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BA Irish with History

Ulster University

Institution
Ulster University
Level
undergraduate
Subject
BA (Hons) Irish with History
Duration
3 years
UCAS code
Q5V1
Typical offer
A-level CCC

Entry requirements

A level: CCC Applicants may satisfy the requirement for the final A level grade (C) by substituting a combination of alternative qualifications to the same standard as defined by the University.

About this course

BA (Hons) in Irish Studies and History. Core topics include Research Methods, Historical Research, and Ethics & Professional Practice. Irish language modules progress from B2 to C1 level under the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages. In the final year, students undertake a self-designed research project.

Modules

  • Making History: Skills for Historians
  • Léamhthuiscint na Gaeilge 1
  • Léamhthuiscint na Gaeilge 2
  • Labhairt agus Scríobh na Gaeilge 1
  • Labhairt agus Scríobh na Gaeilge 2
  • Defining America: Themes in American History, C17th -C20th
  • The Making of Modern Britain and Ireland, 1798-1998
  • The Ages of Extremes: International History 1914-2020
  • Disenchanted Land? Culture and Society in Early Modern Europe
  • Revolutionary Russia, 1894-1939
  • The Fighting Irish: The Irishman at War since 1534
  • The Irish Outlaw: The Making of a Nationalist
  • Inniúlacht i Labhairt agus i Scríobh na Gaeilge 1
  • Inniúlacht i Labhairt agus i Scríobh na Gaeilge 2
  • Litríocht na Gaeilge 1: bunú an traidisiúin
  • Litríocht na Gaeilge 2: Buanú an Traidisiúin
  • Exchange programme 1 - History Abroad
  • Family, Sexuality and the State 1850-1925
  • Culture and Society in Early Modern Britain and Ireland
  • War and Peace: the Ying and Yang of human history
  • The Great Powers and the Middle East since 1880
  • Film and the Vietnam Conflict
  • The Myth and Reality of Imperial Spain, 1492-1700
  • Death, Disease, and Medicine in Britain, 1800-1914
  • 'Good Trouble': Struggle, Resistance and the African American Experience
  • The Modern City, 1800-2000
  • United States Foreign Policy Since 1945
  • Miontráchtas/Tionscadal
  • Scileanna Gairmiúla don Ghaeilge
  • Léann agus Scileannan Aistriúcháin
  • Oilteacht i Labhairt agus i Scríobh na Gaeilge
  • History Abroad - DIAS
  • Industrial Placement - Diploma in Professional Practice (DPP)
  • The Irish Revolution, 1913-1923
  • Late Soviet Communism, 1953-1991
  • Saints and Sinners: Women in Nineteenth and Twentieth Century Ireland
  • Violence, death and disorder and the end of the European Empires.
  • America in the Depression, 1929-1941
  • Witchcraft and magic in early modern Europe and Colonial New England, c.1550-1780
  • The Northern Ireland Troubles