Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in Humanities
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REGISTRATION RULES
1. Maximum amount of modules you can register for in one academic year is 4.
2. Please note that you can only register for a level 2 module in a subject if you have
successfully passed the level 1 module e.g. to register for HIS3 or any post-foundation
History module you must have successfully completed HIS1 (or have been granted an
exemption from the HIS1 module).
3. You may select no more than two modules from the same subject in any academic
year.
4. You cannot take two even or odd numbered modules in the same subject in the one
year e.g. you cannot register for LIT3 and LIT5 in the same year.
a. The following Psychology modules count as even numbered modules: PY200:
Social and Organisational Psychology, PY230: Cognitive Psychology and
Biopsychology and PY310: Abnormal and Counselling Psychology.
b. The following Psychology modules count as odd numbered modules: PY100:
Psychology Foundation, PY210: Developmental and Educational Psychology
and PY300: Individual Differences.
6. Students taking HIS5 should have completed, along with HIS1, at least two other
history modules, including HIS3. Students must have completed at least four History
modules before registering for HIS6. If there is one History module outstanding, it
must be taken in the same year as HIS6.
7. PHIL1 and PHIL2 must both be successfully completed before registering for
PHIL6.
8. Students must have completed at least four other Psychology modules before
registering for PSY6A*. If there is one Psychology module outstanding, it must be
taken in the same year as PSY6A*.
9. PSY6A* & SOC6B: Students may not take both Psy6A* and Soc6B (i.e. a student
who has taken one of these modules is then restricted from taking the other)
10. PHIL6, LIT6, HIS6, PSY6A* and SOC6B: Please note these are advanced
modules and involve the completion of a large dissertation. This type of module
requires a high level of commitment and therefore students should carefully consider
registering for this module along with other modules. Many students find it desirable
to take this type of module on its own, or with one other module (the feasibility of
taking this module in combination with other modules will, of course, depend on the
capability of the student and the amount of time the student can dedicate to their
studies).
a. Also please note that the completion of a Psy6A* or Soc6B independent
research project involves the successful application for ethical approval of
the project. If this approval is not granted a student cannot proceed with
the module.
11. SOC6B and PSY6A* involve a mandatory introduction day (typically in Oct) and
a 2.5 day mandatory research school (typically in Jan)
12. HIS6 involves mandatory tutorials (typically) in October and March.
13. LIT6 involves mandatory tutorials (typically) in October, January and April.
14. PHIL6 involves mandatory tutorials (typically) in October and March.
15. The modules to be presented in 2015-2016 are:
All modules in the Literature, History, Philosophy and Sociology Subject Areas are
running in the 2015-2016 academic year.
In the Psychology Subject Area the following modules are running the 2015-2016
academic year:
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PY100: Psychology Foundation
PY200: Social and Organisational Psychology
PY210: Developmental and Educational Psychology
PY230: Cognitive Psychology and Biopsychology
PY300: Individual Differences
PY310: Abnormal and Counselling Psychology
Psy2: Social and Organisational Psychology*
Psy3: Developmental and Educational Psychology*
Psy4A: Cognitive Psychology and Biopsychology*
Psy5B: Individual Differences*
Psy6A: Research Methods and Project*
16. Students must have regular access to a good quality Computer (loaded with
Microsoft Office) and a good quality broadband Internet connection. The web
browser a student uses must be able to play Macromedia Flash, Shockwave, Java and
the Adobe Acrobat PDF file reader. In order to facilitate online communication in
live, virtual classrooms students should have a high quality headset/microphone (built
in microphones and speakers in laptops are not sufficient) and a webcam is also
desirable. It is expected that students will have a computer competency level
equivalent to the European Computer Driving Licence (EDCL)
(http://www.ecdl.com/) Students must be familiar with using email, browsing the
Internet, and using the Microsoft word processing package. The programme team
cannot take responsibility for whether, or to what extent, a particular learning material
is accessible on a particular device in a particular instance. In particular the
programme team cannot take responsibility for learning material hosted by a third
party, for example a video hosted on an external website. Students with Apple-Mac
computers may encounter specific issues as learning materials and software are
typically designed on/for the Windows operating system. Where students are provided
with software, for example SPSS, it will be for Windows Computers. Apple-Mac
versions of software will not be provided.
*These Psychology modules are only available to existing students who are
focusing on Psychology modules who are not transferring to the Bachelor of Arts
(Hons) in Humanities (Psychology Major)
MODULES (AND THEIR PREREQUISITES):
Module
PY100: Psychology
Foundation
PY200: Social and Organisational
Psychology
PY210: Developmental and
Educational Psychology
PY230: Cognitive Psychology
and Biopsychology
PY300: Individual Differences
PY310: Abnormal and
Counselling Psychology
Psy2: Social and Organisational
Psychology*
Psy3: Developmental and
Educational Psychology*
Psy4A: Cognitive and
Physiological Psychology*
Psy5B: Individual Differences*
Psy6A: Research Methods and
Project*
Soc1: Sociology Foundation
Soc2: The Changing Social
Environment
Soc3A: Power, Social Order,
Crime, Deviance, Work and
Next Year of
Presentation
2015-2016
Prerequisite(s)
NA
ECTS
Credits
15
2015-2016
PY100
15
2015-2016
PY100
15
2015-2016
PY100
15
2015-2016
2015-2016
PY100
PY100
15
15
2015-2016
Psy1
15
2015-2016
Psy1
15
2015-2016
Psy1
15
2015-2016
2015-2016
15
15
2015-2016
2015-2016
Psy1
Psy1 and at least
3 other Psy
modules
NA
Soc1
2015-2016
Soc1
15
15
Employment
Soc4: Social Inequality and
Intergroup Relations
Soc5B: Language, Culture and
Society
Soc6B: Research Methods and
Project
Lit1: Literature Foundation
Lit2: Literatures of the 20th
Century
Lit3: Literatures of the 17th and
18th Centuries
Lit4: The Renaissance
Lit5: Literatures of the 19th
Century: Romanticism to
Victorianism
Lit6: Literatures of the Late 20th
Century
His1: History Foundation
His2: Europe and a Wider World
His3: Land, Politics and Society
in Ireland: 1800-1922
His4: Politics, Culture and
Society in Independent Ireland
His5: Women in Irish and
European Society: 1789-1922
His6: Researching Local History:
People, Place and Time
Phil1: Philosophy Foundation
Phil2: Reading Philosophers
Phil3: Philosophy of Values:
Ethics and Aesthetics
Phil4: Language and Mind
Phil5: Philosophy of Religion and
Metaphysics
Phil6: Contemporary Philosophy
2015-2016
Soc1
15
2015-2016
Soc1
15
2015-2016
Soc1
15
2015-2016
2015-2016
NA
Lit1
15
15
2015-2016
Lit1
15
2015-2016
2015-2016
Lit1
Lit1
15
15
2015-2016
Lit1
15
2015-2016
2015-2016
2015-2016
NA
His1
His1
15
15
15
2015-2016
His1
15
2015-2016
His1
15
2015-2016
15
2015-2016
2015-2016
2015-2016
His1 and at least
3 other His
modules
NA
Phil1
Phil1
2015-2016
2015-2016
Phil1
Phil1
15
15
2015-2016
Phil1 and Phil2
15
15
15
15
*These Psychology modules are only available to existing students who are
focusing on Psychology modules who are not transferring to the Bachelor of Arts
(Hons) in Humanities (Psychology Major)
TYPICAL PATHWAYS
Below are two typical pathways through the Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in Humanities:
Student 1 - Complete 12 Modules in 6 Years
Year 1 (Introductory Level modules)
Lit1: Literature
Phil1: Philosophy
Soc1: Sociology
Foundation
Foundation
Foundation
Year 2 (Intermediate Level modules)
Lit2: Literatures of
Phil2: Reading
the 20th Century
Philosophers
Year 3 (Intermediate Level modules)
Lit3: Literatures of
Phil3: Philosophy of
the 17th and 18th
Values: Ethics and
Centuries
Aesthetics
Year 4 (Intermediate Level modules)
Lit4: The
Phil4: Language and
Renaissance
Mind
Year 5 (Advanced Level Modules)
Lit5: Literatures of
Phil5: Philosophy of
the 19th Century:
Religion and
Romanticism to
Metaphysics
Victorianism
Year 6 (Advanced Level Module)
Lit6: Literatures of
the Late 20th
Century
Student 2 - Complete 12 Modules in 4 Years
Year 1 (Introductory Level modules)
Lit1: Literature
Phil1: Philosophy
Soc1: Sociology
Foundation
Foundation
Foundation
Year 2 (Intermediate Level modules)
Lit2: Literatures of Phil2: Reading
Lit3: Literatures of
the 20th Century
Philosophers
the 17th and 18th
Centuries
Year 3 (Intermediate and Advanced Level modules)
Lit4: The
Phil3: Philosophy
Phil4: Language
Renaissance
of Values: Ethics
and Mind
and Aesthetics
Year 4 (Advanced Level modules)
Lit6: Literatures of Lit5: Literatures of
the Late 20th
the 19th Century:
Century
Romanticism to
Victorianism
Last updated July 2015
His1: History
Foundation