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FINAL year, HIstory B.A. (single honours)

NEWS AND NOTICES FOR 2011-12

PLEASE NOTE THE CHANGES TO THE SEMESTER 2 MODULE CHOICES AND TIMETABLE BELOW.

Semester 2 Timetable HERE (Updated Dec 7, 2011) 

Final Year Module Descriptions HERE (updated Dec 7, 2011)  

• Structure of Course
  Assessment
  BA History Handbook
  Head of Year 

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.

Entry

BA History students must pass all History modules in second year to continue on to Final year BA History (Single Honours).  Students may take the option of an ERASMUS year abroad and come back to final year BA History.  Information about study abroad in third year as an  ERASMUS student HERE.

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Structure of the Course

Students must register for a seminar module in semester 1 and the dissertation module in semester 2.  In each semester, students take three lecture modules.  Over the course of the academic year, students are required to take one module from each of the panels, Medieval, Early Modern and Modern, and three modules from open choice. 

For the seminar, a list of several modules will be available in semester one. Seminar Module descriptions and allocation to Seminar modules will take place in May of the preceding academic year.  Full information on seminars will be available in the Department and on the departmental website.

One third of the Final Year mark will be allocated to the dissertation.  Please note that the dissertation module carries 20 ECTs, the seminar module carries 10 ECTs and all other modules carry 5 ECTs each.

Students are required to take the following modules:

Seminar module in semester one (from the panel on offer)

10 ECTs

Dissertation module in semester two
20 ECTS

One lecture module in Ancient/Medieval History (from the panel on offer)
5 ECTs

One lecture module in Early Modern History (from the panel on offer)
5 ECTs

One lecture module in Modern History (from the panel on offer)
5 ECTs

Three lecture modules from any period of History (from the open choice panel on offer )
5+5+5 ECTs

Semester 2
HI457	Dissertation
Lecture Modules (10ECTS)
Medieval
HI368	Early Irish Script	Dábhí Ó Cróinín
Early Modern
	** The Tudor Conquest of Ireland will not run in Semester 2
Modern
HI365	Native North Americans	Enrico Dal Lago
HI442	The French 4th & 5th Republics	Gearóid Barry
HI312	Poverty, Crime & Gender in Europe, 1780-1914	Caitríona Clear
HI488	Labour in Irish Society  & Politics in Ireland, c. 1760-1795	John Cunningham
HI362	Party & Power in 19th Century British History	Laurence Marley
HI577.II	Topics & themes in 20th-century Irish History: The Family in Modern Ireland	Sarah Anne Buckley

    

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