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New Minor Subject

A New Minor Subject is a new subject that may be taken up by Single Honours Students on any of the below Single Honours programmes, in their 2nd Year. Students may then choose to continue taking that subject in their 3rd and 4th Years and finish with a Major with Minor degree.

Single Honours Pathways

Single Honours Programmes that may take up a New Minor Subject in 2023/24


Early & Modern Irish

● Ancient History and Archaeology ● Classical Languages ● Economics ● English ● Film ● Geography ● German ● History of Art & Architecture ● Italian ● Linguistics ● Middle Eastern Jewish and Islamic Civilisations ● Music ● Philosophy ● Religion ● Russian ● Social Policy ● Spanish

Drama & Theatre Studies

● Ancient History and Archaeology ● Classical Civilisation ● Classical Languages ● Economics ● English ● French ● Geography ● History ● Irish ● Italian ● Linguistics ● Music ● Philosophy ● Religion ● Social Policy ● Spanish

English Studies

● Ancient History and Archaeology ● Classical Civilisation ● Drama Studies ● Economics ● French ● Film ● German ● History ● History of Art & Architecture ● Italian ● Linguistics ● Middle Eastern Jewish and Islamic Civilisations ● Music ● Russian

Film

● Classical Civilisation ● Classical Languages ● Drama Studies ● French ● Geography ● German ● History ● History of Art & Architecture ● Irish ● Middle Eastern Jewish and Islamic Civilisations ● Philosophy ● Religion ● Russian ● Social Policy ● Spanish

History

● Ancient History and Archaeology ● Classical Civilisation ● Classical Languages ● Drama Studies ● Economics ● English ● French ● Geography ● Irish ● Italian ● Linguistics ● Music ● Philosophy ● Religion ● Social Policy ● Spanish

History of Art & Architecture

● Classical Civilisation ● Classical Languages ● Drama Studies ● Film ● French ● Geography ● German ● History ● Irish ● Middle Eastern, Jewish and Islamic Civilisations ● Philosophy ● Religion ● Russian ● Social Policy ● Spanish

Mathematics

● Ancient History and Archaeology ● Classical Civilisation ● Classical Languages ● Drama Studies ● Economics ● English ●French ● Geography ● History ● Irish ● Italian ● Linguistics ● Music ● Philosophy ● Religion ● Social Policy ● Spanish ● Statistics

Music

● Ancient History and Archaeology ● Classical Civilisation ● Drama Studies ● Economics ● English ● Film ●French ● German ● History ● History of Art & Architecture ● Italian ● Linguistics ● Middle Eastern Jewish and Islamic Civilisations ● Russian

Religion

● Ancient History and Archaeology ● Classical Languages ● Economics ● English ● Film ● Geography ● German ● History of Art & Architecture ● Irish ● Italian ● Linguistics ● Middle Eastern Jewish and Islamic Civilisations ● Music ● Philosophy ● Russian ● Social Policy ● Spanish

Philosophy

● Ancient History and Archaeology ● Classical Languages ● Economics ● English ● Film ● Geography ● German ● History of Art & Architecture ● Irish ● Italian ● Linguistics ● Middle Eastern Jewish and Islamic Civilisations ● Music ● Religion ● Russian ● Social Policy ● Spanish

 

 

 

 

Contacts and Pre-Requisite Requirements

For further details, please link to the PDF document for each New Minor Subject and contact details below.

For general queries, email us.

New Minor Subject

Contacts & Information

2023/24 Pre-Requisite Requirements
Ancient History and Archaeology

Professor Anna Chahoud
chahouda@tcd.ie

None
Classical Civilisation Professor Anna Chahoud
chahouda@tcd.ie
None
Classical Languages - Greek Professor Anna Chahoud
chahouda@tcd.ie
H4 or A-Level Grade C in Ancient Greek (for non-beginners) or in a language other than English.
Classical Languages - Latin Professor Anna Chahoud
chahouda@tcd.ie
H4 or A-Level Grade C in Ancient Latin (for non-beginners) or in a language other than English.

Drama

Professor Brian Singleton
BSNGLTON@tcd.ie
Interested students should express their interest in taking Drama Studies no later than 24 February 2023 via email to the contact. For 2023/24 students will be asked to complete and return a questionnaire no later than 14th April 2023. This questionnaire will be evaluated, and successful applicants will be noted as eligible for the minor.

Economics

Dr Paul Scanlon
scanlop@tcd.ie

For further details contact econsec@tcd.ie
Leaving Certificate: O2/H6 Mathematics or GCSE, Grade 6 or Grade B Mathematics.

English

Dr Mark Sweetnam

mark.sweetnam@tcd.ie

None

Film

Dr. Justin Mac Gregor
macgregj@tcd.ie
None

French

For advice on eligibility contact doransi@tcd.ie

For further details contact undergraduate.sllcs@tcd.ie
Requires a level of French, LC H4 or A-level Grade C.

Geography

Dr Federico Cugurullo
CUGURULF@tcd.ie

None

German

Dr Juergen Barkhoff jbrkhoff@tcd.ie
undergraduate.sllcs@tcd.ie
Requires H4 or A-level Grade C in German for non-beginner German.

History

For further details contact: histhum@tcd.ie

None

History of Art & Architecture

For further details contact: arthist@tcd.ie

None

Irish

For advice on eligibility contact doransi@tcd.ie

For further details contact Ms. Caoimhe Ni Bhraonain: NIBHRAOC@tcd.ie
Requires a level of Irish, LC H4 or A-level Grade C.

Italian

For advice on eligibility contact doransi@tcd.ie

For further details contact  undergraduate.sllcs@tcd.ie
Requires H4 or A-level Grade C in Language other than English.

Linguistics

Dr Valentina Colasanti
uglinguistics@tcd.ie

None

Middle Eastern, Jewish & Islamic Civilisations

Dr Zuleika Rodgers
RODGERSZ@tcd.ie

None

Music

Dr Evangelia Rigaki

rigakie@tcd.ie

Students must possess musical literacy. This is the ability to read and write music notation up to around Grade V music theory, or Music as a Leaving Certificate subject, or equivalent qualifications. Interested students should contact the Head of Department, Evangelia Rigaki (rigakie@tcd.ie) to establish that they are suitable qualified.

Philosophy


For further details contact philosophy@tcd.ie
None

Religion

Dr Jacob Erickson ericksoj@tcd.ie
None

Russian

For advice on eligibility contact doransi@tcd.ie

For further details contact Ms Nadia Trigoub-Browne on nbrowne@tcd.ie
Requires H4 or A-level Grade C in Language other than English for beginner Russian
Requires H4 or A-level Grade C in Russian for non-beginner Russian.
Social Policy For further details contact byrnej18@tcd.ie None
Spanish

For advice on eligibility contact doransi@tcd.ie

For further details contact undergraduate.sllcs@tcd.ie
Requires H4 or A-level Grade C in Language other than English for beginner Spanish
Requires H4 or A-level Grade C in Spanish for non-beginner Spanish.

Statistics

Dr Athanasios Georgiadis: georgiaa@tcd.ie

Only available to Single Honors Mathematics students.