Courses / Course structure

Not accepting new applicants in 2025-26

PHACF6 - ANCIENT, MEDIEVAL AND RENAISSANCE THOUGHT

Credits: 90 Not compulsory:

		Module	Code	Credits	Semester	Compulsory
		INTRODUCTION TO LATIN, 1A	GC298A	5	1
		INTRODUCTION TO LATIN, 1B	GC298B	5	1
		GREEK LAW AND POLITICAL THEORY	GC318	5	1
		THE FALL OF THE ANCIENT CITY	GC612	10	1
		HERODOTUS AND HIS WORLD	GC637	10	1
		LEARNED LITERATURE OF MEDIEVAL IRELAND	SG613	10	1
		INTRODUCTION TO PALAEOGRAPHY	SG618	5	1
		MEDIEVAL IRISH SAGAS AND MYTHOLOGY	SG614	10	2
		PALAEOGRAPHY AND MANUSCRIPT CULTURE	SG615	5	2
		DISSERTATION	PH699	30	Year-Long
		THESIS	SG606	30	Year-Long

** Recommencing in academic year 2024-25. Module selection to be confirmed. **

ALISF6 - APPLIED LINGUISTICS & INTERCULTURAL STUDIES

Credits: 90 Not compulsory:

		Module	Code	Credits	Semester	Compulsory
		CONTEMPORARY ISSUES IN APPLIED LINGUISTICS	ALIS610	10	1
		INTRODUCTION TO SOCIOLINGUISTICS	ALIS611	10	1
		INTRODUCTION TO INTERCULTURAL STUDIES	ALIS614	5	1
		RESEARCH SKILLS 1: DATA COLLECTION	ML603	5	1
		THEORIES OF SECOND LANGUAGE ACQUISITION	ALIS620	5	2
		RESEARCH SKILLS 2: DATA ANALYSIS	ML604	5	2
		GLOBAL ENGLISH, TESOL AND EMI	ALIS621	5	2
		UNDERSTANDING DATA IN LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH	ALIS626	5	2
		LANGUAGE ENDANGERMENT AND REVITALISATION	ALIS627	5	2
		METHODOLOGIES OF TEACHING AND LEARNING LANGUAGES	ALIS630	5	2
		MINOR THESIS	ALIS625	30	Year-Long

Not open for applications for the 2024-25 academic year

CNF6 - CHINESE STUDIES

Credits: n/a Not compulsory:

		Module	Code	Credits	Semester	Compulsory
		INTRODUCTION TO SOCIOLINGUISTICS	ALIS611	10	1
		CONFLICT AND COMMUNICATION, A CHANGING CHINA IN A GLOBALIZING WORLD 1	CN628	10	1
		RESEARCH SKILLS 1: DATA COLLECTION	ML603	5	1
		MANDARIN CHINESE 7	CN610	5	1
		THEORIES OF SECOND LANGUAGE ACQUISITION	ALIS620	5	2
		MANDARIN CHINESE 8	CN620	5	2
		CONFLICT AND COMMUNICATION, A CHANGING CHINA IN A GLOBALIZING WORLD II	CN629	10	2
		RESEARCH SKILLS 2: DATA ANALYSIS	ML604	5	2
		VIVA VOCE EXAMINATION	CN624	5	Year-Long
		MINOR THESIS	CN625	30	Year-Long
		PROJECT-BASED LEARNING: CHINESE LANGUAGE AND CULTURE	CN631	10	Year-Long

**Commencing September 2025 - content may be subject to change** 

MUCTF6 - CONTEMPORARY MUSIC PRACTICES

Credits: 90 Not compulsory:

		Module	Code	Credits	Semester	Compulsory
		WRITING ABOUT MUSIC – CRITICISM, JOURNALISM, AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT	MU678	10	1
		DIGITAL AUDIO SKILLS	MU692	10	1
		SOFTWARE SOUND SYNTHESIS	MU611A	10	1
		INSTRUMENTAL COMPOSITION	MU693	10	1
		RESEARCH IN PERFORMANCE	MU696	10	1
		ELECTROACOUSTIC COMPOSITION	MU619A	10	2
		SCORING AND COMPOSITION FOR SCREEN MEDIA	MU694	10	2
		TECHNOLOGY IN PERFORMANCE	MU695	10	2
		THE PERFORMER IN THE STUDIO	MU697	10	2
		PLACEMENT PROJECT	MU698	10	2
		CAPSTONE PROJECT	MU690	30	Year-Long
		CREATIVE COLLABORATION AND DISSEMINATION	MU691	10	Year-Long

** Recommencing in academic year 2024-25. Module selection to be confirmed. **

GNE600 - GERMAN

Credits: n/a Not compulsory:

		Module	Code	Credits	Semester	Compulsory
		TRANSLATION: ENGLISH TO GERMAN	GN621	5	1
		RESEARCH SKILLS 1: DATA COLLECTION	ML603	5	1
		INTRODUCTION TO INTERCULTURAL STUDIES	GN612A	5	1
		SOCIOLINGUISTICS OF THE GERMAN-SPEAKING WORLD	GN615	10	1
		APPROACHES TO TRANSLATION STUDIES	ML611	5	1
		METHODOLOGIES OF TEACHING AND LEARNING GERMAN AS A FOREIGN LANGUAGE	GN622A	10	2
		RESEARCH SKILLS 2: DATA ANALYSIS	ML604	5	2
		THEORIES OF SECOND LANGUAGE ACQUISITION	ALIS620	5	2
		NARRATIVES OF CONFLICT IN GERMAN CULTURE	GN627	5	2

1. Modules indicated with a 'D' at the end of the course code are delivered as an online learning option only. 
2. Students must take the following compulsory modules:  KD606; KD607; KD637; KD638; KD639. The balance of credits should be selected from the remaining optional modules available.

KDF6 - INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Credits: 90 Not compulsory:

		Module	Code	Credits	Semester	Compulsory
		CONTEMPORARY GLOBAL ISSUES, CHALLENGES AND RESPONSES	KD637	10	1
		CRITICAL LEARNING AND PARTICIPATORY DEVELOPMENT PRACTICE	KD638	10	1
		ANTHROPOLOGY AND DEVELOPMENT	AN692	10	1
		GLOBAL HEALTH IN ANTHROPOLOGY	AN699	5	1
		RESEARCH METHODS	KD606	10	Year-Long
		DISSERTATION	KD607	30	Year-Long
		GENDER, IDENTITY AND INCLUSION	KD639	5	Year-Long
		MANAGING DEVELOPMENT ORGANISATIONS	KD603D	5	Year-Long
		RESULTS BASED MANAGEMENT FOR DEVELOPMENT	KD632	10	Year-Long
		CONFLICT, SECURITY AND DEVELOPMENT	KD642	10	Year-Long
		CLIMATE JUSTICE, GLOBAL FOOD SYSTEMS AND SUSTAINABILITY	KD643	10	Year-Long
		GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP EDUCATION RECOGNITION	KDGCE	20	Year-Long

1. Students must take the compulsory / core modules: KD606; KD607; KD635; KD636; KD637 and KD642. The balance of credits should be selected from the remaining optional modules available.

2. Modules indicated with a 'D' at the end of the course code are delivered as an online learning option only.

KDIPF6 - INTERNATIONAL PEACEBUILDING, SECURITY AND DEVELOPMENT PRACTICE

Credits: 90 Not compulsory:

		Module	Code	Credits	Semester	Compulsory
		CONTEMPORARY GLOBAL ISSUES, CHALLENGES AND RESPONSES	KD637	10	1
		CRITICAL LEARNING AND PARTICIPATORY DEVELOPMENT PRACTICE	KD638	10	1
		RESEARCH METHODS	KD606	10	Year-Long
		DISSERTATION	KD607	30	Year-Long
		INTRODUCTION TO PEACE PROCESSES AND CONFLICT INTERVENTION	KD635	10	Year-Long
		THEORY AND PRACTICE OF MEDIATION, NEGOTIATION AND DIALOGUE	KD636	10	Year-Long
		CONFLICT, SECURITY AND DEVELOPMENT	KD642	10	Year-Long
		MANAGING DEVELOPMENT ORGANISATIONS	KD603D	5	Year-Long
		GENDER, IDENTITY AND INCLUSION	KD639	5	Year-Long
		CLIMATE JUSTICE, GLOBAL FOOD SYSTEMS AND SUSTAINABILITY	KD643	10	Year-Long

  Optional modules SG601 and SG604 (if students have not studied Old Irish previously)  

SGF6 - MEDIEVAL IRISH STUDIES

Credits: 90 Not compulsory:

		Module	Code	Credits	Semester	Compulsory
		DEVELOPING RESEARCH SKILLS IN MEDIEVAL IRISH STUDIES 1	SG616	5	1
		OLD IRISH LANGUAGE 1	SG601	10	1
		LEARNED LITERATURE OF MEDIEVAL IRELAND	SG613	10	1
		INTRODUCTION TO PALAEOGRAPHY	SG618	5	1
		MIDDLE WELSH	SG625	5	1
		READINGS FROM EARLY IRISH LITERATURE 7	SG647	10	1
		OLD IRISH LANGUAGE 2	SG604	10	2
		MEDIEVAL IRISH SAGAS AND MYTHOLOGY	SG614	10	2
		PALAEOGRAPHY AND MANUSCRIPT CULTURE	SG615	5	2
		MIDDLE WELSH READING	SG626	5	2
		READINGS FROM EARLY IRISH LITERATURE 8	SG648	10	2
		THESIS	SG606	30	Year-Long
		GRAMMAR AND READINGS IN OLD IRISH	SG801	10	Year-Long
		GRAMMAR AND READINGS IN MIDDLE IRISH	SG802	5	Year-Long

Re-Commencing 2023-24

HYMHF6 - MILITARY HISTORY AND STRATEGIC STUDIES

Credits: 90 Not compulsory:

		Module	Code	Credits	Semester	Compulsory
		MODERN WARFARE 2	HY676	10	2
		STRATEGIC AND SECURITY STUDIES	HY692	10	2
		ARCHIVES OF CONFLICT	HY6013	10	2
		MEDIEVAL IRELAND ELECTIVE (MA)	HY649	10	2
		READINGS IN MODERN EUROPEAN HISTORY 2	HY684	10	2
		SKILLS AND METHODS IN HISTORY	HY667	10	Year-Long
		MASTER'S THESIS PREPARATION	HY668	10	Year-Long
		MASTER'S THESIS	HY669	30	Year-Long
		MODERN WARFARE I	HY675	10	Year-Long
		HISTORIOGRAPHY OF MODERN EUROPE I	HY6003	10	Year-Long
		THE AMERICAN WAY OF WAR	HY6018	10	Year-Long
		READINGS IN MODERN EUROPEAN HISTORY I	HY681	10	Year-Long

**Commencing September 2025 - content may be subject to change** 

MUCPF6 - MUSIC, CULTURE AND PRACTICE

Credits: 90 Not compulsory:

		Module	Code	Credits	Semester	Compulsory
		WRITING ABOUT MUSIC – CRITICISM, JOURNALISM, AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT	MU678	10	1
		MUSICOLOGY I	MU688	10	1
		DIGITAL AUDIO SKILLS	MU692	10	1
		RESEARCH IN PERFORMANCE	MU696	10	1
		MUSICOLOGY II	MU689	10	2
		SCORING AND COMPOSITION FOR SCREEN MEDIA	MU694	10	2
		THE PERFORMER IN THE STUDIO	MU697	10	2
		PLACEMENT PROJECT	MU698	10	2
		RESEARCH METHODS	MU660A	10	Year-Long
		CAPSTONE PROJECT	MU690	30	Year-Long
		CREATIVE COLLABORATION AND DISSEMINATION	MU691	10	Year-Long

Notes:

1. Ní mór do gach mac léinn clárú do NG699 (Tráchtas/Thesis) NÓ NG637 (Togra sa Taighde Ealaíonta)

    Students must register for either NG699 (Tráchtas/Thesis) or NG637 (Togra sa Taighde Ealaíonta).

2. Students must check with the Head of Department before registering for any modules that are not delivered in Irish.  

NGE600 - NUA-GHAEILGE

Credits: 90 Not compulsory:

		Module	Code	Credits	Semester	Compulsory
		AN GHAEILGE SCRÍOFA 1	NG601	5	1
		MODHEOLAÍOCHT 1	NG606	5	1
		CEIRD AN AISTRIÚCHÁIN	NG609	5	1
		AN GHAEILGE SNA MEÁIN Ó 2RN GO DTÍ AN RÉ DHIGITEACH	NG630	10	1
		LITRÍOCHT AGUS CRITIC CHOMHAIMSEARTHA NA GAEILGE	NG633	10	1
		AN GHAEILGE SCRÍOFA 2	NG611	5	2
		MODHEOLAÍOCHT 2	NG616	5	2
		WRITING FOR SCREEN MEDIA	MD631	10	2
		BÉALOIDEAS NA GAEILGE AGUS COIMISIÚN BÉALOIDEASA ÉIREANN	NG623	5	2
		EAGRÚ AGUS EAGARTHÓIREACHT	NG626	5	2
		AN SCRÍBHNEOIREACHT GHAIRMIÚIL	NG631	10	2
		AN NUA-GHAEILGE MHOCH AGUS TRAIDISIÚN NA LÁMHSCRÍBHINNÍ	NG632	10	2
		THESIS	NG699	30	Year-Long

**Commencing in the 2026-27 academic year**

Students must register for either TESL622 (Minor Thesis) or TESL623 (Practice-led Project).

TESF6 - TESOL AND EMI

Credits: 90 Not compulsory:

		Module	Code	Credits	Semester	Compulsory
		CONTEMPORARY ISSUES IN APPLIED LINGUISTICS	ALIS610	10	1
		RESEARCH SKILLS 1: DATA COLLECTION	CFA603	5	1
		TESOL AND EMI METHODOLOGIES	TESL601	10	1
		INTRODUCTION TO INTERCULTURAL STUDIES	ALIS614	5	1
		IMPROVING ENGLISH-MEDIUM EDUCATIONAL PRACTICE	ESAP1	5	1
		ADVANCED ENGLISH FOR THE EMI CLASSROOM	ESAP2	5	1
		LANGUAGE AWARENESS	TESL602	5	1
		THEORIES OF SECOND LANGUAGE ACQUISITION	ALIS620	5	2
		METHODOLOGIES OF TEACHING AND LEARNING LANGUAGES	ALIS630	5	2
		RESEARCH SKILLS 2: DATA ANALYSIS	CFA604	5	2
		LANGUAGE TEACHING PRACTICUM	TESL610	10	2
		GLOBAL ENGLISH, TESOL AND EMI	ALIS621	5	2
		MULTILINGUAL LEARNERS AND CLASSROOMS	ML605	5	2
		MINOR THESIS	TESL622	30	Year-Long
		PRACTICE-LED PROJECT	TESL623	30	Year-Long