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Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
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Is this the right course for you?
If you have an interest in the history, literature, and culture of
Ireland in a broad, interdisciplinary, comparative context then this
is the programme for you. Students are encouraged to avail of
the full range of academic opportunities provided by Trinity College.
For example, students on this programme have successfully
competed for the TCD Foundation scholarship and chosen to
study abroad on the Erasmus programme in their third year.
Course content
There will be a mixture of compulsory courses in years 1-3 and
optional courses in the final year, allowing you to specialise in
areas where you have developed particular interests. Course
details are available on our website at
www.tcd.ie/courses/
irishstudies
. Assessment throughout the four years consists of
both continuous assessment and examination. You will also write
a dissertation in your final year. Courses include:
Strand A
This strand contains a number of Irish language modules.
Junior Freshman (Year 1)
Interdisciplinary:
1. Imagining Ireland I
Irish:
2. An Ghaeilge: Ceart na teanga I
3. Cleachtadh teanglainne
4. Nualitríocht
History:
5. Doing history
6. Ireland, c.1250-1500: Gaelic revival and the English Pale
7. Ireland and the wider world, 1534-1815
English:
8. Theorising Ireland
Senior Freshman (Year 2)
Interdisciplinary:
1. Imagining Ireland II
2. A Broad Curriculum course (see p. 13)
Irish:
3. An Ghaeilge: Ceart na teanga II
4. Nuafhilíocht
5. Nualitríocht
History:
6. Ireland and the Union, 1801-1922
7. Change & expectation: Socio-cultural history of 20th-century
Ireland
English:
8. Irish writing in English 1590-1800
Junior Sophister (Year 3)
Interdisciplinary:
1. Imagining Ireland III
Irish:
2. An Ghaeilge: Ceapadóireacht
3. An Fhilíocht Chomhaimseartha
4. Prós na Linne
History:
5. History of the USA
6. 20th century Europe
English:
7. Nineteenth-century Irish writing
Senior Sophister (Year 4)
Interdisciplinary:
1. Imagining Ireland IV
2. Dissertation
Irish:
3. Ceapadóireacht
4. Students choose Sophister modules from an approved list
of Irish and History courses including specific modules in
British, European and American history.
OR
Strand B
All courses in this strand are taught through the medium
of English.
Junior Freshman (Year 1)
Interdisciplinary:
1. Imagining Ireland I
English:
2. Theorising Ireland
3. Romanticism
4. Genre: The novel
History:
5. Doing history
6. Ireland, c.1250-1500: Gaelic revival and the English Pale
7. Ireland and the wider world, 1534-1815
Irish Dept:
8. Irish language and literature I (taught through the medium
of English)
Senior Freshman (Year 2)
Interdisciplinary:
1. Imagining Ireland II
English:
2. Irish writing in English 1590-1800
3. Theories of literature
4. Introduction to postcolonial literature
5. Victorian literature