year |ntens|ve |anuae work |n sma|| roups w|||
|ve you an opportun|ty to conso||date and deepen your
know|ede ol 0erman rammar and vocabu|ary and to
become more conl|dent |n speak|n 0erman.
1He ||terature and cu|ture course |s des|ned to acqua|nt
you w|tH a ser|es ol ||terary, art|st|c and l||m|c examp|es
ol modern 0erman cu|ture rel|ect|n deve|opments |n
Lurope and wor|dw|de.
ln 3econd and l|na| Year pract|ca| |anuae work w|||
cont|nue to p|ay a major part |n tHe lorm ol trans|at|on,
rammar, d|scuss|on and essay wr|t|n. 1He cHosen
top|cs w||| serve to deepen your know|ede ol ||le and
soc|ety |n 0ermanspeak|n countr|es and on contrasts
and s|m||ar|t|es between your env|ronment and tHe
0erman, /ustr|an or 0erman3w|ss env|ronment, as we||
German
S!uden!s selec!in einners Uerman mus! have
ob!ained a! leas! a rade HL1 in ano!her lanuae
in !he Leavin Ler!iica!e Lxamina!ion, or equivalen!.
S!uden!s selec!in Noneinners Uerman mus!
have achieved a! leas! a rade HL1 in Uerman.
Gecgraphy
Year I
ln l|rst /rts 0eorapHy comb|nes stron|y w|tH

/rcHaeo|oy, Lconom|cs, Ln||sH, lrencH, H|story,
lr|sH, latHemat|cs and 3oc|o|oy. No prev|ous
qua||l|cat|on |s requ|red lor entry to 0eorapHy,
wH|cH |s des|ned lor tHose wHo Have stud|ed tHe
subject belore as we|| as lor tHose wHo Have not.
Year Z
1He 3econd Year prov|des lor spec|a||sat|on

|n a rane ol courses, sucH as H|stor|ca|, 0rban,
Lconom|c 0eorapHy, Coasta|/lar|ne, C||mate or
0eve|opment 3tud|es. /|| courses empHas|se tHe
requ|s|t|on ol eorapH|ca| l|e|d, ||brary, |aboratory
and mapp|n sk|||s.
Year 3
1He l|na| Year a||ows lor lurtHer deve|opment

ol |nterests and/or an extens|on |nto areas sucH
as 0eorapHy, Lnv|ronmenta| lanaement and
lar|ne lo||cy and 0l3.
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and tHe|rs.
Study F|acement
or Luropean 3tud|es deree proramme w||| spend Year
1Hree study|n at a un|vers|ty |n 0ermany.
0ne Year 1auHt l/ |n 0erman 3tud|es;
llH|| |besearcH, lH0 |besearcH;
H0|p |n /rts |0erman
lor lurtHer |nlormat|on see:
www.ucc.|e,german,pcstgraduatestud|es
Why study Greek
/nc|ent 0reek |s tHe Luropean |anuae w|tH tHe
|onest cont|nuous ||terary H|story, be|nn|n w|tH
tHe c|ay tab|ets lrom bnossos |btH century BC and
cont|nu|n tHrouH tHe ep|cs ol Homer |c.tH century
BC to tHe wr|ters ol Byzant|um |n tHe btH century /0
|and cont|nu|n |n anotHer lorm |nto tHe modern per|od
w|tH lodern 0reek. lrom tHe bena|ssance onwards,
moreover, 0reek became an |ntera| and |nl|uent|a|
part ol tHe educat|on system. 3tudents |nterested |n
|nte||ectua| H|story or any ol tHe nat|ona| ||teratures lrom
tHe bena|ssance onwards sHou|d tH|nk ol do|n tH|s
course.
Subject Dverv|ew
0reek |s tauHt lrom scratcH us|n a textbook spec|a||y
wr|tten lor adu|t |earners. ln 3econd Year tHe study ol
tHe know|ede ol tHe |anuae |s deepened by spec|l|c
autHors.

lor lurtHer |nlormat|on see our webs|te:
www.ucc.|e,acad,c|ass|cs
Greek
1HrouH tHe 0ates
Year I
/n lntroduct|on to C|ass|ca| 0reek

Year Z
bead|n 0reek
New 1estament 0reek

Year 3
New 1estament 0reek

Ureek is available in lirs! Year and !herea!er
only as a 10 credi! subjec! in !he sinle subjec!
proramme.
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Why study Greek and Rcman C|v|||sat|cn
0reek and boman C|v|||sat|on |ntroduces tHe student
to tHe H|story and cu|tures ol tHe 0reeks and bomans,
and to How tHese cu|tures oversaw tHe b|rtH and
deve|opment ol tHe western wor|d |nc|ud|n CHr|st|an|ty.
1He study ol tHe|r ||terary, pH||osopH|ca| and art|st|c
Her|tae Has Hue|y |nl|uenced western cu|ture, mak|n
tH|s course a rea||y |mportant adjunct to tHe study ol a||
tHe Luropean ||teratures, Ln||sH, H|story, lH||osopHy,
be|||ous 3tud|es and tHe H|story ol /rt.
Subject Dverv|ew
0reek and boman C|v|||sat|on |ntroduces students
to tHe centra| aspects ol tHese two anc|ent cu|tures,
tHe|r H|stor|es, tHe|r ||teratures, tHe|r soc|a| patterns,
tHe|r art|st|c acH|evements and tHe|r |eacy to tHe
|ater wor|d. ln 3econd and l|na| Year, students are
tra|ned lurtHer |n a number ol tHe aspects treated
|n Year 0ne.
l/ |n 0reek and boman C|v|||sat|on.
llH|| |n 0reek and boman C|v|||sat|on.
lH0 |n 0reek and boman C|v|||sat|on.
Greek and Rcman
C|v|||sat|cn
Why study H|stcry cf Art
1He H|story ol /rt |s a v|ta| and cHa||en|n d|sc|p||ne
ol qu|te part|cu|ar re|evance to tHe |nterests and
needs ol contemporary soc|ety. we ||ve |n a wor|d
dom|nated by |maes, and tHe essence ol modern
cu|ture |s v|sua|. Lven so, many peop|e lee| ||| at ease
w|tH v|sua| |nlormat|on and do not understand tHe
or||ns or even tHe mean|n ol tHe |maes by wH|cH
tHey are surrounded. 1He study ol H|story ol /rt, w|tH
|ts procedures ol v|sua| ana|ys|s, descr|pt|on, and
cr|t|c|sm, can teacH you lundamenta| and or||na| sk|||s:
an ab|||ty to d|scern qua||ty |n v|sua| matters, to access
creat|v|ty, to d|scr|m|nate between tHe except|ona| and
tHe rout|ne, and to make v|sua| judments. ln sHort, tHe
course prov|des you w|tH a l|rm loundat|on on wH|cH to
bu||d an understand|n ol tHe v|sua| cu|ture and pHys|ca|
env|ronment ol modernday lre|and.
Frcgramme Dverv|ew
Year 0ne Has been des|ned to cover tHe H|story and
tHeory assoc|ated w|tH tHe major pHases ol western art
and arcH|tecture - lrom c|ass|ca| ant|qu|ty to tHe present
- and to exam|ne tHe cr|t|ca| concepts tHat underp|n tHe
cu|ture ol tHe v|sua| arts |n tHe west. lt |s an exc|t|n
and st|mu|at|n course tHat teacHes students to use
tHe|r eyes, to ask quest|ons, and to Have conl|dence |n
tHe|r own cr|t|ca| judments.
Years 1wo and 1Hree bu||d on tHe art H|stor|ca|
lundaments estab||sHed |n Year 0ne by oller|n
a ser|es ol H|stor|ca||y and tHemat|ca||yspec|l|c
c|asses, a||ow|n students to cons|der mater|a|
|n more deta|| and to perlect tHe|r sk|||s |n v|sua|
||teracy. 1He courses are supp|emented by tutor|a|s,
wH|cH are studentcentred, support|ve |earn|n
env|ronments |n wH|cH part|cu|ar |ssues can be
d|scussed |n more deta||. 3tudy tr|ps to lar|s,
Ber||n, l|orence, london, New York and bome
are a cruc|a| part ol tHe |earn|n process.
H|Her 0|p|oma |n /rts |H|story & /rt
l/ |n lodern and Contemporary /rt |1auHt
l/ /estHet|cs and H|story ol /rt |1auHt
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Year I
lntroduct|on to 0reek and boman H|story and

l|terature
Year Z
1He b|se ol /tHens
boman lmper|a| H|story

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boman l|terature
0reek
lytHo|oy
/nc|ent be|||on
Byzant|um and
tHe b|se ol ls|am
Year 3
/|exander tHe 0reat
late boman H|story

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0reek l|terature
boman
l|terature
1rave| wr|t|n
3pec|a| 1op|cs |n
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1He b|se ol CHr|st|an|ty |/0 3CZ4

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Why study H|stcry
1He study ol H|story at 0CC He|ps contr|bute towards
tHe act|ve c|t|zensH|p wH|cH lre|and and |oba| soc|ety
enera||y needs to meet tHe cHa||enes ol tHe modern
wor|d. 1He H|story 0epartment tra|ns you |n tHe
essent|a| sk|||s ol tHe H|stor|an: worksk|||s and ||le sk|||s
tHat sHou|d He|p you, as an educated person, to et a
job and et sat|slact|on out ol ||le.
Subject Dverv|ew
1eacH|n |s done tHrouH |ectures, tutor|a|s and
sem|nars. lectures |ve you loundat|on and u|dance.
1utor|a|s deve|op your sk|||s |n wr|t|n and ana|ys|s |n
sma|| |nlorma| roups ol your le||ow students under
tHe u|dance ol a tutor. 3em|nars are a|so conducted
|n sma|| roups and enab|e you to rel|ne your tH|nk|n
and commun|cat|on sk|||s at an advanced |eve|. lt |s
part|cu|ar|y |mportant lor lr|sH students to be ab|e to
p|ace tHe H|story ol tHe|r own country |n comparat|ve
perspect|ve. 1Hey can tHen eva|uate to wHat extent lr|sH
exper|ence rel|ects Luropean or |oba| deve|opments,
and to wHat extent |t may be deemed d|st|nct|ve.
0ur approacH to teacH|n tHerelore empHas|ses tHe
comparat|ve aspect wHerever appropr|ate.
Cork |s an act|ve centre ol raduate researcH |n H|story.
1He 0epartment ollers l/, llH|| and lH0 prorammes.
lurtHer |nlormat|on |s ava||ab|e lrom tHe 0epartment.
H|stcry
0uard|an /ne|
Year I
western la|nt|n, 3cu|pture and /rcH|tecture

lrom 0reece and bome tHrouH to Contemporary
/rt
Year Z
lodern|sm |n Lurope, bC94C
lortra|ture
/rt and latronae |n tHe bena|ssance
lodern|sm and lostmodern|sm
1He H|story and

1Heory ol lHotorapHy
Year 3
H|stor|orapHy
Current letHodo|o|es
led|eva| /rt
bena|ssance /rt
Baroque
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bomant|c|sm
/rt ol tHe /cademy
1He V|sua| Cu|ture ol tHe we|mar bepub||c
lHotorapHy and lost lodern|sm
1He H|story
and 1Heory ol 0raw|n
Year I
lntroduct|on to H|story
Year Z
lre|and, Lurope and tHe w|der wor|d
Case 3tudy |n H|stor|ca| 1ecHn|ques
lnlormat|on bevo|ut|ons
0pt|ons
lroject
Year 3
H|stor|ca| 0ebates
3em|nar
lroject
Career Dppcrtun|t|es |n the H|stcry cf Art
/ B/ |n H|story ol /rt uarantees v|sua| ||teracy
comb|ned w|tH l|uent verba| and wr|tten sk|||s, may |ead
to an |nternat|ona| career |n: Journa||sm, led|a & l||m;
0es|n and lasH|on; /dvert|s|n and lub||c be|at|ons;
tHe Her|tae lndustry and Cu|tura| 1our|sm; lnlormat|on
1ecHno|oy and tHe lnternet; /rts /dm|n|strat|on; /rt
larket, /uct|on Houses and /nt|ques Consu|tancy work;
luseum and 0a||ery work; 1eacH|n and besearcH.
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Why study Ita||an
lor centur|es, lta|y Has p|ayed a centra| ro|e |n western
cu|ture. 1He ment|on ol bome, l|orence and Ven|ce
a|one |mmed|ate|y br|ns to m|nd lta|y's |mpact on
Luropean c|v|||zat|on and cu|ture. 1oday's lta||ans
bu||d on tH|s r|cH Her|tae |n new l|e|ds lrom c|nema
to des|n, lrom lasH|on to en|neer|n and as we|| as
be|n one ol tHe 0 countr|es, lta|y |s an |mportant
market lor lr|sH Lxports. 3tudents tak|n lta||an at 0CC,
botH be|nners and nonbe|nners, rece|ve H|H qua||ty,
|ntens|ve |anuae tu|t|on, |nc|ud|n access to on||ne
Computer/ss|sted lanuae learn|n |C/ll and
exp|ore a w|de rane ol lta||an cu|ture. lany students,
|nc|ud|n tHose w|tH no pr|or know|ede ol lta||an on
entry, acH|eve tHe H|Hest Honours standards by tHe
end ol tHe|r tHreeyear or louryear deree prorammes.
Subject Dverv|ew
3tudents |n a|| years ol tHe proramme study lta||an
|anuae and cu|ture, most|y |n sma|| roups, a||ow|n
tHem to reacH a H|H |eve| ol ||nu|st|c prol|c|ency and to
deve|op |mportant ana|yt|ca| sk|||s. ln tHe 0epartment's
awardw|nn|n l|rstYear cu|ture proramme, locus |s
on modern lta||an cu|ture and soc|ety. ln Year 1wo,
students exam|ne key texts |n modern lta||an ||terature
and cHoose lrom a rane ol opt|ona| courses on
||terature, c|nema and tHe med|a. ln l|na| Year, students
can study 0ante's 0ivine Lomedy, a c|ass|c ol wor|d
||terature, and cHoose courses on aspects ol lta||an
||terature, c|nema and art. ln a|| tHe prorammes,
cu|tura| courses prov|de tHe context lor |anuae study
and, at tHe same t|me, a|d |anuae acqu|s|t|on.
Ita||an
!here is no ormal prerequisi!e or s!udyin l!alian
bu! s!uden!s wishin !o !ake eg|nners' Ita||an
are recommended !o have a minimum o Urade
HL3 in ano!her modern con!inen!al lanuae, or
lrish, La!in, or Ureek in !he Leavin Ler!iica!e
Lxamina!ion (or equivalen!). S!uden!s wishin !o
!ake Ncn-eg|nners' Ita||an are recommended
!o have a minimum o Urade HL3 in l!alian in !he
Leavin Ler!iica!e Lxamina!ion (or equivalen!).
0raduate boom
Student Frcf||e
Thcmas Cash|n,
Year 3, /rts 3tudent
"0n||ke many otHers, l d|d not take H|story as a
leav|n Cert subject belore study|n at 0CC,
but |t d|d not make my work any Harder tHan
any otHer "budd|n' H|stor|an. wHat l enjoyed
about H|story at 0CC was botH How cHa||en|n
and contemporary tHe subject was lor me. 1He
courses ollered seem to t|e |n to top|ca| debates
sucH as Lm|rat|on and 0|aspora, as we|| as tHe
revo|ut|onary H|story ol our own state. H|story w|||
prov|de you w|tH v|ewpo|nts and op|n|ons wH|cH
you may l|nd out you never Had| 1He 0n|vers|ty
prov|des an exce||ent env|ronment w|tH|n wH|cH
to |nterpret tHese subjects and cHa||enes, and
tHe support ol stall and students a||ke Has been
lundamenta| to my stud|es and my student ||le.'
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/lter Year 0ne, students ol lta||an |n /rts can cHoose
one ol tHe lo||ow|n louryear deree prorammes;
tHe B/ lanuae and Cu|tura| 3tud|es |lC3, tHe B/
Luropean 3tud|es ||l tHey Have taken Luropean 3tud|es
|n l|rst Year.
3tudents tak|n lta||an |n lanuae and Cu|tura| 3tud|es
can spend Year 1Hree at a partner un|vers|ty |n lta|y
|Bo|ona, l|orence, 0enoa, ladua, bome, 0d|ne,
Ven|ce. 3tudents tak|n lta||an |n Luropean 3tud|es
spend Year 1Hree at tHe 0n|vers|ty ol 3|ena or tHe
0n|vers|ty ol Bo|ona.
1He lta||an Cu|tura| lnst|tute |n 0ub||n annua||y awards
sHort and |on term scHo|arsH|ps lor study |n lta|y.
3tall |n tHe 0epartment superv|se researcH post
raduates |llH||, lH0 |n tHe|r areas ol spec|a||sat|on:
n|neteentHcentury and twent|etH century lta||an
||terature, lta||an c|nema. 1He l/ |n lta||an |s a one year
lu||t|me proramme, cons|st|n ol two streams, one
cu|tura|, tHe otHer |anuae and trans|at|on based. /n
excHane a||ows students |n tHe l/ to spend a per|od
at a partner 0n|vers|ty |n bome.
Why study Lat|n
lat|n Has been at tHe cornerstone ol western educat|on
s|nce tHe end ol tHe boman Lmp|re |n tHe west.
Consequent|y, anyone w|tH tHe |ntent|on ol do|n
researcH |n led|eva| or Lar|y lodern H|story, tHe
H|story ol ldeas, led|eva| and bena|ssance /rt H|story,
or led|eva| and bena|ssance l|terature |n any |anuae
wou|d be we|| adv|sed to take tH|s course.
Subject Dverv|ew
lat|n |s tauHt lrom scratcH us|n a textbook spec|a||y
wr|tten lor adu|t |earners. ln 3econd Year tHe know|ede
ol tHe |anuae |s deepened by tHe study ol spec|l|c
autHors.
Lat|n
Year I
lntroduct|on to wr|tten and 3poken lta||an
lost0n|l|cat|on lta||an Cu|ture and 3oc|ety

Year Z
lntermed|ate lta||an lanuae
lodern lta||an
l|terature
lta||an and/or Luropean C|nema
1He lta||an led|a

Year 3
/dvanced lta||an lanuae
0ante's 0ivine
Comedy
lta||an l|terature, C|nema and /rt
Luropean C|nema
Year I
Bas|c 0rammar and 1rans|at|on 3k|||s
bead|n |n lat|n
Year Z
lat|n lanuae
bead|n lat|n
3a||ust
Year 3
lat|n lanuae
lat|n Lp|c loetry
boman
lyr|c and L|e|ac loetry
led|eva| lat|n
3a||ust
3ueton|us
La!in is only available in lirs! Year and !herea!er
only as a 10 credi! subjec! in !he sinle subjec!
proramme.
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Ducha|s
la|Heann an mac |e|nn tu|sc|nt aus eo|as ar
lr|omHtHeo|r|c| aus pr|omHcH|aonta| an mHacna|mH
taobH |st|H de dH|sc|p||n an bHea|o|d|s aus na
He|tneo|a|ocHta.
3ta|r, lorba|rt aus teama| |rnacHa acH ceann de
na lobHra|ns| sa d|sc|p||n, eaar s|s|a|ta, d|oscursa
ducHasacH, cu|tur bHardHa, cre|deamH aus re||||un.
lr|omHtHeama| ma|d|r |e Ha|tHr|s, cur ar aHa|dH aus
cur | |tHa|r an cHu|tu|r dHucHasa|H.
BunbHar cHun sta|dear a dHeanamH ar tHra|d|s|u|n
cHu|turtHa na HL|reann | comHtHeasc |d|rn|s|unta.
bhar an Mhcdu||
0|r|onn na modu|| ar
|a scea|a|ocHt tra|d|s|unta aus comHa|ms|re.
|b an deasHntH aus an s|omba|acHas sa
CHr|osta|ocHt cHo|teann aus sa cHre|deamH s|nseartHa.
|c an cu|tur bHardHa aus an te|cneo|a|ocHt mar |e|r|u
ar an bpr|seas cu|turtHa.
Ga|rmeacha eatha
le|n cHumars|de, ta|Hde, oba|r sH|s|a|ta aus
cHu|turtHa, cart|anna, musae|m, o|deacHas.
De|seanna |arch|me | gCc||ste na hD||scc||e,
Ccrca|gh
l|streacHt lHu|nte.
llH||.
lH0.
An Lann Ducha|s
ls cabhair mhor do mhic leann a bhei!h
compordach a leamh no a eis!each! le Uaeile.
Cad a fhcg|a|mec|dh tu
3tone Corr|dor, 0CC
||a|n a hAcn
1osacH 3ta|de|r ar leann an BHea|o|d|s
3cea|ta aus 3eancHas
le||e, Cre|deamH aus

le|Heas
/n Cu|tur /bHartHa aus s|| BHeatHa na

n0ao|ne
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1abHa|rt |steacH ar dHeanamH an ta|Hde san

L|tneo|a|ocHt | d1earma| na Cart|a|nne
Buntu|sc|nt a tHabHa|rt ar 3ta|r aus ar teacHt

cHun c|nn an BHea|o|d|s
3ta|dear an 3ao|dearcadH
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Buntu|sc|nt a tHabHa|rt ar sta|r

aus ar 1eacHt cHun C|nn an BHea|o|d|s
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Why study Mathemat|ca| Stud|es
latHemat|cs |s a powerlu| and versat||e too| lor so|v|n
pract|ca| prob|ems and a H|H|y creat|ve l|e|d ol
study, comb|n|n |o|c and prec|s|on w|tH |ntu|t|on and
|ma|nat|on. latHemat|c|ans seek to revea| and exp|a|n
patterns and to ana|yse and measure rowtH and
cHane. latHemat|cs, botH as a |anuae and a body
ol know|ede and tecHn|que, Has |on been recon|sed
as prov|d|n tHe lundamenta| underp|nn|n ol 3c|ence
and 1ecHno|oy. 1oday tHe |nl|uence and app||cab|||ty
ol latHemat|cs |nc|udes tHe lHys|ca| 3c|ences and
Ln|neer|n, led|c|ne, Bus|ness and l|nance, tHe l|le
3c|ences and tHe 3oc|a| 3c|ences.
Subject Dverv|ew
latHemat|ca| 3tud|es |s a broad|y based course |n tHe
tHeory and pract|ce ol matHemat|cs, spec|a||y des|ned
lor students |n tHe Co||ee ol /rts, Ce|t|c 3tud|es and
3oc|a| 3c|ences.
Fcstgraduate Dppcrtun|t|es
llH|| |n latHemat|ca| 3tud|es
lH0 |n latHemat|ca| 3tud|es
Mathemat|ca| Stud|es
/ttend|n 1utor|a|s
Student Frcf||e
S|cbhan We|r,
3rd year B/, latHemat|ca| 3tud|es and /pp||ed
latHemat|cs
"wHat l ||ke about study|n latHemat|cs |s How
lresH, updated and pract|ca| tHe mater|a| |s, and
everytH|n |earnt can be |nstant|y re|ated to rea|
||le. 3ma|| c|ass s|zes, lr|end|y peop|e and a
3cHoo| tHat ensures every student |s we|| |ooked
alter, a|| comb|ne to create tHe perlect c|ass
atmospHere w|tH reat luture job prospects lor
every student.'
Year I
Year Z
0|llerent|a| Ca|cu|us
lntera| Ca|cu|us and

0|llerent|a| Lquat|ons
lntroduct|on to 3tat|st|cs
l|near /|ebra
0|screte latHemat|cs
0eometry
Year 3
lntroduct|on to /bstract /|ebra
0ynam|ca|
3ystems
/dvanced Ca|cu|us
L|ementary
Number 1Heory
1ranslormat|on 0eometry
H|story ol latHemat|cs
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Why study Mathemat|cs
latHemat|cs |s a powerlu| and versat||e too| lor
so|v|n pract|ca| prob|ems and a H|H|y creat|ve l|e|d ol
study, comb|n|n |o|c and prec|s|on w|tH |ntu|t|on and
|ma|nat|on. latHemat|c|ans seek to revea| and exp|a|n
patterns and to ana|yse and measure rowtH and
cHane. latHemat|cs, botH as a |anuae and a body
ol know|ede and tecHn|que, Has |on been recon|sed
as prov|d|n tHe lundamenta| underp|nn|n ol 3c|ence
and 1ecHno|oy. 1oday tHe |nl|uence and app||cab|||ty
ol latHemat|cs |nc|udes tHe lHys|ca| 3c|ences and
Ln|neer|n, led|c|ne, Bus|ness and l|nance, tHe l|le
3c|ences and tHe 3oc|a| 3c|ences.
Subject Dverv|ew
latHemat|cs |s a concentrated matHemat|cs course
|nvo|v|n a deeper study ol tHe concepts and tecHn|ques
ol lodern and C|ass|ca| latHemat|cs.
l/ |n latHemat|cs
llH|| |n latHemat|cs
lH0 |n latHemat|cs
Mathemat|cs
0ue !o !ime!able res!ric!ions, s!uden!s may no!
combine Ma!hema!ics wi!h Lel!ic Livilisa!ion and
Spanish, in lirs! Ar!s.
3tudent l1 3erv|ces
Student Frcf||e
Dav|d McEvcy,
3rd year B/
"l lound tHe courses |n latHemat|cs d|verse and
|nterest|n and l became more and more |ntr|ued
by tHe subject as l proressed |n tHe tHree years.
Bes|des do|n courses ||ke Ca|cu|us and /|ebra,
we a|so ot to use matHemat|ca| soltware and
do roup projects and present tHem to our c|ass.
3tudy|n matHemat|cs Has opened a |ot ol doors
lor me |n d|llerent careers, ||ke account|n,
comput|n and teacH|n, and l am Happy w|tH tHe
cHo|ce l made.'
Year I
lntroduct|on to /bstract /|ebra
lntroduct|on to l|near /|ebra
Ca|cu|us and /na|ys|s

Year Z
latHemat|ca|
Lxper|mentat|on and CHaos
0rd|nary 0|llerent|a|
Lquat|ons
l|near /|ebra
Number 1Heory
lu|t|var|ab|e Ca|cu|us
Year 3
b|n and l|e|d 1Heory
0|llerent|a| 0eometry ol Curves and 3urlaces
Comp|ex /na|ys|s
letr|c 3paces and

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0rapH 1Heory and Comb|nator|cs

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Why study Mus|c
lus|c |s a typ|ca| un|vers|ty /rts subject |n tHat |t
exp|ores our cu|tura| Her|tae and cu|t|vates sk|||s |n
l|nd|n and eva|uat|n |nlormat|on, commun|cat|n |deas
and mak|n sound judements. But |t a|so enta||s mucH
more: |t |ncreases our understand|n ol a powerlu|
word|ess |anuae; |t deve|ops our menta| and pHys|ca|
stam|na; |t |mproves our coord|nat|on and dexter|ty;
|t makes us more percept|ve; and |t teacHes us to
cooperate re||ab|y and sens|t|ve|y w|tH otHers.
Subject Dverv|ew
1He 0epartment ol lus|c, ollers tHree d|st|nct
prorammes |n lus|c.
CKI03 1He louryear Blus. 3tudents concentrate
ent|re|y on lus|c except lor anotHer subject occupy|n
Zb" ol tHe|r t|me |n l|rst lus|c.
CKI04 1He tHree year B/ /rtslus|c. 3tudents take
lus|c and lus|c|ansH|p w|tH two otHer subjects |n l|rst
Year, and lus|c w|tH one otHer subject tHerealter.
CKI0I 3tud|es |n lus|c wH|cH |s ava||ab|e as a l|rst
/rts subject and tHerealter as a C or ZC cred|t subject.
l/, llH||, lH0 |n lus|c.
Mus|c
S!uden!s are required !o pass !he Music en!rance
!es! which is held in Sprin each year.
Why study Fh||cscphy
Because |t |s so |nterest|n| lH||osopHy |s wHere
lundamenta| Human quest|ons are d|scussed. 1Hese
rane |n scope lrom tHe mer|ts ol democracy to tHe
mean|n ol ||le. 1Hey Have been centra| to c|v|||zat|on
lrom tHe ear||est days and Have not |ost tHe|r
re|evance |n tHe twentyl|rst century. lon alter you
Have l|n|sHed co||ee and lorotten even tHe names ol
your |ecturers, tHese |ssues w||| rema|n va||d lor every
student.
Subject Dverv|ew
1He l|rst Year course ollers an |ntroductory se|ect|on
to a lew typ|ca| pH||osopH|ca| |ssues, and to tHe way |n
wH|cH pH||osopHers o about tHe|r bus|ness. lor tHose
wHo cHoose to study lH||osopHy, tHere |s a w|de rane
ol spec|a||sed courses |n a|most a|| areas tHat are
stud|ed |n western and Lastern lH||osopHy.
1He 0epartment ollers a oneyear tauHt l/ as we|| as
an llH||/lH0. 0ur ma|n object|ve |n tHe l/ proramme
|s to advance students' enera| pH||osopH|ca| educat|on
wH||e at tHe same t|me |v|n tHem tHe opportun|ty to
pursue tHe|r own pH||osopH|ca| |nterest.
Fh||cscphy
Year I
ln l|rst Year, students are |ntroduced to tHe
exam|nat|on ol lus|c |n |ts H|stor|ca| and cu|tura|
context.
Year Z and 3
3econd and 1H|rd Year 3tud|es |n lus|c oller
students a rane ol opt|ons to cHoose lrom sucH
as lus|c and Cu|ture, Creat|n lus|c, Compos|t|on
worksHop, lerlormance, 3pec|a| lnterest 0pt|on.
Year I
LtH|cs
Lx|stent|a||sm
lH||osopHy ol l|nd
lntroduct|on to letapHys|cs
/s|an lH||osopHy
Year Z
beason|n and /rument
Lar|y lodern
lH||osopHy
lo||t|ca| lH||osopHy
lH||osopHy
ol l|nd
Lp|steomo|oy
/rt
Cont|nenta|
Luropean lH||osopHy
CH|nese lH||osopHy
Japanese lH||osopHy
lem|n|st lH||osopHy
V|o|ence and war

Year 3
1He Ln||Htenment
3pec|a| 1op|cs
lora|
1Heory
letapHys|cs
lH||osopHy and l||m
lodern lo||t|ca| 1HouHt
ldeo|oy and Cr|t|que
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Why study Fc||t|cs
ll you are |nterested |n lr|sH po||t|cs, |nternat|ona|
alla|rs, Human r|Hts, tHe a||ocat|on ol power and
resources |e.. Hea|tH, educat|on, env|ronment,
and conl||ct and cooperat|on |n Human soc|et|es,
tHen lo||t|cs |s tHe subject lor you. lo||t|cs |s an
exc|t|n, d|verse and dynam|c subject tHat produces
H|H|y |nlormed, adaptab|e and |ndependentm|nded
raduates.
/t 0CC we oller a w|de and expand|n var|ety ol
spec|a||sat|ons to students |n second and tH|rd year.
lnstruct|on |n d|verse sk|||s pr|nc|pa||y tHose assoc|ated
w|tH H|story, 0overnment and lH||osopHy are a|| part
ol tHe proramme. 0raduates pursue a w|de rane
ol cHa||en|n and lu|l||||n careers |n broadcast|n,
journa||sm, overnment, |aw, educat|on, researcH and
bus|ness.
Frcgramme Dverv|ew
1He l|rst Year course |ntroduces students to tHe
nature ol po||t|cs, tHe lr|sH po||t|ca| system, key po||t|ca|
concepts, and |nternat|ona| re|at|ons.
ln 3econd Year, students cHoose lrom a w|de rane
ol top|cs sucH as lode|s ol 0emocracy, lo||t|ca|
Corrupt|on, war and V|o|ence, tHe Luropean 0n|on,
Comparat|ve lo||t|cs, 03 lo||t|cs, lem|n|sm and
lo||t|ca| lH||osopHy.
ln 1H|rd Year, students Have an opportun|ty to do an
|ndeptH researcH d|ssertat|on on a spec|a| po||t|ca|
top|c ol tHe|r cHo|ce. 3tudents Have an opportun|ty to
cHoose lrom a w|de rane ol modu|es sucH as 0|oba|
0overnance, Contemporary lnternat|ona| Cr|ses, lssues
|n lr|sH lo||t|cs, Nuc|ear lo||t|cs and lro||lerat|on,
Lnv|ronmenta| lo||t|cs, lnternat|ona| 0ran|sat|ons,
lnternat|ona| be|at|ons, lr|sH lore|n lo||cy, lo||t|ca|
lora||ty, lo||t|ca| lH||osopHy and lo||t|ca| Lxtrem|sm.
Fc||t|cs
Student Frcf||e
Kr|s McE|h|nney,
lres|dent 3tudents' 0n|on |n ZCC//ZCC
"/n enjoyab|e and reward|n course, l wou|d
certa|n|y recommend |t to botH newcomers and
po||t|ca| Hacks a||ke - botH cou|d |earn a |ot. 0n
tHe day l raduated w|tH lo||t|cs, my dad asked
|l l was o|n to be a po||t|c|an. wHat He d|dn't
rea||se was tHat study|n po||t|cs tHrouH /rts
a||ows you study tHe rea| wor|d and deve|op tHe
sk|||s to make sense ol tHat wor|d. You w||| a|n
pract|ca| sk|||s wH|cH w||| prepare you lor many
lorms ol emp|oyment or lurtHer study. l've a|ways
Had an |nterest |n po||t|cs but tH|s proramme
|ves you tHe ana|yt|ca| sk|||s to know How and
wHy overnments |nteract w|tH soc|ety lrom an
|ntroductory |eve|.'
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Why study Re||g|cns and G|cba| D|vers|ty
ln be|||ons and 0|oba| 0|vers|ty you w||| study
d|llerent re|||ons, sucH as BuddH|sm, CHr|st|an|ty,
H|ndu|sm, ls|am, Juda|sm and 3|kH|sm, as we|| as
new re|||ons and a|ternat|ve sp|r|tua||t|es wH|cH are
sHap|n soc|et|es |n lre|and, Lurope, and tHrouHout
tHe wor|d. You w||| l|nd many reasons lor study|n
re|||ons, apart lrom persona| |nterest, just by
lo||ow|n tHe news. be|||on allects tHe persona| ||ves
ol |nd|v|dua|s. lt sHapes tHe beHav|our ol commun|t|es,
and |s ||nked to some ol tHe most press|n,
contemporary po||t|ca| and etH|ca| |ssues. 1H|s |s
a|so wHy tHe 3tudy ol be|||ons w||| comp|ement
otHer subjects you m|Ht take |n tHe B/ proramme.
be|||ons and 0|oba| 0|vers|ty |s concerned w|tH tHe
academ|c s!udy ol re|||ons. lt does not enqu|re |nto
your persona| be||els, nor |s |t t|ed to tHe |nterests ol
any re|||on. lt |s a subject lor anybody w|tH a ser|ous
|nterest |n re|||ons, wHetHer a lo||ower ol a part|cu|ar
re|||on or none.
Subject Dverv|ew
1He course Has a contemporary locus. lts w|de
ran|n exam|nat|on ol d|verse lorms ol re|||on
|n lre|and, Lurope, and |oba||y prov|des many
opportun|t|es to study part|cu|ar re|||ons |n deptH, to
exp|ore tHemat|c top|cs across a rane ol re|||ons
and soc|et|es, and to undertake |ndependent projects.
Re||g|cns and G|cba|
D|vers|ty
1He new|y created 0epartment ol 3tudy ol be|||ons
|s p|ann|n to oller lasters and lH0 prorammes,
wH|cH sHou|d be ava||ab|e to |ts l|rst roup ol
underraduate students on tHe|r comp|et|on ol tHe
B/ deree.
/s Human soc|ety |n lre|and and tHrouHout tHe wor|d
becomes more cu|tura||y d|verse, understand|n
d|llerent re|||ous be||els and pract|ces becomes
|ncreas|n|y |mportant |n tHe workp|ace, lor teacHers,
overnment, deve|opment aenc|es, |nternat|ona|
bus|ness, tHose |n tHe med|a, |n Hea|tHcare and
|n Human resources. ln add|t|on to He|p|n you to
deve|op tHe b|end ol spec|l|c and translerab|e sk|||s
common to a|| /rts subjects, be|||ons and 0|oba|
0|vers|ty w||| |ve you |ns|Hts |nto re|||on and
cu|ture, wH|cH sHou|d He|p you |n tHe workp|ace and
wHen seek|n emp|oyment.
Budd|sm - a wor|d re|||on
Year I
/n lntroduct|on to tHe 3tudy ol be|||ons,

|nc|ud|n a survey ol major re|||ons & exp|orat|on
ol tHeor|es and metHods used |n tHe 3udy ol
be|||ons
Year Z
ln 0eptH 3tudy ol ls|am, BuddH|sm, CHr|st|an|ty
be|||on and 0ender

Year 3
0urus, l|rs and 3He|ks
be|||on |n tHe
Contemporary wor|d
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Why study Span|sh
3pan|sH |s a major wor|d |anuae, spoken by
over 3bC m||||on peop|e |n 3pa|n and lat|n /mer|ca
|nc|ud|n lex|co as we|| as Centra| and 3outH
/mer|ca. /ccord|n to recent stat|st|cs, |t |s tHe
second most w|de|y spoken |anuae |n tHe wor|d,
alter landar|n CH|nese but belore Ln||sH. 1He 03/ |s
rap|d|y becom|n one ol tHe |arest 3pan|sH speak|n
countr|es |n tHe wor|d.
Subject Dverv|ew
3tudents study tHe |anuae ||nc|ud|n a|| sk|||s,
read|n, wr|t|n, ||sten|n and speak|n |n a|| years ol
tHe proramme. 1He course a|so |nvo|ves tHe study
ol tHe cu|ture ol tHe H|span|c peop|es tHrouH tHe|r
||terature, art and l||m.
ln Year 0ne, a|| students take an |ntroductory course
to tHe subject wH|cH covers areas as d|verse as
lodern and Contemporary 3pa|n, 1went|etH Century
lat|n /mer|ca |w|tH part|cu|ar locus on lex|co as we||
as tHe /rt and l|terature ol 0o|den /e 3pa|n. 1H|s
exposes tHem to tHe w|de rane ol top|cs ava||ab|e
w|tH|n H|span|c 3tud|es and enab|es tHem to make
an |nlormed cHo|ce |n second year w|tH reard to tHe
rane ol opt|ona| courses ava||ab|e.
3econd Year cont|nues w|tH tHe |mprovement ol
|anuae sk|||s as we|| as oller|n students tHe
opportun|ty to cHoose lrom a d|verse array ol opt|ons
|nc|ud|n 3pan|sH and lat|n /mer|can C|nema,
l|nu|st|cs, 0o|den /e /rt and l|terature, lodern
3pan|sH 0rama, 9tH Century 3pan|sH 1exts and
l|terature lrom tHe lex|can /mer|can Commun|ty ol
S!uden!s selec!in 7Z\^ccZghHeVc^h] mus! have
ob!ained a! leas! a Urade HL3 in ano!her modern
con!inen!al lanuae or lrish or La!in or Ureek in
!he Leavin Ler!iica!e Lxamina!ion or equivalen!.
S!uden!s who have s!udied Spanish a! second
level and ob!ained a rade below HL1 can join !he
einners Spanish course. S!uden!s selec!in
Cdc"7Z\^ccZghHeVc^h]are recommended !o
have achieved a! leas! a Urade HL1 in Spanish in
!he Leavin Ler!iica!e (or equivalen!).
tHe 03/ amon otHers. 1Here |s a|so an opportun|ty to
study lortuuese, Cata|an or 0a||c|an as we|| as opt|ons
ava||ab|e on tHe cu|ture and H|story ol tHose areas.
3|m||ar cHo|ces are ava||ab|e |n Year 1Hree and lour and
students cHoose lrom a rane ol opt|ons tHat |nc|ude
lex|can l|ct|on, 3pan|sH Narrat|ve and l||m as we|| as
tHe Novelas Ljemplares by Cervantes.
ln l|na| Year, tHe |anuae course locuses on trans|at|on
sk|||s as we|| as |mprov|n ora| competence and textua|
compreHens|on and ana|ys|s. 1o a |are extent tHen,
students are ab|e to construct tHe|r prelerred mode| ol
a deree |n H|span|c 3tud|es w|tH a concentrat|on on
deve|op|n a H|H |eve| ol |anuae accompan|ed by a
know|ede ol tHe areas tHey enjoy tHe most.
0roup s|zes |n tHe courses are sma|| |ZC max|mum to
lac|||tate |nteract|ve teacH|n/|earn|n and d|scuss|on.
Course mater|a| |s reu|ar|y updated and |ecturers are
w|de|y access|b|e to tHe student body. 1Here |s act|ve
d|a|oue w|tH tHe students |n H|span|c 3tud|es and tHe
H|span|c 3oc|ety |s one ol tHe most act|ve on campus.
1He department ol H|span|c 3tud|es |n 0CC |s a|so an
assoc|ate centre ol tHe Cervantes lnst|tute.
Study F|acement
deree or tHe Luropean 3tud|es deree w||| spend Year
1Hree study|n at an |nst|tut|on |n 3pa|n or lex|co |n
any one ol our partner |nst|tut|ons |nc|ud|n /||cante,
Barce|ona, Buros, 0eusto |B||bao or 3ant|ao de
Composte|a, lamp|ona, la Coruna or 0uada|ajara,
lex|co.
l/ |n H|span|c 3tud|es.
llH|| |n H|span|c 3tud|es.
lH0 |n H|span|c 3tud|es.
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Why study Scc|c|cgy
3oc|o|oy |s one ol tHe "3oc|a| 3c|ences' - |t
tr|es to |ve you a we||rounded account ol tHe
nature ol soc|ety and |n part|cu|ar tHe modern
wor|d - How |t Has come |nto be|n, and wHat
k|nd ol cHa||enes, even cr|ses |t keeps lac|n;
olten enerated by |tse|l. ln contrast to conate
subjects ||ke 0eorapHy or lo||t|cs lor |nstance,
|t locuses on tHe wHo|e ol soc|ety. 1He centra|
re|evance ol 3oc|o|oy, tHen, |s to enab|e you
to be a better|nlormed c|t|zen and part|c|pant |n
soc|a| and po||t|ca| ||le.
Subject Dverv|ew
lodu|es |n 3oc|o|oy cover tHeor|es and metHods
re|evant to tHe understand|n ol contemporary
soc|ety. 3ome dea| w|tH tHe c|ass|cs ||ke larx,
N|etzscHe, 0urkHe|m, 3|mme| and weber, wH||e
otHers present tHe |deas ol ma|n contemporary
l|ures ||ke Habermas, loucau|t, L||as, Bourd|eu,
0ollman or Beck. You w||| a|so |earn about tHe
cH|el researcH metHods by wH|cH soc|o|o|ca|
Scc|c|cgy
3Har|n ldeas
Year I
0enera| lntroduct|on to 3oc|o|oy

Year Z and 3
/part lrom tHeory and metHods, substant|ve areas
|nc|ude:
Lnv|ronment
Commun|ty
led|a
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Hea|tH
0ender and 3exua||ty
0ev|ance
Cu|ture
tHe C|ty
be|||on and C|v|||sat|on
lr|sH 3oc|ety
Commun|cat|on
know|ede |s produced, ||ke |nterv|ews, quest|onna|res,
etHnorapH|c l|e|dwork, d|scourse ana|ys|s or tHe study
ol documents. 1He a|m ol tHe proramme |s to He|p you
deve|op more rounded and |nlormed v|ews on tHe most
press|n |ssues |n contemporary soc|a| ||le.
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l/ 3oc|o|oy 0eve|opment and 0|oba||sat|on
llH||/lH0 3oc|o|oy
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ll|an |l|ann|n & 3usta|nab|e 0eve|opment
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DepartmentsCentresandUn|ts,
App||edScc|a|Stud|es
Leav|ng Cert|f|cate
Requ|rements:
l|ease see tHe m|n|mum entry
requ|rements out||ned on
pae b.
Why study Scc|a| Sc|ence
1He B3oc3c deree ollers a broad|y based |ntroduct|on to tHe 3oc|a|
3c|ences. 3oc|a| sc|ent|sts seek to understand more lu||y tHe wor|d |n
wH|cH we ||ve. 3oc|a| sc|ent|sts enjoy quest|on|n, putt|n lorward new
|deas, and exam|n|n wHat |nl|uences How soc|ety |s sHaped and How
peop|e |nteract.
ln recent t|mes, lr|sH soc|ety Has exper|enced a per|od ol rap|d soc|a|
cHane and 3oc|a| lo||cy ollers |mportant |ns|Hts and perspect|ves
on tHe nature and |mp||cat|ons ol tH|s cHane. 1Hose w|tH an |nterest |n
exp|or|n tHe tHeor|es and dynam|cs ol soc|a| cHane and |ts |mpact on
|nd|v|dua|s, lam|||es and commun|t|es wou|d be we|| su|ted to tHe study
ol 3oc|a| 3c|ence. 3tudents concerned w|tH |ssues sucH as power and
dec|s|on mak|n, po||t|cs, equa||ty, red|str|but|on and soc|a| |nc|us|on
w||| l|nd tHe 3oc|a| 3c|ence deree a st|mu|at|n and tHouHt provok|n
proramme.
Frcgramme Dverv|ew
1H|s |s a tHreeyear deree proramme dur|n wH|cH students are
prov|ded w|tH a broad round|n |n 3oc|a| lo||cy, 3oc|o|oy, 3tud|es
|n lsycHo|oy, Lconom|cs and lH||osopHy. 1He l|rst Year ollers a
loundat|on |n tHe 3oc|a| 3c|ences w|tH |ntroductory modu|es |n tHe
above subjects.
1He 3econd and 1H|rd Years ol tHe deree empHas|se app||ed |earn|n
and |nc|ude aency v|s|ts and a l|e|dwork project |n tHe 3econd Year
and a soc|a| ana|ys|s project/d|ssertat|on |n tHe 1H|rd Year. 3tudents
may a|so opt lor p|acement modu|es wH|cH count towards tHe|r overa||
deree.
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1He structure ol tHe deree |n botH Year 0ne and
Year Ywo perm|ts a H|H deree ol spec|a||sat|on lor
students w|sH|n to study a part|cu|ar aspect ol 3oc|a|
lo||cy |n deta||.
You may a|so study areas sucH as YoutH work,
Commun|ty 0eve|opment, CH||d Care, l|ann|n and
3usta|nab|e 0eve|opment, 3oc|a| work and 3oc|a|
Care, Hous|n lo||cy, Hea|tH lo||cy and otHer re|ated
areas. lart|cu|ar empHas|s |s p|aced on acqu|r|n soc|a|
researcH sk|||s and researcH modu|es lorm an |ntera|
part ol tHe curr|cu|um tHrouHout tHe deree.
1He B3oc3c |s an |dea| deree to prepare lor entry
to a w|de var|ety ol careers. 1Hese |nc|ude 3oc|a|
work, lub||c and 3oc|a| 3erv|ces /dm|n|strat|on, 1own
l|ann|n, Human besources, besearcH and Lva|uat|on,
1H|rd 3ector lanaement and Human b|Hts. Lntry
to some ol tHese proless|ons requ|res lurtHer
lostraduate 1ra|n|n and tHe B3oc3c |s a recon|sed
start|n po|nt lor many proless|ona| qua||l|cat|ons.

lasters |n 3oc|a| 3c|ence |l3oc3c
l3oc3c |3oc|a| lo||cy
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Tab|e Nc. Z: CKI0Z: What w||| ycu be study|ng
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lroless|ona| Courses |n 3oc|a| work and
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ll|an |l|ann|n and 3usta|nab|e 0eve|opment
Year I
Students take cred|ts |n the fc||cw|ng areas:
Lconom|cs
lH||osopHy
3oc|a| lo||cy
3oc|o|oy
Year Z
lo||cy, 3oc|ety and Lconom|cs
Commun|ty Care
3oc|o|oy and 3oc|ety
0pt|ons lrom a rane ol

top|cs wH|cH may |nc|ude a Luropean |anuae
0pt|ona| l|acement |n an /ency 3ett|n

Year 3
3oc|a| besearcH lroject
3oc|ety, we|lare and Lconom|cs
3oc|a| lo||cy and 3oc|a| 3erv|ces
3oc|o|oy and 3oc|ety
0pt|ons lrom a rane ol top|cs wH|cH may |nc|ude a Luropean |anuae

learn|n to p|ay tHe Harp
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lus|c |Blus
Mcre Infcrmat|cn:
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Leav|ng Cert|f|cate Add|t|cna|
Requ|rements:
ln add|t|on to tHe m|n|mum entry
requ|rements out||ned on pae
b, a|| app||cants are requ|red to
pass a mus|c entrance test.
Why study Mus|c
lus|c |s a typ|ca| un|vers|ty /rts subject |n tHat |t exp|ores our
cu|tura| Her|tae and He|ps to deve|op sk|||s |n l|nd|n and eva|uat|n
|nlormat|on, commun|cat|n |deas and mak|n sound judments. lt
a|so enta||s mucH more tHan tHat: |t |ncreases our understand|n ol
a powerlu| word|ess |anuae; |t deve|ops our menta| and pHys|ca|
stam|na; |t |mproves our coord|nat|on and dexter|ty; |t makes
us more percept|ve; and |t teacHes us to cooperate re||ab|y and
sens|t|ve|y w|tH otHers.
ln tHe lus|c 0epartment, botH trad|t|ona| and c|ass|ca| |nstruments
are ava||ab|e to students. 1Hese |nc|ude a concert and pract|ce
p|anos, Harps|cHords, a p|pe oran, a concert Harp, a car|||on
pract|ce conso|e, and lr|sH trad|t|ona| and nonwestern |nstruments
|nc|ud|n ewe dance drums and a ame|an orcHestra.
lrequent concerts, |nvo|v|n v|s|t|n and res|dent perlormers and
students, take p|ace. 1He members ol tHe b1L VanbruH 3tr|n
uartet are art|sts|nres|dence to tHe 0n|vers|ty. 1Hey perlorm
lrequent|y on campus and teacH |n tHe lus|c 0epartment.
Frcgramme Dverv|ew
1He Blus |s a lour year Honours deree proramme tHat a||ows
students to comb|ne lus|c w|tH anotHer subject |n Year 0ne.
/pp||cants lor tH|s proramme must pass tHe mus|c entrance test.
1H|s test |s He|d |n tHe lus|c 0epartment |n tHe /pr|| pr|or to entry.
ln Year 0ne students study lus|c and one otHer subject as out||ned
|n tHe tab|e oppos|te.
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ln Year 1wo, Year 1Hree and Year lour, students
concentrate ent|re|y on lus|c. 1He pract|ca| and
tHeoret|ca| study ol tHe repertor|es ol lr|sH 1rad|t|ona|
lus|c, western /rt lus|c, and nonwestern lus|c are
comb|ned to prov|de a un|que |ns|Ht |nto lus|c.
3tudents are encouraed to acqu|re a w|de rane ol
mus|ca| sk|||s and to deve|op one or more aspects
ol tHe subject, sucH as perlormance, mus|co|oy or
or||na| compos|t|on, to a H|H standard.
wH||st many ol our lus|c raduates become
proless|ona| mus|c|ans, tHe Blus |s a r|orous
|nte||ectua| tra|n|n |n commun|cat|on sk|||s tHat
prepares students lor many otHer careers.
lus|c raduates can app|y lor tHe lo||ow|n at 0CC
or e|sewHere:
lostraduate 0|p|oma |n Lducat|on
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Tab|e Nc 3: CKI03: What w||| ycu be study|ng
lus|c sess|on
Year I
lus|c
F|us cne cf the fc||cw|ng:
/pp||ed latHemat|cs
/rcHaeo|oy
CH|nese 3tud|es
Computer 3c|ence
Lconom|cs
Ln||sH
Luropean 3tud|es
lo|k|ore
0ae||e/lr|sH
0eorapHy
0erman
0reek
0reek and
boman C|v|||sat|on
H|story
H|story ol /rt
lta||an
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latHemat|cs
lo||t|cs
Years Z, 3 and 4
3tudents concentrate ent|re|y on lus|c.
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Requ|rements:
b, a|| app||cants are requ|red to
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Why study Arts-Mus|c
lus|c |s a typ|ca| un|vers|ty /rts subject |n tHat |t exp|ores our cu|tura|
Her|tae and cu|t|vates sk|||s |n l|nd|n and eva|uat|n |nlormat|on,
commun|cat|n |deas and mak|n sound judements. lt a|so enta||s
mucH more tHan tHat: |t |ncreases our understand|n ol a powerlu|
word|ess |anuae; |t deve|ops our menta| and pHys|ca| stam|na; |t
|mproves our coord|nat|on and dexter|ty; |t makes us more percept|ve;
and |t teacHes us to cooperate re||ab|y and sens|t|ve|y w|tH otHers.
ln tHe lus|c 0epartment, botH trad|t|ona| and c|ass|ca| |nstruments
are ava||ab|e to students. 1Hese |nc|ude concert and pract|ce p|anos,
Harps|cHords, a p|pe oran, a concert Harp, a car|||on pract|ce conso|e,
and lr|sH trad|t|ona| and nonwestern |nstruments |nc|ud|n ewe dance
drums and a ame|an orcHestra.
lrequent concerts, |nvo|v|n v|s|t|n and res|dent perlormers and
students, take p|ace. 1He members ol tHe b1L VanbruH 3tr|n uartet
are art|sts|nres|dence to tHe 0n|vers|ty. 1Hey perlorm lrequent|y on
campus and teacH |n tHe lus|c 0epartment.
/rtslus|c |ves students tHe opportun|ty to comb|ne tHe study ol
mus|c w|tH anotHer subject w|tH|n tHe /rts proramme.
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/rtslus|c |s a tHree year Honours B/ lroramme tHat
a||ows students to comb|ne lus|c w|tH anotHer subject.
/pp||cants lor tH|s proramme must pass tHe mus|c
entrance test. 1H|s test |s He|d |n tHe lus|c 0epartment
|n tHe /pr|| pr|or to entry.
ln Year 0ne, lus|c and lus|c|ansH|p are comb|ned w|tH
two otHer subjects lrom tHe /rts proramme ||sted |n
1ab|e 4.
ln Year 1wo and Year 1Hree students cHoose one ol tHe
lo||ow|n opt|ons:
S|ng|e Subject: bC cred|ts ol lus|c and C cred|ts
ol anotHer subject lrom Year 0ne.
Majcr Subject: 4C cred|ts ol lus|c and ZC cred|ts
ol anotHer subject lrom Year 0ne.
Jc|nt Subject: 3C cred|ts ol lus|c and 3C cred|ts ol
anotHer subject lrom Year 0ne.
/rts lus|c 0raduates wHo Have taken tHe s|n|e
subject or major subject deree opt|ons are e|||b|e
to comp|ete tHe B.lus 0eree |n one lurtHer year.
wH||st many ol our lus|c raduates become
proless|ona| mus|c|ans, tHe B/ |/rtslus|c |s a
r|orous |nte||ectua| tra|n|n |n commun|cat|on sk|||s
tHat prepares students lor many otHer careers.
lus|c raduates can app|y lor tHe lo||ow|n
prorammes:
lostraduate 0|p|oma |n Lducat|on.
l/ LtHnomus|co|oy
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lH0 |n lus|c.
Tab|e Nc. 4: CKI04: What w||| ycu be study|ng
Year I
lus|c and lus|c|ansH|p a|on w|tH two otHer subjects lrom tHe ||st be|ow, w|tH not more tHan one subject lrom
eacH roup:
Grcup I
Computer 3c|ence
H|story
Grcup Z
/pp||ed latHemat|cs
0ae||e/lr|sH
0reek and boman C|v|||sat|on
H|story ol /rt
Grcup 3
/rcHaeo|oy
CH|nese 3tud|es
0erman
lat|n
latHemat|cs
lo||t|cs
Grcup 4
Lconom|cs
Ln||sH
0reek
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Year Z and Year 3
3tudents take lus|c a|on w|tH one otHer subject lrom Year 0ne.
0reek and lat|n are on|y ava||ab|e as C cred|t subjects w|tH|n tHe 3|n|e 3ubject
lroramme |n 3econd and 1H|rd Year.
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Leav|ng Cert|f|cate
Requ|rements:
pae b.
la|n uadran|e, 0CC
Why study App||ed Fsychc|cgy
lsycHo|oy |s tHe study ol peop|e: How tHey tH|nk, How tHey act,
react and |nteract. lsycHo|oy |s concerned w|tH a|| aspects ol
beHav|our and tHe tHouHts, lee||ns and mot|vat|on under|y|n
sucH beHav|our.
1He study ol peop|e Has a |on H|story, w|tH ear|y observers bas|n
tHe|r ana|ys|s ol Human nature on everyday exper|ence. ln contrast,
modern lsycHo|oy |s tHe sc|ence ol Human beHav|our and exper|ence,
and to study lsycHo|oy you Have to |earn sc|ent|l|c metHods |nvo|v|n
observat|on, measurement, HypotHes|s test|n, exper|mentat|on, |o|ca|
|nlerence and tHe use ol stat|st|cs to test tHe s|n|l|cance ol researcH
l|nd|ns. lsycHo|o|sts do not s|mp|y exp|a|n peop|e's beHav|our; tHey
use tHe|r understand|n to He|p peop|e w|tH d|ll|cu|t|es and br|n about
cHane lor tHe better.
1He Honours deree |n lsycHo|oy ent|t|es students to student
membersH|p ol tHe lsycHo|o|ca| 3oc|ety ol lre|and wH||e tHey are
study|n and to raduate membersH|p wHen tHey Have successlu||y
comp|eted tHe|r stud|es. 1H|s recon|t|on |n turn enab|es tHem to
app|y lor membersH|p ol many Luropean lsycHo|o|ca| 3oc|et|es
and proless|ona| assoc|at|ons.
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Lmp|oyment as a proless|ona| lsycHo|o|st requ|res
a postraduate deree, olten at doctora| |eve| |lH0,
0lsy. However, tHe major|ty ol our raduates Have used
tHe|r tra|n|n |n lsycHo|oy as a uselu| asset |n a var|ety
ol jobs, |nc|ud|n |n tHe lo||ow|n areas:
Human besource lanaement
becru|tment /enc|es
3alety 0ll|cers |n lndustry
lub||c be|at|ons
besearcH 0ll|cers |n a var|ety ol pub||c and pr|vate
oran|sat|ons |e.. Hea|tH Boards; non 0overnment
0ran|sat|ons |n lre|and and abroad; manulactur|n
compan|es
lectur|n
3tart|n Youn|
/ var|ety ol postraduate 0|p|omas and 1auHt lasters
are ava||ab|e. llH||s and lH0s |n /pp||ed lsycHo|oy
can a|so be undertaken.
lajor areas ol researcH |nterests |nvo|ve 0ccupat|ona|
and 0ran|sat|ona| lsycHo|oy, Counse|||n, Con|t|ve
lsycHo|oy, CH||dren |n 0|ll|cu|t C|rcumstances,
lsycHo|oy /pp||ed to tHe law, lorens|c lsycHo|oy,
lsycHotHerapy and lsycHo|oy and Coronary Heart
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App||ed Fsychc|cgy (A)
Year I
3tudents take |ntroductory modu|es |n soc|a|, deve|opmenta| and con|t|ve/b|o|o|ca| lsycHo|oy, p|us two
subjects lrom tHe ||st be|ow, w|tH not more tHan one subject lrom eacH roup. 0ne ol tHese subjects must be
Ln||sH, H|story, 3oc|o|oy or lH||osopHy.
Grcup I
Computer 3c|ence
H|stcry
Grcup Z
/rcHaeo|oy
0erman
lat|n
latHemat|cs
lo||t|cs
Grcup 3
lrencH
Scc|c|cgy
3tud|es |n lus|c
Grcup 4
Lconom|cs
Eng||sh
0reek
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Grcup b
0eorapHy
lta||an
Grcup b
Ce|t|c C|v|||sat|on
Fh||cscphy
3pan|sH
Year Z
Con|t|on and Cu|ture
1He lsycHo|oy ol 0ran|s|n
learn|n and BeHav|our
Lxper|menta| 0es|n and 3tat|st|ca| /pp||cat|ons
lercept|on and lemory
l|le 3pan lsycHo|oy
ua||tat|ve besearcH letHods and /dvanced lsycHo|o|ca| leasurement
l|us b cred|ts lrom: Ln||sH,

H|story, lH||osopHy, 3oc|o|oy
Year 3
lroless|ona| lssues
lH||osopH|ca| loundat|ons ol lsycHo|oy
lsycHo|o|ca| lssues |n 0|d /e
0roup lrocesses
/dvanced 0eve|opment lsycHo|oy
/pp|y|n Con|t|ve lsycHo|oy
Human Computer lnteract|on
0ccupat|ona| lsycHo|oy
lorens|c lsycHo|oy
/bnorma| lsycHo|oy
lsycHo|oy and tHe lnternet
Human 3exua||ty
/n |ntroduct|on to tHe tHeor|es ol Counse|||n and

lsycHotHerapy
lract|ca| researcH project
l|us b cred|ts lrom: Ln||sH
H|story
lH||osopHy
3oc|o|oy
Students are requ|red tc ccmp|ete a superv|sed emp|r|ca| research prcject, and a separate
superv|sed d|ssertat|cn cn an area cf the psychc|cg|ca| ||terature.
Honan CHape| |n tHe backround
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Course Code: CKIII 0urat|on: 3 years
Lar|y CH||dHood 3tud|es |B/
Mcre Infcrmat|cn:
1: +3b3 |CZ 49C34/
L: |crossan@educat|on@ucc.|e
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Leav|ng Cert|f|cate
Requ|rements:
b.
Why study Ear|y Ch||dhccd Stud|es
CH||dcare Has become a very |mportant |ssue |n contemporary lre|and
|n econom|c, soc|a|, po||t|ca| and educat|ona| terms. Lconom|ca||y,
cH||dcare |s one ol tHe lastest row|n areas ol emp|oyment |n tHe
serv|ces sector. / reat dea| ol encouraement lor educat|on and
tra|n|n |n tH|s area Has come lrom a w|de var|ety ol commun|ty
roups, many ol wH|cH are backed by tHe Luropean 0n|on.
Frcgramme Dverv|ew
1He overa|| a|m ol tH|s proramme |s tHe deve|opment ol students'
know|ede and sk|||s |n a w|de rane ol areas concern|n ear|y
cH||dHood. LacH student w||| be encouraed to bu||d on H|s/Her un|que
backround and exper|ences, emer|n conl|dent|y at tHe end ol tHe
proramme w|tH a l|rm|yestab||sHed |nlormat|on base. 1H|s proramme
Has tHe same academ|c stand|n as a|| otHer B/ derees, but tHrouH
tHe |nterpretat|on ol tHeory and pract|ce |p|acement |t prov|des many
add|t|ona| opportun|t|es.
l|le|on |earn|n
l|le|on |earn|n
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1wo Z week work p|acements |n a c||n|ca| or
educat|ona| sett|n lorms an |ntera| part ol tH|s
proramme |n second and tH|rd year.
0raduates Have lound emp|oyment |n tHe cH||dcare
sector or |n pr|mary teacH|n |Hav|n taken a post
raduate teacH|n qua||l|cat|on. 1Here are a|so
opportun|t|es to work |n areas not d|rect|y re|ated to
cH||dcare and to o on to lurtHer study.
lostraduate 0|p|omas and 1auHt lasters.
llH|| and lH0 |n Lducat|on.
Tab|e Nc. b: CKIII:
Students study tcp|cs |n the area cf:
CH||d Care
CH||d Hea|tH
lre3cHoo|
Lducat|on
3oc|a| lo||cy
3tud|es |n
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Course Code: CKIIZ 0rama and 1Heatre 3tud|es 0urat|on: 3 years
0rama and 1Heatre 3tud|es |lnternat|ona| 0urat|on: 4 years
0rama and 1Heatre 3tud|es |B/
Mcre Infcrmat|cn:
1: +3b3 |CZ 49C4ZZ9 or 49CZb9
L: 0.l|tz|bbon@ucc.|e
or s.Hopcralt@ucc.|e
http:,,www.ucc.|e,drama,
Requ|rements:
b, app||cants are a|so requ|red
to pass a spec|a| drama
worksHop and |nterv|ew.
l|Ht 0rama|
Why study Drama and Theatre Stud|es
ln tHe |ast twenty years or so lre|and Has acH|eved major |nternat|ona|
Honours |n tHe l|e|d ol drama. 1Here are more proless|ona| tHeatre
compan|es and dramat|sts |n tH|s country tHan ever belore. 0rama and
tHeatre are becom|n |mportant e|ements |n our educat|ona| system
wH||e broadcast|n, l||m and te|ev|s|on are oller|n new opportun|t|es to
lr|sH raduates.
0rama and 1Heatre 3tud|es w||| oller students tHe opportun|ty ol
ena|n w|tH tHe study and pract|ce ol drama and tHeatre at un|vers|ty
|eve|, wH||e reta|n|n tHe trad|t|ona| strentHs ol tHe /rts deree. wH||e
tHe core ol tHe proramme w||| locus on western tHeatre s|nce 9CC,
over a tHreeyear per|od students w||| Have tHe opportun|ty to enae
w|tH many d|llerent aspects ol tHe subject.
Frcgramme Dverv|ew
1He B/ |0rama and 1Heatre 3tud|es |s a tHree or lour year
proramme.
ln Year 0ne students take 0rama and 1Heatre 3tud|es a|on w|tH two
subjects lrom 1ab|e /, w|tH not more tHan one subject lrom any roup.
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0rama and 1Heatre 3tud|es w|tH lus|c. 3tudents cHoos|n tH|s opt|on
must Have passed tHe lus|c Lntrance 1est.
ln Year 1wo students cHoose lrom tHe lo||ow|n opt|ons lor tHe
rema|nder ol tHe|r deree proramme:
/. Jo|nt 3ubject 0eree - lor Year 1wo and Year 1Hree students
cont|nue w|tH 0rama and 1Heatre 3tud|es and one ol tHe subjects
cHosen |n Year 0ne.
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B. Jo|nt 3ubject 0eree - lor Year 1wo and Year 1Hree
students cont|nue w|tH 0rama and 1Heatre 3tud|es and
lus|c.
C. B/ |0rama & 1Heatre 3tud|es lnternat|ona| 0eree
- 1H|s |s a louryear proramme lor students wHo
are tak|n 0rama and 1Heatre 3tud|es w|tH a modern
Luropean |anuae. 1H|rd Year |s spent study|n at
a european un|vers|ty ||n tHe case ol tHose tak|n a
cont|nenta| |anuae. ln certa|n c|rcumstances |t may
be poss|b|e lor a non|anuae student to enro| on tHe
B/ 013 lnternat|ona| and spend tHe year abroad |n an
an|opHone country.
Tab|e Nc. 7: CKIIZ: What w||| ycu be study|ng
Wcrk F|acement
0ur|n tHe 3ummer belore l|na| Year, students must
part|c|pate |n a pract|ca| |nternsH|p or work p|acement
w|tH an approved tHeatre company, or otHer arts
oran|sat|on |n lre|and or abroad.
1H|s w|deran|n, crossd|sc|p||nary deree w||| prov|de
students w|tH tHe bas|s to o on to lurtHer work |n
a w|de var|ety ol l|e|ds, |nc|ud|n tHe creat|ve and
|nterpretat|ve arts, tHe med|a, arts adm|n|strat|on, and
educat|on.
l/ 0rama and 1Heatre 3tud|es
llH|| and lH0 0rama and 1Heatre 3tud|es
Year I
3tudents take 0rama and 1Heatre 3tud|es a|on w|tH two subjects lrom tHose be|ow, w|tH not more tHan one
subject lrom any roup:
Grcup I
/rcHaeo|oy
CH|nese 3tud|es
0erman
latHemat|cs
lo||t|cs
Grcup Z
lrencH
3oc|o|oy
3tud|es |n lus|c
Grcup 3
Lconom|cs
Ln||sH
/n leann 0ucHa|s

Grcup 4
0eorapHy
lta||an
Grcup b
Ce|t|c C|v|||sat|on
lH||osopHy
3pan|sH
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0rama and 1Heatre 3tud|es
lus|c
Year Z
3tudents take cred|ts |n tHe lo||ow|n areas:
0ne subject cont|nued lrom Year 0ne

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lus|c
Year 3
3tudents take cred|ts |n tHe lo||ow|n areas:
1He same subject cont|nued lrom Year 1wo

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Course Code: CKII4 0urat|on: 3 years
YoutH & Commun|ty work |B3oc3c
0eve|opment, 0|p|oma |n YoutH
and Commun|ty work lract|ce,
0|p|oma |n 3oc|a| 3tud|es, 0|p|oma
|n women |n tHe Commun|ty.
/|| app||cants are expected to
Have tHe equ|va|ent ol one year's
re|evant exper|ence as a vo|unteer,
act|v|st or lu||t|me worker.
Spec|a| Requ|rements:
1H|s tHree year proramme
|s open to mature students
|Z3 yrs+ wHo Have e|tHer
substant|a| exper|ence |n
YoutH and Commun|ty work or
Have successlu||y comp|eted
a su|tab|e access course
|e 0|p|oma |n Commun|ty
Mcre Infcrmat|cn:
1: +3b3 |CZ 49C3b/
L: l.oconnor@ucc.|e
www.ucc.|e,en,
DepartmentsCentreandUn|ts,
App||edScc|a|Stud|es
LxcHan|n |deas
Why study Ycuth and Ccmmun|ty Wcrk
1He B3oc3c |YoutH and Commun|ty work ollers a deree and a
proless|ona| qua||l|cat|on to students wHo are |nterested |n a|n|n
emp|oyment |n YoutH and Commun|ty work and re|ated areas.
0raduates are qua||l|ed lor a w|der rane ol |nterest|n and cHa||en|n
jobs and are a|so we|| equ|pped to undertake lurtHer study.
Wcrk F|acement
3tudents undertake a pract|ce p|acement |n eacH year ol tHe
proramme. l|aces are a||ocated |n consu|tat|on w|tH YoutH and
Commun|ty work stall.
Career opt|ons |nc|ude ma|nstream youtH work and spec|a| project
youtH work |e.. dru projects, commun|ty deve|opment; work|n w|tH
1rave||er roups; work|n w|tH vo|untary oran|sat|ons sucH as 3|mon
and tHe lr|sH wHee|cHa|r /ssoc|at|on; work|n w|tH vo|untary Hous|n
assoc|at|ons; commun|ty arts oran|sat|ons; work|n lor pub||c serv|ce
oran|sat|ons sucH as tHe Lducat|on and we|lare 3erv|ce and tHe
Commun|ty work brancHes ol tHe Hea|tH 3erv|ce Lxecut|ve.
1He B3oc3c |YoutH and Commun|ty work 0eree |s norma||y
cons|dered a prerequ|s|te lor entry to tHe lo||ow|n and lor a rane ol
otHer postraduate courses:
l3oc3c
laster ol 3oc|a| work |l3w.
ll|an |l|ann|n and 3usta|nab|e 0eve|opment.
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Tab|e Nc. : CKII4: What w||| ycu be study|ng
0'baH|||y Bu||d|n Home to Bus|ness and /rts
Year I
1op|cs on a var|ety ol YoutH and Commun|ty work lssues
l|acement
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l|acement
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Course Code: CKIIb 0urat|on: 4 years
3oc|a| work |B3w
Mcre Infcrmat|cn:
1: +3b3 |CZ 49C3b/
L: l.oconnor@ucc.|e
www.ucc.|e,en,
DepartmentsCentresandUn|ts,
App||edScc|a|Stud|es,
Spec|a| Requ|rements:
1H|s proramme |s
open to mature students
|Z3 yrs+ on|y.
/ ||Hter moment
Why study Scc|a| Wcrk
3oc|a| work |nterates un|vers|ty based and aency based |earn|n
|n order to prov|de students w|tH academ|c/proless|ona| |earn|n
opportun|t|es and deve|op tHe necessary soc|a| work know|ede, sk|||s
and va|ues lor proless|ona| accred|tat|on.
Frcgramme Dverv|ew
1He BacHe|or ol 3oc|a| work |B3w |s a lour year lu||t|me proramme
open on|y to mature students |over Z3 years and |nterates tHe
academ|c and pract|ca| aspects ol proless|ona| tra|n|n |n a way tHat
stron|y empHas|zes se|ld|rected and rel|ect|ve |earn|n. 3uccesslu|
students w||| be awarded tHe B3w and tHe N3w |Nat|ona| ua||l|cat|on
|n 3oc|a| work.
Wcrk F|acement
ln Years 1Hree and lour, students comp|ete a 4 week
proless|ona| b|ock p|acement.
1He B3w |s accred|ted by tHe Nat|ona| 3oc|a| work ua||l|cat|ons
Board and meets tHe requ|rements lor tHe Luropean 0|rect|ve on
lroless|ona| 1ra|n|n |94/LLC. Ho|ders ol a B3w and an N3w
are ranted a proless|ona| ||cense to pract|ce as soc|a| workers.
l3oc3c.
l3oc3c |3oc|a| lo||cy.
ll|an |l|ann|n and 3usta|nab|e 0eve|opment.
llH|| 3oc|a| work.
lH0 3oc|a| work.
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Tab|e Nc. 9: CKIIb: What w||| ycu be study|ng
3tudent's outs|de tHe 3tudents Centre
Year I
/pp||ed lsycHo|oy
Lconom|cs
3oc|a| lo||cy
3oc|a| work
3oc|o|oy
Year Z
3oc|a| lo||cy
3oc|a| work
Year 3
3oc|a| work
l|acement
l|acement lortlo||o
law
Year 4
3oc|a| work
l|acement
l|acement lortlo||o
law
besearcH lroject
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Course Code: CKIIb 0urat|on: 4 years
3ports 3tud|es and lHys|ca|
Lducat|on |BLd
Mcre Infcrmat|cn:
1: +3b3 |CZ 49C49
L: sportsstud|esandpHys|ca|educat|on@ucc.|e
Leav|ng Cert|f|cate
Requ|rements:
pae b.
0CC Hur|ers 3Hane 0'Ne|||,
one step aHead
Why study Spcrts Stud|es and Fhys|ca| Educat|cn
1He BLd 3ports 3tud|es and lHys|ca| Lducat|on proramme a|ms to
present pHys|ca| act|v|ty and sport as an |ncreas|n|y |mportant aspect
ol lr|sH cu|ture and to H|H||Ht tHe va|ue |t can Have lor lr|sH soc|ety.
1H|s deree proramme |s un|que |n tHat |t takes botH sc|ent|l|c and
Human|st|c approacHes to pHys|ca| educat|on and sport and prov|des a
r|cH loundat|on lor teacH|n and/or proless|ona| coacH|n.
1He typ|ca| app||cant w||| Have a proven |nterest |n a pHys|ca| educat|on
teacH|n patHway and a backround |n sport or pHys|ca| act|v|ty
part|c|pat|on.
Frcgramme Dverv|ew
0ur|n tH|s lour year deree proramme, students study tHe tHeory
and pract|ce ol pHys|ca| act|v|ty, sport, and recreat|ona| pursu|ts |n
an educat|ona| and sport|n context. 1He course qua||l|es students to
teacH pHys|ca| educat|on and a spec|a||st art subject at secondary |eve|
|nst|tut|ons.
Study F|acement
3cHoo| p|acements occur |n Year 1wo, 1Hree and lour ol tHe lour
year deree. 3tudents cHoos|n a CoacH|n 3tream |n tH|rd and lourtH
year take part |n a coacH|n p|acement. 3tudents se|ect|n tHe Hea|tH
3tream work w|tH commun|ty roups deve|op|n prorammes and
resources. 3tudents are a|so expected to a|n coacH|n sw|mm|n and
l|rst a|d qua||l|cat|ons.
Tab|e Nc. I0: CKIIb: What w||| ycu be study|ng
0r. Ju||a wa|sH, 0|rector ol 3ports 3tud|es and lHys|ca| Lducat|on w|tH students
Ho|ders ol tHe BLd |n 3ports 3tud|es and lHys|ca|
Lducat|on may o on to teacH at second |eve| w|tH|n
and outs|de lre|and and/or work as a sport coacH |n
a c|ub or a scHoo|. /n educat|ona| deree prov|des a
ood loundat|on lor careers |n a rane ol educat|ona|
|nst|tut|ons and |n |ndustr|es wHere tra|ners are requ|red.
Year I
Lxerc|se 3c|ence
3k||| 0eve|opment and /pp||cat|on
Hea|tH
Lducat|on
CoacH|n l|acement
p|us one subject lrom: Ln||sH
lrencH
0ae||e/lr|sH
H|story
3oc|o|oy
Year Z
Lxerc|se 3c|ence
lHys|ca| Lducat|on ledaoy
Lducat|on
3cHoo| l|acement
p|us one subject cont|nued lrom Year 0ne

Year 3
Lxerc|se 3c|ence
lajor 3tudy |Hea|tH and we||ness 0b CoacH|n

3c|ence
Lducat|on
3cHoo| l|acement
3port or Commun|ty l|acement
p|us tHe same subject

cont|nued lrom Year 1wo
Year 4
Lxerc|se 3c|ence
Lducat|on
3cHoo| l|acement
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later|a| Cu|ture |n tHe last and lresent

/dvanced 1ra|n|n |n LtHnorapHy and l|e|d work

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H|story, lemory, lo|k|ore

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0s|d aus Cru|nneas na 0ae||e

l|||ocHt na H0cHtu H/o|se 0ea

l|tr|ocHt BHe|| na 0ae||e

l|tr|ocHt na Naou H/o|se

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l|tr|ocHt na 0ae|tacHta | Cu|e lumHan

/n l||e aus an ltrun

/n 0Hae||e aus an loba|

leamH aus l|tr|u na 0ae||e

3cea| aus 3a|ocHt

Cu|tra l|tr|ocHa na 3ean aus na