The contents of this booklet are for information purposes only

UNIVERSITY of LIMERICK

GUIDE TO MODULE SELECTION BOOKLET

Academic Year

2013/14

Autumn

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Introduction

Department Offices

Kemmy Business School

Faculty of Education and Health Sciences

Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences

Faculty of Engineering and Science

Informatics and Electronics

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DEPARTMENT OFFICES

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Admissions Office / Study Abroad Office

Accounting and Finance

Chemical and Environmental Sciences

Computer Science and Information Systems

Co-operative Education

Economics

Languages and Cultural Studies

Law

Life Sciences

Electronics and Computer Engineering

ERASMUS/SOCRATES/International Education Office

Government and Society

Information Technology

Marketing and Management

Materials Science and Technology

Mathematics and Statistics

Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering

Personnel and Employee Relations

Physics

Physical Education and Sports Science

Plassey Campus Centre (Accommodation)

Print Room

Second Level Education

Student Personnel Services

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INTRODUCTION

MODULES

The University of Limerick operates a modular system with continuous assessment. A module is a self-contained package of education taught during a single academic semester. Visiting students may choose from a wide range of modules and may cross register between faculties and departments. Acceptance on these modules is subject to academic prerequisites, timetabling constraints and ceilings on enrolments. The module descriptions that follow present an outline of the salient topics covered in each module.

Normal course load is 5 modules per semester.

MODULE CODES

The first two letters of the code indicate the subject area to which the module belongs.

The FINAL numerical digit of the code corresponds to the semester of study in which the module is normally taken by Irish students i.e. year one modules end in 1 (Autumn semester) and 2 (Spring semester). year two modules end in 3 (Autumn semester) and 4

(Spring semester) and so on until year four. These codes should be used as a guide to the level of each course.

The three digit codes found at the right of a module title represents the number of corresponding Lecture, Tutorial and Laboratory hours (in this order).

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* Prerequisite standard is necessary for entry into these modules

+ A minimum number of students are necessary before these modules are offered

The contents of this booklet are for information purposes only and should not be viewed as the basis of a contract between student and the University. No guarantee is given that modules may not be altered, cancelled or otherwise amended at any time.

AUTUMN

SEMESTER

MODULES

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Kemmy Business School – Autumn

AC4001 Principles of Accounting (Autumn/1)

3 hours per week; 13 weeks/1 st

semester; 26L/13T; ECTS credits:6

This module introduces the student to the fundamental concepts and practices of financial accounting. Accounting is presented as a manifestation of various social and political pressures, which required that techniques be developed to account for trading and wealth. The topics covered include accounting in its political, regulatory, historical, social, economic, corporate governance and international contexts; introduction to the theoretical, conceptual and regulatory frameworks of accounting; traditional accounting model; capital, income and profit and measurement; principles of double entry bookkeeping; books of prime entry, ledgers, trial balance, internal controls, use of computers in recording and control of data, construction of final accounts for sole traders, partnerships and limited companies; accruals, prepayments and adjustments; depreciation and stocks; distribution of profits; profit and loss accounts and balance sheets, cashflow statements; nature, purpose, scope and framework of auditing.

AC4007 Advanced Financial Reporting (Autumn/4)



This module considers accounting principles and policies that apply to certain international accounting standards, from the perspective of external users of financial information (including equity holders). The pedagogic approach adopted here is the joint application of a theoretical and practical exploration of these specific international accounting standards. These advanced financial accounting issues include lease agreements, the cost of retirement benefits, earnings per share, group financial statements, accounting for provisions, contingent liabilities and assets, and the treatment of events after the reporting date. The complex accounting treatment of financial instruments is also examined, along with its continuous revisions. The accounting treatment of deferred tax is analysed to demonstrate how accounting rules differ from tax rules when calculating profit for tax purposes. These international accounting standards and issues are studied in light of their historical development and students are encouraged to critically examine current accounting regulations.

Prerequisite AC4014

AC4213 Financial Accounting (non-business) (Autumn/ 2)

4 hours per week; 13 weeks/3 rd


This module introduces the non-specialist student to the fundamental concepts and practices of financial accounting.

Accounting is presented as a manifestation of various social and political pressures, which required that techniques be developed to account for trading and wealth. The topics covered include accounting and auditing in their political, regulatory, historical, social, economic and international contexts; introduction to the theoretical, conceptual and regulatory frameworks of accounting; corporate governance; traditional accounting model; nature, purpose, scope and framework of auditing; the impact of information technology on accounting systems; capital, income and profit measurement; accruals, prepayments and adjustments; depreciation and stocks; distribution of profits; profit and loss accounts and balance sheets, cash flow statements; reconciliation of operating cash flows to operating profits; financial statements analysis, financial ratios and performance analysis. This module is designed to be a prerequisite for the module AC4204 Management

Accounting and Finance, offered in the spring semester.

AC4305 Financial Information Analysis (Autumn/3)

3 hours per week; 13 weeks/5 th


User needs, corporate report, decision-usefulness approach; accounting information and capital markets, efficient markets hypothesis; accounting information and security prices; financial market information; presentation of accounting information; companies acts, EU directives; analysis of financial statements; recognition and measurement issues; substance over form; performance indicators; ratio analysis; uses and limitations, of-balance sheet financing, creative accounting; corporate social reporting; forecasts and budgets. Prerequisite AC4204

AC4417 Management Accounting 1 (Autumn/4)



Objectives, scope and framework of management accounting; management accounting and organisation control; cost accumulation for stock valuation and profit measurement; product costing systems; application of cost-volume-profit techniques; marginal costing and non-routine decision making; accounting information for pricing decisions.


CM4203 Communications (Autumn/1)

3 hours per week; 13 weeks/1 st semester; 26L/13T; ECTS credits:6

Communications in its social, economic and cultural context: information society; role of new technologies; media; postmodernism; argument analysis, reasoning, structuring and defending arguments; persuasion: psychology of persuasion and motivation; advertising as persuasion, including codes of visual communication; persuasion and the spoken word; style: effective writing strategies for various contexts

(academic, journalistic, informative, persuasive etc.); presentation.

EC4003 Intermediate Microeconomics (Autumn/2)

3 hours per week; 13 weeks/3 th semester; 26L/13T; ECTS credits:6

This module builds on the introductory microeconomics module. It extends the analysis of producer and cost theory. It also extends the

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analysis of market structures (focusing on imperfect market structures) and introduces the issue of pricing and allocation of the factors of production. The latter part of the module looks at the economics of information and how choices are made under conditions of uncertainty. Finally, the student is introduced to the notion of general equilibrium and welfare. Using this framework, market failure and the rationale for government intervention

(government sector) are examined. Theory of production and costs.

Models of imperfect competition and game theory. Factor markets.

The economics of information and choice under uncertainty.

General equilibrium and welfare.

EC4004 Economics for Business (Autumn/2)


The module begins by extending the analysis of production and cost theory developed in first year microeconomics. Imperfect market structures of the firm are explored including analysis of game theory.

Labour market decisions are analysed with respect to the supply and demand for labour and wage determination, the latter forms the key link between the micro and macro sections of the module. An overview of the theoretical and practical exposition of business objectives along with key issues facing the firm in the business environment in addition to the role of government are then explored. Section two of the module is concerned with the macroeconomy. The topics covered include: the expectations-augmented Phillips curve, purchasing power parity, interest rate parity and the Fisher effect. These theories are combined to obtain what is known as the “open economy monetary model”. This model is then used to evaluate particular issues including the long-run performance of the Irish economy and the factors underlying the “Celtic

Tiger” period.

EC4027 The European Economy (Autumn/)



This module examines the economic, political and social aspects of the

European Union, from the perspective of the Union as a whole, and from an Irish perspective. An understanding of the economic motives driving European integration and the effects of greater fusion of

European national economies requires knowledge of markets in their microeconomic and macroeconomic aspects. This module is policy- rather than theory-based. The limitations of markets and the institutional initiatives and policies taken by the EU to modify market processes, in order to ensure spatial and social cohesion, are among other themes addressed in this course.

EC4035 Economics of Integration (Autumn/2)

3 hours per week; 13 weeks/ semester; 26L/13T; ECTS credits:6

The European Union in the World. Theory of Economic

Integration; Stages of Economic Integration in Europe. Monetary

Integration. The EC/EU Budget. The Common Agricultural and

Fisheries Policy. The Common Commercial Policy. Regional and

Social Cohesion. Industrial and technological Policy. External economic relations of the EU; EU Integration in a Comparative

Perspective. Prerequisite: EC4101 and EC4102.

EC4045 Economics of Natural Resources (Autumn/2)


Nature, scope and key concepts of natural resource economics; market efficiency and sustainability; Optimal level of pollution;

Public policy instruments (Tax, subsidy, emissions, trading, command and control); Economics of renewable resources

(forestry and fishing); Economics of non-renewable resources

(coal, oil and gas; uranium); Economics of bio-diversity wild life preservation; Natural resources and economic growth.

EC4101 Microeconomics (Autumn/1)



Scope and method economics; the theory of consumer choice; individual and market demand; theory of production; the costs of production; profit maximisation and the competitive firm; monopoly

(including multivalent and price discrimination models).

EC4111 Microeconomics (non business) (Autumn/1)


semester; 26l/13T; ECTS credits:6

Introduction: scope and method of economics; the theory of consumer choice; individual and market demand; theory of production; the costs of production; profit maximisation and the competitive firm; monopoly (including multivalent and price discrimination models)

EC4213 Intermediate Economics (for non-business) (Autumn)

The syllabus is divided into a micoreconomics and a macroeconomics element. The microeconomics section includes the following topics 1)

The theory of production and costs including isoquant and isocost analysis and traditional versus modern theories of costs 2) Models of imperfect competitive market structures and game theory and an analysis of Monopolistic Competition, Oligopoly and Duopolistic market structures 3) Labour demand and supply and 4) Pricing and allocating of the factors of production. The macroeconomics section includes the following topics 5) Irish economics performance before and after 1987 including the reasons for the improvement in economic performance. 6) The labour market including a discussion on how price expectations are formulated and the impact on inflation and unemployment 7) The Keynesian, Classical and Monetarist model.

This includes a discussion on the Keynesian model, adaptive expectations and the concept of money illusion. Monetarism. The neoclassical model and rational expectations. The effectiveness of macroeconomic policy under each of he models is addressed here

8)The inflation-unemployment trade-off. Includes an analysis of the

Phillips curve and the adjusted Phillips curve as well as deflation, expectations and credibility. 9) EMU and the European Central Bank including a discussion on the costs and benefits of EMU to Ireland.

The design of the European Central Bank (ECB). Accountability and transparency .The ECBÆs monetary policy in EMU.

EC4307 Econometrics (Autumn/4)


Introduction; regression analysis, estimation, method of ordinary least squares, measuring ‘goodness of fit’. The Classical Linear Regression

Model, Properties of OLS estimators; Gauss-Markov theorem. Interval estimation and hypothesis testing. Multiple regression analysis.

Heteroscedasticity; autocorrelation; multicollinearity. Dynamic ecomometric models; autoregressive and distributed-lag models.

Simultaneuos-equation models. Time series econometrics.

EC4333 Economics of European Integration (Autumn/2)

3 hours per week; 13 weeks/3d semester; 39L; ECTS credits:6

Introduction: member states' major economic indicators; theory of economic integration (new international trade theories), and stages of economic integration; monetary integration - the road to economic and monetary union; the EU budget; the common agricultural policy; regional and social cohesion (polarisation trends; convergence; employment issues; impact of structural funds); industrial and technological policy; external economic relations of the EU; Lome

Convention and EU-Asia relations; conclusion; current issues in

European economic integration; diversity, flexibility and coherence of economic policies.

EC4407 Ireland in the World Economy (Autumn/4)


semester; 39L; ECTS credits:6

International demographic trends; labour force analysis - employment and unemployment trends; industrial change and industrial policy;

Irish fiscal policy in an international context; Ireland and the European community - performance and prospects; sectoral developments in the international economy - effects for Irish employment and output; discussion on international economics; trade theories.

EC4417 Industrial Economics (Autumn/4)


Scope and method of industrial economics: a new version of the firm; the structure - conduct - performance paradigm and its limits,

(structuralisms - contestable markets - game theory); market structures in the European community, (concentration, entry barriers...); firms restructuring in the EC, (integration, diversification, merger, take over

.....); technological and product innovation; performance of firms; aspects of industrial policy, (merger control, abuse of dominant positions in the EC...); inter-actions between corporate integration and

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regional integration; case studies, (machine-tools, textile, pharmaceuticals).

EC4427 Managerial Economics 1 (Autumn/4)

3 hours per week;13 weeks/7 th


Constrained and unconstrained optimisation techniques; demand analysis, demand estimation (including introduction to econometrics); demand forecasting, decision-making under uncertainty, pricing models to account for production relationships, capacity relationships, demand relationships; transfer pricing, mark-up pricing; decision making in the public sector introducing the rationale and means of government intervention in the case of market failures, cost-benefit analysis; capital budgeting and investment decisions.

TT4027 Principles of Economics

Rationale And Purpose Of The Module:

This module introduces students to the fundamentals of micro and macro economic analysis and the ôeconomic way of thinkingö. The module is divided into two broad areas: an introduction to microeconomics and an introduction to macroeconomics. The objectives are to provide students with the basic tools to apply economic analysis to real life problems.

Syllabus:

Part A: Introduction to economics; Microeconomics v

Macroeconomics; Scarcity and Opportunity cost; Normative and

Positive Economics, Understanding Markets and market equilibrium and disequilibrium (interaction between Supply and Demand);

Elasticity; Consumer choice theories using indifference curve analysis;

Production and Cost Theory; Introduction to market structures (Perfect

Competition and Monopoly).

Part B: Introduction to Macroeconomics; Relationships between

Economic Growth, Unemployment and Inflation; The Irish Historical

Experience; The Theory of Income Determination; Stabilization

Policy; Fiscal Policy in Ireland; The Irish economy in the long-run;

The ôCeltic Tigerö phenomenon and the recent performance of the

Irish economy; Contemporary issues relating to the Global Economy.

BS4001 Principles of International Business


This module aims to provide students with an understanding of the international dimensions of business. It provides students with a foundation in the theory and practice of businesses operating within a globalised context. The module introduces students to the extensive remit of international business activity and to key concepts concerning companies operating internationally.

Syllabus:

The course will introduce topics concerning international business while illustrating its scope and importance. Topics will include the impact of geography, culture and politics on business dealings.

Students will study formal institutions (economic and political) and

informal factors such as culture, religion, language and ethics. Other topics may include: globalisation; international trade; corporate social responsibility; global branding; international management strategy.

EP4013 Enterprise, Creativity and Innovation


The aim of the module is to help students to develop an entrepreneurial mindset that includes creativity, innovation and diagnostic abilities. The course focuses on enterprise, creativity and innovation in small and medium size enterprises. Key objectives are to introduce students to the theory and practice of entrepreneurial creativity and innovation and to provide an understanding of the nature of entrepreneurship, the characteristics of the entrepreneur, the intrapreneur and the process of managing innovation.

Syllabus:

This module commences with an introduction to the nature and development of entrepreneurship and emphasises the strong link between entrepreneurship and innovation. This leads to an overview of the schools of thought on entrepreneurship and an understanding of the entrepreneur and creative behaviour. The theories and models of both creativity and innovation are examined with contextual emphasis on radical and incremental innovation in products, services and processes; product strategy, and new product/service development. The identification of the intrapreneurial characteristics and the creation of an entrepreneurial spirit within a corporate environment. This leads to the application of creative thinking to identify venture opportunities, business planning, market entry strategies, marketing new inventions and technology transfer.

EP4315 Enterprise Formation


The aim of the module is to provide participants with an understanding of the entrepreneurial process and the role of small firms in economic development. Students will also benefit from identifying the external and internal factors that impact on business start-up. Students are expected to prepare a feasibility analysis on a business idea to examine the viability of starting this business in a real-life situation.

Syllabus:

Mode of Instruction is lecture and tutorials workshops. Knowledge is structured in two main sections, theory and application of theory to real life economic conditions. Initially the concepts and factors affecting the entrepreneurial process are imparted to students, following which students work together in teams engaging in experiential learning in assessing the feasibility and viability of their business idea.

EP4407 Enterprise Development


Creating a new venture is a challenging task, one that requires specific technical and business knowledge as well as general business and entrepreneurial skills and competencies. The aim of this module is to introduce students to the stages involved in the establishment and management of a new business. This includes opportunity recognition, analysis of market potential, the analysis and acquisition of resources required to capture market opportunities and the launch of a new business. In addition the module content explores the backgrounds, motivations, characteristics and skills of enterprising individuals. On completion of the module the student will have a better understanding of the issues involved in forming a business enterprise. The module will serve as a strong foundation for those aspiring to own and operate their own business.

Syllabus:

The module will address the following topics- Understanding the role and importance of the small firm sector to the Irish economy. The entrepreneur/owner/manager characteristics and classifications; identification and evaluation of business opportunities; product/service development; market research; industry analysis; market/sales strategies; management structure; manufacturing/operations; sources of start-up finance; financial projections (projected cashflow, profit and loss and balance sheet); managing the new business (people and process management) and exit strategies for a new business

FI4003 Finance (Autumn/2)

3 hours per week; 13 weeks/3 rd semester; 26L/13L; ECTS credits:6

Students are introduced to and learn to use and evaluate a range of discounted cash flow techniques, Qualitative aspects of capital

Budgeting and investments are also covered. The concept of market efficiency and of the link between risk and return are illustrated by reference to historical returns. Basic issues around share valuation are also discussed, and the students are introduced to derivative instruments, and how they may be used both defensively and aggressively.

FI4005 Advanced Corporate Finance (Autumn/3)


semester; 26L/13L; ECTS credits:6

The course covers the more advanced capital budgeting, taking into account inflation, uncertainty and tax. Simulation and scenario analysis are covered. The concept of a real option is introduced.

Agency theory, dividend policy and capital structure are all covered in some detail. The capital markets are introduced, and approaches to share valuation are discussed. Portfolio theory is covered as a means of reducing risk.

Prerequisite FI4003.

FI4007 Investments: Analysis and Management (Autumn/4)

3 hours per week; 13 weeks/5 th semester; 26L/13L; ECTS credits:6

The topics covered include an introduction to the investment environment: equity securities, fixed income securities, derivative securities; Financial markets: primary and secondary markets; the efficient market hypothesis; risk and return: measures of risk and returns; Portfolio and capital market theory: dealing with uncertainty,

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portfolio risk and return, analysing portfolio risk, the role of diversification, modern portfolio theory; Portfolio selection: efficient portfolios and diversification; Asset Pricing Models: risk-return tradeoff, capital market line, security market line, Capital Asset Pricing

Model (CAPM), Arbitrage Pricing Theory (APT); Equity valuation: dividend discount models, technical analysis, the role of sentiment;

Fixed income valuation: bond yields and prices, the term structure, bond strategies; Option valuation: both the binomial model and the black-scholes model; Evaluation of investment performance .

FI4407 Financial Institutions and Markets* (Autumn/4)


Overview of the financial system, financial markets; bond and equity markets, money markets, Euro markets, futures and options markets; introduction to financial institutions, theory of the banking system, bank regulation; band asset and liability management, bank liquidity management, bank credit risk management; financial innovations; securitisation, EU financial services and single market legislation; issues in portfolio management; transaction costs, regulation of investment services, active versus passive portfolio management, indexation, portfolio performance measurement.

Prerequisite FI4305

IN4003 Principles of Risk Management (Autumn)


To introduce the students to concepts and principles relating to the management of risk in both the public and private sector. The student will be expected to understand basic mathematical and financial models in dealing with risk theory as well as understanding the basics of the central theories on risk.

Syllabus:

Concepts of risk, pure and speculative risk; actuarial mathematics and elementary risk theory; perceptions of risk; risk in the economic and legal environment; models of risk management; risk management as a decision making process, identification, analysis, evaluation, control, financing of risk; risk management in an organisation and in the public sector; formulation and implementation of risk management strategies; quality and risk management.

IN4005 Risk Analysis (Autumn)


1. To develop in the student an understanding of and insight into risk analysis.

2. To examine the nature of the interface between the corporate risk management function and the insurance sectors servicing response.

3. To introduce students to the theory and practice of risk analysis and to acquaint students with the complex and rapidly changing environment within which risk managers operate.

Syllabus:

The students will gain a general understanding of risk analysis and produce some in-depth analysis

IN4007 Governance and Risk (Autumn)


To develop in the student an understanding of and insight into the concepts of goverance and risk 2. To examine the nature of the interface between governance structures and risk management practices.

Syllabus:

The students will gain a general understanding of risk and governance and produce an some in-depth analysis of specific examples

IN4715 Risk and Insurance (Autumn/2)


To develop in the student an understanding of and insight into the concepts of goverance and risk 2. To examine the nature of the interface between governance structures and risk management practices.

Syllabus:

The students will gain a general understanding of risk and governance and produce an some in-depth analysis of specific examples

IN4427 Insurance Organisations and Markets (Autumn)


1. To develop in the student an understanding of and insight into the management of an insurance organisation in the current economic and legal environment.

2. To examine the nature of the interface between insurance organisations and regulators.

3. To introduce students to the theory and practice of insurance institutions and to acquaint students with the complex and rapidly changing environment within which insurers operate. Stress will be given to the achievement of appreciation of recent developments in the field.

Syllabus:

The students will gain a general understanding of insurance organisations and markets and produce some in-depth analysis

IN4725 Risk and Insurance (Autumn)


To meet the needs of the risk management and insurance industry by providing students with a strong understanding of how the insurance industry operates. Students will also learn the important principles underlying risk management. The interest in, and study of, risk has grown significantly due to improvements in the technology used to assess and measure risk and the development of innovations in the insurance and capital markets that control risk. Insurance is one of the main mechanisms used to control risk, through the transfer of that risk to a third party, usually an insurance company. The insurance company in turn is exposed to a variety of risks and can transfer some of these through reinsurance whilst other risks can be controlled using alternative markets. With the spiralling cost of health care and the changing demographic in Ireland and Europe there is significant focus on the health care market by the state and the insurance industry. This module will introduce students to t

Syllabus:

The module details the historical development of insurance industry and more generally the discipline of risk management. The theoretical framework used by insurance companies to internalise risk and attribute a price to that risk are discussed in detail. The module details the development and implementation of a risk management strategy by both private corporations as well as public sector bodies.

IN4735 Insurance Organisations (Autumn/4)



The structure of the insurance industry; the functions of an insurance organisation; insurance organisation accounts and costing; the use of information technology; quality and insurance; captive management.

MG4031 Management Principles (Autumn/1)

3 hours per week; 13 weeks/1st semester; 26L/13T; ECTS credits:6

Management concepts and evolution, the business environment, functions of management, planning, organising, staffing, leading and controlling, decision making, organisation structure and design leadership, motivation, work design, organisational control introduction to ethics and social responsibility, change management.

MG4035 International Management (Autmn/3)



The domain of international management concepts of industry, location and firm specific advantage models of cross-border business, managing multinationals mergers and acquisitions and strategic alliances, international business networks, coordinating international value chains, extended supply chain management, technology diffusion, subsidiary initiatives, political and crosscultural issues, managing in developing countries.

MG4045 Change Management (Autumn/3)

3 hours per week; 13 weeks/5th semester; 26L/13T; ECTS credits:6

Nature of organizational change context specific change, managerial skills of change agents, change options and variables

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contextual analysis formulating and formation of implementation paths, mobilizing for change, change levers and interventions, strategic change frameworks, monitoring, control and resourcing change.

MI4007 Business Information Management (Autumn/2)


semester; 26L/13T/26L; ECTS credits:6

The course provides an historical perspective on the area of

Information Management; the information society; the importance of databases for modern business; the implications of integrated databases to support enterprise-wide and intra-organizational business processes; developing information as a corporate resource; the firm as an information processing entity; types of business systems platforms in support of- managerial and executive-level decision making, coordination of business processes; information management in functional areas of business: accounting, marketing, human resources, operations; managing ethical issues.

MI4305 Data and Decision Making in Organisations

(Autmn/3)

5 hours per week; 13 weeks/5th semester; 26L/13T/26L; ECTS credits:6

This module introduces the business student to a perspective of the organisation as an information processing system. It introduces organisational decision-making principles as a foundation for the design of Information Systems. It studies the role of data and database management as a corporate resource for decision making and the business systems that support this; data mining, ERPs,

CRMs. It covers corporate responsibility for data integrity and protection.

MI4407 Social & Organisational Aspects of Information

Management (Autumn/4)

5 hours per week; 13 weeks/7 th semester; 26L/13T/26L; ECTS credits:6

Provide a social and economic framework for understanding the nature and interaction of information, technology, people, and organisational components. Explain how IS can both constrain and enable organisations and explore the relationship between IS and organisational structure. Drawing on Structuration Theory and

Institutional Economics the students will be provided with an understanding of the characteristics of the information economy.

Consider the role of the Internet and networking technology in modern organisations. The above concepts will be reinforced and developed through the use of web and collaborative software.

MK4005 Marketing Intelligence (Autumn/3)



Sources and Use of Marketing Intelligence; The Role of Research and Intelligence in the Marketing Organisation; Role of Marketing

Information and Composition of Marketing Information Systems;

Research for Marketing Decision Making; Approaches to Data

Capture – Databases, EDI and Point-of-Sale; Marketing Research in Different Contexts; Research Methods; Commissioning and

Evaluating Marketing Research.

MK4007 Applied Marketing 1 (Autumn/4)

(3 hours per week; 13 weeks/7 th

semester; 26L/13T; ECTS credits:6)

Through the management of an extensive project students will be exposed to and should develop skills in relation to developing research objectives, creating a research design, and assembling a research proposal. Further, students will gain experience in data collection, interpretation and both in terms of primary and secondary sources.

Finally, students will be expected to present research findings.

MK4017 Marketing Leadership (Autumn/4)



Marketing vision, marketing planning, the marketing management process, the relationship between marketing and the other functional areas, the role of marketing in the boardroom, value-based marketing, internal marketing, organisational renewal through marketing.

MK4025 Marketing Communications (Autumn/3)


Role of communications; communications theory; audiences; how advertising works; the management of marketing communications; the advertising industry; creative aspects of advertising; media aspects of advertising; ethics and advertising standards; the role of the media; communication vehicles; integrated marketing communications; the effects and effectiveness of marketing communications.

MK4603 Marketing (Non-Business) (Autumn/2)

3 hours per week; 13 weeks/3 rd semester; 26L/13T; ECTS credits:6

Marketing in society; strategic market planning; marketing information systems; new product development; pricing; promotion; channels of distribution; competition analysis; consumer behaviour services marketing; market segmentation, consumer research methods, identifying marketing information requirements; formulating research projects, the scientific method - its characteristics and practices, experimental research designs, attitude measurement, questionnaire design; marketing research applications: product research, advertising research, corporate image research, market testing; ethical issues in marketing research.

MN4007 Project Management Theory and Practice (Autumn/4)


The primary objective of this module is to provide students with the knowledge, skills and understanding necessary to apply Project

Management principles, tools and techniques to help initiate change to achieve specific pre-determined project objectives in line with organisational goals and strategies. The module will prepare students for the workplace by developing their understanding of Project Management knowledge areas and Project Management processes. The student will benefit from understanding how projects are Initiated, Implemented,

Monitored and Controlled and Closed within a change environment

PM4013 Principles of Human Resource Management

(Autumn/2)



The syllabus covers core issues surrounding managing people at work.

In so doing, the module starts with a consideration of key labour market issues in Ireland and how these affect the nature of HRM in organisations. Arising from a labour market analysis, core HR activities are next explored including the processes of human resource planning, recruitment and selection. The module next examines critical elements of managing and rewarding performance, designing jobs and developing people at work. The nature of work is set down and finally, the regulatory environment for HRM in Ireland is indicated.

PM4017 Human Resource Practice (Autumn/4)



This purpose of this module is to develop practical skills/capabilities considered essential for HR practitioners. These skills are primarily in the key areas of selection, appraisal, discipline and grievance and applying regulations governing HR to all processes and activities.

Another core purpose of the module is to increase the knowledge and skill and overall capability of the participants in key operational areas of

HR such as rewards, performance management, health and safety, employment regulation, employee welfare issues, motivation and retention

PM4027 Social Psychology of Organisations (Autumn/4)

(offered only in AY2009/10)



Approaches to the study of social psychology; Culture, Society,

Socialisation and Individual Freedom; The Construction of Attitudes,

Values and Ideologies; The Landscape of Organisational Form in the

Social World; Beyond Bureaucracy and the Rise of Modern

Organisational Hegemony; The Boundaryless Organisation;

Organisational Citizenship; Future Directions in the Social Psychology of Organisations.

PM4035 The Psychology of Work (Autumn/3)

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Exploring the reality of work; The meaning of work; Work

Orientation; Employment and Unemployment; The psychological contract and the work socialization process; The changing context of work; Workforce Management; Changing Workforce

Composition; Career Re-conceptualisation; Work Life Balance and

Work Family Conflict.

PM4045 Theoretical Perspective on Employment Relations

(Autumn/3)

2 hours per week; 13 weeks/ 5 th semester; 26L;ECTS credits:6

Collective and individual approaches to studying and managing the employment relationship. The role and function of trade unions and employer organisations in a societal and organisational context. The roles of employment relations actors: full-time officials, shop stewards, line managers, specialist HR functions and supervisors. The role and operation of state institutions. Voluntarism and legalism in

Irish employment relations. The role of rules, especially procedure agreements, including the practical operation of discipline and grievance procedures. The practical operation of dismissals and equality legislation in the workplace. Collective bargaining and individual alternatives. Conceptual frameworks and management approaches to employment relations. Public sector employment relations. The nature of conflict in employment relations, including strikes. National and workplace partnership, including the role and performance of national pay agreements. Recent legislation on trade disputes and trade unions, especially the Industrial Relations Act 1990.

The impact of the 1937 Constitution. Contemporary developments in employment relations.

PM4067 Contemporary Issues in Organisational Behaviour

(Autumn/4)



Introduction: Revisiting OB: what it is, what it is not, and how we might alternatively conceptualise it; Dimensionalising the Healthy

Organisation; Gender in Organisations, communications, progression, and balance; Diversity in Organisations, perspectives and dilemmas;

Emotion in Organisations, nature and consequences; Trust in

Organisations, Antecedents, Forms, Conditions and Breaches; Justice in Organisations, Types, Range and Consequences; Organisational

Citizenship Behaviour, Individual, situational & affective explanations; Ethics and Ethical Behaviour, Implications for HRM

PM4603 Employee Relations for Engineering/Science (Autumn/2)

2 hours per week; 13 weeks/3 rd semester; 26L;ECTS credits:6

The employment of relationship; the individual and work groups; the basics of recruitment and selection; motivation techniques; effective supervisory and man management; industrial relations; communications in employee relations; the role of management and

trade unions; line management and shop stewards; labour law; the basics of negotiation; national and local pay bargaining.

TT4007 International Tax Issues


The aim of the module is to give students an understanding of the principles underpinning, and the risks inherent in, double taxation relief and other international tax issues including EU tax harmonisation, the implications of the single market, the impact of offshore business, transfer pricing and trends in world tax systems.

Syllabus:

The syllabus is structured as follows: Concept of double taxation;

OECD Model of Double Taxation Convention; Development of bilateral double taxation conventions; Transfer pricing; Foreign currency translation; Controlled Foreign Company legislation; Tax

Harmonisation in the European Union

TT4067 Corporate Reporting

Syllabus:

Advanced accounting frameworks, regulation and practice, accounting for financial instruments, derivatives, forwards, futures and options, hedge funds, accounting for business combinations in an international context, interpretation of accounting statements and information, ratio analysis, risk assessment and identification, accounting and corporate governance, impacts of frauds and accounting failures, international accounting issues, markets for accounting information, current issues and developments, fraud and forensic accounting, the role and nature of audit.

Learning Outcomes:

Cognitive (Knowledge, Understanding, Application, Analysis,

Evaluation, Synthesis)

Analyse and interpret financial information and measurement of performance.

Identify and evaluate significant features and issues in financial statements.

Identify and apply appropriate procedures to be used in preparing group financial statements.

Identify issues and deficiencies which have led to a proposed change to an accounting standard.

Discuss the use of an accounting framework in underpinning the production of accounting standards.

Assess the success of such a framework in introducing rigorous and consistent accounting standards.

TT4077 Social Administration and Tax


To provide an understanding of the structure of public administration in Ireland.

To explore the role of taxation in all forms as a means of implementing public policy.

To examine economic and social issues affecting taxation, welfare and the public administration.

To give students an understanding of the organisational structure and design of government, a comparison with structures of other public administrations/revenue organisation.

Syllabus:

The course examines topics such as taxation and the state, exercise of state power in the economy and society, the Irish government and public sector reform, democratic accountability, tools of governance, global governance, implications of globalisation for taxation systems,

Ireland and the European Union.

TX4007 Taxation for Corporates (Autumn)


This module aims to provide an understanding of Irish Corporation

Tax, the rationale for incorporation of a business, the taxation implications of close company status and the effective use of losses and group reliefs. It also introduces students to the principles of Value

Added Tax (VAT) and the application of VAT in a business context.

Syllabus:

General principles of Irish Corporation Tax. The rationale for, and the tax implications of, incorporation. Computation of the corporation tax liability. Loss relief for companies, group relief for losses, charges and transfer of assets. Close companies, definition and consequences.

Tax planning for companies including restructuring to maximise tax reliefs. Current issues in Corporation Tax. Introduction to VAT, general principles, administration, registration and deregistration, exemptions and zero rating, inter EU sales and purchases. VAT on property transactions.

TX4204 Capital Taxation

3 hours per week; 13 weeks/ th


Introduction to Capital Gains Tax; Calculation of Capital GainS

Tax;CGT Exemptions & Reliefs; CGT Retirement Relief; Transfer of a Business to a Company; CGT and Share Transactions CGT and

Liquidation of Companies; Company Purchasing its Own Shares;

Principle Private Residence Relief; CGT and Development Land;

Introduction to Capital Acquisitions Tax; Basic Concepts & Reliefs;

Business Relief Agricultural Relief; Taxation of Trusts; Foreign

Aspects; Stamp Duty.

TX4305 Taxation Theory and Practice (Autumn/3)



Tax theory, basic concepts; public failure and public expenditure growth; cannons of taxation; structure and administration of the taxation system, assessment, appeals, collection, audit and penalties; computation of personal income tax liability; efficient employee remuneration, benefits in kind, employee share schemes, the PAYE system; taxation of investment income, from financial instruments, dividends and real property; the business expansion scheme; tax

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planning, review of the tax based incentives; the Irish/UK double taxation treaty.


Faculty of Education and Health Sciences (Autumn)

Syllabus:

Disorders of childhood/adolescence, e.g. disruptive behaviour disorders, depression, psychosis, eating disorders.

This module explores students own decision making process in relation to Explanatory theories of child/adolescent disorders, such as biological,

EN4006 Curriculum Studies (Autumn/) choosing this teacher education programme. Personal growth is central to sociocultural or systems theories.

the module and students are encouraged to reflect on understanding of self

The definitions of curriculum as content and experience as well as hidden and self identity. curriculum; the philosophical and ideological foundations of curriculum are considered from the perspectives of knowledge, society and the individual; the relationship between curriculum and education policy; external influences on modifications.

Application of the nursing process to mentally and emotionally

Students will examine the three domains in communication: theory, skills

Treatment modalities, individual therapy, family therapy, behaviour disturbed children/adolescence. curriculum policy and policymaking; partnership approach; recent

curriculum policy developments; core curriculum; the work of the NCCA practice of communication to teaching and learning. Students will develop NS4024 Introduction to the Principles and Nature of Teaching and

and their proposals for senior cycle reform; curriculum change, reform, understanding of group processes from a theoretical and personal innovation and development; curriculum design; key factors associated with the adoption, implementation, dissemination and evaluation of curriculum reform; impact of perspective.

Learning for Nurses and Midwives school and teacher culture on curriculum reform efforts; case studies of

Rationale And Purpose Of The Module: recent curriculum reforms e.g. ICT for teaching and learning; the pedagogy and dynamics, with a particular focus on the application of the theory and

The module will focus on both micro and macro skills in communication The aim of this module is to provide studentÆs with the teaching and assessment of the curriculum; purposes, modes and techniques of and their application to the learning environment. The micro skills will skills necessary to faciliatate teaching and learning within the nursing assessment; assessment for learning; contemporary national and include the use of both verbal and non-verbal behaviour. The macro skills environment. international curriculum

issues; some radical

will include the ability to critique and give feedback on the written arguments of others and to present arguments in a clear and logical manner,

EN4017 Understanding Schools (Autumn)

with appropriate use of referencing to the literature.


EN4901 Geography of Development (Autumn)

Students will consider schools as social settings (social class, gender, ethnicity, diversity, equality of treatment) and as sites of teaching, learning and assessment

No description available

Syllabus:

Students use their teaching practice placement as an opportunity to reflect critically on schools as institutions from a sociological perspective (gender,

EN4903 Social and Urban Geography (Autumn)

No description available assessment; homework; technologies for teaching, learning and assessment including school design). Working as participant observers within carefully defined ethical guidelines, students take responsibility for collecting data in

relation to selected aspects of life in their TP schools and they apply this data to related assignments. They will collect and record field notes based on survey/ diary/ interview/observation and discuss the implications of their findings for their own professional practice.

EN4023 Planning for Teaching and Learning 1 (Autumn)

This module supports the development of knowledge, skills, and attitudes which will support student teachers in preparing for their teaching practice placement in semester 4. It introduces them to the importance of good practice when planning and preparing learner-centred, active learning experiences, including the development of learning resources. Students will

have the opportunity to implement these plans in a small group setting with

young pupils (START Teaching) and to reflect on their own learning from

this experience. The module also addresses key issues in relation to the management of the learning environment, assessment for learning, mixed

ability teaching and the effective use of ICT to support learning. A strong focus will be placed upon essential child welfare issues, the Teaching

Council Code of Professional Conduct and the implications for student teachers. The module also provides the student teacher with an insight into educational provision in modern Ireland.

EN4031 Becoming a Teacher: Identity and Communication (Autumn)

Rationale And Purpose Of The Module: alternatives.

Identify and critically analyse influences which shape the individual, with a focus on self-identity with a focus on the role of communication in teaching

EN4911 Introduction to Human Geography (Autumn)

No description available

NS4013 Health Studies


To provide nurses and midwives with the necessary foundation to develop competence in health education and health promotion.

Syllabus:

Concepts of health and ill-health;Measuring health, and health science;

Determinants of and influences upon health;The social construction of

"life styles";

The history of health education and health promotion;

Models and approaches to improving health;

Assessing needs and programme planning;

Ethical issues; inequalities, disadvantage and empowerment;

Settings for programmes; health policy and politics.

NS4014 Professional Studies 5 – Childhood and Adolescent Health


The purpose of this module is to explore important theories and skills in relation to Child and Adolescent Mental Health in order to enhance the nursing practice in this area.

Syllabus:

Syllabus:

Group facilitating, microteaching.

The nature of teaching and learning with particular reference to the nursing environment.

Approaches to adult learning.

Planning and preparation.

Presentation skills.

Using questions.

Group work.

Independent studies.

Lesson management.

Concept of androgogy and pedagogy.

Techniques of assessment, reflection, self evaluation.

Clinical Skills Syllabus:

Microteaching in a clinical setting

Microteaching in a classroom setting

Clinical competencies: assessment/documentation/feedback

NS4037 Promoting, Supporting and Protecting Breastfeeding


To enable the student to critically consider the promotion, support and protection of breastfeeding.

Syllabus:

Social, cultural, psychological and political influences on aspects of breastfeeding,Breastfeeding policies and their management, health benefits of breast-feeding to mother and baby, health care practices that support breastfeeding,counselling skills to support breastfeeding, anatomy and physiology of lactation, biochemistry of human milk,

Impact of birthing practices on breastfeeding, breastfeeding facilitation for healthy mothers and newborns, Breastfeeding management under difficult circumstances, hospital and community support, drug therapy and breastfeeding, maternal nutrition during lactation, maternal employment and breastfeeding.

Clinical skills

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Facilitating an antenatal workshop on positioning and attachment for breastfeeding babies.

Use of support mechanisms for successful breastfeeding.

Breastfeeding under special circumstances (breastfeeding the preterm baby, twins, baby with cleft lip and palate).

Facilitating a postnatal breastfeeding clinic.

Lactation ConsultantÆs role and challenges in protecting breastfeeding.

Promoting, supporting and protecting breastfeeding in the community setting

NS4047 Preparation for Parenthood


To enable the student to design and implement a programme of parenthood education for childbirth.

Syllabus:

Philosophy and historical development of childbirth education

Principles of adult education, teaching and learning strategies for pregnancy childbirth and transition to parenthood, sexuality and cultural perspectives on childbearing and using culturally connected teaching strategies, childbirth education for teenagers,teaching relaxation in parent education classes, curriculum development for parenthood education

Clinical skills

Micro teaching

Presentation skills

Giving feedback

Evaluation of teaching

Relaxation techniques

NS4055 Obstetric Complications and Emergencies


To enable students to recognise and initiate appropriate management action when deviation from the norm occurs in collaboration with other health care professionals

Syllabus:

The midwife's role in the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of obstetric complications within the multidiciplinary team,cardiography,malpresentation malposition,cephalopelvic disproportion, abnormalities of uterine action and onset of labour,shoulder dystocia and other obstetric complications,postpartum haemorrhage and other third stage complications,operative and assisted birth,obstetric anaesthesia

Psychosocial and cultural needs of women experiencing complicated childbirth,maternal mortality and morbidity

Clinical skills:

Interpretation of cardiotocograph

Mechanisms of malpresentation/ malpositions

Shoulder dystocia

Breech birth

Cord accidents, uterine inversion, uterine rupture

Assessment of post partum haemorrhage

Assessment and management of obstetric haemorrhage ie. antepartum and intrapartum

Maternal resuscitation, suctioning technique, oxygen therapy and arterial blood gases

Anaesthetic practices including regional and general anaesthesia

NS4057 Consolidating Midwifery Practice

(No description given)

NS4061 Introduction to Midwifery


To introduce students to the philosophy, knowledge and skills underpinning midwifery practice

Syllabus: philosophy, history and regulation of midwifery, woman centred care, principles, patterns and culture of practice, structure and provision of maternity services, principles of care of the mother and baby, midwifery assessment process, introduction to midwifery competencies, breastfeeding policies, introduction to midwifery theories, reflective practice, evidenced based practice, study skills. clinical skills syllabus:

Maternal observations and assessments

Skills to facilitate mother to care for her baby

Handwashing

Standard precautions

Documentation and record keeping

Principles of care of the mother and baby

NS4063 Care of the Neonate


To examine the midwife's role and responsibility in assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of the care of the neonate

Syllabus:

Adaptations to extrauterine life,thermoregulation, initial steps of neonatal resuscitation, prevention of infection in the neonate, nutritional requirements of the term neonate, physiology of lactation, promoting, supporting and protecting breastfeeding

Formula feeding, parent infant attachment and psychology and perception of neonate, transition to parenthood and meeting diverse parenting needs, neonatal record keeping and documentation, screening of the newborn, sudden

Infant Death Syndrome, public health and the neonate,vaccinations and immunisations

Assess, plan, implement and evaluate care for healthy newborn babies from birth to discharge

Clinical skills:

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Examination of the neonate at birth including initial steps of resuscitation

Ongoing assessment and monitoring of the neonate including neonatal vital signs

Care of the neonate,

Administration of Vitamin K

Breastfeeding practices

Formula feeding practices

Metabolic screening technique

Checking and use of the resuscitaire

NS4071 Adaptations to Pregnancy


To facilitate students to acquire knowledge and understanding of adaptations to pregnancy and gain an understanding of parenthood from a physiological and psychosocial perspective

Syllabus:

WomenÆs adaptation to pregnancy and childbirth a psychosocial context

Anatomy and physiology applied to childbirth

Change and adaptations in pregnancy

Confirming pregnancy

Maternal nutrition

Antenatal care and examinations

Assessing fetal well-being

Clinical skills:

Landmarks and diameters of female pelvis and their application to midwifery practice

Landmarks and diameters of the fetal skull and their application to midwifery practice

Use of support mechanisms for successful breast feeding

Fetal assessment and monitoring throughout pregnancy

Examination of the placenta

Abdominal palpation

Initial antenatal visit

Antenatal assessment monitoring and investigations throughout pregnancy

NS4073 At Risk Pregnancy and Childbirth


To facilitate students with an understanding to assess and manage the care of women experiencing at risk pregnancy and childbirth.

Syllabus:

Assessment, investigations and management of fetal and maternal well-being

Obstetrical conditions such as: Bleeding in pregnancy, amniotic fluid and its complications, multiple pregnancy, hypertensive disorders, anaemias, thrombo embolic disorders, metabolic disorders in pregnancy - diabetes, cardiac and respiratory disorders, pregnancies complicated by other medical conditions ie renal, gastrointestinal and neurological problems, the psychosocial aspects of at risk pregnancy and childbirth, medication management, development of problem

solving and clinical decision making skills in relation to at risk pregnancy and childbirth.

NS4075 Midwifery Spheres of Practice and Models of Care


NS4081 Contemporary Nursing Studies


NS4201 Biological Studies 1: Anatomy and Physiology


To provide the foundation for understanding the anatomy and physiological functioning of the human system so as to assist in the study of the effects of illness and disease on the individual.

Syllabus:

Introduction to the body as a whole, tissues, organs, system, and cavities of the body.

Cellular structure, the cell surface, cytoplasm, filtration, and simple diffusion. Tissues: epithelial, connective, muscle and nervous.

The Integumentary System: Histological structure and function of the skin and subcutaneous tissue.

The Skeletal System: Structure and function of the skeleton, the healing of fractures.

Joints: Classification, structure, function. Muscles: Structure and function.

The Central Nervous System: Meninges, ventricles and cerebrospinal fluid, blood supply and the brain barrier system, structure and function of the spinal cord, the midbrain, the pons varolii and cerebellum, the cerebrum, medulla oblongata, the limbic system.

The Peripheral Nervous System and Reflexes: Classification and anatomy of nerves and nerve fibres, the cranial nerves, the spinal nerves, nerve plexuses, the nature of reflexes, components of a reflex arc.

The Autonomic Nervous System: Anatomy of the sympathetic and parasympathetic division, functions of the autonomic nervous system, the adrenal glands, neurotransmitters and receptors.

NS4203 Biological Sciences 3: Anatomy, Physiology and

Pathophysiology


The aim of this module is to provide students with a foundation for understanding normal human anatomy and physiological function, considered essential for the later study of illness and disease in the individual.

Syllabus:

Structure and function of the Urinary System, Digestive System,

Reproductive System, Endocrine System. Hormones and their actions.

Stress and adaptations.

Pregnancy, childbirth, lactation. Special Senses: Structure and function e.g. eye, ear, nose, tongue, and equilibrium.

Pathology: Inflammation, granulomas, repair/regeneration of tissues, tumours, degenerative changes in cells/tissues, carcinogenesis, classification of tumours, biology of tumours, breast cancer, lung cancer, genetic disorders.

NS4205 Maternity, Pediatric and Older Person Nursing


The aim of this module is to facilitate studentÆs understanding of maternity, paediatric, and older person nursing so that they may provide appropriate care of individuals requiring nursing care.

Syllabus:

Introduction to the principles of peri-natal care; effects of pregnancy upon maternal health.

Nursing care and management of mother and baby; application of nursing principles to the care and management of children experiencing acute and chronic illness, e.g. experience of hospitalisation; family centred care; child protection.

Nursing care and management of the older person and family/carer across the care continuum.

Attitudes towards ageing, the normal processes of aging, age related disorders, e.g. confusional states, dementia, depression.

Altered sleep patterns; Protection of the older adult.


Abdominal palpation, fetal heart monitoring, mechanisms of labour,

Examination of the baby, Bathing, Artificial and breast feeding.

Assessment techniques for older person - reality orientation and reminiscence, Therapeutic strategies to support older person with cognitive impairment

Care of dying - last offices

NS4208 Music in Nursing and Healthcare


This module aims to enhance the studentÆs knowledge of music as a therapeutic medium and potential uses and misuses of music in healthcare environments.

Syllabus:

Brief history of music therapy and its development

An examination of the research literature pertaining to music in health cares environments including, the role of music therapy, music for pain management, relaxation and psychosocial care

Exploration of, the sound environment of health care settings; music as a creative and positive stimulus to promote positive outcomes for clients

NS4211 The Art and Science of Nursing


The module will introduce students to the core concepts underpinning the art and science of nursing.

Syllabus:

Historical development of nursing.

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Professional regulation of nursing; standards, scope of practice, code of conduct.

The nature of caring, theoretical frameworks/ models.

Care delivery systems e.g. nursing process.

Theories/Models of reflective practice,

Evidence-based practice. Introduction to competencies.

Introduction to library, study methods and the presentation of academic material.

Clinical Skills:

Demonstrating, recording and documenting vital signs: Blood

Pressure, temperature, pulse, respiration.

Fluid balance

Introduction to standard precautions.

NS4213 Principles of Nutrition Nursing


The aim of this module is to introduce students to the role of nutrition in health care and disease prevention so that the specialist needs of a person experiencing dietary difficulties can be addressed.

Syllabus:

Nutrients, their functions, metabolism, food sources and optimal nutrition for the promotion and maintenance of health and prevention of disease.

Absorption, digestion, and vital functions of the macronutrients

(protein, carbohydrate and fat) and the micronutrients (vitamins and minerals).

Changes in nutritional needs throughout the life cycle including special considerations during pregnancy, lactation, and aging.

Nutritional standards, the role of nutrition in disease prevention and clinical nutrition topics including PKU, malnutrition, and dietary recommendations for diabetes.

Interventions to maintain nutritional status in illness.

Nutrition as an interdisciplinary approach to health care and disease prevention and its application to the individual, in community health and education.

Introduction to the use of computer-based diet analysis to evaluate personal dietary intakes. The role of the nurse in meeting the specialist nutritional needs of a person experiencing dietary difficulties.


Nutritional assessment and management

Assisting with oral intake of food and drink

Weight management

Oral assessment and hygiene

Enteral and par-enteral, naso gastric and PEG

NS4215 Specialised Nursing Care


This module provides an introduction to specialised nursing care and management of patients in a variety of settings. The aim is to facilitate students understanding of oncology, palliative care, mental health, and intellectual disability so that they may provide appropriate care of individuals requiring nursing care. In order to prepare nurses to

support patients/ clients with speciifc needs the process of identiyfying needs, planning, prioritizing, implementing and evaluating nursing care will be considered.

Syllabus:

Introduction to nursing care and management in oncology. Current perspectives on treatment modalities. Survivorship and rehabilitation.

Concepts of palliative care. introductionto the causes of intellectual dissabiltiy. Principles of the nursing care and managment of an individual with intellectual dissability. Introduction to the concept of mental health/illness continuum.Nursing interventions in psychomatic, percceptual, mood disorders and problems of substance abuse. Nursing stratagies for the prevention of institutionalisation and the promotion of normalisation in mental health and intellectual dissability.

Introduction to the nursing management of cahallanging behaviour in mental health and intellectual disability

NS4218 Cognitive-Behaviour Therepy


This purpose of this module is to provide students with knowledge and understanding of the principles of cognitive behavioural therapy and its application in healthcare.

Syllabus:

Classical and Operant conditioning. Key concepts of cognitive behavioural therapy.

Definition of behaviour; objective/subjective interpretation of behaviour, increasing behaviour, positive and negative reinforcement.

Response cost. Extinction.

Role of Cognition. Cognitive distortions. Characteristics of cognitive behavioural therapy. Contingency contracting. Cognitive behavioural assessment: observation, interviewing, measurement and problem definition. Functional behavioural analy.

Treatment strategy groups. Relaxation techniques. Cognitive restructuring: e.g. monitoring thoughts and feelings, questioning evidence, examining alternatives, thought stopping. Learning new behaviour: e.g. modelling, shaping, token economy, role-playing, social skills training. Cognitive behavioural therapy in nursing.

NS4221 Adult Nursing Care


This module introduces students to the challenges of nursing individuals in the acute hospital setting. The processs of assessing/identifying needs, planning, prioritising, delivering and evaluating nursing care will be explored.

The purpose of this module is to facilitate students understanding of the nursing required for the ill adult in both hospital and community settings.

Syllabus:

Nursing care and management of the acutely ill adult:Altered levels of consciousness, pressure area maintenance.

Pain: Definitions, dimensions, measurement, strategies to support and care for the individual experiencing pain.

Introduction to peri-operative nursing care: Elective and emergency surgery; altered homeostasis, peri-operative complications e.g. anaphylaxis, malignant hyperthermia, hypovolaemic and neurogenic shock.

Bio-psycho-social aspects of the nursing care of the ill adult e.g. stress, sleep and sensory deprivation, altered body image, role of the family and carersÆ.

Nursing care and management of individuals experiencing altered skin integrity, e.g. wounds, burns, dermatological conditions.


Principles of hand washing

Personal Hygiene

Bed making.

Assessment and maintenance of skin integrity.

Peri Operative care

Introduction to Assessment of Levels of Consciousness

NS4223 Renal and Gastroenterology Nursing


The purpose of this module is to facilitate studentÆs understanding of gastro-enterological and renal disorders so that they may provide appropriate nursing of an individual with such condition(s).

Syllabus:

Gastro-enterological disorders: e.g. oesophageal varices, peptic ulceration, cirrhosis, appendicitis, colitis, pancreatitis, gastroenteritis; intestinal obstruction; nursing care and management.

Renal disorders: infection and obstruction, acute and chronic renal failure; nursing care and management. Dialysis, organ transplants.

NurseÆs role and responsibilities in investigative and diagnostic procedures.


Catheterisation, catheter care, catheter removal, bladder washout

Continence Care

Enema/suppository administration,

Stoma Care

Naso-gastric aspiration

NS4228 Pain Management


This module offers the student an opportunity to further develop knowledge and understanding of the complexities and challanges of pain management in order to provide additional theoretical support to underpin their practice. The module further aims to provide the opportunity for students to enhance their knowledge of assessment and measurement of pain.

Syllabus:

Mechanisms of pain; pain stimuli, pain receptors, pain impulse pathways, pain control mechanisms. The sensation of pain, pain reception, pain tolerence and pain responses. Types of pain, individual reactions and manifestations, physical, psychological social and spiritual apsects. pain management of groups wiht specials needs, e.g.

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child,older person. Barriers to effective pain management.

Interventions to alter sensory input and reduce pain perception. The role of the nurse in the assessment and measurement of pain. Control and implementing nursing activities and evaluating outcomes.

NS4238 Nursing Assessment and Diagnosis


The aim of this module is to explore further the context of nursing assessment and diagnosis within the nursing process framework and to enhance the student's existing knowledge of the care planning processes with particular emphasis on person-centred care.

Syllabus:

The context of nursing assessment and diagnosis within the nursing process framework. Nursing diagnosis and basic concepts. The development of nursing assessment and diagnosis, issues, types and components.

Nursing assessments-tools and strategies.

The formulation of nursing diagnosis and assessment within a clinical practice model. Writing diagnostic statements.Manuals of Nursing

Diagnosis, e.g. The North American Nursing Diagnosis Association and the International Classification of Nursing Practice. The care planning processes and systems.

NS4248 Critical Nursing Care


The aim of this module is to enhance studentÆs knowledge and understanding of the special needs of the critically ill adults within accident and emergency, high dependency and critical care settings.

Syllabus:

Introduction to the principles of nursing care and management of the critically ill individual including respiratory, cardiovascular, neurological, renal, nutritional, hygiene mobility and wound care needs.

Technological supports required in nursing and individual within the critical care environment e.g. mechanical ventilation, haemodynamic monitoring, and dialysis.

Prioritising and decision making frameworks within the Accident and

Emergency setting, jajor accident plan.

The challenges in nursing within the critical care environment, repeated loss, coping strategies and communication.

Bio-phycho-social effects of hospitalisation and coping with a life threatening experience upon the individial.

NS4305 Nursing the Child and Adult with Behavioural Disorder


The aim of the module is to critically evaluate current attitudes policies and practices that support persons with an intellectual disabilty and associated behavioural or mental health difficulties.

Syllabus:

Human behaviour, adaptive and maladaptive responses Role of the

RNID in supporting and assisting the individual with an intellectual

disability and assocaited behaviour problems for e.g. self injurious behaviour, aggressive and violent behaviours. Behavioural and cognitive therapies and the nursing process.

Mental health difficulties across the life span. Concept of dual diagnosis in intellectual disability. Nursing care and management of the child and adult with an intellectual disability experiencing mental health difficulties, e.g. phobias, eating disorders, stereotypical, aggressive and violent behaviours; anxiety disorders; psychosexual disorders; perceptual and mood disorders, schizophrenia, depression. habit and conduct disorders, attention deficit disorders with or without hyperactivity.


Risk assessment

Skills of observation and monitoring

Behavioural management strategies: Relaxation techniques and arts in the management of anxiety, anger management, de-escalation techniques, cognitive behavioural therapy.

NS4315 Nursing and Allied Therepies


The purpose of this module is to apply and analyse creative mediums which support the development of life skills for persons with an intellectual disability.

Syllabus:

The role of the nurse in facilitating and processing diversional and recreational activities for persons with an intellectual physical/sensory disability. Swimming: as an exercise, therapeutic intervention and social activity; general safety points. Occupational and recreational social and self help skills. Introduction to movement as an educational medium; expressive and creative movement skills for example drama, dance and mime, Creative games in group work. Strategies and techniques for implementing creative sessions for persons with an intellectual disability for example arts and crafts, puppetry.


Skills in arts and cratfs, drama dance and mine

Puppetry skills

NS4321 Concepts and Nature of Intellectual Disability


This module introduces the student to the concept of intellectual disability, and a rights based approach to care.

The module outlines the contribution of the RNID in caring for people with an intellectual disability.

Syllabus:

Concepts of disability, impairment and disability:

Incidence, causation and manifestations. Classification criteria and terminology

Distinguishing between intellectual disability and mental illness

Nurse -client relationship

Systematic and holistic approach to nursing care and intervention

The role and function of the nurse and the multi-disciplinary team in intellectual disability services

Current approaches to care, organisational philosophy and ethos of service providers

Theory and application of the principles of normalisation, institutionalisation, isolation Empowerment advocacy

Effects of disability on the nuclear, extended family and society


Principles of hand washing

Assist with bathing/ bed making, promotion and maintenance of elimination, safe positioning of clients.

Assessment and maintenance of skin Integrity

NS4323 Nursing Adolescents and Adults with Intellectual Disorder


The aim of this module is to develop knowledge and skills required to support the person with an intellectual disability through the adolescent and adult stages of life.

Syllabus:

Theories of adolescent and adult development. Cognitive, social and personality development. Implications of intellectual disability upon the adolescent and adult.

Rights of the person with an intellectual disabilty:Education and training opportunities: occupational, vocational and work skills training. Therapeutic and creative activities including leisure and recreational provision for adolescents and adults. Life skills development. Interpersonal relationships and sexuality; sex education.

Moral development: values and spirituality. Relationship between spiritual well-being and physiological/ psychological health.


Catheterisation, enema/suppository administration and stoma care

Assess living skills

NS4405 Mental Health Nursing and Special Client Groups

Disorder


To aim of this module is to develop students knowledge of family dynamics, forensic mental health nursing, substances abuse and selfdestructive behaviours.

Syllabus:

- Substance abuse; explanatory theories; alcohol and chemical dependence; epidemiology and socio-cultural aspects; predisposing and precipitating factors. Problems/disorders related to Abusive and

Destructive Behaviour e.g. Suicide, para-suicide, self-mutilation, violent aggressive behaviour, and sexual, physical, psychological abuse

Nursing care and management of persons experiencing abusive, destructive and substance abuse related disorders

- Eating disorders

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Family process and therapy; family structure and function, models of family therapy; family systems theory and structural, strategic, dysfunctional families: nursing care and management

- Introduction to forensic mental health nursing - Specialised interventions e.g. restraint, seclusion, special observation: role of the nurse


Communication skills, motivational interviewing, observation, problem solving and crisis prevention strategies-

Risk assessment and management-

Respond to the death of a patient and last offices

NS4415 Mental Health and the Care Continium


Develop the studentsÆ knowledge and understanding of common mental-health disorders experienced across the age spectrum.

Syllabus:

Mental Health disorders of childhood and adolescence e.g. Attention deficit, Disruptive behaviour disorders

Bio-psycho-social theories of childhood and adolescent psychopathology

Therapeutic approaches underlying its prevention and treatment

NurseÆs role in care and management of children and adolescents with mental health disorders

Mental Health disorders in the Older Person; Cognitive disorders; e.g. delirium, dementia

Nursing care and management of the older person with mental health disorders

Mental Health problems related to childbirth û nursing care and management e.g. puerperal psychosis, post-natal depression

Nursing care of persons with an intellectual disability experiencing mental health problems

NS4421 Theoretic Basis for Mental Health Nursing


The aim of the module is to introduce students to mental health nursing and theories underpinnig its practice.

Syllabus:

Origins and developments of mental health nursing within the context of contemporary nursing practice. The philosophy, theories, models of nursing. Role of the mental health nurse in a variety of health care settings. Incidence, prevalence, classification, and models of mental health illness. Promotion and maintenance of safety in practice settings.

Clinical Skills

Introduction to skills of engagement

Admission procedures

Introduction to care planning

Handwashing

Assisting and promoting personal care (bathing, elimination, grooming, bedmaking)

NS4423 Altered Homeostatis and Mental Health


The purpose of this module is to develop Mental Health studentsÆ appreciation of the importance of a holistic approach to patient care and to develop knowledge and understanding of physical illnesses which are common in mental health care.

Syllabus:

The inter-relationship between mental and physical health.

Aetiology, signs and symptoms, treatment of physical illnesses in the following systems; circulatory, lymphatic, respiratory, integumentary, digestive, endocrine, reproductive, urinary, auto-immune and central nervous systems, special senses.

Nursing care and management of a person experiencing a physical illness.

Psycho-physiological responses and somatoform disorders.


Catheterisation, catheter care, catheter removal.

Stoma care, enemas, suppositories

Blood glucose monitoring and techniques in insulin administration

Assessment and Maintenance of skin integrity

Oxygen therapy, nebulisers, peak flow measurement and use of inhalers

Breast awareness

LS4003 Introductory Anatomy and Physiology


To provide the foundation for understanding the anatomy and physiological functioning of the human system so as to assist in the study of the effects of illness and disease on the individual. To acquaint students without a biological background with the basic concepts of general Anatomy and Physiology while providing a detailed introduction into cellular and tissue biology.

Syllabus:

Introduction to the body as a whole, tissues, organs, system, and cavities of the body, filtration, and simple diffusion. Cells: Cellular structure, the cell surface, cytoplasm, Eukaryotic cell structure and function: Principal components, organelle structure and function, genome organization, cytoskeleton and membrane systems. Cellular differentiation and development:

Cell cycle & cell division, specialised cell types, stem cells, morphogenesis and multicellularity.

Tissues: epithelial, connective, muscle and nervous. The

Integumentary System: Histological structure and function of the skin and subcutaneous tissue. The Skeletal System: Structure and function of the skeleton, the healing of fractures. Joints: Classification, structure, function.

Muscles: Structure and function. The Central Nervous System:

Meninges, ventricles and cerebrospinal fluid, blood supply and the brain barrier system, structure and function of the spinal cord, the midbrain, the pons varolii and cerebellum, the cerebrum, medulla oblongata, the limbic system. The Peripheral Nervous System and

Reflexes: Classification and anatomy of nerves and nerve fibres, the cranial nerves, the spinal nerves, nerve plexuses, the nature of reflexes, components of a reflex arc. The Autonomic Nervous System:

Anatomy of the sympathetic and parasympathetic division, functions of the autonomic nervous system, the adrenal glands, neurotransmitters and receptors.

PY4001 Human Anatomy 1


To provide students with an understanding of

Comprehensive knowledge and understanding of general structural and functional organisation of the human body. To enable students to understand the structure and function of musculo-skeletal framework of the upper extremity. Functional relevance of all anatomical structures is emphasised to enable students to appreciate the interrelationships of structure to function. An understanding of application of core anatomical knowledge to clinical conditions is developed through problem-integrated learning.

Syllabus:

Introduction & usage of anatomical terminology; Introduction to general anatomy of the musculosketal system; Classification of bones, joints and muscles; Introduction to the regional anatomy; Structural, functional & applied Anatomy of the upper limb; Detailed structure and function (to include bones, articular surfaces, joint stability, support, plane and range of motion, factors affecting range of motion; synovial membrane, ligaments, blood and nerve supply, lymphatic drainage, and muscle attachments) of the shoulder girdle, shoulder joint, elbow joint, radio-ulnar joints, wrist, hand and finger joints;

Analysis of basic functional activities involving upper limb;

Introduction to peripheral nerves [causes & consequences of injuries to upper limb nerves ]; Introduction to injury and repair [fractures & healing]; Introduction to development of limbs / developmental defects.

HS4005 Chemical Safety and Toxicology


To develop and enhance the studentsÆ knowledge of chemical safety

To outline the significant aspects of occupational exposure and potential toxic response.

To facilitate a more in-depth series of modules relating to occupational health, health awareness and health impact on bodily systems.

Syllabus:

[Nature and properties of chemicals]

[Toxicology]: Routes of exposure and entry; types of toxic response; factors influencing toxicity; assessment of toxicology.

[Target organs and individual biological systems] : Central nervous system; respiratory tract; liver; kidney; reproductive toxicology; cardiovascular system and blood.

[Range and properties of chemicals found in the workplace]: Solvents; heavy metals; carcinogens.

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[Chemical hazard risk assessment]: hazardous properties of chemicals; control and preventative strategies; transport and storage of hazardous goods; toxicity information; hazard data sheets

HS4107 Occupational Health


To provide students with an understanding of how occupational health fits into the overall safety management structure.

To facilitate students in identifying possible causes of occupational illhealth in the workplace and provide the student with a basic understanding of how occupational ill-health can be investigated.

To provide the student with a strong appreciation of the role of medical testing in the workplace including screening, health surveillance, sickness and absence.

To be aware of when to call in specialist medical, health & welfare professionals

Syllabus:

Introduction to occupational health, disciplines, prevention.

Definitions; multidisciplinary services; professional roles. Medical assessments and support systems. The effect of work on health including occupational diseases. Specific occupational hazards.

Investigating suspected occupational illness. Screening, health surveillance, sickness absence. Health promotion in the workplace.

Staff welfare. The role of Employee Assistance Programs, Legislation,

Codes of Practice, Standards

HS4205 Health and Safety Systems 1


To facilitate students' in applying the concept of managing health and safety risks in a systematic manner.

To develop the students knowledge of methodologies aimed at reducing the risk of injury and loss.

To familiarise the students' with health and safety risk management systems.

To aid the student in understanding the nature of reactive and proactive monitoring systems and auditing and review systems in health and safety matters.

To facilitate the student in developing and implementing effective communication systems for health and safety information, including consultation.

Syllabus:

[Developing a health and safety culture] general principles of health and safety management. [Health & Safety Organisation in the

Workplace] the role of the employer, safety officers, safety representatives and safety committees.

[Health and safety management systems] OSHAS 18001, health and safety auditing systems, development and implementation.

[Health and safety monitoring systems] implementation and operation of the policy based on identifying hazards and assessing and controlling risks.

Specific risk assessment examples and how they should be controlled.

Review of selected high-risk industry sectors with an emphasis on health and safety management principles.

[Emergency Planning] life safety management and asset protection, evacuation management.

[Safety training] procedures and benefits

[REACH Regulations]

Relevant Legislation, Codes of Practice, Standards

PS4011 Social Psychology 1 (Autumn/2)

Social psychology is a field of psychology that considers the nature, causes, and consequences of human social behavior. The module will cover theories, models, key concepts and issues related to attitudes and behaviour, social influence, intra and inter group processes, pro-social behaviour, and affiliation, attraction and love.

PS4021 Psychology: Theory and Method 1 (Autumn/1)

2 hours per week; 2 tutorial meetings; 13 weeks/2 nd semester; 26L/4T;

ECTS credits: 6

The aim of this module is to provide students with a broad introduction to the historical evolution, issues, debates, themes and theories in psychology. The course will provide a a good grounding in a range of theoretical perspectives in psychology. This module is the first of two modules which provide a broad introduction to the discipline of psychology. This module will begin with a brief historical and philosophical overview of the roots of psychology and then move on to cover the psychodynamic perspective, behaviourism and learning theory, the biological basis of behaviour, and cognitive psychology.

Within the biological perspective the focus will be on motivation and emotion, and within cognitive psychology the focus will be on memory. Assessment includes a final exam (2 hours, 2 essay questions), accounting for 70% of the final grade, and 2 written reports reviewing a book or an article, accounting for 15% each.

PS4022 Psychology of Personality (Autumn/2)

2 hours per week; 13 weeks/3rd semester; 26L; ECTS credits:6

For students to understand how the field of psychology has approached the topic of personality. For students to develop knowledge of the ways personality and individual difference, intelligence and aptitude are constructed and tested in psychology.

Personality is a collection of emotion, thought and behaviour patterns that are unique to an individual. Through a series of lectures and practical tutorial sessions, topics relevant to the psychology of personality will be explored; including defining personality, temperament, aptitude and difference; personality and intelligence testing; and models including factorial models, typologies and circumplexes.

PS4027 Applied Psychology (Autumn/4)

2 hours per week; 13 weeks/7th semester; 26L; ECTS credits: 6

This module examines how major theories and core areas of psychology can be applied in professional practice. Students will be introduced to key area of psychological practice such as clinical psychology, occupational psychology, ergonomics, artificial intelligence and health psychology. For students to develop an understanding of the way psychology is applied in practice and to introduce students to the range of areas in which professional psychologists work and practice in community, educational, health care and business settings. The assessment for this module consists of

25% coursework and 75% a final exam. The coursework is a CV/cover letter assignment and the exam includes two essay questions.

PS4031 Psychology and Everyday Life (Autumn/1)

2 hours per week; 13 weeks/1st semester; 13L/13T; ECTS credits: 6

This module will introduce students to a range of fundamental theoretical perspectives and issues in general psychology through examining their relevance in everyday life. Through exploring everyday issues students will not only learn about theoretical perspectives but will also gain a basic knowledge of how psychology may be applied. In addition, through exploring some key studies in psychology, students will gain a basic understanding of the main investigative techniques used by psychologists. The range of topics will include; definitions of psychology; attachment; sleep, eating, aggression and biological basis of behaviour. Assessment consists of coursework (25%) and a final exam (75%). The coursework is a paper on students’ experience in a psychological study and the final exam contains multiple choice questions.

Numbers are limited on PS4031. The module is subject to availability on arrival at the University of Limerick.

Numbers are limited on PS4031. The module is subject to availability on arrival at the University of Limerick.

PS4035 Biological Basis of Human Behaviour (Autumn/2)

2 hours per week; 13 weeks; 3rd semester; 26L; ECTS credits: 6

Students will learn about the role of the brain and the central nervous system in human behaviour. This module addresses the structure and function of the mammalian nervous system with an emphasis on specialized topics, including the biological bases of the chemical senses, sleep and dreaming, learning and memory, emotions, sexual behaviour, stress, and psychiatric disorders.

Coursework: You will be assessed with two writing assignments.

For each paper select one of two topics offered, and write an essay on that topic between 2000 and 2500 words. Each essay is worth

50% of your grade: The average of both papers will be your final grade.

PS4041 Practical Psychology (Autumn/1)

2 hours per week; 13 weeks/1st semester; 26LAB; ECTS credits: 6

To introduce students to the range of research methods employed in psychology. To develop student’s ability to work with quantitative data and SPSS in particular On completion of this module students should be able to: demonstrate knowledge of the basic research methodologies in psychology and in particular case studies and

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observational methods. Understand how to code and analyse basic descriptive information. This practical class introduces the range of methods employed in psychology to students. The value of experiments, observational, survey and interviews and case studies work are considered using illustrative examples. Practical skills in these methods are developed though the use of selected examples.

Students are also introduced to important IT skills such as library search skills and SPSS for coding of data via practical work.

Evaluation is based on two pieces of lab-reports, each accounting for

50% of the final grade.

PS 4045 Advanced Research Methods (Autumn/4)

3 hours per week; 13 weeks/7th semester; 39T; ECTS credits: 6

This module will build on the basic methods and design covered in

Introduction to Research Methods (PS4033). Students will be introduced to advanced experimental, quasi-experimental and survey design along with the multivariate statistical techniques appropriate to analyse data produced by these approaches. In addition students will be introduced to the principles of qualitative research design, data collection and analysis. Coursework: Students will be required to undertake three pieces of written work involving the collection analysis and reporting of data. These will be each of 1500 words in length and will together constitute 100% of the final mark for the module.

PS4043 Empirical Psychology I (Autumn/2)

2 hours per week; 13 weeks; 3 rd semester; 26T; ECTS credits: 6

Classical approaches to psychology emphasise the importance of the experimental paradigm to understanding behaviour and mental processes. This lab based module introduces students to the traditional experimental approach and familiarises them with concepts such as randomisation, experimenter bias, confounding variables via a series of practicals. Issues such as correlation and causation are discussed and the necessity of quasi experimental approaches highlighted. Students learn to design, conduct, code and analyse experimental data whilst paying due consideration to the welfare of participants and attending to the appropriate ethical guidelines. The main goal of the course is to introduce students to a range of laboratory based activities in psychology and to develop students ability to design, collect, code and analyse empirical data using experimental methodologies. Evaluation is based on two pieces of lab-reports, each accounting for 50% of the final grade.

Numbers are limited on PY4043. The module is subject to availability on arrival at the University of Limerick.

PS4087 Political Psychology (Autumn)


To extend students knowledge of psychology into the area of political psychology and to improve students understanding of the role that social and political structures can have on human behaviour

Syllabus:

The specific focus of this module is political psychology. Political psychology is an interdisciplinary area of psychology. The course provides an introduction to the psychological foundations of political life. Psychological theories are applied to particular political problems including the formation of belief systems, moral reasoning and ideology, colonialism, political socialization, political culture, mass hysteria, psychohistory. In doing so, it is demonstrated how psychology informs political behaviours and actions, the behaviour of politicians and the effects of social and political structures on behaviour.

PS4107 Abnormal and Clinical Psychology (Autumn)


Abnormal psychology is the study of mental illness and distress, as well as psychological dysfunction. The aim of this module is to foster a critical appreciation of some key topical issues at a theoretical level in abnormal psychology, as well as how this is applied in the practice of clinical psychology.

Syllabus:

Through a series of lectures, students will be introduced to the theoretical perspective on several categories of common mental health disorders, including mood and anxiety disorders. In addition, other topics in abnormal psychology, such as dysfunctional behaviour, will be examined from a range of perspectives, including cognitive, behavioural, and neurological.

The focus is on how psychological models, particularly cognitive ones, can aid our understanding of psychological disorders. The course will also examine how the theoretical understanding of disorders translates into practice in clinical settings. Contemporary models of clinical practice and psychotherapeutic intervention will be introduced, including scientist and reflective practitioner models, and formulation and assessment models of clinical psychology. The link between clinical psychology and health care settings will also be explored. In this way we will demonstrate that psychological models have considerable application to clinical practice. This provides a valuable introduction to key issues and concepts that will be experienced in clinical practice, by students who decide to move into clinical work after graduation.

PS4901 Empirical Psychology (Autumn)


Abnormal psychology is the study of mental illness and distress, as well as psychological dysfunction. The aim of this module is to foster a critical appreciation of some key topical issues at a theoretical level in abnormal psychology, as well as how this is applied in the practice of clinical psychology.

Syllabus:

Through a series of lectures, students will be introduced to the theoretical perspective on several categories of common mental health disorders, including mood and anxiety disorders. In addition, other topics in abnormal psychology, such as dysfunctional behaviour, will be examined from a range of perspectives, including cognitive, behavioural, and neurological.

The focus is on how psychological models, particularly cognitive ones, can aid our understanding of psychological disorders. The course will also examine how the theoretical understanding of disorders translates into practice in clinical settings. Contemporary models of clinical practice and psychotherapeutic intervention will be introduced, including scientist and reflective practitioner models, and formulation and assessment models of clinical psychology. The link between clinical psychology and health care settings will also be explored. In this way we will demonstrate that psychological models have considerable application to clinical practice. This provides a valuable introduction to key issues and concepts that will be experienced in clinical practice, by students who decide to move into clinical work after graduation.

SS4023 Clinical Biomechanics (Autumn)

Introduction û Biomechanical Principles û Forces, Moments, Statics,

Kinematics, & Kinetics Gait û Balance û Stability, CoM, CoP, quiet stance & sway, postural synergies, base of support, functional base of support, sensors to measure stability, falls; Pathological Gait û specific gait abnormalities, walking aids, amputee gait, pathologies affecting gait Biological Tissue Mechanics û Introductory Mechanical

Principles û stress, strain, Youngs modulus, creep, viscoelasticity, stress relaxation; Bone Mechanics û physical properties of bone, bone mechanics as related to function, failure of bone; Ligament Mechanics

û physical properties of ligament, ligament mechanics as related to function, failure of ligament; Tendon Mechanics û physical properties of tendon, tendon mechanics as related to function, failure of tendon;

Implant Mechanics û physical properties of implants, implant mechanics as related to function, failure of implants

SS4027 Advanced Concepts of Human Research and SES Project

A (Autumn)

This module provides additional training in advanced research skills to

4th year Sports and Exercise Science students This module consists of two components: 1. a taught component in research methods and 2. the initial part of the Final Year Project.

The taught section includes formal lectures and tutorials about a)

Human Research Ethics and b) Data examination, analysis and reporting. These are delivered as formal lectures, supported by tutorials. This taught component is examined at the end of semester.

The FYP component will run weeks 7-12. This component is marked as M grade and is integrated with the marks for SS4078 in the spring semester.

The emphasis of the second component is placed on applying scientific principles to sport and exercise through an extended piece of research. The projects will investigate questions (and/or problems) arising in applied sport, health and/or exercise situations. The projects themselves will determine the syllabus content of the module.

SS4035 Fundamental Concepts of Human Research and their

Application (Autumn/3)

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The emphasis in this module is placed on applying scientific principles to sport and exercise through mini projects carried out in groups. The projects will investigate questions (and/or problems) arising in applied sport, health and/or exercise situations. As much as possible the projects will be multidisciplinary and/or interdisciplinary in nature and in themselves will determine the syllabus content of the course. There is a structured component of the course which focuses on the fundamentals of human research; including scientific reading and writing (methods of acquiring appropriate scientific literature; how to search for research information in the sports and exercise sciences; how to read and critically evaluate scientific information) and research planning and design (steps in the human research process; experimental designs for human research).

SS4105 Analysis of Motor Skill Performance and Learning

(Autumn/3)

4 hours per week; 13 weeks/5 th semester; 26L/26LAB; ECTS credits:6

Review of the motor skill performance and the motor learning processes. Measuring motor skill performance and learning; retention and transfer tests; novice and expert differences.

Scientific evidence for changes due to learning. The scientific method; observation, formulation & testing of laws & principles,

Hick's Law, FittsÆ Law; theories to explain observations, principles & laws; AdamsÆ closed loop theory, SchmidtÆs schema theory, dynamical systems theory. Roles of vision and proprioception in the control of movement; visual search; open loop and closed loop systems of control; motor programmes.

Dynamical systems theory of motor control. The structuring of practice (e.g. frequency & spacing, variability, random & blocked) and its effects on learning. Implicit learning. Demonstration and learning. Instruction and learning. Feedback for learning. Wholepart practice. Learning from a dynamical systems perspective.

Application of principles and of research findings. Role of practice and related factors in achieving excellence/expertise Prerequitie

SS4102

SS4127 Applied Exercise and Health Psychology (Autumn/4)


The aim of this module is to provide students with current knowledge and a sound understanding of psychological issues pertaining to exercise and physical activity behavior. This module will deal with the psychological theory and practice of increasing physical activity.

Finally, the psychological benefits of physical activity are important health benefits which will be explored in this module.

SS4202 Introduction to the Major Physiological Systems

(Autumn/1)

5 hours per week; 13 weeks/1 st semester; 26L/26LAB/13T; ECTS credits:6

A thorough understanding of how the body functions underpins all subject areas in the study of sport, exercise sciences and physiotherapy. Physiology (from Greek Physio meaning nature and logy meaning the study of) deals with the coordinated activities of cells, tissues, organs and systems. In this module students are introduced to the basic structures and functions of human physiological systems and the integration of these systems to maintain homeostasis.

SS4203 Physiology of Muscle in Movement


semester; 26L/13LAB/13T; ECTS credits:6

Skeletal muscle structure at the tissue and cell level. The process of muscle contraction at the ultrastructural and whole muscle level. The

Physiology and energetics of the muscle contraction process adn cross bridge cycle. Motor units and muscle fibre types. Functional properties of the different muscle fibre types. Sources and consequences of skeletal muscle fatigue. Muscle training; neural and physiological adaptations to strength and endurance training. Muscle damage and muscle repair. Muscle disease and injury. Treatments for muscle injury and recovery. Prerequesi te

SS4202

SS4205 Nutrition, Exercise, Metabolism and Sports Performance

(Autumn/3)



Fundamentals of nutrition and energy balance. Energy expenditure of sporting activities. Power and capacity of metabolic pathways. Fuel selection during exercise. Current Topic: Tipping the Energy Balance

Against Obesity. Metabolic limitations to endurance performance.

Critical role of muscle and liver glycogen. Dietary manipulation and glycogen supercompensation. Carbohydrate feeding during the event and replacement after the event. Effect of endurance training on fuel selection, fat and carbohydrate oxidation. Ergogenic aids : - caffeine feeding and endurance performance. Exercise and metabolism in relation to obesity and insulin resistance Protein metabolism during endurance exercise. Role of branched chain amino acids. Current topic

: the central fatigue hypothesis. Neurochemical basis of fatigue.

Muscle protein synthesis (MPS). Current topic: amino acid stimulation of MPS Fluid balance during and in the recovery from prolonged exercise. Metabolic limitations to high intensity exercise 1: Critical role of phosphocreatine Ergogenic aids : - creatine feeding Metabolic limitations to high intensity exercise 2: Critical role of pH and muscle buffering Ergogenic aids : - bicarbonate feeding and ?-alanine

Oxidative stress during exercise. Free radical production and their detection. Antioxidant defence and the effects of training. Ergogenic aids : nutritional antioxidant supplements.

Prerequisite BC4002

SS4217 Exercise and Health 1 (Autumn/4)



This is a module which brings together the knowledge you gained in the last three years to investigate aspects of exercise and health. These include sport performance, lifestyle and general well being. Included in this module are examples of how exercise may be used prospectively to improve the quality of life and also as an adjunct therapy to clinical medicine in the treatment of life-threatening disease.

SS4301 Functional Anatomy (Autumn)


This module introduces the student to the anatomical structures involved in human movement, as well as providing an understanding of their mechanics in the production of functional and sporting activities.

To consolidate students understanding human biology by more advanced functional anatomy.

Apply an understanding of human anatomy to the measurement and assessment of movement.

Syllabus:

Functional anatomy terminology. Planes and axes of movement.

Skeletal system: axial, appendicular, bone types, modelling. Articular system: joint types, function. Musculo system: fibre properties, contraction types, actions, components. Neuromuscular system: CNS,

PNS, axons, propogation, synapses, proprioceptors, exercise effects.

Shoulder. Elbow & radioulnar. Wrist & hand. Hip & upper leg. Knee.

Trunk & vertebrae. Pelvis. Foot & ankle. Muscle & bony palpation, origins and insertions. BMI, skinfolds. Range of motion. Posture.

SS4305 Quantitative Biochemical Analysis (Autumn/3)


Theoretical Content Overview of measurement techniques in biomechanics. Data smoothing techniques and criteria for their optimisation; residual analysis. Inertial properties of the human (or animal) body. Free body diagram analysis of the human frame.

Calculation of angular momentum; local and remote terms and total H.

Mechanical properties of biological materials. Introduction to human simulation theory. Practical Content Force plate data capture and subsequent analysis. Advanced data analysis using spreadsheet solutions. Butterworth filter design and optimisation. Introuduction to simulation. Prerequesite SS4304

SS4308 Advanced Biomechemical Analysis (Autumn/4)

4 hours per week; 13 weeks/7 h


Kinematic Conventions - Absolute spatial reference system, Total description of segments in 3D space. Definition of Euler angles.

Advanced smoothing techniques: use of cubic and quintic splines and

FFT. Advanced use of link segment equations and free body diagrams.

Calculation of joint forces and moments of force. Interpretation of moment of force curves. ] Mechanical work, energy and power:

Internal versus external work, Efficiency, positive and negative work

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of muscles, mechanical work and power of muscles, Energy transfer between body segments, Energy exchanges within segments, Power balances at joints and within segments. Review of forward solution models. Introduction to the use of EMG in Biomechanics. Effects of orthotics on gait. Examination of footwear and sports equipment design.

Prerequisite SS4305

SS4312 Qualitative Biochemical Analysis Autumn/2)

4 hours per week; 13 weeks/2 ndt semester; 26L/26LAB;ECTS credits:6

Forms of motion; translation rotation and general motion. Effects of forces. Momentum and impulse. Qualitative analysis - deterministic models and their applications in human movement: projectile based motions in sport: Jumping and throwing, striking activities etc.

Cyclical movement patterns : Running, walking. Centre of gravity, line of gravity. Mechanical determinants of balance equilibrium and stability. static and dynamic posture. Analysis of balance related situations. Angular motion of body free of support - axis of rotation, torque and angular impulse, moment of inertia applications to sports situations Motor Development and qualitative kinematic analysis.

Prerequesite SS4302

SS4401 Coaching Science and Performance 1 (Autumn/1)

4 hours per week; 13 weeks/1 st semester; 13L/39LAB;ECTS credits:6

Sports: Students will be required to select one individual/dual sport from three offered during the semester. The sports offered will be chosen from track & field athletics, swimming and tennis. In addition to sport specific content (skills and tactics), common elements of pedagogy and applied physical conditioning will be included.

Pedagogy: Criteria for effective coaching, philosophy and role of the coach, coaching styles, communication, group organisation and management, demonstrations, safety and ethics in sport Exercise

Prescription 1: Introduction to health related fitness (HRF).

Introduction to and personal experience of field tests for HRF; introduction to principles of training; warm-up and cool-down porcedures; health appraisals and screening.

SS4403 Coaching Science and Performance 2 (Autumn/2)

5 hours per week; 13 weeks/2 nd semester; 13l/52LAB;ECTS credits:6

Students will be required to select one invasion game from four offered during the semester. The sports offered will be chosen from

Soccer, Camogie/Hurling, Gaelic Football, Hockey, and Rugby. In addition to the sports specific content, common elements of pedagogy and applied physical conditioning will be included. Exercise

Prescription 3: Classification of sports. Sports needs analysis in terms of physical, technical, tactical and mental demands. Planning the training year - training units, micro, meso and macro cycles.

Pedgagogy includes: coaches' decision making, reflective practice, performances, ethcis in coaching and the development of 'expert' coaches. Physical Conditioning 2: Structure and phases of circuit training, flexibility and advanced resistance training sessions. Safe

selection, structuring, adaptations and progressions for appropriate activities. Different types of circuit training sessions, organisation and safety concerns. Devising and implementing programmes. Flexibility development through static stretching (active and passive) isolated and assistive and PNF. Development and demonstration of specific lifting techniques, spotting, progressions for plyometric training, medicine ball work. Weight training to develop speed and power. Advance schedules and systems of training for sports specific and body builders. Prerequisite SS4402

SS4417 Human Performance Evaluation (Autumn/4)


semester; 26L/26LAB; ECTS credits:6

This is a final year integrative module that aims to complement research skills gained in the sport and exercise science final year project with practical skills and experience in sport and exercise evaluation. The course will consist of lectures on the theory and practice of performance evaluation in an integrative format to make the students critically aware of appropriate testing for different populations and the On an individual basis students will prepare a comprehensive piece of written work on effective evaluation processes pertaining to human performance and functioning in the context of sport and health. In a team-based exercise, students will make a seminar presentation on an effective evaluation process for a specific scenario in the sport and health domain. Prerequesites SS4205,

SS4305, SS4105

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Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social

Sciences – Autumn

CU4012 British Renaissance Architecture (Autumn)


This module aims to build upon the foundations of the introductory module CU4001 Introduction to Literature and to extend the knowledge base and competencies within the field of literature in general and Renaissance in particular.

Syllabus:

This module aims to develop the skills of analysis and critical writing with particular emphasis on British Renaissance Literature.

A selection of core drama and poetry texts will be surveyed within their cultural, social, and political contexts in order to develop a secure knowledge base and critical appreciation of British

Renaissance Literature and the stylistic, historical and gender dynamics of the period.

Through a combination of lecture and discussion, students will be engaged in active learning both inside and outside the classroom and will be encouraged to carry out self-directed work (e.g. library and research projects) relating to the material under discussion.

CU4027 Visual Cultural Studies (Autumn/4)


semester;26L/13T;ECTS credits:6

Visual cultural studies from the 19 th to 21 st centuries will be studied in this module: the theories of representation in painting , photography ,cinema, television and the internet will be centred thematically around such areas as gender, race, globalisation and virtuality.

CU4027 Visual Cultural Studies (Autumn)


The aim of this module is to provide students with a comprehensive overview of the transdisciplinary formations of visual culture and visual cultural studies. Students will develop an understanding of;

* the ways in which visual texts have emerged as a dominant mode of cultural communication

* how visuality has emerged as a primary concern within a range of disciplinary formations such as cultural studies, film studies, media studies, sociology and technology.

Syllabus:

The course will survey the field of visual cultural studies from the transition between the painting and the mechanical reproduction of images. It will deal with the problem of photography as a reflection of reality, as gaze and as surveillance The gendering of the image in painting ,advertising and cinema will be covered The module will deal with the notion of virtuality and the critiquing of the internet. Race and globalisation as they are theorised and represented will form the basis of the last part of the module.

Readings will form the basis or lectures and tutorials as well as the screening of films and television productions. Analytic tools of image analysis will be presented and applied and will form a significant part of student assessment.

CU4037 European Cinema from its Beginnings to the 1950s

Principles of film history; Europe vs. America; the concept of

National Cinema; aesthetics of silent vs. sound films; literature vs. moving images; visions of modernity; images of technology and science fiction. Aspects covered will include: Beginnings

(LumiÞre brothers, Georges MeliÞs); Nordisk Film Companie;

Film and World War I; Soviet Cinema (Montage, Eisenstein,

Dziga Vertov); Weimar Cinema (Expressionism, Fritz Lang,

Murnau, mountain films, proletarian cinema, Marlene Dietrich);

French cinema (Gance, Renoir); Nazi Cinema (cinema as propaganda; Riefenstahl); Italian Neo-Realism (Rossellini, de

Sica), Spanish Cinema (Berlanga, Bunuel).

CU4097 20 th Century Literature in English


Modernism is a hotly contested term, often associated with crisis and innovation, which covers wide-ranging genres and intellectual movements. Focusing on the early decades of the twentieth century, this course covers poetry, literature and drama in English which was written at this time of shifting perspectives and social upheaval. The scope of these texts will range from the Harlem renaissance to colonialism. The course aims to give students an understanding of the relative terms modern and modernism and to identify specific aspects of Modernist texts. Through analysis of the background and aims of Modernism, and close-readings of the texts, students will develop a knowledge of the various movements alongside a wider appreciation of the genealogy of modern literature.

Syllabus:

The cultural and social context of modernism; early modernism; womens writing; Harlem Renaissance; colonial texts; modernist poetry; modernist drama.

CU4121 Introduction to New Media and Cultural Studies

(Autumn/1)


This module introduces students to the fields of cultural studies to develop an understanding of culture from a European perspective.

Areas covered include; the concept of culture, the English language tradition, German theories of culture, French theories of culture, gender and race, psychoanalysis, and culture and communication.

Tutorials will take the theoretical aspects and apply then to present day cultural phenomena.

CU4127 Cultural Studies 5: Comparative Literature (Autumn/4)

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The aim of this interdisciplinary module is to examine literatures comparatively, both from the point of view of theory, and in practice.

The syllabus will deal with the different issues which arise in comparing literatures; cultural similarity and diversity; nationalism; stereotypes and archetypes; post-colonialism; the use of common sources such as the classics and the Bible; cross-national literary and cultural movements such as Romanticism and Feminism; the role of translation in accessing literature; the influence of writers both inside and outside their social, national and linguistic groups; national sterotypes and clichés in literature and varying attitudes to language. A large part of the syllabus will be given over to practical applications of the issues of chosen texts.

CU4128 – New Media, Language and Gkobalisation


To deepen studentsÆ understanding of the interaction between language and technology, economics and politics in New Media; To explore the linguistic and sociolinguistic characteristics and consequences of New Media practices, To analyse these practices and their consequences at both micro and macro levels; To develop studentsÆ critical skills.

EH4001 Critical Practice 1: Academic Reading and Writing

(Autumn/1)



This module aims to develop the skills of literary analysis and academic writing , in tandem with an understanding of literary genres and literary theory.

EH4003 Introduction to Literary Theory (Autumn/3)

4 hours per week;13 weeks/3 rd semester;26L/26T;ECTS credits: 6

What is literature? How does the historical and social context of a work alter its meaning? What influences our understanding of a literary work?

This course examines the numerous ways in which critical theory has challenged traditional assumptions about literature. A wide range of critical approaches will be discussed, and applied to two core texts.

EH4007 Literary Modernism

This module covers British literature from 1900-1945. Writers will include major novelists of the period such as E.M. Forster, D.H.

Lawrence, Virginia Woolf and James Joyce; and/or major poets such as T.S. Eliot, William Butler Yeats, W.H. Auden and the poets of the

First World War. In defining the themes and interpreting the literature of the period, attention is paid to political, social and cultural constructs (for example, the World Wars, the suffrage movement, the impact of other art forms), to significant concepts and philosophies

(for example, Primitivism, psychoanalysis, physics) and to literary movements (for example, Bloomsbury).

EH4013 Sensibility and Romanticism (Autumn/2)


The aim of this course is to provide students with a survey of literature

1770 to 1830. This course aims to immerse students in the literary language of the time, and instructs them in ways to respond to this literature in ways which are critically and historically informed.

EH4017 Contemporary African Literature in English

This module will examine the literary representation of violence by authors writing across the African continent today. Specifically, our analyses of selected works and writers will explore the following themes: 1. how attempts toward the national catharsis of post-genocide

Rwanda and post-apartheid South Africa have been unsuccessful in ridding the two countries of cruelty and bloodshed; 2. how child soldiers come to terms with their violent and violated childhood while struggling to reinvent themselves in the midst of ruined societies; 3. how anti-colonial liberation warfare is remembered and informs contemporary identity struggles; and 4. how the memory of slavery informs the desire for rootedness and home. We will read novels, autobiographies, and hybrid texts, alongside watching films and reviewing key essays in the field of African literature.

EH4023 The New World: American Literature to 1890

American literature pre-1620 (for examples, Columbus, de Vaca,

Harriot, Smith): American literature from 1620 to the early 18th century (for example, Bradford, Bradstreet, Rowlandson, Byrd); the

Puritan influence (for example, Williams, Taylor, Mather, Edwards); the Age of Enlightenment and Revolution 1750-1820 (for example,

Paine, Jefferson, The Federalist, Murray); 19th century American literature (for example, Emerson, Hawthorne, Thoreau, Whitman,

Melville, Dickinson); incipient American modernism.

EH4027 Contemporary Womens’ Writing


To introduce students to key texts and themes in contemporary women¿s writing; to introduce students to critical methodologies for the analysis of gender in literary texts.

Syllabus:

This course will introduce students to a number of key fictions by

British and North American women authors, written between the

1970s and the present day. We will examine the ways in which these fictions respond to the changes in female experience in the second half of the twentieth and beginning of the twenty-first century, as well as exploring how these fictions reflect upon, and re-figure, conventional understandings of gender identity. Key issues for discussion will be the ways in which the texts respond to their social and cultural contexts, and how gender identity is shaped by location and place in these fictions. We will also explore the significant motifs that emerge across texts, such as women and madness; mother-daughter relationships; femininity and desire; fantasy and romance; the body; and the writing of race and gender.

EH4028 Study of a Major Irish Author


This module offers students the opportunity to engage in intensive study of an author whose work has significantly affected the traditions of Irish literature written in English. Students will read an extensive selection of the authors works in order to understand fully his/her individual development and his/her important contributions to literary history.

On successful completion of this module, students will have gained

An understanding of the author in his/her political, historical, and cultural contexts;

Familiarity with a range of the authors works and with a range of his/her thematic, stylistic, aesthetic, and formal concerns;

An understanding of the authors importance in the literary canon;

An understanding of different theoretical and methodological ways of interpreting the major author.

Syllabus:

This module will function as a critical survey of the work of a major

Irish author. Students will study the authors development from early efforts to mature output and will analyse and discuss the authors overall impact on literary history. The module will position the author historically and politically, considering the authors role as a contributor to intellectual history. By locating the author in different theoretical and methodological frameworks, students will have the opportunity to assess and interpret a wide range of the authors work.

Example One - James Joyce

Addressing the production of Irish cultural and social identities in these texts, students will construct readings of Joyces work using contemporary literary and cultural theory. Focusing on the major fictions of Joyce, the module will also consider his prose and lifewriting, and explore the interconnections between these various writings. Joyces literary experimentation provides an opportunity to explore narrative form and technique and so the module will consider the ways in which literary conventions and cultural discourses are challenged in his work. Given the range of new media available in this field as well as Joyces own commitment to film, we will explore a number of methods of reading Joyce from photographs, to archive footage, to the contemporary documentaries about and film productions of his work, to the Joyce hypertext and other online resources.

EH4033 After the Revival: Studies in Modern Irish Poetry

Beginning with an assessment of the influence of the poetry of WB

Yeats and anticipating the influence of the wider literary revival, the course will move chronologically forward to study the works of major poets such as Denis Devlin, Austin Clarke, Patrick Kavanagh, Thomas

Kinsella, Seasmus Heaney, Michael Hartnett, Eavan Boland, Paula

Meehan and Medbh McGuckian. The course will consider matters such as the poets relationship to the nation and to the State; and will

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also measure the significance of landscape, memory, myth and gender in the corpus of twentieth-century and contemporary Irish poetry in

English.

EH4111 The Irish Literary Revival (Autumn/1)



The course examines Irish writing in English at a crucial stage in its development. It concentrates on poetry and drama with special attention being given to the work of W.B. Yeats; the fiction-writing tradition is also studied. Background and context form an integral part of the course.

ES4001 European Studies: A Global Perspective


This module aims to provide an induction into third-level study for

European Studies students and to mediate to new third-level learners the nature of European Studies as a combination of different academic disciplines and interdisciplinary possibilities. The module seeks to develop critical analytical skills, oral and written presentational skills and to provide new students with a critical overview of the contemporary state of their field of study. It will also have the goal of enhancing group experience and dynamic within the course with a view to maximising the educational benefit students derive from their disciplinary and linguistic studies. It will foster an awareness of the importance of autonomous learning and participatory research in the undergraduate educational experience. Finally, it will promote awareness among students of the fact that they will be working in an intercultural field and of the consequent importance of developing intercultural competences.

Syllabus:

This introductory module is organised around selected set of themes in the interdisciplinary field of European Studies. Each theme set is formulated as a question put to participants, for unpacking, development, autonomous research, and intensive, teacher-facilitated discussion. The central focus of the module will be on fostering in new entrants the skills necessary for full engagement with the European

Studies degree. Topics for study may include the following:

Geographical and territorial definitions of Europe. Linguistic issues in

Europe. Unity and diversity of European culture. The `cultural industry¿ in Europe. Èuropean¿ values, democracy and diversity as case studies. The question of a Èuropean¿ economic model.

Citizenship in European and global contexts. The role(s) of Europe within globalisation and a wider `world¿ system. Colonialism, its practices and its legacies. Ireland in a European and a global context.

FR4141 French Language and Society 1: Introduction to French

Studies (Autumn/1)

4 hours per week; 13 weeks/1 st semester; 13L/26T/13LAB; ECTS credits:6

Textual analysis and commentary, translation, summary and essay writing in the context of a variety of issues relevant to contemporary

French culture and society; development of oral skills and listening comprehension; revision of all basic grammatical structures of French through the texts analysed in class; development of autonomous language-learning skills.

FR4143 French Language and Society 3: Education and Work

Environment in France (Autumn/2)

4 hours per week; 13 weeks/3 rdt semester; 13L/26T/13LAB; ECTS credits:6

Introduction to aspects of the world of work in France: course work will include letter writing preparation of dossiers on specialist topics economic and commercial translation role plays involving telephone conversations interviews presentations etc.

FR4147 French Language and Society 5: France, Europe and

Beyond (Autumn/4)

4 hours per week; 13 weeks/3 rdt semester; 13L/39T; ECTS credits:6

Introduction to key moments in the history of France in European affairs and that of France with the francophone communities language varieties in France and the francophone countries: this will be done through the study of a variety of texts and will provide the basis for language activities including reading and linguistic analysis of authentic texts, development of written skills discussion and debate oral presentations and translation of authentic texts: in addition students will study a work of literature from a francophone country.

FR4241 French Language, Culture and Society 1: Introduction to

French Studies (Autumn/1)


Textual analysis and commentary, translation, summary and essay writing in the context of a variety of issues relevant to contemporary

French culture and society; development of oral skills and listening comprehension; revision of all basic grammatical structures of French through the texts analysed in class; development of autonomous language-learning skill s

FR4243 French 3A (AL) (Autumn/2)

4 hours per week; 13 weeks/3 rd semester;26L/26T; ECTS credits:6

Introduction to aspects of the world of work in France; letter-writing, preparation of dossiers on specialist topics, economic and commercial translation, role plays involving telephone conversations, interviews, presentations. Prerequisite FR4222

FR4247 French Language, Culture & Society 5 (Autumn/4)


Development of language skills through reading and analysis written and oral of authentic texts: the role of France in European affairs: the francophone communities; current issues in Translation Studies: practice in translation in a variety of areas as technology international affairs commerce: Prerequisite FR4246

FR4621 French Literature and Culture 1: 20 th Century Literature

A number of literary texts of an appropriate linguistic level and representativity in terms of period and genre will be studied in this module.

FR4623 French Literature and Culture 3: The Enlightenment in

France

Students are introduced to the Enlightenment in France through the study of a selection of cultural and literary texts. Texts are selected with a view to their linguistic accessibility and to their appropriateness on aesthetic, philosophical and historical levels.

FR4627 French Literature and Culture 5: Intelluctual Movements in France

Two/ three topics will be chosen each year, and a variety of theoretical and literary texts will be addressed in relation to each topic, for example existentialism; structuralism/semiology; post-modernism; feminist theory.

FR4921 French for Business 1 (Autumn/1)


Use of authentic material both written and oral; tasks encountered in specific situations; focus is in the following areas; organisational structures of firms, advertising, personnel management.

FR4923 French for Business 3 (Autumn/2)



Use of authentic material (both written and oral) for tasks encountered in specific situations; focus is in the following areas; communication network, transportation, insurance.

FR4925 French for Business 5A (Autumn/3)


This module entitled 'Le monde du travail' focuses on the organisational structure of a cross section of French firms and the functions of their various departments; it includes the development of trade unions and the relationship of the social partners; students are asked to participate in a case study involving industrial issues.

Prerequisite FR4924

FR4927 French for Business 7A (Autumn/4)



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"La region et l'Europe"; the socio-economic identity of the regions of

France; study of decentralisation and regionalisation; the techniques necessary to give a detailed presentation of an economic issue through the use of statistics, graphs and key economic phrases.

Prerequisite FR4925

GA4011 Celtic Civilisation: Culture, Language and

Representations


GA4105 Irish Folklore 1 (Autumn/3)

4 hours per week; 13 weeks/4 th Semester; 26L/26T; ECTS credits:6

An introduction to Irish folklore with special reference to the following areas: definitions of folklore; folklore collection and classification; verbal arts and minor genres; story telling and narrative genres; indigenous and international tale-types in Ireland; traditional custom and belief including calendar customs. A case study in folklore collection based on field recordings made in county Limerick in 1980.

GA4115 Irish Language 1 (Autumn/3)

5 hours per week; 13 weeks 4th Semester; 26L/39T; ECTS credits:6

An introductory course in communicative Irish, the language content of which is based on scientific research on frequencies of lexis, verbal forms and syntactical patterns in conversational Irish; the external history of the Irish language; introduction to early Irish literature.

GA4163 Beginners Irish 3

To encourage transfer of oral and written communicative skills to a wider range of situations. To consolidate and revise the grammar, pronunciation and communicative skills acquired in the first two semesters. Students will progress to a level suitable to undertake a coop placement in Irish and join students who have successfully completed modules Teanga, Sochaí agus Saíocht 1-3, in Semester 6.

GE4141 German Language and Society 1 (Autumn/1)


Lecture : The German language, its history and relationship with other languages; political geography of the German-speaking countries; historical background to present day Germany, focus on 1871 to 1939

Tutorials : a) reading of literary texts to provide further access to the period while at the same time introducing reading techniques, principles of textual analysis and text discussion in oral and written form; b) contrastive grammar work: grammatical categories and terminology, graded English/German translation exercises, grammar in use/communicative grammar.

Language laboratory : exercises in pronunciation, listening comprehension and grammar utilizing CALL facilities.

GE4143 Living and working in Germany (Autumn/2)

3 hours per week; 13 weeks/2 nd semester; 26L/13T; ECTS credits:6

Lecture: education environment: the educational system, universities and university life, the legacy of 1968; work environment: vocational education, industrial relations, company structures, trade unions, working in the east; working in the west; the legacy of state socialism; xenophobic tendencies; Germany as a multicultural nation.

Tutorials: a) discussion of authentic text material and a novel to support the lecture, focus on the development of writing skills and cultural awareness; b) grammar in context.

Language laboratory: CALL exercises; language related exercises based on German TV programmes dealing with the issues covered in the lecture.

GE4147 Germany, Europe and Beyond (Autumn/4)

Lecture: the debate about European unification; Germany and its neighbours; Germany and the Third World; German economic and cultural activities abroad; the image of Germany abroad and the

German self-image; German/Irish relations.

Tutorials: a) discussion of texts connected with the lecture b) contrastive cultural studies including students' presentations in the foreign language; c) graded translation exercises focussing on

German/English translations.

GE4211 German for beginners (Autumn/1)

6hours/per/week;13weeks/1 st

semester;13L/13T/4L;ECTS credits:6

The German language, its history and relationship with other languages; political geography of the German speaking countries; sociocultural and historical background to the German-speaking countries of Europe in the 19 th

and early 20 th

century; introduction to the concepts of gender, number and case and to the basic structures of the German language; German poetry and short stories; approaches to language learning, including developments of autonomous learning skills, exploitation of reference material and dictionaries, etc.; use of all laboratory facilities in their private language study.

GE4213 German for beginners 3

6 hours per week;13 weeks/1 st

semester;13L/13T/52L’ECTS credits: 6

The educational system, universities and university life; vocational education, industrial relations, company structures, trade unions;

Germany as a multicultural nation; completion of basic structures and vocabulary of the German language, focusing particularly on grammar and lexis in context; consolidation of skills,, focusing particularly on the development of speaking and writing skills and cultural awareness;

German Erzählung and novel; preparation for living and working/studying in a German-speaking environment (application letters, cvs, practice of short interview situations, using the telephone, etc.)

GE4241 German language, Culture and Society 1 (Autumn/1)


semester; 26L/13T: ECTS credits:6

Lecture: The German language, its history and relationship with other languages; historical geography of the German-speaking countries; historical and cultural background to present day Germany, focus on

1871 to 1939.

Tutorial work : Grammar/translation: introduction to basic grammatical categories and terminology; consolidation of existing grammatical knowledge and expansion into more complex structures; contrastive work by means of English/German translation exercises; Text analysis

& production: principles of textual analysis and text discussion

(literary and non-literary); grammar in use/communicative grammar.

Laboratory : 1 hour per week in the CALL/language laboratory will support grammar and oral work.

GE4243 German language culture & society 3 (Autumn/2)


Education environment educational systems, universities and university life, the legacy of 1968 work environment, vocational system, industrial relations, company structures, trade unions, xenophobic tendencies, Germany as a multicultural country: one hour text work, consolidates skills relating to textual analysis production, grammar in use and German-English translation one hour oral discussion presentation will also focus on authentic text material written video, etc, relating to intercultural issues adaptation and identity perceived differences in areas such as value systems social interaction etc: two short literary texts relating to lectures will also be discussed in this class and examined in the oral and written exams; one hour German linguistics continues with past and current developments in the German language: Prerequisite GE4242

GE4247 German language, culture and society 5 (Autumn/4)



Lecture: The debate about European unification; Germany and its neighbours; Germany and the Third World; German economic and cultural activities abroad; the image of Germany abroad and the

German self-image; German/Irish relations.

Tutorial work: Oral presentation & discussion class: drawing on text and audio-visual materials to develop formal oral skills (analysing tone

& register; reporting and commentary); Text analysis & production: analysis & writing of commentaries and critiques; Translation theory and practice: scientific, technical and legal texts.

Literature reading course: Students will read two pieces of literature related to the theme of the lecture. This will form the basis of 2 weeks oral discussion work and one essay in German.

GE4621 German Literature and Culture 1 (Autumn/1)

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semester; 13L/26T/13LAB; ECTS credits:6

Lecture : What is literature? How do we interpret a literary text? A brief history of German literature; German/Irish literary relations.

Tutorials : a) analysing literary examples from different periods; b) detailed analysis of two selected novels; introduction to the interpretation of literary texts in a foreign language.

GE4623 Romanticism, its Background and its Legacy (Autumn/2)



Lecture: critique of the Enlightenment; the Preromantics: Sturm und

Drang; Romanticism in Europe; Romanticism in art and literature; political Romanticism, particularism and nationalism; Young

Germany, Vormärz, 1848; the legacy of Romanticism in the 20th century.

Tutorials: Discussion and analysis of selected writers of the romantic era including Novalis, E. T. A. Hoffmann, Eichendorff, Heine and women writers like Bettina von Arnim, Rahel Varnhagen and

Dorothea Schlegel. Study of Romantic paintings (C. D. Friedrich, P.

O. Runge).

GE4627 German Literature and Culture 5: Aspects of 20 th

Century Writing in German (Autumn/4)


The works covered in this module may be drawn from the expressionist movement, Weimar and exile literature and post war writing: aspects which may be considered include literature and cultural identity the role of literature in political change the writer as social critic and women’s writing:

GE4921 German for Business 1 (Advanced) (Autumn/1)


Lecture : The German language, its history and relationship with other languages; political geography of the German-speaking countries; historical background to present day Germany, focus on 1871 to 1939.

Intensive revision of grammatical structures; consolidation of existing language skills and development of a basic competency in the language; equal emphasis on development of accuracy in oral and written expression; examination of socio-economic and political structures and of Germany's cultural background.

GE4923 German for Business 3A 1-3-0 (Autumn/2)



Education environment educational systems, universities and university life, the legacy of 1968 work environment, vocational system, industrial relations, company structures, trade unions, xenophobic tendencies, Germany as a multicultural country Emphasis will be placed on enabling students to make presentations on business

issues in German, introducing the concept and the importance of trade fares (Messe); German companies in Ireland / Irish companies in

Germany; issues in intercultural communication (German/Irish).

Prerequisite GE4922

GE4925 German for Business 5A (Autumn/3)


Provision of an adequate ability to interact in the specific situations arising within the areas chosen by students in this semester as their specialisation: familiarisation with the language of marketing and economics; introducing the language of finance and accounting; preparation and oral presentation of a case-study or report, based on the students' own area of expertise; revision of practical skills to prepare students for Co-operative Education placements.


GE4927 German for Business 6A (Autumn/4)



Preparation and oral presentation of a case-study or report based on the students' own experience during Cooperative Education; the translation of general and business texts and documents from the foreign language; how to research Business subject matter. Analysis and familiarisation with current socio-economic issues in Germany.


HP4517 Language, Literature and Film Project 1


The purpose of the module is to provide a framework in which the supervisor will offer encouragement and feedback to the student as well as continuous guidance with the writing process of their final year project.

Syllabus:

Completion of the collection of data; Initial drafting of chapters; feedback from supervisor; redrafting and editing; writing of introduction and conclusion; production of bibliography, abstracts, table of contents, appendices and title page according to agreed protocols.

GY4016 Economic Geography (Autumn/3)



The economy and economic geography; manufacturing activity and least cost location theory; Weberian location theory; transportation cost as a factor of location; production costs and location; scale and agglomeration; spatial behaviour of large organisations; deindustrialisation and tertiatisation; nature of service activity; market area analysis; central place theory; quaternary activities and office location; location and public policy.

HI4007 Historiography (Autumn/2)

3 hours per week;13 weeks/3rd semester;26L/13T;ECTS credits:6

The syllabus will be principally designed around discussions on questions of historiography and how past and recent controversies provide insights into interpretative differences for understanding both history and myth; enlightenment and romanticism; thinkers, philosophers and philosophies of history/historicism; empiricism and

‘scientific’ history; the influence of propaganda and secrecy; Marxism; the Annales school; revisionism; post-colonialism; gender and ethnicity; the peripheries of historical knowledge; the archive; subaltern studies; memory and remembering to forget; public history and commemoration; the end of history?

HI4043 Europe: Enlightenment & Revolution 1688 – 1815

(Autumn/2)

3 hours per week;13 weeks/3rd semester;26L/13T;ECTS credits: 6

Changing mentalities in eighteenth-century Europe; the emergence of

Russia and Prussia; the expansion of Britain as a world power; the

Enlightened absolutist rulers; Spain in the eighteenth century; the collapse of the Old Regime in the 1780s; European revolution in the

1780s and 1790s; Napoleonic Europe; reaction, conservatism and romanticism, 1815–1830; Austria in the age of Metternich; the revolutions of 1848.

HI4053 Ireland: 1750 – 1850 (Autumn/2)

3 hours per week;13 weeks/3rd semester;26L/13T;ECTS credits:6

Diverse societies, economies and cultures: disunited kingdom and discontented colony; owning, managing and working the land: the rural economies; subsistence, markets, production and surplus; the long-term demographic trend and the demographic transition; family and household; gender, sexuality and patriarchy: protoindustrialisation, urban growth, and the modernisation of industry; breaking and making the union; professional society and the urban proletariat; the transformations of language use: Anglicisation 1750-

1914; the failure of economic capacity: coping with poverty; rural prosperity and rural crisis; the triumph of capitalism.

HI4061 Reformation and the Modern State: Europe in the 16 th

Century


This module aims to give students a thematic and chronological overview of the history of continental Europe during the sixteenth century. It is intended as a gradual introduction for first-years into the early modern period, and covers a shorter and more manageable timeframe than the previous practice of teaching two centuries in one semester.

Syllabus:

The waning of the middle ages and the culture of the renaissance; the political geography of early modern Europe - republics, new

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monarchies and composite polities; Europe in the broader context of the discovery of America; diet, demography and disease; a society of estates - nobles, clergy, merchants and peasants; family life - birth, marriage and death; Charles V, Francis I and the Habsburg-Valois conflict; Luthers protest and the Evangelical movement in Germany and Scandinavia; Calvin and the second Reformation; capturing the hearts and minds of the ordinary people - preaching and literacy; the response of the Catholic Church - Jesuits, the Council of Trent and the alliance of Church and State; Wars of Religion in France and the

Netherlands; Philip II and Spanish world hegemony.

HI4112 Sources for History


The purpose of this module is to introduce history students, at the start of their primary degree programme, to the central significance of sources - whether primary or secondary - to gaining an understanding of history as a discipline and especially how an appreciation of the nature of sources enriches the work of the history student as well as that of the professional historian.

Syllabus:

1 Historians and their sources: a brief history

2 Primary and secondary sources

3 Identification, location, accession, critical evaluation and use of sources

4 Public and private archives: origins, ideologies and holdings

5 Using archives: access, availability, procedure and professional practice

6 The range and scope of electronically available source materials

7 Audio and visual sources

8 Old histories and new histories

9 Forgery, fabrication and the historian

10 The withdrawal, suppression and destruction of sources

11 Professional practice and political necessity

12 Appropriate citations of primary and secondary sources

13 Presenting a small research project

HI4117 The Irish Conflict, 1948-98

To provide students with a comprehensive grasp of the origins and nature of the 'Irish Troubles' from the birth of the Irish Republic to the

'Good Friday Agreement'. The course traces the evolution of the political crisis in both Irish jurisdictions, with reference to the British perspective.

HI4127 Understanding the Holocaust in 20 th Century Europe


The aim of this module is to provide advanced students with the opportunity to further develop their analytical and research skills through a study of a significant historical issue, namely, the

Holocaust/Shoah, in the middle decades of the twentieth century.

Syllabus:

Jews in inter-war Germany and Europe; war and the racial reordering; everyday life under the Occupation and in the ghettos; deportations; hierarchies of power in the camps; perpetrators; surviving the

Holocaust û co-optation and resistance; opening the camps û reconstructing Holocaust experiences; the Holocaust and historians; the victimsÆ experience and its legacy for contemporary society; interface between the Nazi espousal of eliminationist biology and the motivation of perpetrators; politics and law; victimsÆ varied reactions in the context of national and local communities; national, communal and individual bystanders; recovering Holocaust experiences.

HI4147 Ireland and the USA, 1790-1960; A Special Relationship?


The module is offered as an elective seminar module to year four BA

English and History, BA History, Politics, Sociology and Social

Studies and eventually BA Arts (history students). It is an opportunity for students who have chosen the module, to study the theme in an in depth way. Secondly, the purpose is to sharpen the studentÆs critical skills, through discussing ideas, events and individuals that retain contemporary resonance

Syllabus:

Introduction û æShared HistoriesÆ 1760-1800; æLaying the roots of the relationshipÆ, 1700-1845; Crises in the emerging relationship,

1845-51- Famine; Crises in the emerging relationship, 1861-5 û

American Civil war; The relationship expands, 1865-1913 - Creating an Ireland in America?; æIrish nationalists dare to hopeÆ - Woodrow

Wilson; The limits of the relationship, 1916-22 - An official relationship; The relationship tested 1922 to 1945; Restoring the relationship, 1945-69 (Film æThe Promise of Barty OÆBrienÆ);

Emigration, exile and the Irish in American and Irish culture; æWhat does America mean to you? The concept of America in the Irish identity in the twentieth century

JA4211 Japanese Language, Culture and Society 1 (Autumn/1)

6hours per week;13 weeks/1 st semester;39L/39T;ECTS credits:6

Listening practice leading to recognition of numbers, times, days, dates, locations; conversation practice based on grammar structures and vocabulary necessary to introduce oneself politely, ask basic questions, explain schedules, and talk about pastimes; reading and writing practice introducing the hiragana and katakana writing systems and 80 kanji, progressing from the understanding of notices and posters to descriptions of people’s everyday lives; writing passages involving self-introduction, daily routines, hobbies, and shopping; also discussion in English about Japanese customs, culture and society.

JA4213 Japanese Language, Culture and Society 3 (Autumn /2)

6hours per week;13 weeks/3rd semester;39L/39T;ECTS credits:6

Understanding of instructions, needs and wants, descriptions of events in order. Speaking exercises explaining actions in sequence, telling stories, making requests and asking permission. Reading more demanding passages about Japanese life and society. Written exercises concentrating on descriptions and narratives; also memos, letters and notes. Study of a further 170 kanji to bring the total up to

250 characters. Discussion of modern Japanese culture, literature and films.

Prerequisite JA4212

JA4247 Japanese Language, Culture and Society 5 (Autumn/4)

6hours per week;13 weeks/3rd semester;39L/39T;ECTS credits:6

Authentic listening practice, especially broadcast news; test items from

JLPT level 2 tests; speaking practice involving further use of polite language; presentations about work experience and current affairs; spoken summaries of reading and broadcast material; reading of authentic passages including news stories and literature; translation of a variety of passages into English; writing of summaries, descriptions, and letters of various levels of formality; study of a further 150 kanji.

Prerequisite JA4216

JA4911 Japanese for Business 1 A (Autumn/1)


Elementary daily conversation through role play exercises and pronunciation practice in the language laboratory; simple question and answer exercises; the Japanese syllabary alphabets ( Hiragana and

Katakana); elementary descriptive writing, such as introducing oneself; introduction of the first 50 kanji; elementary grammatical structures.

JA4913 Japanese for Business 3 (Autumn/2)

6 hours per week; 13 weeks/3 rd semester; 26L/39T/13LAB; ECTS credits:6

Vocabulary expansion and consolidation through the audio-visual materials; introduction of a further 80 kanji; kanji consolidation through selected Japanese texts; basic personal correspondence, i.e. letter of greeting; basic conversation skills through sketch presentation, e.g. visiting, receiving visitors, etc.; further basic grammatical structures


6 hours per week; 13 weeks/5 th semester; 26L/39T/13LAB; ECTS credits:6

Business presentation in Japanese, i.e., describing a company and explaining its products; basic business communication, e.g., discussing trade terms and patents and reporting in business talks on what has been discussed; consolidation of basic grammatical structures; introduction to a further 70 Kanji (Total 360).


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Business project in Japanese: advertisements in both written and oral forms; further business communication: discussing price and quantity; introduction and intermediate grammatical structures; introduction of a further 70 kanji (total 430)

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LA4001 – Legal System and Method


The concept of law, common law, civil law in Europe. Classification of law: municipal, international, substantive, procedural, public, and private. The administration of justice in Ireland. Sources of law: common law, legislation, the Constitution, European law. Elements of the Constitution of Ireland. Legal reasoning and methodology.

LA4005 – Legal Environment of Business

3 hours per week; 13 weeks; 26L/13T; ECTS credits:6

The concept of law. Legal systems: common law systems; the civil law systems; the European Union legal system. Sources of Law; precedent; legislation; the 1937 Constitution, the European Treaties.

The administration of justice in Ireland, courts and quasi-judicial tribunals; legal and equitable remedies. The role of law in the business environment, its function and methods, legal philosophy in business law. Core elements of private law. Contractual transactions: formation; formalities; capacity; contractual terms and obligations; standard form contracts; statutory regulation; discharge. Civil liability: negligence; statutory duties and remedies; economic torts: inducement to breach of contract; conspiracy; passing off; deceit and injurious falsehood.

LA4011 Legal System and Method

3 hours per week; 13 weeks1st Semester; 26L/13T; ECTS credits:6

The concept of law, common law, civil law in Europe. Classification of law: municipal, international, substantive, procedural, public, and private. The administration of justice in Ireland. Sources of law: common law, legislation, the Constitution, European law. Elements of the Constitution of Ireland. Legal reasoning and methodology.

LA4013 – Media Law

3 hours per week; 13 weeks/3 rd semester; 26L/13T; credits 6

This course aims to make students fully aware of the legal framework and constraints within which the media operates, and to enable then to cover courts and other stories with legal implications effectively and with confidence. It also aims to make students fully aware of the major ethical issues that concern journalists. Students will be able to form judgments about ethical dilemmas and articulate a response to them.

LA4017 Advanced Lawyering 1

The aim of this module is to provide a detailed understanding of the operation and practice of the legal system in Ireland, paying particular attention to the necessary skills inherent in the process of law at all levels. It forms part of a sequential number of modules within which this aim is achieved.

LA4022 Commerical Law

To familiarise the student with the legal background of commercial transactions.

LA4033 Law of the European Union 1


The aim of the module is to equip the student with an understanding and knowledge of the basic principles and rules of the European

Union, including: the origins and character of European Union law, beginning with the three original Community Treaties, developments from the 1960s up to the Lisbon Treaty. Each of the Institutions will be examined: Parliament, Commission, Council, European Council,

Court of Auditors, European Central Bank and the Court system.

Sources of law-Primary (Treaties), Secondary (Regulations, Directives etc), Case law of the Court of Justice of the European Union.

Enforcement of EU law-Infringement proceedings (Article 258), proceedings for failure to act (Article 265), proceedings for failure to fulfil an obligation (Article 259); Preliminary references-Article 267;

Legislative process-role of the institutions, Relationship between EU

Law and national law-Supremacy and Direct Effect; Development of

Human rights and the effect of EC/EU membership on Ireland.

Syllabus:

The module covers, in the first instance, the history of the European

Communities and the various Treaty amendments up to the Treaty of

Lisbon. The module proceeds to consider the role, function and legislation powers of the Commission, Parliament and Council. The module will also examine the European Council, the Court of Auditors and the European Central Bank. The Court system and the types of actions heard by the Court of Justice, the General Court and the Civil

Service Tribunal will also be covered. The new legislative procedures, the ordinary legislative procedure and the special legislative procedure as introduced by Lisbon will be examined. The development of human rights and the principles of direct effect and supremacy will be considered. Finally, the evolution and impact of membership of the EC and EU on Ireland will be examined.

LA4035 Labour Law (Autumn/3)

3 hours per week; 13 weeks/5 th semester; 26L/13T; credits 6

Nature of labour law; protective legislation and conditions of employment; termination of employment; trade unions; courts and tribunals in labour law.

LA4068 Crime and Criminal Justice


The Crime and Criminal Justice module aims to critically evaluate the institutions and operation of the criminal Irish justice system in comparative perspective. The module aims to introduce students to the main approaches and theories in the field of crime and criminal justice studies, and the mechanisms by which the criminal justice system responds to the incidence of crime. The module also examines the influence of the media influence on public attitudes towards crime, criminal justice processes and sentencing, criminal justice policy making, reform and anti-crime initiatives.

Syllabus:

Historical development of the criminal justice system. Models of criminal justice: due process versus crime control. Criminal justice values and policies. Human rights and the criminal justice system. The making of criminal justice policy: the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform; the National Crime Council; the Law Reform

Commission; the role of Non-governmental Bodies. The influence of

European institutions on the Irish criminal justice process. Influence of the media on the criminal justice process and policy implementation.

Diversion from the criminal justice system including Garda cautions and prosecutorial discretion. Alternative processes in the criminal justice system: restorative justice; the Drugs Court. The juvenile justice system. Penal policy and rationales for sentencing. Sentence management and the treatment of offenders; conditions of imprisonment; scrutiny of the prison system including judicial review and visiting committees; the Inspector of Prisons and Place of

Detention. The adoption of civil mechanisms in the criminal justice system: seizure of criminal assets and other proceeds of crime; antisocial behaviour orders.

LA4091 Legal Systems & Methods

To introduce the discipline of law through an examination of the functioning of the legal system, sources of law and legal methodology.

LA4111 Contract Law 1 (Autumn/1)


Formation of contracts: offer and acceptance; intention; doctrine of consideration; formal and evidentiary requirements: void, voidable and unenforceable contracts; construction/interpretation of contracts: intention; parole evidence; express and implied terms; public interest restrictions on contractual freedom: camacity; illegality; privity; competition policy; doctrine of restraint of trade; consumer protection.

LA4191 Contract Law 1


To provide the legal basis for the creation and enforcement of contracts and to examine what restrictions exist regarding freedom to contract.

Syllabus:

Formation of contracts: offer and acceptance, intention, doctrine of consideration. Formal and evidentiary

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requirements: void, voidable and unenforceable contracts. Construction/interpretation of contracts: intention, parol evidence, express and implied terms.

Public interest restrictions on contractual freedom: capacity, illegality, privity, competition policy, doctrine of restraint of trade, consumer protection.

LA4205 Nursing and Midwifery and The Law


This modules provides an understanding of the role and application of the legal process in the practice of nursing.

Syllabus: oThe sources of law: the Constitution, case law, and legislation. oThe court structure; tribunals and other dispute resolution mechanisms oThe regulatory framework: The Nurses Act û An Bord

Altranais, registration, and control on the right to practice, proposed Nurses and Midwives Act oRecord keeping and confidentiality oData Protection legislation, freedom of information legislation oThe midwifery and nursing environment û hospitals, community, nursing homes; health and safety provisions o Charter of Patients rights o Disciplinary issues: fitness to practice, investigation, and sanction o Issues in criminal and tort law in the practice of nursing and midwifery: liability for negligence o Administration of drugs; issues of consent o Mental health provisions o Wills o Issues in fundamental human rights

LA4211 Criminal Law 1 (Autumn/1)


Historical and ethical consideration of criminal law; characteristics of a crime; parties to a crime: principals and accessories; vicarious liability; elements of a crime; actus reus; conduct; omissions; status; mens rea: intention; recklessness; criminal negligence; men in penal statutes; offences of strict liability; general defences: infancy; insanity; automatism; intoxication; mistake; necessity; duress; self defence; inchoate offences: attempt; incitement; conspiracy.

LA4291 Criminal Law 1


To examine the general principles of criminal law through consideration of their ethical, social and legal dimensions.

Syllabus:

Historical and ethical consideration of criminal law, characteristics of a crime. Parties to a crime: principals and accessories, vicarious liability. The elements of a crime. Actus reus, conduct, omissions, status. Mens rea, intention, recklessness, criminal negligence. Mens rea in penal statutes. Offences of strict liability. General defences: insanity, infancy, automatism, intoxication, mistake, necessity, duress, self defence. Inchoate offences: attempt, incitement, conspiracy.

LA 4310 Law of Torts 1 (Autumn/2)

3 hours per week;13 weeks/1 st

Semester; 26L/13T; ECTS credits:6

Nature and function of Torts; negligence; breach of statutory duty; general defences in tort; parties.

LA4330 Law of Torts 1B

To evaluate critically the role of the law of torts in society, to examine the basic elements of a tort with particular emphasis on negligence and the defences thereto.

LA4610 Land Law 1 (Autumn/3)

3 hours per week;13 weeks/3 rd Semester; 26L/13T; ECTS credits:6

The nature of land law and its historical evolution, the concept of estates and tenure; freehold estates; fee farm grants; fee simples; fee tails; life estates; pyramid titles; future interests; incorporeal hereditaments; co-ownership; lesser interests in real property including licences and covenants; registration of interests in real property; extinguishment of interests; adverse possession; merger.

LA4810 Equity and Trusts 1 (Autumn/3)

3 hours per week;13 weeks; 26L/13T; ECTS credits:6

The nature of Equity, priorities, registration and notice, mortgages; equitable doctrines, conversion, election, satisfaction and ademption, performance, donations mortis causa; equitable remedies, the injunction, specific performance, recession, rectification, declaration and tracing.

LA4901 Principles of Law (Autumn/1)



The concept of law, common law and equity, historical development, precedent and legal reasoning, the civil law system in Europe,

Community Law; sources of Law, the 1937 Constitution, the European

Treaties, statutes, case law, custom; the Administration of Justice in

Ireland, court structure and jurisdiction, legal and equitable remedies; role of law in the business environment, its function and methods, legal philosophy in business law, substantive issues of law: constitutional law; property law; law of torts; criminal law; business ethics and the law.

LA4907 Legal Environment of Business


To provide students with a knowledge of the legal environment in which business operates and of the legal principles central to commercial life

Syllabus:

The concept of law. Legal systems: common law systems; the civil law systems; the European Union legal system. Sources of Law; precedent; legislation; the 1937 Constitution, the European Treaties.

The administration of justice in Ireland, courts and quasi-judicial tribunals; legal and equitable remedies. The role of law in the business environment, its function and methods, legal philosophy in business law. Core elements of private law. Contractual transactions: formation; formalities; capacity; contractual terms and obligations; standard form contracts; statutory regulation; discharge. Civil liability: negligence; statutory duties and remedies; economic torts: inducement to breach of contract; conspiracy; passing off; deceit and injurious falsehood.

LP4207 Law and European Studies Project


The purpose of the module is to provide the student with an introduction to research as taught on a one-to-one basis by embarking on an extended research project of 8,500 words.

Syllabus:

The student will initiate a research project on a topic approved by a supervisor. The student will, by a specific date, submit a 500 word brief which will include a resume of the subject matter, the scope of the project, a review of sources and an outline of the methodology required. The student will start the collection of the necessary data

JM4003 Interviewing and Reporting


Interviewing and reporting aims to develop studentsÆ skills at researching and carrying out interviewing face to face and by telephone, and covering a patch as for a local newspaper.

Syllabus:

Students will study interviewing in depth, learning how to select interview subjects, research topics and prepare for the interview. They will carry out a face-to-face interview with a newsmaker in class, reflect on that interview and the ones by fellow classmates, and write up both their own and classmatesÆ interviews as news stories. They will research and carry out a telephone interview. During the second half of the semester students will be assigned to a local patch, from which they will, with the guidance of the tutor, produce a portfolio including a report on the area, off diary and on diary stories and short features, with suitable pictures. This material must be designed into pages for a dummy local paper. Classes throughout the semester will include revision on news writing as the students develop and polish their stories. Assessment will be by coursework: production of a

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portfolio of interviews and a folder of work from the studentÆs patch, and a timed exam on news writing and editing.

JM4007 Advanced Practical Journalism


To give students live reporting practice in a variety of areas to prepare them for the professional world. This module aims to bring students to a professional standard in reporting which would enable them to obtain paid work on a local paper or a B2B magazine.

Syllabus:

Students will report news events to a deadline from courts, council meetings, other public events and news conferences. They will have practice in reporting from statistics, finding off-diary stories, and generating stories from internet research followed by telephone interviews. They will practise covering breaking stories and constructing news stories from multiple sources (wraps). Students will be helped to create a professional portfolio of their work on the course, on student publications and on their work placements which they can use to obtain paid jobs. Assessment will be by a portfolio of coursework and a timed news writing and editing examination.

JM4013 Radio Journalism


This module is being created to introduce radio journalism to the BA

Journalism and New Media degree program, following recommendations by the external examiner and feedback from industry.

Syllabus:

The module will examine historical perspectives on the medium of radio and the current organisational structures of radio in Ireland and internationally. The impact of broadcast journalism on democracy will be examined. Areas such as podcasting and on-line streaming, and their impact on news media and on democracy will also be explored.

Lectures will also examine radio research techniques, interviewing for audio and on scriptwriting for the ear. Practical classes will focus on the development of skills for professional journalism practice for audio-based outputs, and will take place in studio and in a dedicated newsroom. Writing and presentation skills for radio, microphone technique, voice training, audio mixer operation, telephone recording procedures, the operation of portable recording devices and computerbased editing of audio reportage will be examined.

JM4021 Journalistic Writing 1


Journalistic Writing 1 aims to introduce students to the broad range of writing in journalism, from newspapers to magazines of all types, both print and internet. It aims to teach students to write short news stories for a variety of publications, including local and national newspapers and websites.

Syllabus:

Students will learn the principles of news reporting, including grammar and working to a style book. They will learn by comparing reports in national and local newspapers and magazines. They will have extensive practice in creating news stories. They will learn to report from speakers, radio and TV programmes and documents and will practise writing intros and structuring a news story both for print and the internet. They will learn about newsroom practices and journalistic routines. They will consider the work of leading news and feature writers and their distinct styles. They will write short profiles of people in the news. Assessment will be by the production of a portfolio of work completed during the course, and a final timed examination.

JM4031 Sub-Editing and Design 1


LI4113 Language Technology (Autumn/2)


Overview of computer applications in modern languages, including machine translation and computer aids for the translator; corpus linguistics; terminology management and on-line dictionaries; CALL applications; practical seminars in the CALL lab; develop skills in word-processing in the target language, text structuring and text editing.

LI4211 Linguistics 1 (Autumn/1)



Definition, properties, functions of language; history and development of linguistics; basic linguistic concepts; grammatical; categories; levels of linguistic analysis - phonology, morphology syntax, semantics; language history and change, language families, the Indo-European heritage; language varieties dialect register, standard issues in pragmatics, text and information structure; conversation and discourse analysis; speech acts, direct and indirect.

LP4003 Pedagogy 1


This module enables students

* to develop an understanding of the theoretical perspectives which underpin the teaching of languages and the language-learning process;

* to develop an understanding of the role of language systems and skills in teaching and learning languages;

* to develop an awareness of classroom management issues. particular to the language classroom;

* to develop an understanding of effective planning for language teaching;

* to develop critical understanding of the various syllabi for languages

(as set out by the NCCA)

* to develop an understanding of the national and international context of language teaching and learning

Syllabus:

Theoretical perspectives: theories of language, theories of language teaching and learning, with particular reference to the Communicative

Approach.

The practice of language teaching: the teaching of vocabulary, pronunciation and grammar; productive and receptive skills; balancing skills; culture and language; developing cultural awareness; traditional and new technologies in language teaching/learning; levels; traditional and non-traditional assessment procedures; marking, recording and reporting; task and project work.

Planning: syllabi, schemes and lessons and the relationship between them; alternative post-primary programmes (LCA, TYO, LCVP).

Context: the professional language teacher nationally and internationally; policy; the place of languages in the post-primary curriculum; links with the primary curriculum; cross-curricular aspects of teaching languages; international links, engendering an openness to other cultures and languages.

PA4012 Paragovernmental Organisations (Autumn/1)

3 hours per week; 13 weeks/1 st Semester; 39L; ECTS credits:6

Para-overnmental organisations (state-sponsored bodies) in the Irish public service; commercial and non-commercial agencies; legal, structural and financial characteristics of state-sponsored bodies; the structure of accountability; ministers, management and the houses of the Oireachtas; the rationale for and impact of state enterprise in

Ireland; efficiency and performance appraisal in state enterprise; privatisation; paragovernmental organisations in comparative perspective.

PA4017 Sub National Government in Europe: Challenge and

Change (Autumn/4)


Using a comparative approach (within a Joint European Module subscribed to by 11 European universities) this course aims to explore the changing relationships between the different levels of government and to examine the origin, nature and implications of the challenges facing sub-national governments in Europe.

PA4021 Ideas and Concepts in Public Administration (Autumn/1)


Introduction to the development of modern thought on public administration starting from Woodrow Wilson and the Northcote

Trevelyan report. Discussion of different schools of thought on public administration: Max Weber's theories on bureaucracy, Power block

Theory, Scientific Management, Rationalism, Incrementalism, Public

Choice and New Public Management, Post-modern discourse on public administration.

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PL4017 Regional Development (Autumn/4)


The field of locational analysis; market forces; spatial concepts; raw materials; transport; labour; capital; technology; agglomeration; development theories; stages; growth poles; dualism; development from below; empowerment.

PO4011 Introduction to Government and Politics (Autumn/1)


Introduction to basic institutions of government, including the constitution, the legislature, the executive, the judicial system, the civil service, pressure groups and political parties; examination of patterns of government in contemporary democratic and non-democratic systems and of the political ideologies that sustain them; evaluation of the main approaches to political analysis.

PO4016 Issues of European Integration


PO4018 International Relation (Autumn/)


International relations at the macro-level; cyclical and linear theories; utopianism versus realism; systems theory; international organisation, interdependence and regime theory economic theories; Marxism, imperialism and neo-colonialism; and world society models; foreign policy analysis; decision-making models; the role of personality, beliefs and perceptions; culture; political regimes; and state-society relations.

PO4023 Comparative European Politics (Autumn/2)

3 hours per week; 13 weeks/3 rd Semester; 26L/13T; ECTS credits:6

Introduction to comparative European politics; provides a basic understanding of the organisation of European governmental systems; the role of political parties; party families; voting behaviour; majoritarian and consensual

Democracies; the politics of individual European states.

PO4027 International Organisations & Global Governance

(Autumn/4)


Semester; 26L/13T; ECTS credits:6

The origins of international organisations and their place in liberal internationalist thought; the successes and failures of the league of nations system; the united nations system and its internal processes; regional organisations; non-governmental organisations and global governance; international organisations and the search for political and

military security; functional-technical co-operation a the regional and global level; global governance and the post-cold war global political economy.

PO4033 Political Theory

This module will cover the basic concepts in contemporary political theory, building on the ideas introduced in PO4022 Modern European

Political Thought. The goal is to develop a clear understanding and mastery of the main concepts and ideas in political theory.

PO4043 Introduction to Irish Politics

This course is designed to build on and develop the knowledge gained in earlier politics modules by examining the politics and society of a single country in more depth. The course will apply a range of alternative analytical perspectives from political science and the subdisciplines of political economy, political sociology, public administration and public policy, to the study of the government and politics of Ireland.

PO4067 Studies in Political Thought


To build on the knowledge gained during earlier modules, especially

PO4022 Modern European Political Thought, by exploring the writings of a number of key political thinkers in more depth. This module will be an option in the fourth year, and is intended for those interested in exploring political theory themes in more depth. The class will follow a seminar format.

Syllabus:

The relationship between political action and political philosophy, with particular reference to questions of freedom and virtue, explored through the thought of Plato, Machiavelli, and Foucault; the political thought of Plato as a foundation for Western philosophy; the politics of Machiavelli and his influence on the development of humanism and republicanism; Michel Foucault and the relationship between truth and power.

PO4087 Nationalism, Ethnicity and Conflict


In this module students will address debates about the causes and nature of nationalist politics and ethnic conflicts. They will explore the ways in which historians and political scientists have sought to explain the capacity for national movements and ethnic identities to mobilise and unite people who may among themselves have sharply contrasting objective interests. A key aim of this module is to enable you to take general theories ¿ in this case those that explain nationalism and ethnicities and to use them critically, testing their validity, and if necessary, introducing your own modifications and qualifications to these theoretical generalizations.

Syllabus:

Introductory: What is a nation?

Nations, nationalism and modernity.

Pre-modern nations.

Case study: Irish nationalism

Case Study: South Africa: Afrikaner and African nationalism

Case Study: Slovak Nationalism

Ethnicity and ethnic conflicts: An introduction

Ethno-nationalist movements and political violence

Ethnic conflicts and peace processes

Gender, nationalism and ethnic conflicts

Case studies: Sri Lanka, Kashmir

Case Studies: Northern Ireland, Former Yugoslavia

PO4091 Introduction to Government and Politics


This module provides an introduction to the study of politics and establishes a foundation for other politics modules that may be taken by students in the future. It is intended as a practical guide to some of the main concepts and vocabulary of political science. As such, the module provides an introductory guide to important themes and issues related to the study of politics, such as the state, regime types, and political change and behaviour. It also introduces students to some of the study skills that they need to complete assignments and assessment in the area of politics.

Syllabus:

The module is taught through a combination of lectures, classes and on-line exercises that each introduce students to justifying power: the legitimation of authority; The origins of the modern state; researching politics ; Essays and essay conventions; State power and its critics;

State failure and its problems: revolution; State failure and its problems: state failure in the modern world; Democracy - the basic principles; Democracy - the basic types; Where does democracy come from? ; Forms of democratic government and their outcomes; Political parties and their functions; Electoral systems and parties; Pressure politics in democracies: who has influence and why?Non-democratic regimes û authoritarianism, totalitarianism and the rest. concepts and methods of political analysis

PO4093 International Relations

Provides an overview of some of the theoretical debates and issues that have underpinned the study of International Relations (IR). Theoretical perspectives such as æRealismÆ, æLiberalismÆ and æStructuralismÆ will be introduced and this will allow students to apply these to the arena of world politics and to processes such as the interactions of states, the workings of International Organisation and the global economy

PO4107 Nationalism, Ethnicity and Conflict


RM4001 - Research Methods in Languages, Literature and

Cultural Studies 1

2 hours per week; 13 weeks/1 st semester; 13L/13T; ECTS credits; 6

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This module introduces students to research methods in languages, literature and cultural studies, covering the main areas of these disciplines, their methods of inquiry, and their key concepts and problems. The module provides training in essential research skills, equipping participants to pursue self-directed study, to individually select a research topic and develop appropriate research questions, to identify the appropriate tools and methods of research to carry out this project, and write a research proposal. The aims of the module are: ¿ to introduce students to research methods in languages, literature and cultural studies; ¿ to equip students with the necessary skills to select a research topic, develop a research question(s) and write a research proposal; ¿ to introduce students to the research skills required for sourcing, storing and presenting research data; ¿ to develop an awareness of the information technology skills necessary to develop the above research skills.

SN4201 – Social Sciences 1, Iintroduction to Psychology


Overview of emotional, cognitive, and social development.

Development of intelligence. Psychology of health beliefs, experience, and behaviour. Social psychology: in particular, the concepts of attitude development, interpersonal and group relationships, and communication. Introduction to the main categories of abnormal behaviour, including their aetiology and treatment.

SO4001 Introduction to Sociology (Autumn/1)


The Scope of Sociology; locating yourself sociologically: culture and identity - sociological versus personal explanations; four sociological perspectives: conflict, functionalist, interactionist and feminist perspectives introduced; what do sociologists do? an exploration of the key research methods used by sociologists in their analysis of society; doing sociology: an examination of power and control in society; a consideration of social structure in terms of gender, race and class; sociological consideration of social structure in terms of gender race an class; sociological understandings of social change, social exclusion, work and non-work, religion and the media; sociological accounts of the state; crime, health and education.

SO4007 Qualitative Methods for Sociological Research


S0 4033 Sociology of Media (Autumn/2)

3 hours per week; 13 weeks/3 rd semester; 26L/13T;ECTS credits:6

Sociology and the analysis of media and communications; The

Conflict Perspective: Ideological analyses of the media; The

Interactionist Perspective: Analyses of message production; Users and

Gratification's and Reception Analysis approaches to the Media

Audience; The Politics of the Popular: TV Drama and the coverage of social issues with specific reference to Feminist Perspectives on the

media. Media Representation of the Economy: The work of the

Glasgow Media Group; Media Representation of Poverty and

Inequality; Media Globalisation: More Choice or Just More Channels

SO4037 Qualitative Methods for Sociological Research

ECTS credits: 6

The aim of the module is to provide students with an understanding of the development of the field of qualitative research and to introduce students to the central methods and approaches that fall under the category of qualitative research.

Furthermore students will be provided with guidelines governing research that is grounded in the assumptions of qualitative methodology.

SO4047 Sociology of the Welfare state

ECTS credits: 6

The key focus and aim of the module is to provide students with an understanding of the welfare state. Students will be familiarised with debates, definitions and theoretical frameworks pertaining to the concept of the welfare state, the different models of welfare in existence, and the need for a rigorous analysis of the welfare state.

In addition to enhancing student¿s awareness and understanding of key sociological theories, concepts and issues, this module is oriented to developing students¿ ability to use sociology as an analytical tool. It is hoped that students will consider the issues covered in the module as case studies through which they can develop their understanding of the techniques of sociological analysis, which may then be applied to other contexts.

SO4057 Sociology of Health and Illness

ECTS Credits: 6

The aim of this course is to introduce students to the important sub-disciplinary field of the sociology of health and illness. The overall objective is to develop the students¿ analytical ability to examine the concepts of health and illness from a sociological perspective (perspectives), and critique the structures and processes involved in these within late modern Western society.

SO4063 Introduction to Social research methods

ECTS credits: 6

The aim of this module is primarily to provide a general introduction to the range of quantitative and qualitative research methods which are used in sociological research. Secondly, the course introduces students to the underlying epistemological, conceptual and ethical dimensions of the research process. In addition, the course establishes the importance of understanding social research in the context of some key debates in contemporary sociology. The primary objective is to provide students with basic skills in the use of both quantitative and qualitative techniques of research, and experience in collecting, handling, organising and analysing data of their choice.

SO4067 Sociology of work

ECTS credits: 6

The course will introduce theories of social change and perspectives on work as well as examining contemporary changes in work practice. The effects of class, gender and ethnicity on access to and experience of work will be examined. The changing organizational context of work will be explored. Other themes include sectoral decline, development and relocation as well as an examination of globalization and the rise of the transnational corporation. The continuance of hierarchical and vertical segregation in the midst of organisational, societal and cultural change will be explored, as well as organisational culture. A number of Irish case studies will be examined e.g those related to the semi-state and educational sectors. The course concludes with a consideration of the future direction of socioeconomic change and its impact on the distribution, structuring and experience of work.

SO4073 Classic Sociological Theory

ECTS credits: 6

The module begins by outlining the socio-historical transformations (industrialisation, urbanisation, expansion of capitalism) that gave rise to classic social theory. Key thinkers, who sought to make sense of modernity and `the problem of social reality¿, are then discussed; such as: Mark, Durkheim, Weber,

Simmel, Mead and Schutz. Discussion will focus on their different analyses of, among other things: the development of capitalism and the money economy; the division of labour; social solidarity; class conflict and ideology; rationalisation; religious life; the structures of the life-world; the dynamics of symbolic interactions and the self. The module considers analyses of historically unfolding macro-social structures, meso-social formations (e.g. bureaucratic organisation) and the vicissitudes of everyday life. The import of classic social theory to the discipline of sociology - including its aims, scope and analyses of modernity ¿ is a theme that runs through the module.

SO4077 Sociology of Youth

To understand and to explore key theoretical perspectives on youth and the youth experience within contemporary contexts To critically engage with key examples of empirical research conducted with young people in a variety of social contexts To encourage and to enable critical and analytical thinking about the diverse ways in which young people are constructed and represented via media, policy and academic discourses To examine the relationship between social theory, methodological approaches, research methods and ethical considerations

SO4091 Introduction to Sociology

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This module aims to introduce students to the subject matter of contemporary sociology. It will familiarise students with the key concepts used within sociological analysis and demonstrate, using illustrative materials, the uses and importance of sociological analysis in the modern and post-modern world.

Syllabus:

An introduction to the sociological perspective

What is sociology and what do sociologists do?

The development of sociology

The sociological imagination

An introduction to sociological theory

Agency and Structure

Culture, Norms and Values

An introduction to structural functionalist theories

An introduction to conflict theories

An introduction to interaction theories

An introduction to feminist theory and post-modernism

An introduction to sociological research

The ethics of social research

SO4905 Sociology of Work


This Module aims to introduce business students to the main theoretical perspectives on the sociology of work and the research on the changing structures and experience of work.

Syllabus:

The module will review the main sociological trends which are effecting the structuring of work today. The student will be introduced to the sociological literature and research relating to the changing structure of work, the changing composition of the workforce and the experience of work. Among the issues discussed will be issues relating to the definition of work, the changing gender composition of the labour force, the impact of labour mobility, the changing structure of work place organisations and the impact of the globalized economy on the structure and experience of work.

Particular focus will be on changes in the Irish context.

SP4001 Who are the Spaniards? Introduction to Spanish Culture


The development of Spanish culture has been marked by different attempts at constructing a national identity in different forms, from the attempts at uniformity promoted by the Spanish Empire ûthen reappropriated by the dictatorship of Francisco Franco- to the reconstruction of an identity directed towards the integration of Spain in

Europe and, more recently, the attempts to construct an identity which integrates both past and present.

Accordingly, the module will pay special attention to the cultural impact of the end of the Spanish Empire, the Spanish Civil War and the Transition to Democracy.

After completion of this module, students will have achieved a general but solid knowledge of the main socio-political processes in Spanish

history and their effects on and interaction with literary and film production, as well as other forms of culture.

Syllabus:

This module offers an introduction to the most important events and movements in Spanish culture. It focuses mainly on the cultural impact of the Spanish Empire, the Spanish Civil War, the dictatorship of

Francisco Franco, and the Transition to Democracy. Through the use of literature, music, film and other forms of culture, the module will serve as a platform for the exploration of up-to-date socio-political issues in Spain and their effect on cultural production.

SP4003 Socio-Political Issues in the Contemporary Hispanic

World: Society, Culture and Representation


Aims and Objectives:

* To further develop studentsÆ background knowledge of the

Hispanic World.

* To explore contemporary socio-political issues and their impact on cultural production in Spain and Latin America.

* To develop studentsÆ analytical skills in the study of contemporary

Hispanic culture.

* To prepare students to analyse contemporary socio-political issues in the Hispanic World in a critical manner.

Syllabus:

This module builds on the foundation modules taken in year one.

Students will explore issues of relevance in contemporary society in

Spain and Latin America by means of the exploration of up-to-date cultural production about such issues.

Accordingly, the module will focus on the politics and representation of gender, cultural constructions of the past and contemporary developments in the construction of national identities.

After completion of this module, students will have achieved an indepth knowledge of contemporary socio-political issues in the

Hispanic World and their cultural representation, thus enhancing their understanding of the cultures they will be encountering during their off-campus period.

SP4007 Modern Trends in Hispanic Culture and the Arts

(Autumn/4)



This module aims to analyse the major cultural developments in

Hispanic literature of the twentieth century and to focu in particular on four major trends; Latin American modernismo and it’s legacy in

Spain; surrealism in art and literature; magical realism; and the 1980’s boom in women’s writing with particular regard to the relationship between feminism and popular culture.

SP4131 Spanish for Beginners 1 (Autumn/1)


Students acquire basic reading and writing skills by being exposed to authentic and simplified language material both written and oral; emphasis will be given to oral skills both listening and speaking; special attention will be given to those sounds with which the student is not familiar; introduction to Spanish as a romance language Spanish in Spain and beyond Europe Spanish syntax semantics and phonology.

SP4133 Spanish for Beginners 3 (Autumn/2)


Introduction to new grammatical structures and expansion of vocabulary dealing with a wide variety of real life situations: students will learn the grammar and lexicon needed to give an account of a personal experience give personal opinions and express judgement and feelings in Spanish and practice translating these structures: the lecture hour will deal with life in Spain and Latin America the education system the work environment and general traditions:

SP4141 Spanish Language and Society 1: Introduction to Spanish

Studies (Autumn/1)



An overall revision of Spanish grammatical structures and their usage; text analysis and exposure to a variety of writing styles; oral discussion and presentations of topics relevant to the theme of the general lectures; Spanish language; its history and linguistics; the

Spanish-speaking countries; political geography, Spanish variations and dialects.

SP4143 Spanish Language and Society 3: Education, Work and

Business in Spain and Latin America (Autumn/2)


Spain and Latin America's relevant issues in the world of education work and business; a look at legends traditions beliefs and fiestas from an anthropological perspective and as preparation for study/work abroad period.

SP4147 Spanish Language and Society 5: Spain Europe and

Beyond (Autumn/4)

3 hours per week; 13 weeks/7 tht semester; 26L/13T; ECTS credits:6

Vocabulary and grammar problem areas for English speakers; contrastive language analysis by use of translation of various types of text; cultural, linguistic and political relationship between Spain and hispanoamerica; Spain's political role within the EU: EU legislation and developments and their effects on Spanish soil; Spanish-Irish relations; Latin American-Irish relations.

SP4231 Spanish Language, Culture & Society 1 (Beginners)

(Autumn/1)

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6 hours per week; 13 weeks/1 stt

semester; 13L/56T/13Lab; ECTS credits:6

An overall revision of Spanish grammatical structures and their usage.

Text analysis and exposure to a variety of writing styles. Oral discussion and presentations of topics relevant to the theme of the general lectures. Spanish language: its history and linguistics; the

Spanish-speaking countries: political geography, Spanish variations and dialects.

SP4233 Spanish Language, Culture & Society 3 (Beginners)

(Autumn/2)

6 hours per week; 13 weeks/1 stt semester; 13L/56T/13Lab; ECTS credits:6

Spain and Latin America's relevant issues in the world of education, work and business. A look at legends, traditions, beliefs and 'fiestas' from an anthropological perspective and as preparation for study/work abroad period.

SP4241 Spanish language, culture and society 1 (Autumn/1)

3 hours per week; 13 weeks/1 st semester; 26L/13T;ECTS credits:6

An overall revision of Spanish grammatical structures and their usage. text analysis and exposure to a variety of writing styles. Oral discussion and presentations of topics relevant to the theme of the general lectures. Spanish language: its history and linguistics; the

Spanish-speaking counties: political geography, Spanish variations and dialects.

SP4243 Spanish Language, Culture & Society 3 (Advanced)

(Autumn/2)

4 hours per week; 13 weeks/3 rdt


Spain and Latin America's relevant issues in the world of education, work and business; a look at legends, traditions, beliefs and 'fiestas' from an anthropological perspective and as preparation for study/work abroad period.

SP4247 Spanish Language, Culture & Society 5 (Advanced)

(Autumn/4)

4 hours per week; 13 weeks/7 tht


Students are introduced to a variety of EU-related topics which are then covered in more detail during the discussion hour, Spain's political role within the EU, EU legislation and developments on

Spanish soil, Spanish-Irish relations and Latin-American-Irish relations are examples of these topics, students also pursue more advanced translation and writing.

SP4627 – Twentieth Century Trends In Hispanic Literature

3 hours per week; 13 weeks/1 st semester; 26L/13T;ECTS credits:6

To analyse the major cultural developments in Hispanic literature of the twentieth century and to focus in particular on four major trends: Latin American modernismo and its legacy in Spain. Surrealism in art and literature. Magical realism. The 1980s boom in womenÆs writing with particular regard to the relationship between feminism(s) and popular culture. * To further develop studentsÆ analytic and interpretative skills. * To develop studentsÆ critical skills when analysing cultural production.

TW4115 Technical Writing 1 (Autumn/3)


Cognitive processes; reader analysis, readability factors; language/text structures; usability factors; peer review; user testing; practice on a range of writing techniques and strategies.

MD4001 Practicum 1A


Development of studentÆs primary performance interest, whether instrumental, vocal or dance. Also the development of musicianship and body awareness skills.

Syllabus:

This module is divided into two parts. The first is the development of the studentsÆ performance practice will occur in the stylistic context most common to the performance practice of the student. However tutors will begin to encourage students to look to other styles and repertoires current within a primarily Irish context. This will take place in the context of one-on-one classes and develops from the progress in Practicum 1a and 2a.

The second part of these modules will be related to performance skills and again this element will be divided into two separate streams for musicians and dancers. Musicians will take Keyboard Skills and

Aural Training which will include keyboard harmony (vamping, chordal analysis and application, both aural and written), aural skills

(transcribing tunes and songs, awareness of traditional forms and styles, sight reading and sight singing). It is important to emphasise that the orientation of this stream of multi-skill development will be towards the needs and realities of traditional Irish music and musicians but with a wider context in mind. Dancers will take Movement

Awareness. This will include practical dance workshops to introduce some of the movement principles that inform other dance practices today. It will also include an introduction to techniques and practices designed to promote the release of tension in the body in order to facilitate greater ease of movement. It will also include an introduction to the use of visual imagery as a way to develop an understanding of the correct alignment in movement. Finally an introduction to supplementary practices used by dancers as part of their training eg. Yoga, Feldankrais, Alexander technique and Pilates.

Improvisation will be undertaken in practical workshops to introduce the concept of improvisation as a means of exploring movement possibilities and also expanding movement vocabulary. Improvisations will include working with movement themes, dramatic themes, props, text and visual stimuli.

MD4003 Practicum 3A – Main Performance Interest


Development of the studentsÆ primary performance interest, whether instrumental, vocal or dance. Students will be encouraged to engage in a dynamic self-critical process conducive to development and related to the principle of æreflective practiceÆ. Also the development of musicianship and body-awareness skills.

Syllabus:

This module is divided into two parts. The first is the development of the studentsÆ performance practice will occur in the stylistic context most common to the performance practice of the student. However tutors will begin to encourage students to look to other styles and repertoires current within a primarily Irish context. This will take place in the context of one-on-one classes and develops from the progress in Practicum 1a and 2a.






MD4007 Practicum 6A – Main Performance Interest


The development of a final extensive performance.

Syllabus:

In this module students, with relevant tutors and under the direction of course director, will design and undertake an extensive, hour long recital which will be representative of both their own stylistic interest

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but also a range of diverse music and / or dance styles (in the case of dance, two to three smaller performances over a similar number of days will be considered).

MD4011 Practicum 1B


Development of the studentsÆ primary performance interest, whether instrumental, vocal or dance. Students will be encouraged to engage in a dynamic self-critical process conducive to development and related to the principle of æreflective practiceÆ. Also the development of musicianship and body-awareness skills.

Syllabus:

This module is divided into two parts. The first is the development of the studentsÆ performance practice and will occur in the stylistic context most common to the performance practice of the student.

However, tutors will begin to encourage students to look to other styles and repertoires current within a primarily Irish context. This will take place in the context of one-on-one classes and develops from the progress in Practicum 1a.






MD4013 Practicum 3B – Secondary Performance Interest


To broaden the base of performance skills of the students to include other instrumental, vocal and dance aspects of the tradition

Syllabus:

In this module students will be introduced to the practice of a broad range of instrumental, vocal and dance skills they will otherwise be unfamiliar with. Dancers and singers will not be required to undertake

elements of this module that relate to their primary performance interest. Instrumentalists will be required to study an instrument apart from their main performance interest. Outide of these requirements students will pursue one hour of instrumental, dance and song classes per week (3 in all). This will be assessed through performance (50%) and continuous assessment (50%)

Also as part of this module, students will undertake ensemble work assessed continuously. Students will be encouraged to develop a creative approach to groupwork as well as develop the interpersonal and musical skills neesary for the successful function of an ensemble.

This module will be a development of progress made in Practicum 1b and Practicum 2b.

MD4017 Practicum 6B


The development of final extensive performance representative of perfomance fields studied but not central to the students performance practice.

Syllabus:

In this module students, with relevant tutors and under the direction of course directors, will prepare and undertake a performance representative of the three areas of performance skills represented in the second performance stream û those not central to their performance practice. This performance will be at the end of the linked module in the next semester.

Assessment will be on that final performance and continuous assessment.

MD4021 Intro to Traditional Irish Music and Dance Studies 1


This module is an introduction to the growing field of traditional music and dance studies and will give the student an overview of some of the important features of these traditions.

Syllabus:

Issues addressed in this module will be dance tune types and structure,

English language song tradition, instrumentation, traditional music and dance in America in the first half of the twentieth century, the harp tradition to 1800, modern step dancing, ceili dancing.

MD4023 Irish Traditional Music and Dance Studies 1


To provide a deeper understanding of the historical development of these Irish traditions.

Syllabus:

In this module, as in Traditional Music and Dance Studies 2 and 3, students will follow three streams of study concerning instrumental music, song and dance. This module will deal with music, song and dance up to 1900, approaching the historical development of the tradition in pre-twentieth century Ireland and its various roots and equivalent developments abroad. The areas covered will be Song in

Ireland û Texts and Manuscripts; Harp Music û Rise and Fall of an

Irish Art Music Tradition; The History of Irish Traditional Dance.

MD4027 Irish Traditional Music and Dance Studies 4


The development of a research project in the field of traditional music and /or dance studies.

Syllabus:

In this module students will engage in a self-directed research project concerning an aspect of the music or dance tradition under the supervision of course directors. This will be assessed through two seminar presentations and an extensive written submission. This research project could have a performance orientation.

MD4031 Contextualising and Vocational Studies 1


Contextualising and Vocational Studies 1

Popular Music and Dance Studies / Audio/Visual Technology.

This module has two strands with particular purposes - to contextuale interdisciplinary academic fields of popular music and dance studies and to introduce students to audio/visual technology theory and practice in order to begin to build upon such technical skills

Syllabus:

In this module students will be introduced to the academic field of popular music and dance studies, examining popular music and dance movements, particularly those relevant to Irish traditions. They will also begin to consider the role of traditional artists as business people, competing in an international market.

MD4037 Contextualising and Vocational Studies 6 – World Music and Dance Survey/Vocational Project


To expose students to a broader world of traditional music and dance under the rubric of world music, and to develop a vocational project relevant to the potential future professional experience of the student.

Syllabus:

In the first part of this module students will study the music and dance in the context of 'world music' with a specific focus on England,

Scandinavia, Scotland, Brittany, Galicia, North America, North Indian

Classical traditions, and Indonesia. This part of the module will be assessed through course-work and exam.

In the second part of the module students will engage in a self-directed project relating to the application of vocational aspects of performance that have been addressed through the course (education, community

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music / dance, technology, business). The assessment of this will be decided by the course director or relevant members of staff and be appropriate and individual to the project chosen, subject to approval by the student.

MD4041 Performance Studies 1 – An Introduction


To introduce students to the academic discipline of performance studies and its underlying principles, as an scholarly approach to research in the performing arts; to provide students with the theoretical tools to engage in discourse around the performing arts of dance, movement, vocal performance and the exploration of creativity through these media.

Syllabus:

This module provides an introduction to the principles, practices and discourses of performance studies including its interdisciplinary origins, ethical questions and theoretical paradigms of performance, performativity, ritual, social drama, play, performatives, speech acts, trance, masking, gender, global and intercultural performance.

MD4043 Performance Studies 3 – Introduction to Ritual Studies


To introduce students to the academic discipline of ritual studies and its impact on performance and performance studies: to explore research methods developed in ritual studies which are relevant to the study of performance; to engage with the paradigm of ritual towards a creative and reflexive understanding of performance.

Syllabus:

An introduction to ritual studies and its relevance to performance studies including ritual paradigms of theatre, musical performance, dance performance, social drama, play, sport, games, trance, shamanism, puppetry, masking, liturgy and rites of passage; the exploration of creative research methods generated from the use of symbolism in ritual and the development of nascent rituals.

MD4051 Somatics and Ritual Performance 1


This module will provide each student with the opportunity to develop skills to research and develop an informed and intelligent approach to own specific technical needs so they can develop healthy and sustainable practices in preparation for performance. It will also encourage them to develop skills to explore new models for ritualising performance, which will increase their options for engagement in a range of professional practices.

Syllabus:

An introduction to the history of contemporary somatic practices and their various application in arts practice with particular reference to performance, educational, and therapeutic contexts, with particular reference to the somatic practice of Body Mind Centering, in addition students will study historical, cultural and social aspects of ritual practice with specific reference to performance rituals.



This module will provide each student with the opportunity to develop skills to research and develop an informed and intelligent approach to own specific technical needs so they can develop healthy and sustainable practices in preparation for performance. It will also provide the opportunity to develop skills to create innovative new models for ritualising performance and increase their options for professional practice.

Syllabus:

This module will provide each student with the opportunity through the study and practice of Authentic Movement, Feldenkrais and

Alexander techniques to develop skills to research and develop an informed and intelligent approach to own specific technical needs so they can develop healthy and sustainable practices in preparation for performance; it will also provide the opportunity for students to develop skills necessary to explore and develop innovative models for ritualising performance and increase their options for engagement in a range of professional contexts.



This module will provide each student with the opportunity to continue to develop skills to research and develop an informed and intelligent approach to own specific technical needs so they can develop healthy and sustainable practices in preparation for performance; it will also provide the opportunity to develop skills and confidence to create innovative new models for ritualising performance; students will specialise in creating a project within a specific context and begin to focus on their preferred options for professional practice.

Syllabus:

This module will provide each student with the opportunity to continue the study and practice of Authentic Movement, Feldenkrais and Alexander techniques to develop skills to research and develop an informed and intelligent approach to own specific technical needs and also so they can develop healthy and sustainable practices in preparation for professional practice; students will specialise in creating a project within a specific context and begin to focus on their preferred options for professional practice.

MD4061 Voice and Dance Skills for Performance 1


To provide the opportunity for students to study a broad range of movement and voice techniques in order to develop good understanding and foundation for their practice. The development of a broad base of performance skills will empower the students in professional performance based contexts.

Syllabus:

Students will be required to specialise in voice or dance, and will study and practice a range of different techniques and methods designed to provide them with a strong foundation on which to develop their technical ability in both dance and voice focussing on contemporary dance and voice technique training and including dance techniques and practices from Irish, Asian and African traditions, as well as ear training, sight reading/singing and oral transmission learning to complement the technique of voice production.



The development of a broad base of performance skills together with an understanding of their historical origins and the ability to analyse movement and sound will provide the students with a depth of understanding and knowledge which will extend their opportunities for engagement in professional performance based contexts.

Syllabus:

Students will be required to specialise in voice or dance, and through regular technique classes and workshops students will continue to study and practice the technical principles underpinning both western and world dance and voice traditions; they will also study movement and voice analysis to increase their understanding of these practices.



The ability to select and design a programme which shows an understanding of technique principles and practices and their application to a specific context will prepare student to develop an informed and intelligent method to sustain their on-going and evolving practice. This will support students to develop a sustainable practice in professional performance based contexts.

Syllabus:

Students will be required to specialise in voice or dance, and through regular technique classes and workshops they will continue to study and practice the basic technical principles of both western and world dance and voice traditions and to further study methods of analysing movement and sound and methods of reflective practice in order to develop critical awareness of technique training; they will also complement the reading/singing skills through the learning of musical analytical and early notational systems; also, each student will be required to design a technique-training programme to reflect their own specific technical needs and interests.

MD4071 Repertoire, Improvision and Composition 1


To develop the understanding in both practice and theory of the works from the canon of western contemporary and world dance and song traditions in order to fully understand their relevance in current

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performance contexts. To develop skills necessary to prepare to perform these dances and songs in range of performance contexts.

Syllabus:

Students will be required to specialise in voice or dance, and will study and practice dances and songs from the repertoire of western contemporary and Asian, African and Irish dance; and Gregorian chant, Irish traditional song, western solo and choral, and jazz and pop music traditions; in addition they will study the historical and cultural contexts within which these repertoires developed, and study and practice skills necessary to develop in both solo work and as a member of an ensemble.

MD4073 Repertoire, Improvision and Composition 1


To provide students with the opportunity to study and practice voice and dance composition so that they can develop the skills and confidence to work towards the creation of voice and dance compositions in a range of contexts, which will broaden their career options in performance.

Syllabus:

Students will be required to specialise in voice or dance, and study and practice a range of approaches to composition drawn from the repertoire of western, Asian, African and Irish dance traditions; and

Gregorian chant, Irish traditional song, western solo and choral, and jazz and pop music traditions; study the historical and cultural contexts within which these compositional methods and techniques developed; and study and practice skills to create short solo and ensemble compositions.

MD4077 Repertoire, Improvision and Composition


To support students to develop the understanding of the artistic and technical requirements necessary to develop and produce performances in a range of contexts and broaden their understanding of how to produce work as creative artists and performers in professional performances projects.

Syllabus:

Students will be required to specialise in voice or dance, and will work under the direction of guest tutors and the course directors to design and produce a number of performance projects to be presented in a range of performance contexts, featuring the studentÆs own work in addition to the works from the repertories they have studied; the performances will include solo and ensemble works.

MD4087 Advanced Ensemble


This is a module for fourth year BA Irish Music and Dance Students who wish to develop their ensemble skills further and who show a propensity to do so in their assessment for module MD4016.

Syllabus:

Students in this module will concentrate on developing their knowledge of ensemble skills taken from a number of musical contexts. These skills will be developed in the context of their own performance practices.

Students will attend a number of lectures that engage a systematic examination of the musical processes involved in the creation of ensemble. Such processes will then be utilised in performance laboratory classes, which will result in a public performance, developed in the context of a reflective journal.

MD4097 Composition and Arrangement in Irish Traditional

Music 1


To develop the students skills and knowledge of composition and arrangement in the idiom of Irish traditional music as it is performed contemporarily.

Syllabus:

Students will examine the various ensemble practices in Irish traditional music in currency today. These practices will include

`traditional¿ as well as more contemporary and fusion based styles of composition and arrangement. This examination will engage ethnomusicological issues of origin and creation as well as practices of record, transcription and reproduction.

Students will also develop and synthesize their own arrangement and composition practices from those studied.

Students will be provided with written feedback according to BA Irish

Music and Dance policy.

MD4107 Vocal Hygene and Pedagogy


This module will focus on the anatomical, functional, and psychosocial aspects of the singing voice. It is encouraged for all singers on the BA Irish Music and Dance but is open to all students as an elective.

Syllabus:

This course will serve as an introductory course to the anatomical, functional, and psycho-social aspects of the singing voice. Intended for singers and non-singers alike, this course will give the student an understanding of the mechanism and function of the components of the singing instrument. With an emphasis on healthy, non-damaging vocal use across all styles of music, the course will cover important aspects of vocal health and hygiene as well as noting the social use of the voice in music and speech.

Students will receive verbal feedback on their progress on a weekly basis and also written feedback after the final exam. A reflective practice (i.e. self-observation) journal will also be part of the coursework, and as part of the assessment will gauge students¿ understanding of sources, concepts, as well as provide important observations to assist students¿ own progress.

MU4135 Irish Traditional Music 1


This module is an introduction to the growing field of traditional music and dance studies and will give the student an overview of some of the important features of these traditions.

Syllabus:

Issues addressed in this module will be dance tune types and structure,

English language song tradition, instrumentation, traditional music and dance in America in the first half of the twentieth century, the harp tradition to 1800, modern step dancing, ceili dancing.

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Faculty of Engineering and Science

(Autumn)

Engineering Modules

AR4001 Design Studio 1A

15 hours per week; 13 weeks/1 st semester;

The aim of First year Design Studio is to enable the student to become an active participant in the architectural design process. The field of architecture is broad and the methodologies used to work within it varied. In addition, architecture interacts closely with a number of related disciplines. First year Design Studio exposes the student to the types of thinking and acting inherent in this process with the objective of helping the student become conversant with the process and capable of developing initial architectural projects.

AR4005 – Design studio 3A

15 hours per week; 13 weeks/ 5 th semester;

The principal aim of Third-Year Design Studio is to enable the student to demonstrate a first synthesis of the disparate influences that go to make up an architectural project using the range of skills and tools an architect is required to use. The emphasis in the first term is on developing a thoroughly researched design proposal and to produce a set of competent design documents.

AR4007 Design Studio 4A


AR4011 – Gravity and Reaction 1

5 hours per week; 13 weeks/1 st semester,

Give students the understanding of a number of useful structural concepts using experiment, intuition and formal learning. Give students a strong conceptual and formal grasp of these concepts, that are applicable to actual conditions.


5 hours per week; 13 weeks/3 rd semester;

Give students an understanding of structural models using experiment, project work and formal learning. Give students a strong conceptual and formal grasp of materials used in structural design, which are applicable to actual conditions.


5 hours per week; 13 weeks/5 th semester;

In depth study of Load Path, in depth study of structural form, particularly as it relates to specific material properties. Learning through the analysis of structural models using experiment, project work and formal learning. Give students a strong conceptual and formal grasp of materials used in structural design, which are applicable to actual conditions.

AR4019 Professional Practice: Contracts


AR4021 – Representation / Drawing 1

5 hours per week; 13weeks/1 st semester;

To establish drawing as a tool of observation, a tool of thinking and a tool of representation, this course is composed of two different types of drawing exercises: Studio based exercises with weekly changing subjects introducing key aspects of architectural vocabulary (light and space, site, human scale, skin and comfort, flows and organisation, vision and architecture). Short introducing lectures are followed by a drawing or sketching exercise, and, in the next step by a model making exercise, where the drawings from the exercise have to be interpreted and transformed into the 3rd dimension.



To establish drawing as a tool of observation, a tool of thinking and a tool of representation, this course consists of three different types of drawing exercises: Surveying using the sketchbook, pencil and the body to observe and record buildings, proportions, scale, and distances of objects. Surveying using careful notation of dimensions through careful observation, and detailed measuring using a tape measure and triangulation. Drawing, with pencil, the results of the survey carefully bringing all information to the same level of detail and consistency on a well organised composed drawn document.



In this module students are introduced to the computer and related modes of representation, in conjunction with continuing studies in hand drawing. Switching between virtual and analogue modes of representation, e.g. models, drawings, digital photography, photoshop, illustrator, and other graphics programmes will be explored as tools of transformation and spatial, logical, and structural exploration.

AR4031 – History and Theory of Architecture 1


The first year program in History-Theory aims to expand studentsÆ horizons of knowledge about architecture while teaching foundational skills in reading and writing in the discipline. Even though students at the School of Architecture are expected to be highly literate and articulate, entering into a new fieldùsuch as architectureùis a difficult intellectual transition to make. Students will need to develop specific cognitive skills to address the new territories they will have to map.

The first year program sets out to help students attain a basic literacy in the discipline while introducing a selection of the monuments of modern architecture together with contemporary ways of thinking about the field.

AR4033 - History and Theory of Architecture 3


The second year program in Architectural Research provides students with a comprehensive survey of the history of architecture and urbanism. Students will continue to hone the specific cognitive skills required to address the field, deepening their knowledge of the local and global built domain while reading, writing, and researching architecture. The goal is to provide students with a basic knowledge and understanding of architecture and urban design in the period between circa 1851 and 1980. In addition, the course is designed to

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teach students how to critically analyze and evaluate built projects from a variety of perspectives, and how to communicate these ideas in spoken and written form.

AR4035 - History and Theory of Architecture 5


The third year program in Architectural Research continues the comprehensive survey of the history of architecture and urbanism in the programme curriculum. This module exposes students to the relationship of architecture to technology and materials, both naturally occurring and those produced by man both in Ireland and globally.

The goal for the course is to give students a broad introduction to architecture throughout the ages, from the classical Greek and Roman periods to the present day while introducing them to the role that materials and technologly have in architecture.

AR4041 – Assembly and Techniques 1


This course will introduce basic constructional principals through the detailed study of elements of simpler constructional technology. This technology is considered from the point of view of design intent, logic of assembly and the quality of the resulting climate/environment. The course will further challenge the students to analyse the built environment they are familiar with under these themes. The suitability of various forms of construction to different design ambitions will be considered with particular emphasis put on developing an understanding of the size and dimensions of various constructional systems. The course is intended as a foundation course in itself as well as anticipating the information required in the design studio. The course is seminar based with an individual student research component.

AR4043 - Assembly and Techniques 3


The aims of this class are: 1. to explain clearly and simply the basic principles of construction. 2. to show how much architectural expression depends on its constructional composition. Special attention will be will be paid to constructional aspects which imbue meaning and in this aspect it differs from the albeit relevant but exclusively technology-focused literature. 3. to introduce students to the importance of representing clear, legible and organised ideas to others in the construction industry.

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AR4045 - Assembly and Techniques 4


The aims of this class are: a. to introduce students to the initial studies required to later generate a comprehensive set of working drawings of a third year design studio project. b. to develop further the studentÆs own intuitive skills in technique alongside knowledge of available construction technology today. c. to develop the students capacity to interrogate and develop design decisions through construction principles

AR4051 – Environmental Systems and Forces 1

5 hours per week; 13 weeks/1st semester;

Sustainable development is a base for the future of human society on

our planet. Architects as the designer for the built environment have a key position in this approach. Therefore a basic understanding of the physical backgrounds and interconnections is necessary. This lecture content spans from global to local and micro climate, to energy and itÆs different forms and sources towards materials and their properties. Parallel and interconnected to the teaching of design basics like space, light, boundaries students will learn the physical backgrounds and properties by handling and personal experiences.

ôBurning your finger at a hot stainless steel surface while missing the heat radiation û and understand why this happened - is a much deeper experience, than just calculating heat conductivity on a piece of paper.

AR4053 - Environmental Systems and Forces 3

5 hours per week; 13 weeks/3rd semester;

Advanced understanding of physical backgrounds and interconnections for sustainable development, and the integration of environmental principles into architectural works. Emphasis will be placed on the study of material properties. Particular attention will be paid to integration of environmental principles into design studio work. Specific material properties will be studied, and modelled.

AR4056 – Envirenmental Systems and Forces 5


Sustainable development is a base for the future of human society on our planet. Therefore a basic understanding of the physical backgrounds and interconnections is necessary. This module¿s content spans from global to local and micro-climate, to energy and it¿s different forms and sources towards materials and their properties.

AR4073 – Design Studio 2A

15 hours per week/3 rd semester;

Phase I Using mapping as a vehicle for speculative architectural analysis, students will map one defined aspect of a particular place as ground, infrastructure, climate and occupation of space. Through mapping, students will confront their first analysis with more specific information: climate, ground, geology, built structures, growing structures, water treatment and flows, infrastructural networks, historic traces, land use and occupation of space. It is about identification of specifics through drawing, registering, measuring, timing, investigating; observe on site at several occasions and document, explain conditions, situations, make drawings, diagrams and sketches to explain conditions Phase II Explore settings for physical activity and for the interconnection that happens between spectator and sport and between land and the body. Cultural and technical characteristics of sport must be integrated into the land in a way, which will change it consciously. Students first make a first landscape urban proposition

(MODEL) plus make a set of drawings showing dimensional sizes for activities include heights PLANS, SECTIONS, Make a set of investigations of three different structures and how they work with the land. Development Synthesis Two: Choreography, colour, light, material, crowd versus the individual delineation, studies Development

Draw Up and review MODEL The design studio is co-ordinated with the content of parallel course modules and integration between studio work and course module work is a vital and innovative component of the studio structure.

AR4099 Design Studio 5A – Pre-Thesis


The thesis project should span over two semesters. In order to facilitate more extensive and, at the same time, more focused design projects and adequately comprehensive thesis projects, credits awarded to Design Studio 5a and 5b increase to 18 and 21 credits respectively while the number of parallel modules is reduced

Syllabus:

Fifth-year Design Studio invites the student to engage with complex large-scale architectural design problems. These problems aim to enable multiple scales and programmes to be managed within a tight set of constraints, both physical and temporal.

Students will deepen the strength, breadth and application of their conceptual approach and will integrate increasingly sophisticated structural and environmental solutions at a large scale.

Thesis will be a year-long piece of work, initiated by a proposition written at the start of the autumn semester. This proposition is tested against a theme (rather than a place) and will act as a framework within which ideas are developed. Students are invited to engage in sharpening architectural positions and idioms, and refining design methods, in the context of contemporary society and in relation to current architectural and cultural debates. Through explorative projects and research, students situate their work on an expanding platform for discussion, engaging with current issues facing the city and the region, related to both national and international contexts.

AR4317 Advanced Construction 1


An extended and clearly structured curriculum in construction design to induce a more innovative and imaginary approach to materials and details. In order to ensure the expected high level of competency in advanced building construction (at an industrial scale and with respect to contemporary and innovative technologies) SAUL introduces a set of Advanced Construction modules throughout Y4 and Y5 in close relation to and in support of the Design Studio projects

Syllabus:

Architecture students learn best by imagining, developing and realising (full¿scale) prototype structures through which ideas can be tested, documented and communicated. Through actual engagement in all the stages of making and building, students have a unique opportunity to develop a rich phenomenal understanding of architecture. Closely related to Design Studio, Advanced Construction informs and supports the students individual design studio projects; directed and independent research on advanced construction is applied to these projects.

After revisiting traditional and conventional (vernacular) forms of building taxonomy and production techniques in a range of materials

(stone, concrete, metal, timber, fabric and polymers) staff and students engage more advanced means of fabrication (including milling, folding, laminating, sewing, stacking, interlocking, hanging, injection

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moulding, compositing, extrusion, weaving and bundling). Spatially and programmatically this will entail various degrees of articulation from the standardised, low¿tech component to the highly articulated formal element, avoiding self¿similar repetition in favour of the diversity of the composite.

AR4319 Advanced Construction 3


An extended and clearly structured curriculum in construction design to induce a more innovative and imaginary approach to materials and details. In order to ensure the expected high level of competency in advanced building construction (at an industrial scale and with respect to contemporary and innovative technologies) SAUL introduces a set of Advanced Construction modules throughout Y4 and Y5 in close relation to and in support of the Design Studio projects.

Syllabus:

The series of modules in Advanced Construction expands the scope of students competencies in building technologies and construction beyond traditional methods and their related familiar scale. In the final year, students engage in a tested dialogue with concerns of design, structure, environment, history and theory, representation, digital media, and other related areas and interests.

Staff and student undertake in-depth research into specialist areas of technology. Case studies focus is on an integration of structural and environmental systems in response to specific conditions that require complex skills in analysis and/or design. The students are expected to apply findings from directed and independent research on advanced construction technologies to develop each student’s thesis proposal individually.

CH4001 Chemistry for Engineers (Autumn/1)


Simple characterisation of atoms and molecules: basic atomic structure, ions and isotopes, atomic and molecular weights, the mole concept. Early chemical concepts and their present day uses: e.g.

Dalton Atomic Theory, Avogadro's Law, Oxidation and reduction.

Chemical nomenclature. Modern theories of atomic and molecular structure. Quantum mechanical description of the atom: Schroedinger

Wave Equation, atomic orbitals and quantum numbers. Introduction to chemical bonding. Bond representation by Lewis dot, valence bond and molecular orbital structures. Hybridisation. Periodic classification of the elements. The Gas Laws, Stoichiometry. Classification of chemical reactions. The Electrochemical Series. Chemical equilibrium.

Liquid solution chemistry. Acids and bases. Selected applications of chemistry in domestic, medical and industrial environments.

CH4003 Physical Chemistry 2

To facilitate the student in understanding of the reaction thermodynamics and the role of thermodynamics in chemical reaction processes. ii. To familiarise the student with the various reaction kinetics, including some complex kinetic schemes, their interpretation and applications in the appraisal of industrial problems. iii. To develop

the students ability to design basic kinetic experiments and to extract kinetic information from the measurements of concentration-time based data. iv. To provide the student with the basic knowledge of commonly used spectroscopes


To familarise the student with the concepts of electrochemical systems under current flow situations. To familiarise the student with electrochemical methods of chemical analysis. To introduce the area of large scale electrochemical technology.

CH4007 Organic Pharamcutical Chemistry 1

To build on the functional group chemistry covered in CH4102,

CH4103 and CH4104. To impart to the student a detailed understanding and working knowledge of the applied use of organic compounds as pesticides and as medicinal drugs with an emphasis on mode of action at the molecular level and on the synthesis of selected structures.

CH4013 Organic Chemistry


To introduce the student to fundamental aspects of organic chemistry eg the different families of compounds- their nomenclature, structure

(2D and 3D) and isomerisation (if any).

To highlight the functional group of each family and relate structure to reactivity; to examine associated reactions/reaction mechanisms of the different functional groups; to introduce aromatic chemistry and study the chemical behaviour of aromatic compounds; to highlight current trends and applications in the areas of organic chemistry.

To carry out practical work to support and reinforce some of the theoretical aspects encountered; to encourage self-directed learning through the use of software and web sources.

Syllabus:

Aliphatic Hydrocarbons, Haloalkanes, Alcohols/Ethers, Aldehydes/

Ketones, Carboxylic Acids and Carboxylic Acid Derivatives, Amines,

Aromatic Hydrocarbons.

CH4015 Organic Chemistry 4


To describe the main methods of polymer production relating synthesis detail to chain architecture. To explain the molecular basis of structure-property relationships in polymers. To develop an understanding of the structure and function of proteinaceous biopolymers.

Syllabus:

Polymer chemistry, addition and condensation, chain growth and step growth mechanisms, polymerisation kinetics.

Branching, cross linking, and networks. Copolymerisation, types of structure and synthetic methods. Polymerisation techniques.

Chain structure and property relationships, thermal transitions.

Crystallinity and morphology.

Polymer solutions and methods of characterisation.

Biopolymers: properties, composition and function of proteins and nucleic acids.

CH4055 Environmental Catalysis

To introduce catalysts and catalytic processes to students, with particular emphasis on end-of-pipe technologies for the control of gaseous pollutant from flue gasses. To present on overview of procedures for the preparation and characterisation of catalysts, in particular catalysts relevant for the conversion of polluting substances into more environmentally acceptable components.

CH4103 Organic Chemistry 2A

To build on the functional group chemistry covered in CH4102. To extend the students comprehension and working knowledge of functional group chemistry; to expand the range of reagents, reactions and associated mechanisms. To establish a foundation in stereochemistry and to develop the students understanding of its relevance to organic reactions.

CH4153 Organic Chemistry 2B

To build on and extend the functional group chemistry initiated in

CH4152; develop the associated reactions/reaction mechanisms of the various functional groups; to cover, in depth, aromatic chemistry and the chemical behaviour of aromatic compounds; to introduce the field of stereochemistry; to carry out practical work to support and reinforce some of the theoretical aspects encountered; to encourage self-directed learning through the use of software and web sources.

CH4203 Inorganic Chemistry 2

To enable the student to understand the principles underlying the chemistry of metallic elements in the s-, p-, d- and f- block elements and to describe and explain the main features of this chemistry in relation to position in the Periodic Table. - To introduce students to the chemistry of transition metal complexes

CH4253 Inorganic Chemistry 2B

To enable the student to understand the principles underlying the chemistry of the a-, p-and d- block elements and to describe and explain the main features of the chemistry of the main group elements

(s and p block) in relation to position in the Periodic Table.

CH4303 Analytical Chemistry 1A

To give the students an understanding of and an appreciation for the qualitative and quantitive aspects of analytical chemistry through a working knowledge of the theory and applications of spectrophotometry and spectroscopy.

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CH4305 Analytical Chemistry 3

APPLICATION OF X-RAY METHODS INCLUDING

DIFFRACTION, FLUORESCENCE AND ELECTRON

MICROPROBE ANALYSIS. STRUCTURE DETERMINATION BY

X-RAY METHODS. SOLID STATE REACTIONS INCLUDING

CORROSION AND CEMENT CHEMISTRY; RELATIONSHIP

BETWEEN CHEMICAL AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES.

APPLICATION OF GROUP THEORY, INCLUDING POINT AND

SHAPE GROUPS. [Surface Analysis], STM/AFM, LEED, XPS, AES, gas adsorption methods-BET, etc. REVIEW OF ALL MAJOR

CLASSES OF SOLIDS * CRYSTALLIZATION-NUCLEATION

AND GROWTH OF CRYSTALLINE SOLIDS * POLYMORPHISM

IN PHARMACEUTICAL SOLIDS * ELUCIDATION OF THE

STRUCTURE OF DNA * LACTOSE CRYSTALLIZATION *

POLYMERS * SOLID STATE TRANSFORMATIONS * NON-

STOICHIOMETRY AND SOLID SOLUTIONS * IONIC

CONDUCTIVITY IN SOLIDS-SOLID STATE SENSORS *

TOPOTACTIC REACTIONS AND EPITAXY

CH4405 Process Technology 2

Fluid mechanics, revision of fluid statics, fluid flow, laminar and turbulant. Momentum transfer, energy relationships and the Bernoilli

Equation. Newtonian and non-Newtonian fluids. Flow in pipes and vessels, pressure drop and velocity distribution. Pumps and fans, efficiencies. Flow measurement. Dimensional analysis as applied to fluid flow. Size reduction of solids, particle size distribution. Particle - fluid interaction, free and hindered settling, elutriation, centrifugation, fluidisation and fluidised beds. Flow of fluids through packed beds.

Filtration. Heat transfer: conduction, convection and radiation. Heat transfer coefficients. Heat exchangers. Dimensionless numbers in solving heat transfer problems.


Mass Transfer, diffusion in gases and liquids, laws of diffusive flux, mass transfer in solids, unsteady state mass transfer. Mass transfer across phase boundaries, mass transfer coefficients. Separation operations, vapour-liquid systems, plate and packed columns, McCabe

- Thiele plots, equilibrium stages, stage efficiencies, HETP and

HTU.NTU approaches to packed column design. Distillation continuous and batch. Gas absorption and stripping. Use of triangular composition diagrams, leaching and liquid - liquid extraction, mixersettlers. Evaporation, forward and back-feed operation, efficiency.


Chemical reaction thermodynamics; review of chemical kinetics; ideal reactor types and design equations; design for single and multiple reactions; multiple reactor systems; temperature effects in reactor design and operation; assessment of and models for non-ideal reactor behaviour; reactor design for heterogeneous reactions.

CH4417 Pharmacutical Formulation

Physical Chemical principles of dosage from design Particle science & powder technology Biopharmaceutics Dosage form design & manufacture

CH4701 General Chemistry 1






CH4721 General Chemistry 1C






CH4751 Introductory Chemistry






CH4901 SCI. FDN. 1; Chemistry, Biochemistry and Physics for

Nursing and Midwifery

(a) Chemistry Coverage of selected aspects of atoms, molecules, bonding, chemical reactions, acids, bases, ph. Chemistry of body fluids. Solutions, suspensions, osmosis and diffusion. (b) Biochemistry

The structure and function of proteins, carbohydrates and lipids, nucleic acids, enzymes, metabolism, metabolic pathways, cholesterol, hormone function, will be examined. (c)Physics Coverage and application to Nursing and Midwifery of selected aspects of matter, gravity, motion, pressure, heat, light, electromagnetic spectrum; including UV and X-rays, radioactivity, diagnostic radiology, ECT

CE4001 Engineering Mechanics 1

Syllabus:

Gravity + Reaction = Equilibrium (stable, neutral, un-stable);

Newton¿s Laws;

Human Arch ¿ concepts of gravity, reaction, forces, friction, free-body diagram;

Structural forms ¿ natural and man-made;

Loading ¿ dead, imposed, thermal, wind and dynamic;

Free Body Diagrams;

Equations of static equilibrium ¿ vertical, horizontal and moment equilibrium;

Support conditions ¿ pinned, roller and fixed;

Internal member behaviour ¿ axial tension / compression, bending and shear;

Failure modes members, tensile,

¿ individual elements ¿ buckling of compression

bending/shear;

¿ overall stability;

¿ construct simple models to illustrate modes of failure;

3-pin arch structures analysed using precedent studies ¿ support reactions under different loading conditions;

Basic member sizing under axial tension,

Basic foundation types and foundation sizing;

Introduction to research methods and resources;

Initial experience of design as an iterative and creative process subject to constraints;

Synthesis of ideas from strength of materials, Àssembly and

Techniques¿ and `Drawing and Representation¿ in a design task;

Assignments will typically involve prototype or model construction, as well as material or component testing;

Presentation for critique of research results and proposals.

CE4003 Fluid Mechanics


Aims & Objectives:

Introduce the physical processes which govern the behaviour of liquids at rest and in motion, relating to hydraulic engineering.

Key objectives

* Develop the fundamental principles underlying hydrostatics.

* Introduce hydrodynamic principles and the basic laws of fluid flow.

* Explain pipe flow and network design and basic hydraulic machinery. .

* Include theoretical and practical aspects of open channel flows

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* Practical applications of hydraulic principles will be applied to different hydraulic structures to provide experience and confidence in problem-solving.

Syllabus:

* Review the properties of Fluids, Hydrostatic forces and Pressure measurement.

* Principles of Fluid Flow: Conservation of mass; momentum and energy. Continuity, momentum and BernoulliÆs equations.

Applications of conservation laws in fluid flows.

* Flow in Pipes: Laminar & turbulent flow in pipes; critical velocity.

Darcy-Weisbach and Colebrook-White equations. Energy losses in pipe systems. Hydraulic Gradients. Pipe Networks - analysis using

Hardy Cross balancing methods.

* Open Channel Flow: Principles of uniform flow in channels.

Laminar and turbulent flow. ChÚzy and Manning equations and

Reynolds number. Specific Energy and Critical Depth. Hydraulic

Jump.

* Flow Measurement: Orifices, notches, weirs, venturi-flumes. Pipe flow meters. Gauging of rivers and streams

* Pumps: Classification and selection. Pump performance curves.

Design of pumping mains.

CE4005 Structural Theory

Syllabus:

Plastic analysis, Elastic buckling theory for columns, effect of end conditions and imperfections. Beams on an elastic foundation. Static and kinematic indeterminacy, internal and external stability. Virtual work theorems, moment area method, stiffness and flexibility methods, influence coefficients and reciprocal theorems. Application of virtual work methods in structural analysis. Approximate iterative solutions including moment distribution, Introduction to structural dynamics.

CE4007 Water Management Systems


This module is proposed to enhance the existing water and environmental engineering content and to supplement existing modules in the development of the B.E. in Civil Engineering. The module seeks to train students in the design and modeling of water distribution and water collection systems including hydraulic design of treatment plants and will synthesise the principles learned in the prerequisite modules.

Syllabus:

Context and principles of water management from catchment to consumer; structural and hydraulic components of water distribution systems (reservoirs, pump stations, surge tanks) and water / wastewater collection systems (manholes, combined sewer overflows, siphons, pumping stations, attenuation tanks); pipeline construction techniques and their application for specific site and ground conditions; development and use of simple numerical analysis tools for the design and sensitivity analysis of hydraulic systems; analysis and design of water storage and distribution systems, including flow demand, storage requirements, flow pressure and control; analysis and

design of surface / wastewater collection systems, including assessment of hydraulic loads, network capacity, flow velocity, sediment transport, design & application of hydraulic structures; hydraulic design of treatment plants; hydraulic profiles; long term economic and sustainability design and operation of hydraulic systems.

CE4013 Structural Analysis

Syllabus:

SI units and manipulation of formulae, sources and types structural loading, reactions and supports, free body diagrams, shear force and bending moment calculations, static determinancy and indeterminancy, qualitative analysis of beams and frames, stability and analysis of pin jointed frames, section properties, engineers equation of bending.

CE4015 Soil Mechanics


This module builds on the material covered in WT4014 by further exploring soil mechanics using critical state theory. The course is designed to challenge the student to master the key concepts in soil mechanics and apply these concepts in projects and self-directed learning to achieve the following key objectives:

Key objectives

* To master the concepts of critical state theory.

* Introduce a simple constitutive soil model û Cam clay.

* To generate enthusiasm for the subject through field trips, practical experimentation and case histories.

Syllabus:

* Basic mechanics

Stresses, strains; plane, axial symmetry, 2-D and 3-D conditions; stress ratio and dilation; slip surfaces; analysis of stress and strain û MohrÆs circle; essentials of material behaviour; Stress-strain behaviour, stiffness and strength; Choice of parameters for stress and strain;

Constitutive equations; Time & rate effects

* Laboratory testing of soils

Standard tests, purposes and specification; Shear box, triaxial and oedometer tests; Interpretation û OCR.

* Consolidation

Basic mechanisms of consolidation and 1-D consolidation theory;

Solutions and applications for 1-D consolidation; Determination of cv, cc and cs from oedometer tests; Calculation of foundation settlement

* Critical state strength of soil

Soil behaviour in shear; Peak, ultimate and residual strengths; Critical states; Undrained strength; Estimation of critical state strength parameters from classification tests

* Cam clay model

Basic features of the cam clay model and its application in computer predictions of soil behaviour; State boundary surface; Yielding and hardening

CE4023 Design Studio 1


The students are introduced to the design process. Assignments are designed to promote synthesis of the various ideas, tools and skills developed in other modules and to expand these skills further using research in a teamwork context. In this semester greater emphasis is placed on research and the assigned tasks will reflect this. A greater degree of rigour will be demanded in the approach to making decisions.

The module is 100% continually assessed and non-repeatable.

The key objectives are to learn by experience:

Research;

Rigour;

Presentation;

The design process;

Teamwork.

Syllabus:

Introduction to research methods and resources. Design as an iterative and creative process subject to constraints. Synthesis of ideas and skills from a wide variety of other modules in a design task.

Presentation for critique and debate of research results and proposals.

Assignments may include structural or infrastructural themes. Subject matter from other relevant modules is integrated to analyse and solve a problem.

Presentation skills will concentrate on manual sketching and drawing, and using simple models in multiple verbal presentations. Report writing and formal debate may form part of the output.

CE4027 Advanced Structures


Module modified to reflect movement of more advanced topics from earlier structural engineering modules. This facilitates the advanced topics to be explored in greater depth in this module.

Syllabus:

Structural scheme design of specialist structures - examples include grandstand, hospital, high-rise, long-span, reservoir, etc. Overall stability of structural schemes. Preliminary sizing of structural components in a variety of materials. Builability of different structure types / components. Communication of concepts using hand sketches and oral presentations. Detailed design and detailing of structural components for a specialist structure therefore typically two of the following component types: pre-stressed and post-tensioned concrete; water retaining concrete; steel-concrete composite; steel plate- and box- girders; Long span components with stiffness critical design criteria.

CE4033 Modelling and Analysis of Fluid Systems


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The purpose of this module is to two-fold. Students are introduced to scale analysis techniques and taught how to interpret and use existing correlations, as well as develop their own from experimental data.

Secondly, students are introduced to the concept of potential flow and apply the theory to solve various problems commonly encountered by civil engineers.

Syllabus:

Introduction to dimensional analysis/scale analysis/similarity analysis; comparison with design of experiments; conditions of similarity; derivation of dimensionless parameters; overview of dimensionless groups commonly employed in engineering; reading correlations and extracting useful data; derive correlations from experimental data; flow structures and transition regimes.

Introduce conservation equations; concept of potential flow; streamlines and equipotential lines; stream functions, point/line sources and sinks; flow around bodies and corners; superposition theory; flow nets.

CE4035 Reinforced Concrete and Masonry Design


This module introduces the design of structural elements in reinforced concrete and masonry with the following key objectives:

Key objectives

To master the concepts of design in steel reinforced concrete.

To develop the key concepts in pre-stressed concrete design.

To introduce the concepts in the design of un-reinforced and reinforced masonry.

Syllabus:

Properties of reinforced concrete (RC); Principles of limit state design;

Analysis of the RC section; stress-strain characteristics of steel and ultimate strain of concrete, stress block and strain profile, balanced, over- or under-reinforced sections; Design of single span, flanged and continuous RC beams; flexure and shear resistance; Serviceability and durability of reinforced concrete; Limiting span/effective depth ratios;

Choice of appropriate RC slab type; Design of RC slabs, one-way, two-way and flat slabs; Punching shear resistance; Design of RC

Columns, design formulae and design standard procedure for short/slender columns, principles of axial load-moment interaction diagram, balanced failure design, load and moment analysis; Design of

RC retaining walls and foundations; RC Detailing; bondage, anchorage and curtailment.

Design of unreinforced masonry subjected to vertical and lateral loading.

Introduction to pre-stressed and post-tensioned concrete technology.

CE4045 Professional Practice 1


The objective of this module is to engage the student in professional practice skills through the medium of problem-based learning. The

module involves an overview of Health and Safety in the construction industry and project work integrates core skills in CAD and land surveying in advance of cooperative education in semester 6.

The module is 100% continually assessed and non-repeatable.

Syllabus:

The Planning System: Making a simple planning application.

Health & Safety: Overview of health & safety in the construction industry. Statutory framework for the construction industry. Roles and responsibilities of the civil engineer. Processes and procedures, risk assessments.

Computer Aided Drafting: Overview of current industry practice and trends in drawing and integration of CAD with the design process.

Operate a proprietary 2-D CAD system to produce survey and planning drawings. Operate a proprietary 3-D CAD system to produce a rudimentary 3D model and associated plan and sections.

Land Surveying: Overview of land surveying methods and principles.

Overview of GIS. Surveying and setting out using total station and levelling equipment operation, data recording and production of a topographical survey drawing. Setting out of a simple building.

CE4047 Wind, Ocean and Hydro Energy


The purpose of this module is to introduce civil engineering and energy students to national and EU policy, resource assessment, conversion principles and electricity generation potential associated with renewable energy generated from wind, ocean & hydro resources.

This will equip students with the knowledge and analytical skills necessary to advise on their appropriate use at specific sites.

Syllabus:

Wind Energy Onshore & Offshore: Market status and current trends;

Site and Resource Assessment; Supporting Structures; Aerodynamic and Power Conversion Principles; Power Predictions with Statistical

Analysis; Economic Assessment with review of National and EU policy; Storage Mechanisms

Hydro-Energy: Market Status and Current Trends; Catchment Areas;

Dams; Weirs; Hydrodynamic and Power Conversion Principles;

Environmental Impact; Layout of Hydro Power Systems; Power

Output; Economic Assessment; Peak Load Management

Ocean Energy: Potential Market and Case for Irish Ocean Energy;

Review of Emerging Technologies for Wave & Tidal Energy conversion; Power Conversion Principles

CG4001 Process Engineering Computation Methods

Syllabus:

Demonstrate competence in using Excel workshop and basic knowledge of MatLab.

Module contains two introductions to two separate calculations tools

(Excel and MatLab). Introduction to Excel worksheet contain: Visual

Basic Editor and fundamental of programming. Macros, arrays, matrices, functions in Excel. Finding values of function. Roots of equations. Goal Seek function. Interpolation, differentiation, integration. Fitting data functions. Linear and non-linear regression.

Error estimation.

Introduction to MatLab contain: Fundamentals and programming.

Graphics creation. Introduction to numerical methods. Numerical integration of ordinary differential equations. Definitions of initial and boundary conditions. Runge-Kutta methods. Monte Carlo method.

CG4003 Biprocess Engineering 1

Syllabus:

Overview of biochemical processes currently used on an industrial scale. Introduction to biochemical process design strategies for high value/low volume and low value/high volume products.

Material and energy balances for bioprocessing operations.

Aspects of mass transfer of importance in aerobic fermentations.

Biochemical reaction kinetics for cell free enzyme, single cell, cellular agglomerate, and immobilised enzyme systems.

Bioreactor design for ideal batch and ideal chemostat operations.

Practical aspects of bioreactor operation and monitoring: sterilisation, asepsis, inoculation, rheology, aeration, agitation, instrumentation and sampling.

Introduction to commercial-scale bioproduct separation and purification methods.

Industrial biosafety.

CG4005 Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics

Syllabus:

Application of the first and the second law of thermodynamics in chemical engineering: identify and describe open and closed systems; conditions and limitations for conversion between different kinds of energy; describe the theoretical energy conversion processes of

Carnot-, Rankine- and Brayton, and understand the differences with their corresponding technical applications: steam turbines, gas turbines, cooling machines and heat pumps.

Fundamental thermodynamics of phase equilibria and methods of correlation and prediction: understand standard states and the use of activity and fugacity coefficients, understand the use and limitations of models for correlation and prediction of excess free energy and activity coefficients

Application of chemical thermodynamics to reaction engineering: spontaneity of chemical reactions, chemical reaction equilibrium, equilibrium conversion calculations

Methods of correlation and prediction of physical properties for chemical engineering calculations. Availability and application of electronic data bases for physical properties, and software for prediction of physical properties

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CG4007 Sustainable Energy Processes


Provision of a process engineering module to give a deeper and wider knowledge in energy processes, with emphasis on sustainability and renewability.

Syllabus:

Overview of energy conversion/generation process fundamentals starting with combustion, elements of energy balance including heats of combustion, component balances, calorific values, excess air, efficiency and Carnot efficiency, and engineering solutions to maximize efficiency.

This will lead to existing ideas for efficient energy generation

(advanced generation) represented by Combined heat and power and

Combined gas generation extended further to chemical energy generation represented by Fuel cells, Hydrogen production and Fuel re-synthesis. The novel energy conversion/generation ideas will be extended further to advanced nuclear power generation, represented by pebble-bed nuclear reactor. The knowledge of energy generation fundamentals will be enriched with the engineering principles of renewable energy generation, based on Solar, Geothermal, Biogas,

Biomass, Wind and Ocean sources.

CG4017 Biprocess Engineering 2

Syllabus:

Bulk mass transfer effects in fermentation systems. Factors affecting oxygen mass transfer in aerobic fermentations. Measurement of kLa using static and dynamic methods. Control of kLa using correlations with agitator power and other operational variables.

Heat transfer in biochemical systems. Heat exchanger design in bioprocessing units.

Bioreactor sizing and design for the following reactor types: fed batch, stirred fermenter, bubble column, airlift, packed bed, fluidised bed, trickle bed, and perfusion. Bioreactor scale-up. Operation and feeding regimes: chemostat with recycle, fed batch operation, and multistage reactors. Control methods: feedback, indirect metabolite control, programmed control, and emerging AI-based methods. Modelling and simulation of bioreactors.

Bioreaction product separation processes including: cell disruption, solvent extraction, adsorption, filtration, and centrifugation.

Final product purification methods: gel filtration, process chromatography, protein crystallisation, spray drying, and lyophilisation.

Regulatory and licensing systems in the pharmaceutical, biopharmaceutical, and biotechnology industries.

ME4001 Introduction to Engineering 1 (Autumn/1)


Overview of the engineering disciplines. The profession of engineering, real-life engineering examples, skills required, career opportunities and career progression. Report writing including structure, presentation, information sources, plagiarism. Introduction to engineering units, calculations of units and conversion to standard units.

ME4003 Computer Aided Design


To provide engineering students with a strong skill-set in the areas of solid, surface and mechanism modelling with Creo Elements/Pro

(formerly known as Pro/Engineer), an industry standard suite of 3D

Computer Aided Design software.

To introduce students to the techniques necessary to produce high quality solid and surface models of real-life engineering components and products.

To introduce students to the techniques for producing high quality two-dimensional engineering drawings directly from a threedimensional part or assembly model.

Analyse motion and component interference in mechanical assemblies using the mechanism dynamics tools in Creo Elements/Pro.

To demonstrate animation and enhanced graphical presentation

(rendering) techniques for design models.

To demonstrate the ability of Creo software to exchange design models with other engineering software for manufacture of components/products or simulation using Finite Element (FE) and

Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) methods that are encountered in years 3 and 4 of the students¿ course of study.

A key element of the module is to develop the students¿ team working ability. The assessment for the module is a group based project (in groups or four or five) to model and present a significant engineering artefact such as, for example, a complete car or aircraft.

Syllabus:

The module consists of short online lectures with exercises on the following CAD topics:

Introduction to Creo Elements/Pro: Sketching and Editing - Creating

Extruded Features, Revolves and Ribs - Creating Sweeps and Blends -

Creating Holes, Shells, Rounds and Drafted Features - Assembling

Design Models with Constraints and

Connections - Creating Engineering Drawings from Component and

Assembly Models - Computing Mass, Volume, Surface Area, Centre of Gravity and Mass Moment of Inertia of Components and Assembly

Models.

Parametric and Freeform Surface Modelling with Creo Elements/Pro:

Use of the Boundary Blend, Swept Blend and Variable Section Sweep

Tools - Use of Styling Tools to Create Lofted Surfaces - Analysis of

Surface Quality - Transforming Surface

Models to Solid Objects.

Mechanism Design and Simulation with Creo Elements/Pro:

Configuring Mechanism Entities in Design Models such as Cams,

Gears, Linkages, Belts/Pulleys, Springs and Dampers - Animation and

Visualisation of Mechanism Motion

ME4011 Control Engineering


To provide a fundamental understanding of:-

Principles and techniques of measurement

Characteristics of instruments and instrumentation systems

Principles and elements of feedback control systems.

Block diagram analysis and dynamic behaviour of 1st order systems

Automatic control engineering

Syllabus:

1.

2.

Sensors, transducers and transmitters

Instrument specification

3.

4.

Standard instrumentation signal levels

Signal transmission

5.

6.

7.

Dynamic errors

Open and closed loop control systems

Control systems components - error detectors, controllers, final control elements

8. Block diagrams and transfer functions

9.

10.

11.

Standard process inputs

Dynamic response of first order systems.

Laplace Transforms

12.

13.

14.

Dynamic behaviour closed loop control systems

Controller design using frequency response criteria

Stability of closed loop control systems

ME4017 Project 1 Mechanical Eng


To enable the student to develop their ability to work on their own

To familiarize the student with the process of research, development and design.

To develop the students ability to write a detailed report

Syllabus:

Project Planning, Project Schedule, defined outcomes, Gantt Chart

Project Implementation û Use of Log Book, Project Meetings, Project

Research

Interim Presentation, Written Report and Oral Presentation

Project Analysis, Application of acquired engineering skills to subject area, Project Reporting, author a substantial engineering technical report, Project Examination/Defence û Viva voce examination

ME4027 Project 1 Aeronautical Engineering


To enable the student to develop their ability to work on their own

To familiarize the student with the process of research, development and design.

To develop the students ability to write a detailed report

Syllabus:

Project Planning, Project Schedule, defined outcomes, Gantt Chart

Project Implementation û Use of Log Book, Project Meetings, Project

Research

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Interim Presentation, Written Report and Oral Presentation

Project Analysis, Application of acquired engineering skills to subject area, Project Reporting, author a substantial engineering technical report, Project Examination/Defence û Viva voce examination

ME4037 Advance Mechanics of Solids (Autumn/3)

13 weeks / ECTS credits:6

Stress at a point in 3D. Strain at a point in 3D (including finite strain).

Theory of 3D strain rosettes and Morie grids. Constitutive relations for finite strain analysis of elastomers. Theory of elasticity: Equilibrium and compatibility, stress functions (various applications). Hertzian contact theory. Photoelasticity. Holography. Curved bars and struts.

ME4047 Fuels and Energy Convesion (Autumn/4)

13 weeks / ECTS credits 6

Review of Thermodynamics. The Flow Through Gas Turbine Blade

Rows: Compressible analysis; three dimensional flows; design example Combustion: fuels; methods of combustion; combustors; First

Law Analysis of Combustion.; Second Law Analysis of combustion.

Gas Turbine Performance.

ME4057 Aerospace Metallic Materials


ME4111 Engineering Mechanics 1 (Autumn/1)



Application of Newton's Laws to particles and rigid bodies in equilibrium (Static’s); equivalent force systems; two-and-threedimensional force systems in equilibrium; analysis of rigid trusses and frames; centurions, centres of gravity, distributed forces, area and mass moments of inertia; friction.

ME4113 Applied Mechanics (Autumn/2)



Kinematics of simple mechanics and linkage; analysis of four bar linkages, straight line mechanisms, use of velocity and acceleration diagrams; Coriolis analysis; cams; Kinematics analysis of follower motion, velocity and acceleration of cams, construction of cam profiles, computer aided design of cams; forces analysis of cams; gears; gear kinematics and dynamics, simple and compound trains; epicyclical gears, referred inertia, toque and power transmission; balancing; balancing of rotors, static and dynamic balance, balancing of reciprocation masses; Gyroscope; gyroscope analysis and gyroscopic effects.

ME4117 Vibration Analysis* (Autumn/4)



Single degree of freedom systems; free response; springs in series and in parallel; logarithmic decrement; forced response to harmonic excitation; excitation by an unbalanced rotor; response to periodic excitation; Fourier series; impulse response; response to arbitrary excitation; free and forced response of two and multi-degree of freedom systems; use of the modal superposition method; use of the finite element method.

Prerequisite ME4111

ME4121 Engineering Science 1 (Autumn/1)


Mass, force, weight; forces in equilibrium; frameworks; stress and strain; shear stress; shear force diagrams, bending moment diagrams; friction; velocity, acceleration, relative velocity; motion in a circle; simple harmonic motion; work, energy, power.

ME4213 Mechanics of Solids 1* (Autumn/2)



Uniaxial stress and biaxial strain fields; constitutive relations; shear force and bending moment diagrams; bending of beams; transverse shear stress in beams; composite beams; temperature stress; torsion of cylindrical sections; analysis of stress at a point in 2D; principal stress and Mohr's stress circle; thin cylinders and thin spherical vessels.


ME4227 Aircraft Structure 2 (Autumn/4)

4 hours per week; 13 weeks/7 th semester; 26L/26LAB;ECTS credits:6

Theory of elasticity; Airy stress function. Energy methods for structural analysis. Shear and torsion of open and closed thin walled sections, single and multicell sections. Bending and twisting of thin plates. Structural instability; inelastic buckling, buckling of thin plates. Laminated composite structures; stress analysis, failure criteria. Stress analysis of aircraft components; fuselages, wings.

Application of proprietary structural analysis software packages and the application of Finite Element Analysis to aircraft structures.

ME4307 Biomaterials 1


Review understanding of biological systems;

To gain appreciation for soft tissue replacement materials in current use;

To enable the student to understand materials selection and design requirements for soft tissue replacement applications.

Syllabus:

Materials for soft tissue replacement. Survey of applications, haemocompatible materials, materials for vascular grafts, stents and heart valves, artificial skin, tendon ligament. Materials for cosmetic implants. Opthalmic materials. Active implanatable devices, extracorporeal artificial organs. Dressings, sutures, drug delivery materials/systems.

ME4424 Aerodynamics 1

Review of governing equations, application of equations to fluid flow processes Thin aerofoil theory, aerodynamic coefficients Finite span wings, lifting line theory, vortex flow, induced drag, downwash, lift distribution Boundary layer separation and control Compressible flow, normal and oblique shock waves, aerofoils in compressible flow

Introduction to experimental techniques

ME4427 Medical Device Design And Placement (Autumn/4)

Overview of medical engineering materials and their functional properties. Practical aspects of stress analysis and biomechanic in medical appliances and devices. Stability of design elements. Aspects of component life, cost and reliability. Review of the history of medical design device, Fatigue behaviour of medical devices. Wear and strength of medical devices. Mechanical testing of medical devices. Use of fatigue data, load and environment factors in design and selection. Use of standards. Bio-materials and life considerations.

Corrosion protection. Safety and the work environment. Testing and certification. Medical device legislation and regulation. Clinical use of devices and design constraints. Case studies in design from Medical

Device Industry. Prerequisite Suitable only for 4 th

year Mech. Eng.

(Biomedical Eng.)

ME4438 Computational Fluid Dynamics (Autumn/4)

4 hours per week; 13 weeks/3rd semester; 26L/26LAB; ECTS credits:6

The philosophy of CFD; fundamentals of vector fluid dynamics; fundamentals of viscous fluid deformations; the governing equations of fluid dynamics; basic discretisation and grid generation techniques; the finite volume method; application to convection-diffusion problems; pressure-velocity coupling; implementation of boundary conditions; fundamentals of turbulence modelling.

ME4517 Energy Management (Autumn/4)

4 hours per week; 13 weeks/7 th semester; 26L/26LAB; credit:6

Fossil fuel reserves and rates of consumption; energy situation in

Ireland, trends and issues, present and future; energy and the environment; energy tariffs and their significance in industry; economics of energy - payback period, present value, analysis, energy audit; energy management systems; combined hear and power; renewable energy sources; optimising thermal equipment; Lagrange multiplies; modelling thermal equipment; hear exchanger effectiveness and number of transfer units; availability, energy and minimisation of entropy production.


ME4523 Thermodynamics (Autumn/2)

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First law of Thermodynamics with applications to non-flow and to steady flow processes.

General Thermodynamic relationships and properties.

Statements of the Second Law of Thermodynamics including Carnot efficiency. Corollaries of the Second Law of Thermodynamics including the Clausius inequality and concepts of irreversibility. Otto,

Diesel and Dual reciprocating engine cycles. Joule cycle with applications to simple gas turbine engines.

ME4611 Computing (Autumn/1)

4 hours per week; 13 weeks/1 st semester; 26L/26LAB; ECTS credits:6

Introduction to computer organisation, programming languages, topdown design techniques; arithmetic operations including intrinsic functions; control structures; data files and input/output system; single and multidimensional array processing; implementing top-down design with functions and subroutines; character, complex, and double-precision data; internal, sequential and direct access files; numerical applications; and engineering applications. Operating

System (DOS) and use of spreadsheets.

ME4727 Stability and Control (Autumn/4)



Equations of motion for a rigid body aircraft; physical basis for longitudinal and lateral stability derivatives; solution of the equations for free longitudinal motions, phugoid and short period modes, flight paths, variation of roots with C.O.G. position, flying qualities; free lateral motion; basic control theory, transfer functions, block diagrams, state space to transfer function representations for MIMO systems, the root locus technique; open loop control - response to controls; closed loop control, autopilots with displacement and velocity feedback, stability augmentation systems with velocity feedback and full state feedback.

ME4804 Introduction to CAD Autumn/2)



The module contains lectures on the following topics: * Introduction to Pro/Engineer * Editing Design Models * Creating Direct Features e.g. rounds, holes, chamfers, shells, drafts etc. * Sketching Basic

Geometry Features * Capturing Design Intent * Assembling

Components using Constraints and Interfaces * Engineering Drawing

Standards * Creating Engineering Drawings * Resolving Regeneration

Failures * Managing Layers * Sketching Advanced Geometry Features e.g. sweeps and blends * Assembling Components using Mechanism

Connections * Enhancing Design Models using Family Tables,

Relations and Parameters. * Managing Assemblies * Analysing

Design Models * Animating Design Models * Interfacing

Pro/Engineer with other Engineering software. Prerequisite PE4112

ME4807 Aircraft Conceptual Design

Systems engineering process applied to aircraft design. Preliminary sizing of critical parameters to specified performance requirements and airworthiness regulations. Conceptual aircraft layout and scaling to requirements. General arrangement of aircraft. Wing design, aerofoils, planform parameters selection, high lift devices, control devices. Fuselage design, crew station, passenger compartment, cargo hold. Integration of propulsion systems. Weights estimation, load & balance diagram. Vertical & horizontal tail - layout, sizing for stability, trim and control. Landing gear integration. Fuel system integration. Life cycle costs, cost estimation.

AU4001 Anatomy

Syllabus:

Introduction to Anatomy and Physiology.

Establish the basic vocabulary that defines the subject.

The levels of organization that characterize living organisms.

Examine the process of homeostasis.

Anatomy and physiology of each of the body systems.

Cooperation of the different body systems.

AU4002 Cell Biology

Syllabus:

The student will learn the basics of

The diverse cells of the body ¿ size, functions and specific characteristics

Cell structure and function and organization

Histology ¿ the organization of the body tissues

Structure and function of DNA and chromosomes

The cell cycle, the life and death of the cell

The processes of necrosis and apoptosis

Cancer development

AU4003 Health and Safety Systems

Syllabus:

Introduction to safety concepts and terminology. Incident/accident root analysis. Risk perception. Theories of loss causation. Principles of behaviour. Risk methodologies. Safety Statements. Introduction to

Safety Legislation.

AU4004 Materials Science and Processes

Syllabus:

The Elastic moduli (bonding between atoms, packing of atoms in solids, physical basis of Young¿s modulus

Yield strength, tensile strength and ductility (dislocations and yielding in crystals, strengthening methods and plasticity of polycrystals)

Fast fracture and toughness (micromechanisms of fast fracture)

Fatigue failure (fatigue of cracked and uncracked components, mechanisms, design against fatigue)

Creep and creep fracture (kinetic theory of diffusion, mechanisms of creep and creep-resistant materials)

Ceramics and glasses (structure of ceramics, mechanical properties of ceramics, cements and concretes).

Polymers and composites (structure of polymers, mechanical behaviour of polymers, composites: fibrous, particulate and foamed, wood).

Designing with metals, ceramics, polymers & composites.

Case Studies incorporating examples of mechanical testing, failure analysis, design and materials selection.

Safety in the Laboratory. Production of materials- metals, wood-based and plastics.

Properties of materials. Factors influencing the selection and processing of materials.

Engineering measurement. Measuring instruments.

Basic machining. Cutting tool geometry and materials. Chip formation. Hand processing and surface treatment of materials.

Projection systems - orthographic, isometric and oblique. Freehand sketching - translation of simple drawings. BS308 conventional representation] of features. Sectional views. Detail and assembly drawings. Dimensioning of parts. Limits and fits.

AU4011 Automation 1

Syllabus:

Definition of open and closed lop control. Boolean Algebra, logic elements, counters, scalers and shift registers, basic circuitry, inputoutput signals.

Programmable logic controller hardware and software, applying programmable logic controllers to the control of manufacturing equipment. Field bus technology.

Pneumatics pneumatic control, pneumatic circuit design, electropneumatics.

Hydraulics hydraulic control, hydraulic circuit design

Interfacing Basic signal types A/D D/A conversion. Data transmission

Sensors digital and analogue sensors: proximity switches, photoelectric sensors, resistive, capacitive, and inductive sensors, bar codes, vision systems.

Fault finding Standard Fault finding Techniques

The use of hoppers, feeders, orienting and indexing mechanisms, transfer equipment and conveyers in Manufacturing Equipment

Design.

AU4012 Design for Environment

Syllabus:

Overview of environmental impact reduction approaches

Environmental indicators and metrics

Clean Manufacturing - Pollution Prevention

Design for Environment

Design for Energy Efficiency

Design for Recycling - End of Life issues including product take back, reuse, remanufacturing and disposition of waste

Design for Disassembly

Packaging

Legislation and Standards in particular ISO 14000

Introduction to Life Cycle Assessment

Environmentally sound supply chain management.

Environmental operations and corporate strategy / responsibility

Social elements of environmentally sustainable design

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Design Considerations:

Materials issues (amount-intensiveness, character, impacts associated with extraction, processing and use)

Energy issues (amount-intensiveness, source, character, impacts associated with extraction, processing and use)

Residuals issues (type, characterization, environmental fate)

Ecological factors (type of ecosystem impacts, ecological stressors, scale)

Human health and safety issues (population at risk, toxicological characterization, nuisance effects, accidents).

Design Strategies:

Product system life extension

Material life extension

Material selection

Reduced material intensiveness

Process management

Efficient distribution

Improved management practices

AU4013 Immuneology and Human Therepeutics


Syllabus:

The student will learn the basics of:

The concepts of self, non-self recognition

The Innate Immune System

The Adaptive Immune System including antibody structure and function cell-mediated response cytotoxicity

Clinical Immunology including vaccination

AIDS

Malignant Disease

AU4014 Mechanics of Solids

Syllabus:

Uniaxial stress and biaxial strain fields. Constitutive relations. Shear force and bending moment diagrams, Bending of beams, Transverse shear stress in beams, Composite beams, Temperature stress, Torsion of cylindrical sections, Analysis of stress at a point in 2D, Principal stress and Mohrs stress circle, Thin cylinders and thin spherical vessels.

AU4021 Automation 2

Syllabus:

Machine tool kinematics, the function and design of shafts, slide-ways and power-screws in the generation of shape. The universal dividing head. Variable speed drives, electrical, hydraulic and mechanical drive systems. Power train design, gearboxes, flexible drives and clutches.

Speed and feed control. The machine control unit, pulse generation

and counting, table speed and position sensors, encoders and tachometers.

Classification of CNC machines, CNC Machining, programming languages, manual and computer part programming, ISO programming codes, post-processor programmes, the Smart-cam and CAD-key languages, DNC and interactive control of machines.

AU4022 Design for Engineering Systems

Syllabus:

Design and the design process

System/Product Life Cycle

Assessment of requirements

Problem formulation

Design specification

Embodiment design

Modelling

Design evaluation

Detail design

Documentation

Implementation/Production

Environmentally Sound Disposal/Minimisation

Design for Environment

Design for Health and Safety

Regulatory Environment

AU4023 Innovation Management

Syllabus:

This module explains what innovation is, and how to achieve it. It focuses on managing the innovation process through use of a range of techniques and skills which help to ensure that an organisation becomes capable of agile response to change. The module presents a model of the innovation process - the innovation funnel - which underpins the module and builds up a comprehensive methodology for promoting and managing innovation in processes, products or services.

The module has five distinct sections: Understanding Innovation

(Defining Innovation, Managing Innovation, Innovation Process);

Defining Innovation Goals (Goal Definition Process, Understanding

Requirements, Defining Objectives, Managing Indicators); Managing

Innovation Actions (Solving Problems, Generating Ideas, Managing

Projects, Managing Portfolios); Empowering Innovation Teams

(Innovation Leadership, Building Teams, Motivating Performance);

Monitoring Innovation Results (Monitoring Results, Mapping

Relationships, Discussing Results).

AU4024 Medical Device Design

Syllabus:

Overview of medical engineering materials and their functional properties. Practical aspects of stress analysis and biomechanics in medical appliances and devices. Stability of design elements. Aspects of component life, cost and reliability. Review of the history of medical design device, fatigue behaviour of medical devices. Wear and strength of medical devices.

Mechanical testing of medical devices. Use of fatigue data, load and environment factors in design and selection. Use of standards. Biomaterials and life considerations. Corrosion protection. Safety and the work environment. Testing and certification. Medical device legislation and regulation. Clinical use of devices and design constraint. Case studies in design from Medical Device Industry.

AU4031 Biocompatibility and Device Design

Syllabus:

The student will learn the basics of

Toxicology including

Cytotoxicity

Skin sensitization

Dermal irritation

Intracutaneous reactivity

Acute systemic toxicity

Subchronic toxicity

Mutagenicity

Implantation

Hemocompatibility

Chronic toxicity

Cancerogenicity

International regulatory efforts

Toxicokinetic study design

Specific mechanisms e.g. drug-eluting stents in medical intervention

AU4032 Engineering Mechanics

Syllabus:

Application of Newtons Laws to particles and rigid bodies in equilibrium (Dynamics); kinematics of particles, Cartesian, polar, normal and tangential co-ordinates; kinetics of particles, work, kinetic energy, potential energy, impulse and momentum; kinetics of systems of particles; rigid bodies in plane motion, motion relative to rotating axes, mechanisms; rigid bodies in three-dimensional motion, Eulers equations of motion, gyroscopes.

AU4033 Introduction to Marketing

Syllabus:

What is marketing?

The marketing context.

Customers and competitors.

Buyer Behaviour.

Marketing Research.

Marketing Strategy.

Products: Characteristics and Strategies.

Pricing: Influences, Strategies and Methods.

Promotions I: Marketing Communications.

Promotions II: Impersonal Marketing Communications.

Place: Marketing Channels.

Marketing Decisions and Planning.

AU4034 Next Generation Sequencing Technologies

Syllabus:

Concepts in genomes and genome sequencing; the Human Genome

Project; Algorithms used to re-construct genomes; Desktop sequencing

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technology - Solexa, 454 and other products; Genome screening and

SNPs - the biomedical perspective; Contexts.

AU4041 Biomechanics

Syllabus:

Fundamentals, Musculoskeletal dynamics, Mechanics of Hard and

Soft Tissues, Mechanics of Muscles, Mechanics of Cells, Mechanics of Tissue Growth, Adaptation and Degeneration

Orthopaedic Biomechanics, Design of Joint Replacement Implants,

Wear and Tribology of Joint Replacements, Design of Fracture

Fixation Systems, Design of Implants for the spine.

Cardiovascular and Respiratory Biomechanics, Biology and

Mechanics of Blood Flow, Mechanics of Soft ¿Tissues, Flow Tissue and Flow Prosthesis Interaction , Design of Cardiovascular Implants and Blood Flow Analysis

Dental Biomechanics, Design and Analysis of Dental Prostheses,

Mechanics of Mandible

Auditory Biomechanics, Mechanics of Hearing, Design and Analysis of Middle and Inner Ear Prostheses

Injury Biomechanics, Mechanics of Impact, Dynamics of Man

Machine Interaction

Rehabilitation Biomechanics, Analysis of Locomotion and Gait,

Design of Prostheses and Orthoses

Advanced Topics Preclinical testing of Implants, case studies in

Biomechanics and Implant Design

Regulatory issues in Implant Design /Analysis

AU4042 Enterprise Modelling and Simulation

Syllabus:

Product Modelling, Why Model, BPR- Overview, BPM Methods and

Tools, Enterprise Modelling Techniques, Enterprise Modelling with

CIMOSA, Enterprise Modelling for Business Process Improvement,

Product Data Management Systems, Simulation, Food Supply Chain

Modelling and Simulation, Animal Feed Supply Chain Modelling and

Simulation

AU4043 Lean Thinking/Lean Tools

Syllabus:

Introduction to Lean Management, Value Stream Mapping , Cellular

Manufacturing, Workplace Standardisation and Standard Work, Pull

Systems, SMED and 5S, Kaizen, Lean Supply Chain Visual

Management, Overall Equipment Effectiveness and Total Productive

Maintenance, Jidoka, Zero Quality Control and Poka Yoke, Customer

Value, The Lean Enterprise- Lean Beyond Manufacturing Lean

Product Development, Policy Deployment and Lean Culture.

Areas covered include: The history of Lean Management ,Value

Stream Mapping, waste elimination, Workplace Organisation &

Standard Work techniques , Rapid Improvement Methodologies ,The role of the supply chain in Lean systems, Organisation Planning

Approaches, Process techniques to support Lean implementation

,Building quality into the manufacturing process , Bringing the customer into the Lean organisation , The extended Lean enterprise.

AU4044 Problem Solving Tools and Techniques

Syllabus:

Review of the Six Sigma Methodology , Problem Selection and

Definition , Define Phase 1 , Define Phase 2

AU4051 Biomedical Data Management

Syllabus:

Concepts in data management & databases; LIMS introduction and implementation; Use of MySQL & scripting environment to work with

DBs in a biomedical setting; Contexts in each case.

AU4052 Environmental Impact Assessment

Syllabus:

Introduction to Environmental Impact Assessment with regard to planning and EU / Irish legislation.

Principles of environmental assessment theory ¿ screening procedure, scoping, Environmental Impact Assessment preparation, review, monitoring, auditing.

Critical appraisal of EIA survey methods

Improving the quality of Environmental Impact Statements in the context of current practice

Critical review of the quality of Environmental Impact Statements using case studies

AU4053 Machine Design

Syllabus:

Production of assembly and detailed working drawings of machine elements to BS308, drawing of gears, cams, springs and linkages.

Engineering materials in machine design, materials selection, specification and identification for bearings, shafts, gears, housings and other machine components. Bill of materials. Bearings, ball and roller bearings. Selection of bearings, bearing mounting arrangements.

Machine joint design, fasteners, rivets cotters, keys and welded joints.

Stress on machine joint components, factor of safety. Work-holding devices, jig and fixture design, location principles and devices, indexing devices, clamping and clamping devices, rigidity. Jigs and fixtures for milling, turning, grinding and broaching. Fixture balancing. Fixtures for welding and assembly.

AU4054 Product and Process Development

Syllabus:

Module Introduction and New Product Development Process Models,

New Product Planning, The Product Development Team, The Role of

Supplier and Buyer in NPD, Rapid Prototyping and Product Data

Technologies, Identification of Customer Needs, Product

Specification, Concept Generation, Concept Selection and Concept

Testing, Product Architecture, Industrial Design and Design for

Manufacturing, NPD Tools and Emerging NPD Paradigms.

AU4061 Biomedical Imaging Technologies

Syllabus:

Concepts in digital imaging; Imaging cells with Confocal Microscopy;

Chromosome level imaging with Fluorescent in-situ Hybridization;

MRI; X-ray and Ultrasonic imaging; Contexts in each case.

AU4062 Environmental Management Systems

Syllabus:

Environmental Management Systems and Standards ¿ International

Organisation for Standardisation (ISO14001) and Eco-Management and Audit Scheme (EMAS)

Introduction to Environmental Management Tools ¿ environmental audit, environmental risk management, life cycle assessment, energy management, clean technology, greenhouse gas management, carbon footprints, eco-design, biofuels

Development by students of an EMS structure or components for their place of employment with facility to share their experiences with class members

Environmental Management Legislation:

EPA Act 1993 which also introduces the IPPC licensing

Waste management Act 1996

Other Irish/EU regulations e.g. WEEE, End of life vehicles (ELV), Air pollution etc

Emergency planning and accident investigation, Seveso 2 directive on major (environmental) accident prevention

Environmental risk assessment and risk management

BS8555:2003 EMS implementation

AU4063 Management Information Systems

Syllabus:

Strategic Management: Theory and Practice ,IS/IT in the Digital

Economy- Concepts , The Evolving Role of IS and IT , Electronic

Business , Mobile Commerce , Knowledge Management , Business

Intelligence, Decision Support Systems , IT Strategy and Planning ,

Product Data Management System , Approaches to Information

System Development , Global Software Development

AU4071 Bioprocess Technology

Syllabus:

Industrial processing plant structure: organisational formats for personnel and equipment/materials.

Health and safety at work: types of factory environment and their physiological and psychological risks.

Current legislation in the area of employer and employee liability.

Codes of practice.

The role of management and unions in safety.

Introduction to process control: basic control modes e.g. P, PI, PID; control system architecture and dynamic behaviour for SISO processes.

Equipment and instrumentation used in chemical and biochemical processing operations: sensing and measurement; signal transmission; controllers; final control elements.

Fluid mechanics, revision of fluid statics, fluid flow, laminar and turbulent. Momentum transfer energy relationships and the Bernoilli

Equation. Newtonian and non-newtonian fluids. Flow in pipes and vessels pressure drop and velocity distribution. Pumps and fans,

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efficiencies. Flow measurement. Dimensional analysis as applied to fluid flow

Principles of heat and mass transfer, conduction, convection and radiation. Heat transfer coefficients. Heat exchangers. Dimensionless numbers in solving heat transfer problems. Molecular diffusion, interphase mass transfer, mass transfer coefficients.

Biochemical Reaction Engineering. Structure and use of design equations for biochemical reactor systems.

Biochemical and mass transport kinetics for cell-free enzyme, single cell, microbial floc/film and immobilised cell-free enzyme reactions.

Bulk mass transfer effects, factors effecting KLa .

Quantitative treatment of large scale sterilisation, del factors.

AU4072 Environmental Science

Syllabus:

Resource Management - Strategies for Environmental Sustainability:

Preserving Biological Diversity

Water Resources

Non-renewable Energy Sources

Renewable Energy and Conservation

Land Resources and Management

Environmental Degradation:

Toxicology and Risk Assessment

Air Pollution and Noise

Water Pollution

Hazardous and Municipal Solid Waste

Environmental Impact Assessment

Environmental Economics

Sustainable Economics and Economic Development

Environmental Law

Environmental Ethics

AU4073 Manufacturing Technology

Syllabus:

Engineering measurement. Length standards. Standard measuring temperature. Process capability. Quality and accuracy. Machining - further consideration of sawing, turning, milling, drilling.

Fundamental treatment of the shear plane - relation between the rake angle and the shear plane and implications for power requirements.

Workholding - methods of clamping, magnetic workholding, chucks and collets.

Welding techniques including : manual metal arc, oxy-acetylene, MIG and TIG welding. Brazing, soldering and adhesive bonding.

Mechanical joining. Joint design.

AU4081 CAD Modelling

Syllabus:

The engineering design process and the 3D feature based model as a design database; its relevance to concurrent engineering; design visualisation; creating features; surface, solid and parametric modelling and design; design intent: planning parts for design flexibility; relations and equations; parametric dimensions; modelling for manufacture and assembly; design for manufacturing; assembly

models and drawings; drawing documents; BOMs; design of simple fixtures; creating design tables using Excel for multiple part and assembly configurations; Library features; importing and exporting files; CAD standards for data exchange; STL files and the FDM rapid prototyping system; linking with CAM. The CAD database and other downstream applications: Equation solvers, FEA, simulation software.

AU4082 Genome Technologies

Syllabus:

Concepts in genomes from an information theory perspective; storage of genomes at UCSC, EBI-EMBL; Using browser technologies to examine genomes; Introduction to entry level bioinformatics software;

Working with genomes locally in a biomedical context.

AU4083 Marketing Information and Research

Syllabus:

Importance of Marketing Research.

Types of Research.

Marketing Information Systems.

Decision Support Systems.

The Marketing Research Process.

Secondary Research.

Collecting Primary Data.

Analysing Marketing Data.

Interpreting Research Findings.

Ethics In Marketing Research

AU4084 Project Management

Syllabus:

Networks and work breakdown structures (WBS), job ordering procedures, multiple projects, concurrent engineering , Milestones, review points & slip charts. , Project life-cycles: from concept through design-validation-production-service and support and disposal,

Computer programs for Project Management , Effective communications, cross-functional experience and relationships, organisational make-up, change management , Estimating resource, time and cost requirements and constraints.

Life-cycle costs, detailed & parametric cost estimating models, 3estimate method. Opportunity costs of project delays, Budget determination, opening and maintaining accounts. Basic profit & loss determination.

Project appraisal criteria: Pay-back period, time value of money and

DCF, NPV, IRR. After-tax cash flows.

A 10-step cycle, system boundary, incremental cost & benefit determination, Sensitivity analysis, Risk & Uncertainty, Decision

Trees, Non-financial criteria.

AU4091 Cell and Tissue Culture

Syllabus:

The module will cover

Design and equipment for the cell culture laboratory

Safety aspects of cell culture

Ethics and cell culture

The cell environment

Cryopreservation and storage of cell lines

Good cell banking protocols

Authentication of cell lines

Cell culture protocols

Testing for bacteria, fungi and mycoplasma

Cell vs Tissue culture

AU4092 Glycobiology

Syllabus:

The structure of carbohydrates

The functions of carbohydrates

The functions and major types of glycoproteins

Expression systems for glycoproteins

Industrial scale-up systems

Challenges of glycoprotein recovery

Medical applications of glycoproteins

AU4093 Marketing Policy and Planning

Syllabus:

Policy Perspectives of the Marketing Mix.

Market Structure and Competitor Analysis.

New Product Development.

Product-Lifecycle Management

Customer Relationship Management.

Strategies for Service Markets

The nature of Customer Service

Measuring Market Opportunities: Forecasting Growth

Organising and Planning for Effective Implementation.

Measuring and Delivering Marketing Performance.

AU4094 Quality Science – Six Sigma

Syllabus:

Process Capability Indices & the Central Limit Theorem , Statistical

Process Control ,Statistical Process Control for Variable Data ,

Statistical Process Control for Attribute Data , Short Run SPC, Minor

Project, Individuals and Moving Range Charts

AU4104 Regulatory Compliance

Syllabus:

Drug development; Pre-clinical studies. Clinical trials. Traditional pharmaceuticals versus products of pharmaceutical biotechnology.

The development of implantable medical devices, additional devices and diagnostic products. Regulatory issues within the EU. Legislative basis of pharmaceutical, device and in vitro diagnostics regulation.

The European Commission and pharmaceutical directives. The rules governing medicinal products within the European Union, volumes 1-

9. National regulatory authorities and the European medicines evaluation agency, structure composition and function. Centralized and decentralized procedures for approval of medicinal products within the EU. Manufacturing license application/retention. Medical devices, diagnostics and CE marking. Legal basis of pharmaceutical

& diagnostics regulation in the USA. The FDA, structure and mission.

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CDER, CBER and marketing & manufacturing licences (IND¿s

NDA¿s, BLA¿s PLA¿s etc.). The ICH process; aims and progress to date.

AU4114 Research Methodology

Syllabus:

The student will learn a) Theoretical approaches to research including

The art of framing hypotheses and prediction

Different experimental designs

Taking measurements

The art of analysis and presentation of data b) Practical application of theoretical knowledge including

Development of topic-specific research plan

Poster presentation of research coupled with poster evaluation

AU4124 Selling and Sales Management

Syllabus:

Nature of personal selling

Overview of sales management

Elements of the personal selling process

Sales prospecting

Closing the sale

Customer satisfaction and loyalty

Management of the sales force

Recruiting and selecting sales force personnel

Controlling and evaluating sales force performance

AU4134 Sustainability and Design

Syllabus:

Fossil fuels and global warming. Ecological impact of materials and processes. Land use and environmental impact. Optimisation of the lifetime of products ¿ shifting towards a cradle-to-cradle concept, combined with a Product Lifecycle Analysis (PLCA). Packaging design and analysis. Redesign and reengineering to minimise parts and fasteners. Transport, distribution and reverse logistics. Renewable materials and energy, repair, reuse and recycling. Materials selection for sustainability.

Irish Legislation covering packaging, extended producer responsibility, waste, and EU directives covering, accumulators, waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE), Energy using Products

(EuP). Environmental Management Systems (EMS), product considerations in EMSs, and Environmental Auditing, all as outlined in the ISO 14000 family of environmental standards. Case studies of

EMS and Environmental auditing.

AU4144 Technology, Innovation and Entrepreneurship

Syllabus:

The module covers a broad range of topics that critically affect technology based start-up companies. It is designed to help students develop strong conceptual foundations for understanding and exploiting technological innovation and entrepreneurship. It aims to equip students with an understanding of the technology innovation life

cycle and the key issues involved in entrepreneurship and new venture creation. Topics covered include: Understanding Technology

Innovation, Dynamics of Technology Innovation, Understanding

Entrepreneurship, Opportunity Recognition, Market Analysis,

Financial Management, Intellectual Property Management, Project

Management and Exit Strategies.

AU4154 Upstream and Downstream Processing

Syllabus:

The module will cover

UPSTREAM PROCESSING::

Plants and animals as bioreactors

Bioreactor design

Genetically modified cells

DOWNSTREAM PROCESSING::

Tools for identification of product

Product isolation methods and limitations

Product purification challenges and methods

MF4713 Work Design and Measurement (Autumn/2)



The aim of this module is to provide expertise in the area of Work

Design so that significant improvements in productivity can be achieved in manual and clerical work. To learn how to estimate the times required for jobs and to explain how to collect data on work times and methods.

MF4723 Organisational Psychology (Autumn/2)



To introduce students to working in organisations prior to their cooperative placement. To acquaint students with sufficient knowledge to understand structures and cultures of organisations.

To enable students to understand managerial practice in order to accept and practice management.

MF4737 Automation Engineering 2* (Autumn/4)



To introduce the student to the analytical concepts of movement and stability in equipment design. To introduce the student to the programming languages in Computer Aided Manufacturing.

Prerequisite: MF4766

MT4023 Materials 2

Metals (metal structures, equilibrium constitution and phase diagrams, case studies in phase diagrams, driving force for structural change, kinetics of structural change, diffusive transformations, nucleation, displacive transformations, light alloys, steels, alloy steels). Ceramics and glasses (structure of ceramics, mechanical properties of ceramics, cements and concretes). Polymers & composites (structure of polymers, mechanical behaviour of polymers, composites: fibrous, particulate and foamed, wood). Designing with metals, ceramics, polymers & composites. Case Studies and laboratory experiments incorporating examples of mechanical testing, failure analysis, design and materials selection.

MT4101 Introduction to Materials (Autumn/1)


Historical background to development of materials; materials science; classes of modern materials; metals; polymers; ceramics and glasses; composites; origin of these materials; properties; applications; related to properties.

MT4105 Quality Systems (Autumn/3)


To form an understanding of the concepts behind the ISO 9000 standards, product testing and certification. How quality standards operate in Irish manufacturing and service industries. How the standards relate to Total Quality Management (TQM). How to document and maintain a Quality System. How to quantify the cost of quality within companies. To develop an understanding of the basic tools of statistical process control. To understand the role of Total

Quality Management (TQM) in improving business performance.

MT4107 Composite Materials (Autumn/4)



Fundamental concepts of composite materials; ceramic, metal and polymer matrix systems; stiffness and strength of composites, with particular reference to continuous fibre materials; macro mechanical and micro mechanical approaches; lamina and laminates; processing techniques; typical applications.

MT4205 Failure Processes (including FM) (Autumn/3)



Fracture; linear elastic fracture mechanics; fatigue - life prediction; stress corrosion cracking; corrosion mechanisms; protection processes; creep mechanisms.

MT4207 Failure and Damage Analysis (Autumn/4)



Analysis of failure and damage; modes of failure; procedures of failure analysis; implications of failure analysis; experimentally based miniprojects; case studies.

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MT4305 Advanced Analytical Techniques* (Autumn/3)


Diffraction techniques, electron diffraction analysis of simple diffraction pattern; electron microscopy; scanning electron microscopy, EPMA, surface analysis atomic force microscopy; spectroscopic techniques; IR visible and UV; nuclear magnetic resonance; thermal analysis techniques; case studies involving; specific materials problems.

Prerequisite MT4913

MT4307 Biomaterials


MT4905 Materials Technology 3 (Autumn/3)


Principles of polymer processing; extrusion; injection; materials, techniques; compression, transfer and rotation, die filling, cycle, process control, effect on properties; blow moulding and vacuum forming mounding; cellular polymers.

MT4943 Materials processing (Autumn/2)

4 hours per week; 13 weeks/3 rd semester; 26L/26LAB; ECTS credits:6

Metals; casting; forming; extrusion, forging, rolling, sheet metal work; joining; mechanical, welding, adhesion, brazing; polymers; processing techniques.

PD4003 Ergonomics Foundation

People and aids, system models, anthropometrics, Holding, force, costs and fatigue, sound and noise, physics and light, cognition, comfort and safety, usage phase, product evaluation.

PD4005 Advanced Modelling of Form


The module aims to develop students skills in expression of organic form in a 3 dimensional digital environment. Enhancing these skills will further augment the learners appreciation of complex 3D form and downstream uses of Computer Aided Design in manufacturing, rapid prototyping & digital representation & visualisation.

Syllabus:

Organic complex form: appreciation & expression.

Advanced CAD tools in various CAD packages.

Preparation of digital models for manufacture and rapid prototyping.

Design Visualisation and graphic presentation of digital models.

PD4015 Usability Engineering


Upon completion of this module students will be able to;

Plan and conduct usability evaluations of products

Critically evaluate the quality of their ergonomics research skills

Determine and apply relevant ISO standards for usability evaluation

Appreciate the principles of inclusively in design

Appreciate the implications of the psychology of individual differences on product design

Test and apply theories of user experience in product design

Use human factors methods to inform the design process to achieve high levels of user satisfaction.

Syllabus:

The user and product interaction, introduction to usability, generations of user interfaces, human factors methods to study user interaction, models of usability, usability engineering lifecycles, principles of usable design, designing for usability, methods for usability evaluation, planning and conducting usability evaluations, analysing usability data, reporting on user studies, usability informing design, heuristics, standards and usability, systems analysis of user products, product experience, product attachment, designing for comfort, affective meaning, Kansei methods, observing the user experience, measuring user experience.

PD4024 Design for Environmental Sustainability (Atumn/3)

4 hours per week; 13 weeks/5 th semester;13L/26T/13LAB; ECTS credits:6

Familiarise students with issues relating to energy consumption, resource depletion and waste generation and management, as well as obsolescence, ‘disposables’, and over-consumption. Equip students with appropriate environmental assessment and analysis tools and with the ability to critically appraise contemporary trends and practices in design and engineering. Equip students with abilities to perform environmental evaluations on products (life cycle analysis – LCA) and processes. Outline relevant legislative requirements relating to environmental aspects of products and processes. Provide an understanding of how sustainable design considerations and strategies must be inherent at the concept design stages of a product as well as throughout its life cycle.

PD4027 Human Factors in Design


This module applies to the study of consumer behaviour.

Syllabus:

The psychology of how consumers think, feel, reason, and select between different alternatives (e.g., brands, products, and retailers);

The psychology of how the consumer is influenced by his or her environment (e.g., culture, family, signs, media);

The behaviour of consumers while shopping or making other marketing decisions;

Limitations in consumer knowledge or information processing abilities influence decisions and marketing outcome;

How consumer motivation and decision strategies differ between products that differ in their level of importance or interest that they entail for the consumer; and

How marketers can adapt and improve their marketing campaigns and marketing strategies to more effectively reach the consumer.

The impact of consumer behaviour on society is also of relevance. For example, aggressive marketing of high fat foods, or aggressive marketing of easy credit, may have serious repercussions for the national health and economy.

PD4033 Design for Professional Practice


To develop skills and an understanding of design research methods with particular emphasis on primary research methods. Also the students will build on the first year studio modules to understand the needs and requirements of a Design guide for future projects and how user-centred research contributes to this. The students will be able to:

Through ¿project-based-learning¿ and continuous assessment, undertake user-centred design research.

Develop skills in primary and secondary research methods heavily based on Ethnographic methods.

Build on their understand of how to organise and conduct ethnographic research methods.

Honing students skills in recognising and recording significant findings in ethnographic research.

Progress the understanding and implementation of the synthesis of user needs to write a design guide/specification to underpin the subsequent design process.

Develop skills in design business organisation

New business planning

Marketing your own business.

Progressing communication skills from first year studio.

Syllabus:

Develop understanding of tools and processes for design research

Continuing to underpin Project-based learning through design studio methods

Develop a language and knowledge of user centred research (primary and secondary)

Undertake project-based-learning in design research resulting in the

Design guide/specification.

Eliciting the product user needs through primary research methods.

Progressing the understanding of the users, environments and usage of products through analysis of findings.

Primary research methods based on ethnographic methods.

Finding themes in research findings.

Screening user needs using filtering criteria.

Develop and understanding for categories and sub-categories of needs.

Translating Needs into Design Guide statements.

Developing the Design Guide/Specification.

Develop business and marketing skills for new designer upon graduation.

Develop professional communication skills (verbal & visual).

PD4101 Design Studio 1


To introduce the fundamental skills and cognitive processes of product design and to lay the foundations for subsequent Design Studio

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modules. These will be taught under the following headings: Design

Methods, Design Techniques and Design History.

Syllabus:

This module comprises three complimentary streams, Design

Methods, Design Techniques and Design History. These combine to introduce the student to the designed product in total taking into account practical considerations, aesthetics and social conditions.

Design methods, design techniques, design history.

PD4103 Design Studio 3


Build on basic design skills and processes learned in prerequisite modules.

Improve experimentation, exploration and communication of ideas.

Develop an aesthetic appreciation of products.

Begin to understand the relationship between form and function.

Understand contemporary trends in aesthetics.

Learn a variety of design tools and methodologies.

Develop emotional intelligence in respect to teamwork.

Develop primary design research skills.

Learn sketch modelling skills suitable for rapid user testing and analysis.

Improve concept development skills.

Introduction of simple manufacturing processes and material properties.

Application of this theory to their own work through project based studio classes.

Syllabus:

The following is an outline of topics covered in project based studio classes:

Working as a team.

User centred design.

Design iteration.

Design ideation.

Design skills such as; sketching and rapid model making.

Application of basic manufacturing processes and material selection.

Primary design research.

Aesthetic theory and application of that theory to the students work.

PD4105 Design Studio 5 (Industry)


The aim of this module is to build on the design skills developed through the previous Design Studio modules through a series of industry focused projects. These projects, conducted with Industry partners will bring the students through the entire design process from early research and conceptualisation to final design and design for manufacture. The real-world problems will focus on professional practice, current industry requirements and emerging technological trends.

To equip students with the skills and capacities to creatively solve real world problems across a wide variety of fields.

To introduce tools, techniques and methods applicable to innovation and industrial demands.

To practically apply the design process to develop and realise design ideas to a professional standard.

To develop and advance design skills in emerging market areas including medical devices, consumer products and electronics.

To expand student knowledge and practical application of mechanical reasoning, manufacturing and materials, and design detailing.

To develop critical thinking skills and complex problem solving abilities.

To develop advanced design skills, including real-world research, ethnography, sketching, model-making, design visualisation, professional practice, communication, prototyping and user testing, advanced human factors.

The teaching model will predominantly be a `learning by doing¿ process, where a mix of lectures, projects, workshops and design projects will blend to provide students with a mix of practical and applicable professional skills. This approach will teach students core skills needed to identify new opportunities, abstract problems, generate and develop a wide range of solutions, as well as building and realising the most appropriate solutions.

Syllabus:

Project based studio classes.

Integration and practical application of various different design processes.

Advanced Design skills: Sketching, Rendering, Ideation, Concept development, Design Detailing, Manufacturing and Materials,

Technology, Design Visualisation, Modelling, Rapid Manufacture,

Marketing, Human Factors.

Design Research Skills: Ethnography, User Experience, Real-world research, synthesis of information, Research synthesis and analysis.

Creativity, brainstorming, design thinking.

New Product Innovation, Project Planning.

User centred Design, Interaction.

Design for Sustainability.

Aesthetics, Understanding of form, Design Acuity,

Emerging markets and trends.

Technological trends.

Design for Manufacture.

Product Marketing for design.

Communication, visual and verbal.

Problem solving and Innovation.

Design for Professional Practice.

PD4115 Design Studio 6 (Community)


This module facilitates students to see the impact their work will have on individual users and society as a whole. Focusing on team projects and collaborative work, students will work through design issues and complex problems to develop solutions that improve the lives of users and community (both local and international).

To introduce tools, techniques and methods applicable to innovation and effective problem solving.

To develop the skills and capacities for effective team working.

To demonstrate to students the link between design and user behaviour.

To advance design skills, including research skills, sketching, modelmaking & prototyping, design visualisation, presentation, communication and user testing.

To explore and implement complex real-world research techniques to gather information, and then to apply tools to synthesise, analyse and transform the information into usable design guides.

To allow students to integrate all stages of the design process.

To introduce students to the tools, concepts and techniques underpinning Service Design, Universal/ Inclusive Design and Design for Social Innovation.

To introduce students to responsible design practice (ethics, social & cultural inclusion, diversity of practice).

To develop skills in systems thinking and critical analysis.

Learning by doing is the predominant teaching model with a combination of projects, workshops, field trips and lectures to introduce students to the complex topics behind understanding and designing for user and societal needs. The practical approach encourages students to address problems from different and holistic perspectives as well as generating and realising the most appropriate solutions to current contemporary problems.

Syllabus:

Project based studio classes.

Advanced design skills.

Integration and practical application of various different design processes.

Design thinking: Tools and processes of design

Collaboration: Collaborative Work, Team work, Project Planning and management skills. Interdisciplinary and Multi-disciplinary teams.

Team Dynamics and Group work.

Advanced aesthetics and form understanding.

Emerging Design Trends: Service Design, Transformative Design,

Product Service Systems, Universal/ Inclusive Design.

Design for Society: Social Design, Social Innovation.

Research: User Understanding and User Experience, Human Factors,

Testing and Prototyping, Emotional Engagement, Behaviour Analysis,

Empathy tools. Information Gathering, synthesis and delivery

Strategy: human centred approach, Systems Thinking. Integrative thinking, First Principles.

Critical Thinking, Reflection. Decision-making. Dialogue, Holistic perspectives.

Communication: Professional presentations skills. Sketching, Idea

Representation, Low fidelity modelling, Visual Communication,

Verbal Presentations.

PN4001 Technical Graphics 1

Fundamentals of communication graphics, drawing as a modelling system, basic visualisation skills and exercises, projection systems, multi-view drawings, pictorial drawings, freehand drawing techniques, dimensioning, tolerancing and notations, sections and auxiliary views, primary geometric solids and plane figures and characteristics, developments of right solids, simple assembly drawings, basic intersections, selection of appropriate graphics for given tasks,

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pedagogical considerations associated with teaching fundamental graphics. Strategies for teaching this subject area at second level.

Designing, planning and managing appropriate teaching and learning activities for this subject area.

PN4013 Technical Graphics 3

Advanced orthographic projection. Second auxiliary plans and elevations. True length and shapes, dihedral angles, simply and doubly inclined planes. Pictorial drawing, oblique, planometric, isometric and perspective sketching. Axonometric projection (isometric, diametric and trimetric). Solids in contact. Inclined solids, rotation of solids, basic intersection of solids. Tangent planes and their traces.

Introduction to shadow projections. Graphics and Design, modelling solutions, pictograms, logograms. Strategies to develop spatial ability and graphical communication skills. Pedagogical considerations.

Strategies for teaching this subject area at second level. Designing, planning and managing appropriate teaching and learning activities for this subject area. Assessment modes and techniques. 2D CAD standards, CAD interface, Co-ordinate systems, drawing limits and spaces, drawing templates, customisation techniques, paper space layout, viewports. Basic CAD constructions and transformations.

Layers and line types, drawing and editing techniques, text and dimensioning. CAD applications in Technical Graphics and developing teaching resources.

PN4015 Design & Technology 2 (Autumn/3)

5 hours per week; 13 weeks/5 th semester; 13L/52LAB; ECTS credit:6

Analysis of technology syllabuses and the structuring and planning of lessons to achieve quality outcomes. Quality of learning and the effective translation of knowledge and understanding of design and technology into practice. Strategies for development of design capabilities in 2 nd level pupils to enable them to become confident in applying technological solutions to real problems. Promoting independent learning and facilitating the development of an enquiring mind.

PN4101 Introduction to Materials Processing (ED)

Safety in the Laboratory and in Manufacturing Environments. The language of Manufacturing Technology. Historical perspectives on manufacturing. Production of materials - metals, wood-based and plastic materials. Properties of materials that directly influence their selection and processing methods. Consideration of environmental implications of material processing methods. Basic Manufacturing processes - cutting, forming, rolling, extrusion, casting etc. Hand processing of materials. Introduction to machine tools - parallel and taper turning, drilling, knurling, undercutting and parting off. Machine set up. Pillar drill - set up and use. Coolants, cutting speeds and feed rates. Introduction to metal cutting - cutting tool geometry. Analysis of skills and pedagogical applications of these. Permanent and nonpermanent joining processes - soft soldering, screw threads and folded sheet metal joints. Measuring instruments: Vernier caliper and micrometer. Strategies for teaching this subject area at second level.

Designing, planning and managing appropriate teaching and learning

activities for this subject area. Integration of multimedia and spreadsheet software in pedagogy. Project planning

PN4103 Process Technology 2 (ED)

Engineering measurement. Standards of measurement.

Interchangeability of parts. Limits and fits, BS4500. Introduction to basic inspection methods. The measurement of components using rollers, balls, slip gauges, angle gauges, surface tables and other measuring instruments. Screw thread specification and geometry.

Revision on basic bench and machine processes in PN4101: Analysis and generation of projects suitable for use in Junior Cycle Metalwork classes. Routine maintenance of machine tools Further treatment of metal cutting: cutting tool geometry, chip shape and formation.

Coolants. Milling of metals and hard plastics. Milling of components using the dividing head - simple indexing. More advanced lathe processes: Screwcutting, eccentric turning. turning between centres. boring and reaming. Introduction to CNC turning Off-hand grinding of high speed steel lathe tools and twist drills. More advanced benchwork and hand working processes to include precision filing and precision assembly. Economical use of resources and time in the workshop.

PN4105 Process Technology 3 (ED)

Expendable-mould Casting. Casting terminology. Cores and Core making. Silver Soldering, Brazing, Manual Metal Arc and Inert Gas welding. Resistance welding. Introduction to Oxy-Acetylene welding,

Spinning, Heat Engine cycles including Otto, Diesel and dual cycles, reciprocating IC Engines Work planning and machining sequences.

Precision milling and Turning. Mechanical assembly.

PN4305 Design and Communication Graphics 1

Plane and Descriptive Geometries Second and subsequent auxiliary views true shape of surfaces and true length of line, solids in contact.

Descriptive geometry of lines and planes, oblique and tangent planes, determination of traces, true shapes and angles, planes cutting objects, intersecting plane laminar surfaces, skew lines and their applications.

Intersection and development of surfaces - plane and curved. Conic sections - unique and common properties, centre of curvature, hyperbola from transverse axis. Projection of oblique and platonic solids: cube, tetrahedron. Introduction to measured pictorial projection. Cognitive modelling strategies. Strategies for managing assignments and stimulating creativity and innovation within the design brief. Designing, planning and managing appropriate teaching and learning activities for this subject area. The design processes.

Design visualisation; stages and features of design, 3D feature based model as a design database; features creation; surface, solid and parametric modelling in design; design intent; planning for design flexibility; design sustainability, relations and equations; parametric dimensioning; modelling for manufacture and assembly, design for manufacture; assembly models and drawings; Drawing documentation and bills of materials; library features; files exchanging, CAD standards for data exchange. Rendering and photo realistic images, presentation and communication of concept design. Generic Photo

Editing software, Use of auxiliary ICT application to enhance, manage and develop the design portfolio. 3D parametric CAD as a pedagogical tool to derive and communicate complex concepts and principles and aid spatial reasoning and visualisation

PT4000 Professional Skills


PT4005 Supply Chain Design


Position supply-chain design in the context of its roots in operations management, and its relationship with other functional management.

Put forward the Supply-Chain Operations Reference model (SCOR) as a framework for supply-chain architecture. Introduce foundational concepts for representing and thinking about how to optimise and continuously improves supply-chain operations.

Syllabus:

CONTEXT: Operations and Supply Chain Strategy, integration and the SCOR framework structure and possible approach to implementation.

SOURCE: Forecasting, New Product Development, Project

Management,

MAKE: Capacity Planning, Process Design and Analysis, Quality

Management

DELIVER/RETURN: Independent Demand Inventory, Dependent

Demand Inventory, Optimization/ Simulation Modelling and logistics.

PLAN: Quality Improvement Methods and Lean Enterprise,

Technology and Integrated Supply Management, Global Supply Chain and Service Integration.

PT4007 Plan with Supply Chains


This module is part of a stream.

The centrality of planning activity is established in the context of the

Supply-Chain Operations Reference Model (SCOR).

Planning incorporates anticipation ¿ represented here by Forecasting ¿ and making optimal decisions about capacity of supply, storage, production, delivery and enabling processes, and about how to integrate and deploy this capacity optimally in terms of performance and cost trade-offs within the confines of limited resources.

Syllabus:

Demand and Order Management: Role of demand management in supply chain planning, Forecasting, Fundamentals of sales and operational planning.

Capacity Planning and Utilization: Role of capacity planning, Capacity planning techniques, Scheduling capacity and materials.

Production and Inventory Management: Master Production Scheduling

(MPS) techniques, Bill of material structuring for MPS, Production

Activity Control (PAC), Inventory management concepts, Inventory related costs, Multi-item management.

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Distribution Requirements Planning: Distribution Requirements

Planning (DRP) in the supply chain, Available to Promise, Allocated

Available to Promise.

Planning in Source, Deliver and Product Returns: Source requirements, Deliver requirements, Product return requirements,

Reverse logistics.

Planning Systems: Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Performance measures for system effectiveness, Material Requirements Planning

(MRP) techniques, Advanced Planning and Optimisation tools and techniques,

Solving planning problems with Linear Programming: Planning problems requiring LP, Example LP models, Modelling and solving

LP models in a spreadsheet, The purpose of and approaches to sensitivity analysis of LP Models.

PT4011 Introduction to Technology Management


The purpose of this module is to introduce students to the concept of

Technology Management and in doing so to provide them with an understanding of what they will be studying during their 4-year degree and why it is relevant. This module will provide students with a framework for understanding technology management activities and tools. The module will examine how firms acquire, exploit and protect technology resources. Students will be introduced to a set of tools that can be used in managing technology. Many of the concepts introduced in this module will be explored in greater detail in future modules.

Syllabus:

Technology Strategy: Integrating technology and strategy, design and evolution of technology strategy, acquiring and selecting new technologies, technological competencies and capabilities. Technology

Forecasting and Road Mapping: Technology S-curves, patterns of innovation, Forecasting techniques: Scenario analysis, EMV, Decision

Trees, Technology Trajectories Technology Development: new product development, stage gate processes, market research methods, prototyping Incremental vs. disruptive development, technology transfer, Technology Portfolio Planning: Value Analysis/Value

Innovation, Life-cycle models, Patent Analysis, product selection.

PT4013 Operations Modelling


Understand the role of operations in both production and service enterprises.

Introduce Lean thinking and structured operations improvement tools.

Introduce a range of quantitative methods and highlight their application in the decision making process for solving real world problems.

Provide an understanding of optimal decisions under constraints.

Provide an understanding of design and analysis of operations under uncertainty.

To provide students with modeling and software capabilities that can be applied to operations design and analysis.

Syllabus:

Lean Thinking and Operations Introduce students to lean thinking and operations improvement tools used within DMAIC (Define-Measure-

Analyze-Improve-Control) projects. Related lean thinking to operations modeling methods. Operations Modeling - Software:

Introduce and provide students with base skills to use software to solve operations optimization models. The focus is primary on introducing the student to spread sheet modeling, but brief introductions to other modeling and optimization software will be given. Students will apply software modeling skills obtained here to subsequent topics.

Operations Modeling Under Constraints

Basic definition of Linear programming, demonstrate method via graphical method, model formulation applications in operations.

Simplex method, Artificial starting solution method, interpretation of simplex tableau, sensitivity analysis.

Transport model, Assignment model, Shortest Route model, Network

Minimisation model, Maximum Flow Model, Transshipment model.

Introduce binary and integer applications in operations analysis, integer solution methods such as branch-and-bound and meta heuristics solution methods. Decision Making Under Uncertainty.

Introduce decision making under uncertainty.

Introduce basics of simulation using spreadsheets.

Introduce basic queuing and inventory models.

PT4111 Manufacturing Technology 1 (Autumn/1)


semester; 26L/26Lab; ECTS credits:6

Safety; manufacturing systems; historical perspectives on

Manufacturing; production of materials; properties of materials which influence their selection; environmental implications of material processing; machine tools; basic manufacturing processes; expendable-mould casting; engineering measurement; standards of measurement; measuring instruments; introduction to metal cutting; chip formation; coolants; cutting speeds and feed rates; hand processing of materials.

PT4121 Communication Graphics (Autumn.1)


To prompt and nurture spatial-visualisation and spatial-reasoning abilities critical to the success of technology professionals. To present the standards and conventions of engineering drawing essential to the correct creation and interpretation of graphical representation used in engineering communication and documentation. To foster manual drawing skills, especially sketching, which are essential to design and communication success.

PT 4315 Productivity Methods 3* (Autumn/3)



The objective of a manufacturing organisation; functions and types of manufacture; jobbing batch mass and flow production; costs and break-even charts; facilities layout; Gantt charts, network charts, critical path, uncertain times, time-cost tradeoffs; production planning; scheduling by SPT; Johnson's and Jackson's rules; index and graphical methods; use of priority rules.

PT4213 Drawing and CAD


To introduce the students to the standards, conventions and projection systems used to communicate design information.

To develop the students technical communication abilities

To introduce students to the principles and concepts of parametric solid modelling using SolidWorks.

To introduce students to best practice sketching, modelling and assembly strategies for design intent as part of the design process.

Syllabus:

Engineering drawing communication. Visualisation. Technical sketching. Conventional representation. ISO 128 and 129. Projection systems. Auxiliary and sectional views. Dimensioning. Detail and assembly drawings. Using the SolidWorks user interface. File management and document templates. Introduction to robust sketching for design intent. Sketch relations. Basic part modelling using extruded and revolved features. Open and closed profiles. Thin features. Feature end conditions. Capturing design intent through dimensioning and relations. Applied features. Basics of bottom-up assembly modelling.

Basic mates. Creating basic Part and Assembly drawings. Edrawings for visualisation and communication. Links from SolidWorks to Excel,

2D CAD, CAM and RP systems. Edrawings.

PT4315 Productivity Methods 3

Rationale And Purpose Of The Module: part of production activity planning stream - focusing on integration and organisation of work ('point' work has been dealt with in a prior work design module), covering three main domains: production control at its lowest level - the scheduling/dispatching domain; its integration through the layout domain; and its implementation through the project planning and control domain. There is an overall emphasis on performance, generating alternative innovative solutions, evaluating them and selecting the more appropriate.

Syllabus: part one: lectures, tutorials part two:lectures, labs

PT4317 Production Methods 4* (Autumn/4)



Forecasting by means of moving averages, exponential weighting, regression and smoothing techniques; linear programming; assembly line balancing problems; simple lines; evaluation of alternative methods; mixed-model and multi-model designs; manual flow systems.

Prerequisite PT4315

PT4423 2D CAD (Autumn/2)

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Contemporary CAD software with particular reference to AutoCAD; hardware, software and operating systems; the AutoCAD drawing environment; absolute and relative coordinates, units and limits, CAD tools and drawing setup; the UCS; basic and advanced drawing and editing commands; introduction to layers; using blocks, attributes and symbol libraries; communicating engineering and design details; dimensioning and dimensioning styles; tolerance dimensioning; sectional views and hatching; text; introduction to Paper Space; basic customisation techniques; isometric drawing, CAD construction techniques, plotting; using Auto LISP routines from the Internet. DWF drawings; introduction to #D functions.

PT4427 Design for Manufacture (Autumn/4)



New Product Development (NPD) versus traditional product development models. Cost of product development and cost of failure.

Rationale for concurrent engineering. Product specification methods including Quality Function Deployment (QFD). Focus Groups, Voice of Customer (VOC) and functional analysis. Concept generation and evaluation using brainstorming, creativity methods Pugh's concept selector, and ranking methods to evaluate concepts. Design for manufacturing and assembly and the cost of complexity and variation.

The function of patents, copyright and legal aspects of product liability and legal requirements including CE mark and environmental protection in product development.

PT4515 Automation T1* (Autumn/3)


Programmable logic controllers; interfacing and programming; sensing devices; Analog - Digital; low cost automation; pneumatic control pneumatic circuit design; hydraulic circuit design; hoppers; feeders; orienting mechanisms; indexing mechanisms; transfer mechanisms; conveyors; the appellation of pneumatic, hydraulic; mechanical systems to manufacturing.

PT4617 Reliability Technology (Autumn/4)


Considerations of implications on costs of purchase, operation and maintenance; reliability estimation; prediction of repair times; acceptance testing for reliability; replacement decision-making.

WT4003 Construction Technology and Management 2


The aim of this module is to provide a comprehensive introduction to industrial, high-rise and construction practice and technology

Key objectives

Provide knowledge of

* Organising and selecting resources needed to successfully complete the project

* The principles of erecting large structures and the various forms they take.

* Internal and external components of industrial and high rise structures

Syllabus:

Site works, site layout, electricity on building sites; Plant and equipment; Substructure construction, ground water control, deep trench excavations, cofferdam and caissons, tunnelling and culverts;

Underpinning, piled foundations; Demolition and temporary works,

Portal frames; Introduction to highrise construction, Introduction to fire protection; Claddings to framed structures; Formwork systems;

Pre-stressed concrete; Industrial buildings.

WT4017 Energy Efficient Buildings

Syllabus:

Background: Energy supply and demand, climate change, energy performance of buildings directive and Irish legislation, technical guidance documents Part-L.

Energy: Supply and demand considerations for domestic buildings

(new and existing)

Concepts of Temperature and Heat Energy: Concepts of conduction, convection and radiation; thermal bridging; heat energy and energy losses of materials; U-value; heat loss and heat gain; energy performance; thermodynamics and heat; energy balance; air flow and energy transfer.

Electrical and Lighting Energy assessment: Principles of measurement from plans, surveys and drawings; electical measurements; electircal devices and efficiency.

Energy Efficiency, Energy Storage and Control: Fundamental principles; principles of energy storage; heat capacity; thermal mass; heat and water; temperature measurements and control; energy sources; energy conversions; fuel, combustion and CO2 emissions; greenhouse gases; carbon dioxide emission rating; solar energy; thermal mass; solar gains; solar collectors; efficiency adjustment factors; primary and secondary heating systems; single and immersion heaters; carbon dioxide emission rating.

Building Energy Ratings in domestic buildings; Use of Dwelling

Energy Assessment Procedures (DEAP) software for new and DEAP+ for existing buildings; generation of advisory reports.

Introduction to BER in non-domestic buildings; Introduction to SBEM for new and existing non-domestic buildings.

PassivHaus Standard.

Exemplar Buildings.

WT4105 Wood Science 3

Syllabus:

Mechanical properties of wood]

[- specific gravity, density, concept of cellular solids]

- elasticity, anisotropy, plasticity, creep, mechanosorption

[- tensile strength,] modes of failure, fracture toughness

[- compressive strength,] crushing, kinking, bending

[- hardness and abrasion resistance].

Introduction to stochastic design methods and characteristic strengths

WT4117 Structural Design


The aim of this module is to provide a basic understanding of structures and the design of principal structural elements

Syllabus:

Basic structural concepts and material properties, design loads, limit state design principles, beam design, axially loaded column design, column base & splice details, design of tension members and compression members, design of simple connections, trusses and bracing, floor design, introduction to structural detailing; bearing pressures, design of shallow foundations, introduction to lateral stability.

WT4203 Furniture Design


To give the student: an appreciation of product design development and progress in a historical context, and an understanding of the underlying principles which influence contemporary furniture design.

Syllabus:

Design and problem solving skills

Timbers/materials predominantly used in furniture manufacture

Mechanics of design/forces in relation to furniture design

The golden ratio and the importance of proportion

Graphical communication skills

Manufacturing process/techniques

Classical orders of architecture

Mechanics of design/forces in relation to furniture design

Memphis case studies

WT4301 Building and Construction Regulations 1


The overall aim of this module is to provide an introduction to health and safety principles and practices in building and construction.

Syllabus:

Introduction: terminology / why manage safety?

The Importance of HS&W

Recognising hazards and the Safety culture

Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Law in Ireland the 2005 Act

The Safety Statement and Risk Assessment

Overall View of Construction Regulations

Impact on Work

Construction Duty Holders

HS&W at work regulations accident/ near miss/ dangerous incident reporting and investigation.

Starting on Site

Manual Handling

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Underground Services

Safety in excavation and confined spaces

Working at heights

Work equipment

Noise induced hearing loss

Chemicals and dangerous substances

Emergency preparedness

Construction Techniques

Housekeeping

Welfare

Communication and Coordination

Training

WT4303 Machining Technology 1


To introduce the student to basic concepts in the wood processing stream from forest to finished product. To explore the evolution of tools and machinery in this wood processing stream. To explore the physical characteristics and performance of wood at a core level.

Syllabus:

Trees and forests, wood as a forest product, wood-based products,

LCA of wood and wood products.

Wood tools and machines [tool point and edge, hand tools, single phase tools, 3phase tools, machining systems]

Relationship between traditional and modern wood working

WT4305 Machining Technology 3


To enable the student to effectively analyse and solve problems associated with complex product manufacture in the context of advanced manufacturing processes and systems CAD/CAM programming, R.F. and Glulam.

To explore the potential of current technology in respect of value added processes for Irish grown timber.

Syllabus:

Lean manufacturing

Production systems-plant layout

Group technologies

Gluing

Manufactured boards

Glulam

Radio frequency gluing

Analysis of tool design û variable angled cutter block.

Advanced CNC manufacture

Jig design



The aim of this module is to provide a comprehensive introduction to every aspect of the technology of domestic low-rise construction, and

to present this in a rational and logical progression reflecting the construction process.

Syllabus:

Introduction to the Building Regulations and Technical Guidance

Documents.

Site works, temporary works, subsoil drainage, excavations, scaffolding.

Radon problems and prevention. Radon membranes and sumps.

Substructure construction techniques, foundations û strip, raft and piled, concrete. Damp proof courses and membranes.

Superstructure construction techniques, stonework, brickwork, blockwork, cavity walls.

Timber framed construction. Components. Site control. Insulation and damproofing.

Floors - suspended timber, raised access, precast concrete, hollow block, waffle slabs.

Roofs û timber, flat and pitched, tiling, asphalt flat roofs, roof lights and ventilation.

Stairs û timber, reinforced concrete and precast concrete.

Detailing of opes, eaves and other junctions.

Sound insulation û airborne, impact & flanking. Soundproofing.

Thermal insulation, thermal bridging, condensation and draughtproofing. Basic U-value calculation.

WT4405 Wood Technology 2


To introduce the student to wood protection and finishing technology in respect of wood and wood based materials.

Syllabus:

Analysis of factors governing the weathering of wood based materials

- chemical, colour and physical changes. Preservatives - analysis of factors governing their selection and application. Surface finishing - analysis of factors governing selection and application of the finishing agent.

WT4503 Scructural Mechanics


To develop the student's understanding of:

* force systems

* criteria for structural design

* structural behaviour

Syllabus:

SI units and manipulation of formulae, sources and types structural loading, reactions and supports, free body diagrams, shear force and bending moment calculations, static determinancy and indeterminancy, qualitative analysis of beams and frames, stability and analysis of pin jointed frames, section properties, engineers equation of bending.

These topics will be covered through lectures, tutorials, experimentation and problem solving projects.

WT4505 Building Economics


The overall aim of this module is to illustrate the application of economic principles to the building and construction process.

Specific objectives include providing the student with;

* An overview of the construction industry and its role in the economy

* An understanding of the construction firm and its management from an economic perspective

* The economic considerations in evaluating building projects and making decisions.

Syllabus:

The construction industry, its economic development, structure and role in the economy. construction as a production process.

Management of firms, costs, revenues and markets from the point of view of economists and managers. strategic decision making in property development and project appraisal and feasibility studies.

Linking the economics of the production process of construction to the economics of its output, buildings and structures of the built environment. Cost modelling techniques, cost and price forecasting, cost product and process modelling, dealing with uncertainty. Building design, its interaction with the construction process in determining the cost and quality of buildings. The economics of buildings essential resources, energy efficiency and its cost. Cost limits and values, determining value for money Commercial values and the property market.

WT4507 Forensic Engineering and Ethics


This module introduces the important subject of ethics through the study of engineering failures. Well-documented case studies, project work and invited speakers form an intrinsic part of achieving the following key objectives:

* To promote ethical behaviour throughout the studentsÆ personal, university and professional lives.

* To demonstrate the value of learning from engineering failures.

* To emphasise the scientific method in engineering practice.

* To produce good citizens.

* To emphasise the importance of effective communication.

Syllabus:

Reasons for failures in engineering; Modes of failure; Risk; Failure case histories in concrete, steel, masonry, foundations and timber etc;

Common pitfalls, FeldÆs ten basic rules; Nonstructural failures;

Learning from failures; Forensic engineering practice; Conducting a forensic engineering investigation; Writing a forensic engineering report; Ethics and Responsibilities, Standard of Care; Rules of evidence, Depositions, Arbitration.

These topics will be addressed through PBL exercises involving individual and/or team challenges. The module assessment is by 60%

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CA work and 40% end of semester examination. Examples of CA work include class debates (e.g. cases involving ethical dilemmas faced by engineers such as Citicorp building N.Y.), individual online quizzes on ethics, individual online quizzes on forensic engineering, team based forensic engineering projects requiring presentations and report writing.

Cross faculty collaboration on projects involving law and architecture is also encouraged on this module.

WT4605 Procurement and Contracting

Contract building blocks, forms and essential elements of contracts, partnering and new developments forms, buyer-seller relationship.

Invalidity factors and frustration, agreements, conditions and warranty, liquidated damages, performance bonds and terms of payments. The procurement process, tendering and bidding, tender evaluation and awarding of contracts, uncertainty and risks, negotiations legislative restrictions. eProcurement, centralised purchasing within organisations. Contract administration, claims and disputes, legal procedures, conciliation & arbitration. Managing conflict and negotiating procedures. Contract closure, compliance, maintenance periods, commissioning, payment structures and final accounts.



The aim of this module is to provide an understanding of overall project management process and principles and how they apply to construction projects

Syllabus:

* Introduction to Construction Project Management and PM

Software - purpose, concepts and conventions.

* Construction Planning Tools and Techniques û Schedule

Definition and Management; Construction Project Network

Analysis, Critical Path, PERT & Line of Balance.

* Resource Allocation & Levelling û labour, material and equipment

* Site Establishment and Management

* Managing Resources and Costs

* Communications & Change Control Management û Site

Meetings and Progress Reports

* Leadership and Negotiation Skills on Construction Projects

* Construction Risk Management û Identification, Analysis,

Response and Control

* Construction Productivity Improvement - Define, Measure,

Analyze, Improve and Control

* Lean Construction methods û TQM, Value Engineering,

Waste Elimination, Root Cause Analysis, Supply Chain

Management & Partnering.

Informatics & Electronics Modules (Autumn)

CE4205 Microcomputer Systems (Autumn/3)


Overview of the 8086 architecture including, memory and I/O mapping, memorsegmentation, interrupt structure, the components of the standard PC base on the 8086 processor; the programmers model for the 8086, instruction se, addressing modes, 8086 assembly language programming tools; operating system introduction; definitions, components command shells, services overview; MS-DOS memory organisation, extended and expanded memory; interrupt handers, BIOS and DOS functions; device drivers; concept, designing applications; disk storage organisation; disk structures, file and directory structures, performance considerations; introduction to micro-soft windows 3.1; implementation as an extension of DOS, memory organisation, simple co-operative multi-tasking features.

CE4607 Computer Networks (Autumn/4)


The course incorporates: communications within and between computer systems, switching and routing protocols, distributed network architecture's incorporating application oriented protocols and standards.

CE4701 Computer Software 1 (Autumn/1)


Outline structure of a digital computer; the role and use of the operating system; computer applications software; language hierarchy;

Algorithms and problems solving; structuring complex problems, the subprogram concept; Arrays; Input and Output; Disk files.

CE4703 Computer Software 3* (Autumn/2)


Advanced C language programming;. structures; dynamic memory management; separate compilation; modules; header files; linkage; variables, access and scope; data abstraction in C; error handling; recursion; algorithm performance analysis; order notation; sorting arrays of objects; sorted array searching; data structures and abstract data types (ADTs); hashing; data design and selection of data structures.

CE4706 Software Engineering 1


- To introduce the domain of software engineering from a programmers perspective focusing on object oriented analysis, design and programming.

- To revisit and develop existing computer software skills and competence.

- To emphasise good Software Engineering Practices

- To enhance individual and team working skills

Syllabus:

Introduction to Software Engineering. Software Development

Paradigms.Software Evolution and Reliability. Human Factors in

Software Engineering.Software Specification, System Modelling.

Requirements Definition/Specification.Software Design: Modularity,

Cohesion, Coupling.Function Oriented Design. Diagramming

Techniques. Structured Design.Software Reviewing and Testing.

Software Quality Assurance and metrics.More ADTs and algorithms.

Introduction to Object Oriented Analysis/Design and Programming

Programming Languages Programming Practice: Coding, Style,

DocumentationThe C++ Programming Language (continued):C++ versus C, Objects and Classes, Function and Operator Overloading,

Inheritance and Polymorphism, Input and Output, Memory

Management, Templates. Development Environments: Debuggers,

Profilers, Browsers.Individual and Team Project/Case Study.

CE4708 Artificial Intelligence


To provide the student with a solid grounding in the theoretical and practical foundations of artificial intelligence and expert systems.

Syllabus:

Section (i) - Introduction to Prolog and "Logic Programming"

Rule-based systems and logic programming. The resolution principle, unification & backtracking. Recursion & iteration. Prolog representation of algorithms. Extra-logical features of Prolog.

Section (ii) - State-Space Search

Use of state-space search in A.I. programming. Representation of problems in state-space form. Prolog representation of state-spaces.

Heuristics. Search strategies: depth-first, breadth-first, hill-climbing, best-first, branch & bound, Algorithm A, Algorithm A*.

Admissibility, Monotonicity, Informedness.

Section (iii) - Expert Systems

The structure of an expert system. Knowledge representation. The inference engine. Inference strategies. Reasoning under uncertainty.

Section (iv) - Neural Networks

Neural models: McCulloch & Pitts, Rosenblatt. Hebbian learning. The

Adaline. Multi-layer Perceptrons & Backpropagation. Associative networks. Competitive networks.

CE4907 Computer Engineering Project 1


This module is the first of 2 modules in which students carry out their major final year project

Syllabus:

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To undertake a significant project, which involves an advanced design and implementation task related to computer or software engineering

CS4001 Computer Applications for Scientists 1

Scientific literature retrieval - use of Internet/Intranet databases e.g.

Science Direct, ASTI, Medline, Ullmanns and OHSIS. - Presentational skills: (i) Scientific drawing - use of a chemical drawing package (e.g.

ChemSketch) to produce 2- and 3-d representations of molecular structures; (ii) Scientific graphing - use of e.g. Advanced Grapher to create professional quality graphs. Computer-aided audio-visual presentations using MS Powerpoint. - Rudiments of spreadsheets: entering names, numbers and formulas into cells; calculations and simple formulae; display of equations in the spreadsheet; editing, deleting, copying and pasting cell contents; formatting cells in a spreadsheet; relative and fixed (absolute) cell references; ordering data within spreadsheets; creating and embedding charts and graphs; saving and formatting for printing; - Built-in functions for summarizing and evaluating data e.g. count, sum, minimum, maximum, average, mode, median, standard deviation, frequency, permutations and combinations, geometric mean, harmonic mean, probability and distributions, regression analysis; - Descriptive statistics: ranking by percentile, calculating moving averages, exponential smoothing, generating random numbers, sampling data; - Importing and Exporting

Data: Import/export data from/to another file, e.g. a text file, a web page. - Pivot tables and pivot charts; - Creating Macros; - Introduction to Visual Basic for spreadsheet applications in chemistry, biochemistry, environmental science and health & safety.

CS4003 Information Society 1: Social Theories of New Media (CSI

2-1-0)

3 hours per week; 13 weeks/; 26L/13 T; ECTS credits: 6

The aim of the module is to gain an understanding of the social and cultural implications of new media. The impact new media have had on information sharing, processing and consumption and the changes on cultural attitudes and practices new media provoked. The course should also introduce students to the body of literature regarding social theory and new media and to the current research studying the impact of new communication technologies into our everyday lives. Brief syllabus: cultural and social implications of new media and emerging technologies; analysis of social theories of media and research on new media in society; focus on the features of new emerging media (e.g. internet agents, distributed systems, intelligent environments) and the probable future social impact of these new communication technologies on culture.

CS4004 Software Testing and Inspection


To introduce students to software testing and inspection such that when given a specification and an implementation of a program, the student would be able to write the tests, run them, and report on the errors found.

Syllabus:

- Key Terminology: testing, debugging, error, bug, defect, quality, risk, mean-time between failures, regression testing, limitations of testing;

- Test types and their place in the software development process;

- Black-box and white-box testing;

- Program reading and comprehension;

- Refactoring code;

- Inspections, walkthroughs and desk-checking;

- Programming with assertions;

- Using a debugger for white-box testing;

- Reporting and analysing bugs: content of the problem report, analysis of a reproducible bug, making a bug reproducible;

- Test case design: characteristics of a good test, equivalence classes and boundary values;

- Expected outcomes, test case execution and regression testing;

- Requirements for white-box and black-box testing tools;

CS4006 Intelligent Systems


The purpose of this module is to familiarise students with a targeted subset of the principles and methods of Artificial Intelligence and

Intelligent Systems. Given that students from a number of programmes will be taking this module, examples and projects work will be relevant to each group of students in so far as possible

Syllabus:

To provide students with an understanding of the basic principles, methods and application domains for Artificial Intelligence. To introduce students to the development of Intelligent Systems,

Knowledge Representation, and Machine Learning.

This module introduces the history and development of Intelligent system concepts. It includes discussions on AI and Expert Systems,

Heuristic Search, Evolutionary Algorithms, Artificial Neural

Networks, Cognitive Science, and issues in representation, reasoning and machine learning, together with a set of design principles for intelligent autonomous agents.

Real world applications of the course topics are also presented in areas such as robotics and financial prediction.

CS4007 Information Society 2 (CSI 2-1-0)

This course offers a socio-economic, political and cultural exploration of the "internet society". The course will provide a series of perspectives on the network society, examining its conceptual foundations, critiquing its more polemical exponents, and subjecting the claims of the electronic sublime to critical scrutiny. The course will help students understand some of the current debates in the media about the effects of information and communications technology on society. Brief syllabus: the course will examine the claims of those who argue for the emergence of a radically new Information Society, as against those who see the emerging society as being fundamentally a continuation of existing socio-economic forces; the differing perspectives of technological determinism and social determinism will be examined; the notion of "information ecologies" will be examined, as well as the current debate about the "knowledge society".

CS4012 Representation and Modelling


This module aims to provide students with an understanding of how different kinds of phenomena are represented as digital information.

Its objectives are to give students an appreciation of the role of software in rendering and manipulating digital representations, and an introduction to the skills and techniques of abstract representation

(modelling) of social and economic phenomena.

Syllabus:

What is a representation? the represented world, the representing world and the mapping between the represented and representing world; intrinsic versus extrinsic mappings;

Representing information in various forms of media (images, graphics, video, audio and text); characteristics of multimedia data; hypertext and hypermedia; document content and structure; content model; semantic structure; metadata and metatags; modelling media objects; modelling correlations among media objects; simulation versus animation;

What is a model? model criteria: mapping criterion, reduction criterion, pragmatic criterion; models versus real systems; abstraction and similarity; iconic, analogic and symbolic models; static and dynamic models; descriptive and prescriptive models; metaphor as a special type of model; purposes of models;

Analyzing social, biological and business phenomena, in order to design and construct models of those phenomena, using spreadsheets and databases;

Models in software development; use of descriptive and prescriptive models; risks associated with model usage; formal approach to building models; problem conceptualization; collection and examination of data; model structure, content and layout; development and use of macros; model validation and documentation; developing model templates.

CS4013 Object Oriented Development (CSI 2-2-2)

On successful completion of this module students will be able to identify, design, formulate and assemble classes using inheritance hierarchies, encapsulation and polymorphism to solve specified programming problems. Brief syllabus: introduction to object orientation terminology; procedural approach versus object oriented approach to problem solving; discovering classes; classresponsibilities-collaborations (CRC) cards; CRC session; CRC cards for analysis; representing classes, objects and attributes; analysis-level diagram; defining classes, objects, methods, access modifiers, invocation; pre-defined object values; constructor method; overloading and overriding methods; exception handling; garbage collection; extending classes; nested classes and interfaces; interfaces and polymorphism; single inheritance of implementation; collections; streams and buffers; declaring packages;

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CS4021 Digital Media Software and Systems 1

Audio - Controlling the timeline. - Introduction to sequencing. -

Implementation of trackers, sequence layering & looping. * Video -

Static image processing. - Introduction to image sequencing.

CS4023 Operating Systems (CSI 2-1-1)

4 hours per week; 13 weeks; 26L/13T/13Lab; ECTS credits:6

On successful completion of this module a student should have a clear understanding of the (i) logical structure of, and facilities provided by, a modern OS (ii) concepts of processes, threads and multithreading and how they are implemented in a modern OS (iii) problems that arise when processes collaborate and compete and well as being able to demonstrate practical experience of mechanisms for handling these situations (iv) different ways of implementing virtual memory (v) use of system calls. Brief syllabus: the need for the OS; different types of

OSs; interfaces to an OS; processes and threads; process scheduling; multithreading; context switching; concurrency, including interaction between threads; inter process communication (IPC); synchronization and mutual exclusion problems; software algorithms for IPC; 2 processes, n processes; low and high level mechanisms for IPC and synchronization: signals; spinlocks; semaphores, message passing and monitors; deadlock; use of semaphores for synchronization, mutual exclusion, resource allocation; implementation of semaphores; use of eventcounts and sequencers for classical IPC problems; conditional critical regions; monitors and condition variables; physical and virtual memory; segmentation and paging; cache memory; system services for memory management; I/O subsystem; locking; buffering; file systems and file management; file system based IPC; pipes; the socket mechanism; IPC using sockets; fault tolerance and security;

CS4025 Digital Audio Fundamentals

Nature of analog and digital sound; principles of digital signal processing for audio including sampling theory and spectral representation, digital sound synthesis techniques; digital audio recording techniques including selection and use of microphones; multitrack recording; manipulation of digital audio files; digital audio and compression; digital audio standards including connectivity; digital signal processing applications; digital audio distribution including storage, internet and digital audio broadcasting.

CS4028 E-business Architectures


The rationale for including this module is that students reading degrees with a substantial computing component should have an understanding of the e-business domain.

Syllabus:

Search Engine Optimisation (SEO).

Structure of an e-business model (EBM).

Classification of EBMs; taxonomy of EBMs.

Evolution of the architecture of web applications.

Architectures for e-business: Logical architecture: client/server and ntier applications, application services; Technological architecture: components, database choices; Organisational architecture: customer service distinctions, ownership.

Maintaining application state: Cookies, hidden fields, sessions.

Web application validation: problems, solutions, vulnerabilities

Web Application Frameworks (WAFs): the value of WAFs; WAF functionality; WAF types; WAF categories; enabling technology;

Selecting an Web Application Frameworks (WAF): overview and architecture of a WAF; criteria for evaluating WAFs;

E-marketing and e-advertising concepts; e-marketing communications; e-business payment systems; e-advertising charge models; eadvertisement types; affiliate marketing, e-customer relationship management (E-CRM)

Social, legal and ethical issues in e-business;

Network Security: Security threats: malicious code, web application attacks, cyber vandalism, spoofing, denial of service attacksSecurity solutions: encryption, digital signatures, digital certificates, firewalls, proxies

Wireless Technology and M-Business: location-identification technologies; wireless marketing; wireless payment options; privacy and the wireless internet

CS4031 Introduction to Digital Media (CSI 2-0-0)



On successful completion of this module students will: have considered the influence of technology on human cognition and activity; considered a number of case studies focussed on particular technologies and media. Brief syllabus: The influence of technology on cognition and activity, the relationship of technology to practice, form, content and remediation, case studies will consider the influences, consequences and interrelationship of: the written word, printing press, computer & digitisation, world wide web, music instrument form, mnemonics, notation, recording, digitisation, the reproduced image, printing press, camera, film, television, digitisation, narrative, orality, ritual & theatre/opera, illusion, interactive systems, sensors, virtual spaces, remediation.

CS4032 Directed Study for MMPT 1


The foundation and development of research skills.

Syllabus:

- Developments in technology and art pre 1945: Music and audio: The development of recording: Edison, Bell, Poulsen; Early electronic

Instruments (Elisha Gray, Telharmonium, Theremin, Ondes Martenot,

Trautonium, Hammond, Hugh LeCain)

- Image: The origins and development of the moving image in film

(Maxwell, LumiÞre, MÚliÞs, Edison, Eastman); The origins and development of television (Edison, Baird, Logie); The introduction of sound in films and its effects on film making. (Vitaphone, Foley).

CS4042 Directed Study for DMD 1


Students will acquire the knowledge and approaches needed to undertake a research based literature review of a given theme. A critical appreciation based on listening and seeing works representative of a theme.

Syllabus:

Developments in technology and design pre 1945.

Media forms.

Music and audio.

Video.

Architecture.

Image and graphics

Networks of communication.

CS4043 Games Modelling Design

- The game idea: starting points, intended audience, limitations; - The elements of a game play: non-linearity, game mechanics, controls and inputs, output and feedback, modelling reality; game elements: characters, items, objects and their behaviour, functionality, mechanisms; - Challenge, Fantasy, Fun, Depth and Focus; - Gaming genres; - Linear storytelling character versus non-linearity of the game play: places for storytelling, story scripting; - The Game Development

Life Cycle: Conceptual phase: base architecture, base game play and story lines, game mechanics and flow, conceptual game model;

Detailed Game Design phase: game play, scenes and screens, game flow and progression, levels in different games (order, components, and goals), navigation, user interface, interactivity and immersion, game technology (hardware, software and limitations, tools and techniques to integrate props, media objects, special effects, storage and retrieval), platform and genre-specific design issues of 3D games;

Development phase and playtesting, refining and aesthetics; Game

Documenting phase: the Design Document and its elements;

CS4047 Multimedia Industry Perspectives

This module introduces the students to a number of external experts from a variety of multimedia industry related areas, within a flexible framework. The precise set of topics that will be available as part of this module will depend on the visiting industry representative, and each topic will be structured as a "independent unit" which is documented separately. Each unit is assessed by coursework and/or class test; there is usually no formal examination at the end of the semester.

CS4051 Medical Decision Support Systems

- Decision making: the process of constructing alternatives and seeking resolution; - Modelling decisions; components of decision models; static and dynamic models, decisions, rules and expressions; guidelines and workflow models; - Decision support systems (DSSs): role of a DSS; typical application areas; - Medical decision support systems (MDSSs): key functions of MDSSs: administrative, managing clinical complexity and details, cost control, decision support; -

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Components of a MDSS; role of MDSSs in reducing preventable medical errors; computerised provider/physician/prescriber order entry

(CPOE) systems: functions and features, role as a supporting application to an electronic medical record system; limitations of

CPOE systems; - Normative and descriptive approaches; decisionanalytic MDSSs; equation-based and mixed systems; - Reasoning about the problem structure in addition to numerical calculations; choice and optimization of decision variable(s); - Linear programming: objective function, constraints, graphical method, simplex solution, sensitivity analysis; integer linear programming; -

Network models and waiting line models; - Computer solutions; interpretation of results; - Decision making under conditions of risk and uncertainty; - User interfaces to MDSSs: support for model construction and analysis; Expert systems in routine medical use: components; medical knowledge they contain for defined tasks; uses: alerts, reminders; diagnostic assistance; therapy critiquing and planning; prescribing decision support; information retrieval; image recognition and interpretation; - Trends concerning MDSSs: standardized interfaces among clinical and practice management systems; higher-performance technologies (e.g., speech recognition and wireless computers) - Security features: levels of data encryption, compliance with Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act

(HIPAA) requirements;

CS4053 Digital Video Fundamentals

Introduction to principles of digital video representation and recording.

- Principles of Digital Signal Processing for video including sampling theory and hue, saturation and intensity representation. - Selection and use of digital video cameras. - Digital video formats, compression techniques, connectivity and standards. - Principles of digital video colour representation. - Introduction to digital video display and projection. - Digital video image capture. - Introduction to digital video editing. - High-definition digital video. - Introduction to CGI. -

Digital video distribution. - Audio technology for video.

CS4055 Data Mining and Data Warehousing

What is data mining; why data mining; cross-industry standard process

(CRISP-DM); CRISP-DM in action; data warehousing and enterprise intelligence; basic elements of data warehousing; what tasks can data mining approach; Data pre-processing: data cleaning, handling missing data, identifying misclassifications, graphical methods for identifying outliers, data transformation, numerical methods for identifying outliers; - Hypothesis testing versus exploratory data analysis: dealing with correlated variables, categorical variables, using exploratory to uncover anomalous fields, numerical variables, multivariate relationships, selecting intersecting subsets of the data for further investigation; - Data warehousing with intelligent agents: integration of database and knowledge-based systems, the role of artificial intelligence in warehousing; - Data warehouse performance: measuring data warehouse performance, performance and warehousing activities; data warehousing and OLAP, relationship between data warehousing and OLAP; - Aspects of building data warehouses: physical design, using functional independence, loading the warehouse, metadata management, operation phase, coherent management of warehouses for security; - Data mining task in

discovering knowledge in data: statistical approaches to estimation and prediction, univariate methods: measures of centre and spread, statistical inference, confidence interval estimation, bivariate methods: simple linear regression, confidence interval for the mean value of y given x, prediction intervals for a randomly chosen value of y given x, multiple regression, verifying model assumptions; - Nearest neighbour algorithm, supervised versus unsupervised methods, classification task, k-nearest neighbour algorithm, distance function, combination function, quantifying attribute relevance, k-nearest neighbour algorithm for estimation and prediction; - Classification and regression trees, C4.5 algorithm, decision rules, comparison of the C5.0 and

CART algorithms applied to real data; - Neural networks: neural networks for estimation and prediction, sigmoid activation function, back-propagation, gradient descent method, back-propagation rules, termination criteria, momentum term, sensitivity analysis; - Clustering task: hierarchical clustering methods, k-means clustering; - Selforganising maps, Kohonen networks, cluster validity, using cluster membership as input to downstream data mining models;

CS4057 Machine Learning and AI for Games

A series of case studies on the application of Artificial Intelligence and

Machine Learning methods to all aspects of Games and Games

Development will be presented. Example applications could include,

Game Playing Programs, Path Finding, Control and Goal Oriented

Action Planning, Multi-Agent Systems, Semi-automated Animation, and Sound Generation. The AI and Machine Learning methods discussed may include Symbolic AI, Expert Systems, Evolutionary

Algorithms, Genetic Programming and Grammatical Evolution,

Reinforcement Learning, Artificial Neural Networks, Swarm

Intelligence, and Behaviour-Based Robotics and Control.

CS4061 Media Programming 1

Program versus algorithm; brief introduction to number systems, character encoding and character sets; data representation and the role of computer memory; why digitize media, media objects and why study programming; programming process; - Introduction to classes and objects; - Primitive data types; declaring and defining variables/data; constant definitions; mixed data types; assignment statements; input and output; - Arithmetic operators; casting; relational operators; logical operators; precedence rules; - Working with turtle objects to create and display picture objects and to create and play sound objects; sending messages to objects; creating methods; method arguments and parameters; - Introduction to how images are digitized/encoded; different models for colour and colour representations; - Introduction to arrays, using arrays to store images; -

Looping constructs; modifying images using loops to undertake lightening and darkening, creating a negative, increasing and decreasing colour values, converting to greyscale; - Using nested looping constructs for processing elements of arrays to mirror images, to compose images, to blend images, to rotate images and to scale images; - Introduction to selection statements; using conditional constructs to replace one colour or a range of colours, to average nearby pixels and to replace the background of an image;

CS4063 Digital Media and Software Systems 2

Audio, sound synthesis, temporal-spectral models, statistical models, physical models, 3D graphics, 3D image modelling, 3D processing, surface rendering, modelling lighting.

CS4065 Web Infrastructure

Categories and characteristics of web applications; - Similarities and differences between the development of traditional, not web-based applications and the development of web applications; - Modelling web applications: content, hypertext, presentation and customization modelling; - Modelling methods such as OOWS model driven approach, OOHDM, UML, IDM approach, WebML, WebRATIO,

HERA, WSDM, MDA; - Web application architecture: categorizing architectures, layered architectures, data-aspect architectures; - Web application design: information design and software design; presentation, interaction and functional design; - Technologies for web applications: hypertext and hypermedia; client/server communication; client-side technologies; document-specific technologies; server-side technologies; current concepts, methods, techniques and tools; -

Security for web applications: encryption, digital signatures and certificates; secure client/server interaction; client security issues; service provider security issues; - Semantic web: roles of software agents, semantic markup and ontologies; semantic web applications; semantic web services;

CS4067 Writing Games Analysis history and development of games' story development; - character development; - discourse analysis; - hypertextual narratology; - gaming as hermeneutical play; - game-states and rule definitions; - iteration, repetition and rapture; - Derrida's "Structure, Sign and Play";

- game criticism, speculation and theory; - rules and metarules; winning conditions; - interactive fiction.

CS4073 Digital Arts

The development of digital art; the change of relationship between work and production methodology; changes of modes of expression and output; the affect and influence of the development and use of technology over the past century on the creative arts; the shift from the conceptual primacy of expression to the increased role of technology and engineering, production and distribution; a survey of key works from representative domain.

CS4075 Computer Games Programming – Tools and Techniques

Introduction to programming interactive computer games. This module provides an introduction to computer game application elements. Areas covered include: - Components of Game - Resource

Management Techniques - AI and Interaction Techniques -

Networking for Games - Physics Simulation - Collision Detection -

Use of Scripting Engines It introduces required tools and libraries facilitating the job of computer games programmer. After finishing this module student will gain competence in programming basic, but complete, computer game applications.

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CS4076 Event Driven Programming


This module will provide students with a comprehensive introduction to event driven programming where a strong emphasis will be placed on practical application in at least two high level development environments. In addition, students will be introduced to multiprocessor support for event driven programs and shown how to improve event processing performance through parallel event transformation.

Syllabus:

Imperative versus event driven paradigms.

Introduction to GUI creation; graphical structures: frames, boxes, layout managers, menus, windows.

Event handling process, event handling mechanisms: event classes, event sources, event listeners.

The Delegation Model of event handling.

Avoiding deadlocks in GUI code.

Limits of message passing libraries and thread libraries.

Event processing performance.

Introduction to multiprocessor support for event driven programs.

Techniques to improve event processing performance through parallel event transformation.

CS4081 Electronic Health Record Management


CS4084 Mobile Application Development


The module will focus on the tools and environments that exist to help developers create real world applications that run on wireless and mobile devices. A strong emphasis will be placed on providing students with hands on experience in the programming and testing of applications for mobile devices. Throughout this module students will use an object oriented programming language, basic APIs and specialised APIs to develop applications for mobile devices.

Syllabus:

Challenges to be faced when developing applications for mobile devices.

Platform specific mobile applications and/or mobile web applications; mobile application lifecycles.

Mobile applications and their architectures.

Overview of operating systems (OSs) and Application Programming

Interfaces (APIs) to choose from when developing applications for mobile devices.

Comparison of native development environment options; software development kits (SDKs) and emulators.

Installing and configuring the development environment.

Managing application resources; designing user interfaces; data storage and retrieval options; synchronization and replication of mobile data.

Communications via network and the web; networking and web services; wireless connectivity and mobile applications.

Performance consideration: performance and memory management; performance and threading; graphics and user interface performance; use various facilities for concurrency.

Security considerations: encryptions, authentication, protection against rogue applications.

Location based application; location API.

Packaging and deploying applications for mobile devices.

CS4085 Computer Graphics 2

Basic Modelling Techniques - Basic Animation Techniques - Usage of

Content Creation Suites - Graphical File Formats (importing / exporting) - Introduction to Real-Time 3D Engines - Scene

Management Techniques - Special FX - Particle Systems -

Pixel/Vertex Shaders

CS4091 Programming 1


To provide a language independent introduction to programming using one programming language - the programming language and its operating environment is selected by the Department and the selection is reviewed regularly.

Syllabus: a. Programming process: understanding the problem, planning the logic, designing the solution, code the program, translate the program into machine language, test the program; syntax and semantics. b. Declaring and defining variables/data; primitive data types; constant definitions; mixed data types; arithmetic expressions and precedence; assigning statements. c. Relational expressions, logical expressions and precedence; selection statements; problem solution considerations; data validation; error handling. d. Looping constructs; problem solution considerations. e. Introduction to classes, objects and encapsulation. f. Modules, subroutines, procedures and functions; flow of control; design considerations; library functions; user defined functions; local and global variables; scope, visibility and lifetime of variables/data; actual and formal arguments/parameters. g. Desk checking solutions; dry running code; writing self-checking code; systematic debugging approaches. h. One dimensional arrays and their manipulation. i. String manipulation j. Input and Output.

CS4107 Performance Technology 2


Students will develop their knowledge of performance technology in the context of interactive environments for digital media through a combination of laboratory based small group project work and lecture based learning.

Syllabus:

This module will focus on the use of electronic sensors and actuators in combination with software and PC based approaches in the development of performance systems and interactive environments.

Key topics will include:

The software and hardware development of a performance system.

Implementing performance systems for multimedia (movement triggering, dance, installation, virtual spaces, enhanced environments).

Implementing performance software for composition (composition with instruments and electronics, dynamic reactive audio and video playback).

CS4111 Computer Science 1 (CSI 2-1-1)



Aims: To understand the mathematical basis of many complex computations, to lay basis for derivation of simple programs from formal specifications and to understand the dependence of program on underlying evaluation mechanisms. Objective: On successful completion of this module the student should be able to: 1. Construct syntax trees for expressions (including conditional expressions), involving operations of different arities and signatures, determine the partial ordering of evaluation of subexpressions implied by tree structure, generate a semantically equivalent expression in prefix or postfix notations, evaluate the expressions by hand, and by writing fragments of code in a procedural language and a functional language, and given an expression in lambda notation, to determine the free and bound variables; 2. Construct an inductive definition of some simple functions over the Natural Numbers, derive a functional program, and derive semantically equivalent iterative and recursive programs written in a selected procedural language. Brief syllabus: programming as a form of specification of (not necessarily numerical) computations using specific evaluation mechanisms, and specific notations, analysis of mathematical notations including fixity, arity, precedence of operators, as well as grouping of operands; purely linear notations, and precedence of operators; syntax trees, and lambda notation, together with scope and partial ordering of operations; conditional expressions, and elementary recursion; inductive definition of functions, and proof by induction; derivation of functional, recursive and iterative programs from inductive definitions;

CS4115 Data Structures and Algorithms


To provide a uniform theoretical treatment of the data structures and algorithms used in systems and applications programming. This module includes a practical component to reinforce learning and to encourage students in the practical use of theoretical material.

Syllabus:

- Mathematics Review;

- Review of the ADTs, internals and usage of simple data structures and associated algorithms, in particular recursive algorithms;

- Linked Lists and Networks;

- Recursion, and the elimination of recursion from algorithms;

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- Study of sorting algorithms: quicksort, heapsort, mergesort and bucket and radix sorting;

- Analysis of general divide-and-conquer algorithms;

- Searching: tree searching, AVL trees, splay trees;

- Graph algorithms: graph traversal and spanning forests, depth and breadth first search of graphs; connectivity; minimal spanning trees for weighted graphs; shortest path algorithms; networks.

CS4123 Information Modelling and Specification


This module serves to introduce the concepts that will be developed later on in the Systems Analysis and Design and Database Systems modules. Focusing on Data modelling, relational database languages and a formal specification notation, in particular using typed sets, nary relations and predicate logic, students are introduced to an integrate systematic approach linking system specification and imprementation.

Syllabus:

System development life cycle models.

Specification and implementation; verification and validation.

Modelling facts in terms of Predicates, Sets, Relations.

The Relational Model of Data. Relations and Tuples.

Relational Algebra: the 8 operators; Select, Project, Product, Join,

Union, Intersection, Difference and Division.

Relational calculus. Tuple variables.

SQL, simple queries, conditions and expressions.

Join queries and sub-queries.

Query nesting, Union and views in SQL.

Data analysis: attributes and values.

Entities and relationships.

Entity relationship diagrams.

The Z notation, sets and types, schemas, predicates.

Invariants; pre and post conditions.

Specification using Z.

The schema calculus.

Database definition and manipulation in SQL.

Specifying database constraints Z.

Implementing database constraints in SQL.

CS4125 Systems Analysis and Design


The development of large-scale complex software-based systems proceeds from analysis through design and implementation to system verification and validation. This module covers the analysis and design phases of the software development cycle with particular emphasis on the use of Object-oriented approaches to specification.

Syllabus:

- Software lifecycles: review of the waterfall model, prototyping, spiral, and object-oriented (OO) development models.

- Focus on the Unified Software Development Process (USDP).

- Characteristics of good software design - modules, cohesion, coupling or dependency, encapsulation, abstraction, etc.

- Requirements investigation.

- Requirements classification: functional and non-functional requirements.

- Requirements modelling: use case diagrams and use case descriptions.

- Computer aided software engineering (CASE).

- Review of OO concepts: classes and objects, abstract classes, class interfaces, inheritance, polymorphism, etc.

- Analysis using OO method and UML: identification of classes using key domain abstraction, CRC cards, collaboration and sequence diagrams, state transition diagrams, and activity diagrams.

- Overview of object-oriented software architectures: layering and partitioning, open versus closed, MVC, broker, etc.

- Design using OO method and UML: concurrency, object design, collection classes, GUI design, and data management design.

- Additional diagramming notation: packages, subsystems, and implementation.

- Analysis and design patterns.

- Frameworks.

- Other methodologies - DSDM, Agile approaches, Extreme

Programming.

CS4135 Software Architectures (Autumn/3) (CSI 2-1-2)

4 hours per week; 13 weeks/7 th semester; 26L/13T/13Lab; ECTS credits:6

To provide students with an understanding of complex software systems and to provide them with the skills to create such software.

Brief syllabus: Graphical User Interfaces; Survey of the Major Object

Oriented Libraries; Software Components; Component Architectures;

Overview of Software Architectures; Architectural Styles;

Architectural Mismatches. Prerequisite: CS4113

CS4158 Programming Language Technology

Notion of Phrase Structure; - Notion of Post's Production Systems; -

Chomsky's definition of Phrase structure Generative Grammars, and

Hierarchy of Grammars. Sentential Forms and Languages generated by Context Free Grammars; - Regular expressions, Regular sets, and

Regular Grammars; - Classification of Abstract State Machines,

Configurations, Transitions; - Construction of Recognising Finite State machines from Regular Grammars and Coversely Program Design based on Regular Expressions; - Construction of Lexical Analysers including use of Generators such as LEX/FLEX; - Leftmost and

Rightmost derivation of sentences from Context Free Grammars, Parse trees, and ambiguity of Grammars; - Top Down Parsing (Recursive

Descent) Techniques; - Bottom Up (LR) Parsing Techniques; - Notion of an Item, Closure of a set of Items, Transitions between sets of items, and canonical collections of valid items; - Parser Generators such as YACC/BISON and their use in syntax directed translation.

CS4167 Health Informatics Research

Mammography: mammogram models, models of radiation scatter and extra-focal radiation. - Image analysis techniques: image enhancement, normalisation, sub-pixel representation using Gabor wavelets, subspace methods using Principal Components Analysis (PCA). -

Introduction to Research Methods: research design, and qualitative and quantitative approaches. - The agile manifesto in software engineering with a focus on Extreme Programming (XP). - Managing team dynamics. - Recap of paradigms from intelligent systems and data mining. - Evaluating Hypotheses. - Machine Vision and Learning

Under Uncertainty: statistical learning, learning as function approximation, learning as density estimation, unsupervised learning without density estimation, linear classification and regression, nonlinear classification and regression. - Neural networks paradigms for identification of abnormalities in mammograms : Multi-Layer

Perceptrons (MLP) using backpropagation, Self-organising Maps

(SOMs), and Radial Basis Networks. - Evolutionary Algorithms identification of abnormalities in mammograms: Grammitical

Evolutions (GE) for the automated synthesis of vision programs. -

Mammogram Classification using PCA. - Overview of probabilistic approaches to model building such as the Expectation Maximisation

(EM) algorithm for Hidden Markov Models (HMMs).

CS4177 Telecommunication Services

[Public v Private networks]: Ownership and administration, policy issues, licensing & regulation, security considerations, overheads of running a real physical private network, advantages & disadvantages. -

[Telephone network services] (voice and data), DSL services,

(Broadband), Freephone, Lo-call and premium rate services. Centrex,

PBX services. ISDN network services, bearer services, teleserevices, and value-added services. (psychics alive, weather dial, dating services, on line surveys etc) Intelligent network services. - [Packet network services]:Frame Relay and ATM networks, TCP/IP best effort, Services outsourcing business model, impact on QoS levels,

SLAs. - [The Internet]: its structure, tiered layers of ISPs. VPNs over the Internet. Hostile network security services. Secure VPN, IPsec, and

SSL. IntServ and Diffserv approaches to QoS for Internet based services. Streaming of audio and video content over the Internet. Multi

Protocol Label Switching - [Mobility services] Mobile data services,

GPRS, WAP and I-mode services, location based services, GPS.

CS4187 Professional Issues in Computing


Information and Communication Technology (ICT) industries employ large numbers of people who create technologies affecting a wide range of different types of communities within society as a whole. It is very important that students who will be entering these industries do so with an understanding of ethical professional and cultural issues that they will need to engage with as professionals. To this end

Professional Issues in Computing focuses on the ethical, legal and social consequences of the design, implementation and use of computer and information systems.

Syllabus:

What is a computer professional?

Ethical theories including: consequentialism and nonconsequentialism; utilitariasm; deontological theory.

Ethical decision making frameworks.

Applying ethical theories to moral problems in ICT.

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Codes of conduct of professional bodies in ICT.

Legal implications of being a professional including: Intellectual property law; privacy and data protection; computer crime; Irish,

European and American laws and potential for conflict.

Conflict between the legal and the ethical approaches.

Social impacts of ICT including: Digital divide - exclusion based on: race, gender, age, language; North/South divide, power and democracy, unstoppable progress, physical and social disability.

CS4211 Computer Organisation 1 (Autumn/1)

(

CSI 2-1-2)


To provide the student with a sound understanding of the representation of basic data types in a computer and to introduce the student to computer hardware as it pertains to the software developer.

Brief syllabus: introduction to computer architecture; the representation of data; principles of error detection and prevention; introduction to Boolean algebra; combinatorial and sequential logic; integrated circuit fabrication; main memory; backing storage; magnetic and floppy disks; input and output peripherals; principles of data communication; microprocessors; hardware.

CS4227 Software Design and Architecture


The objectives of this module are to equip students with the fundamental knowledge and techniques necessary to design quality software at the object and component level. The emphasis is on the support of architectural use cases through patterns at the architectural and design level, refactoring and Component Based Development

(CBD) at both theoretical and applied level.

Syllabus:

Topics presented include:

Challenges facing the Object Oriented (OO) and Component Based

Development (CBD) paradigms.

Characteristics of good software focusing on modular decomposition, coupling, cohesion, interfaces, encapsulation and architecture centric component based development.

Modelling of architectural use cases.

Object Oriented Design (OOD) with a focus on extensibility and performance using a generic OO method in conjunction with the

Unified Modelling Language (UML).

Design of software architecture focusing on architectural patterns such as those presented in the volumes on Pattern Oriented Software

Architecture series.

Detailed design focusing on creational, structural and behavioural design patterns.

Introduction to refactoring, code smells and refactoring to patterns.

Component Based Development in theory and practice.

Overview of topics such as Service Oriented Architecture, Domain

Specific Languages etc.

Comparison of OO versus CBD.

CS4416 Database Systems


Databases, particularly relational databases and database management systems (DBMSs) are central in the design and development of modern information systems. Understanding of their structure and skills in their application are fundamental aspects of a proper foundation in any domain of software development.

Syllabus:

The concept of a DBMS and DB Architectures are introduced. This module will build upon the notion of a database as introduced in

Information Modelling and Specification including revision of those concepts previously introduced, i.e. the relational data model, including issues, such as Integrity Constraints, SQL, and Views.

- Concepts of databases and DBMSs;

- Database Architectures;

- Revision of the Relational Model; SQL Tables, Views and the DDL;

Referential and Existential Integrity Constraints;

- Normalisation: Functional Dependencies; 1st, 2nd 3rd, 4th Boyce

Codd and Fifth Normal Forms;

- Technologies: Transaction Management; ACID properties; Security;

Data Storage & Indexing; Triggers & Active DBs; Query

Optimisation; Distributed Architectures;

- Use of embedded SQL, cursors, triggers;

- Object DBs and Object Relational DBs;

- Data Warehousing, Decision Support & Data Mining;

- Emerging Technologies

CS4457 Project Management and Practice (CSI 2-1-1)

The aim of this course is to examine the processes by which the development of computer-based information systems are managed, and the considerations needed for successful implementation of such systems. Brief syllabus: Management of IS projects can be the deciding factor in their eventual success or failure. This module covers the range of responsibilities of managing medium to large-scale information systems development projects, from project initiation to systems implementation. This course includes a study of the tools and techniques applicable to planning, monitoring and controlling the project.

CS4556 Business Orientated Programming Languages

Types of Software Market: Horizontal (mass produced) and Vertical

(bespoke). - Types of maintenance - Corrective, Adaptive, Perfective,

Preventative. - Programming for maintenance and the vertical market - issues - File-processing and business-oriented algorithms - Structure of

COBOL programs, Data Declaration, Assignment, File organizations,

Control structures, Tables, Sorting and Searching, String handling,

Intrinsic Functions, COBOL Report Writer - Structure of OO-COBOL programs, OO-COBOL syntactic elements, Methods, Classes, Objects,

Instantiation, Inheritance, Polymorphism

CS4911 Introduction to Information Technology

This module is designed to give 1st and 2nd year students from disciplines other than Computing a historical and theoretical introduction to information technology: concepts, terminology and possible future developments; together with practice in standard productivity software. - Concepts of information technology. - Data and information. - Software: general purpose applications, operating systems features, programming development languages, HTML; proprietary software and Open Source Software. - Hardware: types of computers, input/output devices, CPU, memory and secondary storage

û disks and solid state memory. - Development of the PC. -

Communications and connectivity: modems, communications channels, networks: LAN, WAN. - The Internet and the Web: access, browsers, URLs, search engines, multi-media. - Security issues: virus, firewall, proxy server. - Computers and society: dependence of society on computers, development of WP, e-commerce, the WWW impact on the media and advertising. - Future hardware and software developments. - Word Processing and spreadsheet practice. - Data representation. - HTML exercises.

CS4913 Business Information Systems* (Autumn/2)


Growing importance of information systems management in business; components of a business information system; data management; role of the database; personal databases; shared databases; maintenance and security of databases; decision support systems; communication support systems; executive support systems; management of information systems; overview of systems development methodologies; data protection act, 1988.

EE4001 Electrical Engineering (Autumn/1)



Electrostatics; conduction; network analysis; magnetism.

EE4003 The Engineer as a Professional

1. Communication. Presenting, Writing. 2. Adapting to the Workplace.

Effective Meetings, Time Management, Creativity, Stress & Fun,

Feedback, Planning, Teamwork, Leadership. 3. The Engineer as a

Professional. Professions & The Engineering Profession, Professional

Bodies, Life Long Learning & Continuous Professional Development

4. Engineering Ethics, Engineers in Society, Responsibility in

Engineering, Common Morality & Codes of Ethics, Analysing the

Problem, Utilitarian & Respect for Persons Philosophies, Creative

Middle Ways

EE4005 Electrical Power Systems

Generators/Alternators in power systems: steady state operation, transient conditions, unbalanced loading or faults, operation connected to infinite/non-infinite busbars, stability margin, operational limits, operation at leading power factor, governors and frequency control.

Power Factor Correction: Single-phase and three-phase power factor correction. Utility and consumer power factor correction. Active power factor correction and filters. Voltage Regulation: Voltage control standards: methods of voltage control, generator, reactive

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injection, series compensation, tap-changing, coordination of voltage regulation, voltage control and reactive power. Three-phase

Transformers: Review of power transformers, construction, equivalent circuit, autotransformers, use of tap-changers, three-phase connections and transformer banks, transformer harmonics, parallel operation of three-phase transformers, harmonics, inrush current, unbalanced loading, delta/star transformers. Transmission and distribution:

Transmission line inductance, capacitance. Overhear lines, underground cables. Fault analysis: Power systems faults: earth faults, line-line, line-line-earth; fault calculations, symmetrical faults, unbalenced faults. Switching and ProtectionL Switches, breakers, contactors, purpose of protection, plant protection, personnel, security of supply, stability, protection system compenents, zones of protection, current transformers, fuses, relays, breakers, inverse time, generator and transformers protection schemes, auto-reclosing circuit breakers. Relay types, over current, differential, impedance and pilot relaying, transformer protection, generator and motor protection, circuit interruption and switching over voltages. Rectification,

Inversion and High Voltage DC Systems Advanced Topics: Grid design, transmission and distribtion systems, integrating renewable generation onto a grid, grid design for the future, smart grds.

EE4011 Engineering Computing


EE4015 Electrical Power Systems

Syllabus:

Generators/Alternators in power systems: steady state operation, transient conditions, unbalanced loading or faults, operation connected to infinite/non-infinite busbars, stability margin, operational limits, operation at leading power factor, governors and frequency control.

Power Factor Correction: Single-phase and three-phase power factor correction. Utility and consumer power factor correction. Active power factor correction and filters.

Voltage Regulation: Voltage control standards: methods of voltage control, generator, reactive injection, series compensation, tapchanging, coordination of voltage regulation, voltage control and reactive power.

Three-phase Transformers: Review of power transformers, construction, equivalent circuit, autotransformers, use of tap-changers, three-phase connections and transformer banks, transformer harmonics, parallel operation of three-phase transformers, harmonics, inrush current, unbalanced loading, delta/star transformers.

Transmission and distribution: Transmission line inductance, capacitance. Overhear lines, underground cables.

Fault analysis: Power systems faults: earth faults, line-line, line-lineearth; fault calculations, symmetrical faults, unbalenced faults.

Switching and ProtectionL Switches, breakers, contactors, purpose of protection, plant protection, personnel, security of supply, stability, protection system compenents, zones of protection, current transformers, fuses, relays, breakers, inverse time, generator and transformers protection schemes, auto-reclosing circuit breakers.

Relay types, over current, differential, impedance and pilot relaying, transformer protection, generator and motor protection, circuit interruption and switching over voltages.

Rectification, Inversion and High Voltage DC Systems

Advanced Topics: Grid design, transmission and distribtion systems, integrating renewable generation onto a grid, grid design for the future, smart grds.

EE4021 General Engineering


EE4023 Distributed Systems


EE4027 Telecommunication Network Architectures 1


EE4101 Electrical Science 1 (Autumn/1)


Electrostatics; conduction: network analysis; magnetics.

EE4115 Systems Analysis (Autumn/3)



Bode plots; poles and zeros; Laplace transform, application to circuit analysis, frequency response from pole-zero locations; computer simulations; second-order systems; Fourier series; filter design;

Butterworth, Bessel, Chebyshev. transmission line introduction; properties of selected lines.

EE4207 Industrial Automation

Motion Control: Open Loop and Servos/Closed Loop Electric motors, drives and controllers. Steppers, DC Servos, Brushless Motors. Motion sensors / transducers for servo operation, tachometers, optical encoders, resolvers,. Pneumatics Electro Pneumatics, valves, pneumatic devices, pneumatic control systems. Programmable Logic

Controllers PLCs, industrially hardened modular controller, programming. Mechanical System Components and Considerations

Friction, low friction designs, inertia matching, gear boxes, screws, worms, toothed belts, harmonic drives. Choice of motor system to match speed, accuracy, stiffness, efficiency requirements etc.

Industrial Robots Classification; robot programming, forward and inverse kinematics, sensor systems integration, challenges of mobile robotics

EE4313 Active Circuit Design 1 (Autumn/2)



Overview; diodes. Mosfets: JFETs: BJTs: IC components overview:

BJTs Mosfets; biasing methods: small-signal models; amplifier types; differential; systems overview.

EE4407 ASICS 1 (Autumn/4)


Introduction to Design Methologies; UNIX; VLSI structures; design entry and simulation; hardware description languages; design for text.

Prerequisite EE4407

EE4511 Digital Systems 1

INTRODUCTION: Differences between analogue-and discrete-signal systems. The advantages of binary logic systems.BOOLEAN

ALGEBRA: Logical variables and functions of two logical variables.

Truth tables. Theorems of Boolean algebra. Nand, Nor, And, Or and the relationship between them. Canonical forms - minterms and maxterms. Function synthesis.KARNAUGH MAPPING: Concept and procedures for up to 4 variables. Mapping incompletely specified functions. CIRCUIT SYNTHESIS: Circuit synthesis from a functional specification. The concept of gate delay, spurious responses (glitches).

Waveforms in logic circuits.NUMBER SYSTEMS AND

ARITHMETIC: Decimal, Binary and Hexadecimal numbers. Negative numbers - One's and Two's complement representation. Arithmetic with signed numbers. Simple arithmetic circuits, full adder. Cascading of adder stages. Look-ahead carry.ENGINEERING ASPECTS: Gate characteristics of TTL family of devices: speed, current flows, noise margin. Open-collector and Tri-state gates. LATCHES AND FLIP-

FLOPS: Simple latch using cross-coupled Nands. Gated latch, D-latch.

EE 4513 Digital Systems 3* (Autumn/2)


Classical von Neumann model. The basic microprocessor; Addressing modes: data movement instructions; the assembler and assembler directives; arithmetic and logic instructions; program control: processing text; stacks; cross-linking.

Perquisite EE4512

EE4607 Telecommunication Systems 1 (Autumn/4)


Introduction to Communication Systems; transmission, T1-digital

Carrier, Switching, Signalling, Local Loop, Inter-exchange signalling; mobile Communications, GSM, DECT, DCS-1800 UMTS; satellite communications, DBS, LEO’s GPS; future of Telecommunications

Systems

EE4907 Electronic Engineering Project 1

The final year project is undertaken throughout the two semesters of the final year. The project is intended to give a student the chance to study a topic in depth and to apply his/her theoretical knowledge to a practical situation. Whilst working on the project he/she learns to direct their own work, be critical of their own methods and also to

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conduct detailed measurements and write a report presenting their results and reasoning. Students are expected to work on their project independently and must be available for consultation with their supervisor.

This module is only available for ERASMUS students who stay for the full academic year (2 semester) in the Department of Electronic and

Computer Engineering (ECE). Students doing project work are required to find a supervisor themselves. It is advisable for students to investigate research areas of ECE at www.ece.ul.ie and to contact staff members regarding the availability of research projects before arriving in Limerick. However, it is quite usual that projects are agreed upon after the student has arrived.

It is anticipated that students will take up to 4 additional (taught) modules. This module gains 10 ECTS credits per semester (20 for the full year).

For further details please contact Dr Reiner Dojen

( reiner.dojen@ul.ie

).

RE4007 Non-Linear Control


This module introduces students to some of the more common non linear analysis techniques that are applicable to modern robotics systems and control systems more generally.

Syllabus:

General: Lyapunov Stability Analysis, Absolute Stability and the

Circle Criterion, Analysis of Steady-State Tracking Error, Describing

Function Analysis, Phase plane methods, limit cycles and their determination.

Overview of rule-based non-linear control techniques.

Fuzzy Systems as Universal Approximators. Fuzzy System: Fuzzy

Control System Design, Real-Time Implementation Issues

Fuzzy Identification and Estimation, Adaptive Fuzzy Control

(Comparative Analysis of Fuzzy Model Reference Learning Control &

Model Reference Adaptive Control), Fuzzy Supervisory Control

Neural Networks: Multi-Layer Networks as Universal Approximators,

Radial Basis Function

Case studies involving Neural Networks and Fuzzy Systems.

DM4003 Operations Modelling (Eng)


Understand the role of operations in both production and service enterprises.

Introduce Lean thinking and structured operations improvement tools.

Introduce a range of quantitative methods and highlight their application in the decision making process for solving real world problems.

Provide an understanding of optimal decisions under constraints.

Provide an understanding of design and analysis of operations under uncertainty.

To provide students with modeling and software capabilities that can be applied to operations design and analysis.

Syllabus:

Lean Thinking and Operations

Introduce students to lean thinking and operations improvement tools used within DMAIC (Define-Measure-Analyze-Improve-Control) projects. Related lean thinking to operations modeling methods.

Operations Modeling - Software:

Introduce and provide students with base skills to use software to solve operations optimization models. The focus is primary on introducing the student to spread sheet modeling, but brief introductions to other modeling and optimization software will be given. Students will apply software modeling skills obtained here to subsequent topics.

Operations Modeling Under Constraints

Basic definition of Linear programming, demonstrate method via graphical method, model formulation applications in operations.

Simplex method, Artificial starting solution method, interpretation of simplex tableau, sensitivity analysis.

Transport model, Assignment model, Shortest Route model, Network

Minimisation model, Maximum Flow Model,

Transshipment model

Introduce binary and integer applications in operations analysis, integer solution methods such as branch-and-bound and meta heuristics solution methods.

Decision Making Under Uncertainty

Introduce decision making under uncertainty

Introduce basics of simulation using spreadsheets.

Introduce basic queuing and inventory models.

ET4003 Electro Technology


This module provides an introduction to electrotechnology for students studying in the area of enterprise engineering, materials and construction.

ET4008 Test Engineering 2: Digital Circuit and System Test


The increasing complexities and speed of operation of modern digital circuits and systems is increasing the demand on product testing. The purpose of the module is to introduce the students to modern semiconductor integrated circuit (IC) test methods, including automatic test equipment (ATE), design for testability (DfT) and builtin self-test (BIST) for digital ICs.

Syllabus:

The increasing complexities and speed of operation of modern digital circuits and systems is increasing the demand on product testing. The module will concentrate on IC designs, with the following key areas covered:-

1. Semiconductor test overview:- test points for semiconductor devices from wafer to package.

2. Test Engineering requirements.

3. Digital logic test concepts:- sequential and combinational logic.

4. Memory test:- RAM and ROM.

5. Fault modelling and fault simulation

6. Design for Testability (DfT).

7. Built-In Self-Test (BIST).

8. Problem with design complexity: System on a Chip (SoC) test problem.

9. ATE systems.

10. IEEE Standard 1149.1 (Boundary Scan).

ET4013 Communications Engineering Fundamentals


The aim of this module is to provide an introduction to data communications and networking. The module includes an overview of essential foundation topics and also introduce students to the internetworking principles and concepts.

Syllabus:

Introduction to telecommunications: Definitions and concepts, standards bodies, communications tasks, protocol elements, characteristics and functions; reference communications models (OSI vs. TCP/IP). History/evolution of telecommunications networks.

Physical Layer: Transmission modes and types; analog vs. digital signals; baseband vs. broadband; modulation/demodulation; transmission impairments (attenuation, delay distortion, noise); channel capacity; data encoding and compression; physical interfacing; asynchronous vs. synchronous transmission; transmission media (guided, unguided); structured cabling standards; multiplexing techniques (FDM, TDM, WDM). Network topologies (star, ring, bus, tree, mesh). Data link layer: Line disciplines (ENQ/ACK, poll/select); framing; frame synchronisation and data transparency, flow control; addressing; link management; protocol examples (HDLC, LAPB,

LAPD, LAPM, PPP). Introduction to higher communications layers:

Switching (circuit-, message-, packet-); routing (main types, concepts and principles), congestion control, QoS management, connectionoriented vs. connectionless transport services; segmentation and reassembly; session management; data presentation; client-server model; internetworking principles and concepts (repeating, hubs, bridges, routers, gateways).

ET4015 - Test Engineering 1: Product Development and ATE

Systems


Troubleshooting: How circuits, systems and components fail. How are they diagnosed and repaired Reliability : Arhennius and Eyring

Models of failure. Accelerated Life Testing. Impact on the Design and test processes Electronic Production : PCB Design. Through hole and

Surface Mount Technology. How can production processes be made more reliable Lean Manufacturing Advanced Interconnection Systems for modern Electronic Production

ET4017 Communications Networking Standards


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The aim of this module is to provide further education in communications networks and provides detailed overview of the main international networking standards. The module also introduces students to modern communications standardised infrastructures and associated business models and paradigms.

Syllabus:

Personal Area Networks (PANs): Bluetooth, IEEE 802.15 standard.

Local Area Networks (LANs): Medium Access Control (CSMA/CD vs. CSMA/CA); logical link control (LLC), IEEE standards:

802.3/u/z/ae (ethernet), 802.5 (token ring), 802.11 (WiFi), 802.1Q

(VLAN).

Metropolitan Area Networks (MANs): IEEE 802.16 (WiMax) standard.

Wide Area Networks (WANs): Frame relay: Asynchronous Transfer

Mode (ATM),; Multi-Protocol Label Switching (MPLS); Integrated

Services Digital Networks (ISDN).

Broadcast audio/video carrier technologies: Terrestrial (DAM, DRM,

DVB-T/DVB-H, MBMS), satellite (DVB, S-DMB, Digital Audio

Radio Satellite).

Modern communications business models and paradigms: Subscribercentric model; consumer-centric model; integrated heterogeneous networking, infrastructural elements.

ET4023 Introduction to Security and Cryptography


To introduce fundamental concepts of information and network security.

To introduce the ideas of threats and vulnerabilities such as viruses, worms, malware etc.

To introduce fundamental ideas in cryptography.

To place them in their historical perspective.

To provide an appreciation of approaches to preventing such attacks.

Syllabus:

[Introduction to information and network security:] Why security is an important issue.

[Threats and vulerabilities:] Threats from passive and active attackers and from digital pests such as virus, worms and malware.

[Historical development of codes and ciphers:] Classical ciphers

(Caesar, Vigenere, one-time-pad etc.) Machine based codes: Enigma,

Purple. Classical cryptanalysis (Beltchley Park, the Bombes etc.)

[Introduction to cryptography:] Basic approaches of symmetric key encryption. Block ciphers and stream ciphers. Basic approach of public key encryption. Introduction to key management. Application of ciphers.

[Protection against attacks:] Introduction to security components such as firewalls and IDS, virus scanner, file integrity checker, OS update management. Role of passwords. Password cracking techniques.

ET4025 Network Protocols Laboratory


The aim of this module is to offer the students a learn-by-doing approach in communications and computer networks, for a better understanding of how networking technologies, mainly network

protocols, operate in practice. Using appropriate laboratory facilities

(real network equipment, protocol analysis software), the students will be allowed to observe, measure and experiment various communications protocols. It provides the student with a comprehensive coverage of computer networking and their protection, with a strong practical emphasis.

At the completion of the module, students should have an understanding of the important issues in providing communications software for various types of computer networks. This includes LAN medium access protocols, WAN data link protocols and the TCP/IP protocol stack, mainly focusing on application protocols for file transfer, network management network security.

Syllabus:

Introduction to layered architectures, basic concepts: open systems, layering, peer protocols, primitives and services.

Reference models: telecommunications vs. computing approaches,

OSI vs. TCP/IP, layers functions.

Layer 2 LAN protocols: Ethernet, token ring and FDDI: basic characteristics, frame types, fields and troubleshooting tips, capture and decode frames.

WAN protocols: HDLC, frame relay, PPP; ATM: basic characteristics, frame types, fields and troubleshooting tips, capture and decode frames.

TCP/IP protocol stack: IPv4 and IPv6, TCP and UDP: functions and

PDU structure, protocol analysis, debugging tips; capture and reassemble PDUs, extract data.

Client/server software used by TCP/IP protocols; design and implementation for client programs.

Network management: SNMP case study.

Network security: Using routers as firewalls, PGP case study.

ET4035 Computer Law, Investigation and Graphics

Syllabus:

Overview of computer forensics technology.

Compute forensics evidence - capture and analysis.

Legal permissions and restrictions on investigations of incidents.

Collecting evidence for trial: evidence integrity, chain of custody and admissibility.

RFC 1087 - Ethics and the internet including the 10 commandments of computer ethics.

ISC2 Code of ethics.

Irish Information Society Commission Ethics and Values in a Digital

Age.

ET4047 Embedded Software


The aim of the module is to provide an introduction to embedded processor systems and applications. The main objectives are to provide the student with an overview of the architecture of a simple microprocessor, to explain the operating principles and provide a functional understanding of assembly language.

Syllabus:

Introduce a simple microprocessor architecture - Registers, buses and memory organisation and how it is used in embedded applications.

Describe memory and I/O devices. Explain memory and I/O accesses.

Introduce instruction sets, addressing modes, data move instructions, arithmetic instruction, stack operation and usage, program flow control instructions, sub routines and loops.

Detail assembler directives and the program translation process.

Review the build and load process for embedded application programs. Introduce simulation tools and debugging techniques

Introduce the monitor program and how to use it to test applications using target hardware.

Describe how to control/communicate with I/O devices through polling and interrupts. Interrupt service routines, interrupt priority, multiple interrupts, nesting.

Use practical programming examples to illustrate concepts.

ET4057 Electronics for Built Environment 1


ET4077 Cloud Computing


To introduce the student to Secure Cloud Computing. This is to enable them to fully understand the Cloud, its vulnerabilities and how to offset them.

Syllabus:

Cloud Computing Fundamentals: Characteristics, Technology and

Operational issues.

Cloud Computing Architecture: Delivery and Deployment Models.

Cloud Computing Security Fundamentals: Requirements and Services,

Cloud Computing Risk Issues and Security Challenges: Threats and

Vulnerabilities.

Cloud Computing Security Architecture: Security management and

Access control issues.

ET4111 Electrotechnology ID


An introduction to the overall basics of electrotechnology and electrical machines.

Syllabus:

Electric charge, movement of charge as a current, conductors and insulators, what makes electrical current flow potential difference, voltage, resistance to electric current, simple dc circuit analysis, series and parallel connection of components, capacitors and charge storage, charging capacitors magnetic fields generated by electric current, electromagnetics. alternating current (ac), simple ac circuits. magnetism , magnetic flux, electro-magnetic induction.

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electrical generators, transformers, rectification, direct current (dc) generators, dc motors, induction motors. electronics, semi-conductor theory, diodes - rectification, transistors - switches/digital, amplifiers/analogue, IC's.

ET4121 Laboratory Skills 1 (Autumn/1)


Introduction to the electronic engineering laboratory: codes of conduct, operation of test and laboratory test and measurement equipment – power supply, signal generator, oscilloscope, circuit prototyping boards. Taking measurements and measurement equipment limitations. Electronic circuit prototyping, build and test: soldering, wire-wrapping, board design and layout, component choice and correct handling. Determining component values from the package coding. Printed Circuit Board (PCB) build and test, working in a project group environment.

ET4132 Introduction to Web and Database Technology


This module will introduce you to the concepts and techniques underlying the World Wide Web, such that you will gain a working knowledge of how to design and build web sites. The module will also present an introduction to relational databases and data models and manipulation.

Syllabus:

Overview of the Internet and World Wide Web; standards and specifications

Web browsers, Web servers and protocols

Designing & creating Web Pages with HTML

Web programming: overview of XHTML, XML, CSS and ActiveX controls

Multimedia on the WWW including Audio, Video and graphics

Data & information: characteristics, differences and structures

Data management: simple file storage & retrieval; Introduction to data modelling

Introduction to the concept of Database Management System (DBMS)

Introduction to Structured Query Language (SQL)

ET4151 Digital Electronics 1


semester; 26L/26LAB

ECTS credits: 6

The difference between digital and analogue signals.

Binary numbers (unsigned) and how they can represent an analogue signal. Number systems and coes, Hexadecimal, ASCII cpde. Simple

ADC and DAC concepts. Logic gates: AND, OR and INVERTER gates and their truth tables. Representing data in parallel and in serial form, RS232. Buses and addressing: the concept of selecting a device by decoding a number on an address bus. Memory devices: basic types

(NO internal workings) of semiconductor memory and how they are used. LED displays: including single LEDs and 7-segment displays

and how to drive them. Modem basics. Sequential circuits: D-type flip-flops and registers; counters and their applications; shift register – serial – to parallel conversion (and vice-versa); Simple state diagrams.

Mass Storage: disks, magnetic storage, sectors, data rates, optical storage, flash memory.

ET4203 Analogue Electronics 3


Introduction to structures of semiconductor devices and their use in basic amplifier circuits and systems.

Syllabus:

Semiconductor materials: p-n junctions.

Basic semiconductor diode: structure and operation

Other forms of semiconductor diodes: zener diode, Light Emitting

Diode, photodiode.

Use of the diode: voltage rectifiers in power supplies, LED displays.

Transistors: transistor operation.

Bipolar Junction Transistor (BJT): structure and operation of npn and pnp transistor.

Metal Oxide Semiconductor Field Effect Transistor (MOSFET):

Structure and operation of nMOS and pMOS transistor.

Use of transistors in amplifiers: voltage amplifiers, amplifier class, analysis of amplifier operation.

Power semiconductor devices: thyristor and triac.

Data converters: ADC and DAC converters: architectures and operation.

ET4244 Outcome-based Learning Laboratory 2



Design of dynamic web-based user oriented systems, top down, bottom up design. Extraction and display of real world data. Data transmission point to point and through networks. Data exchange in multipoint systems. Data manipulation and storage on a PC.

Interfacing PC to external system directly/over a network. Control of simple devices via active web pags. Data display in user-friendly format, graphic displays, data on demand.

Prerequisite ET4112

ET4253 Computer Systems Architecture 2


semester; 26L/26LAB;ECTS credits:6

Pnetium and later microprocessors and simple RISC and CISC concepts; Protected Mode operation and relationship to Windows operating system; P4 incorporation of RISC techniques. Architecture of modern PC, showing memory and bus hierarchies, use of casches in memory hierarchy. Legacy of ISA nis amd Real Mode; Intro to PCI and other internal PC buses. Use of the BIOS in a PC and its relationship to application programs and the operating system. Use of device drivers in a PC. I/O standards, including USB, IEEE 1394 , serial and parallel interfaces and standards; video and graphics standards. Role of motherboard; evolution of the PC. Project work.

ET 4263 Java Programming I

4 hours per week; 13 weeks/3 rd semester

26L/13T/26LAB; ECTS credits: 6

Introduce students to Java language and compare it to C. Basic data types, control statements and methods. Import basic understanding of object oriented software development. Introduce Java documentation.

Investigate role of Java Virtual Machine. Introduce Java Class

Libraries. Introduction to UML. Introduce Java development environment. Complete simple programming assignments to drive home Java syntax and use of its development tools. Prerequisite

ET4702

ET4305 Instrumentation and Control 1


ET4345 Operating Systems 2 (Autumn/5)


semester;26 L/26LAB; ECTS credits: 6

UNIX Overview: History, standards, shells, interfaces.

UNIX architecture: Features, partition of functions and position in the layered structure

Kernel organisation: Control flow, execution, daemons, timers, interrupts, clocks, modules.

Process Management: Process manager, system calls, task creation, blocking, wait queues, scheduling, IPC, booting.

Memory management: Virtual address space, secondary memory, shared memory, addressing, performance issues, system calls.

File management: File I/O, file access, different file systems, performance issues, system calls.

Device management: Device drivers, streams, interrupt handling, disk drive example.

Laboratory: A set of laboratory exercises based on skeleton example programs will guide the student through the internals of the UNIX operating system. The example programs will be developed in shell scripts and C/C++ programming environments.

ET4407 Electronics and the Environment


The protection of the environment in conjunction with economic growth will become one of the great challenges of the 21st century for a multitude of reasons. If the electronics industry is to sustain its growth levels of the last number of decades going forward this challenge will become foremost in the job function of its employees.

This module will introduce the concepts which underpin this challenge. It seeks to inform students of the necessity of environmental awareness in the electronics industry and to introduce the means by which these environmental issues can be addressed.

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Syllabus:

1. Environmental Forces in the Electronics Industry:

Market Driven, Sustainability Driven, Legislation

Driven.

2. Design for Environment (ECO Design): Life cycle chain analysis, design for recycling, reverse manufacturing, reverse logistics, end of life solutions.

3. Green materials: lead free interconnects, halogen free materials, all other materials outlined in WEEE and

ROHS, packaging.

4. Sustainability, energy efficiency, alternative power supply.

5. Case studies discussing such issues as environmental challenges in the semiconductor industry, producer responsibility in the electronics industry and sustainable trade in the electronics sector of emerging economies among other topics.

6. Invited talks: Seminars by the local electronics industry on environmental challenges in their company.

ET4437 Distributed Computing and Java (Autumn/7)


To introduce the student to Java and Distributed Computing including

Remote Method Invocation and JavaBeans. To examine the role of

Java in Distributed Systems and Web based Services including

Security issues. In addition XML and advanced GUI features will be investigated.

On completion of this module the student should have an appreciation of the issues pertaining to the use of Java in a large Distributed

Enterprise Environment.

JavaBeans Component Model, Creating a JavaBean.

Security - Digital Signatures, Java Keystores, Java Authentication and

Authorization Service.

Java-based Wireless Applications and J2ME.

Remote Method Invocation.

Enterprise JavaBeans and Distributed Transactions.

Messaging with the Java Messaging Service (JMS).

Jini - plug and play interfaces, discovery services.

JavaSpaces - Communicating and sharing information in asynchronous environments

Peer-to-Peer Applications.

Case Study.

Extenible Mark-up Language (XML) and Simple Object Access

Protocol (SOAP).

Major programming project.

ET4907 Electronic Systems Project 1


To enable the student to develop their ability to work on their own. To familiarise the student with the process of research, development and design. To develop the students ability in terms of verbal and written communication.

Syllabus:

At the end of the third year the student selects a project title from a list. The student is expected to complete some background reading over the summer vacation. Each student is expected to progress their own project throughout their final year with regular direction from their supervisor. The project will be completed during the second semester and a project report will be submitted for grading. Each project will be reviewed and graded by at least two academics. Two oral presentations (interim and final) by the students are part of the grading process. The subject of the projects will range from design and build to theoretical analysis.

ET4927 Project 1


The project is intended to give students the chance to study a topic in the field in depth and to apply his/her theoretical knowledge to a practical situation. Whilst working on the project he/she learns to direct their own work, be critical of his/her own methods and also learns to construct project performance and to write a report presenting their results and reasoning.

MA4001 Engineering Mathematics 1 (Autumn/1)

5 hours per week; 13 week/1 st semester; 39L/26T; ECTS credits:6

Series functions; limits, continuity and differentiation from first principles; transcendental functions; vector algebra; complex numbers; differential calculus; properties; maxima and minima, curve sketching, roots of equations; undetermined forms; power series.

MA4003 Engineering Mathematics 3 (Autumn/2)

4 hours per week; 13 weeks/3 rd semester’ 39L/13T; ECTS credits:6

Vector Spaces; Inner Products, norms, orthogonality; Eigevnalues and eigenvectors. Diagonalisabiility; Numerical solution of systems of linear equations; iterative methods; nonlinear systems using Newton’s method.

MA4005 Engineering Maths T1 (Autumn/3)

6 hours per week; 13 weeks/5 th semester 39L/39LAB; ECTS credits:6

The indefinite integral; numerical integration; ordinary differential equations; the Laplace Transform; Fourier series; matrix representation of and solution of systems of linear equations; vector spaces; numerical solution of systems of linear equations; Gauss elimination, LU-decomposition.

MA4007 Experimental Design (Autumn/4)


Multiple regression: analysis of variance; robust techniques; statistical experimental design; full and fractional factorials, composite design, orthogonal arrays; evolutionary operations.

Prerequisite MA4004

MA4011 Science and Engineering Mathematics 1


The aim of this module is to introduce students to functions of a real variable, differential and integral calculus and to show their application to some engineering problems.

Syllabus:

Functions: definition of function, Domain and Range, continuity, periodicity and symmetry, composition of functions, inverse functions, commonly met functions, their graphs and properties;

Engineering waves: amplitude, frequency, angular frequency and period;

Limits at infinity and asymptotes;

Differentiation: Definition, Differentiation rules, Applications: position, velocity and acceleration maxima and minima , increasing, decreasing, inflection points, concavity;

Optimisation problems; Curve sketching: polynomials and rational functions

Integration as the antiderivative, using tables of integrals and properties, applications of indefinite integration: position, velocity and acceleration;

Methods - substitution, integration by parts, introduction to partial fraction methods

MA4103 Business Mathematics 2 (Autumn/2)


semester; 26L/13T: ECTS credits:6

Functions and graphs: review of standard functions, linear, quadratic, polynomial, exponential and log. Differential calculus: continuity and differentiability, sum, product, quotient, chain rules, implicit differentiation, maxima and minima, business applications. Integrals and integration: indefinite, definite integrals, integration techniques including anti-derivative, substitution and integration by parts, integrals involving logs and exponentials, business applications.

Functions of two variables: partial derivatives, relative maxima and minima, optimisation. Introduction to first order differential equations with applications to business. Matrices: solving linear systems by row reduction, eigen values for 2x2, and 3x3 matrices, Input-Output analysis.

MA4125 Introduction to Computer Aided Data Analysis

(Autumn/3)

5 hours per week; 13 weeks/5 th semester; 26L/13T/26LAB ; ECTS credits:6

Defining the research problem, formulating the research questions, quasi-experimental research designs, sources of data, data protection legislation, SQL, designing the data collection mechanisms, introduction to a suitable computing environment, date input, descriptive statistics and graphical methods, data analysis and

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interpretation including inference for a single proportion, a single mean, the difference between two proportions, and the difference between two means; the chi-squared test applied to contingency tables, simple linear regression and correlation, criticisms of data analysis with particular emphasis on the drawing of incorrect inferences due to poor design and/or poor analysis, report writing.

MA4402 Computer Maths 2 (Autumn/1)

3 hours per week; 13 weeks/2 nd semester; 26L/13T; ECTS credits:6

Real-value functions, simple numerical methods, matrices, graph theory.

MA4413 Statistics for Computing


To introduce the student to probabilistic ideas through the medium of information theory.

Syllabus:

Combinatorics: permutations, combinations and the binomial theorem.

Probability: Bayes theorem, conditional probability.

Introduction to information theory.

Compression algorithms.

Normal, Poisson and binomial distributions.

Hypothesis testing.

Chi squared test

Elementary queuing theory.

MA4601 Science Mathematics 1 (Autumn/1)


Vectors definition; addition; components, resultant, position vector; scalar product; dot product and angle between vectors; cross product; simple applications in mechanics. Complex Numbers: necessity and definition; algebra including multiplication, conjugate, division, modulus; Argand diagram representation; polar form, argument; exponential form; de Moivre's theorem, powers and roots.

Trigonometry: basic definitions and relation to unit circle; basic formulae and identities; frequency, amplitude and phase; more formulae using complex exponential. Linear equations: solution of systems of linear equations by Gaussian elimination; examples with a unique solution, an infinite number or no solutions. Matrices: Addition and multiplication; matrix inversion; simple determinants. Functions: graphs and functions; polynomial and algebraic functions; curvefitting; least-squares approximation formula only; exponential and logarithm; inverse function; limits and continuity. Derivative and applications basic concepts: slope as rate of change; differentiation of sum, product, quotient; chain rule; derivative of standard functions; tangent and normal; higher derivatives; maxima and minima; applications to optimisation in science.

MA4603 Science Mathematics 3 (Autumn/2)



Variables; representation of variables; reduction of variables; introduction to the fundamentals of probability; Baye's theorem; introduction to random variables; special distributions; binomial,

Poisson, geometric, uniform, exponential, normal; statistical inference; non-parametric tests; correlation and regression. Prerequisites

MA4601,MA4602

MA4605 Chemometrics (Autumn/3)



Statistical process control; capability studies; correlation and regression; multiple regression; importance of plotting data; design of experiments of variance; factorial designs; Plackett-Burman design.

Prerequisite MA4603

MA4607 Introduction to Applied Mathematical Modelling in

Continum (Autumn/4)



Continuum theory, balance of momenta, constitutive laws, elementary viscous flow, waves, aerofoil theory, vortex motion, Navier Stokes equations, very viscous flow, thin film flow, boundary layer theory, instability and turbulence, introduction to linear elasticity and rheology, illustrative real examples from the sciences.

MA4701 Technological Mathematics 1 (Autumn/1)



Functions; trigonometry; the derivative and its applications; experimental laws; linear equations; vectors; complex numbers

MA4707 Quality Management (Autumn/4)


History of quality; Quality organisation; Quality Planning; Standards and Vendors; Modern Quality development; Continuous improvement strategy, Economics of Quality

MB4001 Algebra 1 (Autumn/1)



Number : basic number concepts; number systems; elementary number theory; solution by graphical and numerical methods; matrices; applications.

MB4005 Analysis (Autumn/3)


Functions of a real variable; differentiability; set theory; Bolzano-

Weirstrass theorem; sequences and series; general topology; integration; Riemann integral, basic integration theorems, improper integrals; functions of a complex variable; differentiability; complex integration; residues; complex power series; applications.

Prerequisite: MA4701

MS4008 Mathematical Methods 2


Having completed this module, the students should understand and be able to apply the standard finite difference methods for the numerical solution of two-dimensional linear partial differential equations; they should also understand how the finite element method is used to solve similar problems.

Syllabus:

Finite difference methods: Elliptic problems: stability, consistency and convergence; parabolic problems; explicit and implicit methods, Von

Neumann stability analysis; hyperbolic problems; method of characteristics.

Finite element method: Introduction to FEM for elliptic problems: analysis of Galerkin FEM for a model self-adjoin two point boundary value problem, weak solutions, linear basis functions, matrix assembly; extension of method to two dimensions, triangular and quadrilateral elements.

MS4013 Fourier Analysis (Autumn/2)



Orthogonal sets of functions; inner products of vectors, orthogonality, orthonormal sets of vestors, functions as vectors andorthogonality, generalised fourier series, approximation in the mean, closed and complete systems, orthogonal functions generated by differential equations; fourier series; definition, periodicity, even and odd functions, sine and cosine series, half range series, piecewise continous functions, fourier theorem, orthonormal trigonometric functions, differentiation and integration of fourier series, uniform convergence, applications e.g. inhomogeneous ODEs, fourier integral, outline of sturmm liouville theory;linear transforms, laplace tranform and properties, application to simple odes fourier transform and properties, applications in signal analysis, introduction to green's functions and distributions, fast fourier transform, discrete fourier transform; introduction to wavelets; basic concepts, compact support, localised approximation

MS4021 Calculus 1 (Autumn/1)



Field of real numbers and complex numbers; sequences, series; the derivative and differentiation techniques; properties of transcendental functions ; functions of the two variables.

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MS4025 Applied Analysis (Autumn/4)


To introduce students to the standard techniques of complex analysis, integral equations and Green’s functions and to demonstrate applications of these techniques. Prerequisite MS4013

MS4027 Fundamentals of Financial Mathematics


To give the student the fundamental theory of stochastic calculus as used to model the evolution of asset prices and as applied to the pricing of derivative securities etc.

To give the student the fundamental tools of pricing, such as arbitrage and the use of hedging in the construction of replicating portfolios

Syllabus:

Introduction to Derivative Securities: Futures, forwards, European and

American stock options. Types of trader. Properties of options, inequalities and put-call parity, derived using arbitrage arguments.

Trading strategies using options: spreads and combinations.

Stochastic Option-pricing models: Introduction to binomial trees and risk-neutral valuation of options. Wiener processes and ItoÆs lemma

(heuristic proof). Geometric Brownian motion, the lognormal distribution and its properties. Rate of return versus expected return.

Assumptions underlying Black-Scholes equation. Derivation of Black-

Scholes equation using risk-neutral expectations and directly solving the DE. Black-Scholes pricing formulae,The Greeks. Delta-hedging of options including application to mispriced options. Definitions of most common exotic options.

Probability Theory approach to Binomial Asset-pricing Model: Nonrecombining trees. No arbitrage restrictions on binomial pricing, option replication. Probability theory on infinite coin toss space: conditional expectations, JensenÆs inequality, martingales, riskneutral pricing, Markov processes, change of measure, Radon

Nikodym derivative, replication of American put options.

MS4101 Mathematical Laboratory (Autumn/1)


Structure of a digital computer; introduction to MS-DOS and its command language; introduction to MS-WINDOWS; using a spreadsheet (MS EXCEL) as a tool for manipulation, analysis and graphical display of data; using a symbolic algebra package (MAPLE) for the analysis and solution of simple mathematical models.

MS4105 Linear Algebra 2 (Autumn/3)


The aim of this module is to introduce some more advanced concepts in Linear Algebra and Numerical Linear Algebra. Prerequisites

MS4131 and MS4013.

MS4111 Discrete Mathematics 1


The aim of this module is to introduce students to some of the language of Discrete Mathematics, and to show its relevance, particularly in the context of Computer Science. It is taught at a level that is appropriate to first year students, i.e. without an excess of formality. The module should re-inforce the development of the students "thinking" skills, and should enable them to undertake further study in the various applied areas of Discrete Mathematics (coding, graphs, logic and formal systems etc)

Syllabus:

Review of sets and operations on sets, power sets.

Propositional logic, truth tables, propositional calculus, equivalence.

Predicate logic, quantifiers, equivalence, application to (mathematical) proof.

Cartesian product of sets, relations, equivalence relations, matrix representation of relations, composition of relations, functions, types of functions.

Number systems, natural numbers, integers, rationals, reals, axioms for

N, proof by induction, recursive definitions and algorithms, recurrence relations.

Representations of N (binary, octal, etc), other number "fields".

Introductory combinatorics, permutations, combinations.

MS4117 Discrete Mathematics 2 (Autumn/4)


Graphs, directed graphs and their computer representation. Graph algorithms. Graph colouring with applications. Network flows and matchings. Planar graphs and Hamiltonian graphs. Prerequisite

MS4132

MS4121 Maths Laboratory (B)


To equip students with the skills to use a suitable Computer Algebra

System

To investigate the application of Computer Algebra Systems in the teaching and learning of mathematics

Syllabus:

Introduction to Computer Algebra Systems; Working with CAS: polynomials and their graphs, solution of equations; subexpressions; exact and approximate mode; simplifying expressions; vectors,matrices and sets; programming; functions and their graphs; parametric plots; analytic geometry; calculus; Application of CAS in the teaching of mathematics: university mathematics and CAS, school mathematics and CAS, mathematical thinking and CAS.

MS4131 Linear Alegbra 1* (Autumn/1)



Systems of linear equations and their solution by an elimination method. Matrices, matrix algebra, determinants, inverses, methods for “small” matrices, extensions to larger matrices.

Vectors in 2 and 3 dimensions, geometric interpretation of vectors, vector arithmetic, norm, scalar product, angle, orthogonality, projections, cross product and its uses, lines and planes in 3 space. Extension to vectors in n dimensions, vector algebra, scalar product, orthogonality, projections, bases in R

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Matrices acting on vectors, eigenvalues and eigenvectors esp. in 2 and

3 dimensions. Applications to (some of, and eg) input-output models, least squares fit, simple Markov chains, geometric transformations, diagonalisation of matrices.

MS4213 Probability Theory (Autumn/2)



Elementary probability, sample space, events, compound events, the laws of probability, conditional probability, independence; random variables, probability distribution, probability density, moments, expectation, variance; binomial, Poisson, Geometric, uniform, normal, exponential, gamma, chi-squared joint probability distributions, conditional distribution, covariance; functions of a random variable, distribution of sum, difference, product, and quotient of two random variables; introduction to Markov chains.

MS4214 Statistical Inference (Autumn/2)


This course introduces students to the formalities of statistical inference with special emphasis on problems of estimation, confidence intervals and hypothesis testing. Prerequisites MS4212, MS4213

MS4215 Advance Data Analysis 4 (Autumn/3)


Simple Linear Regression : calibration, reverse prediction, regression through the origin, analysis of residuals, regression diagnostics, leverage and influence.

Matrix formulation of the linear model : Multiple regression, partial correlation, polynomial regression.

Analysis of Variance : One-way ANOVA, multiple comparisons,

Two-way ANOVA, interactions, Analysis of covariance. Introduction to Generalized Linear Models including non-linear regression, logistic regression and log-linear models.

MS4217 Stochastic Processes (Autumn/4)

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4 hours per week; 13 weeks/7 tht

semester; 26L/13T/13LAB ; ECTS credits:6

Conditional probability and conditional expectations; Markov chains,

Chapman-Kolmogorov equations, classification of states, limiting distributions, random walks, branching processes, time reversible

Markov chains; Renewal Theory, counting processes, the Poisson process, semi-Markov processes; Queuing theory, the M/G/I and

G/M/I systems, multiserver queues; continuous-time Markov chains, birth and death processes; Brownian motion with application in option pricing. Prerequisite MS4213

MS4315 Operations Research 2 (Autumn/3)



This module introduces further Operating Research technique for decisionmaking; Monte Carlo methods; simulation; integer programming; deterministic dynamic programming; probabalistic dynmic programming and Network problems. Prerequisite MS4303

MS4403 Ordinary Differential Equations (Autumn/2)


Linearity. Review of first order equations. Second order linear equations. Series solution. Sturm-Liouville theory. Nonlinear ODEs.

Regular perturbation techniques.

MS4407 Perturbation techniques and asymptotics (Autumn/4)


Non-dimensionalisation, scaling, ordering, definition of asymptotic series, algebraic equations, integrals, Laplace’s method, method of steepest descent, regular and singular perturbations, multiple scales, strained coordinates, boundary layer techniques. Prerequisites

MS4403, MS4404

MS4613 Vector Analysis (Autumn/2)


Vectorial mechanics: rotation of axes, index notation, review of vector and scalar algebra (scalar vector and triple scalar products); vector functions of a real variable, functions of time; differentiation of vectors, derivative of dot and cross products, tangent to a curve, arclength, smoothness, curvature applications in mechanics. Fields; scalar and vector fields; functions of severalvariables, maxima/minima, contourmaps, directional derivative and gradient vector field; applications in electromagnetism and fluid mechanics; vector identities; cylindrical and spherical coordinates. Line, surface and volume integrals and work; conservation of energy and potential function; applications to planetary dynamics, area, surface and volume integrals; gauss's green's and stokes's theorems multiple integrals in

radial, cylindrical and spherical coordinates, scalar and vector potentials, helmholtz's theorem tensor algebra and calculus: review of matrix algebra introducing suffix notation; definition of determinant; evaluation of determinants by row and column expansion.

MS4627 Topics in Fluid Dynamics (Autumn/4)


Topics from: slow flow, waves and viscous flow, boundary layer theory, flow instabilities, geophysical fluid dynamics, computational fluid dynamics, classical aerofoil theory.

Prerequisites MA4607,

MS4404

TA4001 Introduction to Science & Technology 1 (Autumn/1)


For Business/Humanities students. Development of our understanding of the universe; the nature of scientific laws; gravitation; energy, conservation and thermodynamics laws; energy conversion and it’s applications; application of laws of mechanics to transportation; modern concepts of electricity and magnetism; electrical power generation and electronics; analogue and digital electronics; information technology; signal coding, transmission, networks, the internet.

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Science Modules – Autumn

BC4401 Introduction to Industrial Biochemistry (Autumn/1)


Genetic information and Genetic Engineering; overview of approaches and applications. DNA fingerprinting; applications of fingerprinting to forensic science, edigree analysis and paternity testing. The Human

Genome Project and its impact on society; the cloning of mammals and mammalian body parts. Human cloning. The Biochemistry of

HIV; viral structure and biology. Biotechnical approaches to developing a cure/vaccine. Prion biology; BSE and CJD. Dangerous microbes; concept of mobile DNA. Molecular biology of cancer; oncogenes and cellular transformation. Biotech strategies to cure cancer. The approach to research; case studies; identification of a problem, planning and pursuing a research strategy. Evaluating the results. Pharmaceutical biology and biotechnology; approaches to drug discovery; the discovery of aspirin, antibiotics and taxol. Products of pharmaceutical biotechnology and their medical uses. Gene medicines; gene therapy. Life at the extremes; the unique biology of hyperthermophiles. Biological warfare.

BC4803 Microbial Technology 1 (Autumn/1)


The prokaryotic and eukaryotic micro-organism; systematics in microbiology; industrial micro-organisms; mycology; processes mediated by fungi; industrial mycology; introduction to viruses; microbial ecology; GEMs' control of microbial activity. Prerequisite

BY4001

BC4825 Microbial Technology A


To build on the fundamental concepts of microbiology. To develop skills in manipulating and identification of micro-organisms. To develop an understanding of metabolic pathways. Understanding basic concepts in microbiology for the development of diagnostic kits.

To illustrate the role of microbiology in the clinical and food environment. Understand viruses and their life cycles.

Syllabus:

Principles of metabolism: the major pathways, Glycolysis, Embden

Mayerhoff and Pentose Phosphate Pathways, Electron transport and

Chemosmosis. Traditional and novel fermentation processes.

Systematic (taxonomy) microbiology. Clinical microbiology: use of chemotherapeutic agents and susceptibility testing. Developments in microbial diagnostic kits for clinical and industrial/food applications.

Viruses: general characteristics.

BC4903 Biochemistry 1(Biomolecules) (Autumn/1)


The foundations of biochemistry and the molecular logic of life; biomolecules: proteins, carbohydrates, lipids, nucleic acids, vitamins; bioenergetics and metabolism.

BC4905 Biochemistry 4 (Genetic Engineering) (Autumn/3)


Gene structure , function and control; techniques to manipulate DNA;

DNA transfer methods; polymerase chain reaction; cDNA; northern

,southern and western blotting; cloning in plants and animals; introduction to bioinformatics; gene therapy. Prerequisites

BC4903/BC4904

BC4957 Bioinformatics in Genetic and Protein Analysis

(Autumn/4


DNA sequence data; gene structure in eukaryotes archaebacteria and prokaryote; genome projects; techniques and methodologies; gene functionality; accessing bioinformatics databases; searching databases; analysis of protein sequences; protein modelling; phylogenetic analysis. Prerequisite Biochemistry 2/4,BC4904,BC4905

BY4001 Biology 1 (Autumn/1)


Introduction to biology; characteristics of life, scientific methodology; cell structure and function: membrane structure and function; chemistry of the cell and organism; biomolecules; animal physiology; respiratory, circulatory, digestive, reproductive and nervous system: mammalian hormones, sense organs, musculo skeletal system; introduction to micro-organisms; prokaryotic and eucaryotic organisms.

BY4011 General Biology (Autumn/1)



Introduction to biology; characteristics of life, scientific methodology; cell structure and function: membrane structure and function; chemistry of the cell and organism; biomolecules; Evolutionary theories; introduction to taxonomy; principles and scope of ecology; ecosystems; cycles in nature; energy flows; population and community dynamics; limiting factors; food chains; succession, environmental concerns; introduction to micro-organisms; procaryotic and eucaryotic organisms.

BY4013 General Microbiology (Autumn/2)


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Microbial structure and function: microbial growth; nutrition; identification and enumeration; introductory systematics; bacterial endospore; applied aspects of microbiology and microbial ecology: microbiology of water; medical microbiology: disease and pathogenesis; food microbiology; preservation and spoilage; microbiology of soil biochemical cycles; biodegration; some traditional and novel processes in industrial microbiology; microbes and biotechnology. Prerequisite BY4001

BY4015 Plant Physiology

Syllabus:

Plant mineral nutrition, nutrient deficiencies and fertiliser use.

Nitrogen and secondary plant metabolism. Types and structures of mycorrhizas and their roles in plant nutrition. Saprotrophy, parasitism and carnivory in plants. Water relations in plants. Plant hormones, roles and their applications: plants responses, root and shoot growth, tissue differentiation, photoperiodic responses in plants, photomorphogenesis, flowering. Seed dispersal, dormancy and germination. Tropisms and plant movement. Applications in horticulture and agriculture. Plant reproduction and pollination ecology; interactions with animals. Phytopathology; fungal pathogens of plants and plant defence mechanisms, phytoalexins, allelopathy.

Photosynthesis, C3, C4 and crassullacean. Acid metabolism; photorespiration and plant metabolism. Plant growth measurement.

Biological/ecological relationships between plants and other organisms. Introduction to plant biotechnology, plants and medicines, ethnobotany.

BY4023 Animal Diversity

Syllabus:

Evolution of animal diversity; Animal architecture; Environmental considerations; Invertebrate classification and relationships - the

Protozoans, the Poriferans and Placozoans, Introduction to the hydrostatic skeleton, the Cnidarians, the Platyhelminthes, the

Nemertines, the Molluscs, the Annelids and Sipunculans, the

Arthropods, the Nematodes, the Echinoderms; An overview of invertebrate reproduction and development.

Comparative vertebrate morphology; Historical predecessorsevolution; Definition of the phylum Chordata; Chordate characteristics; Protochordates; Vertebrate classification ¿ Agnathans,

Gnathostomes, Teleostomi, Tetrapods, Amniotes; Biological design ¿ size and shape, structural analysis, functional analysis, ecological analysis; Introduction to animal behaviour and the influences of environment on such behaviour; Comparison of the processes of homeostasis and control in vertebrate and invertebrate body systems;

Assessment of the importance of animal diversity to biological sciences and the environment.

BY4025 Crop and Grassland Science

Syllabus:

Climate in Ireland, climate and plant growth, agricultural policy

Fruits crops, protected crops, horticultural pests, weeds and diseases, integrated crop production.

Landscape management.

Fertilisers and manures; tillage machinery; cultivation, management and harvesting of arable crops and root crops; farm forestry; energy crops; grassland establishment and management; agriculture and the environment.

BY4035 Cellular Biology and Biochemistry


To provide a solid understanding and knowledge of fundamental biochemical processes which will underpin the ability of secondary school educators to communicate effectively the central principles of biology.

Syllabus:

The course is delivered as a series of lectures covering the following topics:

¿ Topic 1 : Carbohydrates

¿ Topic 2 : Lipids

¿ Topic 3 : Amino acids

¿ Topic 4 :Protein

¿ Topic 5 : Nucleic acids

¿ Topic 6 : Enzymes

¿ Topic 7 : Membranes

¿ Topic 8 : Muscles

¿ Topic 9 : Nerves

¿ Topic 10 : Hormones

¿ Topic 11 : Metabolism

This is supported by a series of laboratory based practical investigations covering the following areas:

¿ Area 1: Analysis of carbohydrates

¿ Area 2: Exploring Lipids

¿ Area 3: Behaviour of Amino acids and Proteins

¿ Area 4: Enzymes

¿ Area 5: Nutrition

The course is examined through a series of term tests, practical laboratory write ups, and an end of term exam based on multiple choice questions and essay style questions.

BY4045 Cell Biology and Biochemistry


BY4215 Soil Science (Autumn/3)

4 hours per week; 13 weeks/5 th semester; 26L/26LAB’ ECTS credits:6

Geology and soil parent materials; weathering; soil composition; soil texture, structure, aeration and water movement; soil temperature; soil biology; soil organic matter and its decomposition; influence of organic matter on soil fertility; soil chemistry, cation exchange capacity, pH, liming of land; soil fertility and plant growth; soil genesis and classification, soil types, soil mapping.

CH4001 Chemistry for Engineers (Autumn/1)









To facilitate the student in understanding of the reaction thermodynamics and the role of thermodynamics in chemical reaction processes. ii. To familiarise the student with the various reaction kinetics, including some complex kinetic schemes, their interpretation and applications in the appraisal of industrial problems. iii. To develop the students ability to design basic kinetic experiments and to extract kinetic information from the measurements of concentration-time based data. iv. To provide the student with the basic knowledge of commonly used spectroscopes


To familarise the student with the concepts of electrochemical systems under current flow situations. To familiarise the student with electrochemical methods of chemical analysis. To introduce the area of large scale electrochemical technology.

CH4007 Organic Pharamcutical Chemistry 1

To build on the functional group chemistry covered in CH4102,

CH4103 and CH4104. To impart to the student a detailed understanding and working knowledge of the applied use of organic compounds as pesticides and as medicinal drugs with an emphasis on mode of action at the molecular level and on the synthesis of selected structures.

CH4013 Organic Chemistry


To introduce the student to fundamental aspects of organic chemistry eg the different families of compounds- their nomenclature, structure

(2D and 3D) and isomerisation (if any).

To highlight the functional group of each family and relate structure to reactivity; to examine associated reactions/reaction mechanisms of the different functional groups; to introduce aromatic chemistry and study the chemical behaviour of aromatic compounds; to highlight current trends and applications in the areas of organic chemistry.

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To carry out practical work to support and reinforce some of the theoretical aspects encountered; to encourage self-directed learning through the use of software and web sources.

Syllabus:

Aliphatic Hydrocarbons, Haloalkanes, Alcohols/Ethers, Aldehydes/

Ketones, Carboxylic Acids and Carboxylic Acid Derivatives, Amines,

Aromatic Hydrocarbons.

CH4015 Organic Chemistry 4


To describe the main methods of polymer production relating synthesis detail to chain architecture. To explain the molecular basis of structure-property relationships in polymers. To develop an understanding of the structure and function of proteinaceous biopolymers.

Syllabus:

Polymer chemistry, addition and condensation, chain growth and step growth mechanisms, polymerisation kinetics.

Branching, cross linking, and networks. Copolymerisation, types of structure and synthetic methods. Polymerisation techniques.

Chain structure and property relationships, thermal transitions.

Crystallinity and morphology.

Polymer solutions and methods of characterisation.

Biopolymers: properties, composition and function of proteins and nucleic acids.

CH4055 Environmental Catalysis

To introduce catalysts and catalytic processes to students, with particular emphasis on end-of-pipe technologies for the control of gaseous pollutant from flue gasses. To present on overview of procedures for the preparation and characterisation of catalysts, in particular catalysts relevant for the conversion of polluting substances into more environmentally acceptable components.

CH4103 Organic Chemistry 2A

To build on the functional group chemistry covered in CH4102. To extend the students comprehension and working knowledge of functional group chemistry; to expand the range of reagents, reactions and associated mechanisms. To establish a foundation in stereochemistry and to develop the students understanding of its relevance to organic reactions.

CH4153 Organic Chemistry 2B

To build on and extend the functional group chemistry initiated in

CH4152; develop the associated reactions/reaction mechanisms of the various functional groups; to cover, in depth, aromatic chemistry and the chemical behaviour of aromatic compounds; to introduce the field of stereochemistry; to carry out practical work to support and reinforce some of the theoretical aspects encountered; to encourage self-directed learning through the use of software and web sources.

CH4203 Inorganic Chemistry 2

To enable the student to understand the principles underlying the chemistry of metallic elements in the s-, p-, d- and f- block elements and to describe and explain the main features of this chemistry in relation to position in the Periodic Table. - To introduce students to the chemistry of transition metal complexes

CH4253 Inorganic Chemistry 2B

To enable the student to understand the principles underlying the chemistry of the a-, p-and d- block elements and to describe and explain the main features of the chemistry of the main group elements

(s and p block) in relation to position in the Periodic Table.

CH4303 Analytical Chemistry 1A

To give the students an understanding of and an appreciation for the qualitative and quantitive aspects of analytical chemistry through a working knowledge of the theory and applications of spectrophotometry and spectroscopy.

CH4305 Analytical Chemistry 3

APPLICATION OF X-RAY METHODS INCLUDING

DIFFRACTION, FLUORESCENCE AND ELECTRON

MICROPROBE ANALYSIS. STRUCTURE DETERMINATION BY

X-RAY METHODS. SOLID STATE REACTIONS INCLUDING

CORROSION AND CEMENT CHEMISTRY; RELATIONSHIP

BETWEEN CHEMICAL AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES.

APPLICATION OF GROUP THEORY, INCLUDING POINT AND

SHAPE GROUPS. [Surface Analysis], STM/AFM, LEED, XPS, AES, gas adsorption methods-BET, etc. REVIEW OF ALL MAJOR

CLASSES OF SOLIDS * CRYSTALLIZATION-NUCLEATION

AND GROWTH OF CRYSTALLINE SOLIDS * POLYMORPHISM

IN PHARMACEUTICAL SOLIDS * ELUCIDATION OF THE

STRUCTURE OF DNA * LACTOSE CRYSTALLIZATION *

POLYMERS * SOLID STATE TRANSFORMATIONS * NON-

STOICHIOMETRY AND SOLID SOLUTIONS * IONIC

CONDUCTIVITY IN SOLIDS-SOLID STATE SENSORS *

TOPOTACTIC REACTIONS AND EPITAXY


Fluid mechanics, revision of fluid statics, fluid flow, laminar and turbulant. Momentum transfer, energy relationships and the Bernoilli

Equation. Newtonian and non-Newtonian fluids. Flow in pipes and vessels, pressure drop and velocity distribution. Pumps and fans, efficiencies. Flow measurement. Dimensional analysis as applied to fluid flow. Size reduction of solids, particle size distribution. Particle - fluid interaction, free and hindered settling, elutriation, centrifugation, fluidisation and fluidised beds. Flow of fluids through packed beds.

Filtration. Heat transfer: conduction, convection and radiation. Heat transfer coefficients. Heat exchangers. Dimensionless numbers in solving heat transfer problems.


Mass Transfer, diffusion in gases and liquids, laws of diffusive flux, mass transfer in solids, unsteady state mass transfer. Mass transfer across phase boundaries, mass transfer coefficients. Separation operations, vapour-liquid systems, plate and packed columns, McCabe

- Thiele plots, equilibrium stages, stage efficiencies, HETP and

HTU.NTU approaches to packed column design. Distillation continuous and batch. Gas absorption and stripping. Use of triangular composition diagrams, leaching and liquid - liquid extraction, mixersettlers. Evaporation, forward and back-feed operation, efficiency.


Chemical reaction thermodynamics; review of chemical kinetics; ideal reactor types and design equations; design for single and multiple reactions; multiple reactor systems; temperature effects in reactor design and operation; assessment of and models for non-ideal reactor behaviour; reactor design for heterogeneous reactions.

CH4417 Pharmacutical Formulation

Physical Chemical principles of dosage from design Particle science & powder technology Biopharmaceutics Dosage form design & manufacture

CH4701 General Chemistry 1






CH4721 General Chemistry 1C






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CH4751 Introductory Chemistry






CH4901 SCI. FDN. 1; Chemistry, Biochemistry and Physics for

Nursing and Midwifery

( a) Chemistry Coverage of selected aspects of atoms, molecules, bonding, chemical reactions, acids, bases, ph. Chemistry of body fluids. Solutions, suspensions, osmosis and diffusion. (b) Biochemistry

The structure and function of proteins, carbohydrates and lipids, nucleic acids, enzymes, metabolism, metabolic pathways, cholesterol, hormone function, will be examined. (c)Physics Coverage and application to Nursing and Midwifery of selected aspects of matter, gravity, motion, pressure, heat, light, electromagnetic spectrum; including UV and X-rays, radioactivity, diagnostic radiology, ECT

EQ2001 Horsemanship 1 2-0-3 (Autumn/1)



The principles of the riding and training of the horse for leisure,sport or sale.The theory,practice and psychology of the methods used.

Safety for both the horse and rider while riding, training and handling of the horse.Developing a philosophy about riding and training.

Definition of lay and scientific terms commonly used in the horse industry. Basic horse and stable management.

EQ2003 Horsemanship 3 (Autumn/2)



Basic and elementary standard dressage requirements; lateral work, lengthened and shortened paces; jumping exercises; problem solving both on the flat and over fences.

EQ2101 Horsemanship 1A (Autumn/1)


Students will develop foundation skills to enable them to ride, demonstrate and teach safe basic methods of equitation.

EQ2103 Horsemanship 3A (Autumn/2)


The teaching methods and various systems of training used for riding and elementary dressage; lateral work, lengthened and shortened paces; jumping exercises; modern methods of solving problems both on the flat and over fences from a teaching point of view.

EQ4013 Foundations of Equine Locomotion


EQ4025 The Young Horse


EQ4027 Equestrian Facilities

Syllabus:

Analysis of requirements for equine facilities with regard to; racing, sports horses, breeding, competition, exercise and training, client facilities, horse welfare and soundness, disease control, isolation and quarantine facilities. Ancillary facilities; feed stores, gallops, arenas, fixed and portable fences, dry and water treadmills, solaria, wash boxes, weighing facilities, loading bays, equipment storage, farriery and breeding areas, road and air transport environments. Planning and building requirements; materials, environmental impact, waste disposal, aesthetics. Use of ICT in equestrian establishments; staff training, monitoring horses, entries and administration, horse and client records, veterinary applications.

EQ4037 Performance Rider Development

Syllabus:

Analysis of performance demands on the rider; sports disciplines, racing (flat and National Hunt), endurance, mental and physical capacities. Characteristics of performance riders; body morphology, attitudes to training, relationships with coach and supporters, technical, tactical, physical, mental and lifestyle capacities.

Analysis of rider motor and proprioceptive capacity; video analysis, appropriateness and efficiency of sport movement, common difficulties in movement patterns, developmental plans for riders in various disciplines. Developing the rider; use of technology and equipment to provide feedback and support practise, use of novel development tools, athlete diaries, athlete driven reflection and goal setting, maintaining technique and focus in stress environments - race finishes, jump offs. Models of motor skill development and use of appropriate technology and equipment to support motor skill development.

EQ4051 Introduction to Horsemanship


EQ4907 Project 1 (Equine Science)


The Project 1 Module is prequisite for Project 2 module and forms a core part of the BSc (Equine Science) Degree programme

Syllabus:

Introduction to the project; definition of its purpose, scope, requisites.

Introduction to methodologies for undertaking primary and secondary research. Development of initial thesis and research design; directives for refining the initial research idea and for conducting research.

Development of a literature review and outline of materials and methods relevant to a specific research project

ER4001 Energy and the Environment


To draw upon core scientific module of the program e.g, thermodynamics while exposing students to the local, regional & global environmental effects that arise from the generation and use of energy.

Syllabus:

Energy Resources & Supply

Thermodynamics of energy conversion

Electricity generation & storage

Fossil fueled power generation

Transportation

Clean Technology for energy generation and transmission

Nuclear power generation

ER4101 Systematic Environmental Science (Autumn/1)


Ecosystem functioning; environmental monitoring; environmental technology.

ER4304 Geoscience


To provide environmental sciences with important information and understanding of aspects of the physical environment, namely climate, climate change and groundwater. To provide an understanding of current technologies, namely remote sensing and geographical information systems. To provide geography students with information and understanding of physical geography relevant to second level teaching.

Syllabus:

Structure of the atmosphere; insolation; general circulation models; global climatic zones; mid-latitude weather and climate; stability, cloud formation and precipitation; causes and effects of polar vortices; climatic change in past and predicted future; natural and anthropogenic causes of climate change; groundwater formation, distribution, uses, causes of pollution; vulnerability to pollution; remote sensing: energy sources, emittance and reflection, impacts of atmospheric transmission on electromagnetic radiation; spectral reflectance; data capture and interpretation; application of remote sensed data; Geographical

Information Systems: methods and applications.

ER4405 Conservation Ecology (Autumn/3)

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Legislation; governmental and other agencies; Selection of areas for conservation; theory and practice of management for conservation; habitat rehabilitation and creation.

ER4407 Environmental Management 1 (Autumn/4)


The relationship between economic development and the environment: the evolution of the concept of environmental management; and global analysis of the contemporary environment; the interaction between nature, society and enterprise; resources, technology and management.

ER4417 Environmental Impact Assessment * (Autumn/4)


Selection of topical project; scoping, alternatives, baseline data criteria, assessment of impact, mitigating measures, contingency measures, public involvement, EIS production. Prerequisite ER4707

ER4438 Environmental Fate Modelling


To provide the student with a scientific understanding of the important principles in relation to pollutant transport and degradation in the environment.

To facilitate the student in using both computational and computerised approaches to environmental fate modelling.

To facilitate the students' understanding of the role and relevance of environmental fate modelling in the prediction of environmental impacts and human/ecological risk.

Syllabus:

[Introduction to transport and degradation of chemicals in the environment]

[Mechanisms of Pollutant Transport] Air - Surface Water -

Groundwater - Soil

[Air] Sources - Source Parameters - Meteorology - Buoyancy -

Topography - Gaussian Mathematics - Deposition

[Surface Water] Source - Source Parameters - River Hydrogeometry -

Dispersion -Mixing - Flow Depth & Velocity -Diffusion

[Groundwater] Hydraulic conductivity - Gradient - advection - diffusion

[Pollutant Degradation Pathways] Bioaccumulation - Biodegradation -

Analysis of Rate Data - 0, 1st, 2nd Order - Integral method

[Environmental Fate Scenarios] - Screen3 model application - computer laboratory

ER4507 Effluent Control - Waste Management 1 (Autumn/4)


Principles of waste water management; effects of waste on receiving water sites and groundwater; pollutant tests; legislation; technology of waste water treatment and disposal; biological treatment of waste water - biological kinetics: activated sludge, trickling filter; sludge disposal; tertiary/advanced process; waste water reclamation.

ER4627 Safety and Industry


To provide an understanding of the principles of accident causation and prevention in the workplace.

To familiarise the student with hazard and process safety analysis techniques as practised in industry.

Syllabus:

Principles of accident prevention; accident causation modes, risk identification, evaluation and control, hazard reduction techniques, design out, safety devices, warning devices. Hazard analysis, HAZAN, frequency, consequence, ALARA, Fatal Accident Rate, Hazard rate.

Process Safety Analysis, HAZOP, guide words, what if reports, Fault tree analysis, primary and intermediate events, gate symbols, transfer symbols, Fire & explosion Indices. Fire safety management, current legal requirements, fire hazard identification, and risk assessment, active and passive fire protection, safe operating procedures, fire training, information and communication. Selected industrial case studies.

ER4707 Monitoring and Research Methods (Autumn/4)


Environmental impact assessment its role in the management of projects; scoping; data collection; impact assessment; impact evaluation; the environmental impact statement; interaction with the wider community; strategic environmental assessment; sea with regard to the energy sector, coastal zones; monitoring of emissions, including noise; environmental auditing; collection and encoding of data; multivariate approaches.

ER4708 Biometrics (Autumn/4)


Hands-on Experience at analysis of community ecology data; detailed consideration of the problems encountered in taking the data from field observations, encoding, options for in put to computer packages, preliminary explorative statistics, multivariate options: dendrograms,

TWINSPAN, correspondence analysis, canonical correspondence analysis CANOCO.

EV2001 Irish Horse Industry (Autumn/1)


The nature and scope of the Irish horse industry; principles of agricultural economics as applied to the horse industry; structure; supply and demand factors; impact of national, EU and world trade; development opportunities; the statutory and regulatory organisations that operate, control and administer the horse industry.

EV3005 Equine Breeding and Genetics (Autumn/3)

3 hours per week; 13 weeks/5 th semester; 39L; ECTS credits:6

Review of basic genetics; transmission of genetic material; sexdetermination and sex-linkage, combination of traits, selection of dominant and recessive genes: blood factor and genetic tests, blood typing and registration. Genetics and disease; contribution of chromosome abnormality to congentitics malformations, subfertility and infertility; abnormal single genes and polygenic inheritance: relationships and inbreeding; importance of relationships; pedigree records: principles of selection for quantitative traits; key factors in selection; selection of traits; breed improvement; application of relative's record to selection

EV4003 Equine Feeding and Behaviour


EV4005 Grassland and Grazing Management (Autumn/3)



Geology and soil parent materials. Weathering of parent materials.

Soil composition, soil as a three-phase system. Soil texture, structure, aeration and water movement and the practical significance of these phenomena. Soil temperature and its control. Soil biology; soil organic matter and its decomposition; influence of organic matter on soil fertility. Soils and organic farming. Soil chemistry, cation exchange capacity, pH, liming of land. Soil mineralogy. Soil fertility and plant growth. Grassland management for working surfaces.

Grassland production; grassland types, seeds mixtures, reseeding.

Grazing management of grassland, extensive and intensive methods; dry matter productio], seasonal and annual, animal products.

Conservation of grass as hey and silage.

EV4012 Equine Anatomy and Phsiology


To introduce students to fundamental concepts of Equine Anatomy and Physiology.

Syllabus:

The anatomy of the horse] to be discussed with reference to musculoskeletal structure and organs.

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[The main systems of the horse; digestive, respiratory, circulatory

(including lymphatics); reproductive (including embryology and physiology of reproduction); urinary; nervous and immune].

[Consideration of the theoretical background to the use and operation of modern diagnostic/treatment equipment] such as X-ray, ECG, ultrasound, laser and fibre optic based devices.

EV4023 Equine Health and Environmental Management


EV4025 Equine Breeding and Genetics

Syllabus:

Basic genetics including, cells, chromosomes, genes, alleles, gametes, genotype, phenotype; mitosis; meiosis and its role in genetics, genetic recombination; distances between genes; linked genes, Gene mapping; chromosome structure; DNA; replication, transcription, translation and the genetic code; Inborn errors of metabolism; Sex limited inheritance;

PCR; Mendelian genetics including recessive, dominant, X linked and polygenic inheritance. Gene interaction, codominance and incomplete dominance; epistasis; Equine coat colour loci including extension, agouti, colour diluting loci, epistatic modifiers, tobiano, overo and spotting loci, mendelian and non mendelian aspects of equine coat colour; Biological basis of sex; X chromosome inactivation; Pedigree analysis and inheritance, determination of inheritance patterns; the normal karyotype; parentage testing of horses, including blood group testing, biochemical polymorphisms, DNA testing; Abnormal chromosome number and structure; including sex chromosome abnormalities and autosomal trisomies; population genetics, The

Hardy-Weinberg law, extensions to the Hardy-Weinberg law including multiple alleles and X linked genes; genotype frequencies; heritability; narrow and broad sense heritability; quantitative trait loci; genotypeenvironment interaction; estimated breeding values and selection;

BLUP; Relationship; Inbreeding and linebreeding.

FT4305 Food Engineering Principles


To provide students with an understanding of the basic engineering principles underpinning the processing of foods.

To provide students with a understanding of the basic principles of heat and mass transfer as applied to food engineering.

Syllabus:

Heat transfer; Conduction, convection and radiation. Convection: natural and forced. Heat transfer in parallel and in series. Heat transfer co-efficients. Operation of Heat transfer systems. Solving Heat transfer problems. Saturated and Supersaturated Steam tables. Mass transfer: Unit operations, Steady and non steady state operations.

Overall and Component Mass Balances. Fluid Transport: Fluid statics and dynamics. Momentum and energy conservation in fluid systems.

Flow behaviour: Newtonian and non-Newtonian fluids. Flow in pipes, pressure drop, friction factor. Pumps; Centrifugal and positive pumps.

Flowmeters, Venturi meter, Rotameter. Units of measurement. Solving fluid flow problems. Humidity/Psychrometrics: Air moisture content.

Dry and wet bulb temperatures. Psychrometric charts. States of water, triple point. Drying curves.

FT4315 Food Engineering Operations


To provide students with an understanding of the engineering principles of the major unit operations involved in Food Processing

Syllabus:

A detailed overview of the major unit operations used to convert raw material into foods Thermal processing and Dehydration technologies;

Basic principles and effects of process variables on operation of

Evaporation, Spray drying, Refrigeration and Freeze drying.

Membrane separation technologies: Basic principles and effects of process variables on operation of Ultrafiltration, Microfiltration,

Reverse Osmosis. Mechanical Separations; Basic principles and effects of process variables on Sedimentation, Filtration and

Centrifugation. Phase Separations; Basic principles and effects of process variables on Crystallization, Distillation, Absorption.

Overview of Innovative and emerging technologies: High pressure processing, electrical heating, microwaving

FT4325 Food Processing


To provide a course on the principles and technologies involved in food processing. To introduce students to food formulation and product development. To develop an in-depth understanding of processed food systems including stability and safety aspects.

Syllabus:

Food processing/preservation technologies (chemicals, freezing, drying, canning, irradiation, etc). Microbiological, physiological, chemical and physical effects in foods. Safety aspects of processes and post-processing storage. Chilled foods. Food formulation and product development; applications of hydrocolloids as gelling and thickening agents.

FT4335 Health and Food


To provide a comprehensive course on:

The effects of processing on the chemical and nutritional quality of food

The role of regulatory agencies in ensuring consumer protection

Syllabus:

Implications of technologies used in agriculture and by food processors on consumer health.

Potential hazards associated with residues of agricultural chemicals/ veterinary products.

Toxicological and nutritional implications of food processing with a view to optimisation of food formulations for human health including ;

Maillard browning reaction products, lipid oxidation end products, cholesterol oxides, trans-fatty acids, protein modifications, vitamin stability. The impact of macro and micro-nutrients on human health e.g selenium and immunity, sodium and atherosclerosis.

Role of national and international regulatory agencies in ensuring consumer health including; Food Safety Authority of Ireland, Food

Safety Promotion Board, European Food Safety Agency.

FT4407 Project 1 Food Technology


To provide the student with the opportunity to carry out research

To enable the student to develop a specialist understanding of a chosen topic

Syllabus:

The project is of two semesters duration through the final academic year. Normally the student will select a single project subject, which may be pertinent to a problem encountered during his industrial training. It may involve practical work or may be of the nature of a design or feasibility study. In certain cases a student may be allowed to research an entrepreneurial activity, and if there is a scientific basis to the enterprise, then this kind of project will be encouraged.

FT4421 Introductory Food Science and Health


To provide an introductory course in food science and technology, highlighting the linkages between food and health.

To highlight factors affecting food quality, safety and nutrition

Syllabus:

General overview of Food Science and its relationship to human health.

Brief introduction to basic food components. Introduction to the scientific principles underpinning food production, preservation and packaging. Control systems to ensure food safety and quality e.g.

Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point (HACCP). Impact of food processing technologies on health and nutrition, safety and quality.

Introduction to the chemistry of nutritional and anti-nutritional components relevant to human health e.g. Malliard-browning reactions, protein degradation, lipid oxidation. Food and health issues of consumer concern including bovine spongiform encephalitis (BSE), genetically modified foods, E. coli 0157:H7.

FT4437 Milk Proteins as Food Ingredients (Autumn/4)



Milk protein chemistry; caseins, whey proteins, minor constituents; functional properties of milk proteins; emulsification; foaming; gelation; significance of milk protein variants to the processing properties of milk; rennet coagulation; cheesemaking; heat stability; enzymatic hydrolysis of milk proteins;commercial proteinases; hydrolysate characteristion, milk protein allergenicity; immunoreactive peptide sequences; reduced/hypoallergenic milk protein hydrolysates. Nutraceuticals/bioactive peptides; angiotensin-Iconverting enzyme inhibitors; special assignments will involve review and discussion of relevant research papers.

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FT4447 Food Quality


To provide a comprehensive course on food quality and safety.

To develop an understanding of the physical, molecular, and microbiological basis of food quality.

Syllabus:

Physical properties of foods. Instrumental methods for measurement of colour, texture, viscosity. Organoleptic procedures. Relationship between instrumental and sensory methods of analysis. Chemical aspects of flavour. Microbiological quality standards. ISO 9002, quality systems. Effects of food packaging technology on food quality during distribution and storage. Human nutrition issues in food quality.

FT4457 Research Trends in Health and Food


To develop a high standard of competence in the acquisition and evaluation of scientific research information.

To enable students develop a critical awareness of emerging research in the field of food science and health.

Syllabus:

Using specific examples, students will be trained how to critically evaluate research information. Students will be made aware of the requirements in technical writing and presentation skills.

Demonstration of advanced information retrieval using the web of science and other abstracting services. Individual students will be assigned topics on emerging issues in food science and health research. Students will be required to write scientific reports and give presentations on their findings.

Representative areas and specific topics include:

Food quality and safety (acrylamide, dioxins, genetically modified foods, organic foods)

Novel food processing (ultrasonic and high pressure processing)

Diet and health (cardiovascular disease, diabetes, the immune system, cancer, dieting and health)

Food toxicology and allergenicity (novel food ingredients, food protein allergenicity)

Neutraceuticals (Hypotensive peptides, peptides and cognitive function)

Neutrigenomics (Diet and gene interactions)

PH4003 Mechanical Energy

Syllabus:

Mechanical vibrations, simple harmonic and damped simple harmonic motion, quality factor, forced oscillations, coupled oscillations.

Waves, transverse and longitudinal waves, phase and group velocity, energy transported by waves, reflection and transmission of waves.

Review of the principles orf mechanics: inertial frames, Newtons laws of motion, kinetic and potential energy. Rigid bodies: rotation and moments of inertia, angular momentum and kinetic energy, torque.

Fluid dynamics: Bernoulli equation, equations of motion in integral form, equations of motion in differential form, kinematics, vorticity, potential flow, dimensional analysis, viscous flows, exact solutions, pipe flow, laminar boundary layers, boundary layer solution methods, turbulence. Fluid heat transfer and a thorough understanding of how these disciplines apply to the design and analysis of complex thermal fluid systems.

Applications to Ocean, Hydro and Wind renewable energy systems

PH4007 Solar and Nuclear Energy

Syllabus:

Solar energy and conversion, solar radiation, net radiation flux at the

Earth, basic principles of energy conversion. Photovoltaic conversion, solar electricity generation, photovoltaic electric principles, photovoltaic system wiring, batteries, photovoltaic controls. Energy supply systems, similation of system performance, photovoltaic power production, sizing photovoltaic systems.

Basic nuclear concepts. Basic physical attributes of nuclides; nuclear mass, size, charge, spin and magnetic moment. Nuclear binding, stability and decay. Interaction of radiation with matter. Radioactiveseries decay. Charged particle interactions: stopping power, collision and ionization. Radiation loss, range. Neutron interactions: Q-equation and elastic scattering; energy, angular distributions, thermal motions.

Gamma interactions: Compton scattering. Detection of nuclear radiation: pulse height spectra. Nuclear processes: nuclear decays; nuclear reactions: energetics and compound nucleus.

Principles of nuclear reactors, emphasizing power reactors.

Introduction to nuclear power systems. Power plant thermodynamics, reactor heat generation and removal. Thermal-hydraulics. Thermal parameters: definitions and uses. Sources and distribution of thermal loads in nuclear power reactors. Conservation equations and their applications to nuclear power systems: power conversion cycles.

Conservation equations and their applications to nuclear power systems: power conversion cycles, contaiment analysis. Thermal analysis of nuclear fuel. Single-phase and two-phase coolant flow and heat transfer. Application of structural mechanics to nuclear systems.

Engineering considerations in reactor design. Other issues around nuclear energy; comparison of nuclear and other energy sources, life cycle of nuclear fuel, waste reprocessing, waste storage, proliferation concerns, economics of nuclear power plants, nuclear safety, nuclear accidents.

PH4011 Physics for Engineers 1 (Autumn/1)


Mechanics; vector algebra; Newton's laws; motion; moment of inertia; conservation of linear and angular momentum; collisions; conservation of energy; elasticity; Hooke's law; the atom; semiconductors; free electron theory; elementary quantum theory; insulators, semiconductors, conductors, superconductors; electronic devices; diodes; bipolar transistor.

PH4013 Earth Science

Syllabus:

The origin of the universe, formation of hydrogen and heavier atoms, formation of rocks and minerals.Quantification of resources: minerals, oil, gas, coal, wind, biomass, marine energy. Theory of Peak Oil and the Hubbert Curve. The Solar System: the Earths relationship to the

Sun, Moon and other bodies of the solar system. Earth, air and water interactions: The structure and composition of the atmosphere. The effects of atmospheric convection, atmospheric dust and cloud cover, rotation of the Earth on global climates and season. The radiation, conduction and convection and their effects on weather and climate.

Transer of heat energy to the patterns of wind belts. Moisture, clouds and precipitation. Running water and groundwater. Oceans past and present: Transfer of solar energy to ocean currents and waves. Climate modelling: Collection and use of data to predict the weather. Climate changes that have occurred over the millennia.

PH4021 Physics of Solids


The purpose of the module is to introduce the student to the structure and properties of solid materials. The objectives are to discuss the major classes of solids and their properties and applications, and to present the physical principles needed for an understanding of the observations.

Syllabus:

Structure & bonding: atomic structure; primary & secondary bonds, bonding forces & energies.

Structures of metals, ceramics & polymers: crystal structures, Miller indices & reciprocal lattice, X-ray diffraction, non-crystalline solids, polymer molecules & configurations, thermoplastic & thermosetting polymers.

Imperfections: point defects, dislocations.

Diffusion: diffusion mechanisms, steady and non-steady state diffusion.

Mechanical properties: elastic deformation, mechanical behaviour of metals, ceramics & polymers.

Deformation & strengthening: dislocations in metals & ceramics, hardness twinning, Hall-Petch effect, deformation & strengthening of polymers.

Failure: fracture & toughness, fatigue, creep, wear.

Phase diagrams: Gibbs¿ phase rule, binary & ternary phase diagrams, interpretation of phase diagrams.

Phase transformations: homogeneous & heterogeneous nucleation, growth, metastable & equilibrium states.

Applications of materials: ferrous & non-ferrous alloys, glasses & ceramics, plastics & elastomers.

PH4027 Wind, Ocean and Hydro Energy


This module is proposed to supplement existing modules in the creation of the BSc Energy. This interdisciplinary module seeks to introduce students to wind, ocean, hdyro and other renewable energy

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sources and equip them with the knowledge, and analytical skills necessary to advise on their appropriate use.

Syllabus:

Renewable Energy Technologies in the Past, Present and Market.

Review of energy conversion principles and devices, electric generators (principle of work, classification).

Hydro (pressure head systems, dams, pumped storage, tidal barrages),

Wave energy devices (principle of work, classification), Tidal stream devices (principle of work, classification) Ocean current devices

(principle of work, classification) Offshore wind (principle of work, classification), Energy farms installation operation, Storm defence

Ocean Energy Non Renewable, off-shore oil & gas, exploration, drilling, distributed fields, flexible risers, offshore industry technology - sonar and seismic, underwater technology - ROV- AUVs, pipelines, production platforms survey vessels. Marine hydrates

Wind Energy and Conversion: Physical Processes near the Earths

Surface - The Atmosphere. Modeling the Atmosphere.Wind.Turbines and other flow-driven converters. Conversion of Wind Energy Wind

Power Production, Wind Electricity Systems, Wind Power Systems with and without Energy Storage.

Survey of Other Energy Generation Approaches: Oceanic Engines,

Geothermal Energy, Life-Cycle Analysis. Break-Even Price

Estimations.

PH4031 Physics for General Science


An understanding of physics is essential in describing and understanding many processes and phenomena associated with chemical and life-science related disciplines. This one semester course is specifically designed to provide such students with a firm grounding in basic physics illustrated and reinforced with chemical, life and sports science related examples and applications.

Syllabus:

Mechanics: units; kinematics; dynamics; motion in a circle; statics; the standard human; energy; momentum; simple harmonic motion; waves; sound and hearing.

Materials: elasticity; pressure; buoyancy; surface tension; fluid dynamics.

Heat: temperature; gases; phases; heat transfer; thermodynamics and the body, thermal conductivity.

Electricity: static electricity; electric force and fields; electric potential and energy; dc circuits; radio frequency radiation; physiological effects of electricity.

Magnetism: nmr, focus on medical imaging. Generator and motor.

Optics: light; geometrical optics; physical optics; electromagnetic spectrum; Lasers; the eye and vision.

Radiation: atoms; nucleus; ionising radiation; biological effects.

PH4037 Energy Resource Assessment

Syllabus:

Reviews of measurement science, statistics. Overview of renewable energies: wind, hydro, biolfuel. Gathering data: reliability, reproducibility, data rejection, data acceptance. Measurement; wind/wave/hydro/tidal, biomass growth, dry matter fraction, calorific value. Project modelling: Technical modelling and optimisation e.g.

ReSoft Windfarm or Garrad Hassan Windfarmer, techno-financial modelling and optimisation using MS Excel.

Problem-based learning: Wind example, hydro example, biofuel example. Macro energy resource assessment and planning at regional and national level.

PH4041 Optics


The aim of this course is to develop and extend the students knowledge of the principles of physical optics and introduce the students to contemporary optics.

Syllabus:

Waves: wave description, wave equation, plane waves.

Electromagnetic energy transport: EM waves, Poynting vector. Light in a dielectric: electron-oscillator model, refraction, absorption. Light at an interface: refraction, reflection, Fresnel equations. Polarization: polarisation states, Malus¿s law, birefringence, wave plates and compensators, optical activity, photoelasticity. Interferometry: wavefront splitting interferometers, amplitude splitting interferometers, multiple beam interference, applications. Diffraction:

Frauhofer diffraction, Fresnel diffraction, Kirchoffs scalar diffraction theory. Fourier optics: Fourier transforms, optical applications.

Coherence: visibility and mutual coherence. Contemporary optics: lasers, fibre optics, holography, nonlinear optics.

PH4051 Measurement and Properties of Matter


The purpose of this module is to first introduce fundamental principles of physical measurement and data analysis which are important throughout the course and to introduce the mechanical and thermal properties of solids, liquids and gases.

Syllabus:

Physics and Measurement: standards of length, mass, and time. Matter and model building. Density and atomic mass. Quantities, variables and relationships, dimensions and dimensional analysis, scientific notation, orders of magnitude and their estimation, problem solving.

Experimental error: accuracy and precision, systematic and random errors, combination and propagation of error, significant figures.

Elementary statistical treatment of random errors: standard deviation and standard error, the standard and Gaussian distributions, the method of least squares. Static equilibrium and elasticity: the conditions for equilibrium. Elastic and thermal properties of solids: stress and strain, thermal expansion, Hooke¿s law, Young¿s modulus, shear modulus, bulk modulus. Fluid mechanics: pressure, variation of pressure with depth, pressure measurements. Buoyant forces and Archimedes' principle. Fluid dynamics: Bernoulli's equation, other applications of fluid dynamics. The kinetic theory of gases: molecular model of an ideal gas, non-ideal gases, equipartition of energy. Heat transfer: conduction, convection and radiation.

PH4061 Quantum Mechanics


The pupose of the module is to extend the students understanding of quantum mechanics and to introduce students to applications of quantum mechanics in solid state physics.

Syllabus:

Review of Schrodinger picture: barriers, wavepackets, scattering.

Formalism: linear operators, harmonic oscillator, Dirac notation, postulates, the uncertainty principle. Quantum mechanics in three dimensions: the hydrogen atom, angular momentum, spin. Time independent perturbation theory: spin-orbit coupling, the Zeeman effect. The variational principle: the ground state of helium. Bonding: the hydrogen molecule, molecular orbitals. The WKB approximation: tunnelling. Energy bands: Bloch theorem, Kronig-Penney model, nearly free electron model, the tight binding model. Time dependent perturbation theory: two level systems, emission and absorption of radiation, spontaneous emission.

PH4071 Semiconductors 1


The purpose of this module is introduce students to the fundamentals of semiconductor process technology focusing on silicon technology and integrated circuit processes.

Syllabus:

Semiconductor technology: overview of advances in integrated circuits, the road map, Moore¿s law. General nature of semiconductor materials: elemental materials and their uses in research and industry, compound materials and alloys and their applications, influence of purity on electrical properties of semiconductors. Structure of semiconductors: amorphous, crystalline and polycrystalline solids, unit cells, lattice types, body centred cubic, face centred cubic, the diamond lattice, Si and Ge, Miller indices. Electrical properties: contribution of mobility and free carrier density to resistivity, electrical properties of conductors, semiconductors and insulators.

Semiconductors: pure semiconductors, important elements from group

3, group 4 and group 5 of the periodic table, valence electrons, covalent bonding, p-type semiconductors and n-type semiconductors, energy levels for p-type and n-type semiconductors, intrinsic energy level, intrinsic carrier density, thermal equilibrium, carrier lifetime.

Doping of silicon: donors and acceptors, majority carriers and minority carriers, hot point probe, 4-point probe sheet resistance, carrier transport.

Lithography: lithography processes (light sources, exposure systems, photoresist), aerial image, latent image, relief image, pattern definition, pattern transfer (etching, deposition, implantation etc.).

Optical lithography techniques: optical resists, key resist parameters, positive and negative resist, DNQ system and deep UV system.

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Resist processing: priming, spinning, baking, exposing, developing, hard baking, stripping. Exposure: types of exposure (UV light to deep

UV, X-rays, electrons, ions), method of exposure, development

(positive, negative). Printing: Fresnel system, contact and proximity printing, Fraunhofer system, projection printing, advantages and disadvantages. Advanced lithography]: focused ion beam, electron beam, etc.

Thermal oxidation of silicon: the oxidation process, type of furnaces, wet oxidation,dry oxidation, factors influencing oxidation rates, silica film thickness measurements. Thin film deposition: evaporation, sputtering, chemical vapour deposition. Diffusion: diffusion processes, constant source diffusion, limited source diffusion, solid solubility limits.

Epitaxial silicon deposition: LPCVD amorphous silicon, importance of epitaxy.

Ion implantation: implantation technology, channelling, lattice damage and annealing.

PH4081 Nanotechnology 1


The aim of this course is to combine basic science of size effect in materials in the micro to nanoscale dimension leading to various cutting-edge applications. The main objective is to introduce the students about the scientific importance and technological potential of developments in micro- and nano structuring of materials.

Syllabus:

Solid State Physics: Size dependence of properties, Energy bands,

Localized particles; Properties of individual particles: Metal nanoclusters, Semiconducting nanoparticles, Rare gas and molecular clusters and methods of synthesis.

Methods of measuring properties: Structure, Microscopy and

Spectroscopy.

Carbon nanostructures: Carbon molecule, Carbon clusters, Carbon nanotubes, applications of Carbon nanotubes.

Bulk nanostructured materials: Solid disordered nanostructures,

Nanostructured Crystals. Nanostructured ferromagnetism: Basics of ferromagnetism, Effect of bulk nano-structuring of magnetic properties, Dynamics of nanomagnets, Ferrofluids, nanopores containment of magnetic particles, Nanocarbon ferromagnets, Giant and Colossal magnetoresistance.

Quantum Wells, Wires and Dots: Preparation of quantum nanostructures, Size and dimensionality effect, Excitons, Single electron tunnelling.

Applications: Nanomachines and Devices; Microelectromechanical

Systems (MEMS), Nanoelectromechanical Systems (NEMS),

Molecular and Super molecular switches,

Magnetoelectronics. Applications: memory elements and devices,

Nano magnetic sensors and actuators.

PH4082 Fibre Optics and Optoelectronics


The aim of this course is to develop and extend the students knowledge of the principles of fibre optics and introduce the students to contemporary optoelectronics.

Syllabus:

Fibre Optics. Dielectric waveguides: TE and TM modes, condition for guided waves, modal field patterns, acceptance angle and numerical aperture. Modes in optical fibre: weakly guiding approximation, linearly polarized modes, normalized frequency, single-mode fibre.

Light attenuation in fibres: losses due to material absorption and scattering.

Dispersion and bandwidth: dispersive media, intermodal and intramodal dispersion, material dispersion and waveguide dispersion.

Glass fibre fabrication: liquid and vapour phase techniques. Fibre joints and couplers.

Light emission from semiconductors: homojunctions and heterojunctions. Introduction to laser diodes: spontaneous and stimulated emission, degenerate doping, optical feedback, L-I characteristics, double heterostructures, gain-guided and index- guided structures, distributed feedback, quantum well lasers. Compound semiconductor technology.

Photodetectors: quantum efficiency and responsivity, p-i-n photodiode structure. absorption, depletion and diffusion regions.

Avalanche photodiodes.

Optical modulators and switches: electrooptic effect, titanium-diffused

LiNb03 technology, quantum-well electroabsorption modulators.

Optical amplifiers.

PH4091 Physics of Modern Measurement


The purpose of the module is to provide an introduction to the physical principles and applications of advanced surface analytical techniques.

Syllabus:

Microscopy: image formation, resolution, light microscopy, near-field scanning optical microscopy (NSOM), scanning electron microscopy

(SEM), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), scanning transmission electron microscopy (STEM), scanning tunnelling microscopy (STM), scanning force microscopy (SFM). Diffraction and scattering: elastic and inelastic scattering, Bragg¿s law, the reciprocal lattice, Laue equations, x-ray diffraction (XRD), neutron diffraction, selected area electron diffraction in the transmission electron microscope (SAD), electron probe x-ray microanalysis (EPMA), extended x-ray absorption fine structure (EXAFS), surface extended xray absorption fine structure and near edge x-ray absorption fine structure (SEXAFS/NEXAFS), low-energy electron diffraction

(LEED), reflection high-energy electron diffraction (RHEED), particle-induced x-ray emission (PIXE), x-ray fluorescence (XRF).

Spectroscopy]: vibrations in molecules and solids, selection rules, energy-dispersive x-ray spectroscopy in the scanning electron microscope (EDS), electron energy-loss spectroscopy in the transmission electron microscope (EELS), x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), ultraviolet photoelectron spectroscopy (UPS),

Auger electron spectroscopy (AES), Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), Raman spectroscopy, nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), Rutherford backscattering spectroscopy (RBS), secondary ion mass spectroscopy (SIMS), inductively coupled plasma mass spectroscopy (ICPMS), positron annihilation spectroscopy

(PAS).

PH4131 Mechanics/Heat/Electricity/Magnetism


This module provides an understanding of the basic concepts of the mechanical, thermal, electrical and magnetic properties of matter, knowledge of which is the foundation of the engineering and technology on which our present society is dependent. The principles covered in this course find application throughout the students degree programme. The principles are a key foundation of the degree programme and are extensively developed in theory and practice in the subsequent years of the programme.

Syllabus:

Linear motion: vectors, projectiles, circular motion, relative velocity.

NewtonÆs laws: force, work, power, momentum, friction, gravitation. Conservation of energy. Linear and angular momentum: conservation of momentum, collisions. Rotation of a rigid body: moments of inertia, kinetic energy, angular momentum.

The laws of thermodynamics. Equilibrium and temperature, heat and internal energy, heat capacities and latent heat. The ideal gas, isotherms and adiabats. The Carnot engine: efficiency. Classical and microscopic entropy.

Electricity: charge, electric field, Coulomb's law, Gauss's law. Electric potential, capacitance, Ohm's law, KirchhoffÆs Laws, dc circuit analysis, Joule heating. RC circuits.

Magnetism: magnetic field, magnetic force and torque, the galvanometer. Ampere's law. Electromagnetic Induction: inductance.

Faraday's law,Lenz's law, the generator and motor, back emf.

PH4161 Atomic/Molecular/Laser Physics


This module develops the student's knowledge of atomic and molecular physics, particulary where these are relevant to spectra and laser physics. Based on this the module introduces the fundamentals of laser physics and laser applications including holography.

Syllabus:

Atomic structure: the hydrogen atom, energy level diagram and the origin of spectra, many-electron atoms, the influence of external fields, hyperfine structure, isotopic shifts, the shell model, X-ray spectra.

Molecules: diatomic molecules, vibrational and rotational states, complex molecules, vibrational modes.

Molecular emission and absorption spectra in the visible and infrared.

Fundamentals of laser action: cavities, laser media, gain, losses, cavity linewidths, broadening mechanisms.

Spatial and temporal properties: Gaussian beams, cavity modes, mode locking and Q switching, solid state lasers.

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Laser Applications: industrial, medical, data storage, holography and holographic techniques, laser safety.

PH4171 Mechanics


The purpose of this module is to enhance students¿ understanding of key concepts and models associated with classical mechanics, vibrations and waves. The objectives are to develop the mechanics of single particles and of systems of particles including vibrations and waves and rigid bodies, and to introduce Lagrangian and Hamiltonian methods which also provide background for quantum mechanics.

Syllabus:

Mechanical vibrations: simple harmonic and damped simple harmonic motion, quality factor, forced oscillations, coupled oscillations.

Waves: transverse and longitudinal waves, phase and group velocity, energy transported by waves, reflection and transmission of waves.

Review of the principles of mechanics: inertial frames, Newtons laws of motion. Central forces: gravitation and Keplers laws, orbits, scattering. Systems of particles: centre of mass, linear momentum, rocket propulsion, kinetic energy. Rigid bodies: rotation and moments of inertia, angular momentum and kinetic energy, torque, principal axes, Eulers equations, gyroscopic motion. Noninertial reference systems: angular velocity vector, inertial forces, dynamics of a particle in a rotating coordinate system. Lagrangian mechanics: Hamiltons principle, generalised coordinates, Lagranges equations for conservative systems, Hamiltons equations.

PH4181 Introduction to Energy

Syllabus:

Introduction - Why energy matters? What do we use energy for?

Where does our energy come from? Order of magnitude, example of the two extremes. Energy demand, transport/domestic and industrial.

Current Ireland and European energy policies, issues raised. Case study, Ireland and France energy use and generation. Ireland as a global hub of marine energy? Global warming and climate change.

Overview of renewable, wind/wave/hydro/solar/biomass. Large scale alternatives, nuclear power and carbon capture and storage.

Beginning with the vague description of energy as something we pay for, the product of fuel, we proceed to fuller descriptions in which the meaning and measurement and use of energy will become definite.

Introduce the historical evolutions of concept of work and energy through the work of the davy, joule, watt etc. Measurement, units for energy, machines and mechanical advantage without energy efficiency. Perpetual motion, first law of Thermodynamics, Carnot cycle. Mechanical equivalent of heat. Forms of energy, gravitational potential energy, elastic or strain energy, kinetic energy, heat and molecules, chemical energy, food, rotational energy, electric energy, magnetic energy, electromagnetic energy, wave energy, nuclear energy. Conservation of energy. Uses of energy, ordered energy, disordered, entropy.

Every two/three weeks debate between 2 groups over major issues e.g. increase energy production vs change behaviour to save energy,

preserve beauty of coast line vs increase quantity of onshore turbine, how do we know that an energy system is reliable, of low risk, economically viable, socially compatible and resilient in the face of natural catastrophes.

PH4607 Solid State Physics 1 (Autumn/4)


Theories of conduction and magnetism]: breakdown of classical theories; magnetic properties of solids; classification of types of magnetism. Crystal dynamics: lattice vibrations; phonons; anharmonic effects; thermal conduction by phonons. Energy band theory; quantum theory of conduction.Superconductivity. Magnetism: diamagnetism; paramagnetism; magnetic order .

Prerequisite PH4403

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