Learning Supports

Student Learning Development

Learning at university is different to learning at second-level. Student Learning Development helps you to master the new academic skills and self-directed learning needed for your success at Trinity. The supports include:

• A website with a range of resources including podcasts, downloads and interactive workshops that provide academic support to students. Topics include time management, effective study skills, exams, academic writing, critical thinking, presentation skills and more.
• Free workshops throughout the year on a variety of topics for students from all departments.
  Individual consultations – meet with a learning advisor to discuss your study issues.
• For more information please visit http://student-learning.tcd.ie
  
• Other supports for learning in College include:
  • The Maths Help Room, which provides informal help from Trinity students. It is located in the Maths Seminar Room, 2nd Floor, 18 Westland Row and is open on Monday-Friday, from 1-2pm.
  • The Programming Support Centre is available to all computer science and engineering students taking programming courses. See www.scss.tcd.ie/misc/psc
  • English Language support is available for all TCD students for whom English is a second language, in the form of weekly English for Academic Purposes modules which focus on the types of skills necessary for successful academic writing, listening to lectures, and academic presentations. For more information please visit www.tcd.ie/slscs/English
• Peer Learning is available in several of the modern language departments. It involves working with other students to get the most from your course to improve performance. E-mail us for further information: student.learning@tcd.ie

Library

Trinity College’s library is the largest research library in Ireland. The collections include 6 million printed volumes, nearly half-amillion
electronic books, 80,000 electronic journals, the country’s largest collection of maps and printed music, and an extensive collection of manuscripts, and they are all available to every student. The library is not just one building but several, across the campus and in our teaching hospitals.

There are group study rooms, a multimedia resource area, assistive technology suites, Wi-Fi, and staff to help on a one to one basis, and by group tours and demonstrations. All the electronic collections are available to students on the internet and books can be reserved, renewed and requested online. Thousands of visitors come each year to see the Book of Kells and exhibitions in the Long Room, which is one of the most famous library spaces in the world. Admission is free for Trinity College students.

Find out more about the Library at www.tcd.ie/Library

IT services for students

As a student at TCD, you are provided with a wide range of
computer facilities and services, including:

• Access to hundreds of computers located in over 20 student computer rooms, many of which are open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week
• Fast, secure and free Wi-Fi across College and in College residences for your computer, phone or tablet
• A TCD Gmail account, called MyZone, which is yours for life
• E-learning resources for many courses, available in the Blackboard Learn system
• Access to IT support from the IS Services helpdesk on campus and via email and phone
• Find out more at http://isservices.tcd.ie/students/new_students.php

Optional courses

Broad Curriculum

• Trinity College offers students the opportunity to study one module outside their chosen course, via the Broad Curriculum. These Broad Curriculum modules are usually available to students in the Senior Freshman (second) or Junior Sophister (third) year. The chosen module would typically account for approximately 10% of the teaching for the year.
• There are 19 broad curriculum modules available, in literature, film studies, languages (2 modules), philosophy, psychology (2 modules), political science, living sustainably (2 modules), criminal law, business, planet earth, art in Ireland (2 modules), science and technology, gender and society, and history (2 modules).
• Find out more at www.tcd.ie/Broad_Curriculum

Optional language courses

Optional evening language courses (for students who are not studying a language as part of their degree) are available. The courses are designed to help develop practical communication skills for study or work experience abroad. These language modules may also be taken for credit by undergraduate students under the Broad Curriculum (see above).

The following language modules are available: Irish, French, Spanish, Italian, German, Turkish, Korean, Japanese, Croatian.

For some courses, the minimum entry requirement is a Leaving Certificate (or equivalent) qualification in the relevant language. Other courses are open to complete beginners. The number of places available for first-year students is limited, but students may apply for optional and credit-bearing language courses in subsequent years.

Find out more at www.tcd.ie/slscs/undergraduate/clcs-language-modules