BA IN ENVIRONMENT AND SOCIETY/YOUTH AND FAMILY STUDIES

Modules and Structure

Indicative Modules

All students take a common First Year before diverging into one of two specialist pathways in Year 2.

First Year

Introduction to Environment and Society
Introduction to Youth and Family
Introductory Microeconomics
Introductory Macroeconomics
Economics Coursework and Applications
Applied Public Policy
Understanding Politics and Society
Trajectories of Social and Political Change
Sociology and Politics coursework
Applications Programming
Computer Systems
Internet and Web Development

Second Year (Environment and Society)

Sustainable Economic Development
Microeconomics
Techniques of Analysis
Economics of Social Policy
Macroeconomics
Cost Benefit Analysis
Research Methods
European Societies
Green Political Thought and Ecological Practice
European Politics
Sociology and Politics of the EU
Sociology of Environmentalism

Second Year (Youth and Family Studies)

Research Methods
Economics of Social Policy
Childhood and Adolescence
Health Promotion
Family and Society
European Societies
Issues in Contemporary Family Life
Youth and Society
Youth and Family Studies Independent Research Project
Evaluating and Using Research Evidence
Cost Benefit Analysis

Third Year (Environment and Society)

Environment and Natural Resource Economics
Regional and Urban Economics
Development Economics
Public Economics
Irish and European Economy
Research Project
Politics and Environment
Environmental Politics and Policy
Development and Change
Comparative Public Policy
Environmentalism
Development and Communities

Third Year (Youth and Family Studies)

Theories of the Policy Process
Development and Change
Family and Societal Interactions
Youth Work
Health Economics
Irish and European Economy
Comparative Public Policy
Families and the Law
Youth and Society Independent Research Project
(The remainder of courses can be picked from a list of options in the School of Political Science and Sociology.)

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