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Academic Structures

Programme Academic Structure for 2019 - 2020, Bachelor of Arts (BAJM)

This information is provisional & subject to change.

Year 1 Core Modules:

CodeTitleCreditSemesterExam %CA %Resit Category
CM135Analysing Media Content10Semester 201001
CM137History & Structure of the Media5Semester 190101
CM151Introduction to Communication Studies10Semester 170301
CM157Cultural Studies5Semester 201001

Year 1 Optional Modules -

CodeTitleCreditSemesterExam %CA %Resit Category
EL101Introduction to Fiction:Short Story and Novel5Semester 175251
EL102Eng.Study Skills,Creativity&Theoretical Contx5Semester 110001
EL103Genre: The Tragedy-Comedy Complex5Semester 175251
EL104Poetry: How and Why to Read it5Semester 201001
EL105Modern European and American Drama5Semester 201001
EL106Lit&Value:What Makes Great Books Great5Semester 201001
FR130French Language 3 (Intermediate)10Year long01001
FR140French Language 4 (Intermediate)5Semester 201001
FR190French Society and Literature5Semester 101001
GE130German Language 3(Intermediate)10Year long01001
GE140German Language 4 (Intermediate)5Semester 201001
GE190German Society and Literature5Semester 101001
LC110Language Culture and Society5Semester 201001
LC113Contemporary Cultural Debates5Semester 201001
LG104Introduction to European Integration5Semester 201001
LG113American Political System5Semester 201001
LG116Introduction to Politics5Semester 110001
LG117Intro. to International Relations & Security5Semester 101001
LG123Introduction to Development5Semester 201001
LG138Research Methods5Semester 101001
SP130Spanish Language 3 (Intermediate)10Year long01001
SP140Spanish Language 4 (Intermediate)5Semester 201001
SP190Spanish Society and Literature5Year long01001

Year 2 Core Modules:

CodeTitleCreditSemesterExam %CA %Resit Category
CM277Media Audiences10Semester 160401
CM278Media and Power10Semester 201001
CM286Film, History and Theory5Semester 201001
CM293Social Media in Everyday Life5Semester 110001

Year 2 Optional Modules -

CodeTitleCreditSemesterExam %CA %Resit Category
EL201Shakespeare and the English Renaissance5Semester 175251
EL202Gender and Sexuality5Semester 175251
EL203Romanticism: Innocence and Experience5Semester 175251
EL20419th Century Literature5Semester 201001
EL205Modernism and Postmodernism5Semester 201001
EL206Empire Writing and Postcolonial Literatures5Semester 201001
EL207Creative Writing5Semester 101001
EL2070Creative Writing5Semester 201001
FR208French Translation Practice5Semester 110001
FR219Representing the city in Text and Image5Semester 201001
FR250French Language 5 (Ex Intermediate)5Semester 160401
FR268French Language 6 (Ex Intermediate)5Semester 201001
FR290French Literature and Film5Semester 110001
GE208German Translation Practice5Semester 110001
GE238German for International Business 15Semester 101001
GE250German Language 5 (Ex Intermediate)5Semester 110001
GE268German Language 6 (Ex Intermediate)5Semester 201001
GE290German Literature and Film5Semester 201001
LC202Global Cultures5Semester 201001
LC212Textual Studies5Semester 210001
LG108The Irish Political System5Semester 101001
LG139The Politics of Climate Change5Semester 101001
LG233Conflict, Security and Peace10Semester 110001
LG241Global Political Economy10Semester 201001
LG343Political Terrorism5Semester 201001
SP208Spanish Translation Practice5Semester 110001
SP238Spanish for International Business 1(Ex Intm)5Semester 101001
SP250Spanish Language 5 (Ex Intermediate)5Semester 110001
SP268Spanish Language 6 (Ex Intermediate)5Semester 201001
SP290Spanish Literature and Film5Semester 201001

Year 3 Core Modules:

CodeTitleCreditSemesterExam %CA %Resit Category
CM281Media Law5Semester 180201
CM3001Television Drama5Semester 201001
CM3100Press and Public Relations5Semester 101001
CM391Communication, Media & Cultural Diversity5Semester 201001
CM392Science, Technology & Society5Semester 201001

Year 3 Optional Modules -

CodeTitleCreditSemesterExam %CA %Resit Category
CM3006Communication, Culture and the Environment5Semester 101001
EL301Research Seminar10Year long01001
EL302Poetry in Public5Semester 201001
EL303Irish Writing: then & now, local & the global5Semester 175251
EL304Irish Theatre5Semester 175251
EL305Creating Childhood: Children's Literature5Semester 201001
EL324Creative Writing5Semester 101001
EL3240Creative Writing5Semester 201001
FR219ARepresenting the city in Text and Image5Semester 201001
FR304Memory and Identity5Semester 110001
FR305French Lang & Culture (Intermediate)5Semester 160401
FR306French Intermediate Oral Skills5Semester 201001
FR358French Language 7 (Intermediate)5Semester 101001
FR368French Language 8 (Intermediate)5Semester 201001
FR375Muticultural Realities the Francophone World5Semester 201001
GE305German Lang & Culture (Intermediate)5Semester 150501
GE306German Intermediate Oral Skills5Semester 201001
GE358German Language 7 (Intermediate)5Semester 101001
GE368German Language 8 (Intermediate)5Semester 201001
GE426German Literature and Society5Semester 101001
LC478Sexualities, Languages and Societies5Semester 201001
LG232Post Soviet Politics5Semester 101001
LG320Contemp. Politics of the M. East & N. Africa5Semester 201001
LG333Dissertation10Year long01001
LG345Issues in European Integration5Semester 201001
LG361The Politics of Sub-Saharan Africa5Semester 101001
LG365The Politics of South Asia5Semester 201001
LG391Issues in Comparative Politics5Semester 101001
SP305Spanish Language and Culture (Intermediate)5Semester 101001
SP306Spanish Intermediate Oral Skills5Semester 201001
SP358Spanish Language 7 (Intermediate)5Semester 101001
SP368Spanish Language 8 (Intermediate)5Semester 201001
SP427Latin America: Society,Literature and Culture5Semester 101001
UM404Uaneen - Contributing Module5Year long01001
UM405Uaneen Non-Contributing Module5Year long01001

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