Bachelor of Arts Joint-Honours

at National University of Ireland Galway

The Bachelor of Arts (Joint-Honours) Entry has subject groupings.  Students of GY101, Bachelor of Arts (Joint-Honours), study 3 subjects in their first year, from a selection of 21 subjects. A subject belongs to one of 7 groups, and you cannot select more than one subject from a group. On progression to second year, you continue to study two of the subjects to degree level.

Group 1

• Archaeology
• French
• Mathematics and Mathematical Studies
• International Development
   

Group 2

• Law
• Psychology
• Celtic Civilisation
• Performance and Screen Studies
   

Group 3

• Classics
• Geography
• German
• Léann na Cumarsáide
• Modern Irish Culture (Music and Literature)
• Global Media
   

Group 4

• English
• Economics
   

Group 5

• Sociological and Political Studies
• Information Technology
• Léann an Aistriúchán
   

Group 6

• History
• Spanish
   

Group 7 

• Gaeilge
• Italian
• Philosophy
   

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 (20 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 CC1101: Mythology and the City in Ancient Greece - 5 Credits - Semester 1
• Optional CC230: Beginning Latin Part 1 - 5 Credits - Semester 1
• Required CC1100: Classics in 20 Objects - 5 Credits - Semester 1
• Required CC114: Written Words & Spoken Languages in the Ancient World - 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 (20 Credits):

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

Optional Subject: Celtic Civilisation (20 Credits):

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

Optional Subject: Economics (20 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
• Required EC1109: Skills for Economics II - 5 Credits - Semester 2

Optional Subject: English (20 Credits):

• Required EN1102: Exploring English - 1BA and Denominated Programmes - 10 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 (20 Credits):

• Required FR1100: Introduction to French Language and Culture - 15 Credits - Semester 1
• Required FR1101: Introduction to French Literature in Context - 5 Credits - Semester 2

Optional Subject: Gaeilge (20 Credits):

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

Optional Subject: Geography/Tíreolaíocht (20 Credits):

• Required TI1100: Geography in Practice - 10 Credits - Semester 1
• Required TI150: Principles of Human Geography - 5 Credits - Semester 1
• Required TI151: Principles of Physical Geography - 5 Credits - Semester 2

Optional Subject: German (Advanced) (20 Credits):

• Required GR1100: German Language and Culture (Advanced) - 15 Credits - Semester 1
• Required GR1102: Skills for studying German (Advanced) - 5 Credits - Semester 1

Optional Subject: German (Beginners) (20 Credits):

• Required GR1103: Skills for studying German (Beginners) - 5 Credits - Semester 1
• Required GR1101: German Language and Culture (Beginners) - 15 Credits - Semester 1

Optional Subject: History (20 Credits):

• Required HISK1101: Skills for Historians (1) - 5 Credits - Semester 1
• Required HI1103: Europe and Ireland 1789 - 1918 - 5 Credits - Semester 1
• Required HISK1102: Skills for Historians (2) - 5 Credits - Semester 2
• Required HI1104: Europe: From Medieval to Modern - 5 Credits - Semester 2

Optional Subject: Information Technology (20 Credits):

• Required CT1101: Programming I - 5 Credits - Semester 1
• Required CT1100: Computer Systems - 5 Credits - Semester 1
• Required CT1120: Algorithms - 5 Credits - Semester 1
• Required CT1102: Programming II - 5 Credits - Semester 2

Optional Subject: Italian (20 Credits):

• Required IT1101: Italy at the movies - 5 Credits - Semester 1
• Required IT1100: Italian Language and Culture - 15 Credits - Semester 1

Optional Subject: Law (20 Credits):

• Required LW103.I: Irish Legal Systems - 5 Credits - Semester 1
• Required LW3109: Tort Law - 10 Credits - Semester 1
• Required LW126: Legal Skills - 5 Credits - Semester 2

Optional Subject: Léann an Aistriúcháin (20 Credits):

• Required LN103: Gnéithe den Aistriúchán - 5 Credits - Semester 1
• Required LN1103: Bunscileanna Gramadaí - 10 Credits - Semester 1
• Required LN105: Bunscileanna Aistriúcháin - 5 Credits - Semester 1

Optional Subject: Léann na Cumarsáide (20 Credits):

• Required CG1100: Scéalaíocht Dhigiteach - 5 Credits - Semester 1
• Required CG1101: Machnamh Criticiúil agus Láithreoireacht - 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 (20 Credits):

• Optional MA133: Analysis and Algebra 1 - 5 Credits - Semester 1
• Optional MA131: Mathematical Skills - 5 Credits - Semester 1
• Optional MA185: Analysis and Algebra 1 - 5 Credits - Semester 1
• Optional MA135: Analysis and Algebra 2 - 5 Credits - Semester 2
• Optional MA186: Analysis and Algebra 2 - 5 Credits - Semester 2
• Optional MA187: Mathematical Skills - 5 Credits - Semester 2
• Required MA208: Quantitative Techniques for Business - 5 Credits - Semester 2

Optional Subject: Modern Irish Culture Studies: Literature & Music (20 Credits):

• Required IS1103: Introducing Irish Traditional Music & Dance since 1893 - 5 Credits - Semester 1
• Required ISSK1100: Introducing Modern and Contemporary Irish Literature - 5 Credits - Semester 1
• Required IS1100: Irish Music and Emigration - 5 Credits - Semester 1
• Required IS1104: The Migrant Experience in Modern Irish Writing - 5 Credits - Semester 2

Optional Subject: Philosophy (20 Credits):

• Required PISK1101: Critical Thinking & Persuasive Writing (Remote Learning) - 5 Credits - Semester 1
• Required PI108: Introduction To Practical Ethics - 5 Credits - Semester 1
• Required PI120: Philosophical Questions & Issues - 5 Credits - Semester 1
• Required PI107: Introduction To The History Of Philosophy - 5 Credits - Semester 2

Optional Subject: Psychology (20 Credits):

• Required PS1103: Introduction to Research Methods and Practical Skills in Psychology - 10 Credits - Semester 1
• Required PS122: Introductory Psychology 1 - 5 Credits - Semester 1
• Required PS124: Introductory Psychology 2 - 5 Credits - Semester 2

Optional Subject: Sociological & Political Studies (20 Credits):

• Required SP1118: Practising Sociology and Politics 1 - 5 Credits - Semester 1
• Required SP158: Introduction to Politics & Sociology - 5 Credits - Semester 1
• Required SP1119: Practising Sociology and Politics 2 - 5 Credits - Semester 2
• Required SP159: Concepts and Practices of Politics & Sociology - 5 Credits - Semester 2

Optional Subject: Spanish (Beginners) (20 Credits):

• Required SH1102: Mundo hispano: An Introduction to the Hispanic World - 5 Credits - Semester 1
• Required SH1100: Intensive Beginners Spanish Language and Culture - 15 Credits - Semester 1

Optional Subject: Spanish (Intermediate) (20 Credits):

• Required SH1101: Intermediate Spanish Language and Culture - 15 Credits - Semester 1
• Required SH1102: Mundo hispano: An Introduction to the Hispanic World - 5 Credits - Semester 1
   

Year 2 (60 Credits)

Optional Subject: Archaeology (30 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
• Required AR2103: Archaeology and Irish Identity – Celts, Christians, Vikings - 5 Credits - Semester 4
• Required AR236: Interpretation in Archaeology - 5 Credits - Semester 4
• Required AR245: Archaeology in Practice - 5 Credits - Semester 4

Optional Subject: Celtic Civilisation (30 Credits):

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

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

Optional Subject: Classics (30 Credits):

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

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

Optional Subject: Economics (30 Credits):

This subject is available if you studied Geilleagar in the previous year / semester.
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 EC273: Mathematics for Economics - 5 Credits - Semester 3
• Required EC269: Intermediate Microeconomics - 5 Credits - Semester 3
• Optional EC247: Introduction to Financial Economics - 5 Credits - Semester 4
• Optional EC259: Economics of Public Policy - 5 Credits - Semester 4
• Required EC268: Intermediate Macroeconomics - 5 Credits - Semester 4
• Required EC275: Statistics for Economics - 5 Credits - Semester 4

Optional Subject: English (30 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 EN2166: Seduction, Sexuality, and Race: Early Modern Identities - 5 Credits - Semester 3
• Optional EN385: Drama And Theatre Studies - 5 Credits - Semester 3
• Optional EN3141: North American Literature - 5 Credits - Semester 3
• 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 EN448.II: Stories Told and Re-Told - 5 Credits - Semester 4
• Optional EN2149: Service Learning - Literacy Lift Off! Reading with Children (S2) - 5 Credits - Semester 4
• Optional ENG213.II: Film Studies - 5 Credits - Semester 4
• Optional EN2107: Shakespearean Comedies - 5 Credits - Semester 4
• Optional EN3114: Modernist Fiction - 5 Credits - Semester 4
• Optional EN2101: Creative Writing - 5 Credits - Semester 4
• Optional EN2106: Shakespearean Comedies - 5 Credits - Semester 4
• Optional ENG230.II: 19th Century Detective Fiction - 5 Credits - Semester 4
• Optional EN298.II: Spenser: The Faerie Queene - 5 Credits - Semester 4
• Optional EN264: Studies In Medieval Literature - 5 Credits - Semester 4
• Optional EN2100: Creative Writing - 5 Credits - Semester 4
• Optional EN2153: Monsters, Mischief, and Marvels: Reading Old English (S2) - 5 Credits - Semester 4
• Optional EN434.II: Studies in 20th Century Fiction - 5 Credits - Semester 4
• Optional EN2102: Renaissance Drama - 5 Credits - Semester 4

Optional Subject: French (30 Credits):

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

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

Optional Subject: Gaeilge (30 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 NG2102: Scannánaíocht na Gaeilge - 5 Credits - Semester 4
• Optional NG2105: Amhránaíocht na Gaeilge - 5 Credits - Semester 4
• Optional NG2108: Canúint agus Caighdeán - 5 Credits - Semester 4
• Optional NG2104: Na Meáin Chumarsáide agus an Ghaeilge - 5 Credits - Semester 4
• Optional NG2107: Ainmneacha, Sloinnte agus Logainmneacha na hÉireann - 5 Credits - Semester 4
• Optional NG2103: Teanga na Sean-Ghaeilge I - 5 Credits - Semester 4
• Required NG228: Teanga Na Nua-Ghaeilge II - 5 Credits - Semester 4
• Required NG2109: Téamaí i Nuafhilíocht na Gaeilge - 5 Credits - Semester 4

Optional Subject: Geography/Tíreolaíocht (30 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 TI248: Coastal Environments - 5 Credits - Semester 3
• Optional TI235: Biogeography - 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 (30 Credits):

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

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

Optional Subject: History (30 Credits):

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

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

Optional Subject: Information Technology (30 Credits):

This subject is available if you studied Information Technology in the previous year / semester.
This subject is available if you studied Programming & Logical Foundations II in the previous year / semester.
 

• Required CT2105: Web-based Information Systems - 5 Credits - Semester 3
• Required CT230: Database Systems I - 5 Credits - Semester 3
• Required CT2101: Object Oriented Programming I - 5 Credits - Semester 3
• Required CT2103: Systems Analysis & Design - 5 Credits - Semester 4
• Required CT2102: Object Oriented Programming II - 5 Credits - Semester 4
• Required CT2104: Web Application Development - 5 Credits - Semester 4

Optional Subject: Italian (30 Credits):

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

• Required 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
• Required IT236: Intermediate language II - 5 Credits - Semester 4
• Required IT237: Applied Language Skills: Intercultural Studies - 5 Credits - Semester 4
• Required IT239: Italian Culture & Society II - 5 Credits - Semester 4

Optional Subject: Law (30 Credits):

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

• Required LW227: Constitutional Law I - 5 Credits - Semester 3
• Required LW107.I: Legal Methods And Research - 5 Credits - Semester 3
• Required LW202: Contract I - 5 Credits - Semester 3
• Optional LW370: Comparative Disability Law - 5 Credits - Semester 4
• Optional LW358: Environmental Law II - 5 Credits - Semester 4
• Optional LW419: Health and Safety Law - 5 Credits - Semester 4
• Required LW205: Contract II - 5 Credits - Semester 4
• Required LW228: Constitutional Law II - 5 Credits - Semester 4

Optional Subject: Léann an Aistriúchain (30 Credits):

This subject is available if you studied Léann an Aistriúcháin in the previous year / semester.

• Required LN203: Gramadach agus Litriú na Gaeilge I - 5 Credits - Semester 3
• Required LN201: Aistriúchán Feidhmeach Téacsanna I - 5 Credits - Semester 3
• Required CG2102: Dearadh Físe - 5 Credits - Semester 4
• Required LN205: Stair an Aistriúcháin in Éirinn - 5 Credits - Semester 3
• Required LN204: Aistriúchán Feidhmeach Téacsanna II - 5 Credits - Semester 4
• Required LN308: Téarmeolaíocht - 5 Credits - Semester 4
• Required LN207: Cruinneas agus Saibhriú Teanga - 5 Credits - Semester 4

Optional Subject: Léann na Cumarsáide (30 Credits):

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

• Required CG2100: Anailís na Meán - 5 Credits - Semester 3
• Required CG2101: Craoltóireacht - 5 Credits - Semester 3
• Required CG2103: Teicneolaíochtaí na Meán - 5 Credits - Semester 3
• Required GA117: Dlí, Eiticí agus an Córas Poiblí - 5 Credits - Semester 3
• Required GA210: An Gné-Alt - 5 Credits - Semester 4

Optional Subject: Mathematical Studies (30 Credits):

If you choose this subject, you cannot choose Mathematics.

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

• Required ST2001: Statistics for Data Science 1 - 5 Credits - Semester 3
• Required MA211: Calculus I - 5 Credits - Semester 3
• Required MA284: Discrete Mathematics - 5 Credits - Semester 3
• Optional ST237: Introduction to Statistical Data and Probability - 5 Credits - Semester 3
• Required ST2002: Statistics for Data Science 2 - 5 Credits - Semester 4
• Required MA203: Linear Algebra - 5 Credits - Semester 4
• Required MA212: Calculus II - 5 Credits - Semester 4
• Optional ST238: Introduction to Statistical Inference - 5 Credits - Semester 4

Optional Subject: Mathematics (30 Credits):

If you choose this subject, you cannot choose Mathematical Studies.

• Optional ST1111: Probability Models - 5 Credits - Semester 3
• Optional MA2103: Straitéisí agus Cluichí: Bunús - 5 Credits - Semester 4
• Optional ST2001: Statistics for Data Science 1 - 5 Credits - Semester 3
• Required MA284: Discrete Mathematics - 5 Credits - Semester 3
• Required MA2286: Differential Forms - 5 Credits - Semester 3
• Optional ST235: Probability - 5 Credits - Semester 3
• Optional MA801: University of Villanova - 15 Credits - Semester 4
• Optional ST1112: Statistical Methods - 5 Credits - Semester 4
• Optional ST2002: Statistics for Data Science 2 - 5 Credits - Semester 4
• Required MA2287: Complex Analysis - 5 Credits - Semester 4
• Required MA283: Linear Algebra - 5 Credits - Semester 4
• Optional ST236: Statistical Inference - 5 Credits - Semester 4

Optional Subject: Modern Irish Culture Studies: Literature & Music (30 Credits):

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

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

Optional Subject: Philosophy (30 Credits):

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

• Optional PI2101: Information Ethics - 5 Credits - Semester 3
• Optional PI210: Moral And Political Philosophy - 5 Credits - Semester 3
• Optional PI207: Philosophy Of Art - 5 Credits - Semester 3
• Required PI216: History Of Modern Philosophy - 5 Credits - Semester 3
• Optional PI2102: Formal Logic - 5 Credits - Semester 4
• Optional PI240: Bioethics - 5 Credits - Semester 4
• Optional PI247: Nietzsche & Philosophy - 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 PS338: Theories of Personality - 5 Credits - Semester 3
• Required PS214: Developmental Psychology 1 - 5 Credits - Semester 3
• Required PS428: Social Psychology - 5 Credits - Semester 4
• Required PS320: Memory & Cognition - 5 Credits - Semester 4

Optional Subject: Sociological And Political Studies (30 Credits):

This subject is available if you studied Sociological & Political Studies in the previous year / semester.

• Optional SP226: Comparative Themes In Society And Politics - 5 Credits - Semester 3
• Optional SP216.I: European Politics - 5 Credits - Semester 3
• Optional SP235: Social Issues and Policy Responses - 5 Credits - Semester 3
• Optional SP234: International Relations - 5 Credits - Semester 3
• Optional SP3151: Development, Equality, Advocacy - 5 Credits - Semester 3
• Required SPSK3101: Politics and Society: Themes and Topics - 5 Credits - Semester 3
• Optional SP215.II: Modern Political Thought - 5 Credits - Semester 4
• Optional SP212: Classical Social Thought - 5 Credits - Semester 4
• Optional SP3152: Comparative Government and Public Policy - 5 Credits - Semester 4
• Optional SP3153: Topics in Contemporary Social and Political Theory - 5 Credits - Semester 4
• Optional SP2115: Historical perspectives in Political and Social Thought - 5 Credits - Semester 4
• Required SPSK3102: Society and Politics: Ideas and Research - 5 Credits - Semester 4
• Required SP220: Methods For Social And Political Science - 5 Credits - Semester 4

Optional Subject: Spanish (30 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 SH2101: Spanish Language II A: Ex-Intermediate - 5 Credits - Semester 3
• Optional SH2100: Spanish Language II B: Ex-Beginner - 5 Credits - Semester 3
• Required SH2102: Spoken Spanish and Oral Presentation Skills - 5 Credits - Semester 3
• Required SH232: Hispanic Literature & Culture I - 5 Credits - Semester 3
• Required SH236: Cultural Debates in Latin America - 5 Credits - Semester 3
• Required SH2103: Spanish Language II C - 5 Credits - Semester 4
• Required SH233: Hispanic Literature & Culture II - 5 Credits - Semester 4

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. 2022/22
 

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.

There is a wide variety of careers open to Arts graduates in commercial, social, educational and public organisations. Indeed, Arts graduates may be found in every walk of life. 
 

The Bachelor of Arts degree is NUI Galway’s most popular undergraduate programme, and the second largest degree programme in the country.  Arts graduates are amongst the most employable graduates in the world because of their versatility and ability to think critically and independently. An Arts degree provides you with a unique combination of intellectual skills, knowledge and interpersonal competence that will make you highly adaptable in a constantly changing workforce.
 

Arts graduates are not locked into one set of skills that may become redundant in the future; they are flexible, multi-skilled critical thinkers, well prepared to meet the challenges of the modern jobs market. The Arts degree is the perfect foundation for a wide range of interesting and rewarding careers.