Mic Léinn Bliana ar Cuairt:

Courses available and specifically aimed at Visiting Students include:

• IR1081: Irish literature and language
• Elementary Irish

Visiting students may also take classes in Early Irish as these are taught through the medium of English. Please see the course listings on the International Office's website for the complete listing. Or feel free to contact the Irish Department with any queries.

Irish Literature and Language

This one-year course on Irish (Gaelic) literature and language is designed specifically to meet the needs of visiting students. Its aim is to provide students with an introduction to Irish studies, and topics to be dealt with are: early Irish society, history of the Irish language, Irish literature (early to contemporary) and Irish folklore. Since separate topics of the course are taught in each term, admission may be gained to the course at the beginning of each term, provided there are vacancies, and credit units (7.5, 7.5) are earned accordingly. In addition students may study elementary modern Irish language. Further information on the different courses taken within this module is available by contacting the Irish Departmental Office (see contact page).
Duration: Academic year
Contact hours p/w: 2 lectures
Assessment:

• Year-long: 3 short essays or 2 long essays
• One Semester: 2 short essays or 1 long essay

Weighting: 15 ECTS units

Bunghaeilge / Elementary Irish

The course is designed to enable visiting students to acquire a basic command of the Modern Irish language. Though the course is non-intensive, provision can also be made for use by the students of the Language Centre's laboratory as an auto-tutor facility.
Duration: Academic year
Contact hours p/w: 2 x 1 hour classes
Assessment: 1 x 2-hour exam (voluntary)
Weighting: Not for credit