BA (Hons) (NFQ Level 8)
Curricular information is subject to change.
Open AllDo you want to develop a deep understanding of human experience in Europe and its associated cultures from earliest times to the very present? Do you want to explore issues of memory, truth, curiosity and understanding that have fascinated people at all times and at all places? This programme will bring students to the heart of vital questions about society, history, culture and life itself, and deep into the array of texts that are the result of millennia of lives lived.
Students will not only encounter written words but gain key skills in interpreting evidence of every kind – material, oral, visual and aural – through dynamic lectures and small group tuition. Key modules from the three cognate subjects of Classics, English and History will be consolidated by small-group tuition in thematic cross-disciplinary modules on issues such as cultural transmission, intertextuality, history of ideas and political thought.
First Year
You will take a dedicated inter-disciplinary module, Interpreting Evidence, and you will choose from the full range of modules in Classics, English and History, including:
Second Year
You will take an interdisciplinary core module based in UCD Special Collections and choose from the full range of modules in Classics, English and History, including:
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Third Year
You will choose from a range of options that will enable you to broaden your horizons and enrich your academic experience:
Fourth Year
Undertake a research dissertation drawing on the disciplines studied and choose from a range of modules including:
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Students will have access to both EU and non-EU destinations through a suite of programmes including Erasmus, Erasmus+ and the study abroad and partnership arrangements that UCD has with universities across the globe.
A strong focus on the fluent articulation and analysis of ideas means students on this course will gain numerous transferrable skills, highly valued by employers. These can be applied to a wide range of industries including: Business, Arts and Heritage, Civil Service and the Media.
This course prepares students for graduate study in many areas, including: Classics, English, History, Film, Drama, Media Studies, Cultural Studies, Education, Archives.
Graduates are also eligible for MLitt and PhD programmes in Classics, English and History.
“Classics, English & History at UCD was a fantastic choice for me. I had always been interested in these subjects and now I get to study each of them in depth, as well as interdisciplinary modules to really analyse how they impact each other. I have gained research and critical thinking skills and learned about a wide range of topics from each discipline. I also spent a trimester on an internship in the Little Museum of Dublin gaining hands-on professional experience. The academic, professional and personal growth opportunities I’ve been able to explore over my time in UCD have made my learning experience here so enriching.”
Niamh Scully, Student
UCD School of History
Newman,
Belfield,
Dublin 4
Tel: +353 1 716 8375
Email: history@ucd.ie