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MODULE CHOICES 2022-23:


While the modules and module descriptors are set out below as accurately as possible, additions or removals of available modules, and changes of module content, instructors, and assessment procedures are often unavoidable between now and the start of the 2022-23 academic year because of changes in staff availability, resource constraints, and other pressures. Thank you for your understanding.

Junior Fresh (Year 1) - each module 5 ECTS

Senior Fresh (Year 2) - each module 5 ECTS

Junior Sophister (Year 3) - each module 5 ECTS

Semester 1:

Semester 2:

Junior Sophister Timetabling Sets
Module Number
Module title
Timetable sets
Semester
POU33041
Political Institutions of the United States
Set 1
1
POU33121
Political Participation 
Set 1
1
POU33051
Democracy and Development A
Set 2
1
POU33071
European Union Politics A
Set 2
1
POU33082
European Union Politics B
Set 1
2
POU33152
German Politics
Set 1
2
POU33132
The European Court of Justice and Other Famous Courts
Set 2
2
POU33062
Democracy and Development B
Set 2
2

Senior Sophister (Year 4)

Full Year Modules (Semester 1 and 2):

Semester 1 - each module 5 ECTS:

Semester 2 - each module 5 ECTS:

Senior Sophister Timetabling Sets
Module Number
Module title
Timetable sets
Semester
POU44040
African Politics MT
Set 1
1
POU44231
Topics in German Politics
Set 1
1
POU44101
Topics: Transparency in Modern Democracies
Set 3
1
POU44131
The Military and Politics
Set 3
1
POU44391
Topics in Political Science 4 (Social Movements, Collective Action, and Contentious Politics)
Set 3
1
POU44111
Political Parties
Set 4
1
POU44251
Politics of Forced Migration
Set 4
1
POU44040
African Politics HT
Set 1
2
POU44142
Economic Inequality and Democracy
Set 1
2
POU44032
Contemporary International Relations B
Set 3
2
POU44052
Topics in Political Psychology
Set 3
2
POU44152
Right Wing Populism in Contemporary Democracies
Set 2
2
POU44322
Topics in Political Science 2 (Human Rights)
Set 2
2
POU44382
Topics in Political Science 5 (Advanced Topics in Civil Conflict)
Set 2
2
POU44172
Russian Politics after Communism
Set 4
2
POU44202
Ethnic Politics and Identity
Set 4
2

 

MODULE CHOICES 2021-22:

Junior Fresh (Year 1) – each module 5 ECTS

Senior Fresh (Year 2) – each module 5 ECTS

Junior Sophister (Year 3) – each module 5 ECTS

Semester 1:

Semester 2:

Senior Sophister (Year 4)

Full year modules (Semester 1 and 2):

Semester 1:

Semester 2:

MODULE CHOICES 2020-21:

Junior Fresh (Year 1) – each module 5 ECTS

Senior Fresh (Year 2) – each module 5 ECTS

Junior Sophister (Year 3) – each module 5 ECTS

Semester 1:

Semester 2:

Senior Sophister (Year 4)

Full year modules (Semester 1 and 2):

Semester 1:

Semester 2:

 

MODULE CHOICES FOR 2019-20

Below, you can find a listing of the Political Science modules on offer in the 2019–20 academic year. This listing is subject to change in subsequent years. For an overview of the undergraduate programme and the aims and objectives of our teaching methods, see the Department's Undergraduate Handbook. You may wish to follow us on twitter at @TCDPoliticalSci.

Junior Fresh (Year 1) – each module 5 ECTS

Senior Fresh (Year 2) – each module 5 ECTS

Junior Sophister (Year 3) – each module 5 ECTS

Senior Sophister (Year 4)

 

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