Bachelor of Arts in Humanities - Single Module (BASM)
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The purpose of this information sheet is to allow you view all modules connected
to the Qualification, optional and core. You should print this sheet out and then
continue to the next step where your registration will take place.
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REGISTRATION RULES
1. The maximum amount of modules you can register for in one academic year is
dependent on the subject stream within which you are studying
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Within the Psychology Modules the maximum number of modules you can
register for in one academic year is 2
Within the Sociology Modules the maximum number of modules you can
register for in one academic year is 2
Within the Philosophy Modules the maximum number of modules you can
register for in one academic year is 2
Within the History Modules the maximum number of modules you can
register for in one academic year is 3 (see additional rules below)
Within the Literature Modules the maximum number of modules you can
register for in one academic year is 3 (see additional rules below)
2. Within the Psychology, Sociology and Philosophy Modules:
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You may select no more than two modules from the same subject in any
academic year.
You cannot take two even or odd numbered modules in the same subject in the
one year e.g. you cannot register for Phil2 and Phil4 in the same year.
o 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.
o The following Psychology modules count as odd numbered modules:
PY100: Psychology Foundation, PY210: Developmental and
Educational Psychology and PY300: Individual Differences.
3. Within the History and Literature Modules:
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You may select three modules from the same subject in any academic year,
in the following combinations. Given the workload involved in taking
three modules in one year (3/4 of a full-time academic year workload), this
is only advised for those students who need to complete five modules in
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two years (e.g. to satisfy Teaching Council requirements), and have the
time to take on this amount of study in one academic year.
In order to accommodate those students wishing to take five modules in
two years the following combinations of three modules are possible (no
other combinations are allowed):
o Year 1: Lit1 and Lit2. Year 2: Lit3, Lit4 and Lit5
o Year 1: Lit1, Lit2 and Lit3. Year 2: lit4 and Lit5
o Year 1: His1 and His2. Year 2: His3, His4 and His5
o Year 1: His1, His2 and His3. Year 2: His4 and His5
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PLEASE NOTE: In order to accommodate students wishing to take five
modules in two years students may need to be placed in module groups
with a particular tutorial provision mode (i.e. face to face, virtual
classroom or blended), in order to avoid clashes on a student’s timetable.
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Those students who need to complete four modules (or fewer) (e.g. to
satisfy Teaching Council requirements) should take two modules (or
fewer) each year.
o Students taking two Lit or His modules in one academic year
cannot take two even or odd numbered modules in the same subject
in the one year e.g. you cannot register for Lit2 and Lit4 in the
same year, except in the following combinations:
 Lit1 and Lit3
 Lit3 and Lit5
 His1 and His3
 His3 and His5
4. Students who seek to enter directly into intermediate or advanced modules,
through the BASM programme, may be asked to provide evidence of appropriate
previously achieved learning that would allow them to engage with such a
module. Entry may be refused to advanced modules.
a. 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. It
is exceptional for BASM students to take a no. 6 module. No. 6 modules
also involve mandatory tutorials, introductory days and/or workshops.
Also please note that the completion of a Psy6A/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.
5. PLEASE NOTE: Where a BASM student registers/is given leave to register for
modules outside of the combinations detailed above the Humanities Programme
Team cannot guarantee that student a schedule free of timetabling clashes.
6. 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
Psy6A: Research Methods and Project
7. 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.
MODULES
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
Psy6A: Research Methods and Project
Soc1: Sociology Foundation
Soc2: The Changing Social Environment
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Soc3A: Power, Social Order, Crime, Deviance, Work and
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 Foundat
Phil2: Reading Philosophers
Phil3: Philosophy of Values: Ethics and Aesthetics
Phil4: Language and Mind
Phil5: Philosophy of Religion and Metaphysics
Phil6: Contemporary Philosophy
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TYPICAL PATHWAYS
Below are two typical pathways through the BASM programme:
Student 1 - Complete 4 Modules in 2 Years
Year 1
Lit1: Literature Foundation
Lit2: Literature of the Twentieth Century
Year 2
Lit3: Literature of the 17th and 18th
Lit4: The Renaissance
Centuries
Student 2 - Complete 5 Modules in 2 Years
Year 1
Lit1: Literature
Lit2: Literature of
Foundation
the Twentieth
Century
Year 2
Lit3: Literature of
Lit4: The
Lit5: Literatures of the 19th Century:
the 17th and 18th
Renaissance
Romanticism to Victorianism
Centuries
Last updated Feb 2015