Undergraduate Programme

BA with Human Rights

The BA Connect Prospectus

The Faculty of Arts offers seven denominated BA degree programmes, each offering students a different specialism: Human Rights, Film Studies, Childhood Studies, Irish Studies, Women's Studies, Theatre and Performance, Creative Writing. 

These programmes require four years of study and offer students, in addition to their core subject choices, carefully structured opportunities to engage with a specialism of their choice. The programmes respond to individual student interests and create a small-group identity around those interests.  Students will engage in intensive writing exercises, active learning, and task-based projects.  All examining will be by continuous assessment.

The BA with Human Rights will be open to a small number of students who will have dedicated contact with an expert programme director who will mentor students' progress, organise on-campus seminars and facilitate off-campus learning opportunities.  Students have distinctive opportunities to engage with society and community; to work with others who share their particular commitments; and to achieve a high level of confidence in oral and written communication. 

During their third year, students will combine periods within the university with learning opportunities outside the university.  These opportunities may include: project-based work, educational placement in the community, portfolio preparation, a period of study abroad at an international university, service learning, or placement within Non-Governmental Organisations.  Third year students will also work closely with NUI Galway's Community Knowledge Initiative (CKI), International Affairs Office, and Careers Service.

Dr. Karen da Costa is currently the lead lecturer on the BA with Human Rights programme.

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