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final year Joint Honours
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QUICK LINKS to important information for current year
- Final Year Handbook (Available in the History Department)
- Timetable 2012-13
- History Stylesheet
- History Policy on Late Submission of Assignments
- For Academic Calendar Click HERE
- The Writing Centre: The Academic Writing Centre is a free drop-in facility where students can come and work on a one-to-one basis with qualified tutors in an informal setting.
- Head of Year
This page is aimed at students following the Joint Honours BA, taking History and one other subject. If you are following the BA History (Single Honours) degree, click HERE.
Entry to the Final year is dependent upon a pass in Second Arts History or its equivalent in the case of visiting and exchange students. Students registered for the BA (International) must also have attained a satisfactory academic performance during their year abroad.
Structure of Final Year Joint Honours
The Structure of Final Year is as follows: students must take four lecture modules (each worth 5 ECTS) and one seminar module (worth 10 ECTS) over the year. Thus, in one semester, they will take three lecture modules, and in the other semester, they will take one lecture and one seminar module. There are no compulsory lecture modules, but lecture module choices are restricted by the exam structure as below.
Seminars and Lecture Modules - What's the difference?
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Seminars
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Seminars are 10 ECTSSmall groups with an emphasis on participation, class presentation, research and academic writingCompulsory attendanceAssessment based on Participation (20%), Presentation (20%), and a 7,000 word essay (60%)Represents 1/3 of the final mark for BA students
Lecture Modules
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Lecture Modules are 5 ECTSmedium to large size classes taught through 2 one-hour lectures per week by lecturer with additional tutorials (usually 6 - 8) over the semesterAssessment normally based on assignments or a mid-term essay, and written 2 hour exam.
Submission of Written Work - Please Note!
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Written work must be submitted in hard copy. An e-mail attachment alone is not sufficient.
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Students are asked to keep an electronic copy of all written work until after the marks are issued by Exams.
final year modules and descriptions 2012/13
cursaÍClick HERE for a pdf of descriptions for all modules. Below, if the module number is highlighted, there is a link to the module description on the School of Humanities website.
Click HERE for 2012-13 Final Year Timetable
Module Choices 2012-2013
Semester 1
Seminars (10 ECTS) HI439 Vichy France Gearóid Barry HI484 Slavery & Emancipation in the American South
Enrico Dal Lago HI436 The Reign of Henry VIII Steven Ellis HI165 Life in Urban Galway from the Act of Union to
the Anglo-Irish TreatyJohn Cunningham HI574.I Researching, Presenting and Writing History.I: Of Rice & Men: NGO's and humanitarianism since 1945 Gearóid Barry HI578 Children & the State in Ireland, 1838-2011 Sarah Anne Buckley HI444 Civil War and Society in France, 1572-1598 Alison Forrestal Lecture Modules (5 ECTS) HI362 Pary & Power in 19th Century British History Laurence Marley HI376 Popular Culture in Pre-Industrial Europe Niall Ó Ciosáin HI368 The Development of Script from the Cathach of Colum Cille to the Books of Kells Dáibhí Ó Cróinín HI337 Nazi Germany Róisín Healy HI576 European Warfare, 1618-1714 Pádraig Lenihan HI349 Media & Empire: Brave New World: Globalisation since 1945 Kevin O'Sullivan
Semester 2
Seminars (10 ECTS) HI443 State and People in Ireland, 1820-45 NIall Ó Ciosáin HI168 Coming to Terms with the Nazi Past
Róisín Healy HI167 Power & Conflict in Northern Ireland, 1963-1972 Mary Harris HI570 Technology and Society Páraig Lenihan HI569 Aristocratic Women i Medieval Europe 500-1250 Kimberly LoPrete HI74.II Research, Writing and Presenting History: The Irish &
Colonial Australasia, 1788-1901Laurence Marley HI571 Law & Society in Early medieval Ireland, c. AD 500 - C. AD 800 Dáibhí Ó Cróinín Lecture Modules (5ECTS) HI365 Native North Americans Enrico Dal Lago HI358 Is not on offer, Semester 2, 2013 HI579 Beveridge to Thatcher: Politics, Society, Economy &
Welfare in Britain, 1948-1992Sarah Anne Buckley HI488 Labour in Irish Society and Politics, 1760-1960 John Cunningham HI577.II Topics & Themes in 20th Century Irish History: Camden, Calcutta, Corofin: Locating Ireland, 1922-2002 Kevin O'Sullivan
final year modules and descriptions 2013/14
cursaÍClick HERE for a pdf of descriptions for all modules. Below, if the module number is highlighted, there is a link to the module description on the School of Humanities website.
Head of Year
Dr. Enrico Dal Lago
Tower 1, Floor 2, Rm 403
Tel: 353-(0)91-493546
e-mail: enricodallago
nuigalway.ie History
National University of Ireland, Galway, University Road, Galway, Ireland.
Phone: +353 (0)91 492537, Fax: +353 (0)91 494556, E-mail: historynuigalway.ie
This page was last updated Tuesday, March 26, 2013
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