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Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
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Is this the right course for you?
If you have an interest in the history, literature, and culture of
Ireland in a broad, interdisciplinary, comparative context then this
is the programme for you. Students are encouraged to avail of the
full range of academic opportunities provided by Trinity College.
For example, students on this programme have successfully
competed for the TCD Foundation scholarship, and chosen to
study abroad on the Erasmus programme in their third year.
Course content
There will be a mixture of compulsory courses in years 1-3 and
optional courses in the final year, allowing you to specialise in
areas where you have developed particular interests. Course
details are available on our website at
Assessment throughout the four years consists
of both continuous assessment and examination. You will also
write a dissertation in your final year. Courses include:
Strand A (English-language strand)
All courses in this strand are taught through the medium
of English.
Junior Freshman (Year 1)
Interdisciplinary:
1. Imagining Ireland I
English:
2. Theorising Ireland
3. Romanticism
4. Genre: The novel
History:
5. Doing history/Interpreting history
6. Ireland, c.1250-1500: Gaelic revival and the English Pale
7. Ireland and the wider world, 1534-1815
Irish Dept:
8. Irish language and literature I (taught through the medium
of English)
Senior Freshman (Year 2)
Interdisciplinary:
1. Imagining Ireland II
English:
2. Irish writing in English 1590-1800
3. Theories of literature
4. Introduction to postcolonial literature
5. Victorian literature
History:
6. Ireland and the union, 1801-1922
7. Change & expectation: Socio-cultural history of 20th-century
Ireland
Irish Dept:
8. Irish language and literature II (taught through the medium
of English)
Junior Sophister (Year 3)
Interdisciplinary:
1. Imagining Ireland III
2. A Broad Curriculum module (see page 14)
3. History of Irish cartography
English:
4. Nineteenth-century Irish writing
5. Irish writing, 1890-1945
6. American literature
History:
7. History of the USA
8. 20th century Europe
Senior Sophister (Year 4)
Interdisciplinary:
1. Imagining Ireland IV
2. Dissertation
3. Students choose Sophister modules from an approved list
of English and History courses, including specific modules
in British, European and American history and literature.
OR
Strand B (Irish-language strand)
This strand contains a number of Irish language modules.
Junior Freshman (Year 1)
Interdisciplinary:
1. Imagining Ireland I
Irish:
2. An Ghaeilge: Ceart na teanga I
3. Cleachtadh teanglainne
4. Nualitríocht
History:
5. Doing history/Interpreting history
6. Ireland, c.1250-1500: Gaelic revival and the English Pale
7. Ireland and the wider world, 1534-1815
English:
8. Theorising Ireland
Senior Freshman (Year 2)
Interdisciplinary:
1. Imagining Ireland II
2. A Broad Curriculum course (see page 14)
Irish:
3. An Ghaeilge: Ceart na teanga II
4. Nuafhilíocht
5. Nualitríocht
