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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)
- 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 2011/12
cursaÍSEMESTER 2 TIMETABLE HERE (updated Dec 7, 2011)
Click 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.
Module Choices 2011-2012
** Please note changes to Semeste 2 schedule. Dr Sarah Anne Buckley will teach HI574.II (seminar) and HI577.II (lecture module). Prof Ellis will not be teaching HI538.**
Semester 1
Seminars (10 ECTS) HI439 Vichy France Gearóid Barry HI484 Slavery & Emancipation in the American South
Enrico Dal Lago HI383 The Reign of Henry VIII Steven Ellis HI571 Law & Society in Early Medieval Ireland, c. AD 500 - c. AD 800 Dáibhí Ó Cróinín HI165 Life in Urban Galway from the Act of Union to
the Anglo-Irish TreatyJohn Cunningham HI487 Approaches to Women's History Caitríona Clear Lecture Modules (5 ECTS) HI304 Cultural & State Formation in Ireland c. 1880-1039 Laurence Marley HI568 The First Century of Crusading Kimberly LoPrete HI317 Science Technology & Progress Laura Kelly HI337 Nazi Germany Róisín Healy HI576 European Warfare, 1618-1714 Pádraig Lenihan
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 HI444 Civil War & Society in France, 1572-1598 Alison Forrestal HI569 Aristocratic Women i Medieval Europe 500-1250 Kimberly LoPrete HI74.II Research, Writing and Presenting History: Children & the
State in Ireland, 1838-2011Sarah Anne Buckley Lecture Modules (10ECTS) HI365 Native North Americans Enrico Dal Lago HI312 Poverty, Crime and Gender Caitríona Clear HI442 The French 4th and 5th Republics Gearóid Barry HI577.II Topics & themes in 20th-century Irish History:
The Family in Modern IrelandSarah Anne Buckley HI488 Labour in Irish Society and Politics, 1760-1960 John Cunningham HI368 Early Irish Script Dáibhí Ó Cróinín HI362 Party & Power in 19th Century British History Laurence Marley
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.
History Secretary: Phil Faherty
E-mail: Phil Faherty
This page was last updated Tuesday, January 10, 2012
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