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Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
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The Freshman years
The programme in the Junior Freshman (first) year includes
an introduction to aspects of contemporary France, the French
language and literature. First year subject areas include:
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French grammar and grammatical analysis
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Comprehension of the written and spoken language
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Contemporary short stories, novels, theatre, films and a
specially prepared anthology of French poetry
You will spend approximately five hours each week working on
language and grammar and approximately two hours each week
studying literature and other course-work.
In the Senior Freshman (second) year, you will build on this
foundation by following courses in the history of French ideas
and politics, French literature, French linguistics and in the
practice of the French language itself.
The Sophister years
In the Junior and Senior Sophister (third and fourth) years, a wide
variety of optional subjects leading on from courses previously
undertaken in the Freshman (first and second) years are available.
These range from classical and Enlightenment writing to Romantic
and contemporary French literature, from politics, society and
identity in France to French theory and French travel writing.
If you elect to study French in your final year you will research
and write a dissertation in English or French on a subject of your
choice in consultation with a supervisor.
Assessment
Written, oral and aural examinations, in addition to essays and
continuous assessment of your coursework, all contribute to
assessment. Senior Sophisters (fourth-year students) will also
research and write a final-year dissertation.
Study abroad
A minimum stay of two months in a French-speaking country is
required over the duration of your course. Some students opt
to spend their second or part of their third year at a university
in France within the framework of an Erasmus exchange
programme. There are exchange agreements between Trinity
College and universities in Orléans and Paris.
Career opportunities
Recent graduates in French have gone on to work in areas as
diverse as secondary and university teaching, arts administration,
translation and interpreting, diplomacy, tourism, publishing, and
investment banking. Increasing numbers of graduates go on to
take further postgraduate courses in areas such as law, marketing
and business. The combination of an arts degree and a more
vocational or professional programme of studies has proved
to be highly attractive to prospective employers.
Further information
Tel: +353 1 896 1553
Geography
COURSE CODE:
PLACES 2012:
POINTS 2011:
DEGREE AWARDED:
TR001 (TSM)
45
415-565
B.A.
TSM points:
See page 27
Geography (TSM) cannot be studied as a single honor
course. It must be combined with one other subject within
the two-subject moderatorship (TSM) programme. TSM is
a joint honor programme. An honors degree is awarded in
both subjects.
For subjects that combine with Geography see page 36.
Alternatively, Geography can be studied through the general-
entry Science programme – TR071. After two years of
general science study, students may opt to specialise in
Geography for their third and fourth years. For special
entry requirements to TR071 – Science see page 140.
Geography may also be studied with Political science,
see page 102, or as part of the single honor course Earth
sciences (TR077), see page 161.
Why study Geography?
Geography is truly interdisciplinary as it spans a broad spectrum
of the social, biological, informational and physical sciences. As
the world becomes interconnected geographers are well placed
to bring their understanding and skills to bear on social and
environmental issues. An important attribute of geographers,
and one that is highly regarded in the workplace, is their ability
to combine multidisciplinary knowledge with a wide range of
transferable skills, including critical thinking, report-writing,
numeracy and IT-literacy. These can be applied to careers
which directly incorporate a geographic dimension, such as
environmental consultancy or urban planning, and to wider
areas such as business and public service.
Course content
The Junior Freshman (first year) TSM Geography modules aim to
provide a flavour of the breadth of the subject, focusing on materials
that are dealt with in greater depth in later years, while challenging
students to integrate the different approaches and forms of
knowledge that characterise the modern discipline of geography.
In the Junior Freshman year, students take three introductory
modules in geography:
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Physical geography:
provides a basic introduction to the
large-scale controls and processes that have influenced the
physical landscape of the earth, and that have provided the
conditions for the evolution of a variety of life forms, species,
habitats and ecological systems including those that led to
and subsequently influenced human existence.
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Human – environment:
introduces key concepts relating
to nature, culture and the environment, and interactions
between humans and their environment, using case studies
from the fields of conservation, environmental degradation
and environmental hazards.
