Bachelor of Arts English and Creative Writing

at National University of Ireland Galway

Year 1
You will study Creative Writing, English, and one other Arts subject. The focus in Creative Writing will be on the practice of Fiction and Nonfiction, and there will also be a weekly visiting-speaker series.
 

Year 2
You will study Creative Writing, English, and your other chosen Arts subject. For Creative Writing, second year concentrates on the writing of Poetry, Plays and Screenplays.
 

Year 3
Your Creative Writing work will be the exclusive focus, through mentored independent project(s) and/or study abroad and/or work placement. While mentorship with professional writers is the prime work experience for our Creative Writing students, other forms of work placement are possible. Your third year provides a major opportunity for guided self-directed learning, and your can discuss your plans and prospects in advance with your course director and/or mentor. If you are studying a language with English and Creative Writing, you may avail of an exchange at an EU university, and the Creative Writing study path you take while abroad will be planned in advance. Non-language students may also avail of an exchange with an English-speaking university abroad, most typically in the USA or Canada.
 

Year 4
Completion of your studies in Creative Writing, English and your other subject. For Creative Writing, your classes will centre on project and portfolio consolidation, professionalisation and publication planning.
 

Curriculum Information
Curriculum information relates to the current academic year (in most cases).
Course and module offerings and details may be subject to change.
 

Glossary of Terms
 

Credits

You must earn a defined number of credits (aka ECTS) to complete each year of your course. You do this by taking all of its required modules as well as the correct number of optional modules to obtain that year's total number of credits.
 

Module

An examinable portion of a subject or course, for which you attend lectures and/or tutorials and carry out assignments. E.g. Algebra and Calculus could be modules within the subject Mathematics. Each module has a unique module code eg. MA140.
 

Subject

Some courses allow you to choose subjects, where related modules are grouped together. Subjects have their own required number of credits, so you must take all that subject's required modules and may also need to obtain the remainder of the subject's total credits by choosing from its available optional modules.
 

Optional

A module you may choose to study.
 

Required

A module that you must study if you choose this course (or subject).
 

Required Core Subject

A subject you must study because it's integral to that course.
 

Semester

Most courses have 2 semesters (aka terms) per year, so a three-year course will have six semesters in total. For clarity, this page will refer to the first semester of year 2 as 'Semester 3'.
 

Year 1 (60 Credits)

Optional Subject: Ancient Classics (15 Credits):

• Optional CCS315: Intermediate Latin 1 - 5 Credits - Semester 1
• Optional CCS205: Ancient Greek for Beginners (Part One) - 5 Credits - Semester 1
• Optional CC321: Latin Texts from Medieval Ireland and Britain - 5 Credits - Semester 1
• Optional CC230: Beginning Latin Part 1 - 5 Credits - Semester 1
• Optional CC1101: Mythology and the City in Ancient Greece - 5 Credits - Semester 1
• Optional CC114: Written Words & Spoken Languages in the Ancient World - 5 Credits - Semester 1
• Optional CC1100: Classics in 20 Objects - 5 Credits - Semester 1
• Optional CCS316: Intermediate Latin 2 - 5 Credits - Semester 2
• Optional CCS312: Advanced Classical and Medieval Latin 2 - 5 Credits - Semester 2
• Optional CCS206: Ancient Greek for Beginners (Part Two) - 5 Credits - Semester 2
• Optional CC232: Beginning Latin Part 2 - 5 Credits - Semester 2
• Optional CC1102: Empire and Literature in Ancient Rome - 5 Credits - Semester 2

Optional Subject: Archaeology (15 Credits):

• Optional AR1102: Recording Monuments in the Landscape - 5 Credits - Semester 2
• Required AR113: Prehistoric Ireland & Europe - 5 Credits - Semester 1
• Optional AR1104: Material Culture and Museums - 5 Credits - Semester 1
• Required AR1105: Medieval Ireland and Europe - 5 Credits - Semester 2

Optional Subject: Celtic Civilisation (15 Credits):

• Optional SG1100: Medieval Celtic Literature A - 5 Credits - Semester 1
• Optional SG1101: Medieval Celtic Literature B - 5 Credits - Semester 1
• Required SG111: Early & Medieval History of the Celts - 5 Credits - Semester 1
• Required SG116: Celtic Mythology, Religion & Folklore - 5 Credits - Semester 2

Required Core Subject: Creative Writing (15 Credits):

• Required CW101: The Forms of Fiction - 5 Credits - Semester 1
• Required CW103: Writing Professions - 5 Credits - Semester 2
• Required CW102: Exploring Non-Fiction - 5 Credits - Semester 2

Optional Subject: Economics (15 Credits):

• Required EC1108: Skills for Economics I - 5 Credits - Semester 1
• Required EC135: Principles of Microeconomics - 5 Credits - Semester 1
• Required EC136: Principles of Macroeconomics - 5 Credits - Semester 2

Optional Subject: English (15 Credits):

• Required ENSK1100: Exploring English - 5 Credits - Semester 1
• Required EN124: Introduction to English 1 - 5 Credits - Semester 1
• Required EN125: Introduction to English 2 - 5 Credits - Semester 2

Optional Subject: French (15 Credits):

• Required FR1100: Introduction to French Language and Culture - 15 Credits - Semester 1

Optional Subject: Gaeilge (15 Credits):

• Optional NG1107: Scéal agus Pobal na Gaeilge - 5 Credits - Semester 1
• Required NG1105: An Teanga Bheo - 10 Credits - Semester 1
• Optional NG1106: Litríocht agus Cultúr na Linne - 5 Credits - Semester 2

Optional Subject: Geilleagar (15 Credits):

• Required EC145: Prionsabail na Micreacnamaíochta - 5 Credits - Semester 1
• Required EC146: Prionsbail na Maicreacnamaíochta - 5 Credits - Semester 2
• Required EC147: Obair Chúrsa Eacnamaíocht - 5 Credits - Semester 2

Optional Subject: Geography/Tíreolaíocht (15 Credits):

• Required TI150: Principles of Human Geography - 5 Credits - Semester 1
• Required TI1101: Geography in Practice - 5 Credits - Semester 1
• Required TI151: Principles of Physical Geography - 5 Credits - Semester 2

Optional Subject: German (Advanced) (15 Credits):

• Required GR1100: German Language and Culture (Advanced) - 15 Credits - Semester 1

Optional Subject: German (Beginners) (15 Credits):

• Required GR1101: German Language and Culture (Beginners) - 15 Credits - Semester 1

Optional Subject: History (15 Credits):

• Required HI1103: Europe and Ireland 1789 - 1918 - 5 Credits - Semester 1
• Required HI1100: Skills for Historians (BA Connect) - 5 Credits - Semester 1
• Required HI1104: Europe: From Medieval to Modern - 5 Credits - Semester 2

Optional Subject: Italian (15 Credits):

• Required IT1100: Italian Language and Culture - 15 Credits - Semester 1

Optional Subject: Law (15 Credits):

• Required LW103.I: Irish Legal Systems - 5 Credits - Semester 1
• Required LW3109: Tort Law - 10 Credits - Semester 1

Optional Subject: Léann na Cumarsáide (15 Credits):

• Required CG1100: Scéalaíocht Dhigiteach - 5 Credits - Semester 1
• Required CG1105: Bunús na hIriseoireachta - 5 Credits - Semester 1
• Required CG1104: Na Meáin agus an tSochaí - 5 Credits - Semester 2

Optional Subject: Mathematics (15 Credits):

• Optional MA185: Analysis and Algebra 1 - 5 Credits - Semester 1
• Optional MA131: Mathematical Skills - 5 Credits - Semester 1
• Optional MA132: Scileanna Matamaiticiúla - 5 Credits - Semester 1
• Optional MA133: Analysis and Algebra 1 - 5 Credits - Semester 1
• Optional MA134: Anailís agus Algéabar 1 - 5 Credits - Semester 1
• Optional MA187: Mathematical Skills - 5 Credits - Semester 2
• Optional MA136: Anailís agus Algéabar 2 - 5 Credits - Semester 2
• Optional MA186: Analysis and Algebra 2 - 5 Credits - Semester 2
• Optional MA135: Analysis and Algebra 2 - 5 Credits - Semester 2

Optional Subject: Modern Irish Culture Studies: Literature and Music (15 Credits):

• Required ISSK1100: Introducing Modern and Contemporary Irish Literature - 5 Credits - Semester 1
• Required IS1103: Introducing Irish Traditional Music & Dance since 1893 - 5 Credits - Semester 1
• Required IS1104: The Migrant Experience in Modern Irish Writing - 5 Credits - Semester 2

Optional Subject: Philosophy (15 Credits):

• Required PISK1101: Critical Thinking & Persuasive Writing (Remote Learning) - 5 Credits - Semester 1
• Required PI108: Introduction To Practical Ethics - 5 Credits - Semester 1
• Required PI107: Introduction To The History Of Philosophy - 5 Credits - Semester 2

Optional Subject: Psychology (15 Credits):

• Required PS122: Introductory Psychology 1 - 5 Credits - Semester 1
• Required PS137: Introduction to Research Methods in Psychology - 5 Credits - Semester 2
• Required PS124: Introductory Psychology 2 - 5 Credits - Semester 2

Optional Subject: Spanish (Beginners) (15 Credits):

• Required SH1100: Intensive Beginners Spanish Language and Culture - 15 Credits - Semester 1

Optional Subject: Spanish (Intermediate) (15 Credits):

• Required SH1101: Intermediate Spanish Language and Culture - 15 Credits - Semester 1
   

Year 2 (60 Credits)

Optional Subject: Archaeology (25 Credits):

This subject is available if you studied Archaeology in the previous year / semester.

• Optional AR250: Sacred Places and Christian Buildings in Medieval Ireland - 5 Credits - Semester 3
• Optional TI254: Space, Place and the Irish Landscape - 5 Credits - Semester 3
• Optional AR2101: Early Kingship: From Chaos to Cosmos - 5 Credits - Semester 3
• Required AR246: Castles, Colonists & Crannogs 1100-1350 - 5 Credits - Semester 3
• Required AR2102: People, Ritual and Death: Life in Early Prehistoric Europe - 5 Credits - Semester 3
• Optional AR2103: Archaeology and Irish Identity – Celts, Christians, Vikings - 5 Credits - Semester 4
• Required AR245: Archaeology in Practice - 5 Credits - Semester 4
• Required AR236: Interpretation in Archaeology - 5 Credits - Semester 4

Optional Subject: Celtic Civilisation (25 Credits):

This subject is available if you studied Celtic Civilisation in the previous year / semester.

• Optional SG216: The Stories of Medieval Wales - 5 Credits - Semester 3
• Optional CC230: Beginning Latin Part 1 - 5 Credits - Semester 3
• Optional SG215: Medieval Irish Literature c.700-1100 - 5 Credits - Semester 3
• Optional SG221: Medieval Irish Language I - 5 Credits - Semester 3
• Optional SG223: Society & Social Institutions in the Celtic-speaking West - 5 Credits - Semester 3
• Optional AR246: Castles, Colonists & Crannogs 1100-1350 - 5 Credits - Semester 3
• Optional WE111: Introduction to Welsh Language I - 5 Credits - Semester 3
• Optional CC228: The History of the Roman Empire - 5 Credits - Semester 3
• Optional AR2101: Early Kingship: From Chaos to Cosmos - 5 Credits - Semester 3
• Optional HI2110: Making Ireland English: 1580-1665 - 5 Credits - Semester 3
• Optional SG217: A Field of Gods & Men: Celtic Myths - 5 Credits - Semester 4
• Optional WE113: Introduction to Welsh Language II - 5 Credits - Semester 4
• Optional SG222: Medieval Irish Language II - 5 Credits - Semester 4
• Optional SG220: King Arthur & the Holy Grail - 5 Credits - Semester 4
• Optional HI229: Medieval Europe 5th - 9th Century - 5 Credits - Semester 4
• Optional CC232: Beginning Latin Part 2 - 5 Credits - Semester 4
• Optional SG219: The Celtic Languages in the Modern World - 5 Credits - Semester 4
• Optional CCS207: Studies in Ancient Literature and Thought - 5 Credits - Semester 4

Optional Subject: Classics (25 Credits):

This subject is available if you studied Classics in the previous year / semester.

• Optional CC230: Beginning Latin Part 1 - 5 Credits - Semester 3
• Optional CCS205: Ancient Greek for Beginners (Part One) - 5 Credits - Semester 3
• Optional CC228: The History of the Roman Empire - 5 Credits - Semester 3
• Optional CC2103: Mediterranean Origins - 5 Credits - Semester 3
• Optional CCS204: Visualising Antiquity - 5 Credits - Semester 3
• Optional CC2105: Heroic Epic - 5 Credits - Semester 4
• Optional CC2102: Classical Mythology and Drama - 5 Credits - Semester 4
• Optional CC232: Beginning Latin Part 2 - 5 Credits - Semester 4
• Optional CCS207: Studies in Ancient Literature and Thought - 5 Credits - Semester 4
• Optional CCS201: Studies in the Ancient Imagination - 5 Credits - Semester 3
• Optional CCS206: Ancient Greek for Beginners (Part Two) - 5 Credits - Semester 4
• Optional SG217: A Field of Gods & Men: Celtic Myths - 5 Credits - Semester 4
• Optional CC2104: The City-State - 5 Credits - Semester 4

Required Core Subject: Creative Writing (10 Credits):

• Required CW200: The Voices & Styles of Poetry - 5 Credits - Semester 3
• Required CW201: Dramatic Ideas - 5 Credits - Semester 4

Optional Subject: Economics (25 Credits):

This subject is available if you studied Economics in the previous year / semester.

• Optional EC207: Irish Economic History - 5 Credits - Semester 3
• Optional EC219: Comparative Economic Thought - 5 Credits - Semester 3
• Required EC269: Intermediate Microeconomics - 5 Credits - Semester 3
• Required EC273: Mathematics for Economics - 5 Credits - Semester 3
• Optional EC259: Economics of Public Policy - 5 Credits - Semester 4
• Optional EC247: Introduction to Financial Economics - 5 Credits - Semester 4
• Required EC268: Intermediate Macroeconomics - 5 Credits - Semester 4
• Required EC275: Statistics for Economics - 5 Credits - Semester 4

Optional Subject: English (25 Credits):
 

This subject is available if you studied English in the previous year / semester.

• Optional EN2142: Worlds in Revolt: Romanticisms - 5 Credits - Semester 3
• Optional EN3141: North American Literature - 5 Credits - Semester 3
• Optional EN2166: Seduction, Sexuality, and Race: Early Modern Identities - 5 Credits - Semester 3
• Optional EN385: Drama And Theatre Studies - 5 Credits - Semester 3
• Optional ENG230.II: 19th Century Detective Fiction - 5 Credits - Semester 4
• Optional EN2107: Shakespearean Comedies - 5 Credits - Semester 4
• Optional EN3114: Modernist Fiction - 5 Credits - Semester 4
• Optional EN2149: Service Learning - Literacy Lift Off! Reading with Children (S2) - 5 Credits - Semester 4
• Optional EN434.II: Studies in 20th Century Fiction - 5 Credits - Semester 4
• Optional EN2101: Creative Writing - 5 Credits - Semester 4
• Optional EN2102: Renaissance Drama - 5 Credits - Semester 4
• Optional EN298.II: Spenser: The Faerie Queene - 5 Credits - Semester 4
• Optional EN2106: Shakespearean Comedies - 5 Credits - Semester 4
• Optional EN264: Studies In Medieval Literature - 5 Credits - Semester 4
• Optional ENG213.II: Film Studies - 5 Credits - Semester 4
• Optional EN2153: Monsters, Mischief, and Marvels: Reading Old English (S2) - 5 Credits - Semester 4
• Optional EN2100: Creative Writing - 5 Credits - Semester 4
• Optional EN448.II: Stories Told and Re-Told - 5 Credits - Semester 4
• Optional ENG243.II: Special Topic - 5 Credits - Semester 4
• Optional EN2111: Nineteenth-Century Gothic Fiction - 5 Credits - Semester 4
• Optional EN278.II: Milton's Poetry - 5 Credits - Semester 4
• Optional EN2168: Early Modern Studies in the Global Classroom - 5 Credits - Semester 4
• Optional EN444.II: Pain & Pleasure in Jacobean Theatre - 5 Credits - Semester 4
• Optional EN2156: Love and Literature - 5 Credits - Semester 4

Optional Subject: French (25 Credits):

This subject is available if you studied French in the previous year / semester.

• Optional FR269: Lecture du français: Textes, Contextes, Idées - 5 Credits - Semester 3
• Optional FR270: Langue poétique/ langue vivante - 5 Credits - Semester 3
• Required FR266: French Language 5 - 10 Credits - Semester 3
• Optional FR267: La France mise en scène - 5 Credits - Semester 4
• Optional FR2100: Expressing French and Francophone Identities - 5 Credits - Semester 4

Optional Subject: Gaeilge (25 Credits):

This subject is available if you studied Gaeilge in the previous year / semester.

• Required NG227: Teanga Na Nua-Ghaeilge I - 5 Credits - Semester 3
• Required NG2100: An tSochtheangeolaíocht - 5 Credits - Semester 3
• Required NG2101: An Gearrscéal sa Ghaeilge - 5 Credits - Semester 3
• Optional NG2103: Teanga na Sean-Ghaeilge I - 5 Credits - Semester 4
• Optional NG2104: Na Meáin Chumarsáide agus an Ghaeilge - 5 Credits - Semester 4
• Optional NG2105: Amhránaíocht na Gaeilge - 5 Credits - Semester 4
• Optional NG2108: Canúint agus Caighdeán - 5 Credits - Semester 4
• Optional NG2109: Téamaí i Nuafhilíocht na Gaeilge - 5 Credits - Semester 4
• Optional NG2102: Scannánaíocht na Gaeilge - 5 Credits - Semester 4
• Optional NG2107: Ainmneacha, Sloinnte agus Logainmneacha na hÉireann - 5 Credits - Semester 4
• Required NG228: Teanga Na Nua-Ghaeilge II - 5 Credits - Semester 4

Optional Subject: Geography/Tíreolaíocht (25 Credits):

This subject is available if you studied Geography/Tíreolaíocht in the previous year / semester.

• Optional TI254: Space, Place and the Irish Landscape - 5 Credits - Semester 3
• Optional TI2102: Introduction To GIS - 10 Credits - Semester 3
• Optional TI229: Political & Cutural Geography: Identity, Race & the Nation - 5 Credits - Semester 3
• Optional TI235: Biogeography - 5 Credits - Semester 3
• Optional TI248: Coastal Environments - 5 Credits - Semester 3
• Required TI251: Theory & Practice in Geography I - 5 Credits - Semester 3
• Optional TI230: Economic Geography - 5 Credits - Semester 4
• Optional TI258: Rural Environments: Sustainability & Management - 5 Credits - Semester 4
• Optional TI2104: Marine Spatial Planning - 5 Credits - Semester 4
• Optional TI2105: Tíreolaíocht Na Tuaithe: Sochaí, Spás agus Geilleagar - 5 Credits - Semester 4
• Optional TI216: Aimsir Agus Aeraid/ Weather And Climate - 5 Credits - Semester 4
• Required TI252: Theory & Practice in Geography II - 5 Credits - Semester 4

Optional Subject: German (25 Credits):

This subject is available if you studied German (Advanced) in the previous year / semester.
This subject is available if you studied German (Beginners) in the previous year / semester.
 

• Optional GR239: History of German Literature & Culture I - 5 Credits - Semester 3
• Optional GR238: German Studies I - 5 Credits - Semester 3
• Required GR236: German Language I - 5 Credits - Semester 3
• Optional GR240: German Studies II - 5 Credits - Semester 4
• Optional GR235: History of German Literature & Culture II - 5 Credits - Semester 4
• Required GR237: German Language II - 5 Credits - Semester 4

Optional Subject: History (25 Credits):

This subject is available if you studied History in the previous year / semester.

• Optional HI465: European Encounters with the Mongols - 10 Credits - Semester 3
• Optional HI295: The American Civil War: Its Causes and Developments - 10 Credits - Semester 3
• Optional HI166: Ireland in the 1950s - 10 Credits - Semester 3
• Optional HI2103: Monarchy & Society in Early 17th Century France - 10 Credits - Semester 3
• Optional HI2130: Medieval Europe C1050-1250 (S1) - 5 Credits - Semester 3
• Optional HI2110: Making Ireland English: 1580-1665 - 5 Credits - Semester 3
• Optional HI2132: Religion and Irish Life in the Twentieth Century - 5 Credits - Semester 3
• Optional HI2123: Life and Death in Victorian Britain - 5 Credits - Semester 3
• Optional HI2125: Global History, 1780-1945 - 5 Credits - Semester 4
• Optional HI249: Ireland:Economy And Society,1700-1850 - 5 Credits - Semester 4
• Optional HI572: Irish Ideologies and Activists, 1905-1916 - 10 Credits - Semester 4
• Optional HI2113: The Making & Breaking of Britain in the 20th C - 10 Credits - Semester 4
• Optional HI262: Medieval Europe C1050-1250 - 5 Credits - Semester 4
• Optional HI431: French Mobilisation and the Great War, 1914-24 - 10 Credits - Semester 4
• Optional HI2102: The Modern United States, 1865-2008 - 5 Credits - Semester 4
• Optional HI2135: Fluxes, Fevers and Fighting Men: Disease and Armies (1489-1856) - 10 Credits - Semester 4

Optional Subject: Italian (25 Credits):

This subject is available if you studied Italian in the previous year / semester.

• Optional IT238: Italian Culture & Society I - 5 Credits - Semester 3
• Required IT235: Intermediate Language I - 5 Credits - Semester 3
• Required IT2101: Oral (Communication and Presentation Skills) - 5 Credits - Semester 3
• Optional IT239: Italian Culture & Society II - 5 Credits - Semester 4
• Required IT236: Intermediate language II - 5 Credits - Semester 4
• Required IT237: Applied Language Skills: Intercultural Studies - 5 Credits - Semester 4

Optional Subject: Law (25 Credits):

This subject is available if you studied Law in the previous year / semester.

• Required LW107.I: Legal Methods And Research - 5 Credits - Semester 3
• Required LW202: Contract I - 5 Credits - Semester 3
• Required LW227: Constitutional Law I - 5 Credits - Semester 3
• Required LW205: Contract II - 5 Credits - Semester 4
• Required LW228: Constitutional Law II - 5 Credits - Semester 4

Optional Subject: Léann na Cumarsáide (25 Credits):

This subject is available if you studied Léann na Cumarsáide in the previous year / semester.

• Required GA117: Dlí, Eiticí agus an Córas Poiblí - 5 Credits - Semester 3
• Required CG2100: Anailís na Meán - 5 Credits - Semester 3
• Required CG2101: Craoltóireacht - 5 Credits - Semester 3
• Required CG2102: Dearadh Físe - 5 Credits - Semester 4
• Required GA210: An Gné-Alt - 5 Credits - Semester 4

Optional Subject: Mathematical Studies (25 Credits):

This subject is available if you studied Mathematics in the previous year / semester.

• Required ST237: Introduction to Statistical Data and Probability - 5 Credits - Semester 3
• Required MA211: Calculus I - 5 Credits - Semester 3
• Required MA284: Discrete Mathematics - 5 Credits - Semester 3
• Required MA203: Linear Algebra - 5 Credits - Semester 4
• Required MA212: Calculus II - 5 Credits - Semester 4
• Optional ST235: Probability - 5 Credits - Semester 3
• Optional ST237: Introduction to Statistical Data and Probability - 5 Credits - Semester 3
• Required MA284: Discrete Mathematics - 5 Credits - Semester 3
• Required MA2286: Differential Forms - 5 Credits - Semester 3
• Optional MA801: University of Villanova - 15 Credits - Semester 4
• Required MA283: Linear Algebra - 5 Credits - Semester 4
• Required MA2287: Complex Analysis - 5 Credits - Semester 4

Optional Subject: Modern Irish Culture Studies: Literature & Music (25 Credits):

This subject is available if you studied Modern Irish Culture Studies: Literature and Music in the previous year / semester.

• Optional IS2102: Festival, Ritual and Commemoration - 5 Credits - Semester 3
• Optional IS2104: Claiming Place in Gaelic Irish Literature - 5 Credits - Semester 3
• Optional EN464.I: Negotiating Identities: Aspects of 20th Century Irish Writing - 5 Credits - Semester 3
• Optional IS2105: Popular Music, Cultural Identities and Ireland - 5 Credits - Semester 3
• Optional IS2100: Music, Gender and Ireland - 5 Credits - Semester 4
• Optional IS2103: Irish Landscapes, Culture and Literature - 5 Credits - Semester 4
• Optional EN464.II: Negotiating Identities: Aspects of 20th Century Irish Writing - 5 Credits - Semester 4

Optional Subject: Philosophy (25 Credits):

This subject is available if you studied Philosophy in the previous year / semester.

• Optional PI210: Moral And Political Philosophy - 5 Credits - Semester 3
• Optional PI2101: Information Ethics - 5 Credits - Semester 3
• Optional PI207: Philosophy Of Art - 5 Credits - Semester 3
• Required PI216: History Of Modern Philosophy - 5 Credits - Semester 3
• Optional PI247: Nietzsche & Philosophy - 5 Credits - Semester 4
• Optional PI240: Bioethics - 5 Credits - Semester 4
• Optional PI2102: Formal Logic - 5 Credits - Semester 4
• Optional PI2100: East Asian Philosophy and Culture - 5 Credits - Semester 4
• Optional PI2105: Philosophical Inquiry through P4C - 5 Credits - Semester 4
• Required PS403: Biological Psychology - 5 Credits - Semester 3
• Required PS219: Research Methods in Psychology - 5 Credits - Semester 4
• Required PS214: Developmental Psychology 1 - 5 Credits - Semester 3
• Required PS320: Memory & Cognition - 5 Credits - Semester 4
• Required PS428: Social Psychology - 5 Credits - Semester 4

Optional Subject: Spanish (25 Credits):

This subject is available if you studied Spanish (Beginners) in the previous year / semester.
This subject is available if you studied Spanish (Intermediate) in the previous year / semester.
This subject is available if you studied Spanish (Advanced) in the previous year / semester.
 

• Optional SH232: Hispanic Literature & Culture I - 5 Credits - Semester 3
• Optional SH2101: Spanish Language II A: Ex-Intermediate - 5 Credits - Semester 3
• Optional SH2100: Spanish Language II B: Ex-Beginner - 5 Credits - Semester 3
• Optional SH236: Cultural Debates in Latin America - 5 Credits - Semester 3
• Required SH2102: Spoken Spanish and Oral Presentation Skills - 5 Credits - Semester 3
• Optional SH233: Hispanic Literature & Culture II - 5 Credits - Semester 4
• Required SH2103: Spanish Language II C - 5 Credits - Semester 4
   

Year 3 (60 Credits)

• Optional CW303: Portfolio Development - 25 Credits - Semester 5
• Optional CW306: International Creative Writing I - 30 Credits - Semester 5
• Optional CW300: Independent Writing Project 1 - 30 Credits - Semester 5
• Optional PS338: Theories of Personality - 5 Credits - Semester 5
• Optional DT2112: The Practice and Exploration of the Creative Arts (S1) - 5 Credits - Semester 5
• Optional CW307: International Creative Writing 2 - 30 Credits - Semester 6
• Optional CW305: Yearlong Personal Project - 60 Credits - Semester 6
• Optional CW301: Independent Writing Project 2 - 30 Credits - Semester 6
• Optional PS320: Memory & Cognition - 5 Credits - Semester 6
   

Year 4 (60 Credits)

Optional Subject: Archaeology (30 Credits):

• This subject is available if you studied Archaeology in the previous year / semester.
• Required AR338: Explaining Prehistory - Current Research Trends - 5 Credits - Semester 7
• Required AR3100: Metal, Warfare, and Chiefdoms - The Bronze Age Roots of European Civilization - 5 Credits - Semester 7
• Required AR343: Public Archaeology - 5 Credits - Semester 7
• Optional AR3101: Landscape and Archaeology: Context and Practice - 5 Credits - Semester 8
• Optional AR325: Minor Dissertation - 5 Credits - Semester 8
• Optional AR347: Palaeoecology - Reconstructing Past Environments - 5 Credits - Semester 8
• Required AR337: Gaelic Peoples - Identity and Cultural Practices - 5 Credits - Semester 8
• Required AR332: The Development Of The Castle In Medieval Europe - 5 Credits - Semester 8

Optional Subject: Celtic Civilisation (30 Credits):

This subject is available if you studied Celtic Civilisation in the previous year / semester.

• Optional SG313: The Poetry of Medieval Wales c.600-1100 - 5 Credits - Semester 7
• Optional SG3100: The Cultural Impact of Christianity on Ireland - 5 Credits - Semester 7
• Optional AR2104: Legends and Real-World Landscapes of Medieval Ireland - 5 Credits - Semester 8
• Optional AR3100: Metal, Warfare, and Chiefdoms - The Bronze Age Roots of European Civilization - 5 Credits - Semester 7
• Optional SG317: Medieval Irish Language III - 5 Credits - Semester 7
• Optional CC230: Beginning Latin Part 1 - 5 Credits - Semester 7
• Optional SG221: Medieval Irish Language I - 5 Credits - Semester 7
• Optional SG311: The Invention of the Celt: Concepts & Perspectives - 5 Credits - Semester 7
• Optional CC316: Barbarians - 5 Credits - Semester 7
• Optional SG318: Research Project - 5 Credits - Semester 7
• Optional SG319: Medieval Irish Language IV - 5 Credits - Semester 8
• Optional SG316: The Celtic Languages & their Relatives - 5 Credits - Semester 8
• Optional AR332: The Development Of The Castle In Medieval Europe - 5 Credits - Semester 8
• Optional CCS307: Ireland & the Ancient World - 5 Credits - Semester 8
• Optional SG320: Medieval Women in the Celtic-speaking West - 5 Credits - Semester 8
• Optional EN388: Studies In Modern Irish Literature - 5 Credits - Semester 8
• Optional SG222: Medieval Irish Language II - 5 Credits - Semester 8
• Optional AR337: Gaelic Peoples - Identity and Cultural Practices - 5 Credits - Semester 8
• Optional SG3101: Poets, Patrons & Propaganda: Irish Literature c.1100-1600 - 5 Credits - Semester 8
• Optional CC232: Beginning Latin Part 2 - 5 Credits - Semester 8

Optional Subject: Classics (30 Credits):

This subject is available if you studied Classics in the previous year / semester.

• Optional CCS315: Intermediate Latin 1 - 5 Credits - Semester 7
• Optional CC3109: Religions of the Ancient World - 5 Credits - Semester 7
• Optional SG3100: The Cultural Impact of Christianity on Ireland - 5 Credits - Semester 7
• Optional CC321: Latin Texts from Medieval Ireland and Britain - 5 Credits - Semester 7
• Optional CC230: Beginning Latin Part 1 - 5 Credits - Semester 7
• Optional CCS306: Iconography - 5 Credits - Semester 7
• Optional CC3107: A History of Western Science before AD 1000 - 5 Credits - Semester 7
• Optional CC3102: Studying Greek Figured Pottery - 5 Credits - Semester 7
• Optional CC228: The History of the Roman Empire - 5 Credits - Semester 7
• Optional CCS205: Ancient Greek for Beginners (Part One) - 5 Credits - Semester 7
• Optional CCS311: Advanced Classical and Medieval Latin 1 - 5 Credits - Semester 7
• Optional CCS312: Advanced Classical and Medieval Latin 2 - 5 Credits - Semester 8
• Optional CCS307: Ireland & the Ancient World - 5 Credits - Semester 8
• Optional CC3100: Pompeii - 5 Credits - Semester 8
• Optional CCS316: Intermediate Latin 2 - 5 Credits - Semester 8
• Optional CC232: Beginning Latin Part 2 - 5 Credits - Semester 8
• Optional CCS206: Ancient Greek for Beginners (Part Two) - 5 Credits - Semester 8
• Optional CC3108: Ancient Rhetoric - 5 Credits - Semester 7

Optional Subject: Economics (30 Credits):

This subject is available if you studied Economics in the previous year / semester.

• Optional EC345: Health Economics - 5 Credits - Semester 7
• Optional EC382: International Economics - 5 Credits - Semester 7
• Optional EC427: Ireland, Europe & the Global Economy - 5 Credits - Semester 7
• Optional EC388: Environmental And Natural Resource Economics - 5 Credits - Semester 7
• Optional EC369: Money And Banking - 5 Credits - Semester 7
• Optional EC3105: Econometrics - 5 Credits - Semester 7
• Required EC3101: Microeconomics and Public Policy - 5 Credits - Semester 7
• Optional EC386: Public Economics - 5 Credits - Semester 8
• Optional EC3100: Economics and Philosophy - 5 Credits - Semester 8
• Optional EC3104: Agricultural and Food Economics - 5 Credits - Semester 8
• Optional EC362: Economics Of Financial Markets - 5 Credits - Semester 8
• Required EC3102: Macroeconomics and Public Policy - 5 Credits - Semester 8

Optional Subject: English (30 Credits):

This subject is available if you studied English in the previous year / semester.

• Optional EN387: Specialist Studies : Twentieth Century Literature - 5 Credits - Semester 7
• Optional ENG238: Nineteenth Century British Literature - 5 Credits - Semester 7
• Optional ENG228: Old English Poetry - 5 Credits - Semester 7
• Optional EN3123: Stage and Page: The Early Modern Imagination - 5 Credits - Semester 7
• Optional ENG242.II: Modernist Fiction - 5 Credits - Semester 8
• Optional EN284.II: Creative Writing - Credits - Semester 8
• Optional EN404.II: Contemporary Irish Poetry - 5 Credits - Semester 8
• Optional EN3140: Twentieth-Century Irish Drama (S2) - 5 Credits - Semester 8
• Optional ENG304: Contemporary Literature - 5 Credits - Semester 8
• Optional EN3151: Historical Fiction (S2) - 5 Credits - Semester 8
• Optional EN4112: Ecology and Literature - 5 Credits - Semester 8
• Optional EN3147: Monsters, Mischief, and Marvels: Reading Old English (S2) - 5 Credits - Semester 8
• Optional EN599.II: Literary Composition - 5 Credits - Semester 8
• Optional EN464.II: Negotiating Identities: Aspects of 20th Century Irish Writing - 5 Credits - Semester 8
• Optional EN3107: 20th Century Children's Fiction - 5 Credits - Semester 8
• Optional EN3111: Poetry of the First World War - 5 Credits - Semester 8
• Optional EN3137: James Joyce, Ulysses (S2) - 5 Credits - Semester 8
• Optional EN3112: Poetry of the First World War - 5 Credits - Semester 8
• Optional EN3108: 20th Century Children's Fiction - 5 Credits - Semester 8
• Optional EN3128: Writing Animals (S2) - 5 Credits - Semester 8
• Optional EN459.II: Contemporary Irish Writing - 5 Credits - Semester 8
• Optional ENG232.II: African Fiction - 5 Credits - Semester 8
• Optional EN2147: Medieval Piety: Poetry, Play, Prose (S2) - 5 Credits - Semester 8
• Optional ENG223.II: Special Theme - 5 Credits - Semester 8
• Optional EN388: Studies In Modern Irish Literature - 5 Credits - Semester 8

Optional Subject: French (30 Credits):

This subject is available if you studied French in the previous year / semester.

• Required FR3100: French Literature and Culture 11 - 5 Credits - Semester 7
• Required FR371: French Literature & Culture 7 - 5 Credits - Semester 7
• Required FR379: French Language 6 - 10 Credits - Semester 7
• Required FR366: French and Francophone Studies 10 - 5 Credits - Semester 8
• Required FR380: French and Francophone Studies 11 - 5 Credits - Semester 8

Optional Subject: Gaeilge (Cursa A) (30 Credits):

This subject is available if you studied Gaeilge in the previous year / semester.

• Optional NG4102: Miontráchtas Taighde i Léann na Gaeilge - 5 Credits - Semester 7
• Optional NG4110: An Ghaeilge agus na Meáin Chumarsáide - 5 Credits - Semester 7
• Optional NG4112: Scríbhneoirí Thír Chonaill - 5 Credits - Semester 7
• Optional WE111: Introduction to Welsh Language I - 5 Credits - Semester 7
• Optional NG4104: Cineál agus Ceart na Gaeilge - 5 Credits - Semester 7
• Optional NG4107: Teanga na Sean-Ghaeilge II - 5 Credits - Semester 7
• Required NG4101: Filí agus Filíocht na Gaeilge, 700-1900 - 5 Credits - Semester 7
• Required NG4113: Teanga Na Nua-Ghaeilge 111 - 5 Credits - Semester 7
• Required NG4105: An Béaloideas - An Scéalaíocht - 5 Credits - Semester 8
• Required NG4109: Próslitríocht na Gaeilge - 5 Credits - Semester 8
• Required NG4114: Teanga Na Nua-Ghaeilge IV - 5 Credits - Semester 8

Optional Subject: Geography/Tíreolaíocht (30 Credits):

This subject is available if you studied Geography/Tíreolaíocht in the previous year / semester.

• Optional TI369: Geographical Perspectives on Rural Change - 5 Credits - Semester 7
• Optional TI332: Local Development: Theory and Practice - 5 Credits - Semester 7
• Optional TI326: War & Representation: Spaces & Politics of the Media - 5 Credits - Semester 7
• Optional TI3113: Long-term Environmental Change - 5 Credits - Semester 7
• Optional TI317: Specialism 2 (Cultural Geography) - 5 Credits - Semester 7
• Required TI335: Research Project Design & Development - 5 Credits - Semester 7
• Optional TI311: Advanced Gis - 5 Credits - Semester 8
• Optional TI3117: Migration, Mobility and Belonging - 5 Credits - Semester 8
• Optional TI338: Palaeoecology - Reconstructing Past Environments - 5 Credits - Semester 8
• Optional TI324: Urban Geography: Planning the Modern City - 5 Credits - Semester 8

Optional Subject: German (30 Credits):

This subject is available if you studied German in the previous year / semester.

• Required GR338: German Cultural Studies II - 5 Credits - Semester 7
• Required GR341: German Language I - 5 Credits - Semester 7
• Required GR337: German Cultural Studies I - 5 Credits - Semester 7
• Required GR340: German Cultural Studies IV - 5 Credits - Semester 8
• Required GR339: German Cultural Studies III - 5 Credits - Semester 8
• Required GR342: German Language II - 5 Credits - Semester 8

Optional Subject: History (30 Credits):

This subject is available if you studied History in the previous year / semester.

• Optional HI439: Vichy France - 10 Credits - Semester 7
• Optional HI574.II: Researching, Presenting and Writing History - 10 Credits - Semester 7
• Optional HI443: State & People in Ireland 1820-1845 - 10 Credits - Semester 7
• Optional HI484: Slavery and Emancipation in the American South - 10 Credits - Semester 7
• Optional HI3110: European Warfare 1618-1714: Theory and Practice - 10 Credits - Semester 7
• Optional HI479: Irish Political Thought in the 1930s - 10 Credits - Semester 7
• Optional HI3125: Civil War and Society in France, 1562-1598 - 10 Credits - Semester 7
• Optional HI3177: Poland: Patterns of Persecution - 10 Credits - Semester 7
• Optional HI337: Nazi Germany - 5 Credits - Semester 7
• Optional HI376: Popular Culture In Pre-Industrial Europe - 5 Credits - Semester 7
• Optional HI3121: Famine in Ireland 1845 - 50 - 10 Credits - Semester 8
• Optional HI3123: Power and Pleasure at Versailles: The Reign of Louis XIV of France, 1661-1715 - 10 Credits - Semester 8
• Optional HI362: Party & Power In 19th & 20th Century British History. - 5 Credits - Semester 8
• Optional HI328: The Northern Ireland Problem - 5 Credits - Semester 8
• Optional HI569: Aristocratic Women in Medieval Europe c.500-1250 - 10 Credits - Semester 8
• Optional HI570: Technology and Society 1450-1930 - 10 Credits - Semester 8
• Optional HI574.I: Researching, Presenting and Writing History - 10 Credits - Semester 8
• Optional HI3102: The Irish and Colonial Australasia 1788-1901 - 10 Credits - Semester 8
• Optional HI3112: The First World War: Transnational perspectives - 10 Credits - Semester 8
• Optional HI168: Coming to Terms with the Nazi Past - 10 Credits - Semester 8

Optional Subject: Irish Studies (Literature and Music) (30 Credits):

This subject is available if you studied Irish Studies (Literature and Music) in the previous year / semester.

• Required IS3102: Topics in Irish Literature Studies - 5 Credits - Semester 7
• Required IS3101: Topics in Irish Music Studies - 5 Credits - Semester 7
• Required IS3100: Introducing Literary and Cultural Theory - 5 Credits - Semester 7
• Required IS3103: Independent Project in Irish Studies - 15 Credits - Semester 8

Optional Subject: Italian (30 Credits):

This subject is available if you studied Italian in the previous year / semester.

• Optional IT342: Italian Culture & Society III - 5 Credits - Semester 7
• Optional IT345: Community Based Learning:Language Teaching - 5 Credits - Semester 7
• Optional IT343: Italian Culture & Society IV - 5 Credits - Semester 7
• Optional IT344: Italian Childrens Literature - 5 Credits - Semester 8
• Required IT324: Language 111 - 10 Credits - Semester 8
• Required IT346: Oral, Presentation and Transferable Skills - 5 Credits - Semester 8

Optional Subject: Law (30 Credits):

This subject is available if you studied Law in the previous year / semester.

• Required LW503: European Union Law I - 5 Credits - Semester 7
• Required LW4103: Administrative Law I - 5 Credits - Semester 7
• Required LW409: Criminal Law I - 5 Credits - Semester 7
• Required LW4104: Administrative Law II - 5 Credits - Semester 8
• Required LW413: Criminal Law II - 5 Credits - Semester 8
• Required LW504: European Union Law II - 5 Credits - Semester 8

Optional Subject: Léann na Cumarsáide (30 Credits):

This subject is available if you studied Léann na Cumarsáide in the previous year / semester.

• Required GA402: Iriseoireacht Fheidhmeach - 5 Credits - Semester 7
• Required CG4102: Lucht Féachana na Meán - 5 Credits - Semester 7
• Required GA413: Geilleagar na Meán - 5 Credits - Semester 7
• Required CG4101: Dúshláin na Meán Sóisialta - 5 Credits - Semester 8
• Required CG4103: Tionscadal Deireadh Céime - 5 Credits - Semester 8
• Required CG2104: Scriptscríobh - 5 Credits - Semester 8

Optional Subject: Mathematical Studies (30 Credits):

This subject is available if you studied Mathematical Studies in the previous year / semester.

• Optional ST311: Applied Statistics I - 5 Credits - Semester 7
• Optional MA302: Complex Variable - 5 Credits - Semester 7
• Optional CS3304: Logic - 5 Credits - Semester 7
• Optional MA313: Linear Algebra I - 5 Credits - Semester 7

Optional Subject: Mathematics (Honours) (30 Credits):

This subject is available if you studied Mathematics in the previous year / semester.

• Optional CS3304: Logic - 5 Credits - Semester 7
• Optional MA416: Rings - 5 Credits - Semester 7
• Optional ST415: Probability Theory and Applications - 5 Credits - Semester 7
• Optional MA341: Metric Spaces - 5 Credits - Semester 7
• Optional ST311: Applied Statistics I - 5 Credits - Semester 7
• Optional ST313: Applied Regression Models - 5 Credits - Semester 7
• Optional MA490: Measure Theory - 5 Credits - Semester 7
• Required MA3343: Groups - 5 Credits - Semester 7
• Required MA3101: Euclidean and Non-Euclidean Geometry - 5 Credits - Semester 7
• Required MA3491: Fields and Applications - 5 Credits - Semester 8
• Required MA342: Topology - 5 Credits - Semester 8

Optional Subject: Philosophy (30 Credits):

This subject is available if you studied Philosophy in the previous year / semester.

• Optional PI315: Philosophy of Mind - 5 Credits - Semester 7
• Optional PI310: Topics In Applied Philosophy: Disability, Poverty And Human Freedom - 5 Credits - Semester 7
• Optional PI335: Moral Theory - 5 Credits - Semester 7
• Optional PI3100: Kant's Theoretical Philosophy - 5 Credits - Semester 7
• Optional PI3104: Philosophy of Culture in Context - 5 Credits - Semester 7
• Optional PI246: American Pragmatism - 5 Credits - Semester 7
• Optional PI234: Topics in Practical Philosophy - 5 Credits - Semester 8
• Optional PI241: History Of Irish Thought - 5 Credits - Semester 8
• Optional PI399: Extended Essay - 5 Credits - Semester 8
• Optional PI3102: Contemporary East Asian Philosophies - 5 Credits - Semester 8
• Optional PI3103: Environmental Ethics - 5 Credits - Semester 8
• Optional PI129: Advanced Philosophical Text - 5 Credits - Semester 8
• Optional PI331: Readings In Metaphysics - 5 Credits - Semester 8

Optional Subject: Psychological Studies (30 Credits):

This subject is available if you studied Psychological Studies in the previous year / semester.

• Optional PS342: Introduction to Positive Psychology - 5 Credits - Semester 7
• Optional PS408: Human Sexuality - 5 Credits - Semester 7
• Required PS322: Health Psychology - 5 Credits - Semester 7
• Required PS334: Applied Behaviour Analysis - 5 Credits - Semester 7
• Optional PS3101: Modelling Learning and Decision Making - 5 Credits - Semester 8
• Optional PS341: Introduction to Collaborative Enquiry & Applied Systems Science - 5 Credits - Semester 8
• Optional PS343: Pediatric Clinical Behavioural Interventions - 5 Credits - Semester 8
• Optional PS345: Applied Developmental Psychology - 5 Credits - Semester 8
• Optional PS4100: Technology and Health - 5 Credits - Semester 8
• Optional PS3103: Health and Well-Being: Theory & Practice - 5 Credits - Semester 8
• Optional PS3105: Fundmentals of Research Development in Psychology - 5 Credits - Semester 8
• Optional PS3107: Introduction to Psychophysiology - 5 Credits - Semester 8
• Required PS427: Forensic, Abnormal & Clinical Psychology - 5 Credits - Semester 8
• Required PS3100: Historical and Conceptual Issues in Psychology - 5 Credits - Semester 8

Optional Subject: Spanish (30 Credits):

This subject is available if you studied Spanish in the previous year / semester.

• Required SH337: Hispanic Literature & Culture IV - 5 Credits - Semester 7
• Required SH336: Hispanic Literature & Culture III - 5 Credits - Semester 7
• Optional SH338: Mexican Women Writers - 5 Credits - Semester 8
• Optional SH3101: Myth and Identity in Mexican and Central American Literatures - 5 Credits - Semester 8
• Optional SH3102: Reading Gesture in Contemporary Latin American Literature - 5 Credits - Semester 8
• Required SH340: Spanish Language IV - 10 Credits - Semester 8

 

Undergraduate and mature students can satisfy matriculation registration requirements for NUI Galway by achieving certain grades in the following examinations. 
 

Leaving certificate (for EU and non-EU)

You need a pass in at least six subjects in the Leaving Certificate in accordance with College requirements with:

• Minimum Grade H5 (Higher Level) in two subjects 

• Passes in the remaining four subjects at O6/ H7 
   

You should pick your subjects based on the requirements for entry to your desired course.
 

All subjects of the Leaving Certificate are accepted for matriculation registration purposes, with the exception of Gaeilge Bonnleibhéal (Irish Foundation Level), Mathematics (Ordinary Alternative/Foundation Level and; Home Economics (General), which is recognised only for St. Angela's College, Sligo.
 

GCE and GSCE
 

You need a pass in at least six subjects in accordance with College requirements with at least:

• GCE Advanced Level: Grade C in two recognised subjects and

• GCSE Level: Grade C in four recognised subjects.
   

You should pick your subjects based on the requirements for entry to your desired course.

English Language Requirement:

IELTS :- 6.5

TOEFL :- 88

Fees: EU
€5,738 p.a. 2022/23

Fees: Tuition
€2,598 p.a. 2022/23

Fees: Student Contribution
€3,000 p.a. 2022/23

Fees: Student levy
€140 p.a. 2022/23

Fees: Non EU
€16,540 p.a. 2022/23
 

EU Fees are comprised of Tuition + Student Contribution Charge + Student Levy** €140.  **Payable by all students and is not covered by SUSI.  Further detail here.

Career Opportunities

With a comparatively high proportion of our students attaining first-class honours degrees (typically 30-40% of the class), this course will help open doors of employment for you in all those fields where written communication is important. You will have fostered the talent, imagination and professionalism necessary to be a published author and you may consider a career as one.
 

The skills you will acquire are applicable to a wide range of careers and creative fields, for example in teaching, editing, publishing and other literary professions, advertising and copy-writing, games writing and narrative design, and the existing and ever-expanding areas in media, journalism and public engagement.