Students will choose an Arts subject major from a list of existing Arts subjects, plus a range of customised courses in digital culture, information technology and data science.
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YEAR 1
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YEAR 2
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YEAR 3
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YEAR 4
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Arts subject major
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Arts subject major
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Work placement and/or study abroad
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Arts subject major
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Digital Culture
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Digital Culture options
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Digital Culture options (including digital creative arts)
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Algorithms
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Database Systems
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Multimedia Development
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Programming 1 &2
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Systems Analysis and Design
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Artificial Intelligence
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Skills for Digital Arts and Technology 1
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Web-based Information Systems
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Ethics and Social Media
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Skills for Digital Arts and Technology 2
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Independent research project
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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
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 CC230: Beginning Latin Part 1 - 5 Credits - Semester 1
- Optional CC1101: Mythology and the City in Ancient Greece - 5 Credits - Semester 1
- Required CC114: Written Words & Spoken Languages in the Ancient World - 5 Credits - Semester 1
- Required 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 (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
Required Core Subject: Digital Culture (20 Credits):
- Required DA1100: Topics in Digital Arts and Technology I - 10 Credits - Semester 1
- Required DA1101: Topics in Digital Arts and Technology 2 - 10 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 EC1109: Skills for Economics II - 5 Credits - Semester 2
- Required EC136: Principles of Macroeconomics - 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):
- Requried 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 GR1101: German Language and Culture (Beginners) - 15 Credits - Semester 1
- Required GR1103: Skills for studying German (Beginners) - 5 Credits - Semester 1
Optional Subject: History (20 Credits):
- Required HI1103: Europe and Ireland 1789 - 1918 - 5 Credits - Semester 1
- Required HISK1101: Skills for Historians (1) - 5 Credits - Semester 1
- Required HI1104: Europe: From Medieval to Modern - 5 Credits - Semester 2
- Required HISK1102: Skills for Historians (2) - 5 Credits - Semester 2
Required Core Subject: IT for Arts and Humanities (20 Credits):
- Required CT1100: Computer Systems - 5 Credits - Semester 1
- Required CT1120: Algorithms - 5 Credits - Semester 1
- Required CT1101: Programming I - 5 Credits - Semester 1
- Required CT1102: Programming II - 5 Credits - Semester 2
Optional Subject: Italian (20 Credits):
- Required IT1100: Italian Language and Culture - 15 Credits - Semester 1
- Required IT1101: Italy at the movies - 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 IS1100: Irish Music and Emigration - 5 Credits - Semester 1
- 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 (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: Spanish (Beginners) (20 Credits):
- Required SH1100: Intensive Beginners Spanish Language and Culture - 15 Credits - Semester 1
- Required SH1102: Mundo hispano: An Introduction to the Hispanic World - 5 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 (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: Classics (25 Credits):
This subject is available if you studied Classics in the previous year / semester.
- Optional CC2103: Mediterranean Origins - 5 Credits - Semester 3
- Optional CC228: The History of the Roman Empire - 5 Credits - Semester 3
- Optional CC230: Beginning Latin Part 1 - 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 CC2102: Classical Mythology and Drama - 5 Credits - Semester 4
- Optional CC2104: The City-State - 5 Credits - Semester 4
- Optional CC232: Beginning Latin Part 2 - 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 CCS207: Studies in Ancient Literature and Thought - 5 Credits - Semester 4
- Optional SG217: A Field of Gods & Men: Celtic Myths - 5 Credits - Semester 4
Required Core Subject: Digital Cultures (10 Credits):
- Required DA2100: Topics in Digital Arts and Technology 3 - 10 Credits - Semester 3
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 EC247: Introduction to Financial Economics - 5 Credits - Semester 4
- Optional EC259: Economics of Public Policy - 5 Credits - Semester 4
- Required EC275: Statistics for Economics - 5 Credits - Semester 4
- Required EC268: Intermediate Macroeconomics - 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 EN298.II: Spenser: The Faerie Queene - 5 Credits - Semester 4
- Optional ENG213.II: Film Studies - 5 Credits - Semester 4
- Optional ENG230.II: 19th Century Detective Fiction - 5 Credits - Semester 4
- Optional EN448.II: Stories Told and Re-Told - 5 Credits - Semester 4
- Optional EN434.II: Studies in 20th Century Fiction - 5 Credits - Semester 4
- Optional EN2100: Creative Writing - 5 Credits - Semester 4
- Optional EN2101: Creative Writing - 5 Credits - Semester 4
- Optional EN2102: Renaissance Drama - 5 Credits - Semester 4
- Optional EN2149: Service Learning - Literacy Lift Off! Reading with Children (S2) - 5 Credits - Semester 4
- Optional EN2106: Shakespearean Comedies - 5 Credits - Semester 4
- Optional EN2107: Shakespearean Comedies - 5 Credits - Semester 4
- Optional EN2153: Monsters, Mischief, and Marvels: Reading Old English (S2) - 5 Credits - Semester 4
- Optional EN3114: Modernist Fiction - 5 Credits - Semester 4
- Optional EN264: Studies In Medieval Literature - 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 FR2100: Expressing French and Francophone Identities - 5 Credits - Semester 4
- Optional FR267: La France mise en scène - 5 Credits - Semester 4
Optional Subject: Gaeilge (25 Credits):
This subject is available if you studied Gaeilge in the previous year / semester.
- Required NG2100: An tSochtheangeolaíocht - 5 Credits - Semester 3
- Required NG2101: An Gearrscéal sa Ghaeilge - 5 Credits - Semester 3
- Required NG227: Teanga Na Nua-Ghaeilge I - 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 (Beginners) in the previous year / semester.
This subject is available if you studied German (Advanced) in the previous year / semester.
- Optional GR238: German Studies I - 5 Credits - Semester 3
- Optional GR239: History of German Literature & Culture I - 5 Credits - Semester 3
- Required GR236: German Language I - 5 Credits - Semester 3
- Optional GR235: History of German Literature & Culture II - 5 Credits - Semester 4
- Optional GR240: German Studies 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 HI295: The American Civil War: Its Causes and Developments - 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 HI166: Ireland in the 1950s - 10 Credits - Semester 3
- Optional HI465: European Encounters with the Mongols - 10 Credits - Semester 3
- Optional HI2103: Monarchy & Society in Early 17th Century France - 10 Credits - Semester 3
- 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 HI249: Ireland:Economy And Society,1700-1850 - 5 Credits - Semester 4
- Optional HI2125: Global History, 1780-1945 - 5 Credits - Semester 4
- Optional HI431: French Mobilisation and the Great War, 1914-24 - 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 HI2135: Fluxes, Fevers and Fighting Men: Disease and Armies (1489-1856) - 10 Credits - Semester 4
Required Core Subject: IT for Arts and Humanities (25 Credits):
- Required CT2101: Object Oriented Programming I - 5 Credits - Semester 3
- Required CT230: Database Systems I - 5 Credits - Semester 3
- Required CT2105: Web-based Information Systems - 5 Credits - Semester 3
- Required CT2103: Systems Analysis & Design - 5 Credits - Semester 4
- Required CT2102: Object Oriented Programming II - 5 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: Léann na Cumarsáide (25 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 CG2104: Scriptscríobh - 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 MA284: Discrete Mathematics - 5 Credits - Semester 3
- Required MA211: Calculus I - 5 Credits - Semester 3
- Required MA212: Calculus II - 5 Credits - Semester 4
- Required MA203: Linear Algebra - 5 Credits - Semester 4
Optional Subject: Mathematics (25 Credits):
This subject is available if you studied Mathematics in the previous year / semester.
- Optional ST1111: Probability Models - 5 Credits - Semester 3
- Required MA284: Discrete Mathematics - 5 Credits - Semester 3
- Required MA2286: Differential Forms - 5 Credits - Semester 3
- Optional ST1112: Statistical Methods - 5 Credits - Semester 4
- Required MA2287: Complex Analysis - 5 Credits - Semester 4
- Required MA283: Linear Algebra - 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 & Music in the previous year / semester.
- Optional IS2104: Claiming Place in Gaelic Irish Literature - 5 Credits - Semester 3
- Optional IS2102: Festival, Ritual and Commemoration - 5 Credits - Semester 3
- Optional IS2105: Popular Music, Cultural Identities and Ireland - 5 Credits - Semester 3
- Optional EN464.II: Negotiating Identities: Aspects of 20th Century Irish Writing - 5 Credits - Semester 4
- Optional IS2103: Irish Landscapes, Culture and Literature - 5 Credits - Semester 4
- Optional IS2100: Music, Gender and Ireland - 5 Credits - Semester 4
Optional Subject: Philosophy (25 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 PI247: Nietzsche & Philosophy - 5 Credits - Semester 4
- Optional PI2102: Formal Logic - 5 Credits - Semester 4
- Optional PI240: Bioethics - 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
Optional Subject: Spanish (25 Credits):
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.
This subject is available if you studied Spanish (Beginners) 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
- Optional SH232: Hispanic Literature & Culture I - 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 EN385: Drama And Theatre Studies - 5 Credits - Semester 5
- Optional EN3141: North American Literature - 5 Credits - Semester 5
- Required MS323: User Experience Design - 5 Credits - Semester 5
- Optional DA3100: Digital Arts Internship - 30 Credits - Semester 6
- Optional DA3104: Digital Arts and Technology Research Project 2 - 30 Credits - Semester 6
