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BA Irish and Politics

Queen's University Belfast

Institution
Queen's University Belfast
Level
undergraduate
Subject
Irish and Politics
Duration
3 years
UCAS code
QL52
Typical offer
A-level ABB

Entry requirements

A level: ABB including A-level Irish

About this course

BA in Politics and International Relations and BA (Hons) Irish with History, exploring politics alongside modern Irish language and culture. Core topics include Statistics, Research Methods, Policy Analysis, Critical & Analytical Thinking. Students complete an extended period in the Gaeltacht each summer as part of a residential course, and final-year students can undertake work internships in an Irish-language setting.

Modules

  • Perspectives on Politics
  • Contemporary Europe
  • Gaeilge 1
  • Celtic Mythology
  • Comparative Politics
  • World Politics
  • Nualitríocht na Gaeilge ó 1916 go dtí an lá inniu
  • What is to be done? Sustainability, climate change and just energy transitions in the Anthropocene
  • Introduction to Politics
  • Modern Political Thought
  • Studying Politics
  • Gaeilge 2
  • Scottish Gaelic Language 1
  • Irish Politics
  • American Politics
  • Security and Terrorism
  • International Organisations
  • British Politics in crisis?
  • Peace and Conflict Studies
  • Identity Politics in Diverse Societies
  • Cearta an Duine agus Nualitríocht na Gaeilge
  • The Politics of the Planetary Crisis: power, people and place
  • Gaeilge 3
  • Long Placement
  • Contemporary Critical Theory
  • Gender and Politics
  • Comparative Politics of the Middle East
  • Dissertation (Politics)
  • Language and Literature in the Gaelic World
  • European Cultural Identities
  • War and Visual Culture and Surveillance
  • Politics of the Global Economy
  • The Politics of the Far Right in Europe and the Americas
  • Political Parties and Elections in Northern Ireland
  • National and Ethnic Minorities in European Politics
  • Challenges to contemporary party politics
  • Politics, Public Administration and Policy-Making
  • US Foreign Policy
  • Asylum and Migration in Global Politics
  • Nuafhilíocht na Gaeilge
  • Security and Technology
  • Global Pol. Econ. of Energy
  • Short Placement
  • Radical Hope:Inspiring Present-day Sustainability Transformations through an Examination of Our Past
  • Scéal na hImirce -The Migrant Experience
  • Gairmeacha le Gaeilge
  • An Béal Beo
  • An Miontráchtas: Dissertation
  • European Union Foreign Policy
  • The Politics of European Union Enlargement… and Withdrawal
  • The Politics of Global Health: Promise and Perils
  • NATO: History & Current Developments