Elective streams allow you to make more of your university education, and to take better advantage of the world-class lecturers and interesting subject material that Maynooth has to offer. They may help to broaden your perspective (e.g. by taking an interdisciplinary topic), allow you to interact with students from other disciplines, or help you develop transferable skills for the future in a way that complements your main disciplinary studies (e.g. study of a modern language). An elective stream amounts to one-sixth of the total course work for the year.
From September 2015 we will offer a number of elective streams on a pilot basis to second year students. Each stream consists of a 5-credit module in semester 1 followed by a second 5-credit module in semester 2. These elective modules will count towards progression towards your degree in the same way as other modules you take in your main subjects.
Registration for electives will be subject to enrolment limitations, and also must be compatible with the timetabling and other requirements of your main subjects. Some combinations of electives and subjects are excluded.
ACCOUNTING IN SOCIETY
On completion of this elective stream, students should be able to have an understanding of the basic tools of accounting, be able to apply those tools to understand issues of current affairs in the business world, and understand the contribution accounting can make to a wide range of social and global issues.
Please note: Electives are subject to timetable constraints. Some combinations of Electives and Subjects may be excluded.
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AC2EL
- ACCOUNTING IN SOCIETY
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Credits: 10
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BEGINNING CHINESE
This elective stream will enable students with no prior learning to acquire the basics of Mandarin Chinese.
Please note: Electives are subject to timetable constraints. Some combinations of Electives and Subjects may be excluded.
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CN2BEL
- BEGINNING CHINESE
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Credits: 10
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BEGINNING GERMAN
Please note: Electives are subject to timetable constraints. Some combinations of Electives and Subjects may be excluded.
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GN2BEL
- BEGINNING GERMAN
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Credits: 10
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BEGINNING SPANISH
This elective stream will enable students with no prior learning to acquire the basics of spoken and written Spanish (up to CEFRL levels A 1.2 and A 2.1).
Please note: Electives are subject to timetable constraints. Some combinations of Electives and Subjects may be excluded.
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SPA2BEL
- BEGINNING SPANISH
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Credits: 10
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COMMUNITY EDUCATION
This elective stream introduces community education and practice. It outlines its history, principles and ambitions and organizes for students to witness community education in action through field visits.
Please note: Electives are subject to timetable constraints. Some combinations of Electives and Subjects may be excluded.
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AD2CEL
- COMMUNITY EDUCATION
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Credits: 10
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CONTINUING CHINESE
This elective stream enables students who have started to learn Chinese in First Year, but discontinue Chinese as a subject, to continue their language acquisition in Second Year. Students will join the existing Second Year modules CN281 and CN282.
Please note: Electives are subject to timetable constraints. Some combinations of Electives and Subjects may be excluded.
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CN2CEL
- CONTINUING CHINESE
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Credits: 10
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CONTINUING FRENCH
This elective stream enables students who have studied French in First Year (at beginners or advanced levels), but discontinue French as a subject, to continue their language acquisition in Second Year. Students will join the existing Second Year modules.
Please note: Electives are subject to timetable constraints. Some combinations of Electives and Subjects may be excluded.
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FR2CEL
- CONTINUING FRENCH
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Credits: 10
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CONTINUING GERMAN
This elective stream enables students who have studied German in First Year (at beginners and advanced levels), but discontinue German as a subject, to continue their language acquisition in Second Year. Students will join the existing Second Year modules GN281 and GN282.
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GN2CEL
- CONTINUING GERMAN
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Credits: 10
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CONTINUING NUA GHAEILGE
This elective stream enables students who have studied Irish in First Year (at beginners and advanced levels), but discontinue Irish as a full subject, to continue their language acquisition in Second Year.
Please note: Electives are subject to timetable constraints. Some combinations of Electives and Subjects may be excluded.
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NG2CEL
- CONTINUING NUA GHAEILGE
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Credits: 10
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CONTINUING SPANISH
This elective stream enables students who have studied Spanish in First Year (at beginners or advanced levels), but discontinue Spanish as a subject, to continue their language acquisition in Second Year. Students will join the existing Second Year modules SPA281 and SPA282.
Please note: Electives are subject to timetable constraints. Some combinations of Electives and Subjects may be excluded.
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SPA2CEL
- CONTINUING SPANISH
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Credits: 10
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CREATIVE TECHNOLOGIES AND DIGITAL PROTOTYPING
Join the maker movement; no prior experience necessary. Find out what people really need and learn to design cool and exciting new products that combine great design and interactive programmable electronics.
Please note: Electives are subject to timetable constraints. Some combinations of Electives and Subjects may be excluded.
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GE2EL
- CREATIVE TECHNOLOGIES AND DIGITAL PROTOTYPING
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Credits: 10
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EDEN ENTREPRENEURSHIP DESIGN AND INNOVATION
This annual competition is open to all students and sets a challenge to conceive a business idea through creative problem solving, research and experimental entrepreneurship. Industry sponsors award several cash prizes.
Please note: Electives are subject to timetable constraints. Some combinations of Electives and Subjects may be excluded.
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PD2DEL
- EDEN ENTREPRENEURSHIP DESIGN AND INNOVATION
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Credits: 10
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ENGAGING WITH CIVIL SOCIETY
This elective stream complements any discipline with both theoretically grounded and practical ‘know-how’ for working in civil society, and engaging specifically with value-driven NGOs and voluntary groups.
Please note: Electives are subject to timetable constraints. Some combinations of Electives and Subjects may be excluded.
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SP2EL
- ENGAGING WITH CIVIL SOCIETY
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Credits: 10
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FILM AND SCREEN STUDIES
This stream introduces students to film and screen studies in semester one, focusing on the technical analysis of moving images, their cultural history and social significance; in semester two, students choose a module through which to explore film within national contexts and genres (Irish, Latin American cinema, or documentary film) or in relation to other art forms, such as music and literature.
Please note: Electives are subject to timetable constraints. Some combinations of Electives and Subjects may be excluded.
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MD2EL
- FILM AND SCREEN STUDIES
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Credits: 10
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GENDER AND SEXUALITY IN SOCIETY AND CULTURE
This interdisciplinary elective stream aims to introduce students to current issues and debates in Gender and Sexuality Studies as they relate to their own lives.
Please note: Electives are subject to timetable constraints. Some combinations of Electives and Subjects may be excluded.
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GN2GEL
- GENDER AND SEXUALITY IN SOCIETY AND CULTURE
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Credits: 10
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GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE
Has human activity, driven by consumption, climate and environmental change, pushed earth systems, upon which we collectively depend, beyond irreversible tipping points, and if so, what are the emergent socio-political crises and dilemmas threatening human survival and how can we transition to a just and sustainable future?
Please note: Electives are subject to timetable constraints. Some combinations of Electives and Subjects may be excluded.
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GY2EL
- GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE
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Credits: 10
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GOOD AND EVIL
To consider questions raised by the human experience of good and evil, and how it may impact understandings of God, humanity, ethics, and social issues of crime, punishment and reconciliation.
Please note: Electives are subject to timetable constraints. Some combinations of Electives and Subjects may be excluded.
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TH2GEL
- GOOD AND EVIL
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Credits: 10
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GREAT BOOKS
This stream will explore the "Great Books" that have inspired, empowered, challenged and consoled millions of people throughout human history by allowing them to better understand themselves and the world they live in.
Please note: Electives are subject to timetable constraints. Some combinations of Electives and Subjects may be excluded.
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EN2BEL
- GREAT BOOKS
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Credits: 10
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INTRODUCTION TO LOGIC AND PHILOSOPHY IN THE DIGITAL AGE
Students will study the principles of valid argument and address some important philosophical issues that arise within the interplay of technology and the human being in the 'Digital Age' today.
Please note: Electives are subject to timetable constraints. Some combinations of Electives and Subjects may be excluded.
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PH2LEL
- INTRODUCTION TO LOGIC AND PHILOSOPHY IN THE DIGITAL AGE
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Credits: 10
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IRISH CULTURAL HERITAGE
Please note: Electives are subject to timetable constraints. Some combinations of Electives and Subjects may be excluded.
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NG2IEL
- IRISH CULTURAL HERITAGE
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Credits: 10
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SERVICE INNOVATION
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PD2SEL
- SERVICE INNOVATION
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Credits: 10
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SKILLS FOR SUCCESS:PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
EX2EX-“Prioritise your future career by selecting a module that gives you the opportunity to meet employers, develop a strong sense of self-awareness, an elective that enables you to identify and develop a range of employability skills, as well as to enhance your application and interview technique, ensuring that you are well equipped to secure internships and to successfully enter the graduate labour market”.
This module is offered in both semester 1- EX201 and repeated in semester 2 - EX202.
Students register for one module only. EX201 or EX202.
Students cannot register for both modules
Please Note: Electives are subject to timetable constraints. Some combinations of Electives and Subjects may be excluded.
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EX2EX
- SKILLS FOR SUCCESS:PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
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Credits: 5
Not compulsory:
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