GUIDELINES FOR STUDENTS STUDYING POLITICS IN THIRD
YEAR 2015/2016
Subject groups in Third Year:
For 40 or 50 credit subject; students must take PO3001 and at least 5 credits from each group:
For 30 and 20 credit subject students must take at least 5 credits from each group.
For 10 credits- students must not take two modules from the same group.
Group 1 – ES4025, ES4026, HI3044, HI3125, HI3129, PO3007 (5 credits per module)
Group 2 – GV3006, GV3216, GV4401, GV4402, PO3004, PO3005 (5 credits per module),
Group 3 – PH3006, PH3025, PH3036, PH3037, PH3040, PH3041, PH3112 (5 credits per
module)
Politics Queries / Contact Details:
Ms. Dawn French, Telephone: 4902325
Office: Room 2.47, 2nd Floor O’Rahilly Building, Block B. E-mail: d.french@ucc.ie
THIRD YEAR POLITICS
PO3001 Seminar
(First semester only)
Module Objective: To equip students with a detailed knowledge of one particular subject within politics; to
develop students' capacity to undertake independent political research in their own research time and in
consultation with an academic supervisor.
This module is offered by each of the three participating departments. Students will be provided with a list
of themes / topics from the three departments at the beginning of the academic year. This will also include
the names of staff in each department who are designated as supervisors.
Assessment: Total Marks 200: Continuous Assessment 200 marks (1,000 word research proposal (20
marks) to be submitted by the end of October, presentation in November (20 marks) and 9,000 word
dissertation (160 marks) to be submitted in April).
Wednesday: 10 a.m. – 11 a.m. Boole 6 (First class 9th Sept -General Intro to 3rd Year Politics)
FIRST SEMESTER MODULES
ES4025 Ireland & International Relations: From independence to globalisation
Lecturer: Dr Mervyn O’Driscoll, School of History
Module Content: Irish foreign policy (political, diplomatic and economic); role of regional and international
institutions; case studies; the relationship between values, interests, identity and foreign policy; foreign
policy formulation; theoretical approaches.
Wednesday: 12noon – 1p.m.
Thursday:
3p.m. – 4p.m.
WW9
Windle Anatomy Lecture Theatre
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HI3125 Nuclear Politics and Proliferation
Lecturer: Dr Mervyn O’Driscoll, School of History
Module Content: The concept of the 'First' and 'Second' nuclear ages are introduced in addition to
questions about proliferation’s impact on world security, crisis decision making, the bombing of Hiroshima
and Nagasaki, deterrence, arms control, civil-military nuclear links, the non-proliferation regime, nuclear
safeguards, and 'new’ nuclear threats (smuggling and terrorism). Recent and contemporary case studies
such as Iraq, Iran and North Korea will be considered.
Thursday:
4p.m. – 6p.m.
Boole 1
PO3004 Issues in Irish Politics I
Lecturer: Dr Liam Weeks, Department of Government.
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Module Content: This module examines current issues in Irish Politics drawing on recent political science
research.
Tuesday:
11a.m. – 1pm
Conn S3A
GV4401 Global Governance I
Lecturer: Dr Andrew Cottey, Department of Government.
Module Content: The institutions of global governance and contemporary policy debates surrounding
global governance.
Monday:
Tuesday:
10a.m. – 11a.m.
1p.m. – 2p.m.
Elect Engineering L1
Elect Engineering L1
GV3006 Politics in Northern Ireland
Lecturer: Dr Yvonne Murphy, Department of Government.
Module Content: This module provides an overview of the actors involved in the Northern Ireland conflict.
The conflict is assessed in detail, with a concentration on its causes and effects. The constitutional and
institutional structures established under the Good Friday Agreement are critically evaluated. Finally postAgreement Northern Ireland is studied.
Wednesday: 4p.m. – 6p.m.
ORB202
PH3006 Questions in Moral Theory
Lecturer: Dr Vittorio Bufacchi, Department of Philosophy.
Module Content: This module introduces students to current philosophical debates in moral philosophy,
including consequentialism vs deontology; moral universalism vs moral nihilism; intuitionism and virtue
ethics.
Monday:
1p.m. – 2p.m.
Elect L1
Wednesday: 11a.m. – 12noon Geography Lecture Theatre
PH3036 History of Philosophy 3
Lecturer: Dr Jason Dockstader, Department of Philosophy.
Module Objective: To introduce students to some of the most influential philosophical positions of postCartesian modern philosophy.
Tuesday:
4p.m. – 5p.m.
FSB 322
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Thursday:
11a.m. –12noon. WW9
PH3040 Metaethics
Lecturer: Dr Jason Dockstader, Department of Philosophy.
Module Objective: To critically assess a number of philosophical positions on the nature of morality.
Monday:
Friday:
2p.m. – 3p.m.
1p.m. – 2p.m.
Elect L1(Week 15 in Elect L2)
Windle Physiology Lecture Theatre
SECOND SEMESTER MODULES
PO3007 Political Violence
Lecturer: Dr David Fitzgerald, School of History
Module Content: This module will introduce students to the various manifestations of political violence. It
will use historical case studies to examine a range of phenomena such as civil wars, insurgencies, nonstate terrorism, state terrorism and mass killings.
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Wednesday: 4pm – 6 pm.
Civil Engineering G10
HI3044 International Relations I
Lecturer: School of History
Module Content: This module surveys the international scene from the breakdown of the wartime alliance
and the origins of the Cold War up to the present. Particular attention is paid to select examples of US
intervention in the 'Third World'. Case studies include the development of the United Nations,
decolonization and the ideology of US foreign policy.
Tuesday:
2p.m. – 4p.m.
West Wing 6
HI3129 US Collective Memory, Intervention & the Impact of Vietnam since 1968
Lecturer: Prof David Ryan, School of History
Module Objective: To deepen the understanding of the concept of collective memory and the Vietnam
legacy on US executive decision making, policy, strategy, culture and diplomatic history.
Tuesday:
5p.m. – 6p.m. Windle Physiology Lecture Theatre (Clash with GV3216)
ES4026 History of Zionism & the Middle East Conflict
Lecturer: Dr Detmar Klein, School of History
Module Objective: To study historical aspects of Zionism and of the Middle East conflict.
Wednesday: 6p.m. – 8p.m.
WW6
PO3005 Issues in Irish Politics I l
Lecturer: Fiona Buckley, Department of Government
Module Content: This module examines current issues in Irish Politics drawing on recent political science
research.
Wednesday: 10a.m. – 12 noon
ORB 156
GV4402 Global Governance II
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Lecturer: Dr Andrew Cottey, Department of Government.
Module Content: The institutions of global governance and contemporary policy debates surrounding
global governance.
Monday:
Tuesday:
10a.m. – 11a.m.
1p.m. – 2p.m.
Kane G02
Kane G18
GV3216 Contemporary Ecological and Anti-Capitalist Politics
Lecturer: Dr Laurence Davis, Department of Government
Module Content: The module covers both political theory and practice. It begins with an examination of
key features distinctive to contemporary green and anti-capitalist theories, and proceeds to analyse the
relationship between the two. The remainder of the module is focused on providing students with a
structured overview of some of the major varieties of contemporary ecological and anti-capitalist politics.
Tuesday:
4p.m. - 6p.m.
Kane G20 (Clash with PH3037 and HI3129)
PH3112 Moral Responsibility
Lecturer: Dr Cara Nine, Department of Philosophy.
Module Content: Students will gain a clearer understanding of the concept of moral responsibility. The
module will explore how moral responsibility is related to the concepts of human nature, freedom and
determinism. This will provide the basis for critical discussion of issues such as blame, praise and desert.
Students will consider various cases including the responsibility of corporations, the problems created by
luck and randomness, and the possibility of moral responsibility in the face of physical determinism.
Monday:
12 noon – 2p.m.
Windle Physiology Lecture Theatre
PH3041 Moral Psychology
Lecturer: Dr Jason Dockstader, Department of Philosophy
Module Objective: To critically assess a number of philosophical positions on the nature of moral
judgments.
Wednesday: 1p.m. – 2 pm.
Thursday:
10a.m. – 11a.m.
Western Gate Building Room G15
Kane G01
PH3025 Political Philosophy in Theory and Practice
Lecturer: Dr Cara Nine, Department of Philosophy.
Module Content: Key concepts in political philosophy such as distributive justice, social justice, equality
and human rights will be explored from both a theoretical and an empirical angle.
Thursday:
3p.m. – 5p.m.
ORB 212
PH3037 History of Philosophy 4
Lecturer: Alessandro Salice, Department of Philosophy.
Module Objective: To introduce students to some of the most influential philosophical positions of post
18th century philosophy.
Tuesday:
Thursday:
4p.m. – 5p.m.
11a.m. –12noon.
WGB G04(Clash with GV3216)
FSB 322
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