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History modules
Political science modules
Modules are designed to allow your individual preferences to shape the
overall character of your studies, and permit you to specialise in a number
of different ways.
The work of the first two years is designed to provide
you with a systematic foundation in the subject.
In each of the first two years students take 3 Political science modules and the equivalent number of term-long modules in History. In
their first-year students may substitute modern language electives (two modern language courses) for one of these courses, while in
their second year students may substitute electives for one of the history modules (see Broad Curriculum, page 14).
Junior Freshmen (first-year students) select from modules such as:
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Europe, 1000-1250: War and society in the age of the Crusades
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Ireland, 1000-1250: Brian Boru to the English invasion
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Britain, c.1066-1296: Conquest and domination
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Europe, 1000-1250: Conflict of church and state
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Ireland, 1250-1500: Gaelic revival and the English Pale
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Britain, c.1296-1603: Nations and kingship
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Europe, c.1500-1700: Power and belief
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Britain since 1800
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American history: A survey
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South Asian history: An introduction
Junior Freshmen (first-year students) take:
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Introduction to political science
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Introduction to sociology
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Introduction to economic policy
Senior Freshmen (second-year students) select from courses such as:
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Ireland and the union, 1801-1922
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Ireland and the wider world, 1534-1641
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Ireland and the wider world, 1641-1815
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Europe, c.1215-1517: Religion, death and culture
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Europe, 1700-1815: Culture and politics
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Europe, 1870-1930: Grandeur and decline
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Europe since 1914: Cataclysm and rebirth
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Twentieth-century Ireland
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The rise and fall of the British Empire
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Themes in modern American history
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Anglo-Saxons, Vikings and their impact on Britain and Ireland, c.400-
1000
Senior Freshmen (second-year students) take:
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History of political thought
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International relations
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Comparative politics
In the final two years you will take a short lecture module on historiography
and choose special modules, which are studied in great detail and with
particular attention to original sources. Students taking History alone in
fourth year choose three special modules, and write a dissertation.
More than 35 modules are available in the Sophister years (three and four)
including:
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The archaeology of medieval warfare
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The crusades
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Edward I, Edward II and the conquest of Britain, 1286-1328
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Europe reformed, 1540-1610
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The Elizabethans and their world, 1550-1610
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Confederate and Cromwellian Ireland
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Revolutionary Britain, 1678-1715
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Ireland in the age of O’Connell, 1775-1847
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France and the First World War, 1912-1920
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The impact of World War 1 on Ireland and Britain
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Revolutionary Britain, 1678-1715
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The French Revolution
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Sub-Saharan Africa since 1875
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Stalinism and Society
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Britain, the Near East and World War 2
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The Troubles, 1968-1998
In the Sophister (third and fourth) years, you may
choose to concentrate on particular aspects of the
subject, including:
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Irish politics
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Comparative political institutions
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Contemporary political theories
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Political parties
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Issues in contemporary politics
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Democracy and development
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European Union politics
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Contemporary international relations
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African politics
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Government and politics of the United States
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The politics of inequality
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Globalisation and the post-cold war order