BA International Requirements

B.A. International

The B.A. International is a four year programme involving the study of at least one modern continental language to degree level and a one year period of study in a country in which that language is spoken.

Objective

The B.A. International will enable suitably qualified students to study, in the third year of the programme, both of their academic subjects in a University of a continental European Union country. It will offer language students the facility to study a Modern Continental language, and its literature, in a country where it is spoken, and also to study approved courses for their second subject through that same language with emphasis on the European/Continental dimension.

Programme Duration

The programme is of four years duration.

Admission

Admission to the programme takes place during the Second Arts year. Selection will be based on academic merit. Students must have acceptance from both departments of NUI, Galway.

Programme content

1. Europe

The student must select his/her two degree subjects from the list set out below. At least one subject must be a Modern Continental language (French, German, Italian or Spanish).

2. North America

Non - language students may engage the programme in a limited number of U.S. Universities where their subjects are catered for.

The following is the list from which the subjects must be selected:

Archaeology, Economics, English, French, German, History, Irish, Italian, Legal Science, Mathematical Physics, Mathematics, Philosophy, Sociological and Political Studies, Spanish.

Students taking a combination of subjects other than in accordance with the above groupings may also, with the permission of the departments concerned and the Faculty, be admitted to the programme.

Quota of Places

The overall number of places on the programme is limited and there is also a limitation on the number of places available for each Modern Continental language.

Selection

Selection will be made in accordance with criteria determined by the Academic Council on the recommendation of the Faculty of Arts. An overall pass at the First Arts Summer Examination will be a prerequisite.

Fee payment

During their year abroad students will continue to pay appropriate fees at NUIG. They will not be required to pay fees at the host university.

Courses taken abroad

Subject to the approval of the relevant departments, full credit will be given for courses taken and examinations passed by the student while in the host university.

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