TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN, THE UNIVERSITY OF DUBLIN

UNDERGRADUATE PROSPECTUS UNDERGRADUATE PROSPECTUS 2019 2019 Contents GENERAL INFORMATION 2 The Trinity Education Welcome to 2 #ThinkTrinity 10 Trinity: A University for Ireland… a University for the World! 11 Trinity’s Location 12 Student Life at Trinity Trinity 12 Your First Year in Trinity 13 Student Entertainment 14 Students’ Union 14 Student Societies 15 Trinity Publication 16 Trinity Sport 17 Accommodation 18 A Global Campus 19 Places to Eat and Relax 19 A Sustainable Campus 19 An Ghaeilge/The Irish Language 20 Your Support Network 20 Personal Tutor 20 Student Mentors 21 Access Services 21 Mature Students Officer 21 Disability Service 22 Students’ Union Supports 22 Health Service 23 Student Counselling Service 23 Chaplaincy 23 Day Nursery 24 Your Learning Supports 24 Supporting your Transition from Second-Level 24 A World-Class Library 25 IT Services 26 Starting your Career 30 A Global Education 31 Open Day 2018 32 Find Out More About Trinity 32 EU Students 32 Higher Education Fairs in Ireland 32 School Visits 32 Visiting Trinity and Campus Tours 32 Mature Students 32 Transition Year Programmes and Summer Schools 33 Non-EU Students 33 International Students’ Supports 33 Visit Trinity 33 Meeting Trinity Staff in Your Region 34 Admission Requirements 34 The Trinity International Foundation Programme 244 Fees, Financial Support and Scholarships 246 How to Apply 249 Non-European Union (Non-EU) Student Admissions 254 National Framework of Qualifications 255 Admission Requirements 263 Alert List for Guidance Professionals ARTS, HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES

38 Global Business 66 Economics (Joint Honours) 96 Modern Languages 40 Business, Economic and Social Studies 68 English Studies 98 French (Joint Honours) (B.E.S.S.) 68 English Literature (Joint Honours) 100 German (Joint Honours) Business Studies and a Language 44 102 Irish (French, German, Russian, Polish or 70 European Studies Spanish) 72 Film Studies (Joint Honours) 104 Italian (Joint Honours) Russian (Joint Honours) 140 Business: Computer Science and 74 Geography (Joint Honours) 106 Business 108 Spanish (Joint Honours) 76 History 46 Classics, Ancient History and 110 Modern Language and a subject Archaeology 76 History (Joint Honours) 112 Music 48 Classics: Ancient History and 78 History: Ancient and Medieval Archaeology (Joint Honours) History and Culture 112 Music (Joint Honours) 50 Classics: Classical Civilisation 80 History and Political Science 114 Music Education (Joint Honours) 82 History of Art and Architecture 116 Philosophy (Joint Honours) 52 Classics: Classical Languages 116 Philosophy (Joint Honours) (Joint Honours) 84 Law 118 Philosophy, Political Science, Clinical Speech and Language Studies 54 86 Law and a Language Economics and Sociology (P.P.E.S.) (French or German) 142 Computer Science and Language 120 Political Science 56 Deaf Studies 88 Law and Business 122 Political Science and Geography 58 Drama and Theatre Studies 90 Law and Political Science 124 Psychology 58 Drama Studies (Joint Honours) 208 Mathematics (Joint Honours) 126 Religion 60 Drama: Bachelor in Acting (non-CAO) 92 Middle Eastern and European 126 Religion (Joint Honours) Languages and Cultures 62 Drama: Diploma in Acting and Theatre 128 Social Studies (Social Work) (non-CAO) 94 Middle Eastern, Jewish and Islamic Civilisations (Joint Honours) 130 Sociology (Joint Honours) Drama: Bachelor in Stage Management Sociology and Social Policy 64 and Technical Theatre (non-CAO) 132 134 Trinity College Dublin and Columbia University Dual BA Programme

ENGINEERING, Science and Mathematics HEALTH SCIENCES MATHEMATICS 158 Science 160 Biology and Biomedical Sciences 54 Clinical Speech and Language Studies AND SCIENCE with specialisations in: 214 Dentistry 162 Biochemistry Computer Science 164 Botany 214 Dental Hygiene 138 Computer Science 166 Environmental Sciences 216 Dental Nursing Computer Science and Business 168 Genetics 140 218 Dental Science Human Genetics 142 Computer Science and Language 170 172 Immunology 220 Dental Technology 144 Management Science and Information Microbiology Systems Studies (M.S.I.S.S.) 174 222 Dental: Orthodontic Therapy 176 Molecular Medicine 224 Human Health and Disease Engineering 178 Neuroscience 180 Physiology 226 Human Nutrition and Dietetics 146 Engineering (common entry), with specialisations in: 182 Zoology 228 Medicine Chemical Sciences with 184 Nursing 150 Biomedical Engineering specialisations in: 230 General Nursing 151 Civil, Structural and 186 Chemistry 230 Environmental Engineering 188 Chemistry with Molecular 230 General Nursing (Adelaide) Modelling 152 Computer Engineering 190 Medicinal Chemistry 230 Mental Health Nursing 153 Electronic Engineering 192 Nanoscience 230 Intellectual Disability Nursing Geography and Geoscience with 154 Electronic and Computer 194 Integrated Children’s and Engineering specialisations in: 230 General Nursing 196 Geography Mechanical and Manufacturing Midwifery 155 Geoscience 234 Engineering 198 200 Physical Sciences with 236 Occupational Therapy 156 Engineering with Management specialisations in: 238 Pharmacy 202 Physics 204 Physics and Astrophysics 240 Physiotherapy 206 Nanoscience 242 Radiation Therapy 208 Mathematics 210 Theoretical Physics Ranked as Ireland’s leading university 104th QS World University Rankings 2018 1592 Year in which Trinity was World ranking founded QS World University Rankings 2018/2019

18,000+ Students in Trinity 2of the 6student% body are from more than 120 countries from outside of Ireland 300+ Erasmus & worldwide Size in acres of student exchange Trinity’s main campus agreements 47 Trinity

Students in Key Facts Trinity from all #ThinkTrinity counties in Ireland 32 170+ Sports clubs and Student societies % international 39academic sta 6,000,000 Number of printed books in Trinity's libraries 27th in the world and Dublin’s world ranking 1st in Ireland for th for Best Student Cities international outlook 34 QS Rankings 2018 Times Higher Education Rankings 2018

2 Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin General Information The Trinity Education

World class education Ireland’s Research- top centred at university every level

Think Global # Trinity Flexible citizenship career path

At the centre of Supportive things community

TRINITY GRADUATE ATTRIBUTES

To Think To Communicate To Develop To Act Independently E ectively Continuously Responsibly

www.tcd.ie/study 3 Experience world class education

Trinity education fosters in our students a life-long desire for knowledge and understanding, a capacity for creativity and innovation, cross-cultural awareness and a sense of global citizenship.

› At Trinity, we provide a liberal environment where independence of thought is highly valued and where all are encouraged to achieve their full potential. We believe that creativity is born out of debate and questioning, and we encourage our students to question and challenge the status quo. › As we have for generations, we will continue to educate our students to be leaders in intellectual, cultural, social, political and economic life. A Trinity Education extends beyond the classroom and embraces co- and extra-curricular activity within the Student Experience, facilitating student internships with multi-national industry partners. › Trinity promotes diversity and inclusivity, creating a community based on collegiality and where everyone is encouraged to use their talents to realise their potential. Our international partnerships with leading universities and Study Abroad opportunities enable you to travel internationally to experience other cultures. Trinity can offer you a world class education at Ireland’s leading University.

Be in a research-centred environment

At Trinity, you will be given the opportunity to work with and learn from global leaders in research, to benefit from their experience and networks.

› As the only Irish member of the prestigious League of 23 European Research Universities (LERU), Trinity is committed to providing excellence in education and research. We meet the highest standards in learning, innovation and independent critical enquiry, and we win more than 50% of the European Research funding coming into Ireland. › Trinity prides itself on being a community of scholars, where our research-inspired curriculum attracts staff and students of the highest calibre from all continents. A research-centred education means you will be taught from day one by leading researchers and gain first-hand exposure to research activity, completing an independent piece of original research work as part of your Trinity degree, known as the Capstone project. › Staff and students at Trinity conduct research at the frontiers of their disciplines, with exciting interaction between disciplines such as biology and engineering, business and social policy, creating new ideas.

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Build flexible career paths

In a world of new opportunities, today’s graduates need to be adaptable, flexible and innovative.

› Trinity instils in its graduates the confidence and capability to nurture and build a career that may span fields and industries, or address industrial and societal challenges which may not yet exist. › As a Trinity student you will have access to mentorship through our Student-2-Student programme, in which trained student mentors share their experiences, or via our Alumni mentoring programme, where Trinity graduates who have gone on to various careers volunteer to provide inspiration and advice through one-to-one mentoring. › Trinity has produced generations of outstanding graduates who include Nobel-prize winning scientists, successful entrepreneurs, poets and playwrights. We are committed to a culture of career- readiness, providing an education that will equip you to develop valuable transferable skills. › Trinity also encourages an entrepreneurial spirit, providing incubation programmes for student-led companies, and has been named Europe’s leading university two years in a row for producing venture- backed entrepreneurs.

Be part of a supportive community

Community is a key element in the Trinity education and every student can benefit from a wide variety of available supports.

› Every undergraduate student at Trinity is assigned a personal tutor who is there to support you through your chosen academic pathway. In addition to your academic path, a core aspect of the Trinity education is the potential for co- and extra- curricular activities which broaden and reinforce the experience of a Trinity graduate. Student societies have been an essential part of life at Trinity since the 17th century. The Historical Society (the “Hist”) and the Philosophical Society (the “Phil”) are two of the oldest debating societies in the world, attracting major names from the world of media, politics, music and film annually. › Trinity’s sports clubs range from badminton and squash to hockey, rugby, rowing and sailing, GAA, swimming and Ultimate Frisbee. They cater for everyone from social members to Olympic athletes. › Culture and the Arts are key to Trinity’s heritage and are reflected in our student experience. A major highlight of every academic year is the world famous Trinity Ball – Europe’s largest private party happens right on campus and plays host to some of the biggest names in world music. › Student well-being is extremely important at Trinity and we offer dedicated personal support and well-being services. The Students’ Union acts as a voice for the student population. www.tcd.ie/study 5 Be at the centre of things

Dublin is a vibrant, multicultural, European capital and Trinity students take full advantage of everything the university and the city have to offer.

› The vibrant social scene in the city and on campus ensures that students enjoy a unique university experience. Trinity’s historic campus is situated in the heart of Dublin city centre, with efficient transport links to our teaching hospitals at St. James and Tallaght. › Trinity’s main campus of cobbled squares, historic buildings and green playing fields also includes state-of-the-art modern facilities for teaching and research and a sports centre with a climbing wall and swimming pool. The Trinity Library is one of the world’s great research libraries. The Science Gallery is a vibrant, international award-winning forum for exploring science through art and public engagement, and some of the country’s major research centres in fields such as the Arts and Humanities, Nanoscience and Biomedical Sciences sit side by side with our rich heritage. › In recent years, Dublin has become a hub for some of the world’s leading technology companies, housing the European headquarters of a number of the world’s most prominent tech giants. This has led the Docklands area adjacent to Trinity’s Enterprise Campus being labelled ‘the Silicon Docks’.

Be a global citizen

As a global community, Trinity gives you the opportunity to gain a global perspective, working with people from all parts of the world to address challenges of global consequence.

At Trinity, you will have the opportunity to: › Interact with students from around the globe. Trinity is home to students from every county in Ireland and more than 120 countries around the world. › Study abroad – the university-wide exchange programme is an opportunity to live and study in one of our European, North American, Australian or Asian partner universities, while earning credit towards your degree. Many students take part in an exchange during their third year (fourth year for Computer Science and Engineering students). › Become an activist in global issues, such as environmental sustainability. › Engage with societal challenges that impact on global citizenship and society. › We aim to secure the greatest benefit to the public good through our active participation in the social, economic and cultural life of Dublin, Ireland and the world. Our students are at the heart of that ambition.

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Join Ireland’s top University

Over the past 425 years, Trinity has developed a reputation as an institution that delivers world-class education, consistently ranking as Ireland’s top university.

› Employers worldwide hold Trinity graduates in high esteem. Our current academic staff include world leaders in their fields. › Some of the most famous people in Irish history have been educated at Trinity and we also celebrate the successes of our more recent graduates: Nobel Prize winners in literature, science and medicine; presidents and world leaders; award-winning actors and film makers; internationally renowned poets and playwrights, entrepreneurs and business leaders.

Trinity College Dublin, the University of Dublin is a university with a global reputation, committed to the highest excellence in all academic endeavours.

Our inspiring professors are dedicated teachers in their fields and global leaders in research and scholarship. The ‘Trinity Experience’ is a chance in a lifetime for personal development in the broadest sense. Trinity has many diverse societies and clubs, which contribute much to the life and fabric of the university and community. As a student you feel a great sense of history, of walking in the footsteps of famous graduates, many of whom are helping shape the history of Ireland and the wider world. I hope you will consider joining us to study here and look forward to welcoming you to Trinity for an exciting new journey that will open your mind to new experiences, ways of thinking and friendships, many of which will last a lifetime.

Dr Patrick Prendergast, Provost and President

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Trinity’s undergraduate curriculum encompasses depth and breadth both inside and outside of programmes of study. It will provide you with flexibility within your degree programme. Elements such as the ‘Capstone’, a substantial independent research project that all students carry out normally in their final year, provide the opportunity to showcase the skills and knowledge acquired over programmes of study and also to demonstrate how the Graduate Attributes, outlined below, have been developed and attained.

To broaden learning experiences within and beyond chosen programmes of study, you can take modules that either complement or are completely unrelated to your subject area, for example, Trinity Electives, which also link the University’s cutting-edge research to the undergraduate curriculum. You will be able to engage in extracurricular activities by joining the many clubs and societies on offer, and within your programme of study, engage with learning in a different environment such as through an internship in a company and/or through studying for a semester or year abroad.

In many programmes in the Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, students may also opt to achieve breadth by taking up a new subject in their second year, subject to timetabling and availability of places. What this means in principle is that students have the flexibility to change pathway during their degree programme and to explore new fields of interest.

Trinity Graduate Attributes Students come to Trinity not only to acquire a certain set of facts or competences but because they have an understanding of the sort of person they want to become. Building on the strong value placed on a solid disciplinary formation, we wanted to answer to the question ‘what kind of person can I be?’ We distilled this sense of transformation into four Trinity graduate attributes listed below.

To Think Independently

To Communicate To Act E ectively Responsibly

To Develop Continuously

Defining the Trinity Education, these attributes encompass the qualities, skills and abilities that our students have the opportunity to develop throughout their entire university experience – both in and outside the classroom in activities such as internships or volunteering. They will benefit our students not just in their careers, but in their future lives as individuals and members of society.

8 Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin Trinity Electives

As a Trinity student we want you to experience breadth as well as depth of learning over your programme of study. One way of experiencing breadth is through taking Trinity Electives. These are modules for credit that are open to students from disciplines across the University and give students from programmes such as Engineering, Social Sciences, Sciences, Humanities and Arts the opportunity to learn together and from each other, to be exposed to different ways of thinking and doing, and to appreciate and evaluate multiple perspectives and approaches to addressing major societal challenges.

A number of the Trinity Electives are linked to the University’s cutting edge research areas, exposing you to research at the frontier of different disciplines. Trinity carries out research in key areas such as Smart Sustainable Planet, A World to Discover: Travel Writing at Trinity, Cancer, Creative Arts Practice, Genes and Society, and International Development. Each of these research areas offers a Trinity Elective. In addition, there are Trinity Electives available which address key societal issues, for example, Ethics, Security and the Internet, or Peace and Conflict in a Globalised World, often from the perspective of different disciplines. Alternatively, you could opt to take an Elective in language and culture such as Chinese. (Note: Students in Health Sciences do not take Trinity Electives.)

Capstone Design of a The Capstone is a substantial independent research project that Dissertation product/ you will carry out normally in the final year of your undergraduate software Knowledge degree programme. It enables you to showcase the skills and knowledge that you have acquired over your programme of study and also to demonstrate how you have developed the Graduate Attributes.

An appropriate Capstone will be determined by your course. Case Capstone Depending on the programme, it could be a dissertation, Composition Study composition, performance, recital, film, case study or the design Examples of a product or software to meet a specific need. A supervisor will usually guide you in choosing the topic of your Capstone and Skills Competencies provide advice as you begin to research and bring your project to fruition.

The Capstone will provide you with an opportunity to work and to think independently, to take responsibility, and to communicate Performance/ Film effectively through the tools of your discipline. Students who have Recital completed a substantial piece of independent work as part of their degree tend to be more employable as well as more prepared for further advanced study.

Assessment Assessment provides important evidence of your performance and allows decisions to be made about your progression. However, assessment also helps deepen your learning. One of our aims is to empower you to become a better learner and to be able to evaluate your own learning and that of others throughout your life. We use lots of different forms of assessment to help you achieve this, such as group work or assessment that asks you to reflect on something or to apply your learning to a real world situation.

www.tcd.ie/study 9 WORLD CLASS EDUCATION Trinity: A University for Ireland…a University for the World!

„ Trinity is currently running a feasibility representative of a broad range of gender, Trinity can be your study in admissions, on behalf of the nationality, ability, age, sexual orientation, university… entire third-level sector, to test if there religion and socio-economic status. This is a better and a fairer mechanism for diversity of background, as well as the A warm Trinity welcome awaits all our admitting students to third-level in diversity of the range of sporting, cultural, students. We believe that a diverse campus Ireland – rather than just considering artistic, political and academic student adds to the Trinity Experience for everyone, CAO points. clubs and societies, is reflective of that enhances their personal development and diversity, and ensures the inclusion of enriches the culture of the university. Trinity students of all interests. is an open and inclusive university and we A diverse university… are proud to keep these values at our core. Hand in hand with our supports for Diversity and inclusion are core values diversity, being a student at Trinity is about „ Our current students come from every of Trinity, underpinned by specific making the most of every opportunity to county in Ireland and from 120 countries commitments which aim to create “a fulfil your potential and, on that basis, around the world. community based on a collegiality in which we encourage and welcome people „ 26% of the student body (4,500 students) all are encouraged to use their talents to from all backgrounds to join our student are from outside of Ireland, providing achieve their potential.” (Trinity College community. a true global community on Trinity’s Dublin Strategic Plan, 2014-2019). campus. Our college community is composed of a „ 45% of our students from the island of rich mix of individuals who, through their Ireland are from outside Dublin, and we own distinctive viewpoints, contribute to aim to increase this proportion. the intellectually challenging culture of the University. We are proud of many successes „ 24% of students gain admission to in managing diversity and inclusion, for Trinity via educational access pathways. example, in access to education, in gender These include socio-economically equality, in recognition of LGBT issues, and disadvantaged students, students in disability issues. with a disability and mature students. The Trinity Access Programmes (TAP) As Ireland’s foremost university, our provide a range of post-entry supports campus ethos is not only about respect, for students entering the University understanding and appreciation of through these routes. difference, but an ethos where difference in individuals and in groups is supported and celebrated. Our student community is

If you are looking for an engaging, interesting and stimulating university experience at a world- class university, then we hope Trinity is your that you will apply to Trinity. university!

Don’t be concerned if you live far away, or if your friends are considering other options. Don’t worry if you are wondering if you will fit in at Trinity. By the time that you have joined some of our clubs and societies during Freshers’ Week and met lots of people with the same interests as you, made friends on your course through your class rep, met your personal tutor and student mentor, and gone to so many Students’ Union events that you’ve lost count, you’ll know that Trinity is your university!

10 Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin AT THE CENTRE General Information OF THINGS Trinity’s Location

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study and exam skills to how to look after Your First Year What happens after yourself while you’re at college. Your mentors Freshers’ Week? will be in touch with you every week to let in Trinity you know what the week’s theme is and to What happens after you join us in Trinity? After the excitement of Freshers’ Week, arrange events and activities around it. Well, we know it’s a time of tremendous teaching starts and you get a chance to excitement and anticipation, but also a settle into your course. Most classes are a At Trinity we are committed to delivering time of some trepidation, so your first week mixture of lectures and tutorials and some a transformative experience, not just is about helping you discover Trinity and have practicals as well. The tutorials are less academically, but personally and socially. meeting lots of new people. Freshers’ Week is formal and give you a chance to explore and In addition to your orientation during when it all happens – there are no classes, so discuss the topics covered in lectures with Freshers’ Week, we run a “Trinity in Twelve it’s all about meeting your new classmates, your classmates and teaching assistants. Weeks” programme during first semester information sessions, seeing what sports to continue your orientation and help your Of course, it doesn’t stop there. Your clubs and societies you want to join, meeting transition to College life. The best way to class reps and your mentors organise your student mentor who will give you a do that is, of course, to get you meeting events throughout the year that give you tour of campus and organise social events, people and involved in activities as soon as endless opportunities to get to know your meeting your Tutor who will provide possible. That’s what you can expect in your classmates. As the first year progresses support to you throughout your years in first week, your first year and indeed every there are many other events to make sure Trinity, and, of course, the Freshers’ Ball. year that you are in Trinity! that you enjoy your time in Trinity, including During Freshers’ Week you can also meet Re-Freshers’ Week in week 4 (another If you want to find out more about life in people from the Sports Centre, the Library chance to join sports clubs and societies), Trinity, you can check out this Student Life and Student Supports and Services (e.g. Trinity Arts Festival, RAG (Raise And Give) section and look up the sections on Your Student Counselling, Health Service, Week, Trinity Ball, Students’ Union activities Support Network, Your Learning Supports, Disability Service, Chaplaincy, Student and entertainment and many, many more Sport at Trinity, and Student Societies. Also Learning Service, Careers Advisory Service events run by the 170 sports clubs and take a look at the Student Profiles dotted and the Day Nursery). These are the services student societies. And that doesn’t include throughout the prospectus, to hear what our whose job it is to make sure that you get the all of what Dublin city has to offer! current students say about their life in Trinity! best out of your time in Trinity. We’ll also still be here to support you through your first semester with the ‘Trinity In Twelve Weeks’ programme, which has a new theme every week, from your Trinity toolkit, through

special reception, hosted by the Provost of Entrance Trinity, Dr Patrick Prendergast. The names “I was honoured to receive of all the new Exhibitioners are recorded Exhibition in the College Calendar. Exhibitioners also this prestigious award. I felt Entrance Exhibitions reward academic receive a €150 book token and a certificate. proud to be granted an award achievement of new undergraduate entrants to Trinity College Dublin. They The above criteria are applicable to which reflected hard work and are awarded to the student accepted into students from the Republic of Ireland and valuable contributions of many the first year of a full-time undergraduate Northern Ireland. For full details on criteria degree programme who achieves the for the award and for further information people like my family, friends highest points among Trinity entrants from on criteria applicable to students from and educators who all played their secondary school. other EU/EEA countries please check www.tcd.ie/study/undergraduate/ a huge role”. The awards are very much part of the life of entrance-exhibition the University and each year the names of Enda Donnellan, studying Pharmacy all the new Exhibitioners are read out at a From Garbally College, Ballinasloe, Co Galway 12 Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin General Information

Student Entertainment University life is about so much more than just education and nowhere is this more evident than at Trinity. Trinity sits in the heart of Dublin city where there are endless extra- curricular and recreational opportunities (see page 11: Trinity’s Location). You can immerse yourself in a broad range of sports clubs and student societies and through these activities you will get a real sense of the ‘Trinity Experience’, something that extends far beyond lectures, tutorials and exams. You will also have the benefit of the best Students’ Union in the country, providing Trinity students with a wide range of entertainment, from mystery tours on chartered trains to the range of activities during RAG (Raise and Give) Week. The Dana White (President of the UFC), John societies put on a dedicated Freshers’ Students’ Union officer who will have the McCain, Helen Mirren, Hozier, Channing Festival offering you a taste of their finest greatest impact on your extra-curricular Tatum, Rafa Benitez, Alex Ferguson and activities. The entertainment doesn’t end ‘Trinity Experience’ is the Entertainments Martin Scorsese to name but a few. with Freshers’ week though. Officer, who ensures that your entertainment Trinity clubs and societies ensure that needs are being fully catered for throughout your entertainment is not limited to the your time in Trinity. University’s campus with numerous trips Trinity Ball around Ireland and across the continent, On top of this exciting range of events, including the annual Trinity ski trip which At the end of the academic year something Trinity’s societies run thousands of their own is the biggest international student trip in very special happens on the campus. Trinity events and activities throughout the entire Ireland with 500 people travelling to one plays host to the world-famous Trinity Ball. year including: weekly nights out in Dublin’s of the best resorts in the Alps. The biggest private party in Europe sees best nightclubs, huge international gigs, more than 7,000 students donning ball comedy nights, live music on campus as well gowns and tuxedos for Trinity’s very own as plenty of other events for you to enjoy. Freshers’ Week music festival. Marquees and stages are set up across campus, with festivities kicking Of course Trinity’s entertainment goes much Incoming Trinity students can expect to off at 10PM and acts playing until 5AM. And further than nightlife. The University is be greeted by the famous Trinity Freshers’ the good news? As a Trinity student you can renowned for attracting some of the most Week, filled with day-time and night-time get your hands on two coveted tickets! In interesting and famous guest speakers entertainment, giving you a real taste of recent years the Ball has been played by the from around the world. Recent speakers what Trinity and the capital city have to likes of Bastille, Imagine Dragons, Basement have included celebrity, political, sporting offer. Previous Freshers’ Weeks have seen Jaxx, The Streets, Example, Jessie J, Rizzle and academic giants such as former US such acts as Robin Schulz, Klingande, Kicks, Friendly Fires, Ellie Goulding, Charli Vice-President Joe Biden, Nelson Mandela, Calvin Harris and Two Door Cinema Club XCX, The Kooks, All Tvvins, Duke Dumont Angela Merkel, Bono, Al Pacino, Tim Cook perform for the Freshers’ Ball. Together and Years & Years. The Trinity Ball is the (CEO of Apple), Amy Poehler, Chris Hadfield, with the Entertainments Officer, student highlight of the year for many students.

www.tcd.ie/study 13 performances during the Dublin Theatre The Pav Festival, the Dublin Fringe Festival as well as Student Societies performances by leading dance and theatre The Pavilion Bar, affectionately known as Student life in Trinity is extremely diverse companies from Ireland and abroad. the Pav, is located at the heart of Trinity, and exciting, mainly due to the daily overlooking College Park. There really is Also, make sure to visit the free, cutting- assortment of events and activities nothing better than sitting out on the grass edge exhibitions and events at the Science organised by students for students. with your friends when the sun is shining Gallery on the Trinity campus. Find out and the Pav provides a place for you to We have 126 student societies which more at: www.dublin.sciencegallery.com chill out and get away from the city even constitute the most dynamic and active set when it’s all around you. It is the social hub The Douglas Hyde Gallery, located on of university student societies in Ireland. of the University and offers a home to live Trinity’s campus, is one of Ireland’s leading We cover a multitude of interests from the music, big screens for sports, and even just galleries of contemporary art. Find out more Animation Society to the Zoological Society and we are home to the world’s oldest a meeting place before the night continues at: www.douglashydegallery.com on to one of the many music venues and student societies, the ‘Hist’ or Historical nightclubs located on Trinity’s doorstep. Trinity is also home to a number of its very Society founded in 1770 and the ‘Phil’ Whether you’re into a night of dance floor own museums including the Zoological which is the oldest debating society in the fillers, rock and roll, a bit of traditional Museum, Weingreen Museum and the world, founded in 1683, and whose guests music, or a trip to one of the local cinemas Geological Museum. have included everyone from Hollywood or theatres, no other university offers such a heavy weights such as Martin Scorsese to diverse and easily accessible entertainment International Space Station commander scene. Students’ Union Chris Hadfield. As a Trinity student the Students’ Union is Trinity is home to Ireland’s only entirely student run orchestra, which regularly plays Theatres, Galleries and your union, run for students by students. It represents you at college level, it looks at music festivals such as Electric Picnic and Museums in Trinity after your needs, and fights for your student Forbidden Fruit, as well as DU Players which are the most active theatre group in Ireland. Trinity contains four theatres (including rights. Students can get involved with the Union right from the moment they arrive in You can try your hand at everything from the Samuel Beckett and Players’ Theatres) gaming to volunteering, get involved at all which showcase the work of students taking Trinity whether that’s becoming a Class Rep, getting involved with SU Council or even levels with running a radio station or write, drama and professional acting courses, as direct and star in your own film or TV show, well as performances directed and designed running to become a sabbatical officer. For more on the TCDSU supports, see page 22. learn a new language or brush up on your by some of Ireland’s leading theatre photography or DJ skills. Why not take part practitioners. These theatres showcase

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in a fashion show or show off your musical Contributors are regular award winners Additionally, Trinity is home to the talents at the annual musical theatre at the National Student Media Awards University Times, whose website production? and many of our alumni have had very www.universitytimes.ie is one of successful careers including author and Ireland’s leading student news websites. You cannot miss the society stands during journalist Mark Little; Peter Murtagh Freshers’ Week, during which Front Square (reporter, The Irish Times) and Eoin McVey Find out more about Trinity’s student will be packed with all 126 societies, the (managing editor, The Irish Times); Paul societies at: www.trinitysocieties.ie Students’ Union, the Trinity Publications McGuinness (former manager of U2); Ed committee and 50 sports clubs all vying for Mulhall (former Managing Director of News members. There are numerous events daily at RTÉ and former Financial Times editor). throughout the week and it does not let up during term time. Never fear if you don’t Find out more at www.trinitypublications.ie make it during this week – societies are and www.trinitynews.ie open to new members throughout the year.

Find out more at: www.trinitysocieties.ie

Trinity Publications

Trinity students produce the widest range of student publications of any third level institution in Ireland. Our current publications include Trinity News; Icarus, Trinity’s literary journal and Ireland’s oldest Arts publication; The Piranha, a satirical newspaper; TCD Miscellany, Ireland’s oldest student publication and Trinity Film Review.

All students are encouraged to contribute to our publications and new student publications can be supported should you feel we’re missing out on coverage in any particular area.

www.tcd.ie/study 15 the hallmark of these clubs but don’t just Trinity Sport Sports Facilities take our word for it. Angus Lloyd (graduated 2016), who played rugby during his time in Trinity Sport offers something for everyone, In addition to the Sports Centre, Trinity has Trinity, says: “The people that I’ve met both whether you want to perform at the highest a number of other sports facilities both on on and off the pitch are some of my best level or simply want to participate in our campus and off. mates. There is nothing better than playing social sport programme and have a bit of „ Botany Bay – tennis courts and futsal a match or even training in College Park on fun. Whatever your preference is, Trinity soccer a warm sunny day, when the Pav is buzzing Sport has got it covered. and people are stopping to watch you – the „ College Park – rugby, soccer, cricket, atmosphere is incredible.” hockey, athletics Sports Centre „ Santry Sports Grounds – a short bus ride Student clubs have enjoyed some great north of the campus, Santry is the home successes during the 2018 season. Men’s The Sports Centre, located at the Westland of Trinity GAA, hockey, soccer, American rugby retained their position in AIL Division Row end of campus, is where the majority football, rugby and ultimate frisbee 1A while the U20s won the All Ireland. of our fitness classes and programmes take Fencing consolidated their dominance of place, seven days a week. Facilities include „ Iveagh Sports Grounds – a short bus ride third level by winning Intervarsities for the a 25-metre swimming pool, climbing wall, west of the campus, this multi-purpose 11th consecutive year. Our senior hurlers fully equipped gym with free weights site was recently acquired by the college earned promotion to division 1 of the and cardio machines, virtual cycle and a „ Islandbridge – the boathouse is the base league while the freshers won the division wellness room. Students are automatically for Trinity men’s and women’s rowing 2 league and championship for the second members of the Sports Centre. There are year in a row. some additional costs for some classes. Sports Clubs Social Sport There are 50 sports clubs to choose from including: Aikido, American Football, Getting involved in sport doesn’t have to Badminton, Barbell, Basketball, Boat, mean winning medals all the time. If you fancy Boxing, Camogie, Climbing, Cricket, Croquet, something less competitive, you can always Cycling, Equestrian, Fencing, Gaelic Football, join one of our social sport programmes or try Golf, Handball, Harriers, Hockey, Hurling, one of the many classes that take place each Judo, Karate, Kayak, Lawn Tennis, Netball, week in the Sports Centre. Our social sport Orienteers, Rifle, Rugby, Sailing, Snow programme comprises campus runs, learn Sports, Soccer, Squash, Sub Aqua, Surfing to play hockey, learn to play Gaelic football, and Bodyboarding, Swimming, Table five-a-side soccer and 3v3 basketball. Tennis, Tae Kwon Do, Trampoline, Ultimate For more information visit . Frisbee, Triathlon, Volleyball, Windsurfing. www.tcd.ie/sport

Clubs are run by students for students and cater for all levels of ability and interest, from elite to recreational. Life-long friendships are

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Junior Common Room, which organises a Accommodation range of extra-curricular activities.

New entrants are predominantly „ For further information including accommodated at Trinity Hall, in Dartry, details on rates see: www.tcd.ie/ near Rathmines which is about 4km (2.5 accommodation/locations miles) from the city centre. Trinity Hall is easily accessible from Trinity by bus and the LUAS tram system. There are over Other Options for First 1,000 residential rooms at Trinity Hall and a significant number are reserved for new Year Students entrants to the University. For students who do not apply for, or do not secure a place in university accommodation, Trinity has additional accommodation the alternative is to seek private rented at Kavanagh Court and Binary Hub both accommodation, usually sharing an located just a 15 minute walk to the apartment or a house with other students. University. The Accommodation Advisory Service helps Rooms on campus are primarily reserved students find accommodation by providing for students in their final year and Trinity them with advice and access to house-hunting Scholars; however, there are a number of resources. A database of properties is available rooms on the campus suitable for students to be viewed all year round. During August who have mobility difficulties and are and September a fully staffed service is run capable of independent living. Students from the Students’ Union Office. It provides may apply for a room once they have information and contacts for students accepted a place in Trinity. CAO applicants wishing to secure rented accommodation may apply in advance of receiving an offer. and offers guidance on what to look for Find out more at: www.tcd.ie/ when renting. Phones are provided so that accommodation students may make contact with landlords. The Advisory Service may also be able to give some information on lodgings (residing in a Trinity Hall room in a house with meals provided). For further information and advice see: Rooms are arranged in self-catering apartments, with each typically www.tcdsuaccommodation.org. accommodating six persons and consisting of a mix of single and twin en-suite bedrooms with a large kitchen/living room. Facilities include a games room, music room, computer room, sports hall, social spaces, shop and a self-service launderette. The reception area is open 24/7. Residents of Trinity Hall also become members of the

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Afro-Caribbean Society, American Football Club, Arabesque Society, Caledonian Society, Capoeira Society, Chinese Society, Cumann Gaelach, Europa Society, French Society, Germanic Society, Indian Society, International Student Society, Italian Society, Japanese Society, Jewish Society, Korean Society, Modern Languages Society, Muslim Student Association, Russian Society, Society for International Affairs (SoFIA), South East Asian Society (DUSEAS), SUAS, and Trinity Global Development Society.

Discover Ireland with the International Student Society (DUISS) DUISS was founded in 1984 to promote communication between the Irish A Global Campus students of Trinity and those coming from As Ireland’s leading university located in abroad and now has over 500 members. the centre of the vibrant, multi-cultural Events include social nights, talks and capital city, Trinity is committed to presentations, film screenings, day trips educating global citizens, be they Irish and weekends away. students making an international impact or students from over 100 countries sharing Average events per week: 3 their cultural experiences with the Trinity Day trips per year: 30 community. Weekends away per year: 5

student services throughout Trinity and Recent destinations: Trinity Global Room providing a friendly ear for any student Killarney, Cork, Galway, Belfast, Kilkenny concerns. The Trinity Global Room is a unique social This is only one of the many international and event space for all students that has Find out more at: www.tcd.ie/study/ societies on campus. quickly become a hub of international international/trinity-life/global-room/ activity on campus. This is a place where international and Irish students can meet in a social and friendly environment at International Societies the hundreds of events run at the Global Room each year. No two days are the same and Clubs in the Global Room. Hosting close to 400 Trinity is famous for its diverse society life events a year, the Global Room highlights and for being home to the oldest student the richness of Trinity’s entire student society in the world. The number of clubs, community. societies and publications grows every It features a multipurpose layout, 12 year as students found new societies and large-screen televisions with over 300 clubs. Some of the most active societies are international channels, two full-time the cultural organisations which celebrate Student Support Officers and a staff of international holidays, share local foods, student ambassadors. A team of student debate global politics and strengthen ambassadors, made up of both Irish and cultural awareness. Trinity societies and international students, are trained to offer clubs with international themes include: support in navigating Dublin, locating

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Our commitment to sustainability is An Cumann Gaelach (www.cumann.ie) is a Places to Eat evidenced in milestones such as: large, multi-award-winning student society with a wide-ranging programme of events. and Relax „ Green Flag Campus status since 2013; These provide excellent opportunities to make new friends and learn about Irish life Restaurants and Coffee „ The University decision to divest from fossil fuels, following a student and culture. Seomra na Gaeilge – the Irish Shops on Campus campaign (2016); Language Room – is a comfortable social space in the heart of the campus where Students can choose from a wide range of „ Establishment of the Provost’s Advisory students gather to chat, study and meet restaurants and coffee shops on campus to Committee on Sustainability, including with friends, all through the medium of Irish. suit all tastes and budgets, including: student representatives (2017); For more information, see: „ First university in Ireland to be accepted „ The Buttery Restaurant which offers full www.tcd.ie/gaeloifig/en/ breakfasts, a made to order deli bar, a as a member of the International wide selection of hot food and a salad Sustainable Campus Network (2018); Tá an Ghaeilge agus cultúr na hÉireann beo bar. „ Setting of targets and initiating projects bríomhar ar champas na hollscoile agus cuireann Coláiste na Tríonóide clár éagsúil „ The Old Dining Hall where lunch is to improve energy conservation, waste imeachtaí agus deiseanna foghlama agus enjoyed in traditional splendour, but management, biodiversity and overall sóisialta ar fáil trí Ghaeilge do mhic léinn ag with a student budget in mind. sustainability of our community. For example 45% reduction in water gach leibhéal cumais. „ The 1592 Restaurant, an elegant fine consumption since 2009; dining restaurant open for lunch Cuirtear ranganna Gaeilge, ó bhunleibhéil daily from 12.00 to 2.30pm during the „ Student-led plan for a plastic-free go hardleibhéil, ar fáil saor in aisce do academic term and which is open to all campus (2018). gach mac léinn. Cuireann ár Scéimeanna guests. Cónaithe lóistín agus deontas ar fáil do Students actively participate in imagining, mhic léinn ar mian leo cónaí le cainteoirí „ The Pavilion Bar where hot food is driving and implementing campus Gaeilge eile agus an teanga a chur chun served for breakfast, lunch and dinner. sustainability initiatives through the cinn sa choláiste. Student Sustainability Network, the „ Additional coffee shops and restaurants Green Campus Committee, Trinity Plastic Is cumann mac léinn mór é An Cumann in the Arts Building, the Hamilton Solutions and the EnviroSoc (Environmental Gaelach (www.cumann.ie) a bhfuil a Building and Áras an Phiarsaigh. See Society) to name a few dynamic groups. The lán gradam buaite acu agus a eagraíonn www.tcd.ie/catering or follow us on Students’ Union and Graduate Students’ réimse leathan imeachtaí éagsúla le linn Facebook or Twitter (@TCDbites) Union have Environmental Officers na bliana. Is deis iontach iad na himeachtaí for further details, special offers and devoted to supporting and responding to seo chun cairde nua a dhéanamh agus níos promotions. environmental and sustainability issues. We mó a fhoghlaim faoi shaol agus cultúr na „ As Trinity is located at the heart of Dublin hope you will choose to join your energy hÉireann. Is spás sóisialta compordach i city, you have the best range of delis, with ours to create a more sustainable gcroílár an champais é Seomra na Gaeilge, cafés, restaurants in the country on your world. ina mbailíonn mic léinn le chéile chun doorstep. comhrá, staidéir agus bualadh le cairde, trí An Ghaeilge/The mheán na Gaeilge. Trinity - a Le haghaidh tuilleadh eolais: Irish Language www.tcd.ie/gaeloifig sustainable Irish language and culture is a vibrant aspect of campus life and Trinity offers a rich and campus varied programme of events, as well as In a world with shrinking resources, Trinity learning and social opportunities through has committed to providing students Irish for students of all levels of ability. with both the necessary skillsets to live sustainably, and the kind of forward- Free Irish classes, from beginners to advanced thinking education which will ultimately levels, are offered to all students. Our Irish prepare students to work in a rapidly Language Residency Schemes provide adapting world. Trinity academics and accommodation and a grant to students who researchers are leaders in climate change, are seeking to live with other Irish speakers biodiversity and environmental science and and promote the language in college life. engineering.

www.tcd.ie/study 19 SUPPORTIVE COMMUNITY Your Support Network

Trinity is an exciting place, full of There is always someone to listen and help. opportunities to learn, make friends, and We want to make sure that Trinity is a place Student Mentors experience new things. While Trinity delivers where you are given the best chance to You’ll meet your Student 2 Student (S2S) world class courses, it is not just about reach your goals. mentors during Freshers’ Week and they your academic development: we also want Prof. Kevin O’Kelly, Dean of Students will make sure that you know other people Trinity to be a place where you can develop in your course before your classes even socially, morally, culturally and personally. start. They will also show you around the But with so much going on, we know that Personal Tutor campus and how to use the library. Your you might need a helping hand every now mentors will keep in regular touch with you In your first week in Trinity you will be and then. So, from the first day, you will get throughout your first year and invite you to assigned a personal tutor (a member of our a personal tutor and a student mentor to events on and off campus. They will also academic staff). Your personal tutor will then make sure you will always have someone give you useful information about your be available throughout your time in Trinity to explain things to you, to advise you, or course and what to look out for. In addition, to offer help and advice on topics such as: just listen. We also have a range of specific there are specific programmes for mature supports and services to help you in your „ Changing course, deferring exams, and international students. academic and personal lives. These include: appeals of progression decisions, S2S also offers Peer Supporters, students taking a year out, etc; „ Student Learning Development available for one-to-one conversations on „ Financial difficulties; request. They’re highly trained, confidential „ Student Counselling and very approachable. No problem is ever „ Family and personal problems. „ Student Health too big or too small. Essentially, your tutor will help with „ Tutorial Service All S2S volunteers are students, just like you, anything that gets in the way of a successful so you never have to worry about asking „ Careers Advisory Service and fulfilling time in Trinity. They will act them a question or talking to them about on your behalf where necessary, and help „ Disability Service anything that’s worrying you. you contact other student support services „ Chaplaincy should you need them. Find out more at: S2S is supported by the Senior Tutor’s Office „ Day Nursery www.tcd.ie/Senior_Tutor and the Student Counselling Service.

We also have specific support programmes Looking forward to seeing you in Trinity. Find out more: student2student.tcd.ie for international students, mature students Dr Aidan Seery, Senior Tutor

and students from socially or economically disadvantaged backgrounds. As a student in first year, I had two brilliant S2S mentors who gave us helpful advice and showed us the MENTORING & how it works “ ropes which definitely made it easier to settle in!

S2SStudent2Student ORIENTATION

I found that my S2S mentors really helped Not sure where to start Your first mentor meet-up is part Mentors are fellow me in understanding my when you come to Trinity? of your orientation timetable students who will Lots of people feel that way - Make sure you attend so you can give you tours coursework and in my that’s why we have the S2S meet your mentors and get to “ transition to Trinity. Mentoring programme know your group members Introduce you to classmates

During my first year I was new to Dublin. I felt that my S2S mentors really helped Share tips and tricks Invite you to Then they’ll stay Answer any questions me a lot to settle in. they’ve learned since events & socials in touch by email you have “ arriving here themselves We also oŠer Helping you on your own path to success! PEER SUPPORT http://student2student.tcd.ie/ | [email protected] | 01 896 2438

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Access Services – Trinity Mature Students Officer Disability Service

Access Programmes Trinity welcomes mature students and If you a student with a disability considering TAP (the Trinity Access Programmes) a mature student officer is available Trinity you will have access to a range of provide a range of supports to students who to provide guidance and support to supports that will help you reach your full enter Trinity through the Higher Education prospective applicants. Supports include: potential whilst at university. The Disability Access Route (HEAR), Foundation Courses Service aims to develop clear and effective „ Application advice and clinics. for Young Adults and Mature Students, and support systems at all stages in the the CDETB University Access Courses. „ Further education campus visits. student journey, from college entrance, to graduation, to employment. Students with These supports include: „ Shadowing opportunities. a disability are encouraged to register with „ A tailored orientation programme for the Disability Service in Trinity College to „ A tailored pre-university orientation mature students prior to the start of seek supports where the disability could programme which takes place the week term in September. affect their ability to participate fully in all before Freshers’ Week. aspects of their life in college. Here are a few, but not all, of the supports and services „ Academic supports such as extra There are three things that tuition, a writing resource centre, laptop are apparent to me from the available to students with disabilities: lending service, maths help room fantastic years that I have „ Advice to Leaving Certificate students and a designated study space with IT spent at Trinity: Firstly; the thinking of coming to Trinity on resources. “ atmosphere is very friendly admission, course choices, and supports. and welcoming; secondly, there „ „ Social and personal supports – each is a huge amount of support A tailored pre-university orientation student is linked to a member of the for students and many aimed programme for entrants and parents TAP staff, their TAP advisor. Advisors are specifically at mature students; which takes place the week before available to meet with students and and lastly, and in many ways Freshers’ Week. offer advice, guidance and support and most importantly, there are a „ A Disability Officer who will assess your huge range of extracurricular assist with any personal or academic needs and work with you during your activities. These activities allow student journey. issues. TAP also runs a number of students the opportunity for social activities throughout the year for personal development and „ The use of assisted technologies to students. meeting like-minded students assist in your learning. and staff. I feel very fortunate „ Financial support (when available and „ Occupational Therapy support, which to have worked, studied and applicable) including a TAP scholarship, provides confidential, practical support participated in activities with supported childcare scheme and the many amazing staff and for students who may be experiencing TAP emergency fund. students of all ages. mental health difficulties and/or physical and sensory difficulties. Further information about the full range Matthew Moore of TAP services and supports can be Law and Business For more information on the Disability found at: www.tcd.ie/Trinity_Access, Service and supports available, Email: [email protected] or see: www.tcd.ie/disability tel: +353 1 896 2751 / 3598. For further information on studying in Trinity as a mature student please tel: +353 1 896 4708, Email: [email protected] or visit: www.tcd.ie/maturestudents

www.tcd.ie/study 21 academic difficulties or just offering advice Students’ Union Supports and assistance when you need it. The aim We work for you. We make sure is to make your transition from secondary your voice is heard at every level Trinity’s Students’ Union is the main school to third level as easy as possible. in college, ensuring your needs representative body for over 18,000 are catered for. We make sure students in Trinity. The Students’ Union The Students’ Union operates a class “you are able to get the most represents your views and interests on a representative system to help keep ahead out of your Trinity experience, variety of issues, such as tuition fees, library of any problems you may face at Trinity. whether that be through events or campaigns we run, or helping opening hours, accommodation and the Becoming a class rep is a great way to you with any problems that you provision of student services. get involved with student life in Trinity, face. From advocacy to welfare extending it beyond lectures and tutorials, The SU operates two shops, a café, a student and everything in-between, we and it means that you get to represent your kitchen and the Student Travelcard service are there to help, protect, and to class to the Students’ Union. here in Trinity and also have an Ents Officer serve you. who organises great events for you to enjoy. The Union is your resource to make the Shane De Rís, Students’ Union The Students’ Union offers pastoral services most of your Trinity Experience and to make President, 2018/19 in the form of the Education and Welfare sure your voice is heard. officers, who are there to help with any issues you have around finances, mental health, Find out more at: www.tcdsu.org Health Service

The Health Service provides primary care medical services for students. „ Student consultations are free of charge with modest fees for additional services. „ There are specialised clinics in physiotherapy, psychiatry, travel health, sexual health, smoking cessation and minor surgery. „ It also focuses on the psychological and occupational aspects of student health and health education.

HEALTH CARE PROVISION IN IRELAND All EU students from outside the Republic of Ireland pursuing a full degree programme should contact the Health Service Executive for advice regarding healthcare provision at: www.hse.ie

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„ All EU students should bring with them a „ Well-being workshops e.g. self-esteem, and non-traditional Christian services European Health Insurance Card issued assertiveness, relaxation, and managing (denominational and ecumenical) take in their country of origin. This will entitle stress. place daily on- and off-campus during term them to free prescriptions. „ Information on keeping mentally healthy time. Various pilgrimage/social/justice trips also take place every year. „ Non-EU students are not entitled to free and overcoming challenging times. national health services in Ireland and „ An after-hours Niteline telephone service During term time, an endless supply of tea, are obliged to take out insurance cover run by students for students. Freephone: coffee and biscuits are available all day in for hospitalisation before leaving their 1 800 793 793, 7 nights per week during the Common Room (House 27) and you home country. In order to register with term-time, 9 pm-2.30 am. are sure to receive a warm welcome. All the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration students are invited to call in any time – but Find out more at: Service, as all non-EU students are especially for the free lunch on Tuesdays. www.tcd.ie/student_counselling required to do, you must show proof Come early, lots of students come. of health insurance to cover any major Follow the SCS on Twitter @TCD_Headspace medical care necessary during your stay. Find out more at: www.tcd.ie/chaplaincy and like us on Facebook @TrinityHeadspace Please see www.tcd.ie/students/ orientation/add-int for further details. Chaplaincy Day Nursery Trinity’s Day Nursery takes care of children The Chaplaincy team in Trinity works Student Counselling Service from 3 months to 4.5 years of age. The closely together and represents three of the Day Nursery is open for 51 weeks of the Our goal is to help you succeed at Trinity. main Christian traditions in Ireland: Roman year from 8:00-18:00 during term time We provide a range of free, confidential, and Catholic, Church of Ireland (Anglican/ and 8:00-17:30 outside of term time. professional services to all registered Trinity Episcopal) and Methodist. There are five different rooms for children students: Our common area is a place of hospitality of different age groups. All meals are „ Short-term counselling for personal issues, for all members of the Trinity community. provided with the exception of bottles including a daily emergency session and Students of all faiths, a little faith, or no for infants. The nursery is approved for lunchtime drop-in consultations. faith, are welcome. the CCS, ECCE and CETS schemes. The „ Supportive groups to help you cope: nursery offers very competitive rates including mindfulness, improving mood, A variety of worship gatherings and events and more information can be found at: managing anxiety, and bereavement. are organised during the year – traditional, www.tcd.ie/about/services/daynursery

www.tcd.ie/study 23 SUPPORTIVE COMMUNITY Your Learning Supports

A World-Class Library

The Library will be at the centre of where you study and learn; the Library of Trinity College Dublin is the largest research library in Ireland. Trinity’s Library is not just one building, but several, located across the campus and in our teaching hospitals.

Group study rooms enable you to discuss your recent lectures and projects with fellow students and there are also designated quiet areas where you can do serious study and catch up on your notes and reports.

Starting with welcome tours during Freshers’ Week, Library staff are available to help you throughout your time in Trinity. You will have a dedicated Subject Librarian to help you find evaluate and cite information for your research. Your lecturer will organise Library skills workshops and you always have the opportunity to meet with your Librarian for one to one guidance on developing your search strategy. We look forward to helping you achieve and succeed. „ Attend free face-to-face and online Supporting your Transition workshops on topics including time The Library is on your phone, tablet and from Second-Level management, essay writing, reading computer, and available anywhere in the and note taking, exam preparation world. There’s WiFi and in excess of 400,000 Website: www.student-learning.tcd.ie and procrastination. e-books as well as millions of online journal Learning at university is different to secondary „ Book an individual consultation with a articles. Of course we’ve regular books too – school and it can be a challenge to manage learning advisor or attend the drop-in over 6.5 million. your own time, meet deadlines, submit service to discuss your study issues. assignments, understand the material and Don’t forget the Book of Kells, a beautiful motivate yourself to study. This can happen Celtic manuscript known worldwide. Admission is free for Trinity students. to all students, no matter where you come It being my first year at Trinity, from or what your background. But no need I didn’t really know anything Find out more: www.tcd.ie/library, and to worry. Student Learning Development about how I should be studying. follow us on Facebook and Twitter. (SLD) can help you study effectively and be The person I spoke to at Student successful with our range of services. You can: “Learning Development helped me greatly as I was wasting a „ Register on our Blackboard online module lot of time in the library and – ‘Academic Skills for Successful Learning’. not getting much done. You’ll find resources including podcasts, downloads and interactive workshops on topics to help you to manage your Further great learning supports are available time, develop note taking, researching, from the Maths Help Room and the writing and presentation skills. Programming Centre (www.scss.tcd.ie/psc). English Language support is available for Trinity students for whom English is a second language (www.tcd.ie/slscs/english).

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wide range of IT services, including access If you ever need IT support, our IT Service IT Services to Trinity Wi-Fi for you to connect your Desk is on hand to help. You can find computer, tablet or phone to the internet. us on campus, or you can email us at: You can find all of the information you will , phone us at +353 need about the central IT services in Trinity [email protected] Computer rooms are located across 1 896 2000 or submit and check queries at the IT Services website: www.tcd.ie/ campus, with both PC and Mac computers, online at ask.tcd.ie. itservices and in some cases these rooms have 24- hour access using your Student ID card. As a student at Trinity, you’ll receive an Printing services (including photocopying @tcd.ie email address. The student email and scanning) are available in computer service is a lot like Gmail as it is provided rooms and in libraries. by Google. You’ll also get a username and password which give you access to a

www.tcd.ie/study 25 FLEXIBLE CAREER PATHS Starting Your Career

The Trinity Careers Service supports you to explore your career ambitions for the future and plan how to achieve them. We will work with you to help you identify and articulate how your learning experiences at Trinity, both formal (through your studies) and informal (through your co- and extra-curricular activities), contribute to your intellectual and personal development and prepare you for global citizenship with the ability to contribute to the workplace of the future.

Your Career Journey at Trinity First Year Second Year Third Year Fourth Year

Register with MyCareer, your Check out Spring and Update your CV with best Make an appointment with online careers platform, to learn Summer work options in practice tips from MyCareer your Career Consultant to help about potential opportunities, Ireland or overseas: Internships, and Careers Service CV Clinics you make informed, final year experiences and awards for the ’Spring Week’ and other work to reflect your updated skills decisions about your next steps coming years experiences, shadowing and experiences experiences, research Attend employer or course Join clubs and societies and opportunities and work Seek support and advice from provider fairs and events to take advantage of volunteering and travel programmes. your Career Consultant as you learn more about employment opportunities to develop your apply for work experience and and graduate opportunities skills and build on your strengths internship opportunities

Use the Careers Service CV Put yourself forward for Attend employer events and Do further work on your CV and Clinics to create your ‘Trinity positions of responsibility careers-based workshops join more groups on LinkedIn Student CV’, so that you can in your clubs or societies to expand your skills and to broaden your network approach opportunities with an knowledge in relation to up to date document Reflect on your strengths and graduate careers Apply for jobs, further study what you enjoy programmes or time out Use the Careers Service’s online Join the Alumni mentoring options as appropriate guide to join LinkedIn and Update your CV and Cover programme and reach out to browse the Trinity alumnus Letters to ensure you are clear people working in industries Connect with entrepreneurial group. Join groups and and focused in your approach that interest you supports such as Launchbox in conversations and observe order to nurture any budding Check in regularly with what others are doing in their Use online guidance tools business you might have MyCareer so you are aware of professional life so that you can on MyCareer and book an innovative opportunities such Continue to reach out to Trinity gather inspiration appointment with your Career as the Laidlaw Undergraduate Consultant to explore further Alumni to ask questions, Research and Leadership options seek advice and gain an Programme and Employability understanding of different Award Programmes Understand and plan for the opportunities Autumn Career Schedule of final year: applications for work-led Utilise all career supports, in graduate programmes, further particular the Career Service’s study, applying for grants/ Practice Interview option, in funding or travelling and order to put your best foot working abroad. Opportunities forward are plentiful so it is important to understand your options

Be open and curious while you Challenge yourself with new Investigate the best next steps Be bold and brave as you learn new skills – reflect on your environments and roles for you through support, advice transition to become a Trinity strengths and plan for next year and experiences Graduate

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How the Careers Service Connect with Employers

can help you Trinity has rich engagement with employers „ Online MyCareer career management across all employment sectors and the portal with personalised and targeted Careers Service works to connect students communications on Trinity-specific with employers through events and activities. opportunities and activities Through your studies and extra-curricular activities at Trinity you will develop the workplace „ Professional one-to-one career support skills required by employers including: „ Careers education and professional „ Critical thinking group workshops „ Effective communication „ Career planning and preparation – CV, Cover Letter, Application, and Interview „ Ability to apply professional/technical Support knowledge in the workplace „ Career Fairs with National and International „ Problem recognition and problem solving Employers and Course Providers „ Independent thinking „ Employability Awards „ Working effectively with others „ Research and Leadership Programmes „ Adaptability „ Alumni Mentoring Programmes „ Entrepreneurial Skills „ Psychometric Testing „ Business acumen/awareness „ Exploratory Career Tools The support we offer will not completely end when you graduate. We offer a number of services to recent graduates. See www.tcd.ie/careers for details

Ireland is a hub for international employers

„ Over 1,000 international companies „ Forbes ranks Ireland as the 4th best country in the world for business 2017 „ 10 out of 10 of the world’s leading pharma companies „ 13 of the world's top 15 medical technologies companies „ 16 of the top 20 global software companies „ 7th largest provider of wholesale financial services in the EU Source: IDA

The Undergraduate Class of 2016

„ 95% in employment or undertaking further study „ 3% seeking employment „ 1% not available for employment or study (taking time out, travelling etc.) „ 1% undertaking unpaid internships „ Many employers recruit graduates from any discipline so course choice will not necessarily hinder future career plans

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It defined what skills are necessary and how to promote yourself in the best light possible for potential employers. Practical, useful advice and essential information.

Overall it gave me a greater insight into the jobs market.

Their advice on how to get your foot in the door of the industry was extremely helpful. The workshops gave me the confidence to reflect on my own skills. I feel more confident for life after university. I found the Alumni Mentoring programme extremely beneficial. I was fortunate to be matched with an alumnus who proved to be an inspiring role model for anyone venturing out into the commercial world of law.

And Employers…

As a significant employer of Trinity graduates, we believe Trinity students develop and demonstrate the key skills and commercial awareness required to progress in Deloitte, such as problem solving ability, analytical skills, communication skills and commercial awareness. The quality and breadth of experience students receive while at university positions them very well to succeed.

Start Your Own Business/ Social Enterprise

Trinity is committed to empowering our students, enabling them to set up their own companies, realise their potential inside and outside of the lecture theatre, and become entrepreneurially-minded graduates. We are the number one university in Europe when it comes to producing entrepreneurs (Pitchbook Universities Report 17-18). A Trinity education has innovation and entrepreneurship as a centrepiece, and defines entrepreneurship broadly to include scientific, technological, commercial, social, creative, and cultural enterprises and ventures. A dedicated team of full-time staff and part-time student helpers is on campus all year to help students who are interested in finding out more about setting up their own companies, and exploring innovation and enterprise.

28 Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin Blackstone LaunchPad Blackstone LaunchPad at Trinity is a free entrepreneurship programme open to all Trinity students. LaunchPad’s mission is to introduce Trinity students to entrepreneurship, help them develop vital skills useful in both setting up their own companies and business, as well as in life after university.

WHAT WE DO: Three full-time members of Trinity staff offer coaching, mentoring, help and support for any students interested in starting their own companies or finding out more about entrepreneurship, even if their course at Trinity is unrelated to business or technology. LaunchPad also runs events with speakers and industry experts every week that are open to all students. The LaunchPad space is based in the Berkeley Library in the heart of Trinity’s campus.

LaunchPad by Numbers: Several of our LaunchBox companies are UNDERGRADUATE CERTIFICATE IN still doing business now, including Food INNOVATION AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP Over 400 student entrepreneurs Cloud, SiteSpy, Blazer and Bachelor’s Box! (10 ECTS) registered in our first three months The Innovation Academy at Trinity College of operation – with more registering LaunchBox by Numbers: Dublin offers an Undergraduate Certificate every day! which is currently ONLY open to 2nd and 3rd year undergraduates in Trinity from Over 80 student start-ups registered 77 companies involved with the with Blackstone LaunchPad at Trinity LaunchBox programme so far every discipline. The UG Cert is taught in a flexible way through online delivery (70%) 186 student entrepreneurs have 3 or more events per week during and classroom-based teaching (30%) and received investment and support term-time can be taken over 1 or 2 years. Students take two modules (Creative Thinking and Over 15 student companies have 3 months of intensive backing, coaching, progressed on to receive early stage mentorship, customer development and Entrepreneurial Action) over the course funding to move their idea forward business management of a year or two years and will gain an Undergraduate Certificate in Innovation and 4 years supporting student businesses Over 500 free coffees distributed to Entrepreneurship (10ECTS) in addition to our students! Countless late nights and cups of coffee! their primary degree. LaunchPad is also the first step towards For more information on this programme Trinity's successful LaunchBox program. please see: www.innovationacademy.ie LaunchBox The LaunchBox programme is a three-month ‘accelerator’ programme for student-run companies. This means that student businesses who apply to LaunchBox and are successful are given an intensive three months to progress their business idea. It is run during the summer and offers student entrepreneurs the chance to receive funding, expert coaching and mentorship, as well as office space to run their own businesses.

Throughout the academic year, LaunchBox and LaunchPad work closely together to support students to create their start-up. The strongest business and ideas that emerge are funnelled into LaunchBox, with up to €10,000 invested in each successful company.

www.tcd.ie/study 29 GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP A Global Education

Trinity is committed to educating globally over 100,000 Trinity alumni are based aware and engaged citizens. Not only is across 130 countries worldwide and Working Abroad Trinity’s campus uniquely international, with Trinity students benefit enormously from Trinity’s Careers Service works with over 120 nationalities on site, but Trinity their expertise on their study abroad international employers to offer work is also a top destination for students from destinations. It gives students an initial experience and graduate job listings around across the world. There is an enormous point of contact and support in their new the world. Students who have taken part range of international activities on campus country to help them really enjoy and make in international exchanges and internships and lots of Trinity’s student organisations the most of their time overseas! abroad are exceptionally well-prepared for have an international focus or theme. Trinity the international job market and are able to students are strongly encouraged to explore Read about our current students’ study articulate the benefits they gained during opportunities to study, work, or volunteer abroad experiences at: www.tcdglobal. their time abroad, such as improving their abroad. Gaining international experience wordpress.com/category/outbound- language skills and enhancing their CV gives our students the opportunity to students/ through intercultural experience. experience new ways of learning, to learn about different cultures, and demonstrate their ability to work at international levels Summer Programmes after graduation. “I did an internship in Germany Many of our prestigious partner universities in my 2nd year. I’m about to offer short summer programmes in cities start my first graduate job as across the world. Each year Trinity students an engineer in Chicago – my Study, Work, and are offered discounted prices and a number “internship overseas definitely Volunteer Abroad of tuition-free places from our partners. helped me prepare for an international career!” Trinity students can study abroad as an Molly Kenny, integral part of their degree. Research Short-term Study Abroad: Clonmel, Tipperary. shows that student mobility is strongly BAI 2017 (Mechanical and linked to higher academic achievement and Module Elective Structural Engineering) higher salaries in the years after graduation Some courses also have shorter-term and we encourage all of our students to international field trips available as elective take advantage of the enormous range of modules. Final year students in our School opportunities on offer. Engineers, medics, of Natural Science can take a module in lawyers, linguists, scientists, nurses, and Tropical Ecology and Conservation – this more can all study abroad – see individual involves an 11 day residential field course in course pages for more details! East Africa at the Great Rift Valley. Trinity has partnership agreements with Watch some of our students talking about see what happens many other world-leading universities. their fantastic experiences: in your lectures Trinity is a longstanding participant in put into practice the Erasmus programme for European www.youtube.com/watch?v=_K-79c84Cf4 exchange, and there are hundreds of options for students who wish to study in Europe. Students may also study overseas at partner institutions in Australia, Canada, seeing China, Hong Kong, India, Japan, Latin conservation America, South Korea, Russia, Singapore, in action the United States, and New Zealand. fantastic and exciting Our students on non-EU exchanges are able to take advantage of our International Welcome Programme. The International Welcome Programme connects Trinity students on exchange abroad with alumni volunteers in the local region. More than

how everything fits together is really cool

30 Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin IRELAND’S TOP UNIVERSITY Welcome to our biggest and best day of the year!

Saturday, 10th Trinity College Dublin November 2018 Open Day 2018 09.00-15.30 u Campus tours for class groups and individuals through the year u Visit Trinity – make our world-famous campus… your campus! u Hear all about the Trinity Experience, course choices and student life u Course presentations u Clubs & societies u Tours u Meet students and lecturers, and so much more…

Bring Trinity to you! We would be happy to visit you and your students for school presentations or careers fairs, or to send you our prospectus Contact: [email protected]

Find Out More About Trinity Maths/Physics Open Day Law Open Day Do you like experiments and solving problems? Have you ever This event is open to 5th and 6th year students, considering taking wondered what the difference is between a star and a planet? a law degree. It is designed to give you a taste of what it is like to Have you ever asked yourself what is string theory all about? be a law student and to find out more about the subject itself.

Our Maths/Physics Open Day gives you the opportunity to ask Throughout the day you will attend seminars and lectures in the experts. modules taught on our law degrees and delivered by current lecturers. Amongst the topics covered will be torts, contract, We have all the information you need to decide between Trinity’s constitutional law, evidence and criminal law. There will be plenty physics and maths degrees in one single day. From life in a lab to of opportunity to talk to staff and students in a relaxed and informal careers for our graduates in research and industry, Maths/Physics setting. General enquires can be made to [email protected]. Open Day includes tours, information sessions, student-led discussions and much more. Find out more at: www.tcd.ie/law and facebook.com/ TrinityCollegeDublinLaw Find out more at: www.maths.tcd.ie or www.tcd.ie/physics. www.tcd.ie trinitycollegedublin @tcddublin www.tcd.ie/study 31 Find Out More About Trinity

„ The School of Religions, Peace Studies EU Students and Theology, Loyola Institute: Mature Students Email: [email protected] INFORMATION SEMINAR Tel: +353 1 896 3477 Higher Education Fairs If you are interested in making an application Listen to what students from your county as a mature student, you are invited to attend in Ireland have to say about studying at Trinity at: our application seminar in January 2019. www.tcd.ie/explore Trinity is represented at all of the major DISCOVER TRINITY EVENT higher education fairs in Ireland which Discover Trinity is an exciting week of events are organised by the Institute of Guidance that takes place in November each year. Counsellors and at many other regional Visiting Trinity and Discover Trinity provides opportunities to careers fairs each year. At these events Campus Tours attend lectures, to meet staff and students prospective students can obtain copies of and to learn more about our courses. the prospectus and find out about Trinity’s We would be delighted to welcome you to courses, specific entry requirements and our campus. Guidance counsellors may student life at Trinity. For details of careers request an on-campus presentation and fairs in your area contact the Guidance a campus tour for visiting school groups, Counsellor in your school, your local adult while families or individuals (particularly education college or see: www.qualifax.ie those travelling from other parts of the EU) can also request a tour. Please contact the Student Recruitment Officer by email: School Visits [email protected] or by telephone at +353 1 896 2654. We will make every effort Staff from Trinity are available to visit to accommodate your request. schools to provide a presentation about In addition, the School of Computer Science Trinity and our range of courses. If you Please visit the mature student website to and Statistics also offer small groups of would like to request a visit to your school find out more: www.tcd.ie/maturestudents please contact the Student Recruitment students the opportunity to meet members Officer by email:[email protected] of their teaching staff on-campus as well as offering student shadowing days, giving or by telephone at +353 1 896 2654. We will Transition Year Programmes make every effort to accommodate your you the chance to experience student request. life at Trinity by spending a day with our and Summer Schools undergraduate students. For further Trinity offers a wide variety of programmes Specific visits from our Schools of Computer information please contact the School of for transition year students. Science and Statistics, Nursing and Computer Science and Statistics by email: Midwifery, Engineering, and Religions, [email protected] or by telephone: +353 Theology and Ecumenics are also available. 1 896 3665. Biochemistry www.tcd.ie/biochemistry Where visits may be impractical due to Botany www.tcd.ie/botany geographic location, visits can be organised All potential applicants are more than welcome to call in to the Academic Chemistry chemistry.tcd.ie/outreach/ for small groups of prospective students to ty-programme meet the academic staff in Trinity. Registry in Trinity on weekdays to discuss Trinity’s application procedures Computer Contact: [email protected] To request a visit please contact: and admission requirements: Science www.tcd.ie/academicregistry CRANN ambercentre.ie/education „ The School of Computer Science and (Nanoscience) Statistics: Email: [email protected] The Trinity campus is an open campus and Tel: +353 1 896 3665 visitors are welcome at all times. The Book Nursing and Contact Jeni Ryan: of Kells is on display in the Old Library and Midwifery [email protected] „ The School of Engineering: second-level students may visit the Book of Pharmacy pharmacy.tcd.ie/news/TY_ Email: [email protected] Kells and library exhibition free of charge. It Programme.php Tel: +353 1 896 1142 is advised that groups book in advance and Physics www.tcd.ie/physics/outreach „ The School of Nursing and Midwifery please contact +353 1 896 2320. Science Contact: typrojects@ (Jeni Ryan): Email: [email protected] www.tcd.ie/visitors/book-of-kells/ Gallery sciencegallery.com Tel: +353 1 896 3860 The Science Gallery also holds „ The School of Religions, Peace Studies regular exhibitions and events, and Theology, Department of Religions dublin.sciencegallery.com and Theology: Email: [email protected] Tel: +353 1 896 1297

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INTERNATIONAL STUDENT ORIENTATION Non-EU Students During Freshers’ Week, a series of sessions for both EU and non-EU international Trinity College Dublin, the University of students address cultural adjustment as Dublin, has a long tradition of welcoming well as practical concerns like banking and international students. An education immigration. at Trinity’s diverse and multicultural www.tcd.ie/orientation campus provides students with excellent TRINITY SMART-START PROGRAMME opportunities to develop their career. Upon This week-long programme is designed to successful completion of an undergraduate introduce new international students to programme at Trinity, students have the Irish history, literature and culture as well possibility to stay in Ireland to work for one as help students adjust to life in Trinity and year on the Graduate Scheme visa. This Dublin. The course runs the week prior to allows students to gain unrivalled work Freshers’ Week and details can be found at: experience opportunities in Ireland in a www.tcd.ie/study/understandingireland wide range of industries and organisations. Full time non-EU students are allowed to ENGLISH FOR ACADEMIC PURPOSES work 20 hours per week during term time The Centre for English Language Teaching and 40 hours per week outside term. runs both pre-sessional and in-sessional English language programmes for incoming and current students who are non-native International Students’ speakers of English. Find out more at: Supports www.tcd.ie/slscs/english

TRINITY GLOBAL ROOM THE GLOBAL RELATIONS OFFICE With two full-time Student Support Officers The Global Relations Office, under the and a team of student ambassadors, the leadership of the Vice-President for Trinity Global Room is a great first stop for Global Relations, manages all of Trinity’s students with questions about navigating international relationships. These include Trinity, Dublin and Ireland. The Global Room supporting international students from Visit Trinity is open Monday to Friday from 9.30am to the process of applying to Trinity, right through to graduation, and beyond. The Trinity’s location and historic campus are 9pm. Contact us at: [email protected] Office has Regional Officers and Country even better in person than in pictures. If you are able to make a trip to Dublin, NEW TO DUBLIN Advisors to assist students coming from we’d love to meet you. Your campus visit The Global Room staff and the peer mentors specific regions, as well as Global Officers in will include a student-led tour and an from Student-2-Student run this half term- specific departments to help international admissions meeting with a Global Relations long programme for all students who are students adapt to life in Dublin. You can representative. We can often arrange new to Dublin, whether you are from outside contact these staff throughwww.tcd.ie/ meetings with students from your home Dublin or outside Ireland. The groups meet globalrelations/about country or from the course that interests in the Global Room every Monday evening you. If there is something specific you for the first five weeks of term and cover Global Relations also manages our want to see or discuss during your visit, everything from Dublin grocery shopping relationships with the hundreds of prestigious just let us know and we’ll do our best to and public transport to making friends and universities around the world with which accommodate you. adjusting to Dublin culture. Trinity has partnerships, many of which allow Trinity undergraduates to study abroad Sign up for a campus visit at: AIRPORT MEET AND GREET SERVICE there as part of their undergraduate degree. www.tcd.ie/study/international/visit/ New international students arriving at Dublin index.php Airport can avail of this optional, free service. The best way to find out if Trinity is right for You will be met by a current student at the you is to talk to staff, students and alumni. airport and shown how to get to Trinity’s The Global Relations Office offers several campus or your accommodation. Find out ways to meet us, either on campus or in Meeting Trinity Staff your home country. You can contact us at: more at: www.tcd.ie/study/international/ in Your Region trinity-life/arrival/ [email protected] Trinity staff travel regularly to meet with students around the world. We also host events in countries like Brazil, China, India, Nigeria, Russia or the United States where interested students can meet faculty and alumni. If we won’t be in your region soon, get in touch with the Global Relations Office and we’ll be happy to answer your questions or put you in touch with a student ambassador.

View our travel calendar at: www.tcd.ie/ globalrelations/news/events.php

Find your regional representative: www.tcd.ie/globalrelations/ international-non-eu/connectwithus/

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Alec Bickerstaff, Second Year History and Political Science Student, Connecticut, USA Lara Gander, Hong Kong Roisin Gowen, South Africa Alec is from Greenwich, Connecticut Medicine, 3rd Year Science (common entry and studied at Williston Northampton “Once I had seen pictures of Trinity programme), Second Year School in Easthampton, Massachusetts. College Dublin, choosing to apply was “Dublin is an incredible city for students “I hadn’t really considered studying an easy decision. Scrolling through and Trinity’s location in Dublin city outside of the US, but was really the Trinity website, a colourful, lively centre was very appealing to me. impressed by my first contact with and diverse scene began to unravel One of the best things about Trinity is Trinity at a talk at school. I also met before my eyes. There is an excellent the society culture and the myriad of with the Head of Admissions at Trinity’s student support system, through societies and clubs to choose from. Not Open Day held in the US. The individual personal tutors for each student and a only is there something for everyone, contact, support and attention from wide ranges of learning support to aid these societies welcome newcomers Trinity staff has been second to none. transitions into Trinity; unparalleled with such enthusiasm and really try After reading through the Trinity student life with innumerable societies to make everyone feel welcome. The website, which has great information and sport clubs open to all students, societies and clubs provide a platform for international students, I knew I along with the legendary Trinity Ball; where like-minded people can meet really wanted to study here as it gives the location of the university itself, and engage regardless of where you are me the chance to pursue History and situated in the centre of Dublin with from, how old you are or what course Political Science in detail. I wouldn’t a vast, first-rate research library; the you are studying. It is a fantastic way to have had the opportunity to do so at education at Trinity, highly based meet people and make new friends.” a US university. All my professors are on research and internationally truly excellent. I’ve been surprised at recognised. Furthermore, as Ireland is a how available they have been, with Member State of the EU, it is a brilliant various office hours. They also teach opportunity to visit the rest of Europe tutorials, which is amazing. I’m living and to enhance our own understanding in Trinity Hall campus accommodation, of the continent. Trinity seemed to offer which is great. There are plenty of US the perfect combination of a fantastic students around, but I’m so happy to university life and high calibre academic be sharing with other Irish students, as work.” it gives me the opportunity to integrate and experience Irish culture at another level.” first year of undergraduate degrees at Trinity. The Trinity International Our International Foundation Programme Foundation Programme is a year-long programme designed to allow students to develop the skills required The Trinity International Foundation to succeed and excel in a competitive Programme is a pre-university programme university environment. Applicants to designed to help you to reach your the Trinity Foundation Programme can potential and invest in your future. Trinity’s choose between two distinct pathways. International Foundation Programme is Pathway A allows progression to Law, delivered at Marino Institute of Education, Business, Economics and Social Sciences an affiliated college of Trinity College Dublin. undergraduate programmes at Trinity and Our International Foundation Programme the Education Studies and Early Childhood is aimed at students who have the drive Studies at Marino Institute of Education. Admission Requirements and ambition to attend a world-class Pathway B offers student’s progression to educational institute, but cannot begin an Engineering, Science and Health Science Trinity accepts various international and international undergraduate degree directly. related undergraduate degrees at Trinity national high school qualifications for direct Students who successfully complete the College Dublin. Information on applying to entry to our undergraduate programmes. International Foundation Programme and the programme can be found on page 249. Our Global Relations team will provide you reach the required grades gain entry to the personal guidance to find out whether your qualification leads you or not directly into a Trinity course. For further information on the international admissions requirements see Online Information for all Students page 249. Study at Trinity: www.tcd.ie/study If your national school examination is not accepted for direct entry into Trinity Courses: www.tcd.ie/courses programmes you can apply for our Main Trinity website: www.tcd.ie pre-university programme, the Trinity www.facebook.com/trinitycollegedublin International Foundation Programme. www.youtube.com/trinitycollegedublin www.itunes.tcd.ie www.twitter.com/tcddublin

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www.tcd.ie/study 35 ARTS, HUMANITIES. AND SOCIAL SCIENCES.

38 Global Business 66 Economics (Joint Honours) 40 Business, Economic and Social Studies (B.E.S.S.) 68 English Studies 44 Business Studies and a Language (French, German, 68 English Literature (Joint Honours) Russian, Polish or Spanish) 70 European Studies 140 Business: Computer Science and Business 72 Film Studies (Joint Honours) 46 Classics, Ancient History and Archaeology 74 Geography (Joint Honours) 48 Classics: Ancient History and Archaeology (Joint Honours) 76 History History (Joint Honours) 50 Classics: Classical Civilisation (Joint Honours) 76 History: Ancient and Medieval History and Culture 52 Classics: Classical Languages (Joint Honours) 78 History and Political Science 54 Clinical Speech and Language Studies 80 History of Art and Architecture (Joint Honours) 142 Computer Science and Language 82 Law 56 Deaf Studies 84 Law and a Language (French/German) 58 Drama and Theatre Studies 86 Law and Business 58 Drama Studies (Joint Honours) 88 Law and Political Science 60 Drama: Bachelor in Acting (non-CAO) 90 Mathematics (Joint Honours) 62 Drama: Diploma in Acting and Theatre (non-CAO) 208 Middle Eastern and European Languages 64 Drama: Bachelor in Stage Management and 92 Technical Theatre (non-CAO) and Cultures

36 Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin Courses at Trinity in Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences Single Subject Entry A student enters to study a single subject and studies this subject for the four years of their programme. They then exit with a single honours degree. They may be able to opt to take up a second subject in their second year and then have the opportunity to exit with a Major with Minor degree award (the latter is a combination of the two subjects studied).

Two Subject Entry A student may enter to study two subjects or ‘Joint Honours’. They will have the opportunity to exit with a Joint Honours degree, or possibly with a Major with Minor or possibly with a Single Honours degree, depending on the number of credits that they study in each subject.

Multidisciplinary Entry Programmes categorised as multidisciplinary may be organised around a particular theme, as in European Studies, where students take a range of subjects in all years of their degree and exit with a degree in European Studies. Within such programmes, opportunities may also exist for students to exit with a Joint Honours, Major with Minor, or Single Honours degree depending on the number of credits that they study in particular subjects.

Common Entry Common Entry programmes combine a number of subjects, as in Business, Economics and Social Studies (B.E.S.S.), where students take a range of subjects in first year and then progress toward a Single Honours, Joint Honours or Major with Minor degree depending on the number of credits that they study in each subject.

94 Middle Eastern, Jewish and Islamic Civilisations 124 Psychology 96 Modern Languages 126 Religion 98 French (Joint Honours) 126 Religion (Joint Honours) 100 German (Joint Honours) 128 Social Studies (Social Work) 102 Irish 130 Sociology (Joint Honours) 104 Italian (Joint Honours) 132 Sociology and Social Policy 106 Russian (Joint Honours) 134 Trinity College Dublin and Columbia University Dual BA Programme 108 Spanish (Joint Honours) 110 Modern Language plus another Subject 112 Music 112 Music (Joint Honours) 114 Music Education 116 Philosophy 116 Philosophy (Joint Honours) 118 Philosophy, Political Science, Economics and Sociology (P.P.E.S.) 120 Political Science 122 Political Science and Geography

www.tcd.ie/study 37 Global Business

DEGREE AWARDED Global Business (B.B.S.) COURSE CODE TR080 DEGREE TYPE Honours Bachelor Degree PLACES 2018 25 NFQ Level 8 CAO POINTS 2017 544 AWARDING BODY Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin

them to become independent and critical What is Business? Graduate skills and thinkers, as well as effective communicators in an increasingly complex and multi- Business is about creating value from career opportunities cultural society. the co-ordinated efforts of people and Trinity Business School graduates pursue resources. Making money is just one of the careers across a range of business, Finally, the programme will require that many types of value people create through government, technology, innovation students choose at least one area of business organising. Organising takes many forms: and social ventures. Banking, finance, study to pursue in depth – taking advanced corporations, start-ups, family businesses, accountancy, consulting and marketing jobs subject area modules and undertaking non-profits, government agencies etc. top the list of first jobs after graduation and independent research guided by an The study of business requires a broad 98% of our students enter employment or academic and/or qualified practitioner understanding of how human beings further study after graduating. Trinity is known to produce a significant and innovative apply their skills, networks, knowledge and for not only preparing you for your first job, outcome that gives them a unique selling creativity to problems and opportunities but for future career prospects and promotion point in the next stage of their career journey. in the world around them – and how they as well. Our graduates go on to become shape that world through their efforts to leaders in their fields and help to nurture MODULES compete and collaborate over time. and support the global network of Trinity In first year, all students take: Fundamentals business graduates throughout their careers. of Management and Organisation, Economics for Management, Quantitative Methods Business Studies: In addition to positioning students for a for Business, and Fundamentals of Social The course for you? broad range of careers, the BBS is designed Sciences, Ethics and Philosophy, Information to facilitate students’ entry into graduate Systems and Data Management and Well- Studying business opens up a huge range courses in business and other related Being in Organisations. In addition, students of opportunities for applying your unique Masters programmes. Having undertaken a may choose one optional module in a range talents and interests to achieving your significant project of independent study in of social sciences and European languages. personal objectives. The subject can a business area of their choice, students are appeal to people who want to change the well-positioned to apply for postgraduate In second year students are introduced world as much as it appeals to people who research study in Trinity as well as other to the core skills and theories in business want to make a profit. Society is made up highly regarded research institutions with management, including: Organisational of a complex tapestry of organisations a high rate of application success. Behaviour, Principles of Marketing, and if you are interested in exploring how Introduction to Accounting, Introduction organisations work and where you fit in – to Finance, Introduction to Operations this is the course for you. Your degree and Management, Creative Thinking, Innovation and Entrepreneurial Action, Business Ethics what you’ll study and Personal and Career Development. The Personal and Career Development In the first year, students will gain an Global Business @ Trinity module provides students with a chance to understanding of the historic development consider the range of careers open to them, When you decide on a career in business of business, organisation and management, to reflect on their own skills, interests and you need to ensure that you have the best together with grounding in the business to experience work, volunteering, travel preparation to succeed and align yourself related social science and quantitative and/or different cultures through structured with one of the world’s best and most disciplines that underpin them. Over internships or study abroad. In addition, widely recognised universities. subsequent years the programme students may take two optional modules provides students with the opportunity drawing from the same disciplines on offer During the programme students will have to explore a progressively deeper and in first year, but also including a list of Trinity the opportunity to develop foreign language varied understanding of the subject areas Electives. proficiency, work as an intern with a firm or that form a comprehensive education in non-profit organisation, live and study in business and management. The third year provides students with the another country, and carry out a research opportunity to make important choices project. Students will be able to choose not only about their personal and career development from the broad set of disciplines contained and to start planning for the next stage in in Business, but also from a wide range of their professional lives. Students may choose subject areas across the University to ensure from a wide range of business topics. that they have exposure to the different perspectives on knowledge that enable

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SPECIAL ENTRY REQUIREMENTS GET IN TOUCH! Leaving Certificate O4/H6 Mathematics Course Director: GCSE Grade B Mathematics Dr. Elaine Laing Email: [email protected] RELATED COURSES Tel: +353 1 896 4981 TR017: Law and Business, page 88 www.tcd.ie/business TR081: B.E.S.S., page 40 Email: [email protected] TR082: Computer Science and Business, page 140 Tel: +353 1 896 3705/3394 TR085, TR086, TR087, TR089, TR090: Business Studies and a Language, page 44 Facebook: www.facebook.com/ TrinityBusinessSchool Twitter: @TCDBusiness YouTube: www.youtube.com/channel/ UCM9dPZg6nOJnXj8btEX4z9A

Examples of module choices in third year:* Study abroad Internship „ Contemporary Marketing Management „ Consumer Behaviour In third year, students have the opportunity The Internships track gives students the to apply to study abroad in a prestigious opportunity to undertake an internship „ Management Accounting for Business European university with the EU funded during the summer months after their Decisions Erasmus programme (ESSEC, France; second year, in exchange for course „ Financial Accounting Grenoble Ecole de Management, Universidad credit. Students are required to work for a „ Taxation I Carlos III Madrid, Spain; Cracow University, minimum of 6 weeks and may choose to Poland; Rotterdam University, Netherlands; work up to three months. Our Internships „ Taxation II Mannheim University, Germany). In addition track allows students to ‘learn by doing’, „ Corporate Finance and Equity Valuation to exchange programmes in Europe, the with a variety of options available to them. „ Fixed Income Securities and Alternative Business School also has bilateral links with They may choose to take on a corporate Investments leading universities in North America (Babson, internship, build their own start-up, create „ Digital Technology in Operations Fisher College of Business, Ohio; Goizueta, a social enterprise or even construct a Georgia and Queens University, Canada). project for a Trinity-recognised society. „ Social Entrepreneurship Trinity Business School prioritises learning „ Management Experience and Reflection Our exchange programmes are highly through engagement; we find that the „ Organisational Theory and successful and are an extremely popular best way to do this is to allow our students Organisational Analysis option for business students each year. to learn through practice. The Business Participating students find that they „ Services Management School provides dedicated resources to fully are hugely enjoyable, academically and support students through this process and „ Human Resource Management culturally rewarding, and a valuable asset to allow them to grow and build on their „ Business in Society to prospective employers. experiences. „ Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Further information on the year abroad Business Modelling For more information please see: www.tcd. programme, and a list of partner „ ie/business/undergraduate/experience.php Financial Management universities, can be found at: www.tcd.ie/ „ Company and Business Law business/undergraduate/study-abroad „ Audit and Assurance

In fourth year, all students are required to take Strategic Management: Theory and Practice and one other module that involves independent research as the core learning activity. Examples of subject choices in fourth year:* „ International Business and the Global Economy „ Exploring Organisational Experiences What our graduates say „ Financial Reporting and Analysis Iseult Ward „ Derivatives and International Finance  2013 Business Student of the Year „ Advances in Marketing Theory and Practice “I loved studying the various subjects in first year „ Managing New Product Development and then found that Business was my favourite „ Social Innovation and Social Impact one, which was why I specialised in it for the next three years. In third year, I founded a company „ Economic Policy and Business History FoodCloud. I was able to shape my final year courses to keep them relevant to my ‘new * Modules are subject to change business’ receiving great support from lecturers.”

www.tcd.ie/study 39 Business, Economic and Social Studies (B.E.S.S.) Common entry programme leading to 10 degree options

DEGREE AWARDED B.A. (Mod.) in Economic and Social Studies (B.E.S.S.) or Bachelor in Business Studies (B.B.S.) COURSE CODE TR081 DEGREE TYPE Honours Bachelor Degree PLACES 2018 236 NFQ Level 8 CAO POINTS 2017 520 AWARDING BODY Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin

SOCIOLOGY What is Business, Economic B.E.S.S. @ Trinity Sociology is the study of social change and and Social Studies (B.E.S.S.)? the consequences of human behaviour. BUSINESS When you study Sociology you will get the Top international professors and leading B.E.S.S. is a uniquely flexible degree opportunity to analyse people and societies, business people engage with the students, programme offering you 10 different degree exploring areas as diverse as migration, race challenge them and guide them into top options across the disciplines of Business, and gender, conflict studies, digitalisation, roles within the business world. Past students Economics, Political Science and Sociology. identities and employment studies. It provides students with a broad education are now leaders in the world of business, and you will have the option to graduate government, entertainment, technology, Trinity is ranked 1st in Ireland and the with a Single Honours or Joint Honours innovation and non-profit businesses. Sociology Department is ranked 1st in degree with another subject, or a Major with Ireland and in the top 40 in Europe and ECONOMICS a Minor. It also offers a high level of flexibility in the top 100 in the world (QS World Many of the economic problems which in two very important ways: from the University Rankings, 2018). dominate the headlines are engaged within second year onwards students are allowed this discipline. Economics blends together to (a) choose the specific degree they wish theory, data and statistical techniques to to take and, (b) choose individual modules help understand economic problems and Graduate skills and within their chosen degree path. Students, to make policy recommendations. therefore, have an opportunity to adjust career opportunities their study programmes in accordance with Trinity is ranked 1st in Ireland and 104th in From a career perspective B.E.S.S. is an their academic results, interests, aptitudes the world. The Economics Department is extremely flexible and practical degree and emerging career aspirations. ranked joint first In Ireland, in the top 40 In programme. Graduates are also highly Europe and in the top 150 in the world for sought after by employers in a range of Economics and Econometrics (QS World fields, such as in finance and banking, B.E.S.S.: The course for you? University Rankings, 2018). politics, research, management consulting, teaching, public service, journalism, The disciplines of Business, Economics, POLITICAL SCIENCE within both national and international Political Science and Sociology all look Politics affects us all in our daily lives. organisations within the profit, not for profit at the world around us, analysing how it Should government tax the rich for greater and public sector. Graduates have gone works and how to achieve certain ends. equality? Should the amount of money the on to successful and rewarding careers in Where they differ is in the things they look EU spends on agriculture be cut? Questions varied roles around the globe. The following at and the way they examine them. In your such as these, along with analysis of political are just a few examples of the organisations first year as a B.E.S.S. student, you will be systems and how democracy works, are at that have recruited B.E.S.S. graduates: introduced to the way that each discipline the heart of the study of politics. Accenture, Alcatel, Cisco, Barclay’s Bank, approaches the complex world that we Commission for Energy Regulation, Trinity is ranked 1st in Ireland and 104th in live in. From the second year onwards, the Enterprise Ireland, Google, KPMG, Microsoft, the world. The Political Science Department flexible programme structure allows you to Morgan Stanley, Tesco, Topshop, Channel 4 is ranked 15th in Europe and 43rd in the choose the disciplines that appeal to you, and Atlantic Philanthropies. along with the specific topics that interest world for Politics and International Studies you, through a wide range of modules (QS World University Rankings, 2018). In addition, many B.E.S.S. graduates have within each discipline. Graduates invariably gone on to postgraduate study at leading tell us that it is this broad, flexible approach universities around the world such as the that allowed them to build the knowledge London School of Economics, the University and insights that they rely on progressively of Cambridge, the University of Edinburgh as they advance to more senior positions in and the University of Warwick. their careers. See: www.tcd.ie/careers/students/degree for further details.

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SPECIAL ENTRY REQUIREMENTS GET IN TOUCH! Leaving Certificate O4/H6 Mathematics www.tcd.ie/bess GCSE Grade B Mathematics Email: [email protected] Tel: +353 1 896 1298 RELATED COURSES TR080: Global Business, page 38 TR015: Philosophy, Political Science, Economics and Sociology, page 118 TR017: Law and Business, page 88 TR020: Law and Political Science, page 90 TR085, TR086, TR087, TR089, TR090: Business Studies and a Language, page 44 TR082: Computer Science and Business, page 140 TR083: Sociology and Social Policy, page 132; Political Science: page 120

Your degree and what you’ll study

Studying B.E.S.S. at Trinity

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Year 1 Explore your options A common first year introduces students to a wide range of options. You will study the following 4 disciplines:

Business Economics Political Science Sociology

Also choose one complementary module from Law, Social Policy, Language (French, German, Spanish, Polish, Russian) Access to all 10 degree options is completely open at the end of the first year.

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Year 2 Choose your pathway Learn the core skills in up to three* of the following disciplines: Business, Economics, Political Science, and Sociology. While you will mainly focus on your chosen Single Honours or Joint Honours discipline(s), you may select some modules from other disciplines.

Single Honours Joint Honours Choose 1 of: Choose 1 of the following 6 combinations: Business Business and Economics Economics Business and Political Science Political Science Sociology and Business Sociology Economics and Political Science Economics and Sociology Political Science and Sociology

Complementary modules available in Law, Social Policy, Languages, Philosophy, Trinity Electives Module choices here determine which disciplines you can pursue in subsequent years.

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Year 3 Focus on your chosen Single Honours or Joint Honours disciplines Choose the six modules that interest you in your chosen discipline(s).

Business Economics Political Science Sociology

Option to study abroad – France, Germany, Spain, Turkey, Sweden, Netherlands, USA, Canada, Australia, Japan, Hong Kong.

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Year 4 Research based development of core area(s) Focus in depth on a few topics from your chosen discipline(s).

Business Economics Political Science Sociology

Dissertation/case study preparation.

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Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 60 Credits 60 Credits 60 Credits 60 Credits Choose 1 or 2 B.E.S.S. Specialise in depth in Specialise in depth in disciplines 1 or 2 B.E.S.S. disciplines 1 or 2 B.E.S.S. disciplines

Business* „ Fundamentals of „ Organisational Behaviour „ Management Accounting for „ International Business Management and „ Principles of Marketing business decisions and the Global Economy Organisation „ Introduction to Accounting „ Financial Accounting „ Exploring Organisational „ Introduction to Finance „ Human Resource Management Experiences „ Introduction to Operations „ Business in Society „ Financial Reporting Management „ Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Analysis „ Creative Thinking, Innovation and Business Modelling „ Business Dissertation and Entrepreneurial Action „ Introduction to Fixed Income (BBS only Minimum 2.1 Securities and Alternative grade in Year 3) Investments „ Advances in Marketing „ Corporate Finance and Equity Theory and Practice Valuation „ Managing New Product „ Services Management Development „ Digital Technology in „ Social Innovation and Operations Social Impact „ Organisational Theory and „ Derivatives and Organisational Analysis International Finance „ Investments „ Economic Policy and Business History „ Contemporary Marketing Management „ Strategic Management: Theory and Practice „ Consumer Behaviour (B.B.S. students) „ Social Entrepreneurship

Economics „ Introduction to „ Intermediate Economics „ Economic Analysis „ Economic Theory Economics „ Economy of Ireland „ Money and Banking „ World Economy „ Mathematics and „ Mathematics and Statistics „ European Economy „ Development Economics Statistics „ Economics of Less Developed „ Economics of Financial Countries Markets „ Investment Analysis „ Quantitative Methods „ Economics of Policy Issues „ International Economics „ Industrial Economics „ Economic and Legal „ Mathematical Economics Aspects of Competition „ Econometrics Policy „ Applied Economics „ Economics Dissertation „ History of Economic Thought „ Political Economy

Political Science „ Introduction to „ History of Political Thought „ Research Methods for Political „ Political Psychology Political Science „ International Relations Science „ Issues in Contemporary „ Comparative Politics „ Irish Politics Politics „ Democracy and Development „ Contemporary „ European Union Politics International Relations „ Public Opinion „ African Politics „ Political Institutions of the „ Topics in Political United States Science „ Political Participation „ Chinese Politics „ Contemporary Issues and „ The Politics of Policy- Controversies in US Politics Making „ Research Seminar

Sociology „ Introduction to „ Gender, Work and Family „ Social Stratification and „ Sociology Dissertation Sociology „ Social Theory Inequalities „ Labour Markets, Gender „ Introduction to Social Research „ Globalisation and and Institutions „ Power, State and Social Development „ Conflict Studies Movements „ Researching Society „ Digital Lives and Social „ Race, Ethnicity and Identity Networks „ Comparative Sociology of „ Migration, Mobilities and Europe Redistribution

Complementary Choose one subject „ Central Problems in Philosophy „ Life Courses and Evolving „ Poverty, Inequality Modules from: „ History of Philosophy Welfare States and Redistribution „ Law „ Logic and Philosophy of Science „ Company Law „ Social Policy „ European Refugee Policy „ Commercial Law „ Intro to Central, „ Analysis Poverty and Social „ International Law East European and Exclusion Russian Area Studies „ Housing Policy „ Language (French, „ Crime and Irish Society German, Spanish, Russian or Polish) „ Language „ Law „ Trinity Electives

* Modules are subject to change

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www.tcd.ie/bess CHOOSING MODULES FOR THE SINGLE Module Descriptors for all four years of the Email: [email protected] HONOURS DEGREE OPTION programme can be accessed via the Course Tel: +353 1 896 1298 In second year, Single Honours students, as Handbook www.tcd.ie/ssp/undergraduate/ well as taking modules from their preferred bess/current/handbook/index.php discipline, also select modules from one or more of the other three disciplines. Study abroad and In third and fourth years, students take the majority of their modules from their chosen language options discipline but, in keeping with the B.E.S.S. First and second year B.E.S.S. students have philosophy of flexibility, there is significant the option to study French, German, Spanish, scope to choose modules which appeal most Russian or Polish. from the range of available modules. What our graduates Students also have the opportunity to study CHOOSING MODULES FOR THE JOINT say abroad in their third year at prestigious HONOURS DEGREE OPTIONS universities in countries such as France, Emily Waters, B.A. Throughout years 2, 3 and 4, Joint Honours Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Austria, Belgium Business and Economics students take approximately half of their or Spain, as well as English-speaking (2017). Financial Services modules from each of the two disciplines they international exchange programmes to Consultant, PwC Ireland. select. Since module choices may be made prestigious universities in Europe, North “It was the flexibility and from among the full range available in two America, Australia and Asia (China, Hong broad subject options of disciplines, the Joint Honours programmes Kong and Japan). Some of the more popular the B.E.S.S. programme that encouraged me to offer exceptionally high flexibility with regard study at Trinity College Dublin. After experiencing universities are Uppsala University, Sweden; to programme design and module choice. modules in business, economics, sociology, Emory University, Georgia, Senshu University, and political science in my first year, I decided ASSESSMENT Japan; IEP – Institut d’Études Politiques de to specialise in business and economics for Most B.E.S.S. modules involve a system of Paris, France; QUT Queensland University the remainder of my degree. From modules on continuous assessment, essays, projects and/ of Technology, Brisbane, Australia and the accounting, entrepreneurship, and international or presentations contributing between 30% University of Copenhagen, Denmark. business to statistics, the European economy, and applied economics, Trinity’s B.E.S.S. programme to 50% of the overall grade per module. The allowed me to understand the realm of business remainder is based on the results of a written and the various economic problems facing the end-of-semester examination. world today. Interesting and thought-provoking lectures, coupled with Trinity’s knowledgeable and friendly professors, taught me how to think critically and engage with important topics on a theoretical and practical level. Outside of lectures, Trinity’s B.E.S.S. programme provided me with a platform to act as both B.E.S.S. Convenor and Production Manager of the Student Economic Review, one of the university’s oldest undergraduate journals. Having graduated in 2017, I am now employed as a Financial Services Consultant in PwC Ireland. Equipped with the skills I have gained academically in B.E.S.S. and the leadership qualities I have developed through my involvement in Trinity’s extra-curricular activities, I am able to provide new insights to the issues faced by PwC’s clients.” What our current students say David Gannon – Third Year “As someone with no previous knowledge of economics, sociology or politics, I was quite worried starting this course. However, in first year these disciplines are explored at a very broad introductory level which I found very manageable and interesting. As a result of this, I gained valuable knowledge in these disciplines and I also carried on studying economics, which I will now be taking alongside business for final year. B.E.S.S. is a great choice for those of you who are unsure what you want to do; with so many different options and modules to choose from many students end up discovering an interest in subjects that they initially may have been unaware of.” www.tcd.ie/study 43 Business Studies and a Language (French, German, Russian, Polish or Spanish)

DEGREE AWARDED COURSE CODE TR085: TR086: TR087: TR089: TR090: B.B.S. (Lang.) French German Russian Polish Spanish DEGREE TYPE Honours Bachelor Degree PLACES 2018 15 15 7 5 10 NFQ Level 8 CAO POINTS AWARDING BODY Trinity College Dublin, 2017 533 487 478 422 529 The University of Dublin

employing different teaching approaches and requiring different learning styles on the Your degree and part of the student, but they also stress that what you’ll study mastery of these challenges builds skills that are particularly sought after by employers. This programme aims to provide you with the knowledge and skills necessary * Special provisions can be made for students with to communicate internationally and to prior knowledge of Russian or Polish (heritage understand the social, political and cultural speakers, near-native speakers or those who have contexts of markets, organisations and an entrance qualification in Russian or Polish). management across countries. In addition to studying modules in business, economic Business Studies and and social studies, you will study the society, institutions, culture and civilisation a Language @ Trinity? associated with your chosen language. The distinctiveness of Trinity’s B.B.S. Teaching is specifically geared to the (Lang.) degrees centres on the following: everyday needs, both formal and informal, (a) the business and language dimensions of business managers. Accordingly, the are integrated across all years of the What is Business Studies language components of the programme programme, especially during the year will have a contemporary socio-economic and a Language? abroad and in the final year; (b) language and business orientation, as distinct from This programme offers an exciting way of instruction is provided by specially-trained ‘language for business and economics’ a historical or literature-based perspective. learning about business concepts, theories Much of the teaching is provided through and models, in a variety of subject areas, lecturers, most of whom are native speakers; (c) lectures on the economy, the target language, simultaneously as well as getting to grips in an in-depth business environment, society and culture building language skills and knowledge and comprehensive manner with another of the relevant country are provided by relevant to managing across cultures. country’s language, its society, culture and experts who are continuously conducting business environment. Over its four years, FIRST AND SECOND YEARS research in their specialist field of study; the third of which is spent studying and There are approximately 18-20 hours of and (d) in most cases students complete working abroad, the course simultaneously lectures and tutorials per week, depending a work placement in the target culture in broadens and deepens your academic on which subject options are chosen. This order to apply and develop their business command of business theories and practices and language skills in a professional setting. time allocation should be matched by a and develops your linguistic competence. similar level of personal study.

Graduate skills and Business Studies and a career opportunities Language: The course for you? On graduation you will have a strong Students on all five strands of this academic knowledge of international programme must have well-balanced business and management, together with interests in learning about business and a high-level of competence in the language in developing a high level of proficiency in you have studied. Recent graduates are a language. From start to finish, whether employed in Ireland and abroad by leading as beginners (on the ab initio Russian and international companies such as Google, Polish* streams) or as more advanced Whirlpool, KPMG, AIB Capital Markets and learners (in French, German or Spanish), you Goldman Sachs, as well as by consultancy will be required to demonstrate a high level organisations, embassies and public sector of motivation and commitment to mastering bodies. Many are working in marketing core business modules (see the table B.E.S.S. or international management roles while at a glance, page 42) and to all aspects of others occupy more specialist positions (e.g. language learning. Educational experts as analysts or researchers). Some proceed emphasise the special challenges associated to undertake further study and research in with the study of two disparate disciplines, international business at postgraduate level.

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SPECIAL ENTRY REQUIREMENTS GET IN TOUCH! Leaving Certificate O4/H6 Mathematics (TR085, TR086, TR087, TR089 & TR090) Course Office Business School: H3 French (TR085) www.tcd.ie/business/undergraduate/ H3 German (TR086) business-language H4 In a language other than English (TR087 & TR089) Email: [email protected] H3 Spanish (TR090) Tel: +353 1 896 3705/3394 GCSE Grade B Mathematics (TR085, TR086, TR087, TR089 & TR090) Advanced GCE Grade C French (TR085) Facebook: www.facebook.com/ (A Level) TrinityBusinessSchool Grade C German (TR086) Twitter: @TCDBusiness Grade C In a language other than English (TR087 & TR089) YouTube: www.youtube.com/channel/ Grade C Spanish (TR090) UCM9dPZg6nOJnXj8btEX4z9A

RELATED COURSES BSL Director: Jenny Berrill TR017: Law and Business, page 88 Email: [email protected] TR080: Global Business, page 38 Tel: +353 1 896 2632 TR034: Management Science and Information Systems Studies (M.S.I.S.S.), page 144 TR081: B.E.S.S., page 40 Business Studies and French: TR082: Computer Science and Business, page 140 Dr. Paule Salerno-O’Shea Email: [email protected] Tel: +353 1 896 1472

Modules in the first and second years include:* THIRD AND FOURTH YEARS* Business Studies and German: The third year is spent at a university or Sebastian Truskolaski Business Studies business school in the country of the Email: [email protected] „ Fundamentals of Management language you are studying. Trinity has Tel: +353 1 896 2415 and Organisation exchange agreements with a range of leading „ Marketing universities and business schools throughout Business Studies and Polish: Dr. Joanna Rzepa „ Law Europe. The vast majority of modules and examinations, taken during your year abroad, Email: [email protected] „ Accountancy and Financial Analysis will be through the medium of your chosen Tel: +353 1 896 1291 / 896 1896 „ Finance language. On conclusion of the academic „ Operations Management year, experience of the business culture in Business Studies and Russian: Dr. Dmitri Tsiskarashvili „ Organisational Behaviour the country of your chosen language may be gained through a work placement of Email: [email protected] „ Economics approximately two months’ duration. Tel: +353 1 896 2416 / 896 1896 „ Mathematics and Statistics In fourth year, studies are divided, more Business Studies and Spanish: There is also the option to attend modules in or less evenly, between business modules Dr. Susana Bayó Belenguer areas such as sociology and economics in the and more advanced study of and practice Email: [email protected] second year. in the language. To integrate the two areas Tel: +353 1 896 3496 / 896 1257 effectively, you will research and write a major Language case study (approx. 10,000 words, written in VISIT US: „ General language and language for business the foreign language). This will involve the (written, oral and aural proficiency) analysis of a business enterprise based in the If you are considering studying this course „ Contemporary society, institutions country of your chosen language and will be at Trinity, but want to be sure, you are most and culture linked to the mandatory business module welcome to sample lectures in the participating departments during teaching terms. You may „ Overall economic and business Strategic Management: Theory and Practice. also discuss your options with a member of environment of the region/country * Modules are subject to change the teaching staff. Contact either the Trinity of your chosen language Business School or the language department/s by email or phone (see above).

Graduate Profile | Robert Greene 2013/2014 Year Abroad: Studied at ESCP Europe, Paris, a ‘grande école’ in the 11th arrondissement. Completed 4 month work placement during summer at ONEMA – The French National Agency for Water and Aquatic Environments, interning in the communications department translating documents, coding articles for website, conducting research. I was paid €400/month plus food and travel expenses. 2014/2015 Final Year in Trinity: Focused on Marketing modules including luxury brand marketing. 2016: Moved to London completing MA in Television Journalism at City University of London. 2017-2018: Journalist and television producer in London, working for variety of national broadcasters including ITV and BBC as well as smaller publications such as Londonist and PinkNews

www.tcd.ie/study 45 Classics, Ancient History and Archaeology

DEGREE AWARDED B.A. COURSE CODE TR021 DEGREE TYPE Honours Bachelor Degree PLACES 2018 20 NFQ Level 8 CAO POINTS 2017 388 AWARDING BODY Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin

What is Classics, Ancient CLAHA @ Trinity Your degree and

History and Archaeology? The Department of Classics has a world- what you’ll study Classics, Ancient History and Archaeology renowned reputation and courses At the beginning of the degree programme, (CLAHA) is an integrated degree programme are taught by academics at the top of you will be asked to choose between a dual that allows you to study the history, their fields. Classics has been taught language pathway (typically leading to a literature, art, archaeology, culture and in Trinity since its foundation just over degree in Classics) and a single language thought of the ancient world in conjunction 400 years ago, and Trinity is unique in pathway (typically leading to a degree in with one or both of the ancient languages. having professorships in both Greek Ancient History and Archaeology or Classical Flexible pathways enable you to pursue and Latin. Teaching formats include a Civilisation, with the option of continuing with your own interests and graduate with a mixture of lectures, practical classes the language to degree level). It is possible Single Honours degree in Classics (Latin and and small-group seminars, which to switch between pathways in Year 2. Greek), Ancient History and Archaeology, encourage lively discussion and the or Classical Civilisation, or to choose from development of independent thinking. FIRST YEAR a wide range of Joint Honours and Major/ There are opportunities to participate in All students take a common core, consisting Minor combinations. Both languages can be archaeological fieldwork and in organised of introductory modules in Greek and begun from scratch, and previous study is study tours to Greece and Italy, for both Roman History and in Classical Civilisation not necessary. credit and non-credit. It is also possible to (Greek and Roman Mythology and Religion). study abroad for a semester or a whole year. Students following the single language pathway take further modules in: CLAHA: The course for you? Graduate skills and „ Greek and Roman Art and Architecture This may be the course for you if you enjoy career opportunities „ Sources and Methods for Ancient History learning languages, and are interested in and Archaeology studying the history, literature and culture Trinity has a long tradition of Classics „ Language-based modules at either of ancient civilisations, their achievements graduates who have continued on to Beginners’ or Intermediate level, and their profound influence on the modern postgraduate study and successful depending on whether you have studied world. Whether you are more attracted academic careers both in Europe and the language before by the mythology, literature and thought America. Study of the ancient world of the ancient world, or by the study of its develops skills of interpretation and Students following the dual language material remains and the historical record communication that go far beyond a pathway take modules in both Greek and of its achievements, CLAHA will allow you to knowledge of books, dates and events, and Latin at Beginners’ or Intermediate level, as develop and pursue your own interests and your degree will offer positive advantages in appropriate; if beginning both languages shape the degree programme in the way the hunt for a job. Employers consistently from scratch, they follow the single that suits you best. express a preference for hiring outgoing, language pathway in Year 1 and begin the energetic, enterprising people who have second language in Year 2: learnt more from their degree than merely the details of the subject. Our students find „ Greek or Latin for Beginners: these Do you enjoy… that their degree has been a real education modules involve intensive study of ? and a source of continuing satisfaction to the language. By the end of your first Studying the literary and them, whatever employment they take up year of study you will be ready to read archaeological heritage of after leaving us. Recent graduates of the original texts and your command of the ancient world? Classics Department have pursued careers the language will be at the same level in business, journalism, public relations, as those who have studied it before Exploring the ideas and the heritage and museum work, publishing, entering university. political, social and cultural teaching and theatre, and are working for „ Intermediate level modules in Greek history of ancient civilisations? companies ranging from McKinsey and and Latin are typically text-based, and Co. and the Sunday Independent to the introduce you to the critical reading Learning languages? Gare St. Lazare Players. of Greek and Latin literature through a close examination and contextualisation of poetry and prose works, including

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SPECIAL ENTRY REQUIREMENTS GET IN TOUCH Leaving Certificate H4 In Greek, Latin or in another language other than English www.histories-humanities.tcd.ie Advanced GCE Grade C In Greek, Latin or in another language other than English (A Level) www.tcd.ie/Classics

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(for Greek) Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey, the will be able to choose from a range of special Histories of Herodotus, and the tragedies subject options: modules offered recently of Sophocles and Euripides; and (for Latin) include Ancient Cyprus; Entertainment and What our graduates say the comedies of Plautus and Terence, Spectacle in the Greek and Roman Worlds; Lucy Withrington Virgil’s Aeneid and the love poems of Goddesses of the Ancient Mediterranean; (Classics, 2014). Catullus and Ovid. Anthropology and the Greeks; Kings and Account director for Cities; and Rhetoric: The Art of Persuasion. SECOND, THIRD AND FOURTH YEARS marketing agency KHWS, In your second year, you will be asked to Classical Civilisation modules in years 2 and London, UK. confirm your choice of pathway, and will have 3 focus on specific authors (e.g. Homer, Virgil, “The Classics degree has a the opportunity to focus on the aspects of the Herodotus), genres (e.g. tragedy, comedy, varied curriculum ranging programme that most interest you. philosophy) or themes (e.g. gender and from ancient military history to political literature, sexuality, identity and self-image). In these with large-scale lectures to small translation Students following the single language modules you will analyse ancient texts both classes, and enabled me to experience a range pathway choose a preponderance of modules as literature and as gateways into culture and of academic disciplines taught by expert in Ancient History and Archaeology or thought, discuss key themes of relevance lecturers. On the extracurricular side, there’s Classical Civilisation in accordance with their to both the ancient and modern world, and a wealth of guest lectures throughout the preferred degree outcome (Single or Joint refine your analysis of texts in their literary year, a fantastic Classics Society, and I even Honours or Major/Minor). At this stage, you and cultural context through more specialised had the opportunity to study in Thessaloniki. may or may not choose to continue with the skills and methodologies. In year 4, you will The multidisciplinary aspect of Classics has language taken in Year 1; you will also have be able to choose from a range of special equipped me with transferrable skills that daily the option of taking Trinity Elective modules or subject options, as for Ancient History and impact my professional career. It has made me an analytical and lateral thinker and given me Approved Modules from another programme. Archaeology above. a comprehensive understanding of language Students following the dual language Third and fourth year modules in Classics to marshal arguments, present pitches and sell-in to clients clearly and confidently. It’s pathway will continue to study both languages progress to an in-depth study of topics in at Beginners or Intermediate level, and will provided me with a deadline-driven attitude Greek and Roman literature, history and and a self-discipline that’s definitely needed in also have the option of taking Trinity Elective culture. You will refine your analysis of texts this industry!” modules or Approved Modules from another in their literary and cultural context through programme. more specialised skills and methodologies, such as textual criticism, linguistics and In third and fourth year, you will continue What our current students say literary theories. Greek topics may include to specialise in either Ancient History and Greek comedy, Greek historians, the Greek Andrew Beazley, 4th year Archaeology, Classical Civilisation or Classics, novel, and Hellenistic poetry. Latin topics Classics. From London, according to your preferred degree outcome. may include Augustan poetry, didactic poetry, UK. Year 4 for all students includes a Capstone early Latin, informal Latin, and Roman satire. “Reading literature was project, in the form of a dissertation on a subject Language labs or a separate advanced always an abiding passion, of your choice. This is an opportunity to carry and I was drawn to the language module will assist you in improving out research which will allow you to develop Single Honours course at your fluency and accuracy in reading and independent ideas and acquire critical skills Trinity precisely because interpretation. while investigating in greater depth an area that of its extensive focus on particularly interests you. All modules are taught reading the Latin and Classical Greek authors in their original languages. Whether it’s Plato’s through lectures and small-group seminars. Study abroad mind-bending Greek, or Catullus’ razor sharp Ancient History and Archaeology modules in Latin, there is something sacred and special in reading the ancients in their own tongue and years 2 and 3 offer the opportunity to focus on The Department has valuable Erasmus links with the Universities of Cyprus, Udine (Italy), on their own terms. This Department cares for specific themes and periods in the history and all its students as individuals, not bar codes to archaeology of the Mediterranean, develop Geneva, Bordeaux, and Koç (Turkey). Students are also able to avail of University-wide be processed, and the Classics Faculty here are a deeper awareness of methods and theory, extremely knowledgeable, and equally kind – exchanges, for example, to North America and engage with ethical issues concerning cultural a rare combination indeed.” heritage, discuss key themes of relevance to Australia. These opportunities allow students both the ancient and modern world, and to do the option of spending a year or part of a year ‘hands on’ work with artefacts. In year 4, you abroad.

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COURSE CODE Joint Honours DEGREE AWARDED B.A. (see below) DEGREE TYPE Honours Bachelor Degree PLACES 2018 23 NFQ Level 8 CAO POINTS 2017 379-520 AWARDING BODY Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin

Ancient History and Archaeology is studied as a Joint Honours subject with one of the following options:

TR111 Geography

TR112 History

TR113 History of Art and Architecture

TR114 Modern Language* (French, Irish, Russian)

TR117 Religion

TR547 Middle Eastern, Jewish and Islamic Civilisations

* See page 96 for language options and Ancient History Graduate skills and requirements and Archaeology: career opportunities

The course for you? Recent graduates have entered many fields You will enjoy this course if you are interested including archaeology, archaeological consultancy in Ireland and the UK, heritage What is Ancient History in studying the history and culture of the Greeks and Romans – their achievements and museum work (for example the National and Archaeology? and their profound influence on the modern Museum of Ireland), art restoration, teaching world – through the complementary study and higher education policy, publishing, Ancient History and Archaeology are both of history and archaeology. You will have the business, computing, accountancy, concerned with understanding social, opportunity to get practical experience and government and social work. Recent political and cultural experience in the past. take part in Study Tours. graduates are working for companies as This course offers you the opportunity to diverse as McKinsey and Co and Cambridge range across these two broad disciplines. University Press. Each year some of our You will study the Greek and Roman worlds Ancient History and graduates also opt to pursue a research by working with historical and literary career in history or archaeology beginning documents alongside the material remains Archaeology @ Trinity with postgraduate study in Ireland or abroad. of ancient sites and artefacts. All material is studied in translation and no knowledge The Department of Classics has a world- of Greek or Latin is required, but there are renowned reputation. Its courses are taught opportunities to take introductory modules by academics at the top of their fields. Your degree and in the languages. Ancient History and Archaeology offers you what you’ll study the opportunity to learn about the ancient world in a fun and friendly environment Over your four years you will develop a and learn not only about the past but broad understanding of the ancient world also about its significance to the present. through its history and archaeology, moving Do you enjoy… from introductory courses in the first year, to ? There are opportunities to participate in archaeological fieldwork in Ireland, the more focused thematic topics in the second Learning about Greek and and third years, and choosing from a range Roman life? UK and the Mediterranean and in study tours to classical sites, for both credit and of specialised options in your final year. In The study of archaeological non-credit. The course is taught through a these modules, you will explore not only the sites and objects? mixture of lectures, practical classes and Greek and Roman worlds specifically but small-group seminars, which encourage also their relationships with neighbouring Exploring political, social and lively discussion and the development of cultures, such as Egypt and the Near East, cultural history? independent thinking. It is also possible to and their place within the Mediterranean and study abroad for a semester or a whole year. beyond. A combination of end-of-semester examination and continuous assessment (e.g. essays, seminar presentations and

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team projects, artefact studies and short FOURTH YEAR commentaries on texts) is used to assess your If you decide to study Ancient History and progress, and a thesis is written in the final year. Archaeology in the final year you will be able What our graduates say to choose from a range of special subject Simon Deignan (Ancient FIRST YEAR options on offer. Modules offered recently History and Archaeology, In first year you will take three modules which include Ancient Cyprus; Entertainment and 2016). Translation give you a solid introduction to the Greek and Spectacle in the Greek and Roman Worlds; Proofreader & Copy Roman worlds and to the skills and approaches Goddesses of the Ancient Mediterranean; Editor, Smartbox Group, of the two disciplines. There are approximately Anthropology and the Greeks; Kings and Dublin six hours of classes per week in the first year. Cities; Rhetoric: The Art of Persuasion. “It was an absolute pleasure „ Greek and Roman History You will also write a thesis on a subject of to study in the Classics „ Greek and Roman Art your choice. This is an opportunity to carry Department and it is an experience I’d repeat in a heartbeat. AHA „ Sources and Methods in History and out research which will allow you to develop was a stimulating course and the standard of independent ideas and acquire critical skills Archaeology lecturing was second to none. It was obvious while investigating in greater depth an area from day one how dedicated the staff of the SECOND AND THIRD YEARS that particularly interests you. Classics Department were and how they Modules in the second and third years offer wished nothing but the best for each of their the opportunity to focus on specific themes students. Each year was challenging and and periods in the history and archaeology Study abroad students felt a great sense of accomplishment of the Mediterranean, develop a deeper upon graduating. I was privileged to have spent awareness of methods and theory, engage Trinity has strong links with many Classics four years studying in such an encouraging with ethical issues concerning cultural departments abroad, including active environment. The course definitely helped install a work ethic and a sense of organisation heritage, discuss key themes of relevance participation in the Erasmus exchange that I know didn’t have before I got to college.” to both the ancient and modern world, and programme. The Department has valuable to do ‘hands on’ work with artefacts. Over Erasmus links with the Universities of Cyprus, the two years you will study topics in: Greek Udine (Italy), Geneva, Bordeaux and Koç What our current students say Archaeology and History, Aegean Bronze Age (Turkey). Students are also able to avail of Archaeology, Roman Archaeology and History, University-wide exchanges, for example, Terri Costello, 3rd year and the History and Archaeology of Roman to North America and Australia. These Ancient History and Britain. There are also options to do practical opportunities allow students the option of Archaeology and History archaeological work or an approved study spending a year or part of a year abroad.. of Art and Architecture. tour to the Mediterranean in place of a taught From Nottingham, New module in these years. It is also possible to Hampshire, USA take introductory modules in Greek or Latin. “During my time studying Ancient History and Archaeology I have been introduced to not only the basic methodologies of archaeology, but also how these practical skills have contributed, and continue to contribute to the ever-widening understanding of the Classical period of world history. Through the help of the Classics department and my wonderful professors I was able to gain hands-on experience on an Etruscan excavation and join a course on restoration of Roman pottery in Italy. Studying AHA at Trinity has not only led to amazing opportunities, but has also given me some of my best friends and memories from university.”

www.tcd.ie/study 49 Classical Civilisation

COURSE CODE Joint Honours DEGREE AWARDED B.A. (see below) DEGREE TYPE Honours Bachelor Degree PLACES 2018 29 NFQ Level 8 CAO POINTS 2017 369-520 AWARDING BODY Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin

Classical Civilisation is studied as a Joint tours and summer schools to classical sites Honours subject with one of the following Classical Civilisation: for both credit and non-credit. The course options: The course for you? is taught through a mixture of lectures and small-group seminars, which encourage If you enjoy literature; if you want to TR166 English Literature lively discussion and the development of acquire an understanding of the past and independent thinking. It is also possible to TR173 History of Art and Architecture its influence; if you would like to engage study abroad for a semester or a whole year. with the mythology, poetic imagination, Modern Language* (German, TR177 depth of thought and historical value of two Italian, Irish, Spanish) civilisations that shaped the western world, TR179 Philosophy this may be the course for you. Graduate skills and career opportunities TR548 Middle Eastern, Jewish and Islamic Civilisations Business, librarianship, museum work, Classical Civilisation @ Trinity publishing, teaching and theatre are some TR663 Religion of the many fields recent graduates have The Department of Classics has a world- entered. Recent graduates are working * See page 96 for language options and renowned reputation and courses are for companies as diverse as Smurfit requirements taught by academics at the top of their Communications, Blackwell Publishing fields. Classical Civilisation offers you the and the Gare St. Lazare Players. Students opportunity to learn about the ancient who opted to undertake further study world in a fun and friendly environment have selected courses ranging from law and learn not only about the past but also What is Classical Civilisation? and marketing to teacher training and about its significance to the present. There international peace studies. The study of Classical Civilisation is are opportunities to participate in study concerned with the literature, thought and culture of Ancient Greece and Rome. Through the examination and contextualisation of literary works and the analysis of the main aspects of ancient history and art, you will develop a thorough knowledge of the classical world and a critical approach to Greek and Roman literature. All texts are studied in translation and no knowledge of Greek or Latin is required, but there are opportunities to study the languages at an introductory level.

? Do you enjoy… The study of literature and drama?

Learning about the ideas and customs of other cultures?

Exploring similarities and differences between the classical past and the present?

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You will explore, for example, how the Greeks Your degree and and Romans saw themselves and other what you’ll study cultures; how they tried to make sense of the What our graduates say world around them through philosophy and Cillian Rossi (Classical Over the four years you will develop a broad religion; how they thought about politics and Civilisation and French, understanding of the classical world, primarily ideology, ethnicity and identity, life and death. through its literature. You will move from 2015). Programme introductory modules in history and art in FOURTH YEAR Developer for Anti- the first year to the study of specific authors, If you decide to study Classical Civilisation in Corruption NGO, Dublin. genres and themes in the second and third the final year, you will be able to choose from “I look back on my years. In your final year you will choose from a a range of special subject options on offer. time studying Classical range of specialised options. All modules are Modules offered recently include; Ancient Civilisation in Trinity with enormous fondness. Guided taught by lectures and small-group seminars. A Cyprus; Entertainment and Spectacle in the by world-leading professors who challenged combination of end-of-semester examination Greek and Roman Worlds; Goddesses of the each student to think critically and carefully and continuous assessment (e.g. essays, Ancient Mediterranean; Anthropology and the about the past, the wide-ranging course seminar presentations and team projects, Greeks; Kings and Cities; Rhetoric: The Art of provided me with a comprehensive grounding artefact studies and short commentaries on Persuasion. in the foundational texts and ideas of the texts) is used to assess your progress, and a classical world. Small class sizes facilitated thesis is written in the final year. You will also write a thesis on a subject of lively discussion, allowing me to build lasting your choice. This is an opportunity to do relationships with classmates and professors FIRST YEAR research which will allow you to develop alike. Career prospects matter of course, and In first year you will be introduced to the independent ideas and acquire critical skills the unique educational experience offered critical study of ancient history, art and while investigating in greater depth an area by the Department of Classics equipped me architecture, myth and religion, with a that particularly interests you. with valuable skills in critical thinking and view to acquiring a comprehensive and problem-solving that have served me well in interdisciplinary perspective on classical the professional world.” culture. There are approximately six hours Study abroad of classes per week in first year. There is the What our current students say option of taking an introductory module in Trinity has strong links with many Classics either Greek or Latin. departments abroad, including active Jerie Macapagal, 2nd participation in the Erasmus exchange year Classical Civilisation „ Greek and Roman History programme. The Department has valuable From Lucan, Co. Dublin „ Greek and Roman Art and Architecture Erasmus links with the Universities of Cyprus, “The Classical Civilisation „ Greek and Roman Mythology and Religion Udine (Italy), Geneva, Bordeaux and Koç course so far has been, (Turkey). Students are also able to avail of in my humble opinion, a SECOND AND THIRD YEARS University-wide exchanges, for example, great experience. The first In each of these two years you will take four or to North America and Australia. These year, although general, is a five modules which focus on specific authors opportunities allow students the option of necessary comprehensive foundation for further study. You learn about (e.g. Homer, Virgil, Herodotus), genres (e.g. spending a year or part of a year abroad. tragedy, comedy, philosophy) or themes (e.g. the big moments of Classical civilisations, war gender and sexuality, identity and self-image). and its aftermath, social change, alongside material history, myth and religion. Second In these modules you will analyse ancient year builds expansively upon this, from looking texts both as literature and as gateways into critically at sources like Herodotus and Cicero, culture and thought, discuss key themes of to the social identity of Greeks and Roman in relevance to both the ancient and modern Memory and Commemoration. This course world, and refine your analysis of texts in their truly allows the breathing space for students literary and cultural context through more to find what they’re really interested in as well specialised skills and methodologies. It is as giving them a solid understanding of what it possible to take options which will provide meant to exist in the Classical World.” an introduction to Greek or Latin. All the modules are taught through lectures and small-group seminars.

www.tcd.ie/study 51 Classical Languages

COURSE CODE Joint Honours DEGREE AWARDED B.A. (see below) DEGREE TYPE Honours Bachelor Degree PLACES 2018 10 NFQ Level 8 CAO POINTS 2017 454-520 AWARDING BODY Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin

Classical Languages is studied as a Joint gateway into the culture and thought of Honours subject with one of the following Classical Languages @ Trinity ancient Greece/Rome. Through the critical options: study of ancient history, myth and religion, Greek and Latin have been taught in you will acquire a comprehensive and Trinity since its foundation just over 400 interdisciplinary perspective on classical TR228 English Literature years ago, and Trinity is unique in having culture. For all of your language-based professorships in both Greek and Latin. TR231 History of Art and Architecture courses the groups will be small, stimulating To study Greek and Roman civilisation is lively discussion, analytic skills, and the TR233 Middle Eastern, Jewish and Islamic to study the roots of western civilisation, development of independent thinking. Civilisations the origins of our political and cultural institutions, and to understand how the TR239 Modern Language* (French, FIRST AND SECOND YEARS German) classical past has profoundly affected ideas In first year you will be introduced to the and values in the contemporary world. critical study of ancient history, culture and * See page 96 for language options and literature. The language-based modules requirements The Department of Classics has a world- you take depend on whether you have renowned reputation. Its courses are taught studied Greek/Latin before or are taking by academics at the top of their fields. it up as a beginner. In second year you The course is taught through a mixture of continue the study of Greek/Latin language, lectures, practical classes and small-group What is Classical Languages? literature and history. Modules are taught seminars, which encourage lively discussion by lectures and small-group seminars. The study of Classical Languages is and the development of independent There are six to eight contact hours per concerned with the language, literature and thinking. It is also possible to study abroad week. A combination of end-of-semester thought of either Ancient Greece or Ancient for a semester or a whole year. Rome. You will choose to study either Greek examination and continuous assessment or Latin. Through the reading of literature in (e.g. essays, unseen translations and other language tests, textual commentaries, the original language and the examination Graduate skills and of key aspects of ancient history, you will seminar presentations), and a thesis in the develop a thorough knowledge of the career opportunities final year forms the assessment. classical world and a critical approach to Study of the ancient world develops skills „ Greek and Roman History textual and material culture. of interpretation and communication „ Greek and Roman Mythology and that go far beyond a knowledge of books, Religion dates and events; these skills offer positive „ Sources and Methods in History and Classical Languages: advantages in the hunt for a job. Recent Archaeology The course for you? graduates are working in many fields including the diplomatic service, the civil Ancient Greek/Latin for beginners If you are interested in studying the service, banking and accountancy, business, „ Elementary Greek/Latin – an intensive language, the poetic imagination, the depth computers, journalism and broadcasting, introduction to the Ancient Greek or of thought and the historical value of one law, librarianship, publishing, teaching and Latin language. By the end of the year of the civilisations that shaped the Western theatre. Some graduates opt to pursue an you will be ready to read original texts world, you will enjoy this course. academic career with postgraduate study in and your command of the language will Ireland and abroad. be at the same level as those who have studied it before entering university.

Do you enjoy… Your degree and Ancient Greek/Latin for non-beginners ? what you’ll study „ Greek/Latin authors – text-based Learning languages? modules introduce you to the critical Over the four years you will read texts in reading of Greek/Latin literature Close study and discussion of Greek a wide variety of genres, including epic, through a close examination and and Roman literary and historical tragedy, comedy, philosophy, oratory and contextualisation of the oldest and most works? historiography. Whether you are continuing influential works in western literature. your language studies or taking Greek/ Exploring the interactions between Greek texts include Homer’s Iliad and Latin as a beginner, you will engage with classical literature and its historical Odyssey, the Histories of Herodotus, the ancient texts both as literature and as a and cultural context? tragedies of Euripides and Sophocles

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SPECIAL ENTRY REQUIREMENTS GET IN TOUCH! Leaving Certificate H4 In Greek, Latin or in a language other than English www.histories-humanities.tcd.ie Advanced GCE Grade C In Greek, Latin or in a language other than English (A Level) www.tcd.ie/Classics

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What our graduates say Sana Sanai (Latin and English Literature, 2016). Modern Middle Eastern Studies MPhil candidate “It would be impossible not to become acutely aware of your privilege when sitting in the Classics department’s seminar room, with a penthouse view of Trinity’s Old Library, and the philosophical prose of Plato. Latin surrounded by the most intellectually curious texts include the comedies of Plautus Study abroad of students; or when reading millennia-old and Terence, Cicero’s famous speech literature, in its original form, with the guidance Trinity has strong links with many Classics On Behalf of Caelius, Virgil’s Aeneid, the of some of greatest minds in the field. A degree departments abroad, including active love poems of Catullus and Ovid, and the from Trinity certainly opens doors. But the participation in the Erasmus exchange letters of Pliny the Younger. Built into these lessons that I learnt (both within and beyond the programme. The Department has valuable modules is a weekly ‘language laboratory’ walls of lecture theatres) from the members of Erasmus links with the Universities of Cyprus, this uniquely close-knit department far surpass designed to consolidate your grammatical Udine (Italy), Geneva, Bordeaux and Koç the value of that final transcript. If I could return knowledge and translation skills. (Turkey). Students are also able to avail of to do it all over again, I would in a heartbeat.” University-wide exchanges, for example, THIRD AND FOURTH YEARS to North America and Australia. These In third and fourth years you will progress to What our current students say an in-depth study of topics in Greek/Latin opportunities allow students the option of literature, history and culture. You will refine spending a year or part of a year abroad. Rory O’Sullivan, 3rd your analysis of texts in their literary and year Greek and English cultural context through more specialised Literature. From Cork skills and methodologies, such as textual city. criticism, linguistics and literary theories. “In studying Ancient Greek, Greek topics may include Greek historians, you read the writings of Greek comedy, the Greek novel, and some of the cleverest, Hellenistic poetry. Latin topics may include daftest, most brilliant people Augustan poetry, Didactic poetry, Early Latin, who’ve ever lived. There’d be Informal Latin and Roman satire. In third year, no Shakespeare without Plutarch, no democracy without Athens, no Christianity without Plato. you will continue to study ancient history, You get the chance to understand Greek authors while language labs or a separate advanced on their own terms, to walk a mile in their shoes; language module will assist you in improving like all good things, they’re untranslatable. your fluency and accuracy in reading and The class sizes are small, so you have genuine interpretation. In fourth year you may also contact with the department’s lecturers, who are study a special topic in Classical culture and the best and most challenging teachers I’ve had. will write a dissertation on a subject of your Greek isn’t for the faint-hearted, but I couldn’t choice. The dissertation is an opportunity to recommend it enough.” do research which will allow you to develop independent ideas and acquire critical skills, while investigating in great depth an area that particularly interests you.

www.tcd.ie/study 53 Clinical Speech and Language Studies

DEGREE AWARDED B.Sc. (Clin. Lang.) COURSE CODE TR007 DEGREE TYPE Honours Bachelor Degree PLACES 2018 34 NFQ Level 8 CAO POINTS 2017 511 AWARDING BODY Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin

Whilst graduates emerge with an in-depth What is Clinical Speech and Clinical Speech and Language knowledge of their discipline, they will have Language Studies? Studies: The course for you? developed transferable skills that provide a strong foundation to engage with society and To speak and write, to listen and learn, to be Studying speech and language therapy the workplace. Graduates develop the ability understood, the abilities most fundamental opens up a huge range of opportunities and to think independently, act responsibly, to human communication and interaction allows you to apply your unique talents and communicate effectively and develop can be impaired by a wide range of interests to this fascinating area of study. continuously. Graduates are ethically minded, conditions, from stroke to cerebral palsy, resourceful and are ready to embrace This course will appeal to you if you have hearing impairment, learning disabilities, challenges and innovations in their chosen an interest in how speech, language, developmental delays, and autism. Speech specialty. They become key stakeholders communication and swallowing works and and Language Therapists work with people in the development of the speech and how these areas may be affected in either of all ages and assess, diagnose and treat language therapy profession in national children or adults. You will enjoy this course individuals with a variety of communication and international healthcare contexts. and swallowing disorders. Since if you like a variety of teaching, learning and communication and swallowing difficulties assessment approaches, such as lectures, Graduates from this course are highly affect every aspect of a person’s life, the problem-based and case-based learning sought after and valued by employers work of the speech and language therapist and clinical practice. in healthcare and educational contexts. is multi-faceted and therapists work in a variety of settings, from schools to hospitals and other clinical settings. Clinical Speech and Language Your degree and Studies @ Trinity To embark on this exciting professional what you’ll study career, as a speech and language therapist, When you decide on a career as an allied The four-year honours degree course you will complete a four-year honours healthcare professional, you need to ensure comprises an integrated programme of degree in the Department of Clinical Speech you have the best academic and clinical theory and practice. The key strands within and Language Studies. You will study preparation to succeed. Aligning yourself the curriculum are: Speech and Language the core areas of speech and language with one of the top-ranking universities in Pathology and Swallowing Disorders, pathology, linguistics, psychology and the the world, is an ideal foundation for your Clinical Practice, Linguistics, Psychology, basic medical sciences, such as anatomy career path. The Department of Clinical Research and Basic Sciences (e.g. Anatomy and physiology. You will also engage in Speech and Language Studies is the longest- and Physiology). supervised clinical practice across a range established, accredited undergraduate of settings. programme in speech and language Much of first year is focused on foundation therapy in Ireland. The team involved in the studies that provide a context for delivery of this course, enjoy national and understanding typical communication international recognition in teaching and and swallowing behaviours. The emphasis Do you enjoy… research, and are experts in their respective in second year is on understanding and ? fields. You will be part of a stimulating and assessing the strengths and needs of the Working with a diverse range of exciting teaching and learning environment client population served by the profession, children and adults who may face and enjoy a curriculum that is both research together with studying speech sciences, challenges in communication? led and practice driven. psychology and linguistics. Third year places emphasis on the application of Do you have an interest in how this knowledge to intervention in clinical people communicate? Graduate skills and contexts. You will also study neurology, psychiatry, discourse analysis and further Are you people-oriented, career opportunities develop your research skills. In fourth highly motivated and open to a year, students are provided with the You might be surprised to learn that the collaborative problem–solving opportunity to integrate knowledge skills knowledge and skills developed while approach to learning? and competencies, acquired through the studying Clinical Speech and Language four years. Students prepare to become Studies equips graduates to work in a wide practitioners and researchers and complete range of interesting and challenging contexts. Capstone research project.

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SPECIAL ENTRY REQUIREMENTS GET IN TOUCH! Leaving Certificate O6/H6 Mathematics www.tcd.ie/slscs/clinical-speech-language In addition: H4 In one of English, French, German, Irish, Italian, Russian Email: [email protected] or Spanish Tel: +353 1 896 1496 H4 In one of Mathematics, applied Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Physics/Chemistry or Agricultural Science

GCSE Grade C Mathematics

In addition: Either GCSE Grade B In one of Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Mathematics Advanced GCE Grade C In one of English, French, German, Irish, Italian, Russian (A Level) or Spanish Or GCSE Grade B In one of English, French, German, Irish, Italian, Russian or Spanish What our graduates say Advanced GCE Grade C In one of Physics, Chemistry, Biology Or Mathematics (A Level) Sarah Rowland, Speech and Language Therapist (SLT), Dublin “During an enjoyable See health screening, page 257. four years of study, Students will be required to undergo Garda vetting, see page 257 for further details. I acquired the Note: There may be additional costs for students related to travel and clinical materials foundation knowledge during clinical placements. and tools to shape my development, qualify as a Speech and Language Therapist. My learning highlights were Clinical activities and placements provide an periods of clinical important learning context from the start of the Study abroad practice, where I had the opportunity to work under supervision of Speech and Language course. The department has access to a wide Whilst the Department of Clinical Speech and Therapists in a variety of settings, including range of service settings and clinics, in which to Language Studies has a strong international schools, hospitals and adult rehabilitation units. place students e.g. hospitals, schools, clinics, network, the nature of the professional These supportive clinical learning environments rehabilitation centres. During term time, an course – in terms of the clinical practice afforded me the opportunity to put theory into average of one day per week is reserved for requirements – precludes study abroad at practice and develop clinical reasoning skills, a clinical work. You will also be required to undergraduate level. However, students get sense of professional identity and recognise the undertake clinical practice outside term time. need for continuous life-long learning. Having an opportunity to engage in international graduated in 2015, I am currently a member of a summer schools, in the summer vacation ASSESSMENT multi-disciplinary health care team, working on The course employs a wide range of teaching, period. swallowing and communication disorders in the learning and assessment strategies. Both Elderly. The service provides both inpatient and On graduation, your qualification from Trinity continuous assessment and end of semester day Hospital Care for the elderly in the Dublin area.” is recognised as a licence to practise as a exams are undertaken across the four years. Speech and Language Therapist in Ireland. The range and diversity of assessment formats Those holding the degree are eligible to account for varying student learning styles. What our current students say apply for statutory registration with CORU and membership of the Irish Association of Heidi Kavanagh, Dublin CAPSTONE “I had trouble In your final year of study, you will undertake Speech and Language Therapists (IASLT): filling out a Capstone project – an independent www.iaslt.ie. Graduates who wish to work in the UK should contact the UK Health the CAO form research project which comprises an because Professionals Council: www.hpc-uk.org. in-depth investigation of a specific area I had such a Graduates of the course, who wish to work in of scholarship. The Capstone project is a wide range of catalyst to enable you to reflect on your another European country, will have to apply interests, but learning from the programme as a whole for government approval in that country. If Clinical Speech and to demonstrate your ability to think you are considering applying for professional and Language independently, communicate effectively, recognition to work as a Speech-Language Studies is so impressively diverse, it has allowed me to explore almost all of them. Whether it’s develop continuously and act responsibly Pathologist in the US or Canada, you should working with children or older people, in a as you transition to the world of work or to contact the American Speech-Language- school or in a hospital, moving from lectures postgraduate studies. Hearing Association at: www.asha.org or the Canadian Association of Speech-Language about sign language or psychology, to working with donor bodies in anatomy, there’s never Pathologists and Audiologists at: sac-oac.ca/ been a dull day. Trinity has opened a whole new For more detailed information on your career world for me, with its vibrant community and passionate lecturers.” prospects, visit the professional associations’ websites at: www.iaslt.ie and: www.rcslt.org

www.tcd.ie/study 55 Deaf Studies

DEGREE AWARDED Bachelor in Deaf Studies (B.St.Su.) COURSE CODE TR016 DEGREE TYPE Honours Bachelor Degree PLACES 2018 20 NFQ Level 8 CAO POINTS 2017 331 AWARDING BODY Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin

The multi-disciplinary approach to your What is Deaf Studies? studies is led by a strong academic Deaf Studies @ Trinity team, many of whom are Deaf. It will The Centre for Deaf Studies in Trinity The Centre for Deaf Studies in Trinity has provide in-depth training that prepares College affords students the opportunity an international reputation for its work: undergraduates for a number of exciting to develop insights into, and genuine we bring approaches from across many career options working with Deaf people, appreciation for the culture, contributions, disciplines (linguistics, equality studies, in education, community and a range of and contemporary issues related to Deaf psychology, education, disability studies, other service settings e.g., as a disability people in Ireland and worldwide. The gender studies, interpreting studies, officer, resource officer, research assistant undergraduate programme is the only one social policy and digital humanities) to or as an administrator in Deaf community of its kind in Ireland. Irish Sign Language bear on our work with Deaf communities. organisations. With this foundation, students (ISL) is the indigenous language of the Deaf We engage closely with the Irish Deaf frequently go on to postgraduate study. Community in Ireland and is the working community and students will have the language at the Centre for Deaf Studies. opportunity to learn from many of the world’s leading scholars in this discipline ISL is a language like any other language, Deaf Studies: who collaborate with the Centre for Deaf but it happens to use signs rather than The course for you? Studies (CDS) staff. sounds. There are many different sign languages in the world in the same way Deaf Studies is the right course for you if… Our curriculum is comprehensive, as there are different spoken languages. innovative and exciting. Our expert faculty ISL is one of the many signed languages „ You are interested in studying Irish Sign guide students on their journey into the recognised by European Institutions and Language (ISL), Deaf culture and aspects “Deaf World”, encouraging students to Northern Ireland. During the four year of the Deaf community use their budding sign language skills to course students develop fluency in ISL. As „ You wish to acquire an understanding of engage with the local Deaf community. a student you may choose to specialise as the Deaf community as a part of human Students at CDS also have opportunities an ISL/English Interpreter, an ISL teacher or diversity to undertake research projects in areas that to focus on Deaf Studies. The coursework „ You wish to spend your professional have not yet been tackled, in the knowledge also provides information on the historical or social life after graduation in the that their findings really help document and cultural background of the Irish Deaf Deaf community, or to make further the contemporary experience of the Irish community with particular emphasis on contributions in a chosen academic Deaf community. the perspective of Deaf people living in a discipline hearing society. Students entering the Deaf „ Studies programme will explore a range of You are hearing, Deaf or hard of hearing – educational, social, cultural, linguistic, and all are encouraged to apply and no prior psychological issues and their application to knowledge of sign language is required Deaf people, as individuals, as a community, and as a linguistic and cultural minority.

Do you think you ? will enjoy… Learning to communicate through ISL?

Learning a language in a small group setting?

Working with a minority community?

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SPECIAL ENTRY REQUIREMENTS GET IN TOUCH! Leaving Certificate H4 English Further information and contact details O6/H6 In a language other than English Centre for Deaf Studies Advanced GCE Grade C English Literature (A or B) or English Language (A or B) School of Linguistic, Speech and (A Level): Communication Sciences GCSE: Grade C In a language other than English Trinity College Dublin The University of Dublin www.tcd.ie/slscs/cds Email: [email protected] Tel: +353 1 896 1560

For students taking the ISL teaching route, Graduate skills and aspects of the psychology of education career opportunities are introduced, along with guidance on What our graduates say planning and implementing a curriculum and Jenny Healy, Dublin Graduates frequently work in Deaf assessing student performance. Students organisations, for example as a resource in the third and fourth year complete a “I graduated from the Centre for Deaf officer or combined with another skill set, Capstone research project. such as teaching, ISL interpreting, child care, Studies in 2015. Looking back at social work, public service bodies, the Civil Across the four years of the degree you my time spent in Service or the media. There is also scope for will develop a high level of competency Trinity I feel quite further study or research in areas such as in ISL skills. Language teaching is mapped fortunate to have linguistics, communications, anthropology, to the Common European Framework of been a student there. multiculturalism, gender studies or law. Reference for Languages (CEFR, Council I made friends for of Europe), so you will be able to map your life and gained the progress against your knowledge of other knowledge, tools and Your degree and languages. Coursework is intended to confidence needed to find my dream job after university. I am now working as an Irish Sign what you’ll study develop performance and proficiency in Irish Sign Language. Students will also participate Language teacher, which is an exciting and fulfilling job that allows you to work with both in field experiences, enabling them to put The programme in Deaf Studies draws on adults and kids.” a core faculty with interests in Irish Sign into practice knowledge gained through Language and Deaf Studies, as well as other academic courses. Competence in Irish Sign faculty within the University and the School Language is fundamental to gaining an in- What our current students say of Linguistics Speech and Communication depth understanding of the Deaf community, Sciences, with expertise in bilingualism, and is a requirement of the programme. Kate Privett, 4th year, Co. Wicklow biculturalism, reading, literacy, linguistics and “Since I was applied linguistics, cognitive and language THEORETICAL COMPONENT accepted into Deaf development, language teaching, special Theoretical courses introduce you to Studies three years ago, I have been education, and counselling. This course aspects of language acquisition, linguistics, immersed into a gives an in-depth understanding of the Irish sociolinguistics, social policy, and social brand new culture Deaf community and of the experience of studies. Each theoretical course involves two hours of lecture time per week plus and language that Deaf people internationally, historically I have fallen in love an expectation of self-study. and in contemporary society. Core courses with. I am currently detailing the history, education, literature studying under the ASSESSMENT and language of the Deaf will be taught by interpreting strand, The course employs a wide range of teaching, both Deaf and hearing staff. one of three available in the course. Although it learning and assessment strategies. Both can be stressful, it is extremely rewarding and ISL is studied across the programme. In continuous assessment and end of semester I am now working towards a career as an Irish years two and three, themes such as Deaf exams are undertaken across the four years. Sign Language Interpreter, and hope to further education, Deaf people in the media, the legal The range and diversity of assessment formats my studies in the future.” and political standing of signed languages account for varying student learning styles. and access to critical public health services are explored, along with understanding of the structure of ISL, the sociolinguistic context and Study abroad and internship the path to acquisition of a signed language opportunities for deaf children. For ISL/English interpreting students, translation theory and the practical Students undertake practical placements skills of interpreting, guided by ethical practice, in the third year and whilst students are are emphasised in years three and four. usually placed in an Irish organisation, it is possible, by special arrangement, to arrange a placement abroad.

www.tcd.ie/study 57 Drama and Theatre Studies, and Drama Studies

COURSE CODE TR025 Joint Honours DEGREE AWARDED B.A. (see below) DEGREE TYPE Honours Bachelor Degree PLACES 2018 17 24 NFQ Level 8 CAO POINTS 2017 451 469-507 AWARDING BODY Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin

TR025 Drama and Theatre Studies is studied The study of drama and theatre is a study as a Single Honours subject AND Drama of the human condition as explored and Graduate skills and Studies is studied as a Joint Honours subject expressed through these creative arts. career opportunities with one of the following options: Many of our graduates seek employment in TR276 English Literature Drama: The course for you? theatre or related professions and a large percentage of today’s Irish theatre-makers TR311 Film Studies All Drama pathways explore the relationship between the theory and practice of Drama and are alumni. Some graduates opt to take TR323 Modern Language * (Italian, Theatre to discover how and why they work. further training or apprenticeships, whilst Russian, Spanish) others go straight into working in specialist The strong developmental emphasis of areas of theatre, film, or television (such TR635 Music the courses requires a particular blend of as directing, acting, design, playwriting, TR755 Sociology practical and academic skills. In addition management, community drama and to a high level of analytical ability and teaching). Some have formed their own * See page 96 for language options and creativity, you will need to possess theatre companies; many have won awards. requirements resourcefulness and self-motivation. Others have chosen research careers beginning with further study at postgraduate Teaching is by lecture, seminar and workshop, level. Even for graduates who decide not to with a strong emphasis on experiential pursue theatre as a career, the core skills of learning and practice-based research through theatre laboratory and production research, writing, organisation, collaboration, opportunities. This leads to a relatively high and interpersonal communication that they What is Drama? number of contact hours with other students gain on the course last a lifetime. Drama exists on and off the stage that we for group projects, as well as the regularly timetabled taught classes. You will need to call theatre. It happens in our everyday life, be a team player to succeed on this course. and is the basis for story-telling and other Your degree and forms of performance within the creative Single Honours students combine Drama what you’ll study arts. It has its origins in sacred ritual and Studies with Theatre Studies throughout FIRST AND SECOND YEARS remains central today as part of our sense- their degree, whilst Joint Honours students First and second years will provide you with making as we negotiate our place in the combine it with another subject outside a foundation in the skills and vocabularies world. As with other creative arts, Drama of the Drama Department. Opportunities and the insights from studying performance are available for Joint Honours students to of the theatre historian, analyst and can be applied in the fields of medicine, engage more extensively in practice in their practitioner. During these years, the course politics, education and more. third and fourth years, if they select an exit introduces drama, theatre and performance, pathway that includes Drama. and places them in a contemporary and Theatre Studies encompass all the arts that relevant context. Teaching is by lecture, make up the live experience we call theatre – seminar and practical workshop, covering including costume, lighting, sound, devising, Drama @ Trinity Theatre History (from the Greeks to the directing, design, dramaturgy and playwriting. present), Performance Analysis, and We also study the meaning behind theatre, Drama at Trinity is housed in the purpose- Contemporary Performance Research analysing culture and politics, space built Samuel Beckett Centre, home to (including studies in semiotics, feminism and place, the presence of audience and the Samuel Beckett Theatre, the Players and gender, dramaturgy, postmodernism performers, and the use of digital technology. Theatre, a dance studio/rehearsal space, and more). Single Honours students also seminar rooms and offices. take courses in practical areas of theatre (Embodied Practices, Performance and All our full-time staff have theatre-making Technology, and Crew Rotation). Training experience and are published academic in study, research, and writing skills is writers, active both nationally and provided to support you with the academic internationally. Some third and fourth year Do you enjoy… elements of the course. ? modules are taught by visiting specialists, Working as part of a creative team? including award-winning designers, directors, performers and playwrights Putting theory into practice? many of whom are alumni from the course. Hands on practical experience?

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These are restricted entry courses. Therefore, applications must be submitted to the CAO by GET IN TOUCH! 1 February of the proposed year of entry. If you indicate Drama Studies or Drama and Theatre Studies as a choice of subject, you will be sent a questionnaire to complete in March. Based www.tcd.ie/Drama on the completed questionnaire, some applicants will be called to attend a workshop and Email: [email protected] interview (during April and May), before final selections are made. Tel: +353 1 896 2266

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THIRD AND FOURTH YEARS ASSESSMENT All students take a compulsory module in the Assessment is by a combination of essays, contemporary performance research strand reflections, practical assignments, class alongside their own choice from a range of presentations, oral examinations and optional modules, striking a balance between students exiting through Drama as a major, the academic and the practical nature of the Joint Honours or Single Honours subject are course (based on your chosen exit pathway). required to complete a Capstone project.

The range of modules allows you to favour study in historical and theoretical fields or Study abroad in practical aspects of theatre. The range of options may include theatre and Ireland, You may apply to spend third year studying African theatre, stage, costume and lighting abroad at a European university as part of design, playwriting, devising, directing, the Erasmus exchange programme or at one theatre management, acting, performance of Trinity’s non-EU partner universities. and technology, women and theatre, and applied drama and theatre. Students exiting through Drama as a Major, Joint Honours, or Single Honours subject also complete a staff-supervised Capstone project. The Drama Capstone project allows students to integrate their interests into an individual research submission (such as a long dissertation or blended practice-as-research).

What our graduates say

Lian Bell, Drama and Theatre Studies Graduated 2000. Fenna Von Hirschheydt, Drama and Saoirse Anton, Drama Set designer, Arts manager, #Waking The Feminists Theatre Studies Graduated 2017 and English (Joint Honours) Activist “I am an international student who came Student 2014–2018 “…one of the most formative experiences of my life. The to Ireland in order to study drama. I was first “…I have had the chance to nurture course, alongside the time I dedicated to making shows attracted to the course because it covers interests I already had, such as theatre in the university’s drama society, Players, gave me the such a wide range of aspects of theatre. It criticism and writing about theatre, opportunity to explore all different areas of theatre-making is a great introduction and allows students and I have discovered ones I would to my heart’s content. It began to open up the world of to specialise in areas they have discovered never have thought of before, such theatre to me from practical, historical and theoretical for themselves. I, for one, joined the course as programming, curating and arts perspectives in a way that has set me firmly on the path wanting to become a director and will now policy.” to where I am now in my career… It also embedded me in most likely end up as a set designer.” a network of friends and professional contacts that have (Fenna went on to study design at lasted to this day. I count myself as very fortunate to have Masters level at The Lír) been able to do my undergraduate degree at the SBC.” www.tcd.ie/study 59 Bachelor in Acting (non-CAO)

DEGREE AWARDED: Bachelor in Acting (Hons.) COURSE CODE NON-CAO DEGREE TYPE Honours Bachelor Degree PLACES 2018 16 NFQ Level 8 CAO POINTS 2017 NON-CAO AWARDING BODY Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin

What is the Bachelor in Acting?

This is a three year, full-time, intensive honours degree for anyone who is serious about acting and wants to become an actor. The structure and contents of this degree have been designed in consultation with the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) in London and consists of a practical skill based course that enables students to learn by doing. The UK and Ireland’s leading theatre practitioners form the core panel of teachers within The Lir Academy and a number of visiting international directors, actors, playwrights and producers are regularly scheduled to take workshops, manage projects and lend their expertise to the learning experience. Students will be taught in acting technique, voice, movement, and singing, as well as complementary classes in dramaturgy and 35 hours per week, and sometimes more text analysis, over six semesters (two per when in production. Training for the theatre Bachelor in Acting @ Trinity annum. at The Lir Academy is founded on the The Lir Academy was developed by the basic principle of simulating the working partnership of the Cathal Ryan Trust and environment of a professional theatre. Bachelor in Acting: Trinity and opened its doors to the first students in September 2011. It is formally The course for you? The teaching is intense and offers a high degree of individual tuition. Acting students associated with the world-renowned Royal Being an acting student at The Lir Academy are expected to maintain a healthy lifestyle Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA). at Trinity is completely different to being in order to cope with the physical demands The training offered by The Lir is closely a student on other drama courses. While and stamina required by the training. linked to the ever-changing needs and students of degree courses in drama might directions of the theatre industry. The Lir be in taught classes for approximately While the course offers the possibility to has also fostered close links with the allied 14 hours per week, students at The Lir meet theatre practitioners on a regular and professions of film, television, radio and Academy can expect to be in classes, ongoing basis, as well as the possibility new media. The training is provided by workshops and rehearsals on average for to tour theatres and recording studios, students are encouraged and expected to professionals with extensive experience of widen and deepen their knowledge of the the industry, in a conscious effort to teach contemporary theatre scene by attending students from the outset the highest level professional performances and related of international professional practice. Do you enjoy… events. Being connected to the professional The depth and breadth of the training ? theatre scene, right from the beginning is supplemented by guest lectures and Intensive, immersive training with of training, is a crucial part of the student workshops from leading international theatre professionals who are experience. figures of stage and screen. focused on ensuring you become the best actor you can be? Only students who are fully committed to The training offered by The Lir Academy pursuing a career as a professional actor takes place in a custom built building at Growing, developing and should consider this course. Students who Grand Canal Quay, designed specifically learning in a friendly fun and safe are unsure of their career path at this stage for a range of courses in acting, design, environment? should consider applying for the Diploma directing, lighting design, stage in Acting and Theatre at The Lir Academy, management, technical theatre and Performing on stage, on film or playwriting on TV? Drama Studies or Drama and Theatre studies.

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SPECIAL ENTRY REQUIREMENTS GET IN TOUCH! This is a restricted entry course. Applications must be submitted by 4 February 2019. www.thelir.ie This course is taught by The Lir National Academy of Dramatic Art at Trinity. It is not part of the CAO application system. Application forms can be completed online on The Lir Email: [email protected] Academy website: www.thelir.ie. Tel: +353 1 896 2559 Entry is by Audition. Students will prepare a classical, a contemporary and a reserve monologue (which can be either classical or contemporary) for first audition. Each Facebook: monologue should be no more than three minutes long. Successful applicants at first www.facebook.com/TheLirAcademy audition will be required to attend at least one more round of auditions at which voice, movement and group skills will be assessed. The final date for receipt of applications is Twitter: 4 February 2019 however, applicants are encouraged to apply from October onwards. @TheLirAcademy Auditions will be held between November 2018 and March 2019.

RELATED COURSES TR025 Drama and Theatre Studies, page 58 Drama Studies, page 58 Diploma in Acting and Theatre, page 62 Stage Management and Technical Theatre, page 64 What our graduates say Damian Gildea, Bachelor In Acting, 2017 FIRST AND SECOND YEARS “Training at The Lir Graduate skills and Students in the first two years of the course Academy gives you career opportunities take compulsory modules in Acting and the opportunity to Text, Movement Studies and Voice Studies. discover who you are in The course is specifically designed to train Teaching is by practical workshop and a challenging yet safe actors for the theatre, TV and Film. All the delivered by professional practitioners. environment. You grow training is provided by dedicated theatre In addition there is considerable individual so much as a person as well as becoming professionals with strong industry links. All of tuition to supplement the workshops in a highly skilled actor. It is relentless, intense the final year productions and showcases are all aspects of the course. Students will also designed to attract international employment and supremely rewarding. You are thrown into be introduced to the techniques of acting the deep end with a new group of like-minded opportunities for the students. There is a for recorded media (film, radio, television). people to forge your own unique journey while strong emphasis in the training on career At the end of second year, students will being surrounded by the most encouraging and preparation, and students will be taught not combine all the skills developed over the supportive teachers and peers. After 3 years only how to work as an actor but also how to two years of training in their first ensemble you walk into the professional world and feel sustain a career as an actor. production to an invited audience. ready to take on anything that comes your way, because you are.” THIRD AND FINAL YEAR Your degree and Students will be cast in a series of 5 theatre What our current students say what you’ll study productions, directed by professional theatre directors. Each production will have multiple Megan McDonnell, This course trains students for careers in performances over a 7-day period and will Bachelor in Acting, professional theatre and related industries. play to invited agents, directors, producers, 2018 as well as the general public. Students will A strong emphasis is placed on training the “My years at The Lir also be cast in a short film, directed by a actor’s body as an instrument, as well as Academy have been nurturing the actor’s creative imagination. It professional film director and filmed both on the best of my life. I is physically demanding and requires a high set and on location. The films will receive a have grown not only level of stamina. In the third and final year public screening. Students will also perform as an artist but as a of the course students will be cast in at least an audition showcase in both Dublin and person. The training 5 productions, 1 short film and an audition London before an invited audience of agents has built up my skills showcase (in Dublin and London) over the and directors. and confidence more than I thought it would course of the year which are performed in and I feel prepared to head front of agents, directors, producers and the Assessment in the first and second years out into the world.” general public. is based entirely on a series of practical class presentations in all modules. In third year, assessment is by a series of public performances.

www.tcd.ie/study 61 Diploma in Acting and Theatre (non-CAO)

AWARD Diploma in Acting and Theatre COURSE CODE NON-CAO TYPE Diploma PLACES 2018 16 NFQ Level 7 CAO POINTS 2017 NON-CAO AWARDING BODY Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin

Assessment is based on a series of practical What is the Diploma in Acting class presentations in all modules. and Theatre? The course is specifically designed to The foundation course is aimed primarily prepare students for drama/acting degrees at school leavers who are interested in and related areas of study and work within preparing themselves for three-year actor the theatre, TV and film industries. training at conservatoire level, either at The Lir or a similar academy. With an additional All the training is provided by dedicated focus on broadening students’ reading and theatre professionals with strong industry understanding of plays and theatre history, links. it also prepares students for broader drama degrees and related areas of study and work. The course is taught by a committed Graduate skills and team of teachers, including many of The career opportunities Lir’s core acting tutors and teachers from our Master of Fine Art programmes. The The foundation diploma provides the personal development of students is students with a basis in the fundamentals enhanced by regular individual tutorials of Acting, Vocal and Movement technique. with the course director, a dedicated Students study the main genres of dramatic member of staff who supervises all aspects writing as well as performing these works of the programme. and developing their own. This training provides the foundation for their future The course also encourages students to study as actors at Drama Conservatoires as develop their own individual creativity with well as for studying academically at BA level. a focus on collaboration, improvisation and lateral thinking.

This course is an NFQ Level 7 Diploma. Do you enjoy… ? Diploma in Acting and Devising theatre and film scripts Theatre: The course for you? in a creative collaborative environment? This course runs for 24 weeks and culminates in an intensive week of rehearsal and project Performing and studying based work. Shakespearean and contemporary plays? Classes will take place from Monday to Friday, 6 hours per day and will cover the Developing your acting, vocal core subjects of acting, voice and movement and movement technique for as well as physical theatre, dance, text performance? analysis, choral singing, acting for screen, theatre history, audition technique classes and professional development with a focus on career progression.

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SPECIAL ENTRY REQUIREMENTS GET IN TOUCH! This is a restricted entry course. Applications must be submitted by 4 February 2019. www.thelir.ie This course is taught by The Lir National Academy of Dramatic Art at Trinity. It is not part of the CAO application system. Application forms can be completed online on The Lir Academy Email: [email protected] website: www.thelir.ie. Only one application is needed for the Bachelor in Acting degree and Tel: +353 1 896 2559 the Diploma in Acting and Theatre if students are applying for both courses. Entry is by Audition. Students will prepare a classical and a contemporary monologue for first Facebook: audition. Each monologue should be no more than three minutes long. Successful applicants www.facebook.com/TheLirAcademy at first audition will be required to attend one more round of auditions at which voice, movement and group skills will be assessed. Auditions will be held between November 2018 Twitter: and March 2019. @TheLirAcademy

RELATED COURSES TR025 Drama and Theatre Studies, page 58 Drama Studies, page 58 Acting, page 60 Stage Management and Technical Theatre, page 64

„ Project based work, focusing on classical Your course and and contemporary theatre, culminating what you’ll study in week-long intensive rehearsal periods „ Improvisation and Physical Theatre „ This course runs for 24 weeks and culminates in an intensive week of „ Text Analysis and Sight Reading rehearsal and project based work „ Choral Singing „ Classes run Monday to Friday with „ Acting for Screen 6 hours contact time per day „ Solo Shakespeare and Shakespeare „ Classes are led by The Lir Academy’s Scenes regular teaching staff „ Theatre History „ Core classes in Movement, Voice „ Audition Technique classes and Acting „ Professional Development and career „ Individual Tutorials with dedicated progression classes, with a focus on Foundation Course Coordinator professional acting and non-acting based theatre, TV and film careers.

www.tcd.ie/study 63 Bachelor in Stage Management and Technical Theatre (non-CAO)

DEGREE AWARDED B.A. COURSE CODE NON-CAO DEGREE TYPE Honours Bachelor Degree PLACES 2018 16 NFQ Level 8 CAO POINTS 2017 NON-CAO AWARDING BODY Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin

What is the Bachelor in Stage Management and Technical Theatre degree?

This three year honours degree course offers practice-based training to students who are interested in a career in professional theatre, TV and film. It has been enhanced to provide increased opportunities in specialist areas within stage management and technical theatre (e.g. sound, lighting and construction), increased professional placements and a Capstone research project. Classes on production management, design (set, lighting, costume and sound) and managing your own freelance business will also be introduced during the final year.

Stage management and technical theatre: The course for you?

Students who undertake this course will need to have a keen interest in stage Stage management and Graduate skills and management, production management, technical theatre @ Trinity career opportunities lighting, sound, construction, prop making, costume or set design. This is an intensive This degree course is specifically designed Stage manager, assistant stage manager, course requiring a commitment on average to train technical staff for the theatre, lighting operator, sound operator, costume of 35 hours per week, 38 weeks per year. TV and film industries. Through a series supervisor, scenic and prop maker in local, of skills based courses, placements and national and international theatres. professional development programmes the course aims to equip students with the Stage management and theatre technician necessary skills to realise a professional jobs with theatre companies touring theatre production. The practical nationally and internationally. training during the degree course will be Technical jobs with companies that support complemented with a range of classes the theatre, TV and film industries such as including theatre history, principles of PSI and Avcom. stage management and principles of theatre technology. Led by dedicated and experienced theatre technicians and stage managers these classes will reflect best Your degree and Do you enjoy… practices in professional theatre. what you’ll study ? YEAR ONE – INTRODUCTION Working behind the scenes in a Year one is designed to introduce students theatre, film or TV production? to practice-based training in all technical The idea of freelancing on departments including lighting, sound, the national and international prop making, scenic art, costume, set theatre circuits? construction and stage management.

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SPECIAL ENTRY REQUIREMENTS GET IN TOUCH! This is a restricted entry course. Applications must be submitted by 4 February 2019 www.thelir.ie This course is taught by The Lir National Academy of Dramatic Art at Trinity. It is not part of the CAO application system. Application forms can be completed online on The Lir Academy Email: [email protected] website: www.thelir.ie. Tel: +353 1 896 2559 Entry is by interview and everyone who applies will get an interview. Applicants should prepare a portfolio highlighting their theatre, festival, concert or other relevant experience Facebook: to date. Interviews will be held between February and April 2019. www.facebook.com/TheLirAcademy Twitter: RELATED COURSES @TheLirAcademy TR025: Drama and Theatre Studies, page 58 Drama Studies, page 58 Acting, page 60 Diploma in Acting and Theatre, page 62

What our current students say Adam Moore-White, Core skills based classes in theatre skills, YEAR THREE – ADVANCED Stage Management theatre technologies and theatre studies will In year three students will undertake and Technical be complemented by practice based learning work placements with prominent theatre Theatre, 2018 on in-house productions. companies, festivals and industry related “I have been studying companies in order to further develop their stage management YEAR TWO – APPLICATION chosen area of specialism. Capstone research and technical theatre Year two will see students apply the skills projects will be assigned according to the at The Lir Academy for learned from their first year to a series of preferred career choice of each individual the past three years theatre and film productions, directed and student. Further opportunities as head of and am now coming designed by professional practitioners. Each department on shows and internal projects towards the end of my training. student will have the opportunity to become a are offered in this year. head of department and work alongside their The Lir is a fantastic environment to learn new peers to deliver a full production. and further develop pre-existing skills. The atmosphere is welcoming and supportive. I have always been fully encouraged to succeed and take brave steps in new directions that I might not have considered before. I came to the course with an interest in and some training in lighting and stage management and am leaving not just with a vast knowledge and skill set in those areas but also in sound, construction, scenic art and costume. Costume was a new subject for me in first year, but since then it’s become a big part of my college experience. I chose to specialise in costume for my dissertation and have taken the role of supervisor for four shows while training at The Lir Academy. Without the support and encouragement I received from the tutors I don’t think I would have explored the world of costume, a place where I now really feel at home. I would highly recommend anyone with an interest in working backstage in theatre to consider this course.”

www.tcd.ie/study 65 Economics

COURSE CODE Joint Honours DEGREE AWARDED B.A. (see below) DEGREE TYPE Honours Bachelor Degree PLACES 2018 43 NFQ Level 8 CAO POINTS 2017 499-577 AWARDING BODY Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin

Economics is studied as a Joint Honours and debates and in the publication of subject with one of the following options: What is Economics? the ‘Student Economic Review’, allowing students to gain valuable experience. Any society has to address the problem of TR198 Geography how and what to produce for its material TR202 History survival, and how the goods and services that are produced should be distributed Graduate skills and TR207 Mathematics among its population. Economists explore career opportunities how people and institutions behave and TR208 Modern Language* (German, Spanish) function when producing, exchanging and Economics students develop exceptional TR209 Philosophy using goods and services. Economists’ logical reasoning and analytical skills which main motivation is to find mechanisms that are highly sought after by employers in a TR212 Sociology encourage efficiency in the production and range of fields including business, finance, use of material goods and resources, while at journalism, law, politics, the public service * See page 96 for language options and the same time producing a pattern of income and academia. requirements distribution that society finds acceptable. The following are just a few examples of the diverse organisations where Economics graduates work: Economics: The course for you? „ Dublin Web Summit „ Abbott Economics will appeal to students with a „ Goldman Sachs „ Google wide range of interests. If you are interested in current economic affairs or in understanding „ Credit Suisse „ Citigroup how public policies could lower „ JP Morgan „ Accenture unemployment or assist the developing „ Morgan Stanley „ Irish Life world, then you will find studying economics „ Wolfhound Press „ Maersk Asking the big both stimulating and rewarding. Economics is also a strong platform for careers in „ Central Bank of Ireland „ KPMG ? business and finance. Students who enjoy questions… About a third of Economics graduates go on abstract thinking, and are evaluating courses to postgraduate study, both at Trinity and at Economic issues dominate the news such as engineering or physics, should also other leading universities around the world headlines and have an impact on the consider economics as a degree option. lives of individuals and countries. such as Stanford, Oxford, Cambridge and Questions such as the following, the London School of Economics. which explore the material well- being of humankind, are at the Economics @ Trinity heart of the study of economics. In the 2018 QS rankings Trinity was ranked Your degree and in the top 150 universities in the world for What determines economic growth? what you’ll study Economics and Econometrics. Why do financial crises occur? Most of the teaching takes place at lecture The Department places considerable level and is complemented by tutorials Why are some countries poor, while emphasis on providing a supportive and (small group teaching). others enjoy high living standards? stimulating teaching environment for all Why are some people paid so much students. In addition to lectures, which In the first two years, teaching emphasises more than others? are given by highly qualified academic the understanding of the basic principles of economics and the acquisition of the Is it possible to pursue economic staff with an international reputation, the quantitative and analytical skills necessary growth and still protect the Department facilitates learning through for more in-depth study. The student will environment? interested approachable staff, small tutorial groups, student presentations and also receive instruction on how the modern involvement, teaching assistants assigned economy works both from an Irish and a to many modules, time set aside each week global perspective. In third and fourth year, by all staff and teaching assistants to deal there are very few compulsory modules. with any student difficulties on a one-to- Students are therefore able to construct their one basis and involvement in societies own programme from a wide range of options.

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SPECIAL ENTRY REQUIREMENTS GET IN TOUCH! Leaving Certificate O4/H6 Mathematics www.tcd.ie/Economics GCSE Grade B Mathematics Email: [email protected] Tel: +353 1 896 1043 RELATED COURSES TR015: P.P.E.S., page 118 Student profiles: TR081: B.E.S.S., page 40 www.facebook.com/sspalumni www.tcd.ie/economics/undergraduate/ testimonials

All modules in the first three years are THIRD AND FOURTH YEARS assessed by a combination of continuous Some of the modules which may be available assessment (tests or essays) and the formal to study are: What our current students say end-of-semester examination. Fewer modules Economics Analysis; Money and Banking; Míde Ní Ghríofa, Economics and German, are required in the fourth and final year so as European Economy; Economics of Less Dublin, Ireland. to facilitate time for more independent work. Developed Countries; Investment Analysis; Project work is a very important component of ‘Economics has Economics of Policy Issues; Industrial allowed me to pursue almost all modules within the final year; this Economics: Competition, Strategy and Policy; a broad range of project work allows students to achieve a very Mathematical Economics; Econometrics; interests within the high level of expertise in a number of specific Economic Theory; World Economy; field and develop a areas and is very beneficial to students when Development Economics; Economics of variety of skills from setting out on their career paths. In addition, critical thinking Financial Markets; International Economics; students specialising exclusively in economics and argumentation Economic and Legal Aspects of Competition in fourth year complete a Capstone project on to mathematical Policy; Applied Economics; History of a chosen topic. reasoning, combined Economic Thought and Ideology; Topics with another very FIRST AND SECOND YEARS in Political Economy. different discipline of language and literature. Studying economics has certainly provided me – First year ASSESSMENT with the diversity and broad education I was Introduction to Economics, Mathematics A combination of final examinations and hoping for in College’. and Statistics, Introduction to Economic continual assessments (e.g. essays, projects, Policy and a selection of optional modules. term tests). What our graduates say – Second year CAPSTONE Intermediate Economics, Economy of Ireland, In your final year of study, you will undertake Emmet Kearns, Economics and Mathematical and Statistical Methods. a Capstone project – an independent Mathematics 2017 graduate, research project which comprises an Hedge Fund Associate Analyst in-depth investigation of a specific area “I chose to study of scholarship. The Capstone project is a Mathematics and catalyst to enable you to reflect on your Economics at Trinity, hoping to learning from the programme as a whole strike a balance and to demonstrate your ability to think between theory and independently, communicate effectively, application. The develop continuously and act responsibly course more than as you transition to the world of work or to delivered – in years postgraduate studies. one and two, the degree offered an incredibly wide theoretical base which allowed students to discover where their interests really Study abroad and internship lie. In the final two years, I was then able to begin opportunities selecting more specialist modules, focusing on areas of interest such as Statistics, Data Science, Students have the opportunity to spend Game Theory and Spatial Economics. some time in their third year studying To me, the greatest competitive advantage in distinguished partner institutions in of the course was the focus on writing novel Australia, France, Belgium, Germany and the research papers across my third and fourth Netherlands for either an academic year or for years, providing a huge head start in academic half an academic year; the majority of outgoing research while pushing us to ask novel students go abroad for half an academic year. questions, tie together economic theory and empirical research at an early stage and focus Further information on the year abroad on being creative in our approach. Supporting programme, and a list of partner universities, this, the professors (particularly those in the can be found at: www.tcd.ie/economics/ Economics department) were unrivalled in their undergraduate/exchange-programmes commitment to students.”

www.tcd.ie/study 67 English Studies and English Literature

COURSE CODE TR023 Joint Honours DEGREE AWARDED B.A. (see below) DEGREE TYPE Honours Bachelor Degree PLACES 2019 40 91 NFQ Level 8 CAO POINTS 2017 473 506-577 AWARDING BODY Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin

English has the following entry options: The School of English also co-ordinates English Literature many non-syllabus activities, such as lecture TR023 Single Honours English Studies AND series, conferences and symposia, guest Joint Honours English Literature options (Joint Honours) lecturers (such as Anne Enright, winner as follows: English Literature covers a broad range of of the 2007 Man Booker Prize, and Paula literatures written in the English language, Meehan, the Ireland Professor of Poetry) TR166 Classical Civilisation from Chaucer to the present day. The aim and visiting writers including Richard Ford, of the course is to help students acquire a TR228 Classical Languages the Pulitzer prizewinning author. sense of the development of literatures in TR262 History English over time and space and a rich array The School actively supports several of critical techniques and questions. journals of creative and critical writing by TR263 History of Art and Architecture undergraduates. Many of our students are While Joint Honours students study a range TR269 Philosophy involved in student societies, where they of genres, periods and national literatures, take part in activities such as journalism, TR272 Sociology the course is less comprehensive than that debating and theatre. In this way we ensure of the Single Honours programme. that your time studying English at Trinity is TR276 Drama Studies exciting and intense. TR277 Modern Language* (French, German, Irish, Russian, Spanish) English: The course for you? Graduate skills and TR312 Film Studies If you want to study the whole range of career opportunities TR664 Religion developments in English and related literatures, from their earliest beginnings Trinity’s School of English graduates gain * See page 96 for language options and through to contemporary studies in leading roles in intellectual, professional requirements the language, you would enjoy either and public life. The skills developed by English Literature or English Studies. If students of English are in high demand you are interested in English Literature from employers, especially in journalism, in conjunction with another field (such broadcasting, teaching, advertising, as History or Philosophy), Joint Honours marketing and business, arts management, is probably the best option for you; publishing, law and diplomacy. What is English? conversely, if your primary interest in Recent graduates work in Google, the Irish English, you might consider English Studies. Students have the option of studying either Times, the Department of Foreign Affairs, English Studies (Single Honours) or English RTÉ and PwC. Literature (Joint Honours). English @ Trinity The four-year degree provides an outstanding platform for postgraduate study English Studies (TR023) Trinity is ranked 28th in the world for in English, and usually about 30% of our English Language and Literature (QS World graduates go on to read for a higher degree The study of English is concerned with University Rankings by Subject 2018). in English (Master’s degree, PhD degree). the history and practices of writing in Many well-known creative writers are Trinity Our commitment to small-group teaching English and encompasses literary works English graduates, including Eavan Boland, means that you will benefit from close spanning English, Anglo-Irish, American and Deirdre Madden, Michael Longley, John personal staff supervision, so that your post-colonial cultures. It aims to develop Connolly, Derek Mahon, Brendan Kennelly, writing and discussion skills develop. a thorough knowledge of the history Anne Enright and Paula Meehan. of these literatures while also enabling Our English courses have been designed to students to develop a sophisticated critical develop independence of critical thought consciousness and an awareness of critical and the articulation of informed discussion, and cultural theory. Compared to English both oral and written. Much of your work will Literature (Joint Honours) students, English be undertaken independently, and you will Studies students cover a longer historical have at your disposal the resources of one of range (including before 1300) and also the world’s great libraries, with rich resources consider topics such as Popular Literature in the full range of literature in English. and Childhood Literature.

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SPECIAL ENTRY REQUIREMENTS GET IN TOUCH! Leaving Certificate H4 English www.tcd.ie/English Advanced GCE Grade C English literature (A or B) or English language (A or B) Email: [email protected] (A Level) Tel: +353 1 896 1111 / 2301 / 1839

Visit us: If you are considering studying for an English degree at Trinity but want to be sure, you are most welcome to attend first and second year lectures. If you would like to avail of this opportunity, please contact us by email to arrange a visit.

Your degree and what you’ll study

The English courses are designed so that the first year consists of compulsory modules, taught through a combination of lectures and tutorials. In the second year there are further compulsory modules, but you will also take approved modules outside English. In the third and fourth year, students choose between a large number of option modules in English, reflecting the great variety of expertise among the staff.

FIRST AND SECOND YEARS The first and second year provide an introduction to a variety of critical theories, practices and approaches to literature. You will primarily concentrate on selected prescribed texts. Examples of first and second year modules include: „ Genres „ Irish Writing

„ Imagining the Middle Ages „ American Writing project is a catalyst to enable you to reflect „ Shakespeare „ Children’s Literature on your learning from the programme as a whole and to demonstrate your ability „ Writing Childhoods „ Popular Literature to think independently, communicate „ Pulp: Introduction to Popular Literature „ Seven Basic Plots effectively, develop continuously and act „ American Literature „ Art Writing responsibly as you transition to the world of „ Postcolonial Literature „ History of the English Language work or to postgraduate studies. „ Imagining the Contemporary „ Dissertation

THIRD AND FOURTH YEARS ASSESSMENT Study abroad In the third and fourth years, you will choose Assessment is by a combination of most of your modules from a wide range of submitted essays, journals, dissertation and Students in the School of English may apply specialist options. By fourth year, modules end-of-semester examinations. In first and to study abroad on the Erasmus programme are taught at an advanced level in small- second year the weighting is approximately in Europe or on an exchange in the U.S., group seminars. 66% submitted work and 33% final Australia, Canada, Singapore and China during their third year. For more information on study Examples of third and fourth year modules examinations. In third and fourth year it may abroad destinations and requirements visit: may include: vary depending on the modules chosen, although submission of a Capstone project www.tcd.ie/study/non-eu/study-abroad „ Creative Writing is compulsory for all final year students. „ Ulysses in Contexts CAPSTONE „ African and Caribbean Literature In your final year of study, you will „ Irish Crime Fiction undertake a Capstone project – an „ Global Shakespeare independent research project which „ Modernism comprises an in-depth investigation of a specific area of scholarship. The Capstone

www.tcd.ie/study 69 European Studies

DEGREE AWARDED B.A. COURSE CODE TR024 DEGREE TYPE Honours Bachelor Degree PLACES 2018 45 NFQ Level 8 CAO POINTS 2017 517 AWARDING BODY Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin

THIRD AND FOURTH YEARS What is European Studies? Graduate skills and The third year is spent at a university abroad studying through the language you choose European Studies is a broad-ranging and career opportunities as your Major language. integrated programme that offers students The language skills and understanding the chance to learn European languages, and of a variety of disciplines gained through In the final year, language work focuses on also to study history and social sciences. This European Studies allow our graduates to your Major language while coursework for programme encourages students to think take up opportunities in a diverse range of your Minor language concentrates mainly about our Continent in all its complexity, and to careers. Recent graduates are employed in on comprehension and textual analysis. analyse Europe’s cultures, history, and politics. international organisations both in Ireland The core course in your final year is called and abroad, in the EU, in the civil service ‘Modernity and Society: Ideas and Culture and the diplomatic corps, in business, in Europe since 1850’. Additionally, you European Studies: finance and marketing. Other popular will choose options from a wide range of The course for you? career paths are in consultancy, teaching modules from history, political science, (in Ireland and abroad), translating and sociology, economics and a number of If you enjoy studying languages, and have interpreting, journalism and tourism. Many culture and literature options from the an interest in history, politics, and the students go on to do postgraduate courses. language departments. workings of contemporary society you will enjoy this course. European Studies CAPSTONE is designed for students with a broad Your degree and In your final year of study, you will intellectual appetite, and who are interested undertake a Capstone project - an in a range of disciplines and subjects. what you’ll study independent research project which You will study two out of six available comprises an in-depth investigation of a European languages: French, German, specific area of scholarship. The Capstone European Studies @ Trinity Italian, Polish, Russian, or Spanish (Italian, project is a catalyst to enable you to reflect Polish, Spanish, and Russian can be studied on your learning from the programme as European Studies at Trinity offers a unique from beginner level). Both languages are a whole and to demonstrate your ability and broad range of languages and subjects studied equally in the first two years, after to think independently, communicate to study, and draws on the expertise and which one becomes your major, and the effectively, develop continuously and act dedication of lecturers from a wide range of other your Minor language. As well as responsibly as you transition to the world disciplines. Staff from different departments languages, you will study European history, of work or to postgraduate studies. work together to deliver a fully integrated the history of ideas, and social sciences ASSESSMENT programme that offers flexibility and choice for (politics, economics, and sociology). students. European Studies attracts students At all levels, you will be assessed by a combination of continuous assessment with strong potential from Ireland and abroad. FIRST AND SECOND YEARS In first year, you will study two chosen and exams. We use a mix of traditional and languages, ‘Europe 1500-1800: Power and innovative continuous assessment methods Culture’, and ‘Introduction to the History – essays, project work, presentations, book of Ideas’, and they take one introductory reviews and dossiers, podcast creation. module in the social sciences (political Language modules are traditionally assessed science, sociology or economics). by written, oral and aural examinations. Final ? Do you enjoy… year students also write a Capstone project. Learning languages? In second year, you will continue to study two languages, study ‘Continental Europe Studying Europe’s past? since 1918’, ‘The Making of Modernity, 1750-1820’, and will choose from options in Thinking about the current history, politics, sociology, and economics. state of Europe?

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Leaving Certificate H3 If presenting French or German www.tcd.ie/European_Studies H4 If presenting any other language Tel: +353 1 896 1808 Advanced GCE Grade B In one language other than English or Irish Email: [email protected] (A Level) Or Grade C In two languages other than English or Irish (as listed above) Students study two languages from French, German, Italian, Polish, Russian and Spanish. Italian, Polish, Russian and Spanish are available from beginner level. No student may study more than one language as a beginner. See note 8 on page 261.

Applicants must present with at least one European language (other than English and Irish) What our graduates say in the Leaving Certificate (or equivalent). If candidates are presenting one language (other than English or Irish), they must attain Eimhin O’Reilly, European Studies, a grade of H3 or higher. Graduated 2016 If candidates are presenting two or more languages, they must present at least one of French, “I have had a great opportunity to take a broad German, Greek, Italian, Latin, Polish, Russian, Spanish, and they must attain at least the variety of disciplines in European Studies, following grades: and then to specialise in subjects of particular interest to me. Staff and students in European Studies at Trinity come from a range of countries RELATED COURSES and backgrounds which provides a great Middle Eastern and European Languages and Cultures, page 94 context for study. I was delighted to have the chance to spend my third year at a university Modern Language plus another subject, page 110 in Spain. I am going to use the knowledge and European Studies: Trinity and Columbia University Dual BA Programme page 134 skills I have gained from European Studies as I begin my career working abroad.” Modern Languages, page 96

Study abroad

A year or semester studying abroad is one of the highlights of a student’s Trinity experience, and immersing oneself in the language and culture is also one of the most valuable ways of achieving fluency when you are studying a language. European students spend third year of study abroad in one of our partner Universities.

Exchanges have been established with history and political science departments in universities in France (Paris, Strasbourg, Grenoble, and Bordeaux), Germany (Hamburg, Tübingen, Freiburg, and Vienna), Italy (Pavia, Siena), Poland (Kraków), Russia (Moscow) and Spain (Seville, Salamanca, Alcalá, and Zaragoza). The year abroad may entail additional expenses for students but support funding under the European Union’s Erasmus scheme partially offsets this (with the exception of Russia, outside the Erasmus scheme).

www.tcd.ie/study 71 Film Studies

COURSE CODE Joint Honours DEGREE AWARDED B.A. (see below) DEGREE TYPE Honours Bachelor Degree PLACES 2018 30 NFQ Level 8 CAO POINTS 2017 445-507 AWARDING BODY Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin

Film Studies is studied as a Joint Honours digital video production, including how subject with one of the following options: Film Studies: to write scripts and how short videos are The course for you? made, the course as a whole is geared TR311 Drama Studies toward critical engagement with film and If you enjoy watching a wide range of digital media. Our students are active in TR312 English Literature films from around the world and if you many different societies, including DU Film are interested in acquiring the critical and TR320 Music Society and the student-run film magazine, creative tools to analyse them in relation to Trinity Film Review. TR324 Modern Language* questions of style, technology, society, and (French, Spanish) industry, then this may be the course for you. TR325 History Graduate skills and * See page 96 for language options and Film Studies @ Trinity career opportunities requirements. A degree in Film Studies offers career Trinity launched its pioneering degree opportunities in many areas such as the film course in 2003 and has since become one industry; television; journalism; digital media; of the leading undergraduate courses reviewing and criticism; arts administration; in the discipline, combining a cutting- advertising; marketing. Recent graduates of edge intellectual environment with the What is Film Studies? Film Studies at Trinity have gone on to be opportunity to gain introductory skills in involved in the film industry in a number Why do films affect us they way they filmmaking and to explore different forms of ways, from directing feature length films do? Why did the introduction of sound of screenwriting. You will work in small to editing, scriptwriting, production and change film forever? What do we mean by groups to debate the topics that arise in administration. A number of our graduates ‘independent cinema’? What is a digital lectures and seminars and to make short have gone on to further study in film and story world? These and many more are the creative pieces. Classes are taught by associated areas. This degree also offers questions that Film Studies asks students experts in their field, notably Irish cinema, opportunities in the many general areas open to consider in small-group lectures and film theory and criticism, digital storytelling to arts graduates, such as administration, seminars. In addition, over the course and screenwriting. While you will learn teaching, civil and public service. of your degree you’ll be encouraged to some basic practical issues involved in respond creatively to critical issues via projects, presentations, short films and video essays, as well as to develop your screenwriting skills to see if you have a fresh vision to share with the world around you.

Do you enjoy… ? Watching and analysing a wide range of films from around the world?

Formulating opinions and arguments about film and media culture?

Expressing your ideas critically and creatively in words and images?

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www.tcd.ie/creative-arts/film Email: [email protected] Tel: +353 1 896 2617

School of Creative Arts on Twitter: @CreativeArtsTCD

ASSESSMENT In the first two years Film Studies may be assessed by a combination of essay, What our graduates say assignment, project, class participation and Matthew McInerney-Lacombe, presentation, while third and fourth years Film Studies, Graduated 2008 may be assessed by a combination of essay, assignment, project, class participation and Matthew is a screenwriter based in Los Angeles. presentation, as well as a Capstone research After graduating from project in the final year. Trinity, Matthew went on to graduate from NYU’s Tisch School of Study abroad the Arts with an MA in Dramatic Writing, and Your degree and The department of Film Studies has exchanges was honoured with the what you’ll study with the Freie Universität in Berlin, Rennes 2, 2015 Outstanding Writing and the Sorbonne Nouvelle in Paris. Students for the Screen, Graduate This course will examine film styles and may go for one semester or a full academic award. Matthew sold his first screenplay to Fox movements from cinema’s beginnings at Studios, Spring Offensive, which was listed on year, and may go in second or third years. the end of the 19th century right up to the the 2015 Blacklist. present day. “There is so much to say about my time as a Film Studies student at Trinity, but I think the most FIRST AND SECOND YEARS important thing is just how much I enjoyed it. In first and second year you will be introduced The movies I watched in class and the ways to film theory and criticism, digital media, and I was made to examine them developed who to a very broad range of American, European I am both as a film fan, and as a screenwriter. and non-western cinemas. In addition, you The films I was exposed to changed my tastes, will be introduced to screenwriting and digital while the sensitivity of the teaching allowed video production. There are six hours of me to interrogate not just why I liked them, classes and six hours of screenings per week. but also what they were saying, and how they functioned as pieces of art. In Film Studies, THIRD AND FOURTH YEARS being surrounded by both my classmates’ and In third and fourth year, students choose teachers’ love of film, the impossibility of making from a wide range of optional modules. a life in film became possible. I think when you study something you love a BA goes from being Topics may include national cinemas, a requirement for gainful employment, to a transnational cinemas, classical and really transformative experience.” contemporary Hollywood cinema, non- western cinemas, genre studies, digital media and culture, documentary theory Daniel McFarlane, and practice, avant-garde, experimental, Film Studies, and cult cinema, film style and performance, Graduated 2018 film theory and criticism, and editing. “Film Studies at Trinity provides an in-depth and In addition, students can take modules in broad curriculum. One of screenwriting and digital video production, the greatest things about building on the knowledge acquired in Film Studies is how small second year. Completed student films the class sizes are, this are available for viewing on our website: means many tutors and www.tcd.ie/creative-arts/film/. lecturers have the time to meet your needs and provide guidance on a one-on-one basis. With the demands of college lecturing, not many other universities provide such a helpful thing.”

www.tcd.ie/study 73 Geography

COURSE CODE Joint Honours DEGREE AWARDED B.A. (see below) DEGREE TYPE Honours Bachelor Degree PLACES 2018 45 NFQ Level 8 CAO POINTS 2017 463-577 AWARDING BODY Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin

Geography is studied as a Joint Honours „ In recent years, third and fourth year subject with one of the following options: geography students have been involved Graduate skills and career in academic staff-led fieldwork from Clare opportunities TR029 Political Science Island to Mallorca, undertaken summer research projects in Kenya, and made Geography offers a wide-array of career TR111 Ancient History and Archaeology digital video documentaries and blog- opportunities for graduates. As geographers, posts as part of their assessed work. you will be trained to analyse and provide TR198 Economics solutions to a broad range of global TR322 History challenges, ranging from the environmental, to the economic, political and social. The TR326 Modern Language* Geography @ Trinity combination of a broad-based discipline (French, German) Geography Matters! In contemporary society and training in highly relevant transferable TR332 Sociology it is clear that geographical knowledge and skills is valued in today’s job market, experience are more important than ever; where adaptability and flexibility are * See page 96 for language options and helping us know and understand a dynamic widely regarded as assets. A geographical requirements and rapidly changing world. training promotes the cross-fertilization of ideas, and a strong ability to engage Geography at Trinity is a place of intensive and understand a range of approaches to and extensive geographical scholarship in problem solutions in different professions. What is Geography? Ireland. We teach and research across the Careers taken up by graduating geography discipline, from development theory to students in recent years include urban Geography is truly interdisciplinary as coastal modelling, and from climate change and regional planning, environmental it spans a broad spectrum of the social, to the social economy, all within different consultancy and research, and teaching as biological, informational and physical contexts, from Nigeria to New Zealand. well as positions in such areas as financial sciences. As the world becomes increasingly services, foreign affairs, leisure and tourism We aim to challenge students intellectually interconnected, geographers are well and overseas development. and foster and maintain world-class placed to bring their understanding and research and teaching in a supportive and skills to bear on social and environmental collegial atmosphere. issues. Your degree and what Geography is an integrative subject with you’ll study an international outlook and openness to The first year Geography course aims Geography: The course interdisciplinary collaboration. The focus in to provide a solid grounding in human, geography is on understanding spatial and for you? physical and environmental geography, temporal change on and of our planet. This focusing on materials that are dealt with in Trinity was ranked in the world top 100 allows for making direct connections with greater depth in later years. universities for Geography (QS World other disciplines and sub-disciplines that University Rankings by Subject 2018). you will study through this Joint Honours programme. ? Do you enjoy… Learning to understand the way that global environmental change will alter our future?

Finding out about the developing world and geopolitics?

Analysing landscapes and landscape development over time?

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For their fourth year, students specialising in ASSESSMENT Geography undertake a research dissertation A combination of continuous assessment and choose from optional modules that and end-of-semester examination is used. What our current students say include: Rachel Skelly, Joint Honours „ Understanding Environmental Change Geography Student Study abroad „ Globalisation and African Development “Geography at Trinity is fantastic. It’s a small department with its’ own building, library, „ Historical Geography I and II There are opportunities for students to spend and an incredible librarian! There’s so many „ Periglacial Geomorphology all or part of the third year studying abroad interesting modules available across physical at Exeter, Bordeaux, Paris-Sorbonne, Prague „ Environmental Governance II and human geography; and within those you (Charles University), Utrecht or Stockholm have the opportunity to focus on the area „ Spatial Analysis Using GIS universities. you’re most passionate about. The lecturers „ Stormy Geomorphology really care about their students and want you to get the most out of your time in the „ Urban Geography: Cities, Space and department. Through the Geographical Society Culture I’ve made friends across the years, with postgraduate students and with the lecturers. I honestly can’t recommend geography at Trinity highly enough, it has given me a great understanding of the world and really prepared me for the labour-force.”

What our graduates say Sarah McDonagh, Joint Honours Geography Graduate “It might be cheesy to say that ‘geography rocks’ but it’s true! Studying Geography at Trinity has left me with more than just an education. Through the wide range of modules offered within the course I have learnt a diverse range of skills which are really relevant in today’s society. Not only that, but the chance to partake in field-trips both at home and abroad makes this course an excellent place for forming lasting friendships while learning lots along the way.”

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COURSE CODE TR003 Joint Honours DEGREE AWARDED B.A. (see below) DEGREE TYPE Honours Bachelor Degree PLACES 2018 39 44 NFQ Level 8 CAO POINTS 2017 487 509-520 AWARDING BODY Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin

History has the following entry options: What is History? TR003 Single Honours History AND Joint Honours options as follows: History is about people. Studying History means studying lives, events and ideas in TR012 Political Science times and places often very different from our own. History embraces everything TR112 Ancient History and Archaeology from the rise and fall of empires, or the birth of new ideologies, to the contrasting TR202 Economics everyday lives of people in a whole range of TR262 English Literature settings, across time and across the globe. Studying History means developing critical TR322 Geography skills, learning to express your ideas and TR325 Film Studies arguments clearly, and becoming self- directed in your studies. TR443 History of Art and Architecture

TR447 Modern Language* (German, Irish, Russian, Spanish) History: The course for you?

TR449 Philosophy History is a subject for the intellectually curious. It offers an enormous diversity of TR452 Sociology subjects to explore, questions to ponder and TR454 Religion problems to resolve. The History modules Trinity is a leading university internationally at Trinity allow you to study a remarkable for the study of History. Our staff has TR554 Middle Eastern, Jewish and published extensively in the fields of Irish, Islamic Civilisations range of types of history – whether cultural or political history, military or social history, British, European and American history. We take special pride in the small-group * See page 96 for language options and environmental history or the history of teaching which characterises the final two requirements ideas – from the early Middle Ages to the very recent past. We offer survey modules years of study in particular, and for being a allowing you to grasp the broad patterns in department which places student learning history, specialist modules where you can at the centre of its values. study topics of particular interest to you in small classes, and opportunities for you to pursue your own independent research. Graduate skills and Do you enjoy… career opportunities ? Over many decades History graduates Undertaking your own research History @ Trinity (Single Honours and Joint Honours) have into historical questions? The History department at Trinity offers pursued successful careers in a wide range Reading widely and critically? a remarkably broad range of discipline of areas. These include: accountancy, options for its size. The four-year programme advertising, banking, broadcasting, arts and Expressing and debating your allows students to lay firm foundations heritage administration, human resources, ideas in essays, presentations in the first two years, with wide-ranging journalism, law, public administration, and class discussion? modules on medieval and modern history, public relations, management, marketing, Irish, European, American, environmental publishing and teaching. Our graduates and global history, as well as on historical work for such organisations as the Irish methods and approaches. The final two Times, the Law Society of Ireland, Oxfam, years of the programme allow students the IBEC, the American Chamber of Commerce, chance to study several specialist modules RTÉ, Google, the United Nations and in-depth and to undertake independent Accenture. The diversity of careers reflects research on a subject of their own choice. the wide array of skills amassed by students The breadth and depth of study in this undertaking a degree in History at Trinity. programme is unique in Ireland and has few rivals internationally.

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THIRD AND FOURTH YEARS Students are assessed through both Your degree and We offer a range of topics within two examinations and coursework in each year what you’ll study different categories: of the programme. In the third and fourth year the balance is approximately 50% The History programme combines the „ List I (Special Subject) modules – exams and 50% continuous assessment. strength of a broad-based programme in the these are specialist modules which first two years, introducing all students to the involve intensive research and writing CAPSTONE sheer diversity of historical studies, with the based on primary sources. In your final year of study, you will freedom to explore areas of particular interest Some examples include: undertake a Capstone project – an to individual students in the final two years. independent research project which  Medieval Marriage The first and second years provide a range comprises an in-depth investigation of a of modules covering medieval and modern  American Politics and Culture, specific area of scholarship. The Capstone periods, including Irish, European, and 1939-1989 project is a catalyst to enable you to reflect American history, as well as some modules  The Republic of Ireland in the 1960s on your learning from the programme as exploring the skills and methods which  China 1911-1949: from Republican a whole and to demonstrate your ability historians use, and the kinds of debates in Revolution to Communist Revolution to think independently, communicate which historians engage. Teaching is not effectively, develop continuously and act  The French Revolution, 1789-1799 only in lectures but in small group tutorials. responsibly as you transition to the world of All students will have an opportunity to „ List II modules – these are broader work or to postgraduate studies. undertake a group project in their second thematic and analytical modules. year, undertaking research as a team. The Some will have a particular focus on third and fourth years offer a wide range historiography – on how different Study abroad of choice in more specialist modules, all historians have tried to understand taught by staff with expertise in that field. a period or problem. The Department of History has Erasmus There is the opportunity to concentrate on exchange agreements with a wide range Some examples include: those parts of history which interest you of European universities including the most in the final year Capstone project, an  Race and ethnicity in American University of St. Andrews (Scotland), independent project which many students thought since 1940 the Sorbonne (Paris), the University of find the most rewarding part of their degree  Medieval Globetrotters: Exploration Vienna and Charles University in Prague. programme. and World Conquest in the Age of the The Department also has an exchange Black Death agreement with the University of Tokyo, FIRST AND SECOND YEARS and students of History can also arrange for Single Honours students take modules  Gender and Sexuality in Early Modern Europe a year abroad in other countries, notably in Medieval and Early Modern Irish and the U.S.A., Australia and Canada, where European history in their first year, as well  Global Crisis: Environmental Disasters some recent examples would include the as modules to introduce the methods and in World History University of California, the University of approaches historians use in their studies.  The Troubles, 1968-1998 Sydney or McGill University (Montreal). In their second year, students take modules in Modern Irish and Modern European In any given year there will be a variety History, in U.S. History and in Global History. of types of history on offer – including They also take modules exploring how political, social, cultural, environmental history has been interpreted and presented, or intellectual history – ranging in time not just by professional historians but from Early Medieval Ireland to the post- within popular culture, and they take part 1945 world, and including Irish, European, in a year-long small group project. Joint American and Asian history modules. Honours students also take part in the group project in second year, and select For full details on all our modules see: from the period-specific modules to make www.tcd.ie/history/undergraduate/ up the History component of their studies. modules

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DEGREE AWARDED B.A. COURSE CODE TR028 DEGREE TYPE Honours Bachelor Degree PLACES 2018 16 NFQ Level 8 CAO POINTS 2017 450 AWARDING BODY Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin

What is Ancient and Medieval Ancient and Medieval History and Culture? History and Culture:

Ancient and Medieval History and Culture The course for you? concentrates on the period c. 2000 B.C. If you are curious about the past and about to c. 1500 A.D. It explores the changes in how history has shaped the world we society, politics, religious practices, and art live in then Ancient and Medieval History and architecture that have helped to shape and Culture will appeal to you. Through the world we live in. Over the four years the investigation of texts, artefacts and of the programme you will explore topics buildings this programme provides an including the development of different intellectually stimulating encounter with systems of government (from democracy in the past, and challenges you to think about ancient Greece to monarchy and empire in a range of cultural, social and political the Middle Ages), the formation of Europe, issues. Ancient and Medieval History and ancient and medieval belief systems and Culture is a unique programme that brings accountancy, advertising, business, civil religious practices (from the pantheon together the disciplines of Classics, History service, diplomatic corps, human resources, of ancient deities to the dominance of and Art History to train you to work across journalism, management, and publishing. Christianity), the development of the legal traditional disciplinary boundaries. system, and the role of warfare in bringing Many also go on to further study. about change. You will have the opportunity to explore developments in educational Ancient and Medieval History practices including the emergence of the Your degree and university, changing attitudes to gender, and Culture @ Trinity what you’ll study sexuality and the place of women in society, The programme in Ancient and Medieval and the different styles of European art and Ancient and Medieval History and Culture History and Culture is unique in offering a architecture used in the period. is a four-year honours degree programme. focused study of antiquity and the Middle Over the four years you will develop a broad Ages. As part of the School of Histories and understanding of the ancient and medieval Humanities, you will be able to work with worlds through an analysis of their art, experts in the disciplines of Classics, History architecture, archaeology, culture and history. and Art History, joining a vibrant community Do you enjoy… These disciplines will be introduced to you in ? of staff and students in this interdisciplinary the first year of the programme. The teaching Looking at a wide range of programme. As you progress through the includes lectures, seminars (typically with source material, including texts, course you will be able to choose to focus 10-15 students) and site visits. As your archaeological sites, art and on particular time periods or themes, studies progress, the modules become architecture? culminating in the opportunity to undertake more thematically specialised, with an a Capstone research project. You will have Learning about antiquity and the increasing emphasis on intensive discussion access to rich collections of source material, Middle Ages? and independent research. In third and including the University collections, visits fourth years you have the option to choose to museums and galleries in Dublin, and Exploring how the past is relevant from a wide range of modules, providing opportunities to venture further afield today? an opportunity for specialised research in through field trips to other European areas that particularly interest you. destinations. Our teaching and learning is dynamic, with a strong emphasis on student Graduate skills and participation. The programme is career opportunities assessed through a combination of end-of-semester examinations and Our graduates go on to a wide range of continuous assessment (including essays, careers including archaeology, journalism, seminar presentations, group-work work in museums, marketing, and teaching. projects, and commentaries on sources). Graduates from the School of Histories Students undertake a Capstone research and Humanities have also entered in the final year.

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SPECIAL ENTRY REQUIREMENTS GET IN TOUCH! Note: Ancient and Medieval History and Culture (TR028) is one of three courses that are part of the feasibility study in admissions, and 5 places will be filled under this new route. For www.histories-humanities.tcd.ie/ further details see page 252. undergraduate/ancient-medieval Email: [email protected] Tel: +353 1 896 2625 RELATED COURSES TR003: History, page 76 TR012: History and Political Science, page 80

FIRST YEAR Introductory modules in Ancient History or Latin, Art History, and Medieval History. These modules introduce you to key developments in the history and culture of antiquity and the middle ages c. 2000 B.C.-1500 A.D.

SECOND YEAR In the second year all students take compulsory modules in Medieval History, Greek History or Roman Imperial History, and Medieval Art. The remaining modules are chosen from a range offered by the three disciplines, for example Irish, British or European Medieval History, Latin, Architectural History, the Art of the Italian Renaissance, and the Archaeology of the Greek and Roman Worlds.

THIRD AND FOURTH YEARS In the third year the only compulsory module explores the city of Rome in antiquity and the middle ages. You may choose other modules exploring aspects of ancient history, medieval history, art history and archaeology.

In the final year you will choose two modules and write a Capstone project. Amongst the modules which may be available to study are: The Art of Sanctity; Spectacle and Entertainment in the Greek and Roman Worlds; Jewish Society and Politics, 200 B.C.-70 A.D.; Kings and Cities in the Hellenistic World; Anthropology and the Greeks; Ancient Cyprus; The Vikings c. programme facilitates exchanges with non- 790-1100 A.D.; The Archaeology of Warfare c. Study abroad European institutions in Australia, Canada, China, Singapore and the USA. 1000-1350 A.D.; Ireland and the Plantagenet In the second and third years of the Empire, 1327-1399 A.D.; From Kingdom to programme students may take part in the Colony, Ireland in the Twelfth Century. Further information on the year annual field trip. These trips allow students abroad programme, and a full list of to undertake detailed first-hand analysis of CAPSTONE partner universities, can be found at: sites and objects. Past destinations have In your final year of study, you will www.histories-humanities.tcd.ie/ included Canterbury, Cologne, Durham, and undertake a Capstone project – an undergraduate/ancient-medieval/ Florence. independent research project which abroad.php comprises an in-depth investigation of a Students studying Ancient and Medieval specific area of scholarship. The Capstone History and Culture may apply to spend a project is a catalyst to enable you to reflect year abroad, using the exchange networks on your learning from the programme as of the School of Histories and Humanities. a whole and to demonstrate your ability These include Erasmus programme to think independently, communicate links with universities in Berlin, Bologna, effectively, develop continuously and act Bordeaux, Edinburgh, Florence, Geneva, responsibly as you transition to the world of Istanbul, Madrid, Manchester, Paris, Pisa, work or to postgraduate studies. St Andrews and Vienna. In addition, the

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DEGREE AWARDED B.A. COURSE CODE TR012 DEGREE TYPE Honours Bachelor Degree PLACES 2018 24 NFQ Level 8 CAO POINTS 2017 522 AWARDING BODY Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin

What is History and Political History and Political Science: Graduate skills and Science? The course for you? career opportunities

History is about people. Studying History The History and Political Science course Recent graduates are pursuing careers in means studying lives, events and ideas in offers the opportunity to study two subjects government and the public sector, media, times and places often very different from with close affinities as part of a coherent accountancy and business to name a our own. History embraces everything structured programme. In the first three few. Some graduates each year progress from the rise and fall of empires, or the years of the programme, you will study both to further study in areas as diverse as birth of new ideologies, to the contrasting subjects. In the fourth year, you may choose medicine, film production, graphic design everyday lives of people in a whole range of to concentrate exclusively on either subject and business, as well as areas more closely settings, across time and across the globe. or to continue with both. The combination related to history and political science. Studying History means developing critical allows students to engage with problems Graduates of the departments work for skills, learning to express your ideas and past and present, national and international, such organisations as the Irish Times, the arguments clearly, and becoming self- using a range of approaches, but with an Law Society of Ireland, Oxfam, IBEC, the directed in your studies. emphasis on self-directed study and the American Chamber of Commerce, RTÉ, development of intellectual skills. Google and the United Nations. The diversity Political Science is the study of governments, of careers reflects the wide array of skills public policies and political behaviours. amassed by students undertaking a degree Politics affects us all in our daily lives. It’s History and Political Science in History and Political Science at Trinity. easy to think of issues that we all have opinions about. Should government tax the @ Trinity rich for greater equality? Should it introduce Politics at Trinity was recently ranked 43rd Your degree and ‘green taxes’ in order to protect the in the world. Trinity is also ranked a one environment? How high a priority should what you’ll study of the top 100 universities in the world for development aid be? Questions such as the study of History. (QS World University The History programme combines the these, along with analyses of political Rankings by Subject, 2018). strength of a broad-based programme in the systems, political behaviour, international first two years, introducing all students to relations and how democracy works, are at Both departments offer a remarkably broad the sheer diversity of historical studies, with the heart of the study of political science. range of module options for their size. The the freedom to explore areas of particular four-year programme allows students to interest to individual students in the final lay firm foundations in both disciplines in two years. First and second year provide the first two years. Wide-ranging modules a range of modules in medieval and early cover medieval and modern history, Irish, modern Irish and European history (year European, American and global, as well one), modern Irish and modern European as on historical methods and approaches. history, U.S. history and global history (year Political Science modules address such two), as well as modules on the methods areas as comparative politics, international used by historians, and participation in a relations and the history of political thought. history group project in year two. The final two years of the programme then allow students the chance to study several In each of the first two years students take specialist modules in-depth. Political Science modules. In year one these may be: Introduction to Political Science; Introduction to Sociology: Introduction to Do you enjoy… Economic Policy. In year two these may be: ? History of Political Thought; International Learning how history affects Relations; Comparative Politics. current events? Both the History and Political Science Formulating opinions, arguments departments allow students to select and theories? modules in their third and fourth years which can enable them to concentrate Conducting research? on areas of particular interest to you. In

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www.tcd.ie/political_science/undergraduate Tel: +353 1 896 1651 Email: [email protected]

History, modules will include some which „ American Politics and Culture, 1939-1989 involve intensive research and writing based „ Medieval Marriage on primary sources and others which are What our graduates say „ Global Crisis: Environmental Disasters in broader thematic and analytical modules and World History Neil Barrett may have a particular focus on historiography – on how different historians have tried to “The course blends ASSESSMENT academic theory with understand a period or problem. Students Most modules are assessed by a combination real world examples taking only History in fourth year will also of coursework and examination performance. and gives students a undertake a Capstone research project. deep understanding of current affairs Among the specialist modules available from their historical in political science are: Study abroad context to the Both the Political Science and History present. My research FIRST AND SECOND YEARS and writing skills departments have arrangements allowing „ Introduction to Political Science also improved students to study abroad in another university. „ History of Political Thought immeasurably over the course of the degree Participating in these opportunities is course. I would not hesitate in advising any „ International Relations dependent upon the exchange fulfilling the student interested in world affairs to apply for „ Comparative Politics course requirements of both departments. this challenging but rewarding course.” The Department of History has Erasmus THIRD AND FOURTH YEARS exchange agreements with a wide range of „ Irish Politics European universities including the University Rachael Fitzsimons „ Contemporary Political Theories of St. Andrews (Scotland), the Sorbonne “Studying History „ Political Parties (Paris), the University of Vienna and Charles and Political University in Prague as well as an exchange Science has allowed „ Issues in Contemporary Politics agreement with the University of Tokyo. The me to cultivate „ Democracy and Development Department of Political Science is a partner in strong research „ European Union Politics Erasmus exchanges with the Institute d’Études and analytical Politiques in Strasbourg and Paris, the skills in order to „ Contemporary International Relations gain a deeper University of Zurich, the University of Bologna „ African Politics understanding of and University of Mannheim. History and current affairs at a „ Political Violence Political Science students can also arrange for local, national and „ Chinese Politics a year abroad in other countries, notably the global level. The mix of theoretical knowledge U.S.A., Australia and Canada, for example at and its applicability to real world political History modules may include: the University of California, the University of developments makes the course a stimulating Sydney or McGill University (Montreal). and engaging one relevant to almost every „ China 1911-49: From Republican aspect of life.” Revolution to Communist Revolution „ From Kingdom to Colony: Ireland in the Twelfth Century „ Europe Reformed, 1540-1600 „ The Secret Police in Communist Europe, 1917-1989 „ Ireland, Modernity and Empire „ Ireland in the Age of O’Connell, 1775-1847 „ Revolutionary Britain 1678-1707 „ The Republic of Ireland and the long 1960s „ Ireland in the 1920s and 1930s

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COURSE CODE Joint Honours DEGREE AWARDED B.A. (see below) DEGREE TYPE Honours Bachelor Degree PLACES 2018 40 NFQ Level 8 CAO POINTS 2017 419-520 AWARDING BODY Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin

History of Art and Architecture is studied buildings is fundamental to the discipline as a Joint Honours subject with one of the and Dublin’s impressive collections of Graduate skills and following options: paintings and sculpture, together with its career opportunities rich architectural heritage provide an ideal In recent years graduates have been TR113 Ancient History and Archaeology basis for study. Students do not need any previous knowledge of art history or any employed as lecturers, curators, editors, and TR173 Classical Civilisation practical skill in art to take this course. writers in universities, galleries, museums, publishing houses and art salesrooms in Classical Languages TR231 Ireland and abroad. These include the TR263 English Literature Victoria and Albert Museum, the Dulwich History of Art and Architecture: Picture Gallery, the Universities of Princeton, TR443 History The course for you? Oxford, Cambridge, and Saint Andrews, the National Gallery of Ireland, the Irish Museum TR455 Modern Language* (French, Italian, History of Art and Architecture will appeal Spanish) of Modern Art, the Irish Architectural Archive, to those interested in museums, galleries, and University College Dublin. History of Art architectural heritage, and visual culture. It TR479 Philosophy and Architecture is particularly important in provides students with essential knowledge developing skills in visual analysis which are TR665 Religion and skills for documenting and analysing valuable across a wide range of career paths. works of art and architecture. It hones an * See page 96 for language options and Graduates have worked in a broad range of ability to describe and critically analyse requirements administrative, commercial, and media- images, builds a rich visual memory, and based employment and have commented develops skills in research and its presentation. on the usefulness of visual literacy in marketing, public relations, and journalism. History of Art and Architecture What is Art History? @ Trinity Your degree and

History of Art and Architecture is about the Trinity boasts a wider range of expertise what you’ll study in Irish and European art from medieval study of images, objects and buildings. It is This course teaches you how to analyse manuscripts to contemporary art, while unique in developing high levels of visual works of art and how to understand and its renowned collections provide a rich literacy applicable to a range of career explain their historical significance. pathways. It explores why works of art look body of material for study and analysis. the way they do and seeks to discover what Learning about art and architecture in this You will take a broad range of modules they say about the societies that created unique historical and artistic environment covering the history of painting, sculpture, them. It develops skills in visual analysis, greatly enhances student experience of the and architecture from antiquity to modern critical assessment, and communication. discipline. The proximity of the University times. Topics available include Irish art, the Direct experience of objects, artworks, and to the city’s many museums and galleries art of the Italian Renaissance, art in the age renders site visits a central and distinctive of chivalry, the architectural splendours feature of the undergraduate programme, of the Georgian era, and the artistic and particular emphasis is placed on achievements of the twentieth century. student engagement with the national There is also a module on non-Western art – Do you enjoy… collections. The Douglas Hyde Gallery, the arts of Japan. ? one of Ireland’s leading contemporary art Looking at and thinking about galleries, is situated at Trinity. The University FIRST YEAR paintings, sculpture, and also has a major collection of paintings and In first year you will take modules providing architecture? sculpture, and a student committee assists an introduction to various aspects of the curator in managing this collection. Western art and architecture, and to the Exploring the many historical Students of History of Art and Architecture practice of art history. and contemporary meanings at Trinity develop skills in visual analysis to be found in works of art? which are rooted in direct experience of As well as providing an historical survey, starting with ancient Greece and covering Putting into words what you art and architecture. major periods such as the Italian think about the richness and Renaissance and French Impressionism, complexity of visual culture?

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the course will introduce you to the methods In the second and third years of the and techniques of art history. These include programme, students may take part in the the critical analysis of paintings, sculpture, annual field trip. These trips allow students to What our graduates say manuscripts, and other artefacts, the undertake detailed first-hand analysis of sites Sorcha Mai Lideadha, Curator, importance of iconography, and the different and objects. Past destinations have included Graduated 2011 technical methods used by artists from the Madrid, Paris, Florence, Rome and Vienna. Book of Kells to the present day. “Studying the FOURTH YEAR history of art and architecture at Trinity The course also provides you with the The special subject meant that from day knowledge and skills needed to understand If you elect to study History of Art and one we were looking and appreciate architecture. It includes an Architecture in the fourth year, you will select at and discussing examination of different building materials two topics dealing with the art-historical real art objects and and architectural drawings, as well as issues at a more specialised level. Where buildings, whether training in the visual analysis of buildings. possible, you will be given the opportunity in the museums These topics are part of an historical survey of studying primary sources and particular and galleries in the of Western architecture, which ranges from emphasis is placed on personal observation city centre or on the campus itself. Combined with the hands-on Greek temples to modernist structures. and interpretation of original works of art, experience of volunteering with the University Special attention is given to important whether painting, sculpture or architecture. building types, such as the medieval collection, and studying the staff’s own subject Examples of special subject topics include areas in final year, my experience at Trinity not monastery or the country house. Art and Architecture in Late Medieval Ireland, only taught me rigorous visual analysis and Saints and Sanctity in Medieval Europe, critical thinking, but also to be creative and SECOND AND THIRD YEARS Studies in Architecture and Ornament, Early to draw on other disciplines to appreciate the Over the course of second, third and fourth Modern Portraiture, Gender, art and identity, numerous factors that can contribute to the years, you will have the opportunity to take Painting in Ireland and Britain c1800-1900, final work of art, skills I use and value every courses in a choice of some the following areas: and Irish Modern and Contemporary Art. day as a museum curator.” „ Insular Art ASSESSMENT „ Antiquity and Innovation in Early Medieval Assessment is by coursework, examinations What our current students say Art and a Capstone research project. Conor O’ Kelly, Graduated 2017 „ The Art and Architecture of the Medieval Church, c.100-1220 “The Department of History of Art „ Art in the Age of Chivalry c. 1150-1350 Study abroad and Architecture „ Painting and Sculpture in 17th Century has equipped me Europe Students studying History of Art and with an invaluable Architecture may apply to spend a year skill set including „ Painting and Sculpture in the Italian abroad, using the exchange networks of analysis, criticism Renaissance the School of Histories and Humanities. and interpretation. „ City Court and Campagna: the Foundation These include Erasmus programme links Not only have I of Early Modern Architecture with universities in Berlin, Istanbul, Madrid, studied the socio- economic conditions „ Architecture in the 19th and 20th Centuries Paris and Pisa. In addition, the programme that produced great works but I have gained facilitates exchanges with non-European „ The Age of Rembrandt and Vermeer a greater understanding of contemporary art institutions in Australia, Canada, China, „ Art in France 1850-1900 and society. My time in this course has brought Singapore and the USA. about the realisation of the career path I hope „ Art and Modernism to follow.” „ Post-Modernism and Contemporary Art „ The Arts of Japan „ Approaches to Art History and Criticism „ Art in Ireland: Making and Meaning

These courses comprise a mixture of lectures and small group seminars.

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DEGREE AWARDED LL.B. COURSE CODE TR004 DEGREE TYPE Honours Bachelor Degree PLACES 2018 90 NFQ Level 8 CAO POINTS 2017 534 AWARDING BODY Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin

school is ideally situated for law students, What is Law? being in close proximity to the Four Courts, Law degrees and professional the Houses of Parliament, and Dublin’s Law is an exciting, dynamic subject, one qualifications technology hub with firms such as Google which evolves constantly. It governs every and Facebook. No law degree entitles a person to practise aspect of our lives, from food labelling law as a solicitor or barrister. If you wish to and football transfers to elections and By national and international comparisons go on to obtain a professional qualification, crime. The study of law involves learning we are small in size but our dedication the governing bodies for the profession legal rules, interpreting, applying and to small group teaching fosters a friendly require that you study certain modules critiquing legal principles. This requires the and vibrant relationship between staff in your primary law degree. Each of our development of the skills of argument and and students, one inspired by mutual five undergraduate degree programmes advocacy as well as critical analysis and respect and co-operation. Creativity and guarantees you that will have the reasoning. independent thinking are amongst the key opportunity to take these modules. Our attributes we foster amongst our students. programmes also offer additional modules required for entry into the UK professional Law: The course for you? The School is home to one of Ireland’s bodies. leading legal periodicals, the ‘Dublin If you like to be challenged and University Law Journal’ and the ‘Trinity All students considering a career as a lawyer intellectually stimulated then a law degree College Law Review’. The latter is published should consult the relevant professional is for you. Legal training requires the ability by the student members of the University’s body of their preferred jurisdiction to ensure to think logically and critically, precise and Law Society and now enjoys international they satisfy all entry requirements. careful use of language, good writing skills dissemination. and a facility for articulate expression are key attributes for legal scholars. Your degree and what you’ll Graduate skills and career study opportunities Law @ Trinity Law at Trinity is a four-year honours degree A law degree provides the ideal foundation for programme. Most of the teaching takes Trinity’s School of Law, is Ireland’s oldest the aspiring solicitor or barrister. Our degrees place at lecture level and is supplemented and most internationally renowned law in law provide students with a challenging with seminars (small group teaching) in school. It is the highest ranked Law School and rewarding legal education but also instil classes of between 12-15 students. Over in Ireland in both the QS and THE world more general skills such as critical thinking the course of the programme, students will rankings. We have a distinguished team and problem solving. Our graduates go on to cover the fundamental building blocks of of professors and lecturers and attract enjoy successful careers in the top law firms the legal system, including modules such as students of the highest calibre from Ireland in Ireland, UK and abroad. criminal law, constitutional law and EU law. and abroad. Our strong network of alumni Students will also take modules in related in Ireland abroad comprises leading The skills learned through studying law disciplines that contextualise their study of lawyers, judges, including Chief Justices, in Trinity are useful in all walks of life and law. In the final year, most classes are small Presidents of Ireland, policy-makers and offer wider opportunities than professional in size allowing students to learn from one public representatives. The Law School has practice alone, with many graduates finding another and from a distinguished academic produced some of the most prolific lawyers employment in public administration, in a ‘seminar’ style setting. In addition, of the modern era in Ireland. Our historic business, journalism, accountancy, banking, students will complete a substantial piece insurance, politics, foreign affairs, diplomacy of independent research, the Capstone and international financial services both in project, through which they will develop Ireland and abroad. vital skills of research, presentation and teamwork. Do you enjoy… The School of Law enjoys a mutually ? beneficial and close relationship with its Problem solving, critically alumni. Every year our graduates working analysing, thinking, questioning in leading Irish, UK and international legal and challenging issues? and consultancy firms return to Trinity to offer internship and job opportunities to our History, society, governance students. Our annual Careers Fair and the and current affairs? TCD Law Society’s Careers Officer organise regular presentations and events for students Clear, articulate expression? to meet with potential employers.

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SPECIAL ENTRY REQUIREMENTS GET IN TOUCH! Note: Law (TR004) is one of three courses that are part of the feasibility study in admissions, and 10 places will be filled under this new route. For further details see page 252. www.tcd.ie/law/programmes/undergraduate Tel: +353 1 896 1125 / 1278 Email: [email protected] RELATED COURSES www.facebook.com/TrinityCollegeDublinLaw TR017: Law and Business, page 88 TR018/019: Law and French/German, page 86 VISIT THE LAW SCHOOL: TR020: Law and Political Science, page 90 If you are considering studying for a Law degree at Trinity but want to be sure, you are most welcome to attend first and/or second year lectures. If you would like to avail of this CLINICAL LEGAL EDUCATION MODULE CAPSTONE opportunity, please contact us by email to The Law School has long recognised the value In your final year of study, you will undertake arrange a visit. of practical, skills-based training. Clinical legal a Capstone project – an independent education (CLE) offers students a valuable research project which comprises an Law Open Day: See page 31. opportunity to learn more deeply about the in-depth investigation of a specific area law by gaining practical legal experience. of scholarship. The Capstone project is a This module allows 30-40 students per catalyst to enable you to reflect on your year to undertake a placement in a legal learning from the programme as a whole practice setting in a partner organisation in and to demonstrate your ability to think the private, public or not-for-profit sectors. independently, communicate effectively, Alongside the placement, students attend a develop continuously and act responsibly lawyering class in which they develop their as you transition to the world of work or to What our graduates say understanding of professional legal skills postgraduate studies. and legal ethics. We are privileged to have Garrett Simons, LL.B. S.C. Garrett many of the leading legal practice settings graduated with a first class honours in the State, in each of the private, public Study abroad and internship degree. He is a Senior Counsel specialising in planning and environmental law, and the and not-for-profit sectors, among its partner opportunities organisations which offer placements. The author of Planning and Development Law (Thomson Round Hall, Dublin). lawyering class complements the placement In third year, students have the opportunity by enabling students to identify and develop to apply to study abroad in a prestigious “My reasons for choosing Trinity were, first, the excellent reputation of the School, and, the skills, values and knowledge which is European university with the EU funded secondly, the fact that it offered a four-year necessary for making the transition from the Erasmus programme. In addition to exchange academic study of law to its application in a honours degree course. The course not only programmes in Europe, the School of allows for a greater choice of modules, but also real world setting. Law also has bilateral links with leading affords an opportunity to study those modules universities in North America, Australia, Hong in depth. Your degree is awarded on the basis If you would like more detailed information Kong and China. Our exchange programmes of your performance in third and fourth year, on all the modules offered, please are highly successful and are an extremely which is a much fairer basis of assessment visit: www.tcd.ie/law/programmes/ popular option for law students each than in most colleges. The Law School has undergraduate year. Participating students find that they a very friendly atmosphere. My lecturers are hugely enjoyable, academically and were excellent. I particularly enjoyed the ASSESSMENT Environmental Law course taught by Professor culturally rewarding, and a valuable asset Assessment in law degrees is by a Yvonne Scannell, and subsequently decided combination of coursework and semester to prospective employers. to specialise in planning and environmental examinations. As a reflection of the different law. I have no doubt but that the questioning Further information on the year abroad teaching practices, a diverse range of approach which Yvonne (Scannell) and other programme, and a list of partner universities, assessment methods is used, including lecturers encouraged us to take to legal issues can be found at: www.tcd.ie/law/ case notes, essays, mock trials, reflective has been of great benefit to me in my practice programmes/undergraduate/study-abroad journals, mock parliaments, contribution to at the bar. For those students keen to see the legal world in practice the Four Courts are in web-discussion boards, response papers and walking distance from the College and all the research dissertations. Students are advised cases, with the exception of those which are at the beginning of the teaching semester ‘in camera’ – look for the sign! – are open to about the assessment methods in each the public, so feel free to wander (quietly) in module. and listen to the legal arguments. For criminal law and legal skills courses, students are often required to visit the courts and write reports on cases they have attended.”

www.tcd.ie/study 85 Law and French/German

COURSE CODE TR018 (French) TR019 (German) DEGREE TYPE Honours Bachelor Degree PLACES 2018 15 15 NFQ Level 8 CAO POINTS 2017 567 541 AWARDING BODY Trinity College Dublin, DEGREE AWARDED LL.B. (Ling. Franc) LL.B. (Ling. Germ) The University of Dublin

All students considering a career as a lawyer What is Law and French/ Law and French/German should consult the relevant professional German? @ Trinity body of their preferred jurisdiction to ensure they satisfy all entry requirements. With continuing European integration and The Law and French and Law and German increasing globalisation, there is a need degree programmes offer a unique for lawyers with a transnational education. opportunity to study, not just the Irish legal The Law and French and Law and German system but also the languages, culture and Your degree and what you’ll degree courses satisfy these needs as political systems of France or Germany. study students graduate with a grounding in Students must undertake an Erasmus year In the first and second years, you will Irish law and fluency in a second European in France or Germany, exposing them to the study a variety of legal modules, taken language. Graduates will have a real insight law of that legal system. The class sizes are alongside students reading for our other and knowledge of the general culture, small, fostering a close collegial relationship undergraduate law programmes. Students political, economic and sociological with peers and members of the faculty. will also be exposed to opportunities to make-up of France or Germany. The Law develop their language skills and their and a Language programmes are taught in understanding of aspects of sociology, legal collaboration with the School of Languages, Graduate skills and career systems and politics. Literatures and Cultural Studies. opportunities New entrants are not expected to be fluent; The increasing Europeanisation of legal rather they will develop their language skills Law and French/German: practice means that graduates of the through the degree. The course for you? law and a language degree programme have much to contribute to the legal and THIRD YEAR If you like to be challenged and other professions in Ireland, as well as The third year is a compulsory year spent intellectually stimulated, have a keen enjoying career opportunities in Europe. In studying legal and language-related interest in the cultural, social, historical and addition to careers in the legal profession, modules in one of France or Germany’s political backgrounds of France or Germany Law and French, and Law and German top-ranking universities. This year abroad is and would like to learn a second language, graduates also find employment in designed to enable the student to enhance then one of these degrees is for you. Legal business, journalism, accountancy, banking, their knowledge of French/German law training requires the ability to think logically insurance, politics, foreign affairs and whilst perfecting their fluency in the foreign and critically, precise and careful use of diplomacy and public services. Graduates language. language, good writing skills and a facility will have mastered a second language, for articulate expression are key attributes which creates many opportunities for Further information on the year abroad for legal scholars. employment in large international programme, and a list of partner organisations, not solely confined to the universities, can be found at: www.tcd.ie/ legal profession. law/programmes/undergraduate/year- abroad

FOURTH YEAR Do you enjoy… Law degrees and professional In fourth year, students can choose from ? qualifications a large range of law modules, and further Problem solving, critically French or German modules. analysing, thinking, questioning No law degree entitles a person to practise and challenging issues? law as a solicitor or barrister. If you wish to go on to obtain a professional qualification, Learning about the culture, the governing bodies for the profession economic and sociological require that you study certain modules make-up of France or Germany? in your primary law degree. Each of our five undergraduate degree programmes Conversing in and learning guarantees you that will have the opportunity French or German? to take these modules. Our programmes also offer additional modules required for entry into the UK professional bodies.

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SPECIAL ENTRY REQUIREMENTS GET IN TOUCH! Leaving Certificate H3 French (TR018) H3 German (TR019) Law Open Day: See page 31. www.tcd.ie/courses/undergraduate/faculty Advanced GCE (A Level) Grade C French (TR018) www.tcd.ie/law/programmes/undergraduate Grade C German (TR019) Tel: +353 1 896 1125 / 1278 Email: [email protected] RELATED COURSES

TR004: Law, page 84 www.facebook.com/TrinityCollegeDublinLaw TR017: Law and Business, page 88 www.tcd.ie/French TR020: Law and Political Science, page 90 Email: [email protected]

www.tcd.ie/Germanic_Studies Email: [email protected] Tel: +353 1 896 1373 www.facebook.com/Trinity.SLLCS

VISIT THE LAW SCHOOL: If you are considering studying for a Law degree at Trinity but want to be sure, you are most welcome to attend first and/or second year lectures. If you would like to avail of this opportunity, please contact us by email to arrange a visit.

What our graduates say David Hughes, Law and German “The Law and German programme provided me with perspectives on language and on society which I think are unparalleled in any other programme. We had the opportunity to take our knowledge of the German language to degree level, with the help of an extremely competent and thorough German studies department. The real gem of the Law and German programme is the meeting place between the two disciplines; so few law students in the world CAPSTONE are privileged to study a foreign legal system to such In your final year of study, you will undertake Study Abroad a level.” a Capstone project – an independent In third year, students may have the research project which comprises an opportunity to apply to study abroad in a in-depth investigation of a specific area Yewhoan Hong, Law and French prestigious European university with the EU of scholarship. The Capstone project is a funded Erasmus programme. In addition “The Law School boasts strong diplomatic catalyst to enable you to reflect on your to exchange programmes in Europe, the relationships with various foreign law schools. I was learning from the programme as a whole lucky to have spent my third year in Strasbourg, School of Law also has bilateral links with and to demonstrate your ability to think France. Needless to say, it has been a life changing leading universities in North America, independently, communicate effectively, experience: not only was I able to improve my French, Australia, Hong Kong and China. Our develop continuously and act responsibly I met some great people from all corners of the exchange programmes are highly successful globe with whom I made many memories. Within as you transition to the world of work or to and are an extremely popular option the school there are some great minded people. The postgraduate studies. for law students each year. Participating friends you make here will last your lifetime. This, students find that they are hugely enjoyable, on top of everything, has made my time here all the ASSESSMENT more memorable.” A combination of assignments and aural, academically and culturally rewarding, and oral and written examinations is used. For a valuable asset to prospective employers. information on assessment in other law Further information on the study modules please see the law entry on page 85. abroad programme, and a list of partner universities, can be found at: www.tcd.ie/ law/programmes/undergraduate/study- abroad.

www.tcd.ie/study 87 Law and Business

DEGREE AWARDED LL.B. (Law and Business) COURSE CODE TR017 DEGREE TYPE Honours Bachelor Degree PLACES 2018 25 NFQ Level 8 CAO POINTS 2017 589 AWARDING BODY Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin

What is Law and Business? Law and Business: The course Law degrees and professional

In our global economy, businesses now for you? qualifications deal with more complex issues concerning This course is aimed at individuals seeking No law degree entitles a person to practise government regulations and international a career defined by the application of legal law as a solicitor or barrister. If you wish to trade policies. Conversely, the law has principles and management practices. The go on to obtain a professional qualification, had to grapple with constantly evolving programme will provide students with a the governing bodies for the profession commercial organisations and business firm grounding in law along with strong require that you study certain modules practices. With the growth in the size of legal management skills; enabling students in your primary law degree. Each of our practices and the expansion of the work of to choose from a wide range of career five undergraduate degree programmes the legal profession into areas of mergers, opportunities or further study. guarantees you that will have the acquisitions and taxation, the work of legal opportunity to take these modules. Our graduates and business graduates has programmes also offer additional modules blended in many aspects. Law and Business @ Trinity required for entry into the UK professional bodies. This joint degree aims to give students a Both the Schools of Law and Business are firm grounding in the disciplines of law recognised for their unique and innovative All students considering a career as a lawyer and business and to develop a critical degree programmes and structures. Both should consult the relevant professional understanding of both the legal framework schools enjoy a strong international profile, body of their preferred jurisdiction to ensure of business activity and the economic and with excellent relationships with Irish and they satisfy all entry requirements. commercial context in which law operates. global organisations in both the private and Students will have the opportunity to focus public sectors. During the course, students upon the many areas of overlapping interest will have the opportunity to study all of Your degree and what you’ll between the two disciplines, for example, the core modules required by the legal the structure of companies and other forms study professional bodies, ensuring, if you so of business organisation, competition law wish, that you can seek entry into a legal As a student on this programme, you will and regulation of markets, consumer law, career both at home and abroad. Trinity’s take both subjects equally in the first year. labour law, finance and financial markets, Law School and School of Business are in Thereafter, you can decide to concentrate taxation, the protection of intellectual the world’s top 100 and 150 universities for more on Law or Business. You will study property and international perspectives their subjects (QS World University Rankings foundational law and business modules. on law and business. by Subject 2016). See also Law, page 84. In the final year, you will complete a substantial piece of independent research, the capstone project, helping you to hone Graduate skills and career your research, teamwork and presentation Do you enjoy… skills. ? opportunities Problem solving, critically If you would like more detailed information The programme will provide students with analysing, thinking, questioning on all the modules offered see: strong management skills and an in-depth www.tcd. and challenging issues? specialisation in law. Graduates will be well ie/law/programmes/undergraduate/ and prepared for demanding and rewarding modules www.tcd.ie/business/ Learning about the complementary undergraduate. disciplines of business and law in careers in both the legal and business professions; particularly in areas where the an ever changing global economy? ASSESSMENT two disciplines coincide. Graduates accept Innovative teaching and assessment Advancing your understanding positions in law, business, taxation, finance methods are used throughout your four of business practices? and accounting, general management, years, comprising amongst many, formal employment relations and the civil service. examinations, essays, reflective journals, In particular, students will have the option projects, case notes, mooting; web-based of studying all the law topics required assessment, blog contributions and a for a qualifying law degree, which will clinical legal placement module. enable them to apply for entrance to the professional legal institutions to qualify as barristers and solicitors.

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SPECIAL ENTRY REQUIREMENTS GET IN TOUCH! Leaving Certificate O4/H6 Mathematics Law Open Day: See page 31. GCSE Grade B Mathematics www.tcd.ie/courses/undergraduate/faculty RELATED COURSES www.tcd.ie/law/programmes/undergraduate TR004: Law, page 84 Email: [email protected] TR018/019: Law and French/German, page 86 Tel: +353 1 896 1125 / 1278 TR020: Law and Political Science, page 90 TR080: Global Business, page 38 www.facebook.com/TrinityCollegeDublinLaw TR034: Management Science and Information Systems Studies (M.S.I.S.S.), page 144 www.tcd.ie/business

VISIT THE LAW SCHOOL: If you are considering studying for a Law degree at Trinity but want to be sure, you are CAPSTONE most welcome to attend first and/or second In your final year of study, you will undertake Study abroad year lectures. If you would like to avail of this a Capstone project – an independent In place of your third year in Trinity, students opportunity, please contact us by email to research project which comprises an may apply to study abroad on either the arrange a visit. in-depth investigation of a specific area Erasmus programme or with a partner of scholarship. The Capstone project is a university with which we have an exchange catalyst to enable you to reflect on your programme. Our exchange programmes learning from the programme as a whole are hugely popular and are academically and to demonstrate your ability to think and culturally rewarding. Law and Business independently, communicate effectively, students can currently apply to spend their develop continuously and act responsibly year in universities in Strasbourg, Uppsala, as you transition to the world of work or to Madrid, Berlin, Tübingen, Mainz, Singapore, postgraduate studies. Ohio and Queensland.

Further information on the year abroad programme and a list of partner universities can be found at: www.tcd.ie/law/ programmes/undergraduate/year-abroad

What our graduates say Caoimhe Stafford “For me, the attraction of Law and Business was the breadth of opportunities it offered. The course itself is incredibly interesting and varied, covering subjects as different as constitutional law and marketing, with scope for specialisation in later years. Beyond the classroom, student life in Trinity is unparalleled, and I have enjoyed delving into several pockets of it. Between debating, organising the Trinity Economic Forum and editing the Trinity Law Review I feel that I could have gone down several different paths, and none of them would have been wrong for me. Law and Business gave me the platform to forge my own path.”

www.tcd.ie/study 89 Law and Political Science

DEGREE AWARDED LL.B. (Pol. Sc.) COURSE CODE TR020 DEGREE TYPE Honours Bachelor Degree PLACES 2018 20 NFQ Level 8 CAO POINTS 2017 579 AWARDING BODY Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin

What is Law & Political Law & Political Science @ Law degrees and professional Science? Trinity qualifications

The two disciplines of Law and Political Both the Department of Political Science No law degree entitles a person to practise Science are intrinsically linked and directly and the Law School place great emphasis law as a solicitor or barrister. If you wish to impact every aspect of our daily lives. The on innovative thinking and independent go on to obtain a professional qualification, role and power of the constitution and thought. We offer a wide-range of research- the governing bodies for the profession judiciary, human rights and international led modules in the final two years of require that you study certain modules law, the impact of the EU and Irish law the programme thus affording you the in your primary law degree. Each of our are best understood when both subjects opportunity to focus on your developing five undergraduate degree programmes are considered. This course provides the area of interest. Both the Political Science guarantees you that will have the opportunity to learn about Law and Political and Law areas are small in size, compared opportunity to take these modules. Our Science and better understand their relation to other universities; however, this fosters programmes also offer additional modules to each other. a supportive and close relationship with required for entry into the UK professional the student body and a number of student bodies. societies and publications, notably the Law Law & Political Science: Society, Free Legal Advice Centre (FLAC), All students considering a career as a lawyer should consult the relevant professional The course for you? Trinity Law Review, the Eagle Gazette, the Hist and the Phil. See also Law, page 84. body of their preferred jurisdiction to ensure they satisfy all entry requirements. If your career or intellectual interests in politics and public service would be strengthened by a knowledge of the law or Graduate skills and career you are interested in pursuing a legal career opportunities Your degree and what you’ll and want your study of law to be informed study by a wider political understanding, then Whether students’ career goals lie in Law and Political Science may be the course public leadership, the legal profession, the As a student on this programme, you will for you. During the four years of studies, media, the civil service, academia, public take both subjects equally in the first year. students will also have the opportunity to relations, anything in business that requires Thereafter, you can decide to concentrate study all of the core subjects required by knowing how government works, positions more on Law or Political Science. You will the legal professional bodies. in international organisations such as the study foundational law and political science EU or a not-for-profit organisation, law modules. In the final year, you will complete enforcement, private practice, or elsewhere, a substantial piece of independent the degree in Law and Political Science will research, the capstone project, helping be ideally suited as a platform for attaining you to hone your research, teamwork and those goals. presentation skills.

? Do you enjoy… Learning about how government works?

Gaining a deeper understanding of the international system?

Problem solving, critically analysing, thinking, questioning and challenging issues?

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RELATED COURSES GET IN TOUCH! TR004: Law, page 84 TR018/019: Law and French/German, page 86 Law Open Day: See page 31. TR017: Law and Business, page 88 TR012: History and Political Science, page 80 www.tcd.ie/courses/undergraduate/faculty www.tcd.ie/law/programmes/undergraduate TR015: Philosophy, Political Science, Economics and Sociology, page 118 Email: [email protected] TR081: B.E.S.S., page 40 Tel: +353 1 896 1125 / 1278

www.facebook.com/TrinityCollegeDublinLaw www.tcd.ie/political_science/undergraduate www.tcd.ie/political_science/undergraduate/ testimonials Email: [email protected] Tel: +353 1 896 1651

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VISIT THE LAW SCHOOL: If you are considering studying for a Law degree at Trinity but want to be sure, you are most welcome to attend first and/or second year lectures. If you would like to avail of this opportunity, please contact us by email to arrange a visit.

What our graduates say Louise Mulrennan “It is very difficult to sum up what I love most about Trinity – from the beautiful historic If you would like more detailed information surroundings and inner city location, to the on all the modules offered, see:www.tcd. Study abroad bright and diverse people I meet every day, to the wide range of societies and clubs anyone ie/law/programmes/undergraduate/ In place of your third year in Trinity, you may modules and www.tcd.ie/political_ can join and indeed, University life never stops apply to study abroad on either the Erasmus moving! science/undergraduate/module-outlines programme or with a partner university with which we have an exchange programme. The subject matter, hours and high quality CAPSTONE Our exchange programmes are hugely teaching ensure that lectures are relatable, In your final year of study, you will undertake stimulating and accessible for all. It is a course popular and are academically and culturally a Capstone project – an independent which attracts bright, articulate and diverse rewarding. Law and Political Science students research project which comprises an people year in year out. The small group in-depth investigation of a specific area can currently apply to spend their year in size naturally creates a solid foundation for of scholarship. The Capstone project is a universities in Helsinki, Paris, Strasbourg, friendships that I know will last well beyond catalyst to enable you to reflect on your Bologna, Berlin, Tübingen, Mainz, Singapore, the walls of Trinity.” learning from the programme as a whole Canberra and Queensland. and to demonstrate your ability to think Further information on the year abroad independently, communicate effectively, programme, and a list of partner universities, develop continuously and act responsibly can be found at: www.tcd.ie/law/ as you transition to the word of work or to programmes/undergraduate/year-abroad/ postgraduate studies.

www.tcd.ie/study 91 Middle Eastern and European Languages and Cultures

DEGREE AWARDED B.A. COURSE CODE TR040 DEGREE TYPE Honours Bachelor Degree PLACES 2018 12 NFQ Level 8 CAO POINTS 2017 496 AWARDING BODY Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin

This course suits those who have an interest What is Middle Eastern in history and culture, who enjoy studying Your degree and and European Languages languages and literatures, who wish to what you’ll study and Cultures? engage with current debates about global issues, who are fascinated by international FIRST AND SECOND YEARS The degree in Middle Eastern and European politics, and who are ambitious and In your first year you will choose one Languages and Cultures gives students a relish the challenge of fully engaging with European language and its corresponding unique opportunity to study the history, a foreign culture by living and studying area studies course. In addition, you will take culture and one language of the Middle East abroad for a year. a module focused on a topic related to the (Arabic, Hebrew, Turkish) combined with study of Europe, e.g., Introduction to the a choice of a European language (French, History of Ideas and a module with a focus Spanish, German, Italian, Russian, Polish) and Graduate skills and on the Middle East, e.g., Introduction to the its history and culture. In this course students History of the Middle East/ Ancient Near explore diverse perspectives on Middle career opportunities East and Jewish/Islamic Civilisations. There will also be a module that deals with the Eastern and European societies through Graduates of this course will be well relationship between the Middle East and a study of history, literature and identity placed to work in international relations Europe, e.g., Cultural Encounters Between politics. The skills and in-depth knowledge and international development, with the Middle East and Europe. In your second acquired in this course prepare students multinational corporations and with year, you will continue to study your chosen to engage critically with, and contribute NGOs as well as in advocacy, diplomacy, European language and will begin to study to, current discussions about the cultures, journalism, academia, secondary school a Middle Eastern language of your choice. As histories and religious affairs of the Middle education, the Civil Service and the in first year, some of your modules will focus East and their relationship with European institutions of the European Union. on Europe, others on the Middle East, and societies as well as Europe’s millennia-long Speaking a European language fluently there will be a module that examines the history of engagement with this region. and having a high level of proficiency in a historical and cultural encounters between Middle Eastern language gives graduates Europe and the Middle East. a competitive advantage when it comes to Middle Eastern and European recruitment in multinational companies, THIRD AND FOURTH YEARS Languages and Cultures: many of which have Ireland as their The third year is spent abroad in a university The course for you? European base. Graduates of this course in Europe or in the Middle East. Your final will also be well placed to take up further year offers you many different options Are you interested in Europe’s relationship study in languages, history, cultural studies and focuses on both languages (or only with the Middle East and how to build future or – because of their language skills and the European language if you choose) relationships? Are you searching for a course their cultural understanding – international and continues to deepen your knowledge that gives you both academic breadth business and marketing as well as of European and Middle Eastern cultures and allows you to specialise in a language international relations. and the engagement between them. of your choice? Are you interested in understanding European and Middle Eastern societies, their social problems and how these are rooted in both past and current engagements? The degree in Middle Eastern and European Languages and Cultures may be the degree for you. It is a unique programme that combines the study of a European and a Middle Eastern language as well as exploring the histories and cultures of these regions. Unique to this course is the study of the cultural engagement between these two regions, which stretches back at least three millennia.

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SPECIAL ENTRY REQUIREMENTS GET IN TOUCH!

Applicants must present at least one European language other than English or Irish in the www.tcd.ie/langs-lits-cultures Leaving Certificate (or equivalent). www.tcd.ie/nmes Leaving Certificate H3 in one of French, German, Greek, Italian, Polish, Latin, Russian, Spanish, Arabic or Hebrew Studies. Phone: +353 1 896 1451 Advanced GCSE Grade B in one of French, German, Greek, Italian, Polish, Latin, (A Level) Russian, Spanish, Arabic or Hebrew Studies. Facebook www.facebook.com/Trinity.SLLCS Where a student is presenting two languages they must attain at least the following grades: Leaving Certificate H3 if presenting French or German. YouTube H4 if presenting if presenting Greek, Italian, Polish, Russian, www.youtube.com/watch?v=PncBNwMoc-A Spanish, Arabic or Hebrew Studies. Advanced GCSE Grade C in two of French, German, Greek, Italian, Polish, Latin, (A Level) Russian, Spanish, Arabic or Hebrew Studies.

CAPSTONE In your final year of study you will undertake a Capstone project - an independent research project which comprises an in-depth investigation of a specific area of scholarship. The Capstone project is a catalyst to enable you to reflect on your learning from the programme as a whole and to demonstrate your ability to think independently, communicate effectively, develop continuously and act responsibly as you transition to the world of work or to Post Graduate studies.

ASSESSMENT At all levels, you will be assessed by a combination of continuous assessment and exams. We use a mix of traditional and innovative continuous assessment methods – essays, project work, presentations, book reviews and dossiers, podcast creation. Language modules are traditionally assessed by written, oral and aural examinations. Final year students also write a Capstone project.

Study abroad

A year or semester studying abroad is one of the highlights of a student’s Trinity experience, and immersing oneself in the language and culture is also one of the most valuable ways of achieving fluency when you are studying a language. Middle Eastern and European Languages and Cultures students have a compulsory third year of study abroad in a partner European or Middle Eastern university.

We currently have links with the following European universities where students can spend their third year: for Spanish: University of Granada, University of Seville; for French: University of Paris 3-Sorbonne Nouvelle, University of Geneva; for Italian: University of Naples; for German: University of Cologne, University of Hamburg, University of Vienna. Many of these universities also offer Middle Eastern languages and you may continue the study of your chosen Middle Eastern language while in Europe. You may also choose to spend a semester in the Middle East.

www.tcd.ie/study 93 Middle Eastern, Jewish and Islamic Civilisations

COURSE CODE Joint Honours DEGREE AWARDED B.A. (see below) DEGREE TYPE Honours Bachelor Degree PLACES 2018 10 NFQ Level 8 CAO POINTS 2017 379-555 AWARDING BODY Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin

Middle Eastern, Jewish and Islamic Civilisations is studied as a Joint Honours What is Middle Eastern, Jewish Graduate skills and subject with one of the following options: and Islamic Civilisations? career opportunities

TR233 Classical Languages Judaism and Islam have been deeply This broad humanities degree in Middle influential in the development of European, Eastern, Jewish and Islamic Civilisations TR547 Ancient History and Archaeology Middle Eastern, North African and North provides the ideal foundation for those TR548 Classical Civilisation American societies. Middle Eastern, Jewish aspiring to careers in public services, and Islamic Civilisations is the study of their foreign affairs, diplomacy, journalism and TR554 History historical origins and cultures, providing education. Many of our graduates can be students with an insight into the challenges found in these and in other professions. TR563 Modern Language* (French, Italian, Irish, Spanish) of diversity and multiculturalism in an Students receive a rewarding education in increasingly globalised world. Middle Eastern, Jewish and Islamic history TR564 Music and culture, but also instilled are more general skills, such as critical thinking and TR565 Religion Middle Eastern, Jewish problem solving, skills which are highly * See page 96 for language options and and Islamic Civilisations: attractive to potential employers. requirements The course for you?

If you are interested in ancient and Your degree and modern history, in literature, in religion what you’ll study and philosophy, in the Middle East and its relationship with the Western world, this At entry, Middle Eastern, Jewish and Islamic course would be of great interest to you. Civilisations must be combined with one If you find yourself asking how societies other subject. In later years, you will be able develop their values and perspectives, you to select additional subjects and electives will be able to explore how they do so over and will have the option to graduate the course of some of the most exciting with Middle Eastern, Jewish and Islamic periods of human history. Civilisations as a Single Honours degree, a Joint Honours degree with another subject, or a Major with a Minor.

Middle Eastern, Jewish and FIRST AND SECOND YEARS Islamic Civilisations @ Trinity In first year, you will be introduced to the history of Jews and Muslims in the context Trinity is the only university in Ireland that of the Middle East and in the context of offers a course in Middle Eastern, Jewish Europe and the USA. We offer introductory and Islamic Civilisations. It attracts students courses in the historical origins of Judaism of social and cultural diversity from Ireland and Islam, Ancient Near Eastern history and abroad. Our graduates in Ireland and and culture, medieval and modern internationally include lecturers working in Jewish and Islamic civilisations explored European, UK and US universities, as well as through literature, inscriptions, film and graduates working in other areas including archaeological evidence. In addition, museum work, journalism, international you will explore the regions, cultures and relations, human rights and law. The degree histories of the Modern Middle East (from in Middle Eastern, Jewish and Islamic the 19th century to the present) with topics Civilisations is offered by the Department such as the European powers and the of Near and Middle Eastern Studies which Ottoman rulers, the Middle East during the is part of Trinity’s School of Languages, World Wars. Literatures and Cultural Studies, ranked in the world top 100 (QS World University Rankings by Subject, 2018).

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VISIT US: If you are considering studying for a degree in Middle Eastern, Jewish and Islamic Civilisations at Trinity but want to be sure, you are most welcome to attend first and second year lectures. If you would like to avail of this opportunity, please contact us From second year, you may choose to ASSESSMENT by email to arrange a visit. commence study of a language, either Arabic, At all levels, you will be assessed by a Turkish or Classical or Modern Hebrew, combination of continuous assessment or alternatively select all non-language and exams. We use a mix of traditional and modules or Trinity Electives. In your core innovative continuous assessment methods course, you will study diverse cultures in – essays, project work, presentations, book the ancient, medieval and modern worlds reviews and dossiers, podcast creation. through political, religious and literary Language modules are traditionally assessed texts, material culture and film. Topics by written, oral and aural examinations. Final include Ancient Empires of Mesopotamia year students also write a Capstone project. and the Mediterranean, Arabs in Antiquity, What our graduates say Contemporary Islamic Movements, Human Thalia Nielsen Rights in the Middle East, the History of Jews Study abroad “Middle Eastern, Jewish and Islamic and Muslims in Europe from the Medieval to Civilisations offers such a broad spectrum the Modern Period, Turkish Cultural History, A year or semester studying abroad is of topics. I loved the fact that I could tailor the History of the Ottoman Empire, and the one of the highlights of a student’s Trinity my degree to my own interests. Though my diversity of cultures and identities in the experience. In third year, students have the interest is mainly in the Arab world, modules Modern Middle East and North Africa. opportunity to apply to study abroad in a in Jewish history were fascinating. As a small prestigious European university with the EU department, it is easy to get to know everyone THIRD AND FOURTH YEARS funded Erasmus programme. Alternatively, – lecturers and classmates – which had a highly In your third year, you will have an you may apply to spend your third year positive impact on my overall experience of opportunity to study for a semester or a in leading universities in North America, university life. After graduating, I went on to do full year abroad. You will continue with Australia and Hong Kong. The department a Masters in Museum Studies. your Middle Eastern Language or choose of Near and Middle Eastern Studies also has By comparison with other Trinity departments, from broad range of options offered by the a special exchange programme with Charles the department of Near and Middle Eastern department of Near and Middle Eastern University, Prague. Studies is small in size but has a thriving Studies, approved modules and Trinity undergraduate and postgraduate community. Electives. Our dedication to small-group teaching makes the student experience particularly rewarding. In your final year, you will be able to choose Amongst our students we foster independent special modules from a range on offer. and creative thinking and to facilitate this, Courses offered in recent years include the lecturers are always ready to meet individual Modern Middle East and European Powers, students to discuss academic issues.” The Jews of Egypt and their Encounter with Greek Culture; Islam and Gender; Holocaust Representation in Film and Literature, Advanced Hebrew, Turkish or Arabic.

CAPSTONE In your final year of study, you will undertake a Capstone project - an independent research project which comprises an in-depth investigation of a specific area of scholarship. The Capstone project is a catalyst to enable you to reflect on your learning from the programme as a whole and to demonstrate your ability to think independently, communicate effectively, develop continuously and act responsibly as you transition to the world of work or to Post Graduate studies.

www.tcd.ie/study 95 Modern Languages

COURSE CODE Joint Honours DEGREE AWARDED B.A. (see below) DEGREE TYPE Honours Bachelor Degree PLACES 2018 265** NFQ Level 8 CAO POINTS 2017 New programme AWARDING BODY Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin

Table 1 left shows all possible modern language French* German Irish* Italian Russian Spanish and modern language combinations. French* TR667 TR667 TR667 TR667 TR667 French* and Irish* must be taken at post-Leaving Certificate level (or equivalent). German TR668 TR668 TR668 TR668 German, Italian, Russian and Spanish may be Irish* TR669 TR669 TR669 TR669 taken either at post-Leaving Certificate level Italian TR670 TR670 TR670 TR670 TR670 (or equivalent) or at beginner’s level Russian TR671 TR671 TR671 TR671 A student may only take one language at beginner’s level. Spanish TR672 TR672 TR672 TR672 ** Places for Modern Languages and Modern Languages and a subject. Also see page 110.

What is Modern Languages? Modern Languages: the Graduate skills and career

Within the Modern Languages programme course for you? opportunities you study two modern European languages Studying two languages at Trinity will enable Foreign language skills and intercultural to degree level. It is the most intensive you to develop your skills in these to a level competencies constitute one of the biggest exposure to languages and cultures that where you can communicate confidently skills gaps in the Irish labour market and Trinity College has to offer. You can choose and competently on virtually any subject language graduates are very sought after between French, German, Irish, Italian, and in every situation. Throughout your in a wide variety of careers. Dublin-based Russian and Spanish. Apart from French studies you will experience an intensive headquarters of Google, Facebook, Linkedin and Irish all languages can be studied from and exciting encounter with the people, and others are seeking the advanced both advanced and beginners level. (See cultures and societies of the languages you language and intercultural skills our table for all available combinations). Our study. You will gain deeper familiarity with graduates acquire, and there is currently programmes will give you the opportunity them through the study of their literature, an acute shortage of language specialists for full immersion into the languages and culture, history and politics, and you will in the Irish secondary school system. Our cultures that you study. They will enable gain competencies in understanding and graduates have exciting careers in a wide you to acquire a high level of language successfully navigating cultural differences. range of fields such as cultural and creative competence and fluency, combined with You will also acquire crucial and highly industries, translation and interpreting, an in-depth understanding of the main valuable transferable skills such as thinking journalism and the media, publishing cultures and societies in which these analytically and independently. and arts administration, diplomacy and languages are spoken. In an increasingly tourism, marketing and finance, as well as interconnected and multicultural world, second and third level teaching or the civil advanced language skills and intercultural Modern Languages @ Trinity service. Many go on to take postgraduate competencies will equip you for a wide courses in areas such as business or law for variety of careers and will give you a Trinity was a pioneer in the teaching of which a languages degree is an excellent distinct competitive advantage. European languages in the 18th century background. The combination of a more and we are the leading languages school general languages undergraduate degree in Ireland today, consistently ranked in the with a more specialised or professional Do you enjoy… top 100 languages schools in the world. postgraduate qualification has proven to ? The emphasis of our programmes is on be highly attractive to employers. Getting to know and understand interactive and communicative small-group other places, people and cultures? teaching, often provided by native speakers, Learning languages to the level and our students benefit from a great deal where you are competent, of individual attention and support. All confident and fluent? of our courses are characterised by the integration of language learning and the Engaging with the cultural, exploration of the literatures and cultures, linguistic, social and political societies and histories of the language diversity in the world and acting studied. as a mediator between cultures?

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RELATED COURSES GET IN TOUCH! If you want to combine the study of a Modern Language plus another subject, please see page 110 School of Languages, Literatures TR024 European Studies, page 70 and Cultural Studies TR040 Middle Eastern and European Languages and Cultures, page 92 Email: [email protected] Tel: +353 1 896 1706

Your degree and what you Study abroad study A year or a semester studying abroad is one of ‘A different In each of the languages you have typically the highlights of a student’s Trinity experience, 8-12 contact hours per week, which roughly and immersing oneself in the language and language is a divide equally between language learning culture is one of the most valuable ways different vision and studying the culture, literature, history of achieving fluency and of gaining deeper and society of your languages. In beginners intercultural understanding. For those who of life’ languages the emphasis on language is choose the Single Honours pathway a third (Federico Fellini) higher in the first year. From year to year year of study abroad is mandatory (except students have an increasing choice in respect for Irish). For students combining the study of which areas to focus on and specialise in. of two modern languages we can facilitate a semester abroad in each, and all our students For further details see the entries under the are strongly encouraged and supported to specific languages in this prospectus. spend a year or semester in the third year in one of our many partner universities. At a minimum, you will be required to spend two months in each of the countries the language of which you are studying during the course of the degree programme. We have long-established and well-working Erasmus partnerships with top institutions in the countries where our languages are spoken.

www.tcd.ie/study 97 French

COURSE CODE Joint Honours DEGREE AWARDED B.A. (see below) DEGREE TYPE Honours Bachelor Degree PLACES 2018 84 NFQ Level 8 CAO POINTS 2017 387-577 AWARDING BODY Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin

French is studied as a Joint Honours subject with one of the following options: Why study French? French @ Trinity French is a major world language, with French at Trinity is a four year course providing TR018 Law a rich cultural and intellectual heritage. a breadth and depth of experience that TR085 Business Studies Knowledge of the French language and its puts our graduates among the most highly literature and culture opens up a world of qualified in the field. We adopt a holistic TR114 Ancient History and Archaeology opportunities to those who study them. approach by teaching the French language TR239 Classical Languages French is an official working language of through the literatures, histories, politics and many international organisations (UN, societies of the French-speaking world. You TR277 English Literature OECD, NATO, etc.) and plays a decisive role will also have weekly oral classes with native in world affairs. French studies also develop French speakers. In your final year, you will TR324 Film Studies transferable skills (excellent writing and oral undertake a Capstone research project TR326 Geography communication abilities, critical thinking, on a topic of your choice. All students extensive analytical skills) that are highly are encouraged to go abroad for a full TR445 History of Art and Architecture sought after across a range of sectors (the academic year, or a term. There is no better TR563 Middle Eastern, Jewish and Islamic creative industries, public service, tourism, way to learn French than to live and study Civilisations publishing, interpreting, teaching, journalism, through the language (see Study Abroad broadcasting, the Diplomatic Service, etc.). section). You will leave university with a TR636 Music The study of French language, literature, high standard of fluency in the language, TR639 Philosophy history, politics and philosophy is a hugely both written and spoken, and with a wide enriching intellectual experience and it also knowledge of major aspects of French TR666 Religion leaves graduates very well placed to succeed literature, culture, history and society. TR667 Modern Language* German, Irish, in a wide range of professional contexts. Italian, Russian, Spanish

TR756 Sociology Graduate skills and French: The course for you? career opportunities * See page 96 for language options and If you are fascinated by how other requirements Graduates of French have excellent written languages and cultures offer a different and oral communication skills and acquire perspective on the world, French at Trinity highly developed skills in textual analysis could well be the course for you. You will and critical thinking that are sought after enjoy studying French here if you have a by employers across a range of industries. passion for novels, cinema, drama, poetry Trinity French graduates are working for – literature in all its forms – and if you want Google, eBay, Christian Louboutin, The to develop your ability to think critically. If Abbey Theatre, Amazon, the British Institute Do you enjoy… you are interested in French and European in Florence, the Museum of Modern Art in ? history, politics and thought, and if you Reading and discussing literature? New York or the Centre Culturel Irlandais in would like to experience French culture first- Paris. Recent graduates are working in areas Do you relish the challenge of hand by living and studying in France, then as diverse as arts administration, translation learning to speak and write in a Trinity’s Joint Honours degree programmes and interpreting, diplomacy, tourism, foreign language and interacting in French could be for you. publishing, and investment banking, as well as second-level teaching and the Civil with different cultures? You may also learn French at Trinity by Service. Many go on to take postgraduate opting for one of the four non-literary degree Do you have an interest in history, courses in areas such as law, marketing programmes: European Studies (with French politics and philosophy? and business for which a degree in arts and and another language), Business Studies humanities provides an ideal background. and French, Law and French, and Computer Would you like to study in Paris? The combination of an arts degree and a Science and Language (French). In Bordeaux? In Lyon? more vocational or professional programme of studies has proved to be highly attractive to prospective employers.

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SPECIAL ENTRY REQUIREMENTS GET IN TOUCH! Leaving Certificate H4 French www.tcd.ie/French Advanced GCE (A Level) Grade C French Email: [email protected] Tel: +353 1 896 1553 / 1333 RELATED COURSES Twitter: @tcdfrench TR039: Computer Science and Language, page 142 TR018: Law and French, page 86 TR024: European Studies – French with German/Italian/Polish/Russian or Spanish, page 70 TR085: Business Studies and French, page 44 TR040: Middle Eastern and European Languages and Cultures, page 92

CAPSTONE Your degree and In your final year of study you will undertake what you’ll study a Capstone project - an independent What our graduates say research project which comprises an in-depth Gary Hartigan, French and Sociology, At entry, French must be combined with one investigation of a specific area of scholarship. Graduated 2015, Collections Analyst other subject. In later years you will be able to The Capstone project is a catalyst to enable select additional subjects and electives and will you to reflect on your learning from the “Studying French at Trinity has been invaluable have the option to graduate with French as a programme as a whole and to demonstrate to my personal and professional development. Single Honours degree, a Joint Honours degree your ability to think independently, With the support and guidance from excellent lecturers within the Department, I studied with another subject, or a Major with a Minor. communicate effectively, develop continuously French language, culture, linguistics and and act responsibly as you transition to the The development of reading, analytical, and literature. Studying French allowed me world of work or to postgraduate studies. critical skills, through both oral and written to work in Paris for the summer months exercises in French, form the bedrock of this and study on Erasmus in Lille for the first ASSESSMENT semester of my third year. Studying on such course. Students are expected to progress to At all levels, you will be assessed by a a high level of competence in the four basic a vibrant campus has enabled me to work as combination of continuous assessment a Collections Analyst with French for a large linguistic skills of listening, speaking, reading and exams. We use a mix of traditional and multinational company, liaising and building and writing. This includes nurturing an ability innovative continuous assessment methods strong relationships with French-speaking to cope with different registers and styles – essays, project work, presentations, book clients on a daily basis.” of written and spoken French and to reflect reviews and dossiers, podcast creation. critically on the way the language is used and Language modules are traditionally assessed structured. A range of optional subjects are by written, oral and aural examinations. Final What our current students say available over the course of the four years. year students also write a Capstone project. Mairéad Walsh, French Major Student FIRST AND SECOND YEARS “What makes French at Trinity so special is the The programme in first year includes an personable relationships you form with your introduction to French language, literature, Study abroad professors and teaching staff, who in turn see and history. First year subject areas include: you as an individual, not a number. The beauty A year or semester studying abroad is one of (i) French grammar and grammatical analysis, of smaller and more intimate lectures and the highlights of a student’s Trinity experience, seminars (especially as you progress through (ii) written and oral comprehension and and immersing oneself in the language and your degree) allows for an invaluable learning (iii) modern fiction, theatre, cinema and culture is also one of the most valuable ways experience, where students and professors poetry. You will spend four contact hours of achieving fluency when you are studying can debate and question each other on their each week working on French language and a language. Single Honours students have a arguments (usually the professors are right). grammar, and three studying literature and But it is this environment that they create, compulsory third year of study abroad and contemporary French history and society. In which allows students to question and flourish other students are encouraged to spend a year second year, you will build on this foundation and ultimately think for themselves, that or a semester in their third year in one of our by following courses in the history of French makes French in this place so special. partner universities. At a minimum, you will ideas and politics, French literature, French be required to spend two months in a French- I feel blessed to have met such wonderful linguistics and in the practice of the French speaking country prior to taking your final people, both staff and classmates, who have language itself. helped to shape me into an open and inquisitive exams. We currently have exchange agreements mind, hungry to travel (across the francophone THIRD AND FOURTH YEARS with Paris 3 – Sorbonne Nouvelle, Lyon 2, world and beyond), to work, to further my In third and fourth year, a wide variety of Bordeaux-Montaigne and Orléans universities. studies and to ultimately think for myself.” optional modules building on courses previously undertaken are available. These range from Renaissance and Enlightenment writing to Romantic and Modern French literature; from French language, politics, society and identity to French critical theory, philosophy, history and cinema. In your final year, you will research and write a Capstone project in English or French on a subject of your choice in consultation with a supervisor.

www.tcd.ie/study 99 German

COURSE CODE Joint Honours DEGREE AWARDED B.A. (see below) DEGREE TYPE Honours Bachelor Degree PLACES 2018 32 NFQ Level 8 CAO POINTS 2017 411-520 AWARDING BODY Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin

German is studied as a Joint Honours subject with one of the following options: Why study German? German @ Trinity German is spoken by some 100 million If you are interested in novel approaches to TR019 Law Europeans. Contemporary Germany is the the study of literature, culture, and film, then TR086 Business Studies geographical and cultural link between east our programme is for you. We view Germanic and west and the largest economy in Europe. culture, history, and society through a TR177 Classical Civilisation Studying German at an in-depth level is cultural-historical and theoretical lens. A excellent preparation for the world of work TR208 Economics thread that runs through our programme and is likely to make you highly employable overall concerns one of the major global TR239 Classical Languages in Ireland, the EU, and further afield. phenomena of today: the idea and figure of the ‘Other’ - ‘outsiders’ and ‘strangers’ who TR277 English Literature Modern Germany is a society in transition, feature strongly in Germanic culture and increasingly ethnically diverse, and engaged history from the distant past to the present. TR326 Geography in lively debate about its own past and Moreover, we do this by examining and about its political, social, and economic TR447 History debating diverse cultural products - prose, responsibilities in Europe and the world. drama, film, and material culture - from the TR636 Music Germany’s history has been rich, dynamic, late 18th century to the present. and troubled, and this history shapes TR639 Philosophy the contemporary society and culture in TR666 Religion countless ways. Reflection on and critical engagement with these experiences have Graduate skills and TR668 Modern Language* (French, been central to German writing and thought career opportunities Irish, Italian, Spanish) since the earliest times, and remain very much so today. All these factors make Recent UK research suggests that graduates * See page 96 for language options and studying German exciting and challenging. with a degree in German are on average requirements the highest-paid language graduates. This makes sense, as Germany is the largest German: The course for you? national economy in Europe and the fifth largest economy in the world. Employers We teach most of our language and value not only the language skills of German culture modules in small groups, which is graduates, but also their ‘transferable skills’: a considerable advantage when learning a the mix of accuracy, creativity, confidence language and sets us apart from most other and sensitivity which marks the advanced Do you enjoy… universities in Ireland and further afield. We linguist, and the maturity, flexibility, and ? also offer a rich and lively course for first broadened understanding that comes from Language learning with native year students in Beginners German, run by engaging with another culture, and from speakers across a range of dedicated language specialists; this course the experience gained abroad. Language activities, including in small connects to the Area Studies and Literature graduates are found up to senior level class groups, theatre rehearsals, elements of the core German course. in all kinds of rewarding careers. Recent debates, and other social activities? graduates are working for employers Whether you are a beginner or have such as Google, Deutsche Bank, and completed German to post-Leaving Finding out about the culture of Enterprise Ireland as well as in telecoms, Certificate (or equivalent), with us you one of Europe’s and the world’s IT, education, public service, the media, will acquire advanced competence and foremost nations and the centre law, and in universities in Ireland, Europe, fluency, spoken and written, in the German of seismic global intellectual and and North America. Germany is a major language. You will also develop reading and political events from the 18th communication skills alongside methods of export destination for Irish goods as well as century right up to the present? research, description, and analysis in literature, being the second most important source of Foreign Direct Investment for Ireland. Challenging received wisdom, history, culture, film, and society of the German- speaking countries. You will be encouraged to Competence in German can give you a thinking critically, analytically, competitive advantage in the domestic job independently? follow your curiosity and develop specialist interests by choosing from a wide range of market as well as in the job markets of the optional subjects. All this in a small, friendly, German-speaking world. award-winning department with a wide extra-curricular programme including a theatre group, debating, and film evenings.

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SPECIAL ENTRY REQUIREMENTS GET IN TOUCH! Leaving Certificate H4 German www.tcd.ie/Germanic_Studies Advanced GCE (A Level) Grade C German Email: [email protected] Tel: +353 1 896 1373 RELATED COURSES TR019: Law and German, page 86 VISIT US: TR024: European Studies, page 70 If you are considering studying German, but TR039: Computer Science and Language, page 142 want to be sure, you are welcome to sample TR086: Business Studies and German, page 44 some lectures in the department during TR040: Middle Eastern and European Language and Cultures, page 92 teaching terms. You may also discuss your options with a member of the teaching staff. Contact us by email or phone.

In fourth year, the scope for developing these Your degree and specialist interests is extended through what you’ll study advanced options that link undergraduate study to the research expertise of staff. At entry, German must be combined with one other subject. In later years, you will be able CAPSTONE to select additional subjects and electives In your final year of study, you will undertake and will have the option to graduate with a Capstone project - an independent German as a Single Honours degree, a Joint research project which comprises an in-depth Honours degree with another subject, or a investigation of a specific area of scholarship. Major with a Minor. The Capstone project is a catalyst to enable you to reflect on your learning from the programme FIRST AND SECOND YEARS as a whole and to demonstrate your ability to There are approximately 10 hours of classes think independently, communicate effectively, per week in first year. The course covers three develop continuously and act responsibly key areas: as you transition to the world of work or to „ Language programme: this builds on the postgraduate studies. written, oral and aural skills you acquired at school and develops both fluency and ASSESSMENT accuracy in expression. At all levels, you will be assessed by a combination of continuous assessment „ Area studies provides an introduction to and exams. We use a mix of traditional and society, political and cultural issues and innovative continuous assessment methods current affairs in modern Germany, Austria – essays, project work, presentations, book and Switzerland. reviews and dossiers, podcast creation. „ Literature and textual studies introduces Language modules are traditionally assessed you to key aspects of modern German by written, oral and aural examinations. Final literature and to reading and analysing year students also write a Capstone project. literary and non-literary texts in German.

In addition to your on-going language classes, second year introduces you to German Study abroad cultural history (exploring topics such as the A year or semester studying abroad is development of the nation, the role of religion one of the highlights of a student’s Trinity and religious difference, militarism and experience, and immersing oneself in the pacifism, and Nietzsche and Freud as key language and culture is also one of the thinkers of modernity) and German literary most valuable ways of achieving fluency history. You can also begin to develop your own when you are studying a language. Single special fields of interest within the programme, Honours students have a compulsory third choosing from a range of seminars with a year of study abroad and other students literary, linguistics, cultural or historical focus. are encouraged to spend a year or a THIRD AND FOURTH YEARS semester in their third year in one of our In third year, you are encouraged to study partner universities. At a minimum, you abroad. If you stay in Dublin, alongside your will be required to spend two months in a language classes you will take a module in German-speaking country prior to taking the modern history of German literature and your final exams. We currently have exchange choose from a number of seminars in agreements with Cologne, Göttingen, specialist areas of literary, cultural Konstanz, and Vienna universities. and historical studies.

www.tcd.ie/study 101 Irish (Early Irish and Modern Irish)

COURSE CODE TR022 Joint Honours DEGREE AWARDED B.A. (see below) DEGREE TYPE Honours Bachelor Degree PLACES 2018 15 40 NFQ Level 8 CAO POINTS 2017 337 359-519 AWARDING BODY Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin

Irish has the following entry options: irresistible but irritable Cú Chulainn, the Early Irish @ Trinity hopelessly infatuated Muirchertach and TR022 Early and Modern Irish AND Joint many more. You will explore the Pagan and/ Honours Modern Irish options as follows: The Irish department at Trinity has a long or Christian character of the literature as history of excellence in the study of Early well as topics such as kingship, the heroic TR114 Ancient History and Archaeology Irish and continues to engage in research at biography and the sovereignty goddess. the highest level. The staff are recognised TR177 Classical Civilisation as experts in their respective fields and FIRST AND SECOND YEARS TR277 English Literature many former students are now teaching in In the first two years you will study the Irish universities. You will enjoy small class TR447 History basics of Old Irish. At this stage you will read sizes and a friendly atmosphere which past most literature in translation but you will be TR563 Middle Eastern, Jewish and Islamic students have always said was a hallmark of introduced to the original texts gradually and Civilisations the Trinity Irish Department experience. You you will see how the language emerged and may also avail of the option to study Medieval developed through the early Christian period. TR597 Mathematics and Modern Welsh in Wales in your third year. TR636 Music THIRD AND FOURTH YEARS Trinity is home to the twelfth-century Book In third and fourth year the horizons are TR756 Sociology of Leinster, one of the most important expanded; your study of the history of the manuscripts of Irish literature and learning language will take you back to its Celtic TR669 Modern Languages* (French, to have survived from the medieval period. German, Italian, Russian) origins and forward to the dawn of Modern Irish. At this stage you will be reading prose * See page 96 for language options and and poetry as well as law and history in the requirements Graduate skills and original language, and a special course in career opportunities palaeography will teach you how to read the manuscripts themselves. Third year students Some students of Early Irish pursue may opt to spend a term in Aberystwyth independent research in the subject with a learning Medieval and Modern Welsh. view to teaching at third-level. Most follow a Early Irish career in teaching or journalism, especially CAPSTONE Component Irish-language related media. Library In your final year of study you will undertake archiving, the public service, marketing, a Capstone project - an independent Early Irish can be studied in the Single Honour business, interpreting and translation all research project which comprises an Early and Modern Irish programme (TR022). For figure in the profiles of past students. in-depth investigation of a specific area the Modern Irish element, see the next page. of scholarship. The Capstone project is a catalyst to enable you to reflect on your Your degree and learning from the programme as a whole Why study Early Irish? and to demonstrate your ability to think what you’ll study independently, communicate effectively, Early Irish is the language in use in Ireland The Early Irish course, which is taught develop continuously and act responsibly from the earliest period for which there are through the medium of English, covers the as you transition to the world of work or records up to the year 1200. The course history of the Irish language from its first to postgraduate studies. covers the language and literature from appearance on the Ogam inscriptions at the ASSESSMENT the emergence of writing at the arrival of dawn of the Christian era in the fifth century, At all levels, you will be assessed by a Christianity in Ireland to the production of the to the highly polished language of the sagas combination of continuous assessment great saga manuscripts of the twelfth century. and law texts preserved in the medieval and exams. We use a mix of traditional and manuscript collections held in the libraries innovative continuous assessment methods of Trinity, the Royal Irish Academy and the – essays, project work, presentations, book Early Irish: The course for you? National Library, which are all within a five- reviews and dossiers, podcast creation. minute walk of Trinity. You will investigate Language modules are traditionally assessed If you are interested in acquiring a reading the Celtic and Indo-European origins of by written, oral and aural examinations. Final knowledge of Medieval Irish, in which the Irish. You will come to know the great year students also write a Capstone project. great saga literature of our manuscripts was characters of Early Irish literature, including written, this is the course for you. the tragic Deirdre, the doomed Conaire, the

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SPECIAL ENTRY REQUIREMENTS GET IN TOUCH! Leaving Certificate H4 Irish www.tcd.ie/Irish Advanced GCE (A Level) Grade C Irish Email: [email protected] RELATED COURSES Tel: +353 1 896 1450 TR039: Computer Science and Language, page 142 www.facebook.com/RoinnNaGaeilgeTCD

Cuireann Roinn na Gaeilge fáilte roimh aon mhac léinn ar mhaith leo freastal ar roinnt léachtaí le blaiseadh a fháil ar chúrsa sa Nua-Ghaeilge i gColáiste na Tríonóide, ach teagmháil a dhéanamh linn.

AN TRÍÚ BLIAIN AGUS AN CEATHRÚ BLIAIN An Nua-Ghaeilge Postanna Sa tríú bliain agus sa cheathrú bliain, díríonn an cúrsa ar na hábhair seo a Tá réimse an-leathan gairmeacha ag daoine leanas: ardscileanna teanga (labhartha a rinne Nua-Ghaeilge anseo. Ina measc Cad is brí le ‘Nua-Ghaeilge’? agus scríofa), an cheapadóireacht agus tá cuid mhaith múinteoirí, iriseoirí (sna an t-aistriúchán ag leibhéal níos airde, meáin Ghaeilge go háirithe) agus daoine Tugtar ‘Nua-Ghaeilge’ ar an teanga ón agus Gaeilge na hAlban. Foghlaimeoidh le postanna eile sna meáin – teilifís, ceol, mbliain 1200 go dtí an lá atá inniu ann. Sa tú conas lámhscríbhinní a léamh (cúrsa sa beochan, raidió agus an t-idirlíon. Tá borradh chúrsa seo léitear litríocht ó gach cuid den phailéagrafaíocht) agus léirmheastóireacht tagtha ar líon na ndaoine a fhaigheann tréimhse agus déantar staidéar ar fhorás na chriticiúil a dhéanamh ar scéalaíocht na postanna mar ateangairí agus aistritheoirí, teanga lena linn. Déantar staidéar speisialta seanré. Ina theannta sin, déanfaidh tú rogha cuid acu siúd thar sáile. Tá léachtóirí ollscoile freisin ar Ghaeilge an lae inniu agus ar cúrsaí sa Nua-Ghaeilge Mhoch, sa litríocht agus leabharlannaithe againn chomh maith, Ghaeilge na hAlban. bhéil, i nualitríocht na Gaeilge agus/nó agus iarmhic léinn eile ag obair sa tseirbhís nualitríocht Ghaeilge na hAlban. phoiblí, le gnó agus le margaíocht. An é seo an cúrsa duitse? MEASÚNÚ Déanann gach mac léinn cleachtaí scríofa An mbaineann tú taitneamh as Gaeilge Cad a bheidh á gach seachtain mar chuid den mheasúnú a labhairt? An maith leat an Ghaeilge a fhoghlaim agat? leanúnach; bíonn aistí le scríobh go scríobh is a léamh? An bhfuil tú ag iarraidh tráthrialta, agus béaltriail agus scrúduithe go mbeidh an Ghaeilge timpeall ort gach Is trí mheán na Gaeilge a mhúinfear do scríofa ag deireadh an tarma. Sa cheathrú lá? Más mian leat barr feabhais a chur ar do chúrsa. Foghlaimeoidh tú faoi gach gné den bliain, déanann mic léinn taighde chumas sna réimsí sin, seo an cúrsa duitse. Nua-Ghaeilge: ón bhFiannaíocht sa 13ú neamhspleách agus scríobhann siad haois go Máirtín Ó Cadhain agus Nuala Ní miontráchtas. Dhomhnaill sa lá atá inniu ann. Cuirfidh tú Cén fáth a roghnófá an go mór le do chumas i labhairt agus scríobh Nua-Ghaeilge i gColáiste na Gaeilge, agus déanfaidh tú staidéar foirmiúil ar cheartúsáid na teanga. Beidh na Tríonóide? deis agat freastal ar léachtaí faoi: scéalaíocht na seanré, stair shóisialta na teanga, an Tá cáil ar fhoireann Roinn na Gaeilge sna goirt béaloideas, filíocht na scol, an Fhiannaíocht ina bhfuil siad ag obair mar scoláirí agus iad agus an nualitríocht ar fad, .i.e. gearrscéalta, ag foilsiú leo go rialta. Chomh maith leis sin, drámaíocht, úrscéalta, dírbheathaisnéisí agus tá an-cháil ar an Roinn as a bheith cairdiúil, filíocht. Caithfidh tú dhá mhí sa Ghaeltacht rud a thaitníonn go mór lenár gcuid mac in Éirinn mar chuid de do chúrsa. Sainghné léinn. Bíonn líon na mac léinn beag go leor le speisialta de chúrsa na Nua-Ghaeilge i go mbíonn sé éasca do na mic léinn aithne gColáiste na Tríonóide ná gur anseo amháin a chur ar a chéile. Tá Cumann Gaelach na a bheidh seans agat trí bliana a chaitheamh mac léinn an-ghníomhach ar fad; tá scéim le Gaeilge na hAlban (a’ Ghàidhlig). Beidh chónaithe lánGhaelach a bhfuil an-tóir seans agat, más mian leat, tréimhse a uirthi sa Choláiste. San iomlán, is geall le chaitheamh i nGaeltacht na hAlban freisin. mionGhaelacht i lár na príomhchathrach sinn. AN CHÉAD BHLIAIN AGUS AN DARA BLIAIN Sa chéad bhliain agus sa dara bliain, díríonn an cúrsa ar na hábhair seo a leanas: scileanna i labhairt agus scríobh na teanga, an cheapadóireacht, an t-aistriúchán, stair shóisialta na Gaeilge, an Ghaeilge Chlasaiceach, an nualitríocht, Gaeilge na hAlban.

www.tcd.ie/study 103 Italian

COURSE CODE Joint Honours DEGREE AWARDED B.A. (see below) DEGREE TYPE Honours Bachelor Degree PLACES 2018 30 NFQ Level 8 CAO POINTS 2017 369-555 AWARDING BODY Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin

Italian is studied as a Joint Honours subject such as Paris, Milan, Brussels, London, New with one of the following options: Italian: The course for you? York, Hong Kong. Many undertake further study, selecting postgraduate courses in Italian has been taught in Trinity since 1776. In TR177 Classical Civilisation Arts, Social Sciences, and European Studies, joining the Department, you join a long and while others have opted for professional TR323 Drama Studies important tradition which includes alumni training in law, marketing, journalism, like Samuel Beckett and Douglas Hyde. You teaching, acting, translation, interpreting TR455 History of Art and Architecture will be taught in small classes by lecturers and business. TR563 Middle Eastern, Jewish and Islamic who are leading international experts in their Civilisations field. You are taught by experienced, and encouraging, language teachers. We have TR666 Religion a small intake each year (only 30 students) Your degree and TR670 Modern Language* French, which means individual attention and a what you’ll study German, Irish, Russian, Spanish friendly environment. We are the only Italian Department in Ireland to have a dedicated At entry, Italian must be combined with one * See page 96 for language options and cinema scholar and we offer the widest other subject. In later years you will be able requirements choice of Italian optional modules in Ireland. to select additional subjects and electives and will have the option to graduate with Italian as a Single Honours degree, a Joint Italian @ Trinity Honours degree with another subject, or a Major with a Minor. Your intensive language courses aim Why study Italian? to support you in reaching fluency. You FIRST AND SECOND YEARS will learn core skills (speaking, reading, In first year, you will follow an intensive Studying Italian opens the door to a new writing, and listening) as well as the art of course in language. This includes grammar world. Italy holds 60% of the world’s art translation. Your core cultural courses are classes, conversation and listening practice, treasures, has been home to some of the wide-ranging. They include novels, poetry, and learning how to write in Italian and world’s greatest writers and thinkers (Petrarch, theatre, cinema, art, and transmedia, as well produce basic translations. Dante, Boccaccio, Machiavelli, Gramsci), is as Italian history and politics. You study Italy We provide about eight classroom hours per among the world’s places boasting fabulous from medieval times (Dante and Boccaccio) week, mostly devoted to language learning. food, fashion and design, and has a dynamic to the 21st century. You also take optional You will also be introduced to Italy’s modern economy: 3rd in the eurozone and 8th (by modules which offer flexibility and choice. nominal GDP) in the world. In this course, history and to some literature and cinema. In you study Italy’s language as well as its rich second year you continue with your language history and culture: literature, cinema, art, development and explore the Italian literary even opera. You do not need to have studied Graduate skills and tradition including Dante’s Inferno, together Italian before: most students of Italian career opportunities with substantial exposure to modern culture, start as beginners. Having fluent Italian is history and Italian cinema. extremely beneficial for the job market. Because far fewer people study Italian, Italian opens up a range of fields where THIRD AND FOURTH YEARS very few people will have the skills you do. The third and fourth year focus on major Advanced language skills are widely sought authors of the medieval, Renaissance and Do you enjoy? after in today’s job market – especially here later periods, including contemporary ? in Ireland where many companies sell their perspectives on Italy and its culture. Options Being part of a small, friendly products and services to the European are available in literature and cinema. In community and having personal continent. Our graduates get jobs in a variety 2018, these included, for example: attention to help you improve? of sectors: business, law, charities, the public „ Italian Drama 1470s-1530s service, university administration, import- „ Italian Cinema 1900-2018 Becoming fluent in a beautiful export, writing, journalism, translation, language which will open the door theatre, music, design, tourism, PR, „ Gendered Narratives in 20th Century to a rich culture and way of life? diplomacy, corporate recruitment, finance, Italian Cinema football management, teaching, lecturing, „ The Poetry of Michelangelo Learning another romance language and banking. Some of our graduates have „ The Posthuman in Contemporary Italian quickly? (If you know Spanish or gone on to live in Italy, or work in locations French you will learn very fast) Literature

104 Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences

SPECIAL ENTRY REQUIREMENTS GET IN TOUCH! Leaving Certificate H4 In Italian or in a language other than English www.tcd.ie/Italian Advanced GCE (A Level) Grade C In Italian or in a language other than English Email: [email protected] Tel: +353 1 896 2062 RELATED COURSES TR024: European Studies, page 70 TR040: Middle Eastern and European Languages and Cultures, page 92

There is a continuing emphasis on strengthening your language proficiency and developing higher-level skills in translation, text editing and writing.

In your final year the programme includes advanced modules on Italian language varieties, cultural studies, and key texts from Italian literature. All optional topics can be studied in depth.

CAPSTONE In your final year of study you will undertake a Capstone project - an independent research project which comprises an in-depth investigation of a specific area of scholarship. The Capstone project is a catalyst to enable you to reflect on your learning from the programme as a whole and to demonstrate your ability to think independently, communicate effectively, develop continuously and act responsibly as you transition to the world of work or to postgraduate studies.

ASSESSMENT At all levels, you will be assessed by a combination of continuous assessment and exams. We use a mix of traditional and innovative continuous assessment methods What our current students say What our graduates say – essays, project work, presentations, book reviews and dossiers, podcast creation. Chloe Browne Peter Sherrard Language modules are traditionally assessed Fourth Year Student (CEO Olympic Council of Ireland) by written, oral and aural examinations. Final ‘’Studying Italian in Trinity was a fantastic “Italian is a huge asset and helped to open year students also write a Capstone project. experience. The class sizes are small many doors early in my career. Being a niche and tight knit, and the lecturers were all skill, it gives rise to all sorts of experiences incredibly friendly and approachable, who’d which would not normally be available to most help you every step of the way, both in class arts graduates. With self-belief, luck and desire Study abroad and giving advice and help with residency to learn quickly, Italian graduates can soon abroad and personal/working trips to Italy. find themselves managing complex business A year or semester studying abroad is one of The classes covered so much, including not situations and given responsibilities far greater the highlights of a student’s Trinity experience, only grammar and language, but literature, than offered to their peers. In my own case, I and immersing oneself in the language and history and culture, that give you a really was made Ryanair Country Manager for Italy culture is also one of the most valuable ways in-depth understanding of Italy and Italian at the age of 26. I would never have had this of achieving fluency when you are studying identity, from all points of view!’’ opportunity so early on, were it not for my a language. Single Honours students have a knowledge of Italian gained at Trinity.” compulsory third year of study abroad and other students are encouraged to spend a year or a semester in their third year in one of our partner universities. At a minimum, you will be required to spend two months in an Italian-speaking country prior to taking your final exams. We currently have exchange agreements with the Universities of Bologna, Trieste, Pavia, and Rome.

www.tcd.ie/study 105 Russian

COURSE CODE Joint Honours DEGREE AWARDED B.A. (see below) DEGREE TYPE Honours Bachelor Degree PLACES 2018 36 NFQ Level 8 CAO POINTS 2017 411-520 AWARDING BODY Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin

Russian is studied as a Joint Honours subject with one of the following options: Why study Russian? Graduate skills and Russian is the first language of nearly career opportunities TR087 Business Studies 150 million people; it is spoken by more Career paths followed by recent graduates TR114 Ancient History and Archaeology than 260 million people around the world are often ones where Russian-language and is one of Europe’s most important competence is directly relevant. These TR277 English Literature languages. Russia is a significant force in include arts and media; education; TR323 Drama Studies present-day geopolitics and a major player business, finance and marketing; civil and in the global economy, with ties both to public service; international organisations TR447 History Europe and to Asia, and beyond. (UN, EU, NGOs) and diplomacy; journalism and tourism. Alternatively, each year TR597 Mathematics Russian writers, musicians and artists several graduates will opt to pursue further have made a considerable contribution TR639 Philosophy postgraduate study in Ireland or abroad. to European culture; Russian history has TR666 Religion helped shape Europe as we know it today: Advanced knowledge of a less-studied exploring Russia’s past and present helps language like Russian, as well as the TR671 Modern Language* (French, understand the interaction between Irish, Italian, Spanish) transferable skills (analytical and critical Europe’s eastern and western traditions. thinking, written and oral presentation * See page 96 for language options and skills) you will acquire in the study of the requirements history, culture and literature of Russia, Russian: The course for you? is generally a very attractive combination for prospective employers, even for career You will find the Russian programme paths where Russian may not be directly exciting and rewarding if you enjoy involved in your day-to-day work. language study, are interested in unfamiliar cultures, have a sense of adventure and are not afraid of a challenge. Your degree and what you’ll study Do you enjoy… ? Russian @ Trinity At entry, Russian must be combined with Discovering a culture through its one other subject. In later years, you Trinity is the only university in Ireland where literature and language? will be able to select additional subjects you have the opportunity to study Russian and electives and will have the option to to degree level. Getting to know people and places? graduate with Russian as a Single Honours Exploring and engaging with The scale of the Department of Russian and degree, a Joint Honours degree with another cultural, linguistic, social and Slavonic Studies is such that we are able subject, or a Major with a Minor. to give students a considerable amount political diversity in the world? Most students start Russian as complete of individual attention and support, and beginners, and take an intensive first-year students are able to tailor the programme language course (with six hours of language to develop their particular interests and classes per week). Special provisions are skills, and to bridge the gaps between the made for students with prior knowledge of study of Russian and the student’s other Russian (native, near-native speakers, those area(s) of study. who have passed Russian in the Leaving Certificate or have taken another entrance qualification in Russian).

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SPECIAL ENTRY REQUIREMENTS GET IN TOUCH! Leaving Certificate H4 In a language other than English www.tcd.ie/Russian Advanced GCE (A Level) Grade C In a language other than English Tel: +353 1 896 1896

RELATED COURSES TR024: European Studies, page 70 TR087: Business Studies and Russian, page 44 TR089: Business Studies and Polish, page 44 TR040: Middle Eastern and European Language and Cultures, page 92

In addition to language study, you will CAPSTONE take modules covering aspects of Russian In your final year of study, you will undertake literature, Russian history and Russian culture, a Capstone project - an independent What our graduates say society and politics. In later years, you will also research project which comprises an “I wasn’t sure about choosing to study Russian have the option to study a second Slavonic in-depth investigation of a specific area at Trinity, but I’m so glad now that I took language (Polish, Bulgarian or Croatian). of scholarship. The Capstone project is a that leap! Studying Russian is like getting a catalyst to enable you to reflect on your secret key, not only to an interesting culture FIRST AND SECOND YEARS learning from the programme as a whole and literary tradition, but also to a deeper In the first and second years, classes cover and to demonstrate your ability to think understanding of one of the most important three main areas: independently, communicate effectively, geopolitical actors of today. It’s really changed „ Russian language: these classes help develop continuously and act responsibly the way I look at the world, and having Russian on my CV has always been very positively develop fluency in reading, writing, as you transition to the world of work or to picked up on in interviews!” (EO’L, 2017) speaking and listening, and build the postgraduate studies. foundation for more advanced language “Before choosing to study Russian in Trinity study in the third and fourth years. ASSESSMENT I had absolutely no experience with the At all levels, you will be assessed by a language and limited knowledge of the culture. „ Russian cultural and literary studies: combination of continuous assessment I chose it because of its global importance you will be introduced to central figures and exams. We use a mix of traditional and and because it was a total mystery to me. This and major topics in Russian literary and innovative continuous assessment methods decision was not easy, but I am so glad that cultural history. You will progress from – essays, project work, presentations, book I was drawn to Trinity’s Russian course. After reading literary texts mainly in translation one year of intense language learning, I was reviews and dossiers, podcast creation. to tackling key works by Russian writers in overwhelmed by the rapid progress I had made. Language modules are traditionally assessed the original Russian. What seemed daunting at first was now second by written, oral and aural examinations. Final nature. It is this quick progress that motivates „ Central, East European and Russian area year students also write a Capstone project. you to continue upward in second year and studies: in the first year, you will take a gives you the confidence to live in Moscow after survey course addressing the geopolitical second or third year. If I could say anything space of Central and Eastern Europe, Study abroad about the Russian course, it would be that your while in the second year; the focus is year in Russia is worth every little hardship exclusively on Russia, when you will follow A year or semester studying abroad is one of you may face at the start. Russia changes you a course of lectures in Russian on aspects the highlights of a student’s Trinity experience, as a person. It changes your values, it changes the way you perceive the world, it completely of contemporary Russian society, politics and immersing oneself in the language and opens your mind and eyes. and culture. culture is also one of the most valuable ways of achieving fluency when you are studying Russian in Trinity is far more than just a In the first and second years, there are a language. Single Honours students have a language. The course produces rounded, approximately ten hours of classes per week, compulsory third year of study abroad and grounded, intriguing and open-minded divided between language work and literary, other students are encouraged to spend a graduates that have huge courage and cultural and area studies. curiosity. Furthermore, there is a world of year or a semester in their third year in one opportunities out there for Irish Russian of our partner universities. At a minimum, THIRD AND FOURTH YEARS speakers. The support network that you gain In addition to advanced language study, the you will be required to spend two months in within college, in Moscow, and through other third and fourth years of your course offer a Russian-speaking country prior to taking alumni is something that makes Russian a wider range of module choices, allowing your final exams. We currently have exchange different to any other language in Trinity. you to choose options that reflect your own agreements with Moscow State University as There is a closeness there, like a family who want to see you succeed. particular interests. These include more well as close connections with other universities specialised study of Russian literature and and institutes in Moscow, St Petersburg and in I can’t recommend it enough.” culture, history of Russia and the Soviet Union, a number of provincial towns. (OB, Graduated 2017) Russian society and politics, and a second Slavonic language (Bulgarian, Croatian or Polish). If you elect to study Russian in your final year, you will also undertake a Capstone project on a subject of your own choice.

www.tcd.ie/study 107 Spanish

COURSE CODE Joint Honours DEGREE AWARDED B.A. (see below) DEGREE TYPE Honours Bachelor Degree PLACES 2018 41 NFQ Level 8 CAO POINTS 2017 409-520 AWARDING BODY Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin

Spanish is studied as a Joint Honours subject with one of the following options: Why study Spanish? Graduate skills and career opportunities Spain, currently one of Europe’s leading TR090 Business Studies industrial nations, was in the sixteenth and A degree in Spanish opens up many career TR177 Classical Civilisation seventeenth centuries the foremost Western opportunities in education, journalism, the power, and Spanish is the native language diplomatic service, business administration, TR208 Economics of over five hundred million people. In those banking, publishing, interpreting, TR277 English Literature countries – more than twenty – in which it is translation, advertising, public relations, officially spoken, it is second only to English. digital communication, and the visual TR323 Drama Studies Spanish is an exciting and growing area of media generally, with recent graduates study, having become the second language opening up careers in Google, Oracle, TR324 Film Studies in the United States, an official language in Telefónica, Ryanair, Central Bank of Ireland, TR447 History the European Union, the African Union, and Gerson Lerhman Group, Third World the United Nations, and the second most Organisations, and the European Union. TR455 History of Art and Architecture important language on the Internet. A substantial proportion of students engage TR563 Middle Eastern, Jewish and in further study, particularly masters’ Islamic Civilisations Spanish: The course for you? courses. Many opportunities exist in several TR636 Music universities, both in the UK and in Ireland, The Department will help you to discover or with Trinity’s M.Phil. in Literary Translation and TR672 Modern Languages* (French, deepen your interest in the Spanish-speaking Comparative Literature proving popular. A German, Italian, Russian) world, giving you multiple opportunities to number of undergraduates have also chosen to pursue M.Litt. and PhD research degrees. TR756 Sociology choose from a wide variety of courses across the centuries and genres, while helping you * See page 96 for language options and to develop your independence as a confident requirements and critical thinker. Your degree and what you’ll study

At entry, Spanish must be combined with one Spanish @ Trinity other subject. In later years, you will be able to select additional subjects and electives and Whether a beginner or non-beginner in will have the option to graduate with Spanish Spanish, you will very quickly come to feel a as a Single Honours degree, a Joint Honours valued member of a Department with a rich degree with another subject, or a Major with experience that goes back to 1776, having a Minor. Do you enjoy … attracted some of the most distinguished ? names in Hispanism as teachers, with Spanish at Trinity is taught by a Learning about the similarities and access to libraries which are among the variety of methods to equip you with differences between your country very best in Ireland and the UK. You will a comprehensive range of skills in and Spain and Latin America? be learning in a Department dedicated to the accurate, fluent and sensitive innovative and small-group teaching, with a understanding, reading, as well as use of the Experiencing the lively and colourful friendly, committed, and supportive ethos, spoken and written language. If you are a culture of these countries, their aided throughout your studies by a wide beginner, the language teaching (five hours history, literature, and cinema? variety of guest speakers on contemporary weekly) offers a realistic opportunity for you topics of interest. Our external examiners to reach the same standard within a year as Adding to your modern language consistently comment on the very high those who have studied Spanish previously. skills for social and career purposes? levels of linguistic and research skills attained by Hispanic Studies students, and The department aims to develop the skill of you will always have the assurance that you textual analysis through close and careful have chosen a four-year degree that will set reading, together with the organisation and you on a professional or academic path as expression of ideas in verbal and written a highly qualified specialist in a field of ever- form, and the deepening of analytical and critical skills. increasing international importance.

108 Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences

SPECIAL ENTRY REQUIREMENTS GET IN TOUCH! Leaving Certificate H4 in a language other than English www.tcd.ie/Hispanic_Studies/ Advanced GCE (A Level) Grade C in a language other than English undergraduate/index.php Tel: +353 1 896 1257 / 3496 RELATED COURSES Email: [email protected] TR024: European Studies, page 70 TR090: Business Studies and Spanish, page 44 TR040: Middle Eastern and European Language and Cultures, page 92

FIRST AND SECOND YEARS CAPSTONE The primary focus of the first and second In your final year of study, you will undertake years is to establish and consolidate your a Capstone project - an independent What our current students say competence in understanding and using the research project which comprises an Aoife Kelly (2017-2018) Spanish language. In first year, beginner level in-depth investigation of a specific area students will attend five hours of language; of scholarship. The Capstone project is a “My experience as a member of the Department of Hispanic Studies for four years has been non-beginners will have four hours. You will catalyst to enable you to reflect on your exceedingly positive, providing me with an attend one hour of literature and one hour on learning from the programme as a whole invaluable skillset that is a solid basis for contemporary Spain. In second year, you will and to demonstrate your ability to think any career path. Studying a diverse range of attend three hours of language classes and independently, communicate effectively, modules in literature, history, and linguistics four hours of literature per week. develop continuously and act responsibly in small groups with dedicated teachers as you transition to the world of work or to allowed me to research a specialised topic In the first two years, the course covers three postgraduate studies. for my dissertation in final year. Being able to main areas: communicate in Spanish is a huge asset that „ Language: grammar and syntax, text ASSESSMENT offers me international opportunities, and I have thoroughly enjoyed this demanding yet analysis, translation, and practice in At all levels, you will be assessed by a rewarding course.” speaking and listening. combination of continuous assessment and exams. We use a mix of traditional and „ Contemporary Spain: an introduction to innovative continuous assessment methods history, socio-political issues, cinema, art, – essays, project work, presentations, book and current affairs. reviews and dossiers, podcast creation. „ Literature: close study of a varied range of Language modules are traditionally assessed modern Spanish and Spanish-American by written, oral and aural examinations. Final literary texts. year students also write a Capstone project.

THIRD AND FOURTH YEARS You will continue with language tuition, taking classes in writing, text analysis, translation, Study abroad and spoken Spanish; and in grammar, syntax, A year or semester studying abroad is and vocabulary. Following on from second one of the highlights of a student’s Trinity year, you will take one-semester courses in experience, and immersing oneself in the the Literature of the Spanish Renaissance, language and culture is also one of the and Modern Spain and Spanish America, most valuable ways of achieving fluency together with Spanish Linguistics. The when you are studying a language. Single format is one lecture and one tutorial per Honours students have a compulsory third week. Students are encouraged to give oral year of study abroad and other students presentations on the texts followed. are encouraged to spend a year or a In fourth year, you will work more independently semester in their third year in one of our and with significant freedom of choice. partner universities. At a minimum, you As well as studying Spanish language, the will be required to spend two months in a Theory and Practice of Translation, the Spain Spanish-speaking country prior to taking of the Three Cultures, and Medieval Spanish your final exams. We currently have exchange Literature, you will choose other modules agreements with Granada, León, Salamanca, from a range of special topics, which include Sevilla, Oviedo, and Barcelona universities. Contemporary and Golden Age Spanish Literature, Spanish History and Cultural Politics, Linguistics.

www.tcd.ie/study 109 Modern Language plus another subject

COURSE CODE Joint Honours DEGREE AWARDED B.A. (see below) DEGREE TYPE Honours Bachelor Degree PLACES 2017 265* NFQ Level 8 CAO POINTS 2017 New programme AWARDING BODY Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin

* Places for Modern Languages and Modern Languages and a subject. Also see page 96. Studying a modern language and another You can study a modern language and another subject as a Joint Honours, where both subjects are studied evenly or as a Major/ subject/course Minor, where you study one subject more than the other for You can also study a modern language and a subject/course as example 60%/40% indicated below.

French German Irish Italian Russian Spanish TR114 Ancient TR239 Classical TR114 Ancient TR177 Classical TR114 Ancient TR177 Classical History & Languages p52 History & Civilisation p50 History & Civilisation p50 Archaeology p48 TR177 Classical Archaeology p48 TR323 Drama Archaeology p48 TR208 Economics TR239 Classical Civilisation p50 TR177 Classical Studies p58 TR323 Drama p66 Languages p52 TR208 Economics Civilisation p50 TR455 History of Studies p58 TR277 English TR277 English p66 TR277 English Art & Architecture TR277 English Literature p68 Literature p68 TR277 English Literature p68 p82 Literature p68 TR323 Drama TR324 Film Literature p68 TR447 History p76 TR563 Middle TR447 History p76 Studies p58 Studies p72 TR326 Geography TR563 Middle Eastern, Jewish & TR597 Mathematics TR324 Film Studies TR326 Geography p74 Eastern, Jewish & Islamic Civilisations p208 p72 p94 p74 TR447 History p76 Islamic Civilisations TR639 Philosophy TR447 History p76 TR455 History of Art p94 TR666 Religion p116 TR636 Music p112 p126 TR455 History of & Architecture p82 TR597 Mathematics TR666 Religion Art & Architecture TR639 Philosophy p208 TR563 Middle p116 p126 p82 Eastern, Jewish & TR636 Music p112 TR563 Middle Islamic Civilisations TR666 Religion p126 TR756 Sociology Eastern, Jewish & p94 p130 Islamic Civilisations TR636 Music p112 p94 TR639 Philosophy TR636 Music p112 p116 TR756 Sociology TR666 Religion p130 p126 TR756 Sociology p130 You can find out more about each language and subject/course on the individual course pages.

across the Humanities and beyond. The multicultural world, advanced language Do you enjoy… languages to choose from are French, skills and intercultural competencies will ? German, Irish, Italian, Russian and Spanish. equip you for a wide variety of careers Getting to know and understand Apart from French and Irish all languages and will give you a distinct competitive other places, people and cultures? can be studied from both advanced and advantage. Learning languages to the level beginners level. (See table for all available where you are competent, combinations). Combining a language with confident and fluent? another discipline makes eminent sense In Modern Language plus terms of academic fit and career prospects, another subject: the course Engaging with the cultural, and is one of the most attractive study linguistic, social and political combinations you can choose. for you? diversity in the world and acting Choosing a modern language plus another as a mediator between cultures? Studying a modern European language alongside another subject will give you subject allows you to combine an interest the opportunity for full immersion into this in languages with an entirely different academic discipline, and will give you What is Modern Language language and its culture, while at the same time studying a different subject you are intensive exposure to both of your subjects, plus another subject? interested in. It will enable you to acquire their methodologies and specificities. You a high level of language competence will find that very often the topics as well In Trinity’s two subject entry routes you and fluency, combined with an in-depth as the approaches of your two subjects will can study a Modern European language understanding of its culture and society. intersect and complement each other very with a wide variety of other disciplines In an increasingly interconnected and well.

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RELATED COURSES GET IN TOUCH! If you want to combine the study of two modern languages please see Modern Languages, page 96 School of Languages, Literatures TR024 European Studies, page 70 and Cultural Studies Email: [email protected] TR039 Computer Science and Language, page 142 Tel: +353 1 896 1706 TR040 Middle Eastern and European Languages and Cultures, page 92 Business Studies and a Language, page 44 Law and French/German, page 86

Studying a modern language at Trinity will graduates have exciting careers in a wide enable you to develop your skills to a level range of fields such as cultural and creative where you can communicate confidently industries, translation and interpreting, and competently on virtually any subject journalism and the media, publishing ‘A different and in every situation. Throughout your and arts administration, diplomacy and language is a studies you will experience an intensive tourism, marketing and finance, as well as and exciting encounter with the people, second and third level teaching or the civil different vision the culture and the society of the language service. Many go on to take postgraduate you study. You will gain deeper familiarity courses in areas such as business or law of life’ with it through the study of its literature, for which a language degree is an excellent (Federico Fellini) culture, history and politics, and you will background. The combination of a more gain competencies in understanding and general undergraduate degree that has successfully navigating cultural differences. a language as a central component You will also acquire crucial and highly with a more specialised or professional valuable transferable skills such as thinking postgraduate qualification has proven analytically and independently. to be highly attractive to employers. you will be required to spend two months in the country of your language during the course of the degree programme. We have A modern language plus Your degree and what you long-established and well-working Erasmus partnerships with top institutions in the another subject @ Trinity study countries where our languages are spoken. Trinity was a pioneer in the teaching of In each of your two subjects you have European languages in the 18th century typically 8-12 contact hours per week. In and we are the leading languages school the language part of your programme, this in Ireland today, consistently ranked in the divides roughly equally between language top 100 languages schools in the world. learning and studying the culture, literature, The emphasis of our programmes is on history and society your language. In interactive and communicative small-group beginners languages the emphasis on teaching often provided by native speakers, language is higher in the first year. From and our students benefit from a great deal year to year students have an increasing of individual attention and support. All choice in respect of which areas to focus of our courses are characterised by the on and specialise in. integration of language learning and the exploration of the literatures and cultures, For further details see the entries under societies and histories of the language the specific languages in this prospectus. studied. Study abroad Graduate skills and career A year or a semester studying abroad is opportunities one of the highlights of a student’s Trinity experience, and immersing oneself in the Foreign language skills and intercultural language and culture is one of the most competencies constitute one of the biggest valuable ways of achieving fluency and of skills gaps in the Irish labour market and gaining deeper intercultural understanding. language graduates are very sought after For those who choose the Single honours in a wide variety of careers. Dublin based pathway in the language a third year of headquarters of Google, Facebook, Linkedin study abroad is mandatory (except for and others are seeking the advanced Irish). For all other students we strongly language and intercultural skills our recommend and support spending a year graduates acquire, and there is currently or semester in the third year in one of our an acute shortage of language specialists many partner universities, where the second in the Irish secondary school system. Our subject can also be studied. At a minimum,

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COURSE CODE TR002 Joint Honours DEGREE AWARDED B.A. (see below) DEGREE TYPE Honours Bachelor Degree PLACES 2018 15 20 NFQ Level 8 CAO POINTS 2017 399 430-577 AWARDING BODY Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin

Music has the following entry options: Music @ Trinity Graduate skills and TR002 Single Honours Music AND Joint Honours career opportunities options as follows: Trinity’s Music Department is Ireland’s oldest and most internationally renowned The employment record for Trinity’s TR320 Film Studies venue for the study of music. With a graduates in Music is excellent. Recent distinguished team of academics and alumni have established successful careers TR564 Middle Eastern, Jewish and Islamic practitioners, the department attracts Irish as composers, music producers (for Civilisations and international students of the highest television, radio, or recording companies), TR598 Mathematics calibre. Alumni include Derek Bell, harpist in performers, conductors, administrators, the Chieftains; Niall Doyle, Head of Music at teachers, and academics in institutions TR629 Philosophy the Arts Council; Deborah Kelleher, Director worldwide. Several recent graduates have TR635 Drama Studies of the Royal Irish Academy of Music; and been commissioned by organisations Donnacha Dennehy, Associate Professor of such as RTÉ. Trinity Music students have TR636 Modern Language* (French, Music at Princeton University. an outstanding record of obtaining German, Irish, Spanish) scholarships for further study abroad as well Our curriculum integrates practical as from the Arts Council of Ireland. Some TR638 Religion musicianship with rigorous scholarship. have used the analytical and intellectual We offer a balanced musical education * See page 96 for language options and skills that a Music degree offers to build that provides specialisation in three key requirements successful careers in medicine, law, areas – composition, music technology, and financial investment, and public relations. musicology (the historical and analytical study of music). The course includes a wide range of options, allowing students to focus on their chosen areas of interest. Your degree and A particular strength is the department’s what you’ll study commitment to small group teaching, What is Music? with some subjects taught in groups of ten The Single Honours and Joint Honours students or fewer. options provide a thorough grounding Music is a discipline that stretches back in the basic skills of musicianship and to the ancient world. One of the seven The facilities in the Music Department academic study. Students receive extensive original liberal arts, music maintains a include a recital room, practice rooms, training in aural and keyboard skills, learn place in the University as a subject of broad computer workstations, a recording studio, the history and theory of art music from and passionate interest to composers, listening equipment, and a substantial the medieval period to the present day, musicologists, performers, technologists, lending collection of CDs and videos. and choose modules in jazz, rock, popular, and theorists. vernacular, and world music. Taught Since the Music Department became part of performance modules (e.g. conducting) the School of Creative Arts (formally School allow students to contextualise their of Drama, Film and Music) in 2006 it has Music: The course for you? practical skills. In the specialisations developed interdisciplinary connections, (composition, music technology, and which includes shared modules. Music is Studying music will allow you to engage musicology), students are closely closely affiliated with the University-wide with a range of traditions to acquire a supervised in their chosen area. Students research theme of Creative Arts Practice. profound understanding of how music may continue to take modules outside of The department hosts the university’s works in theory and in creative practice. their specialisation. All students complete a Music Composition Centre. If you are interested in understanding final year Capstone research project based music and its place in society, developing In 2013, the Royal Irish Academy of Music on their specialism. music technology skills, writing music, became an Associate College – a move Many musical activities take place on or improving your skills as an informed designed to facilitate the development of an campus. In addition to performance performer, this course could be for you. internationally renowned centre of excellence opportunities, students can gain experience A music degree will prepare you for a in performing arts. 2016 marked the in arts administration, music production, wide range of careers in the creative appointment of Assistant Professor Nicholas and interdisciplinary collaborations. arts, journalism, music production, arts Brown, and a renewed commitment to social management, research, and teaching. engagement and educational outreach. Many students come from non-classical backgrounds.

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This is a restricted entry course. Applications must be submitted by 1 February 2019 GET IN TOUCH! Applicants will be required to attend an entrance examination, scheduled for March/April 2019. See note 5 on page 260. Anyone considering studying Music is welcome Specimen examination papers are available for download from the Music Department to visit the department, to sit in on lectures, to website: www.tcd.ie/Music speak to members of staff, and to meet current students. Office hours are 10.00-16.30, Monday to Friday. To make an appointment, please see SPECIAL ENTRY REQUIREMENTS our contact details below. Though desirable, formal musical training is not a prerequisite for entry, but candidates should have a good ear and the ability to read and notate music to a rudimentary level. www.tcd.ie/Music The most important musical qualification is a good ear. Email: [email protected] On the basis of the entrance-examination results, applicants may be called to attend an interview at the end of April/beginning of May, before final selections are made. You are not Tel: +353 1 896 1120 required to perform at interview. Social Media: Music Composition Centre on Twitter: RELATED COURSE @TCDcomposition TR009: Music Education, page 114 The School of Creative Arts on Twitter: @CreativeArtsTCD

FIRST AND SECOND YEARS What our undergraduates say First year Aoife Hanratty Aural Training, History of Music, Introduction (Fourth Year) to Harmony, Introduction to Music Analysis, “House 5 really has Keyboard Skills, Rudiments and Counterpoint, become my home Style and Presentation, Music Technology, away from home. Instrumentation. I really feel like I belong here in the Second year Music Department with like-minded Continuation of subjects from first year, and people and it’s been the beginning of the exploration of up to two really easy to make friends. I am really lucky to specialisms – Composition, Musicology, or be here studying what I love!” Music Technology. Single Honours students will also select a Trinity Elective. Jill Montgomery (Third Year) THIRD AND FOURTH YEARS Study abroad “Music at Trinity Concentrated study in chosen specialisations, is an exciting and Music students can apply to study abroad with possible electives from other challenging course. in European universities with the Erasmus specialisations. Students can present It allows me to programme (e.g. Royal Holloway University of a recital. learn what I love London) and non-EU universities (University and discover more Recent options have included: Advanced of Toronto, Peking University) via University- and more about Aural, Analogue Synthesis, Bob Dylan, Byrd wide exchanges. The Department of Music is its complexity and possibilities.” and the Politics of Polyphony, Counterpoint in the process of forming a partnership with and Fugue, Experimental Theatre and a leading university in Malaysia. Contemporary Opera, Figured Bass, Film Music students who study abroad What our postgraduates say Music, Handel and the English Oratorio, Heavy find the experience hugely enjoyable, Metal, Japanese Music, Java Programming, Eileen Hogan academically and culturally rewarding, and Nineteenth-Century German Lied, Rock Music of value to prospective employers. Further “Being from Galway, History, and the Hollywood Musical. obtaining a university information on study abroad can be found music degree locally In their specialisations, composers develop at: www.tcd.ie/study/study-abroad/ wasn’t an option. I a variety of techniques; music technologists outbound/index.php am very glad that engage in theory and studio practice; and I chose Trinity for musicologists address history, culture, and music studies. Since theoretical subjects. Capstone projects day one I have found take the form of, respectively, a portfolio of the faculty inspiring, supportive, and willing to help. The course compositions, a major technology project, or has allowed for many incredible opportunities a dissertation. that have aided my personal and musical development, including directing the music department’s chamber choir, The Campanile Consort, and attending seminars in Oxford University. Most recently, I have been granted a scholarship from Indiana University which will allow me to continue my studies with an MA in Musicology in the US.”

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DEGREE AWARDED Bachelor in Music Education (Hons) COURSE CODE TR009 DEGREE TYPE Honours Bachelor Degree PLACES 2018 10 NFQ Level 8 CAO POINTS 2017 429 AWARDING BODY Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin

the medieval period to the present day. post-primary teaching which is accredited What is Music Education? However, there are regular lectures in other by the Teaching Council of Ireland. One of musical traditions, including Irish traditional the strengths of the Music Education course The Bachelor in Music Education provides music, jazz, contemporary and popular at Trinity is the commitment to individual for the academic, artistic and professional music. Students registering for the course in and small group teaching. The facilities requirements of those wishing to become September 2019 will study at Trinity and at in the Associated Colleges include recital music teachers at secondary school the DIT Conservatory of Music and Drama. rooms, practice rooms with pianos, music level (including Northern Ireland). Not studios, excellent listening equipment, all graduates choose to teach however. and a substantial lending collection of Some, on graduation, pursue further CDs and DVDs. The staff at DIT and RIAM study at master’s and doctoral levels in Music Education: Is this the has a wide range of experience in vocal performance, conducting, and composition course for you? and instrumental music, composition, and quite a few pursue postgraduate courses music technology and musicology. The in the media and in the music business. If you love sharing music, already have a competent standard of music performance, staff at Trinity’s School of Education has Graduates teach in the most vibrant and and wish to combine these qualities with a a wide range of expertise in all aspects of progressive music departments in schools teaching career, then this course is ideally education including educational research, in Ireland and abroad. Highly sought after suited to you. Whether your interests are the psychology of education, philosophy for their academic and musicianship skills, primarily academic or practical, your of education, sociology of education and graduates are also prominent in curricular experience of this vast and rich discipline music pedagogy. Students also have access design, in-service education and choral will be greatly advanced. As an academic to the largest research library in Ireland. and instrumental leadership at national study, music fosters independence and international levels. of thought, creativity and critical and analytical skills. This course offers Graduate skills and The degree is taught in partnership with opportunities to perform music, to share career opportunities the DIT Conservatory of Music and Drama your music with others in your teaching and and, on alternate years, with the Royal performing and to conduct a number of Music Education is a professional degree Irish Academy of Music. The degree is an different ensembles. accredited by the Teaching Council of integrated course of study designed to Ireland. Graduates have an excellent equip students with a high standard of employment record. Most graduates choose performance in their principal instrument Music Education @ Trinity post-primary teaching, many garnering (including voice) and a competence in reputations as inspirational music teachers; related musical skills e.g. conducting, Trinity is the only university in Ireland which others choose instrumental teaching both keyboard skills, performance in choral, offers the Bachelor in Music Education privately and in conservatoires. Graduates orchestral and chamber music groups. The degree. Current students study both music also go on to work in areas such as course also provides for a solid grounding and education to honours degree level (level professional development, instrumental in harmony, counterpoint, composition, 8) leading to a professional qualification in and vocal performance, academia, agencies orchestration, analysis, history of music and Irish traditional music. The majority of subjects are based on the traditions and practices of classical (or art) music, from

? Do you enjoy… Performing, composing and sharing music?

Learning how to inspire others with your musicianship?

Exploring how to influence the next generation of musicians?

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associated with the arts, and in fields such „ Music Education I as music therapy and music technology. „ Music Education 2 Many students take postgraduate courses What our graduates working in „ Irish Educational History and Policy majoring in areas such as music education, international contexts say „ School Placement musicology, performance, and composition. Aoife Hiney PhD (Portugal) B.Mus.Ed. 2007 Occasionally graduates pursue disciplines Year 3 “After B.Mus.Ed. graduation I taught for a few such as accountancy, law and medicine! „ Instrumental Performance years, pursued a master’s course and eventually Recent graduates are working in primary, completed a PhD in Portugal. Currently, I am a „ Musicianship post-primary and third-level teaching posts in post-doctorate research fellow at the University Ireland, in countries throughout Europe, the „ Compositional Techniques of Aviero. I conduct five choirs and I co-direct USA, Dubai, China and Singapore as well as „ Music Education LABEAMUS (Laboratory for the Teaching and with international companies such as Google. Learning of Music at UA). I am a member of the „ Educational Philosophy and Theory editorial board of IMPAR – Online Journal for „ School Placement Artistic Research.” Your degree and „ Sociology of Education Rachel Pearson (Scotland) B.Mus.Ed. 2014 what you’ll study Year 4 “After studying the B.Mus.Ed. at Trinity I went to live in South Korea for a year where I taught „ Major Option* A basic feature of the course is personal English in a public primary school. After this, I development in music, supporting the ability „ Aural Perception moved to Vietnam to work in an International to awaken the interest and enthusiasm of „ Compositional Techniques Kindergarten. Now I’m living on the Isle of Arran pupils. Students are encouraged to engage in off the coast of Scotland, completing the final „ Applied Psychology in Education ensemble work at a level appropriate to their placement of a postgrad to become a primary „ teacher. My degree in Music Education has ability. Opportunities to perform are provided, Introduction to Assessment and given me a huge advantage as music skills are offering realistic individual goals for all, Examinations in Post Primary Education something which many primary teachers are „ School Placement including the exceptionally gifted. Structured lacking in but are highly valued!” school placement in all aspects of classroom „ Inclusive Education practice both at primary and post-primary „ ICTS for Teaching and Learning levels is provided, as well as instrumental/ Recent graduates vocal practice. * In Year 4, students may specialise in either music education research, composition or Lynsey Callaghan, PhD candidate In addition to individual instrumental/vocal performance. ‘I loved the B.Mus.Ed. and I was proud to be on tuition, there are approximately fifteen hours the course. I didn’t fully understand how amazing of lectures per week, comprising music and the course is until now. It is so comprehensive and education. afforded me so many diverse experiences. I believe Study abroad and it is an all-encompassing music degree which MODULES internship opportunities produces musician-teachers, with both identities Year 1 developed in tandem, something that I am only now The School of Education has strong links beginning to fully appreciate. How amazingly lucky „ Instrumental Performance abroad, including active participation in we all were to have been a part of this course.” „ Musicianship the Erasmus exchange programme with B.Mus.Ed. Fourth Year Class 2018 „ Compositional Techniques universities in Scotland, France and Hungary. “We had the best of all possible worlds for four It allows second year students the option „ Music History years. The demands on our time were high but of spending one semester studying abroad. „ Music Education, including Co-teaching the opportunities at Trinity and at RIAM were terrific. We had brilliant teachers at both Colleges „ In addition, as already mentioned, the School Curricular Development who inspired us to give our best. We’re now has an excellent record of students going Year 2 interviewing for jobs for next year and having on to study at postgraduate level, in Ireland had four school placements, this has given us a „ Instrumental Performance and abroad, and of graduates obtaining good network of contacts. We majored in an area „ Musicianship employment in Europe and in North America. that interested us. Some of us will teach (jobs „ Compositional Techniques permitting), some will pursue postgraduate study in music therapy and in musical theatre and one of „ Music History us is going to be an accountant! The possibilities are diverse limited only by personal choice.”

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COURSE CODE Single Joint Honours Honours DEGREE AWARDED B.A. TR005 (See below) DEGREE TYPE Honours Bachelor Degree PLACES 2018 20 43 NFQ Level 8 CAO POINTS 2017 441 463-577 AWARDING BODY Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin

Philosophy has the following entry options: TR005 Single Honours Philosophy AND Joint What is Philosophy? Graduate skills and Honours options as follows: Philosophy is an intellectually exciting career opportunities discipline in which fundamental questions In the recent past, graduates of Philosophy TR179 Classical Civilisation of human existence, value and society are have worked in areas as diverse as examined, debated and challenged. Its TR209 Economics accountancy, academic teaching, journalism, methods are reason and argument and law, TV reporting and research, film making, English Literature philosophy students are given the skills TR269 banking, computing and advertising. Each to reason and argue clearly, cogently TR449 History and effectively. Rather than a body of year some graduates also opt to pursue a doctrine, philosophy is a method or a way research career, beginning with postgraduate TR479 History of Art and Architecture of approaching abstract general questions study in Ireland or abroad. TR599 Mathematics such as what is a good life, what is the Research on graduate entry aptitude tests fundamental nature of reality, what is the TR629 Music purpose (if any) of human existence? in the US (GRE) show that philosophy graduates outscore all other disciplines in TR639 Modern Language* (French, two of the three main areas (verbal reasoning German, Russian) Philosophy: The course for you? and analytical writing) and tend to do well TR662 Sociology in the third, quantitative reasoning. The kind This course offers the opportunity to engage of reasoning and analytical competencies * See page 96 for language options and in depth with questions of metaphysics acquired in studying philosophy are requirements (about the fundamental nature of reality), transferable to a multiplicity of careers. epistemology (the theory of knowledge), ethics (theories of right and wrong), political philosophy (the nature of the just state), Your degree and philosophy of religion (reasoning about God), philosophy of mind (questions about what you’ll study Do you enjoy… thought, language and reason) and various The Philosophy course is designed to other areas. The Department is ranked give you a solid, scholarly grounding in ? Challenging and questioning the in the top 100 in the world (QS World the classical texts that form the history of assumptions of your society and University Rankings by Subject, 2018) and Western philosophy, and are one of the of generally accepted views? the staff are world-recognised specialists formative influences on Western culture. in their respective areas of expertise. The Arguing and debating about general orientation of the department is Studying the fundamentals of both formal fundamental questions of human broadly within analytic philosophy, which and informal reasoning will support you to existence and value? values clarity and rigorous argument, and think independently. is unique in this respect in Ireland. Engaging with great thinkers, FIRST AND SECOND YEARS reading, assimilating and In the first two years, you will study responding to them? Philosophy @ Trinity foundation courses in the history of Philosophy, as well as engage with certain Our Department is small and student- fundamental philosophical problems such as friendly while offering a world-class the debates about free will and determinism, programme in philosophy. We teach courses the nature of morality, the nature of which have both systematic and historical language, the existence of God, logic, and emphases and in the higher years students the scope and limits of human knowledge. can choose options and get to write a thesis on a topic of their own choice. Trinity In the Joint Honours programme, where Philosophy students have regularly won Philosophy is studied with another subject, prizes at the International Undergraduate there are approximately five hours of classes Awards competition and also have gone on per week; with double that for the Single to the major graduate programmes in the Honours programme. world. There is a lively student society, the Metafizz, which offers the opportunity of combining social activities with philosophy.

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Philosophy must be combined with one other Joint Honours subject. An Honours degree is GET IN TOUCH! awarded in both subjects. www.tcd.ie/philosophy/undergraduate Email: [email protected] Tel: +353 1 896 1529

VISIT US: If you are considering studying for a Philosophy degree at Trinity but want to be sure, you are most welcome to attend first and second year lectures. Contact us by email (see above) to arrange a visit.

THIRD AND FOURTH YEARS learning from the programme as a whole In the final two years, you are able to set and to demonstrate your ability to think your own syllabus by selecting courses from independently, communicate effectively, What our current graduates say a reasonably wide choice including political develop continuously and act responsibly philosophy, ethics, philosophy of religion, as you transition to the world of work or to Sarah O’Gorman and philosophy of mind, among others. In postgraduate studies. “Philosophy requires an open mind and this way you can specialise in the areas of involves the inquiry into nature and reality, philosophy you have found most interesting knowledge and values with the use of logical reasoning and argument. I was attracted to the and most suitable to your skills. Study abroad Philosophy degree at Trinity because it offered Assessment is by means of both essays and an expansive introduction into numerous Students have attended a wide variety of philosophical disciplines. One of the main formal examinations with equal importance universities in different countries, generally appeals of the course is that you learn not given to both. In fourth year, you will in their second year. As we do not require to expect any straight answers but through undertake a Capstone project. students to attend a specific university, there reasoning you can regularly be enlightened all is a great choice available (students choose a the same. Being a relatively small department For more detailed information on all university in consultation with teaching staff). means that all the staff became well-known, the modules offered, see:www.tcd.ie/ extremely approachable and one can see philosophy/undergraduate/course-outlines Further information on the year abroad that they are chosen for their passion and programme, and a list of partner universities, knowledge in their specialised area.” CAPSTONE can be found at: www.tcd.ie/ssp/ In your final year of study, you will undertake undergraduate/study-abroad/ a Capstone project – an independent research project which comprises an in-depth investigation of a specific area of scholarship. The Capstone project is a catalyst to enable you to reflect on your

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DEGREE AWARDED B.A. COURSE CODE TR015 DEGREE TYPE Honours Bachelor Degree PLACES 2018 34 NFQ Level 8 CAO POINTS 2017 554 AWARDING BODY Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin

programme. Other institutions, including What is P.P.E.S.? P.P.E.S.: The course for you? Trinity, offer two subject combinations such as Economics and Political Science Philosophy, Political Science, Economics Drawing on the methods and insights or Economics and Philosophy, but P.P.E.S. and Sociology, (P.P.E.S.) offers a coherent from philosophy and the social sciences, offers the opportunity to study these four and integrated introduction to the study the course examines the way societies are fascinating subjects together. Following the of social sciences and philosophy. It brings organised, governed and create wealth. If first two years, the programme facilitates together some of the most important you are curious about the way our world two years of greater specialisation in either approaches to understanding society and, is structured and how it has evolved over one or two of the subjects. in doing so, develops skills for a whole time, this may well be the course for you. range of future careers and activities. At Trinity, we have world-class teachers and A great strength of PPES is its flexibility and the Central to the programme is the analysis of researchers who are committed to providing way it facilitates a range of possible subject social and human phenomena through the rigorous, interesting and challenging courses. lens of several complementary disciplines concentrations and career trajectories. Even and analytical frameworks. By allowing a within disciplines there is a wide range of gradual specialisation over the course of subject offerings. While all students attain the four-year degree programme, students a broad training in their first two years, the Graduate skills and ultimately obtain an excellent grounding in final two years allow students to cater the career opportunities one, or at most two, of the disciplines which programme to their own strengths and comprise the course. interests. Depending on your interests, by With technology increasingly replacing your third year you could be either analysing routine tasks, employers today value the Particularly appealing is the complementarity exchange rate movements or Plato’s Re- ability to think creatively and to develop across the PPES disciplines. For example, public---or indeed doing both! Few courses innovative solutions to complex problems. A while the well-publicised rise in inequality anywhere offer such scope and diversity. key strength of PPES is it provides students has economic origins, it has political and with such a training. Having studied a sociological ramifications. Moreover, the number of disciplines and developed question of whether to address it is ultimately P.P.E.S. @ Trinity numerous analytical skills, this degree a philosophical one. A training in PPES confers the insights and skills to pursue enables students to analyse such issues Trinity College is the only university in careers in a variety of areas including public rigorously and comprehensively. As such, it the Republic of Ireland that offers this administration, teaching, journalism, provides an excellent training in analytical broad combination of subjects in a single media, law and management. Moreover, thinking, a skill highly prized by employers.

? Do you enjoy… Analysing social, economic, and political issues?

Developing your own arguments and theories?

Formulating your own policy proposals?

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SPECIAL ENTRY REQUIREMENTS GET IN TOUCH! Leaving Certificate O4/H6 Mathematics www.tcd.ie/ssp/undergraduate/ppes GCSE Grade B Mathematics Tel: +353 1 896 1840 Email: [email protected] RELATED COURSES TR005: Philosophy, page 116 TR012: History and Political Science, page 80 TR020: Law and Political Science, page 90 TR029: Political Science and Geography, page 122 TR081: B.E.S.S., page 40 TR083: Sociology and Social Policy, page 132 What our graduates say Patrick Lavelle – PPES Graduate 2017 (double honours Economics and Political Science) it also offers the opportunity to specialise CAPSTONE Occupation: Postgraduate and target certain career paths. Students In your final year of study, you will Law Student (LL.M. specialising in economics, for instance, undertake a Capstone project – an in International and can pursue careers in finance, consulting, independent research project which Comparative Law) and public policy. Testifying to its breadth, comprises an in-depth investigation of a graduates have pursued a variety of specific area of scholarship. The Capstone “As an individual fascinated by current affairs, I was keen to pursue a course of study that career paths after graduation. Recent project is a catalyst to enable you to reflect would enable me to better understand how graduates have found careers in such varied on your learning from the programme as society functions and operates. The opportunity workplaces as Accenture, Augustus Cullen a whole and to demonstrate your ability to study a course which offered four different Law, Channel 4, Bank of Ireland, Deloitte, the to think independently, communicate disciplinary perspectives therefore appealed Irish Central Bank, Greenpeace, and RTE. effectively, develop continuously and act to me. The early years gave me time to gain a responsibly as you transition to the world broad overview of the social sciences before choosing my specialisations in later years. The link below gives information on the of work or to postgraduate studies. career paths taken by our graduates. The nature of the four disciplines also lent www.tcd.ie/Careers/resources/publications/ themselves well to being studied abroad. My year at Sciences Po Paris was a highlight Study abroad of my college experience, and offered me new insights and perspectives into my disciplines. Your degree and In third year, students have the opportunity to apply to study abroad in a prestigious Whilst I am now studying law at postgraduate what you’ll study European university with the EU-funded level, if I were to go back, I would certainly have PPES as my first choice on the CAO again. FIRST YEAR Erasmus programme. In addition to The adaptability of PPES has helped with the In first year you will take all four subjects: Erasmus programmes in Europe, the transition into postgraduate study and the economics, philosophy, political science Departments also have bilateral links with breadth of skills and experiences I gained and sociology. leading universities across the world. Our have proven invaluable.” exchange programmes are highly successful, SECOND YEAR and are an extremely popular option for In second year you can choose to continue P.P.E.S. students each year. Participating What our current students say with one, two or three of the subjects students find that they are hugely enjoyable, Hannah Treanor and could, for example, take modules academically and culturally rewarding, and – Fourth Year – P.P.E.S. ranging from Intermediate Economics, to appeal to prospective employers. “When researching courses the History of Philosophy to International during my final year of Politics, to an Introduction to Social Further information on the year secondary school, it was the Theory. abroad programme, and a list of P.P.E.S. degree which struck a partner universities, can be found at: chord with me. The small class THIRD AND FOURTH YEARS www.tcd.ie/ssp/undergraduate/ppes/ size, range of subjects and the In third year you can take two of the current/study-abroad/ fact that it was the only course of four subjects, or one of the four subjects its kind in the Republic of Ireland, made P.P.E.S. and modules from a range of approved stand out. Within the first few weeks, I knew I had made the right decision, having found a modules and Trinity Electives. set of like-minded individuals who consistently helped balance academic pressures with In the fourth year you may choose to take humour and encouragement. one or two subjects and can exit with a Single Honours, Major with Minor or Joint Honours The range of courses offered on the course, award. All Students will complete a capstone overlapped much more than expected, while project in their final year. still providing a good insight into what each field entailed. This coupled with the opportunities Module Descriptors for all four years of afforded to me by Trinity, including spending the programme can be found on the PPES a year studying at McGill University in Canada, along with college society involvement, has website: www.tcd.ie/ssp/undergraduate/ meant that my experience studying P.P.E.S. has ppes/current/course-structure/module- been an absolute joy, equipping me with the outlines/ desired broad skillset essential in the pursuit of both career aspirations and further study.”

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other? Why do civil wars last so long and European Union, comparative politics, What is Political Science? why are ethnic conflicts more difficult to comparative public opinion, international resolve then other forms of conflict? relations as well as democracy and Political Science is the study of governments, development. public policies and political behaviours. Political Science is studied as a Joint Politics affects us all in our daily lives. It is easy Political Science: Honours subject with options below or to think of issues that we all have opinions The course for you? as part of Philosophy, Political Science, about. Should the government tax the rich Economics and Sociology (P.P.E.S.) (Page to try to achieve greater equality? Should it Political Science will appeal to students 118) or Business, Economics and Social introduce ‘green taxes’ in order to protect who are excited about exploring the Studies (BESS) (Page 40) the environment? How high a priority should background to current events, the nature development aid be? What are the causes and use of power and how decisions are „ History and Political Science, page 80 and consequences of ‘Brexit’? Questions made that impact on wider society. „ Law and Political Science, page 90 such as these, along with analysis of political „ systems, political behaviour, international If you are interested in having an in-depth Political Science and Geography, page 122 relations and how democracy works, are at knowledge of public affairs, developing the heart of the study of political science. critical and much sought after research skills Graduate skills and and if your career interests lie in journalism, The study of politics as an academic subject public service, teaching, public policy, career opportunities involves, among other things, thinking international organisation and/or business There are careers for which a demonstrated about how these decisions get made. If it then Political Science may be for you. interest in politics and advanced research is not possible to keep everyone happy, skills are a definite plus and will give you whose views should prevail and why? If a real head start. Journalism, finance, the governments do not always make what Political Science @ Trinity civil service, public relations, business, and seems to be the most ‘rational’ decision on work in international organisations and economic policy, why not? How much say Politics at Trinity is ranked 43rd in the not-for-profit organisations, all come into do ordinary people have in policy-making, world (QS World University Rankings by this category. A demonstrated knowledge and is it feasible to make the decision- Subject, 2018). Political Science has been an of how the world works is obviously an making process more open? Other big important part of the curriculum since 1855 asset for many types of career. In addition, questions we study, include issues such as: and Trinity has developed an international Political Science students develop why don’t democracies go to war with each reputation for its research work on the

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Political Science may be studied through five degree programmes: GET IN TOUCH! TR012 History and Political Science, page 80 www.tcd.ie/political_science TR015 Philosophy, Political Science, Economics and Sociology (P.P.E.S.), page 118 www.tcd.ie/political_science/undergraduate TR020 Law and Political Science, page 90 Email: [email protected] TR029 Political Science and Geography, page 122 Tel: +353 1 896 1651 TR081 Business, Economic and Social Studies (B.E.S.S.), page 40 Student profiles: www.tcd.ie/political_science/ undergraduate/testimonials/

exceptional communication, writing and critical thinking skills which are highly sought after by employers. An increasing number of graduates go on to do further postgraduate study.

Your degree and what you’ll study

Please see the individual course descriptions for History and Political Science; Philosophy, Political Science, Economics and Sociology (P.P.E.S.); Law and Political Science; Political Science and Geography; and Business, Economic and Social Studies (B.E.S.S.).

ASSESSMENT If you would like more detailed information Courses are examined by a combination of on all the modules offered, please assessed essays and formal examination. visit: www.tcd.ie/political_science/ What our graduates say Normally, each course has two hours of undergraduate/module-outlines/ lectures and one tutorial per week. Éamonn Fahey “The Political Science Department provided In fourth year, students specialising in me with an exceptional academic experience. Political Science will have the opportunity to Study abroad Over my four years of study, I developed a well- research and undertake a Capstone research The Department of Political Science is a rounded understanding of the subject. With the country’s best resourced library, a vast online project on a topic of their choice. Final year partner in Erasmus exchanges with the Institut academic infrastructure and a department classes are typically run as small group d’ Études Politiques in Strasbourg and Paris, seminars. staffed by world leading academics, the the University of Zurich, the University of University really helped develop my capabilities Bologna and University of Mannheim. Students FIRST YEAR as a political scientist. I would recommend the taking Political Science as a subject in Joint department to any student with an interest in Introduction to Political Science, Introduction Honours may also go abroad on an exchange social science looking to begin a challenging to Sociology, Introduction to Economics administered by other departments, subject and rewarding journey.” SECOND YEAR to approval of their course of study abroad by History of Political Thought, International the Department of Political Science. Relations, Comparative Politics In addition there are opportunities for THIRD AND FOURTH YEARS students to go on one of several international The following is a list of the modules typically exchanges. These are open to all students on on offer: a University-wide basis.

Research Methods, Irish Politics, Democracy Further information on student exchanges can and Development, European Union Politics, be found at: www.tcd.ie/study/study-abroad/ Government and Politics of the USA, Political outbound/options Parties, Political Violence, Contemporary Political Theories, Issues in Contemporary Politics, Contemporary International Relations, African Politics, Chinese Politics, the Politics of Policy Making.

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DEGREE AWARDED B.A. COURSE CODE TR029 DEGREE TYPE Honours Bachelor Degree PLACES 2018 15 NFQ Level 8 CAO POINTS 2017 496 AWARDING BODY Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin

world-renowned research faculty, facilities, What is Political Science and and unique emphasis on transferable Graduate skills and Geography? methodological skills, will provide you the career opportunities tools that you need and that employers seek. In a rapidly changing international Careers for graduates lie in fields such as economic, political, security and public and European affairs, overseas environmental context the tools of Political assistance, resource management and risk Science and Geography are becoming Political Science and assessment, the supply of environmental- increasingly important to analyse global Geography @ Trinity related advice to governments and industry, problems and provide policy solutions. the study and practice of environmental The Departments of Political Science and policymaking, and teaching and higher Geography have some of the foremost The two disciplines have been associated education. through the sub-fields of political geography, scholars and lecturers in their field who which covers geographical differences in are committed to providing cutting edge The varied and exciting career paths of some voting patterns, for example, and through research and teaching. of our graduates can be found at: www.tcd. geopolitics, which examines how the ie/careers/resources/publications The Department of Political Science, great powers influence other parts of the , is one of the planet. Recent global changes, such as www.tcd.ie/Political_Science top political science departments in Europe. climate change, the refugee crisis in Europe, In the 2018 QS rankings it was ranked Your degree and and separatist movements require an 43rd in the world. Political Science has what you’ll study interdisciplinary understandings of socio- been an important part of the curriculum environmental issues. The course Political since 1855 and Trinity has developed an In the first two years you will take modules Science and Geography aims to provide the international reputation for its research that will each require attendance, on student with the interdisciplinary set of tools work on the European Union, comparative average, of two hours of lectures and one necessary to understand and address these politics, comparative public opinion, tutorial per week. In fourth year there is growing challenges. international relations as well as democracy a reduction in the number of modules and development. You will acquire highly required to allow greater depth of study and desirable skills, from the ability to analyse more independent work. Political Science and facts and theory critically, to more tangible FIRST YEAR Geography: The course for you? methodological tools needed in nearly In first year you will study three Geography every career. If you are interested in the disciplines of modules covering ‘Human Geography: Political Science and Geography and you Geography, www.tcd.ie/Geography, at Society and Space’, ‘The Anthropocene’ and hope to develop a critical understanding Trinity is a world leading department, ‘Spaceship Earth: An Introduction to Earth of the relationship between the earth’s ranked in the top 100 in the world (QS World System Science’ and three Political Science natural and human phenomena and its University Rankings by Subject, 2018). Staff modules covering Introduction to Political political institutions and systems, then this have received major research grants from Science, Introduction to Sociology and may be the course for you. Trinity, with its the European Research Council, United Introduction to Economic Policy. States National Science Foundation and SECOND YEAR many others. The department delivers an In second year you will study Geography exciting curriculum which covers topics modules covering Physical Geography, from global sustainability to the landscapes Human Geography and Geography Do you enjoy… of Mars, delivered by world leading seminars, and Political Science modules ? experts in their fields. Students also have Understanding the world covering Comparative Politics, International the opportunity to undertake overseas around you? Relations, and the History of Political fieldwork, in Mallorca, for example, to study Thought. You will also have the option to overseas and to undertake substantial Formulating opinions, study a Trinity Elective. arguments and theories? (guided) Capstone project. One first year student noted “It was the right choice as it Conducting research? is challenging and engaging because of its applicability to current affairs”.

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RELATED COURSES GET IN TOUCH! Geography, page 74 Email: [email protected] TR012: History and Political Science, page 80 Tel: +353 1 896 1298 TR015: Philosophy, Political Science, Economics and Sociology (P.P.E.S.), page 118 www.tcd.ie/Political_Science/undergraduate/ TR020: Law and Political Science, page 90 political-science-geography TR081: B.E.S.S., page 40 Course Director: Dr Patrick Bresnihan Email: [email protected]

What our graduates say THIRD YEAR CAPSTONE In third year students take Geography In your final year of study, you will undertake Maria Fernandez-Pita, Joint Honours modules which are drawn from a list of a Capstone project – an independent Political Science and Geography Graduate options (see www.tcd.ie/Geography for more research project which comprises an “The Political Science information). For those students planning to in-depth investigation of a specific area and Geography Joint Honours degree gave continue Geography in fourth year as their of scholarship. The Capstone project is a me the opportunity sole subject, advanced research methods in catalyst to enable you to reflect on your to develop an Geography is compulsory. On the Political learning from the programme as a whole interdisciplinary Science side, students may take any three and to demonstrate your ability to think understanding options (see www.tcd.ie/Political_Science/ independently, communicate effectively, of many of the undergraduate/current-students/timetable develop continuously and act responsibly current affairs to view the modules currently offered); as you transition to the world of work or to that are shaping students intending to take Political Science postgraduate studies. today’s world; from alone in the fourth year must take Research climate change to Methods for Political Science in their third year. human rights issues, touching, also, upon pressing problems society faces today, Study abroad FOURTH YEAR such as terrorism. In fourth year, students may take both There are opportunities for students to spend Trinity College encouraged independent subjects equally or one subject alone. See all or part of the third year studying abroad learning and gave us every facility to undertake www.tcd.ie/Geography/undergraduate/ in the Czech Republic (Charles University research thanks to its extensive library and political-science-geography to view the Prague), United Kingdom (Exeter University), the best and most current academic tools to enable its students to learn. Coupled with the current modules offered for fourth year France (University of Bordeaux III, and The beauty of its campus, and the many activities students in Geography and www.tcd.ie/ University of Paris Sorbonne), the Netherlands one can get involved in during university in Political_Science/undergraduate/current- (University of Utrecht), Sweden (Stockholm terms of societies and clubs, it was impossible students/timetable/#seniorsophis for those University), Poland or Spain. not to fall in love with Dublin over the four offered in Political Science. years of my degree. Participating in these opportunities is Most modules are assessed by a combination dependent upon the exchange fulfilling the Two years later I find myself applying the of coursework and examination performance. course requirements of both departments. critical thinking and analysis skills the degree equipped me with within my M.Sc. Programme in Management at IE Business School, specialising in international business”.

What our current students say Aisling O’Boyle – Fourth Year “I chose to study Political Science and Geography at Trinity because it is the only college in Ireland which offers these subjects as a specific course and is unique in that you study both a natural science and a social science. With only 15 people you automatically have a strong group of friends and a great course dynamic. Geography at Trinity is situated in the beautiful Museum Building and there are a large range of subjects across Physical and Human Geography meaning you can specialise in your final two years. In Political Science you explore a broad range of fascinating concepts and topics while building strong research and analytical skills. The magic of Trinity lies in its societies which enable you to build friendships, skills, and knowledge outside the classroom. I would recommend Political Science and Geography for anyone who wants to learn more about the world around us and the structures and forces that govern it”.

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DEGREE AWARDED B.A. COURSE CODE TR006 DEGREE TYPE Honours Bachelor Degree PLACES 2018 31 NFQ Level 8 CAO POINTS 2017 554 AWARDING BODY Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin

What is Psychology? Psychology @ Trinity Your degree and

Psychology is the study of human behaviour Trinity’s School of Psychology is ranked in what you’ll study and mental processes. It includes topics the world top 100 universities for Psychology The course is designed to develop a wide such as infant and child development, in the QS World University Rankings by knowledge of the concepts, principles, perception, learning, motivation, cognitive Subject. As well as offering high-quality theories and research methods of processes (like memory and problem teaching, the school collaborates with a contemporary psychology; to develop skills solving), individual differences and social number of other disciplines through Trinity of analysis and synthesis, research design, psychology, and has many of the features College Institute for Neuroscience, the Trinity statistical description and evaluation, of a science course, such as practical work, Centre for Global Health, and the Trinity problem-solving and computer use; to statistical description and analysis of data Centre for Innovative Human Systems. provide practice in the design, execution, and courses on the underlying physiology Students are encouraged to become reporting and assessment of research and of the human brain. actively involved in our ongoing research, to develop competence in group work, particularly in the third and fourth years of communication and presentation skills their studies. The Single Honours degree and self-assessment. This preparation Psychology: confers eligibility for graduate membership is designed to cultivate a high level of The course for you? of the Psychological Society of Ireland and competence in scholarship and research, provide the basis for entry to postgraduate enabling the successful graduate to proceed The School of Psychology aims to offer a programmes, such as those in clinical directly to advanced postgraduate work, knowledge base and a set of skills that not psychology and counselling psychology. professional training or a productive career. only equip students for the many careers that exist in psychology, but also prepare During the lecture term, Single Honours students intellectually for other careers. Graduate skills and students spend approximately 10-12 Psychology is a branch of science that career opportunities hours per week receiving tuition such as demands clear, rigorous thinking, numeracy lectures, tutorials, seminars and laboratory and the ability to define, study and solve Many psychology graduates proceed practicals. problems in complex, changing settings. It is to a career in professional psychology also an applied science that deals with how through professional training. The School FIRST AND SECOND YEARS The first and second year of the Single people act and behave in the real world and of Psychology itself offers a range of Honours programme provide a broad provides support for people in their social postgraduate programmes including foundation on which more advanced course life and work, for example, through clinical professional doctorates in Clinical work is built in the third and fourth years. and counselling interventions. If you are Psychology and Counselling Psychology, In addition, modules in methodology and interested in the factors influencing human Masters courses in Applied Psychology, statistics enable students to develop their thinking, feeling and behaviour you will Applied Behaviour Analysis and Clinical research skills in a systematic fashion. enjoy this course. Supervision, as well as online postgraduate Training in academic skills enables you to qualifications in Managing Risk and build the skills required to write essays, to System Change, the M.Phil./P.Grad.Dip develop an attitude of scepticism and to Psychoanalytic Studies and research M.Sc. develop independent, critical thinking. and PhD degrees. However, the advanced Do you enjoy… understanding of human behaviour and ? As a first and second year student, you will experience and the wide range of skills Trying to understand other take foundation-level modules in a range of developed during the course have allowed people’s behaviour? areas such as: Foundations in Psychology; students to enter many professions, ranging Social Psychology; Perception; Psychological Trying to understand how the from management, marketing, advertising Disorder; Developmental Psychology; brain works? and accountancy, to journalism, broadcast Cognition and the Brain, the Psychology media, teaching and recruitment. Seminars of Language; Thinking; Fundamentals of Conducting your own research about career development will be provided Neuroscience and Behaviour; Evolutionary to answer questions? by the school during the course of your Psychology; Personality and Individual degree. Differences; Research methods and Statistical Analysis.

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You will also be given the opportunity to take In fourth year a large part of your workload modules from other programmes across the involves carrying out an independent university. Capstone project under the supervision of a What our graduates say member of staff. Many students report that Sinéad Moylett – PhD research student THIRD AND FOURTH YEARS this project, while challenging, is one of the In Psychology, from Roscommon By third year you will have identified areas most rewarding parts of the course. within psychology that are of particular “After observing interest to you and you will have the ASSESSMENT the work of an opportunity to develop these interests A combination of end-of-semester written educational psychologist while throughout third and fourth year, by choosing examinations and continuous assessment working with modules from a series of advanced options. is used. In your final year, you will also individuals with On completion of the course, students must undertake a Capstone project. autism and from have taken at least one module from each of other experiences the five specified thematic areas (Biological, CAPSTONE working with Social, Developmental, Cognitive, and In your final year of study, you will undertake intellectual Personality and Individual Differences). The a Capstone project – an independent disabilities, I choose type of modules which have been offered research project which comprises an to study Psychology. The broad range of topics within each of these areas include: in-depth investigation of a specific area that I was able to study on the course, from of scholarship. The Capstone project is a health psychology to neuroscience, could have Biological: Neurological Rehabilitation; catalyst to enable you to reflect on your prepared me for a number of career paths not Preclinical and Clinical Models of learning from the programme as a whole just within Psychology, but also in the wider Neuropsychiatric and Neurological Disorders; and to demonstrate your ability to think world. I enjoyed my time so much during my undergraduate degree, that when it came to The Brain Throughout the Lifespan; Case studies independently, communicate effectively, choosing a field in which to complete a PhD, in Neuropsychology; Making Sense of Action develop continuously and act responsibly I felt that there was only one real choice.” as you transition to the world of work or to Social: Social Neuroscience; Advanced postgraduate studies. Psychology of Language; Moral Development What our current students say in Childhood; Human Factors and Organisational Factors; Social Psychology and Study abroad opportunities Lisa Gannon – Final year Single Honours Discourse Psychology student from Roscommon Second and third-year undergraduates are “As a psychology Child Development in Developmental: eligible to apply to study for one or more student I have gained Changing Family Contexts; Applied Issues semesters (usually a whole academic year) in fascinating insights in Developmental Psychology; Child and certain other European psychology schools, into the enigmatic Adolescent Clinical Psychology; Child Health human mind and with travel, and, where appropriate, some and Well-being the peculiarities of subsistence funding provided by the EU human behaviour. Erasmus fund. There are no basic course Cognitive: Human Reasoning; Creative The diverse and Cognition; Development of Perception charges to be paid abroad. Assessment is comprehensive range Throughout the Lifespan; Perceptual carried out in the host (i.e., international) of modules offered Neuroscience institution and is accepted by Trinity as if in psychology as well students were examined here. The School as the vast array of helpful resources made Personality and individual differences: of Psychology has bilateral agreements with available by the School have equipped me with a rich theoretical understanding of the human Health Psychology; Psychology of Criminal several European universities, including the psyche and an aptitude for critical thought. Behaviour; Clinical Psychology and University of Helsinki, Freie Universität Berlin, I hope to use the knowledge and skill I have Erasmus University Rotterdam and Université Intellectual Disabilities gained through studying psychology to make a Paris V. positive and valuable contribution to society. Psychology has not only prepared me for my future career, it has prepared me for life.”

www.tcd.ie/study 125 Religion

COURSE CODE TR041 Joint Honours DEGREE AWARDED B.A. (see below) DEGREE TYPE Honours Bachelor Degree PLACES 2018 8 22 NFQ Level 8 CAO POINTS 2017 n/a n/a AWARDING BODY Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin

Religion has the following entry options: What is Religion? Religion @Trinity TR041 Single Honours Religion AND Joint Honours options as follows: Religion plays a significant role in diverse In combining theological study with the cultural, social and political contexts. study of religion, this degree is unique TR117 Ancient History and Archaeology Religious world-views, values and symbols in Ireland. Trinity’s School of Religion is play a critical role in shaping cultural norms, internationally recognised for its strengths TR454 History traditions and practices. This is the case in biblical studies, philosophical and both in religiously plural contexts, as well as theological ethics, peace studies, historical TR565 Middle Eastern, Jewish and Islamic Civilisations those dominated by particular traditions. and systematic theology and religious The contours of religion are evident not studies. These strengths ensure that student TR638 Music only in the artefacts that transmit a culture’s experience combines in-depth analysis with TR663 Classical Civilisation heritage (such as architecture, visual arts, breadth of subject matter that presents illuminated manuscripts, literature, etc.), religious traditions in their historical, TR664 English Literature but also in contemporary debates about the intellectual, cultural, aesthetic, political and evolving identities of societies in a world ethical dimensions, as well as examining TR665 History of Art and Architecture characterised by religious pluralism. how religious traditions have interacted, TR666 Modern Language* (French, and continue to interact, with the context German, Italian, Russian) This course encourages and enables of their origins and development. students to engage with the complexities of * See page 96 for language options and religious and theological traditions – in their requirements historical and current manifestations, in Graduate skills and their intellectual and affective dimensions, and in their cultural interactions and career opportunities interreligious encounters. This course combines in-depth, multi- Students on this course will be engaged disciplinary expertise with the acquisition of a with contemporary debates about, for broad range of critical skills, thereby preparing example, the nature and impact of political graduates to work in diverse settings, and religion, religion and modernity, religion to be leaders in their respective fields. This and gender, religion and violence, religion course offers students the opportunity Do you enjoy… and human rights, and ethics in politics. to develop all four of Trinity’s graduate ? attributes of thinking independently, Encountering the otherness of communicating effectively, developing religions through their sacred Religion: The course for you? continuously and acting responsibly. writings, histories and traditions? Graduates from our School have entered This course offers you a choice from three a wide range of professions, including: Entering into critical debate in possible directions of study after your law, education (primary and secondary), the field of ethics – concerning, first year. The first is a broad-based study information technology, pastoral ministry, for example, sport, media, of Religion and Theology, the second the civil service, creative arts, publishing, environment, gender or politics? a specialisation in the Cultural Study accountancy, as well as continuing on to of Religion, and the third in Christian further research in Ireland and abroad. Exploring the various ways in which Theology. Within the Cultural Study of truth claims are advanced, debated Religion, you have the opportunity to and embodied in arguments, explore the monotheistic religions of Your degree and doctrines and institutions? Judaism, Christianity and Islam, the what you’ll study religions of Asia and Africa, as well new atheistic and religious movements. If you FIRST YEAR choose to specialise in Theology, you can In your first year of studying, ten modules investigate the development of Christian help to immerse you into this field of self-understanding in a number of different scholarship. Classical religious texts – the modes, including denominational, multi- Hebrew Bible, the New Testament and the denominational and ecumenical aspects. Qur’an – are introduced in their historical contexts. You will study Judaism, the religions of the ancient Mediterranean world,

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and the Dharmic religions of India. You will be CAPSTONE introduced to ethics, philosophy and the study In your final year of study, you will undertake of religion, as well as to theology through an a Capstone project – an independent What our current students say engagement with some of its major thinkers, research project which comprises an To find out more about our graduates texts and methods. Before moving into your in-depth investigation of a specific area please refer to the link below. second year, you will be invited to consider of scholarship. The Capstone project is a the direction that you would like to pursue catalyst to enable you to reflect on your www.tcd.ie/religion/ in your studies over the coming years in learning from the programme as a whole each specialism of the course. and to demonstrate your ability to think independently, communicate effectively, SECOND AND THIRD YEARS develop continuously and act responsibly Throughout these years, your modules offer as you transition to the world of work or to an increasingly focused and state-of-the art postgraduate studies. engagement in your chosen field. Different genres of literature and historical reconstruction are addressed in biblical studies. Theology Study abroad and internship looks both to the emergence and reception of classical doctrines, as well as to topical issues opportunities of religion and science, and theology and social Students in the School of Religion may avail justice. The field of ethics is explored through of opportunities to study abroad in Glasgow issues of sport and media ethics, religion, University, U.K., or in K.U. Leuven, Belgium. As gender and human rights, and concerns around part of the Year 3 module ‘Theology and Social bioethics, technology and sexuality. There is Justice: Community Engagement in Dublin City’, an opportunity to study Islamic philosophy, students are required to undertake a placement mysticism and education. During these years it is with a social justice agency in Dublin. also possible for you to study Hebrew or Greek.

FOURTH YEAR The major accomplishment of your final year is your Capstone project – an individual research project. This is an important achievement of supervised and self-directed research and writing. In addition to the Capstone research project, final year modules offer you the opportunity to engage with current issues of research activity within the School. These areas currently include: queer theological ethics; religion, war and peace; multiple modernities; theologies of church and eucharist; the study of ritual; religion and the arts; Islamic political ethics. You may also continue to study Greek or Hebrew at an advanced level.

ASSESSMENT The range of assessment strategies reflects the goal of enhancing student education through diversity and quality of experience. Some modules are assessed by end-of-semester exams combined with summative essays; others rely exclusively on essays; others require the creation of a portfolio of short assignments; others include in-class tests.

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DEGREE AWARDED B.S.S. COURSE CODE TR084 DEGREE TYPE Honours Bachelor Degree PLACES 2018 45 NFQ Level 8 CAO POINTS 2017 440 AWARDING BODY Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin

What is Social Studies? Social Studies: The course Graduate skills and

The B.S.S. is a professional degree designed for you? career opportunities for students who wish to become social Social Studies could be the right course As a Social Studies graduate of Trinity, workers and who believe they have the for you if you wish to work in a caring and you are eligible to apply to register as a personal attributes and motivation for challenging profession. Most importantly, professionally qualified social worker with social work. it is the right course for you if you have the CORU. Your qualification will be recognised ability to problem solve, a willingness to in many other countries. You also have a The four year B.S.S. social work degree make challenging decisions alongside a good Social Science degree that allows you combines an academic social science strong desire to effect positive change. to move into policy, media, research or NGO degree with professional social work project work. As a social worker, you can training. B.S.S. degree graduates are eligible continue your professional development to apply for registration with CORU (Irish through postgraduate courses and can move Social Work Registration Board) and once Social Studies @ Trinity into management, research or training. registered can access employment in a This is one of only two undergraduate wide range of social work posts in Ireland. programmes in Ireland which qualifies Graduates can also apply for registration in students to a professional level in social work. the UK and internationally. Your degree and A qualification in the area of social work has what you’ll study Social work is a profession concerned with been taught in Trinity since 1934, making supporting and helping people in a variety it Ireland’s oldest and most internationally This course introduces you to a wide range of situations and settings. People who use renowned social work programme. of social science subjects in the first year, social work services include young and and then increases the number of social The small class size ensures that there is adult offenders, children, families, older work subjects in the following three years. a friendly relationship between staff and people, people with mental and physical Teaching methods are varied, interactive students that is based on mutual respect. illness and disability, homeless people, and draw on your personal and practical The degree programme which is accredited unemployed people, ethnic groups, experience. Assessment includes written by CORU combines teaching on a range Travellers and people with drug and alcohol examinations, essays, case studies, projects, of social science subjects alongside work problems. Social work spans a wide variety and placement reports. placements. The Social Studies degree is an of roles including counselling, group interesting and intensive programme which work, lobbying, advocacy and political aims to help you become a reflective and activism. Social workers network with proactive professional social worker who will other professions such as gardaí, doctors, make a significant contribution to society. public health nurses and schools as well as service-user and advocacy networks. Ultimately, social work aims to support people to live more successfully, within their communities, by helping them to find solutions to their problems. ? Do you enjoy… Helping others?

Communicating with people and listening to them?

Learning to cope with stressful situations?

Discovering issues in the social justice area?

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FIRST AND SECOND YEARS THIRD AND FOURTH YEARS First year subjects include Introduction Third and fourth year subjects include: to Social Work, Psychology, Social Policy, „ Family and Child Care Studies What our graduates say Sociology, Economic Policy and Political „ Social Policy Rachel Brady, Bachelor in Social Studies, Science. Optional courses in either French or Graduated 2017 German are also available. In first year, there „ Sociology “What I like most about the B.S.S. course is are approximately 13-15 hours in lectures, 3-4 „ Mental Health that it is so broad. We get to learn about all hours in tutorial classes and several hours „ Equality Issues different aspects of Social Work, as well as in the library each week. If you have had no „ Group Work doing some modules in Social Sciences such as relevant practical experience before starting Gender Studies, Race and Ethnicity and Social „ the degree, we ask you to do 30 hours (2-3 Human Rights Law Inequality. I feel like I have a lot of options as hours per week) volunteer work during first „ Social Work Theory and Practice, including to what I can do with this degree and that’s an year to build your practical experience and counselling skills and practice workshops advantage that a lot of students don’t have.” help you to apply what you are learning to a real-world situation. First year students PLACEMENTS IN IRELAND are also provided with the opportunity to In each of the four years you will have a Ashling Nesbitt, Bachelor in Social Studies, undertake a six week placement related to placement in a different social service agency, Graduated 2016 the course (see below for further details). under the supervision of an experienced “The BSS course is exactly what it says on the practitioner. These placements provide you tin. It provides you with quality learning and In second year, core subjects are Social Work with practical experience and an opportunity training on professional placements. Small class Theory and Practice, Law for Social Workers, to apply and develop the skills and size, good quality teaching and professional Social Policy, Psychology and Social Research. knowledge that you have acquired at Trinity. placement opportunities equal a successful In addition, you can either continue your Placements are arranged in settings such job hunt when the course is completed.” language studies or choose one elective course as child and family welfare teams, hospital from additional Social Policy subjects or an social work departments, child and family Annmarie Nolan, Economic subject. Second year students can centres, probation service and community Bachelor in Social also avail of the opportunity to take a Trinity development projects. They account for Studies, Graduate Elective. The social work modules involve field approximately 30% of your course time (220 2011 trips to relevant organisations and services. days) over the four years and take place at the In addition, students undertake a ten week end of each of the first and second years and Immediately after placement during this academic year. mostly in term time in the third and fourth her graduation, Annmarie took up a years. You are supported in your professional post in the Child and development by an individual social work Family Services, HSE tutor who meets you regularly and visits you South and worked as on placement from third year onwards. a Child Protection social worker before taking up her current post as a Mental Health social worker. Annmarie advises those interested Study abroad in studying for the B.S.S. to “Go for it! It’s a thoroughly enjoyable course with a good mix PLACEMENTS ABROAD of academic and practical elements. In B.S.S., Overseas placements are possible (but not you receive four years of intense social work training which prepares you for any social work obligatory) within the course structure for role in Ireland and abroad. The standard of those who are interested in experience in graduates from B.S.S. is extremely high and another country (e.g. the UK, North America, potential employers recognise this. Social Work Australia). is a career that has great career prospects with a huge variety of roles, so, if you’re interested, apply for B.S.S. and you won’t regret it.”

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COURSE CODE Joint Honours DEGREE AWARDED B.A. (see below) DEGREE TYPE Honours Bachelor Degree PLACES 2018 59 NFQ Level 8 CAO POINTS 2017 462-555 AWARDING BODY Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin

Sociology is studied as a Joint Honours As a recent graduate put it, Sociology subject with one of the following options: What is Sociology? explains how the great thinkers predicted the ills of modern society from social Sociology studies the interaction of people isolation to empty hospital wards. It TR212 Economics within social groups like families, schools questions the future of whether India and companies and how this shapes their TR272 English Literature can and will become the next China, behaviours and life chances. It explores and whether the internet will undermine TR332 Geography questions such as: Why do migrants traditional communities. It explains the develop their cultural identities in different TR452 History underlying reasons why European societies ways? How is privacy changing with the are culturally so different. It tackles the big TR662 Philosophy rise of digital technologies? How does a social issues of conflict, race, migration, child’s family of origin shape their chances gender and popular culture. It teaches you TR755 Drama Studies of educational success and future job? how to understand, research and explain Do state rules and regulations represent TR756 Modern Language* (French, Irish, all of these topics in a logical, organised Spanish) and protect elite power? Sociology is fashion. foremost among the social sciences in its * See page 96 for language options and understanding of social change. requirements Graduate skills and Sociology: The course for you? career opportunities

If you want to understand the social Sociology graduates find that their broad changes taking place in the world today, training and appreciation of how society and you are curious about people and and people work means they can thrive in society, then Sociology is for you. You will careers in the media, journalism, consulting, also gain the ability to understand topical academia and teaching, policy analysis, non- issues and to present and communicate governmental organisations, management, information and thoughts coherently. and advisory roles in the public service. In addition, you will learn invaluable Graduates are working for organisations analytical, communication, research and as diverse as Goodbody Stockbrokers, the presentation skills – transferable skills which ESRI, the European Parliament, Citibank, Do you enjoy can be applied to a wide range of careers RTÉ, Google, the Department of Foreign ? and postgraduate programmes. Affairs and Enterprise Ireland. Debating how globalisation impacts on work conditions in the developed and developing world? Sociology @ Trinity Your degree and what you’ll study Finding out how changes in gender There has been a rich tradition of roles are reshaping developed and sociological education at Trinity since the Our modules cover Ireland, the wider developing societies alike? 1960s. The department is committed to European society, the non-European world advancing the understanding of society Learning the facts about why some and the global arena. The first two years and to igniting the passion of our students are more general and foundational in societies are more unequal than through exceptional teaching and research. others and the consequences of this? nature while the third and fourth years are The Sociology Department is in the top characterised by smaller, more intimate 100 in the world (QS World University classes that attempt to challenge you Rankings by Subject, 2018). The Department intellectually and encourage problem of Sociology is internationally known for solving and critical thinking skills. its work on education and employment, migration, identities, social inequalities, Sociology teaching in the first and second conflict and digital lives. The department years emphasises the understanding has won several teaching awards – both for of the basic principles of sociology and postgraduates and staff – for outstanding the acquisition of both quantitative and contribution in the pursuit of teaching qualitative skills necessary for more in- excellence. depth study. In first year, you are introduced

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to the distinctive questions that sociologists Modules are examined by a combination ask about human society, and the theories of continuous assessment including and concepts used in the search for answers. essays, portfolios, individual and group What our graduates say You have approximately 6 hours of lectures presentations, and the formal end-of- Ellen O’Keeffe and 3 hours of tutorials per week in Sociology. semester examination. In addition, students In the second year, you study issues around specialising exclusively in sociology in their “Studying sociology has been an gender, work and family; power, state and final year complete a Capstone project. incredibly enriching, social movements, and are introduced to Lectures and tutorials take up 6 to 10 hours mind-opening and sociological research methods and theory. a week, depending on the year. rewarding experience. I was initially drawn Specialisation in sociological topic areas, CAPSTONE to sociology because and more advanced analysis, research and In your final year of study, you will undertake it seemed as though presentation skills are provided in the third a Capstone project – an independent it could offer me a and fourth years. In your third year, you research project which comprises an way to explore all the learn about Globalisation and Development; in-depth investigation of a specific area confusing questions Comparative Sociology of Europe; Race, of scholarship. The Capstone project is a that I had about our complex, messy, violent, Ethnicity and Identity; Social Stratification catalyst to enable you to reflect on your beautiful world. I wanted to explore the and Inequalities, and carry out research learning from the programme as a whole society I had grown up in and others around the world to try to understand why we do the projects involving analysis of both numerical and to demonstrate your ability to think things we do, why we believe what we do, data from surveys, and verbal data that are independently, communicate effectively, why inequalities persist, where power comes the outcomes of recorded interviews and develop continuously and act responsibly from and how it operates, and why and how focus groups. The fourth year offers modules as you transition to the world of work or to people resist and struggle for a better world. in a variety of topic areas, including Digital postgraduate studies. The course helped me to explore all those Lives and Social Networks; Labour Markets, questions and left me with so many more. It Gender and Institutions; Migration, Mobilities fostered in me a deep enthusiasm for learning and Integration, and Conflict Studies. You Study abroad and a desire to understand the issues we are have the opportunity to carry out your own facing together. The first two years allowed me independent Capstone research project from Around one third of our undergraduate to develop a strong foundation in the social sciences. For the final two years I was able to start to finish on a topic of your choice (recent students participate in Erasmus and non-EU choose the modules which suited my interests. projects included: Immigration and the prison international exchanges. You may participate in full-year or half-year exchanges with the I particularly enjoyed studying conflict studies, system, Unmarried fathers’ participation taught by Dr. David Landy on the situation following partner institutions: Sorbonne in their children’s lives, and Counter- in Israel-Palestine, using critical theory to University (France), University Lille 1 (France), urbanisation in the Irish countryside). unmask the different complexities, histories, Many students find this a great asset when Charles University Prague (Czech Republic), power relations, inequalities, struggles and talking to employers and applying for jobs. Umea University (Sweden), University of conflicts within those societies. The part of the Copenhagen (Denmark), University of Helsinki course which I enjoyed most was the final year (Finland), University of Malta (Malta), Istanbul dissertation as it allowed me to focus in depth Bogazici University (Turkey), Utrecht University on a research area which interests me. I wrote (Netherlands), Ludwig Maximilian University my dissertation about those going through Munich (Germany). In addition, you can the asylum system (direct provision) who are compete for a smaller number of places on activists fighting for the rights and dignity of asylum seekers. The research focused on their university-wide non-European exchanges with lived experiences in a for-profit asylum system partners in Australia, Singapore, China, Japan, where a private company has control over Hong Kong, Brazil, Canada and the USA in their daily lives and profits off their miserable your third year. Most of these universities situation. Learning how to conduct research offer their courses through English. was invaluable. Studying sociology at Trinity has changed how I view the world, helping me to develop a more critical understanding of power, inequality and the forces shaping our society.”

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It is particularly relevant to students The course also provides a solid foundation What is Sociology and intending to pursue a career in research, for specialist postgraduate courses in the Social Policy? social policy analysis and evaluation, areas of social research, social policy and management and planning within the social social work. Sociology and Social Policy combines the services, both voluntary and statutory, as study of social theory, social policy and social well as to those with a general interest in research. The programme aims to give you a society and social policy. thorough training in the systematic study of Your degree and society, contemporary social issues and the what you’ll study role of social policy in comparative country The fundamental aim of the degree contexts. At the end of your four years you Sociology and Social Policy programme is to give students a thorough should have developed both a general @ Trinity training in the systematic study of society, sociological understanding, specific expertise Trinity’s School of Social Sciences and contemporary social issues and how policy in various contemporary policy issues as Philosophy is at the forefront of research and works. Sociology introduces students to well as in the process of policy making teaching across the disciplines of Philosophy, the theories that explain social behaviour Political Science, Economics and Sociology and relationships. Key themes will focus and the Sociology Department is ranked 1st on the family, work, European societies Sociology and Social Policy: in Ireland and in the top 40 in Europe and and globalisation, conflict, migration and The course for you? in the top 100 in the world (2018 QS World racism, social movements, social theories University Rankings). and social research. Social policy focuses Curious about social and economic policy on social issues and social problems and issues around the world? Searching for Trinity’s School of Social Work and Social is concerned with understanding the a course that demands both academic Policy consists of a community of scholars place of policy in addressing need and and vocational qualities? Interested in with internationally recognised expertise promoting well-being. Key modules will understanding society, its social problems and excellence in policy issues and enable students to answer some of the and have a desire to make a difference? research, making it uniquely placed to forge following very topical questions: What are Then Sociology and Social Policy may be connections between teaching, research social policies and why do we need them? the degree for you. It is a unique programme and policy influence. Social Policy in Trinity Who makes social policy and how? Who which combines the study of social theory, has achieved a ranking in the QS top 50-100 benefits from social policy and what are its social policy and social research. universities worldwide, which is the highest wider effects? Who provides and who pays ranking for a university in Ireland in this for social policies? What kinds of policy subject category. responses have been applied to key social areas e.g. homelessness, ageing, crime, Do you enjoy… families and youth? How can we know what ? Graduate skills and works in social policy? How do we re-direct Contemplating the prospect of career opportunities policy that has been found to be ineffective getting involved at the coal-face or have unintended consequences? developing policies, services and The range of employment opportunities in visions of how we, as a society, the area of social and public policy continues The two academic subjects are closely could organise ourselves better? to expand. This is a particularly relevant interrelated and have in common a degree for those interested in pursuing a questioning of everyday perspectives and Learning about what makes for career in the formulation of policy in the explanations. They also share a range of better and worse evidence about public sector, community development and particular research methods. An essential society and how it can be used to voluntary/non-profit sectors. Graduates of the objective of the programme is to equip both understand and change it? programme have secured employment as students with a range of research skills so that they can both critically interpret Reflecting on what could be done social researchers, policy analysts government advisors and journalists recruited by existing research and conduct their own. at local, national and international Social research is the foundation for level to improve people’s well-being? companies such as Eurodesk (Brussels Link), the Web Summit, Inner City Organisation the scientific understanding of social Network, Focus Ireland, Migrant Rights phenomena. This programme introduces Centre, the public service, Reiss and various students to the theory and methods of education facilities, to name but a few. social research. Students can expect to learn the entire process for conducting

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social research and evaluating the research In first and second years students typically conducted by others. At the end of the have two lectures and one tutorial per week What our graduates say: programme, students undertake their own for each module. Capstone research project under one-to-one Laura Bambrick: supervision of a member of our Schools to THIRD YEAR B.A. Sociology consolidate their learning from across the The choice of modules available in third year and Social Policy (2004) four years of study. typically includes sociology modules such as: From the first lecture the role Globalisation and Development, Researching of Social Policy in poverty The subjects studied include general social Society, Race, Ethnicity and Identity, Social and inequality was made science disciplines such as economics Stratification and Inequalities, Comparative clear. I learned to question and politics, and specialist areas such as Sociology of Europe. Social policy modules everything I had known or family policy, housing policy, poverty and include Life Course and Evolving Welfare had passed me unnoticed. These analytical skills would later allow me to criminology. The first and second years States and Families, Managing Public Service influence policymaking at the highest levels. are more general and foundational in Organisations and Understanding Youth and nature, while the third and fourth years will Society. Students may also select modules After Trinity, I completed a Masters and PhD focus more specifically on sociology and from Economics and Political Science such in Social Policy at the University of Oxford. social policy. A strength of the course is as: Economics of Less Developed Countries, I worked in the Office of the Assistant Secretary that it explores these issues in a genuinely Economics of Policy Issues, Irish Politics, General at the United Nations Headquarters comparative context. Teaching methods Democracy and Development, Public Interest in New York; in the Social Justice and Policy include lectures, seminars and group Law, and International Law. Unit of the Society of Vincent de Paul National project work utilizing innovative approaches Office; in the Minister’s Office in the Department of Social Protection and in the Office of the enhanced by digital technologies. Assessment FOURTH YEAR The choice of modules available in fourth Tánaiste. I am currently the Social Policy Officer is by a combination of continuous at the Irish Congress of Trade Unions. assessment, written submissions, class year typically includes: Poverty, Inequality presentations, written examinations and and Redistribution; Ageing Societies; Studying Social Policy in Trinity opened up opportunities beyond imagination in giving a final year Capstone project. Disability and Global Human Rights; Conflict Studies; Social Networks and Digital Lives; me a world-class education from lecturers who continue to support me long after I graduated. FIRST YEAR Labour Markets, Gender and Institutions and In first year you will take Introductory Migration, Mobilities and Integration. What our current students say: modules in Sociology, Social Policy, Political Julianne Flynn – Science and Economic Policy. Approved Many of the modules in third and fourth Fourth Year – Sociology modules include Mathematics and Statistics; years deal specifically with Ireland and with and Social Policy Introduction to Law; a choice of language European and global contexts. In the final (French, German, Russian, Polish), Introduction year you will research and write a Capstone “Sociology and Social Policy is the ideal course for someone to Psychology, Introduction to Central, East project on a topic of your choice under one- to-one supervision from a member of our who is passionate about European and Russian Area Studies. social issues and curious to Schools. learn. Its unique blend of SECOND YEAR theory and policy gave me a The second year places greater emphasis greater awareness and understanding of a range on social policy and sociology modules. Study abroad of contemporary issues, from poverty inequality Sociology modules include Introduction to to conflict resolution. Social Research Methods; Social Theory; Students have the opportunity to study In final year, students get the opportunity to Gender, Work and Family and Power, State abroad in their third year at prestigious undertake an independent research project. and Social Movements. Irish Social Policy universities in countries such as Sweden, Though challenging, completing it was one modules include Poverty, Housing and France, Malta, Finland and the Czech Republic. of the most fulfilling experiences I had at Homelessness and Crime and Migration university. From a social perspective, the small Policy. Students may also select other social class size makes the transition from school less science modules such as Economy of Ireland; daunting and provides great opportunity to study with like-minded people. Economics of Public Policy; History of Political Thought; International Relations; Comparative A highlight of my time at Trinity has been Politics; Introduction to Irish Family Law; getting involved in the University Times French, German, Russian, Polish language, Magazine. This gave me an insight into and Trinity Electives. journalism and allowed me to meet and interview notable luminaries in Irish life. I was also given the unforgettable opportunity to study for a year at University of Melbourne.”

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CAO CODES TR023: TR024: TR003: TR040: Middle DEGREE AWARDED Two BA Degrees English European History Eastern and DEGREE TYPE Honours Bachelor Degree Studies Studies European Languages NFQ Level 8 and Cultures PLACES 2018 60 60 60 60 AWARDING BODY Trinity College Dublin, CAO POINTS The University of Dublin 2017 and Columbia University

Course Codes The Dual BA Programme: Your degree and

TR023 English Studies The course for you? what you’ll study:

TR024 European Studies The Dual BA Programme between English Studies Trinity College Dublin and Columbia During the first and second years at Trinity, TR003 History University offers students an international students take all English Studies core TR040 Middle Eastern and European undergraduate educational experience with modules and approved/ elective modules Languages and Cultures a programme spanning two continents, in as required. In years three and four at cosmopolitan cities, that allows students to Columbia, students continue to follow a enhance their global knowledge, language Major in English. This programme of study skills and communication abilities. The allows students to continue to develop programme draws upon elements both their skills and deepen their engagement traditional and innovative, combining the with the core discipline, while also What is the Dual BA academic rigor of two world-renowned undertaking a number of classes across universities with an attention to the roles Programme? various humanities subjects. Students also that social and cultural traditions play in a undertake a Capstone research project student’s intellectual formation. By offering Students on the Dual BA Programme related to Trinity’s exceptional archival two distinct learning environments, the between Trinity College Dublin and collections, an intensive seminar delivered Dual BA Programme encourages students to Columbia University spend years one and by a Trinity staff member who is an expert challenge themselves and develop a richly two at Trinity followed by years three and in that topic and sit a paper which will textured understanding of an increasingly four at Columbia in New York. The four assess their ability to critically engage with globalized world. Students within the courses available at Trinity are English concepts and methodologies encountered programme complete the undergraduate Studies, History, European Studies and during their studies. curricula of both Trinity and Columbia Middle Eastern and European Languages University, alongside a uniquely diverse and Cultures. In years three and four, European Studies group of fellow students. Upon graduation students complete the requirements for Two languages are studied in first and students earn two BA degrees, one from one of the majors noted below as well second year alongside modules in the social Trinity and one from Columbia, in their as taking the Columbia core curriculum sciences, in modern European history, and chosen academic areas. which includes the study of languages, art in the history of ideas. Students choose from humanities, music humanities, literature/ French, German, Italian, Polish, Russian FIRST AND SECOND YEARS and Spanish. Italian, Polish, Russian and humanities, contemporary civilization/ As part of the Dual BA Programme, students Spanish are available from beginner level; social sciences, global studies, quantitative choose from one of four programme areas no student may study more than one reasoning, science and writing. at Trinity: language as a beginner. Required study in „ English Studies, page 68 many of the areas of the Columbia Core is „ European Studies, page 70 met by the elements of the first and second year programme in European Studies at „ History, page 76 Do you enjoy… Trinity. Upon arrival at Columbia University, „ Middle Eastern and European Languages ? Enhancing your global knowledge? students choose one of seven majors in and Cultures, page 92 which to focus their studies in years three Studying abroad? and four. The options are History, Political THIRD AND FOURTH YEARS Science, Hispanic studies, French, German Students continue their chosen programme Learning languages? literature and Cultural history, Italian or of study in one of the approved Columbia Slavic studies. Students will also undertake majors, while also completing Columbia’s a period of study abroad in Europe, an core curriculum. Built into the second half internship and a Capstone research project. of the programme is the opportunity to gain the extra credits necessary for the Trinity BA.

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History In the first and second years at Trinity, Application Process students are introduced to advanced and Requirements historical study through modules which Applicants to the Dual BA Programme focus on periods ranging from the medieval apply by 2nd January 2019 for enrolment in to the contemporary. History is studied September 2019. The admissions process alongside other disciplines, including the includes an application form, a review of social sciences and languages. Columbia’s the applicant’s academic history, letters of history major allows students to enhance the recommendation, standardized test scores skills developed at Trinity. The curriculum (SAT or ACT), two essays, and an interview that students engage with in years three conducted in English. Applications will be and four of the programme complements reviewed by a joint committee featuring their time in Dublin, covering most areas admissions representatives from both Trinity of the world and most periods of history. and Columbia. Students also undertake a Capstone research project related to Trinity’s exceptional European students applying to the Dual BA archival collections, an intensive seminar Programme must also apply to Trinity College and sit a paper which will assess their ability Dublin through the Central Applications Office to critically engage with concepts and (CAO). methodologies encountered during their studies.

Middle Eastern and European Languages and Cultures From year one, students study one European language and its history and culture (from French, Spanish, German, Italian, Russian, or Polish) and in year two they begin their study of one Middle Eastern Language (Arabic, Hebrew, or Turkish). During the first two years, the history and culture of the Middle East from antiquity to the present is examined and in years three and four at Columbia, there is a choice of three majors (History, Religion or Middle Eastern, South Asian, and African Studies). Students complete their Columbia major alongside the core curriculum and can continue with their language studies. Students also undertake a summer language programme as well as completing an internship. In the final year students undertake a Capstone research project that allows them to explore in-depth a topic co-supervised by Trinity and Columbia academics.

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Computer Science Engineering

138 Computer Science 146 Engineering (common entry), with specialisations in: 140 Computer Science and Business 150 Biomedical Engineering 142 Computer Science and Language 151 Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering 144 Management Science and Information Systems Studies (M.S.I.S.S.) 152 Computer Engineering 153 Electronic Engineering 154 Electronic and Computer Engineering 155 Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering 156 Engineering with Management

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DEGREE AWARDED B.A. (Moderatorship), Optional: Master in Computer Science (MCS) COURSE CODE TR033 DEGREE TYPE Honours Bachelor Degree, Optional: Masters Degree PLACES 2018 100 NFQ Level 8, Optional: Masters Degree CAO POINTS 2017 465 AWARDING BODY Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin

What is Computer Science? Computer Science: Computer Science @ Trinity

Computer Science is concerned with the The course for you? Computer Science at Trinity is ranked study of everything to do with computers Computer Science at Trinity is a challenging number 1 in Ireland, top 25 in Europe and top and our relationship with them. Computer and exciting course with a focus on 100 worldwide (QS subject rankings, 2018). scientists are critical to the efficient running innovation and cutting-edge technology Computer Science at Trinity is an integrated of modern societies, dealing with health, that demands the very best from our programme: students can study for an security, banking and finance, transportation, students. As a Computer Science graduate honours degree over four years, and also have and now increasingly our interaction through you will be able to apply your deep the option to study for a fifth year leading to social networks. Computing professionals, computer science knowledge along with a Master in Computer Science (MCS) degree. like their counterparts in medicine, law, a range of professional skills in teamwork engineering, accountancy and finance, and management to solve computational The School of Computer Science and deal with theoretical issues, solve complex problems in all walks of life. Statistics at Trinity is recognised for problems, deal with matters of ethics and establishing computer science as an with society at large. Theoretical issues in To get the best from the course you need academic discipline in Ireland. Over the past computer science relate to the abstract to be interested in developing clear logical five decades, the School has earned a strong notions of computation and information. ideas about situations and about how to international reputation and has partnerships The study of these issues leads, for example, develop feasible schemes (‘algorithms’) for in education, research and industry across to efficient and robust algorithms and to computers to deal with these situations. You the globe. The School hosts three National new programming languages. Applications need to be comfortable using mathematical Research Centres and continues to evolve and of computer science range from artificial techniques to solve problems. lead ground breaking research programmes. intelligence to health informatics, from If you are knowledgeable about computers computer animation and graphics to The School collaborates with leading already, to the extent of building them information security, and from social network employers and fosters innovation through or writing programs for them, so much sites to educational and training systems. its many successful start-up companies – the better – but bear in mind, no prior including Iona Technologies, Havok, Kore, knowledge of computer science is assumed. Swrve, Quaternion Labs, LinguaBox, WiFi Guard, CipherApps, Haunted Planet Studios, Haptica, GLANTA, Tolerant Networks, Cara Health,

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X Communications Ltd, EmpowerTheUser, Insight FOURTH YEAR Statistical Consulting, Xcelerit, Wripl and Emizar, If you decide to study for the honours degree SoapBox Labs, Good Travel Software, SilverCloud, in Computer Science over four years, you can Danalto, Volgrams and Data Chemist. choose from a range of advanced subjects to study including: Artificial Intelligence; This course is accredited by Engineers Ireland. Computer Graphics and Animation; Computer Vision; Scalable Computing; Mobile Telecommunications; and many Graduate skills and others. Topics are reviewed annually to reflect career opportunities developments in the field of computing.

Graduates from this programme are highly You will spend the second half of this fourth sought after and can expect to find employment year working with an academic supervisor on anywhere in the world. Each year leading a substantial Capstone project in an area of employers in the sector attend a special your choice. recruitment fair held at the School of Computer Science and Statistics which affords students an If you decide to study for the Master in Computer opportunity to chat informally regarding their Science degree over five years, you also choose career opportunities. Graduates find employment from the range of advanced subjects listed above. in almost every sector from communications What our graduates say and entertainment to manufacturing and INTERNSHIP transportation, government, healthcare, Fourth-year students who opt for the Katharine Burton education and many more. Positions can be master’s degree undertake an internship “What I really enjoyed about the course found within: design, testing, manufacturing, in industry or in a research laboratory at was the exposure to software, hardware support and implementation, information home or abroad. The aim is to develop your and telecommunications which gives you systems, research and development, operations the entire view of a system rather than the understanding of how design and theoretical and management. Many graduates hold senior separate components. I found the lecturers aspects of computer science are applied in a positions such as CTO and CIO. Others pursue to be knowledgeable and approachable. We careers in research to PhD and beyond. The commercial or research workplace. were also required to take part in many group School is proud of the entrepreneurial and activities which developed our communication Companies participating in our internship academic success of its graduates. and team working skills and in turn prepared programme include: Cisco, DemonWare, us well for the workplace environment. Being Microsoft, MasterCard, Murex, Susquehanna a male dominated science, I think we need Your degree and International Group (SIG), Arris, Intel, Creme, more girls to think seriously about studying Accenture, Deloitte, Google, First Derivatives, computer science at university. what you’ll study Curam, Havok, IBM, Bloomberg, Symantec, During my summers at Trinity, I undertook Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Ezetop, Ericsson, FIRST, SECOND AND THIRD YEARS a number of internships both in Ireland and In the first three years of the programme, Glanta Ltd, SAP, Amazon, Palantir, Corville, abroad. One of these internships resulted in you will develop key skills in designing and Xcelerator, AOL, Fastnet, Learnovate Centre, a full-time graduate job offer in London.” implementing computer programs and Incognito, Bearing Point, Swrve and Vistatec. systems, solving problems, using mathematics and communicating both orally and in In your fifth and final year, as well as continuing writing. You will learn how to use a range of to study advanced subjects, you will spend programming languages and how to tackle the second half of the year working with an large software engineering projects. You will academic supervisor on a substantial research also learn about computer hardware and dissertation in an area of your choice. develop a broad knowledge of other topics, including networks and telecommunications, On successful completion of the five years, information management and the relationship both a B.A. Moderatorship and Master in between computers and society. Computer Science are awarded.

At the end of third year, you choose to study either for the honours degree Study abroad (B.A. Moderatorship in Computer Science) or the Master in Computer Science (MCS). You may apply to spend your third year studying at a university abroad as part of an exchange programme.

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DEGREE AWARDED B.A. Moderatorship in Computer Science and Business COURSE CODE TR082 DEGREE TYPE Honours Bachelor Degree PLACES 2018 30 NFQ Level 8 CAO POINTS 2017 509 AWARDING BODY Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin

SECOND YEAR What is Computer Science Computer Science and In second year, students continue to and Business? Business @ Trinity study a range of topics in both areas. For example, the study of Computer Science Computer Science is the professional Computer Science at Trinity is ranked continues with the subjects such as: discipline concerned with the study of number 1 in Ireland, top 25 in Europe and top Algorithms and Data Structures, Information everything to do with computers and our 100 worldwide (QS subject rankings, 2018). Management and Software Engineering. relationship with them. Computer scientists Over a period of more than 50 years, the Business subjects studied include: are critical to the efficient running of modern School of Computer Science and Statistics Marketing, Accounting, Finance, Operations societies, dealing with health, security, has earned a strong international reputation Management, Creative Thinking, Innovation banking and finance, transportation, and and has partnerships in education, research and Entrepreneurial Action. now increasingly our interaction through and industry across the globe. social networks. The computer science THIRD YEAR subjects will build upon your problem In third year, students take a combination solving, logical and mathematical skills Graduate skills and of topic areas from both Computer Science and challenge you to develop a deep career opportunities and Business which can include: understanding of the science of computers. To date, graduates have secured Business The business subjects will build on employment in a variety of roles and areas Human Resource Management, your knowledge of businesses and your which include: financial engineers, software Contemporary Marketing Management, understanding of the role of business developers, account managers, information Consumer Marketing, Financial Accounting, in society. Computer Science and the technology risk assessment, analytics, Management Accounting for Business networked environment are core issues technology consulting, marketing research, Decisions, Business in Society, Innovation, at the forefront of development in many entrepreneurs. Organisations where graduates Introduction to Fixed Income Securities and fields of business, and the combination are employed include: First Derivatives, Alternative Investments, Entrepreneurship of computer science and business Ernst & Young, Accenture, LinkedIn, MRBI, and Business Modelling, Corporate Finance management is designed to produce PwC, and Google. Some students have also and Equity Valuation, Services Management, graduates who not only understand the pursued Master’s studies in both business Digital Technology in Operations, Organisation latest computer science applications but and computer science disciplines. Theory and Organisational Analysis, also have general business management Investments, Social Entrepreneurship. skills, including marketing, organisational behaviour, human resources and finance. Your degree and Computer Science Government and industry have identified Applied Probability, Symbolic Programming, a need for more graduates with Computer what you’ll study Software Engineering, Information Science and Business skills, and this Joint FIRST YEAR Management, Artificial Intelligence, Honours course helps to meet this demand. In first year, students study introductory Telecommunications, Compiler Design, topics in Business and Computer Science. e-Business, Introduction to Functional Students typically take business topics Programming, Computational Mathematics. Computer Science and from subject areas such as: Management Business: The course for you? & Organisation, Economics Policy and Statistical Analysis. In Computer Science, This joint degree programme aims to students take topics from subject areas provide graduates with the knowledge and which include: Mathematics, Programming expertise needed to work in the technical and an Introduction to Computer Systems. field of Computer Science along with the business management skills required to understand the fundamentals of markets, organisations and business management. The course prepares students for challenging careers in Computer Science and/or Business, as well as positioning them for postgraduate study and research in either of these fields.

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What our graduates say

FOURTH YEAR Computer Science Aisling Cowzer In the fourth year, students study a range Advanced Telecommunications, Fuzzy Logic, “The four years I spent studying Computer of topics from both Computer Science and Formal Verification, Topics in Functional Science and Business provided me with a Business which can include: Programming, Internet Applications; Human fantastic opportunity to gain those skills Factors; Computer Graphics, Computer Vision; employers require in today’s market. Business Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, The array of skills I have learned, have always International Business & the Global Economy, Strategic Information Systems. impressed employers as they reflect the needs Exploring Organisational Experiences, of modern businesses across multiple sectors Financial Reporting and Analysis, Derivatives ASSESSMENT and markets. My classmates are employed and International Finance, Advances in Courses are examined by a combination of and self-employed across various markets Marketing Theory and Practice, Managing continuous assessment and formal examination. and continents. I now work as a Technology Consultant, helping businesses incorporate New Product Development, Economic Policy digital technology into their organisations to and Business History, Social Innovation and improve processes and customer delivery – Social Impact. keeping my grasp across both.”

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DEGREE AWARDED B.A. (Moderatorship) COURSE CODE TR039 DEGREE TYPE Honours Bachelor Degree PLACES 2018 20 NFQ Level 8 CAO POINTS 2017 443 AWARDING BODY Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin

What is Computer Science and Language?

The Computer Science and Language (CSL) degree combines computer science with the mastery of a particular language (French, German or Irish) and with the study of linguistics, which is the scientific study of language in general and the associated technologies concerning language. The chosen language (French, German or Irish) is studied to degree level, with emphasis on aural, oral and written fluency. moved into primary and secondary-level Computer Science and education. About 65% of graduates work in This course develops a unique combination Language @ Trinity software engineering (whether in a mainly of skills – technical, mathematical, analytical English speaking country or in a country and communicative. In doing so, it provides This degree is one of the most interdisciplinary where the language of the degree focus is two of the most sought after skills today: on offer, bridging both computer science the primary language); about 25% pursue degree-level fluency in a second language and the arts. The skills acquired in the study research careers. A number of graduates and a degree in computing, opening up of computing, together with the study of now hold academic staff positions in Ireland hosts of future career possibilities. Many of language and linguistics, open doors to and abroad. Another 10% tend towards these careers also involve the third degree- world mobility and employability. a focus in technical translation. Some level strand of the course – linguistics. graduates have taken up employment in Predictive text in telephones, automatic Computer Science at Trinity is ranked government service, e.g. the European speech recognition in directory enquiries, number 1 in Ireland, top 25 in Europe and top Patent Office and the Irish Diplomatic Corps. and machine translation are just three 100 worldwide (QS subject rankings, 2018). examples of technologies that derive from Over a period of more than 50 years, the computational linguistics; countless others School of Computer Science and Statistics are on the horizon. has earned a strong international reputation Your degree and and has partnerships in education, research what you’ll study and industry across the globe. In the first two years, you will study Computer Science and computer science, linguistics and your Language: The course for you? Graduate skills and chosen language. This course will appeal to students with career opportunities The final year offers students the opportunity strengths in analytical reasoning and an to explore in greater depth areas where affinity for mastering languages, but who Since the course began in 1985, graduates computers and language meet or in the do not want to choose between arts and have moved on to careers that reflect the classical core of the constituent disciplines: sciences. While the course involves the range of topics within the degree. Graduates computer science, linguistics and a language. study of mathematics and computing, will be qualified to work as language Students complete increasingly complex linguistics and language, students are specialists, information technologists projects in each year of the programme. afforded considerable flexibility in their or software specialists in any of the IT, course options. If you enjoy mathematics, banking, translation, publishing or multi- languages and problem solving and are media sectors. A number work as software interested in combining topics in creative engineers in international consulting and insightful ways, then this may be the firms. Some have embarked on careers right course for you. in professional translation; others have

142 Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin Computer Science, Engineering, Science and Mathematics SPECIAL ENTRY REQUIREMENTS Leaving Certificate H4 Mathematics GET IN TOUCH! H3 In French or German or Irish www.scss.tcd.ie/csl Advanced GCE (A Level) Grade C Mathematics Tel: +353 1 896 1765 Grade C If presenting French or German Grade B If presenting Irish Students choose one language from French, German and Irish. Students must present one of the above grades in their chosen language.

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What our graduates say James Gibbons SUBJECT AREAS INCLUDE “This course provides an exceptional range of First year Second year skills that allow you to pursue a vast number of options after graduation. For me, it gave Computer „ Mathematics „ Discrete and Continuous Mathematics a fantastic background to pursue a career Science „ Introduction to Programming „ Data Structures and Programming in software development. The distinctive „ Representations and Computation Techniques combination of subjects encourages flexible „ Natural Language Processing thinking and an open-minded approach to problem solving that will prove invaluable „ „ Linguistics Introduction to the Study of Language Syntactic Theory to graduates.” (General Linguistics) „ Introduction to Speech Science „ Introduction to Phonetics and „ Formal Semantics Phonology „ Instrumental Phonetics „ Introduction to Syntax „ Computational Morphology „ Statistics for Linguistics

Language „ Written, oral and aural language „ Written, oral and aural language fluency fluency „ Area Studies

THIRD AND FOURTH YEARS Subjects that you study in the first two years Study abroad of your degree will be continued in your third Students who study French or German will and fourth years either at Trinity or abroad spend the third year studying at a university under the Erasmus programme. In the fourth abroad and for students studying Irish, it is a year, you will be able to take advanced possibility. Studying abroad gives students modules in interdisciplinary areas such as the opportunity to develop language skills artificial intelligence, information systems, and experience university life in another computer processing of human language country. It also provides options for students and the analysis and synthesis of the human to define their own specialist areas within the voice. You also proceed to advanced study in programme. your chosen language, perfecting both your oral skills and written skills in translation and essay writing.

Optional modules and a major interdisciplinary Capstone project allow you to specialise in areas you particularly enjoy and to shape the degree around your individual strengths. Examples of final-year module options include Computer Graphics, Machine Vision, Advanced Computational Linguistics (involving Speech Recognition and Machine Translation), Fuzzy Logic, and Human Second-Language Acquisition.

ASSESSMENT Written examinations, course work and projects are all used in assessment. You will also complete a final-year dissertation as part of the degree.

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DEGREE AWARDED B.A. (Moderatorship) COURSE CODE TR034 DEGREE TYPE Honours Bachelor Degree PLACES 2018 27 NFQ Level 8 CAO POINTS 2017 577 AWARDING BODY Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin

The range of subjects studied is wide and Employers include large financial What is Management Science will challenge your abilities on several institutions, management consultants and Information Systems fronts, leading to graduates who have and other businesses both nationally and Studies (M.S.I.S.S.)? the ability to think about issues in both internationally; for example Deloitte, Ernst technical and business terms. M.S.I.S.S. is and Young, Accenture, McKinsey, KPMG, PwC, Students learn how to use techniques from a good way of keeping your options open. BearingPoint, PA Consulting, FTI Consulting, disciplines such as business, mathematics, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, CitiBank, computer science, statistics and CreditSuisse, Barclays, Deutsche Bank, management science to solve real world M.S.I.S.S. @ Trinity JP Morgan, HSBC, RBS, Bank of Ireland, problems. There is also a firm emphasis Ulster Bank, AIB, Irish Life, Aviva, Mercer, M.S.I.S.S. has its home in the School of on interpersonal skills such as verbal Paddy Power, First Derivatives, Boylesports, Computer Science and Statistics which communication, interviewing, teamwork KerryGroup, Betfair, Google, ColgatePalmolive, is ranked number 1 in Ireland, top 25 and report writing. Proctor and Gamble, United Drug. in Europe and top 100 worldwide The primary objective of the M.S.I.S.S. (QS subject rankings, 2018). programme is to produce graduates who M.S.I.S.S. produces graduates who are are both business and computer literate Your degree and analytical, flexible and creative. These are and who have a solid understanding of how what you’ll study highly demanded skills that are applicable to approach and solve practical problems across a range of careers. M.S.I.S.S. is highly M.S.I.S.S. is made up of four strands. using a variety of tools and techniques. regarded by employers and has one of the The emphasis in M.S.I.S.S. is on building „ best graduate employment records of any The first is based around developing up analytical skills, flexibility and creative undergraduate course in Ireland. skills in quantitative techniques, such as thinking. mathematics, statistics, probability, data In M.S.I.S.S. the theory of subjects is covered analytics, forecasting and management One of the remarkable features of M.S.I.S.S. but consideration is given to building science. is the range of careers that graduates take practical skills. The teaching methods „ The second strand focuses on information up. The M.S.I.S.S. programme provides include formal lectures, laboratories, technology and systems and ranges from students with a unique blend of skills and role-playing, real-life projects, many basic end user tools, like spreadsheets, experience. It is this mix which makes with an emphasis on group work. through programming, system design M.S.I.S.S. unique amongst other third-level and development and databases, up to courses in Ireland and helps contribute state of the art topics/techniques in areas significantly to the success M.S.I.S.S. Graduate skills and such as strategic information systems. graduates have in getting jobs. career opportunities „ The third strand is business-based M.S.I.S.S. has one of the best graduate and covers important concepts in M.S.I.S.S.: The course for you? employment records of any undergraduate management, finance and operations course in Ireland. One feature of M.S.I.S.S. management. This course is ideally suited to students is that it provides a base for following a „ The fourth strand seeks to develop a range who like solving complex problems and remarkably wide range of careers within of personal skills including teamwork, are interested in both technology and management consultancy, the financial making presentations, interviewing, business and are naturally comfortable services and the actuarial and accounting report writing and researching. with mathematics. professions. Many graduates also work in information technology management, quality The four strands in M.S.I.S.S. are organised control, and marketing, while others pursue as three main subject areas, supported postgraduate study at home and abroad. by the interpersonal skills framework. The three subject areas are: Do you… Demand for M.S.I.S.S. graduates has always ? been steady as the wide ranging skill sets „ Business and Management Have an interest in technology? developed in the course of study together „ Quantitative Analysis Have you a passion for business? with the problem-solving and team-working „ Information Systems skills are highly sought after by employers. Have a solid mathematical ability A high level of numeracy and fluency in and like solving problems? the use of modern technology are a further attraction for employers.

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Interpersonal skills such as interviewing and FIRST AND SECOND YEARS making presentations are taught explicitly During first and second year, you will get and implicitly (i.e. built into the teaching of a solid introduction to a number of fields. What our graduates say other subjects). Third and fourth year provide Subjects you will study include: Laura Headon, Deloitte the opportunity to specialise in an area of „ Computer Programming your choice. “M.S.I.S.S. students complete real world „ Economics type projects and learn practical skills which TOPICS are valued by employers. The course has an „ Management Science excellent reputation, which leads to exciting Subjects studied under the various topics „ End-User Computing and varied employment opportunities. Every include: „ Mathematics day on the job I use skills honed and developed through my study of M.S.I.S.S., which include Business and Management „ Organisation and Management information technology skills together with „ Introduction to Management and „ Statistics other skills such as report writing and problem Organisation solving, key to building a successful career. „ Finance and Accounting „ Finance and Accounting M.S.I.S.S. is a dynamic course, which will appeal to students with an interest in modern „ Operations Management THIRD AND FOURTH YEARS business issues such as big data, data analytics „ Economics The third and fourth years allow you to focus and information technology.” on areas that are of particular interest to you. Quantitative Analysis In each year there are a number of core „ Forecasting courses (five in third year and three in fourth „ Management Science (Operations year) and a range of optional modules from Research) which students select options in each of the „ Data Analytics final two years. „ Market Research An integral component of the final year is a „ Mathematics Capstone project which takes the form of a „ Probability consultancy project for a real world client. In „ Statistics recent years projects have been undertaken for clients such as Google Ireland, Irish Life, Information Systems L&P Group, PwC, Deloitte, Electric Ireland, AIB, „ Information Systems and Technology Bank of Ireland, McDonalds, Teagasc, HIQA, Betfair and Boylesports. „ Programming (Java, Visual Basic, SQL and PHP) The choice of optional modules spans „ Strategic Information Systems business studies, economics, computer „ End User Computing science, statistics, mathematics and engineering. The courses currently offered Personal Skills include financial and management „ Making Presentations accounting, economics, human resources management, technology entrepreneurship, „ Interviewing mathematics, investment analysis, corporate „ Report Writing financial reporting, statistical modelling and „ Research Methods project management. „ Team-Working ASSESSMENT „ Consulting You will be assessed by a combination of assignments and end-of-year examination. A report on the final-year project is an important part of the assessment.

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Engineering is a constantly evolving What is Engineering? profession. As an engineer, you will Graduate skills and need to be adaptable both to the rapid Engineering is about being creative in career opportunities development of new ideas and technology technical problem solving. Engineers make and to the shifting requirements of industry Engineering graduates from Trinity have the things possible by using mathematical and society. You will need to be a good capacity to think independently but also and scientific principles together with communicator and be capable of working to work in teams. They can use technical analytical and design skills. They tackle as part of a team. Above all, you must be a understanding to problem solve in a wide existing problems by developing new problem solver. You must be creative and range of technical areas. They are able to solutions through innovative technologies. able to synthesise and analyse information communicate their technical and creative They also expand the frontiers of society by from different sources to arrive at efficient ideas to other professionals and to society developing advanced materials, sustainable and practical solutions. at large. They are able to take responsibility, energy systems, construction technologies, deal with complexity and ambiguity and transport systems, biomedical devices and successfully face open-ended challenges. telecommunications infrastructure. Engineering @ Trinity

The School of Engineering at Trinity is Your degree and Engineering: ranked in the top 200 Engineering Schools what you’ll study The course for you? in the world and offers outstanding teaching by engineers who are at the forefront The BAI/MAI (Engineering) degree We have been teaching Engineering of their field worldwide. It has a strong programme is based on two years of general at Trinity since 1841. There have been philosophy of research-led teaching and engineering, providing students with a immense developments since that time, but continuously benchmarks itself against the firm grounding in the principles common the continuity of excellence in teaching and top international engineering schools. The to all disciplines, followed by two/three learning is a source of pride for us and our Engineering course offers the opportunity years of specialisation. Graduates are graduates. A distinctive feature of Engineering to carry out research as part of your course professionally accredited engineers with at Trinity is the two-year common with the aim of producing graduates both a broad-based understanding of the programme, in which all students learn the capable of participating at the highest whole discipline and a detailed knowledge fundamentals of Engineering science and national and international levels. There of their chosen specialist area. The aim is also engage in substantial elements of project are opportunities for work placements that graduates will be able to continuously work prior to choosing a specific Engineering in Ireland and abroad as well as study train themselves, to adapt and move into discipline. Trinity is the top-ranked university abroad opportunities as part of the degree related or newly emerging areas as their in Ireland, and our Engineering graduates programme. The Engineering programme careers develop after graduation. use this to their advantage all over the world is fully accredited by Engineers Ireland up as well as in Ireland. to Masters level (MAI) and offers excellent career prospects in Ireland and abroad. ? Do you enjoy… Technical problem-solving?

Using an understanding of how things work to make them better?

Using technical know-how, teamwork and creativity to develop new inventions?

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Engineering Course Structure

Year 1 and Year 2 Common to all Engineering streams

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Year 3 Select one of:

„ Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering „ Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering „ Electronic Engineering „ Electronic and Computer Engineering „ Computer Engineering „ Biomedical Engineering

Year 4 – BAI Programme Year 4 – BAI Programme Capstone Project Year at Trinity

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Graduate with B.A., BAI degrees Semester 1 – Trinity Semester 2 – Internship

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International Exchange

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Year 5 – MAI Programme Capstone Project

Graduate with B.A., MAI degrees

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FIRST AND SECOND YEARS FIFTH YEAR OPTIONS WITH STUDY ABROAD CLUSTER programme is a consortium All students follow a common programme AND INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITIES of 12 universities including Technical for the first two years. The first year Engineering students require a Masters degree University of Catalonia, Barcelona; comprises introductory courses in to be directly eligible for Chartered Engineer Technische Universität Darmstadt; engineering science, mathematics, status with Engineers Ireland. Therefore the Technische Universiteit Eindhoven; computer science, physics, chemistry, School offers several options for a fifth year Institut polytechnique de Grenoble; mechanics, electricity and magnetism, leading to a Masters degree (MAI). Instituto Superior Técnico Lisbon; graphics and computer-aided engineering, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven/ „ MAI (Domestic) and a group design and build project. Université Catholique de Louvain; Students can spend the fourth and fifth Helsinki University of Technology; In the second year, students take further year in Trinity, undertaking additional Karlsruhe Institute of Technology; Ecole engineering science modules, such as solids modules in their specialisation as well Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne; and structures, thermo-fluids, electronics as a group project in fourth year and a Politecnico di Torino; KTH Royal Institute and materials, and complete two more significant individual Capstone project of Technology Stockholm. group design and build projects. This allows in fifth year. you to explore all the possibilities open to The UNITECH programme is a Students also have the option of you in advance of making your final decision collaboration of 8 partner Universities spending the second semester of their about which specialism to concentrate on. and 16 multinational corporate partners. fourth year undertaking a supervised Students will spend one semester of While every effort is made to allow students internship placement. The remainder their fourth year in a partner university to study the course they choose, in some of their fourth year and the fifth year are followed by a six month internship departments the number of places for spent in Trinity undertaking additional with one of the corporate partners students of any one year may be limited modules in the specialisation. Students and return to complete their 5th year (this has never been necessary so far). complete a significant individual at Trinity. The partner universities are Capstone project in 5th year. WHAT HAPPENS NEXT? Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg; ETH Zurich; Institut At the end of second year you choose one of „ MAI (International) the six specialist areas: National de Sciences Appliquées de Students have the option to spend Lyon – INSA; Loughborough University; „ Biomedical engineering their fourth year abroad as part of Politecnico di Milano; RWTH Aachen „ Civil, structural and environmental the Erasmus/International exchange, University; TU Delft, The Netherlands. engineering CLUSTER or UNITECH programmes. As part of the Erasmus/International ASSESSMENT „ Computer engineering exchange or CLUSTER programmes, Assessment in each of the first two years is „ Electronic engineering students spend their fourth year abroad mostly by means of written examination „ Electronic and computer engineering at a partner university and return to combined with continuous assessment (joint programme) complete their fifth year at Trinity. Some of coursework during the year. Typically, „ Mechanical and manufacturing of our Erasmus/International exchange examinations contribute at least 50% engineering partner Universities include Institut towards your grade in each subject. The National de Sciences Appliquées de design projects are assessed entirely by THIRD AND FOURTH YEARS Lyon – INSA, Universidad Politecnica continuous assessment. Courses in the third and fourth years aim to de Madrid (UPM), Politecnico di Torino broaden and deepen your knowledge and and University of Melbourne. The understanding of the specialism you have chosen. Subjects are studied in much greater detail and students undertake real-life, practical projects. For example, if you choose Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering you could end up testing the pre-cast concrete used to build the Paddington to Heathrow railway; if you choose Computer Engineering, you might find yourself building a microprocessor system.

148 Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin Engineering at a glance

All students follow common first and second years. At the end of the second year you will select What our current students say one of six specialist streams as outlined below. Siddharth Gupta – Computer Engineering (year 5) First year “Studying Engineering Lectures – 16 hours per week • Tutorials – 5 hours per week • Laboratory work – 6 hours per week at Trinity has been one of the most rewarding First year modules and challenging „ Engineering Mathematics I and II experiences of my life „ Computer Engineering I so far. In my first two „ Physics years I was given the „ Chemistry opportunity to study „ Electrical Engineering topics from a variety of „ Mechanics specialised disciplines, „ Introduction to Professional Engineering giving me a broad „ Engineering Design I: Graphics and Computer-Aided Engineering foundation skill-set that will stand to me no „ Engineering Design II: Project matter what career I choose – be it within „ Experimental Methods engineering or not. Originally intending to pursue Mechanical Engineering, I found the first Second year two years eye-opening, where I was exposed to Lectures – 16 hours per week • Tutorials – 5 hours per week • Laboratory work – 4 hours per week many other fields that I enjoyed and excelled in – eventually leading me to choose Computer Second year modules Engineering as my area of specialisation, „ Engineering Mathematics III and IV where my education is supplemented by the „ Numerical Methods high calibre of teaching from staff that play „ Computer Engineering II pioneering roles in their respective fields.” „ Solids and Structures „ Thermo-Fluids Charlotte Weever – Mechanical and „ Electronics Manufacturing Engineering (year 4) „ Engineering and the Environment “Now in my fourth „ Materials year of Mechanical „ Engineering Design III: Project and Manufacturing „ Engineering Design IV: Project Engineering I have suddenly found a Third and fourth years and MAI Year wonderful balance between my studies For contact hours, please see the individual stream pages (see below). and extracurricular Common third and fourth year modules activities, joining „ Engineering Mathematics V societies and „ Management for Engineers becoming a class rep „ Probability and Statistics with the Student Union. Engineering is a broad and creative degree that you will thrive in. Take Select one of the six specialisations below: every opportunity you can!” Biomedical Engineering, page 150 Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering, page 151 Computer Engineering, page 152 Electronic Engineering, page 153 Electronic and Computer Engineering, page 154 Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, page 155

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Students who wish to study Biomedical Engineering apply to the Engineering degree (TR032). The first two years are common to all Engineering students and at the end of the second year students select Biomedical Engineering as their specialist area. See page 148 for details of the first two years.

Biomedical engineering is a challenging Biomechanics, Biomaterials, Anatomy and What is Biomedical professional discipline, requiring knowledge Physiology, Cell and Molecular Biology, Engineering? of biology and medicine, as well as Medical Device Design, Tissue Engineering, understanding of a range of engineering Neural Engineering. Biomedical engineering is at the intersection subjects. It is also a very exciting field in of engineering, the life sciences and which new methods and products are In the third year you will study technical healthcare. Biomedical engineers take constantly being developed, using the courses in both mechanical/manufacturing principles from applied science (including latest technology in materials, mechanics, engineering and electronic engineering, mechanical, electrical, chemical and electronics, mathematical analytical along with courses in anatomy and computer engineering) and physical physiology. In the fourth year and (optional) sciences (including physics, chemistry and methods and manufacturing processes. Masters (fifth) year you will study a range of mathematics) and apply them to biology technical subjects, including the specialised and medicine. Although the human body subject of biomedical engineering (see is a more complex system than even the Graduate skills and above). most sophisticated machine, many of the career opportunities same concepts that go into building and Project work is an important aspect of this programming a machine can be applied Biomedical engineering is the fastest- degree and there is an extensive research to biological structures and diagnostic growing career and this trend is expected facility available to students. You will carry and therapeutic tools. The goal is to better to continue over the next decade. Ireland’s out several projects, including a major understand, replace or fix a target system to medical technology sector has evolved ultimately improve the quality of healthcare. Capstone research project in your final year. into a global leader for medical device Examples of final-year projects include: Biomedical engineers become involved and diagnostic products, with exports in research and development, spanning annually exceeding €12bn. Ireland has over „ Design of a branch stent for abdominal a broad array of subfields: biomechanics, 450 companies involved in developing, aortic aneurism biomaterials, tissue engineering, neural manufacturing and marketing medical „ Finite Element Modelling of 3D Printed engineering, medical devices, clinical devices. These include Abbott, Bayer, Scaffolds for Bone Tissue Engineering engineering, medical imaging. Prominent Becton Dickinson, Boston Scientific, „ Next Generation Hearing Prostheses: biomedical engineering applications Johnson & Johnson, Guidant, Medtronic Improved decoding of attentional include the development of biocompatible and Stryker. These companies have a selection in a cocktail party environment prostheses, various diagnostic and strong demand for high quality graduates therapeutic medical devices ranging from at the Masters and PhD level because of „ Determination of the effect of freezing clinical equipment to micro-implants, the high technical level of their products. on the mechanical properties of advanced imaging methods such as MRIs Biomedical engineers also find employment decellularised arteries and EEGs as well as development of in clinics and hospitals where they work as „ Head kinematics in contact sports regenerative tissue and artificial organs. clinical engineers, responsible for complex, expensive diagnostic equipment and laboratories. GET IN TOUCH!

www.tcd.ie/bioengineering What our graduates say Email: [email protected] Your degree and Tel: +353 1 896 4214 what you’ll study Philip Byrne, 2015 Biomedical www.facebook.com/ Engineering graduate Trinity-Centre-for- Course topics include areas of both “Studying Engineering at Trinity was a really Bioengineering-318388844867265/ mechanical and electronic engineering, great experience for me. I studied Biomedical Twitter: @TCDBioengineer specialised topics in biomedical Engineering, a brand new stream being engineering and courses in basic medical offered in Trinity. This new course was so and biological sciences. Example interesting and modern and it biomedical courses include: really suited me. The five years I studied in Trinity flew. I graduated Do you enjoy… with both a Bachelors and Masters ? degree in Biomedical Engineering Finding out how living things work? and couldn’t think of anywhere Analysing problems and formulating solutions? else I would want to spend the last 5 years with all the friends I made. Working with mathematics and numbers? I’m delighted I now have a great qualification that is recognised and respected worldwide.” 150 Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering

Students who wish to study Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering apply to the Engineering degree (TR032). The first two years are common to all Engineering students and at the end of the second-year students select Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering as their specialist area. See page 148 for details of the first two years.

What is Civil, Structural and Graduate skills and Environmental Engineering? career opportunities GET IN TOUCH!

Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering Most civil engineering graduates start their www.tcd.ie/civileng is a very diverse and broad discipline. It offers careers with engineering consultants working Email: [email protected] graduates the chance to work on projects in infrastructure and building design, energy, Tel: +353 1 896 1457 that improve people’s lives. These include the environmental protection and transport design of better transport systems, looking after management (e.g. Arup, Atkins, Jacobs) and the environment, constructing new buildings construction companies (e.g. BAM, Sisk). Civil and bridges and creating the infrastructure engineers are also often employed in financial on which society depends. Civil engineers are services, management consultancy, law firms responsible for running many of the world’s and in corporate business. The numerical and What our graduates say largest businesses and public agencies. The problem-solving skills and technical expertise skills needed to be a good civil engineer are of civil engineers are broad based and make Sharon Farrell, 2011 graduate of Civil, a logical and systematic approach, good them very attractive employees in many Structural and Environmental Engineering problem-solving and creative abilities, backed different industries. “Working now as up by a mathematical and scientific mind. In a Civil Engineer, addition to these skills a civil engineer needs the degree and to be imaginative and inquisitive. knowledge I Your degree and gained during CIVIL ENGINEERING what you’ll study my time in Trinity Civil engineers are responsible for the planning, still stands to me In third, fourth and MAI (fifth) years, students today. Having an design, and operation of our cities and are offered modules in Structural and appreciation of infrastructure. These include user-centred and Geotechnical Engineering, Environmental the different areas integrated transport systems and renewable and Engineering, Transportation and Sustainable within engineering sustainable energy systems, as well as a myriad Energy. More information can be found at: is extremely useful when working in the field, of support systems located underground. which is exactly what this course provides www.tcd.ie/engineering/current-students even after you specialise. For me, having this STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING A significant amount of teaching takes place understanding has been extremely beneficial Structural engineering involves the design in the laboratory, and the course involves on recent projects, as it allows me to manage and construction of many types of structure, large projects as well as continuing with a lot of project work. In third year, students including buildings, bridges, stadiums, and detailed design elements.” undertake site visits to civil engineering wind turbines. Structural engineers ensure that projects, iconic engineering structures and to a building is safe for the area in which it is built areas of environmental interest. This includes a and for its intended purpose. It must also be one-week technical visit to an international attractive, economical and have a minimum location. Recent trips have included visits to impact on the environment. London and Barcelona. Would you ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING In the third and fourth year projects, students Environmental engineers design the systems ? work in small groups to design a building or like to… that provide us with clean water, manage our piece of major infrastructure. There is also waste and deal with pollution in air, land or Create buildings and cities in the opportunity to undertake an internship water. Environmental engineers also optimise which millions of people can in industry or with a research group or to our use of energy and natural resources, live happily and securely? participate in the Unitech, Cluster or Erasmus minimise industrial Impacts on people and exchange programmes. Develop advanced technical nature, and ensure that development happens skills and use them in a in a sustainable way. The optional fifth year allows students to study successful career that directly toward the Masters degree qualification at a benefits society? more advanced level, including an individual Capstone research project and thesis. Help build a sustainable future for everyone while protecting our environment?

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Students who wish to study Computer Engineering apply to the Engineering degree (TR032). The first two years are common to all Engineering students and at the end of the second-year students select Computer Engineering as their specialist area. See page 148 for details of the first two years.

associated with the School are Iona The fifth (optional) year leads to a master’s What is Computer Engineering? Technologies, Havok, Demonware and DAFT. degree (MAI) in engineering and it is here that students get to carry out a major A computer engineer has mastered the dissertation on a topic of their choice. This necessary knowledge of mathematics and Graduate skills and is a chance to really become a world-class systems to tackle a whole range of real- expert in your favourite topic, researching world problems. Layered on top of these career opportunities what others have done across the world fundamentals is a set of specialist skills in The demand for software and system and building a hardware or software computing that range from how a computer designers will continue to grow within prototype that demonstrates this. As with is designed and constructed to the the next decade. When you graduate you the fourth year project, the topic could be application of computing power to solve will find opportunities for employment in anything from helping to manage huge a range of problems from social media to software companies, financial institutions, cloud computing facilities through novel navigation, from medicine to space travel, large industrial organisations, research face-recognition algorithms to uncovering and many more besides. institutions and multinationals in Ireland fraud in bitcoin transactions. as well as in Europe, the US and Asia. The impact of computer engineering has To support your work on the Capstone been more significant and more pervasive project you can take a number of optional than that of many other disciplines. The Your degree and courses in the first semester including: smart phone, tablet computers, the Internet Fuzzy Logic; Formal Methods; Advanced and games consoles are all products that what you’ll study Computer Architecture; Embedded were not even imagined 30 years ago, but In the third year, you will learn how Systems; Distributed Systems; Networked have now been realised by the ingenuity of computer systems are constructed from Applications; Artificial Intelligence; Real computer engineers. the ground up. You will study low-level Time Animation. assembly language programming to Computer engineers may design computer develop a deep understanding of what lies For more detail on what is covered in hardware, write computer programs, beneath the C++ and Java programs you each module, please visit: integrate the various sub-systems together www.tcd.ie/ have written in earlier years. How Operating or do all three. They need good people engineering/current-students systems (such as Windows, IoS and Linux) skills as they often get quickly promoted to regulate access to hardware and how management positions. networks build from simple point-to-point GET IN TOUCH! links up to global networks like the Internet www.scss.tcd.ie/undergraduate/ Computer Engineering are also studied both in theory and in the computer-engineering @ Trinity form of experiments. Encryption and other Email: [email protected] security-related topics are also covered. Tel: +353 1 896 1765 The School of Computer Science and By the time you get to the fourth year, you Statistics which runs the Computer are ready to undertake a major individual Engineering programme is the oldest Capstone project which you can choose from computer science department in Ireland What our graduates say and extensive menu offered by staff or you can with more than 60 academics and over 300 opt to take an internship with an employer Tony O’Donnell – 2001 postgraduate students. The School is highly in the computer industry (multi-national, Computer Engineering respected internationally for the quality of its local company or start-up). You can choose “Being a Trinity graduate research and many of the staff who will teach from a range of modules exploring how is a special thing, and you are among the world’s leading experts in computers can render complex graphics, how the experiences I had in their fields. Some famous start-up companies College gave me a sense of they can see and understand video images intellectual fearlessness and and how this can be used with headset curiosity that have driven Do you enjoy… hardware for augmented reality. The ability me through my career ? of computers to harvest, store and process so far. But being a Trinity engineering Planning and executing the huge amounts of complex data is central to graduate has an extra secret something. solution to a problem? Computer Engineering, as are the energy The school is one of the oldest, and has a and sustainability aspects of operating large long tradition of academic excellence, as Understanding systems e.g. well as a reputation for slightly anarchic how does a self-driving car work? cloud computing centres. You can further and fun-loving undergraduates. I ultimately explore how hackers break into computer chose Computer Engineering, and the Trying out the latest in new systems and how to defend against attack. blend of high tech skills, along with a firm technology? engineer’s grasp of problem-solving, maths and systems analysis has always helped me 152 Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin succeed in solving complex problems.” Electronic Engineering

Students who wish to study Electronic Engineering apply to the Engineering degree (TR032). The first two years are common to all Engineering students and at the end of the second-year students select Electronic Engineering as their specialist area. See page 148 for details of the first two years.

Third year courses include: What is Electronic Engineering? „ Core elements of analogue and digital Electronic Engineering involves the use of electronics GET IN TOUCH! electricity to perform a wide range of functions „ Microprocessor systems Department of Electronic and the application of these functions to „ Signals and information processing and Electrical Engineering improve the quality of our lives. www.tcd.ie/eleceng In fourth year, in addition to a course in Electronic Engineering is a continuously evolving Email: [email protected] engineering management, you will choose a Tel: +353 1 896 1580 profession and is the driving force behind combination of subjects that allows further the development of the world’s information specialisation in electronic and information technology. Electronic engineers create, design engineering. Each fourth year student also and develop everyday devices like the mobile completes a design project which put you on phone, tablets, game engines and computers. the path to expert in your chosen specialty. What our graduates say

The department now includes courses A fourth year electronic engineering student Áine Cahill – specifically in information engineering and typically has a weekly timetable of 14 hours of 2016 Electronic machine learning taught by experts in the field lectures, 4 hours of tutorials and 3 to 4 hours Engineering with close links to Google. We also include a of laboratory work. Additionally, you will have “I really enjoyed good grounding in software engineering since laboratory access for individual work on your studying Electronic all engineers now exploit software design to project. Engineering in implement ideas and prototypes. Trinity. The theory, The fourth year courses cover: projects and lab work gave me the „ Machine learning knowledge to understand how electronic Graduate skills and „ Digital control systems devices (smartphones, medical imaging, self-driving cars, robots…) work, as well as career opportunities „ Telecommunications the experience, creativity and motivation The careers open to graduates in electronic „ Digital signal processing to design my own devices, applications engineering range from circuit design in „ Microelectronic circuits and integrated and algorithms. Small class sizes rewarded semiconductor companies, through network systems design me with fantastic friends, positive group design and management in telecommunications collaboration on projects and an engaging, companies, media engineering in Netflix, There may also be the opportunity to inspiring rapport with my lecturers. I developed critical thinking, problem-solving, YouTube and the entire cinema post- undertake a placement in industry or with leadership and teamwork skills, in addition production industry. There are opportunities in or to participate in the a research group to comprehensive engineering knowledge. business and financial management, where the Unitech, Erasmus or Cluster programmes. Future opportunities in industry and analytic and problem-solving skills of electronic academic research are limitless. If you can engineers have long been appreciated. The optional fifth year of the programme dream of it, you can do it!” allows students to study for the MAI Masters Companies employing Electronic Engineering degree qualification with more advanced graduates include Netflix, YouTube, Disney, treatment of the topics listed below. Students Technicolor, Intel, Ericsson, Analog Devices, take a course in research methods and a Google, Eirgrid and Accenture. number of optional courses during the first Do you enjoy… semester. These courses include: ? Understanding how complex „ Digital video engineering systems work? E.g. mobile Your degree and „ Speech and audio engineering phone networks or YouTube? what you’ll study „ Statistical signal processing Mathematical analysis of In third year you will study a total of seven „ Wireless networks and communications problems and formulating electronic engineering subjects and four core „ Complex systems science solutions? engineering subjects. There are approximately 16 hours of lectures, 4 hours of tutorials, 3 Each student undertakes a major individual Interpreting data to automate hours of laboratory time and 3 hours of project Capstone project that is assessed by a sophisticated tasks? E.g. time per week. presentation and an end-of-year dissertation. Building an automated speech recogniser, or predicting trends on the stock market?

www.tcd.ie/study 153 Electronic and Computer Engineering

Students who wish to study Electronic and Computer Engineering apply to the Engineering degree (TR032). The first two years are common to all Engineering students and at the end of the second-year students select the joint programme in Electronic and Computer Engineering as their specialist area. See page 148 for details of the first two years.

opt to take an internship with an employer What is Electronic and Graduate skills and in the computing and electronics industries Computer Engineering? career opportunities (multi-national, local company or start-up).

Organising both hardware (electronic) The variety of careers open to graduates You can choose from a range of modules and software (computer) components of Electronic and Computer Engineering exploring how computers can render complex into a useful and productive system is the range from designing embedded processors graphics, how they can see and understand principal job of the electronic and computer for a wide range of applications, through video images and how this can be used with engineer. With a unique combination of network design and management in headset hardware for augmented reality. You both skill-sets, such an engineer is trained telecommunications companies, to can further explore how hackers break into to make design decisions that achieve the opportunities in business and financial computer systems and how to defend against best results. management where the analytic and attack. Students will also have the opportunity problem-solving skills of electronic and to choose specialist telecommunications computer engineers have long been and signal processing modules. appreciated. Companies employing Electronic There may also be the opportunity to GET IN TOUCH! and Computer Engineering graduates include undertake Google, Intel, Movidius and Accenture. a placement in industry or Department of Computer Science with a research group or to spend some www.scss.tcd.ie/undergraduate/ time studying abroad through the Unitech, ug-course-list.php Erasmus or Cluster programmes. Email: [email protected] Your degree and Tel: +353 1 896 1765 what you’ll study The fifth (optional) year leads to a master’s degree (MAI) in engineering and it is here Department of Electronic and This degree option blends aspects of both that students get to carry out a major Electrical Engineering the Electronic Engineering (see page 153) dissertation on a topic of their choice. This www.tcd.ie/eleceng and Computer Engineering (see page 152) is a chance to really become a world-class Email: [email protected] options into one course. expert in your favourite topic, researching Tel: +353 1 896 1580 what others have done across the world You will be given a foundation in how analogue and building a hardware or software and digital electronic circuits work, delve into prototype that demonstrates this. As with how information is coded and transmitted the fourth year project, the topic could be What our graduates say across noisy channels (such as the radio links anything from wireless communications, Luke Ferguson – 2015 Electronic used in mobile phone networks and satellite signal processing systems, biomedical and Computer Engineering communication) and learn how these complex devices and systems, helping to manage “If you have a natural curiosity, and a channels can be crafted into world-wide huge cloud computing facilities, through capacity for mathematics, then this is the networks, such as the Internet – on which we all novel face-recognition algorithms to course for you. As an Engineering student depend. On the computing side, you will learn uncovering fraud in bitcoin transactions. in Trinity College Dublin you will find how the basic analogue and digital circuits yourself challenged with problems from combine to form complex processors (CPUs), To support your work on the dissertation, a variety of technical fields. If you choose how these are programmed at machine level you can take a number of optional courses Electronic and Computer Engineering (assembly language) and how operating in the first semester including: at the end of your second year, you will systems (such as Linux and Windows) make understand the technology that powers Digital Media Systems; Speech and Audio the machine capabilities accessible for high our world, from microelectronic circuits Engineering; Statistical Signal Processing; to operating systems, to state-of-the-art level application programmers. Wireless Networks and Communications; computer graphics and facial recognition Distributed Systems; Fuzzy Logic; Formal By the time you get to the fourth year, you algorithms. You will study the transistor, Methods; Advanced Computer Architecture; are ready to undertake a major individual and the processing of audio and human Networked Applications; Artificial Capstone project which you can choose from speech. You will also learn about wireless Intelligence and Real-time Animation. communication networks, computer an extensive menu offered by staff or you can security and the video technology used by Youtube and Netflix. You will have the chance to be involved in creating the Do you enjoy… technological landscape of the future, ? so don’t miss the opportunity!” Understanding how complex systems work? Planning and executing the solution to a problem? Working with computers? 154 Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering

Students who wish to study Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering apply to the Engineering degree (TR032). The first two years are common to all Engineering students and at the end of the second-year students select Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering as their specialist area. See page 148 for details of the first two years.

engineering consultancies, public utilities What is Mechanical and (transport, power generation) and Manufacturing Engineering? manufacturing industries in the mechanical, electronic and biomedical sectors. This is often seen as the broadest of all GET IN TOUCH! engineering qualifications as the skills required www.tcd.ie/mecheng range from mathematics and electronics to Email: [email protected] metal fatigue and fluid mechanics. Nearly Your degree and Tel: +353 1 896 1383 all machines used in everyday life – from the what you’ll study: car or washing machine to the most complex „ Mechanics – how things like cars, wind aircraft or electricity supply plant to the tiniest turbines and rugby players move, deform surgical instrument – have required the skills of and break a mechanical engineer. Every industrial plant or manufacturing operation relies on a mechanical „ How to design new machines and What our graduates say engineer for its smooth running and efficiency. technology, for example a phone charger for developing countries James Redmond, 2015 graduate of Mechanical and Manufacturing Mechanical engineers are involved in design, „ Advanced manufacturing techniques such Engineering testing, inspection and manufacture of as rapid prototyping mechanical devices and components. As “I decided to complete „ How heat and energy can be captured, a mechanical engineer you will work as a my BAI and masters used and managed (how to keep professional using technology to make the degrees in Mechanical electronics cool as they become more and Manufacturing world a better, safer place. powerful and more compact) Engineering at Trinity College Dublin due Course topics include: Energy; Solid Mechanics; to its reputation Graduate skills and Engineering Materials; Fluid Mechanics; for academic career opportunities Manufacturing Technology and Systems; excellence, impressive Dynamics; Mechatronics; and Engineering industrial contacts and international Our graduates have taken jobs in companies Design. recognition but this College gave me so such as: High tech manufacturing (Intel, much more. It welcomed me in and quickly Pfizer, Depuy, National Instruments, Seagate, In third year you will study eight technical modules. In fourth year and optional Masters turned prestigious but daunting buildings Siemens); Automotive (Jaguar, Rover, into a prestigious and welcoming home as BMW, Dromone); Engineering and Business (fifth) year you will choose from a wide range of technical and non-technical modules, tailoring I found myself surrounded by fun, ambitious, Consultancy (Arup, Deloitte, Accenture); Energy like-minded and supportive friends and your degree to suit your own interests. (OpenHydro, ESB, Eirgrid, EDF, Vattenfall); and teaching staff. Trinity gave me all the Process Engineering (Cameron Flow Control, resources, academic and sporting challenge Project work is an important aspect of Proctor & Gamble, Syngenta, Glanbia, Kerry). I needed to develop. I reached levels I didn’t this degree and there is an extensive research think I was capable of and attained the Our graduates went on to Masters and PhD facility available to students. You will carry out balance I needed to secure my dream job as programmes in Universities such as: RCSI; several projects, including a major Capstone a Mechanical Engineer with the BMW Group.” Edinburgh, Imperial College London, Brunel, research project in your final year. Some Cambridge, Cranfield University, UK; ETH Zurich; examples of final-year projects include: KTH, Sweden; Grenoble, France; and MIT, US. „ Study of jet engine exhaust noise „ Design and build an entry for ‘Robot Wars’ Do you enjoy… As well as the potential for a career in ? mainstream mechanical or manufacturing „ Design and construction of energy storage Imagining new solutions engineering, graduates have found work devices for the developing world to problems? in industries as diverse as film production, „ Pedestrian car impact simulation financial services and airlines. There is Exploring how machines „ Bamboo: study of structure and mechanical also a demand for specialist research and and technology work? properties development work in industry, research Complex problems? organisations and universities. Opportunities exist for graduates in mechanical and Using computers and manufacturing engineering to find mathematics to apply employment in Ireland and elsewhere in physics to the real world?

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DEGREE AWARDED B.Sc. (Ing) Optional: MAI COURSE CODE TR038 DEGREE TYPE Honours Bachelor Degree PLACES 2018 21 NFQ Level 8 CAO POINTS 2017 499 AWARDING BODY Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin

and have the chance to be chosen for a What is Engineering with Engineering with Management: team which travels to Stanford University Management? The course for you? and the Silicon Valley area to showcase their product design projects (details below). Engineering with Management is an exciting Do you like the creative, analytical, and wide-ranging engineering programme problem-solving focus of engineering? that is broad in scope and aims to develop Do you like the diversity of engineering? both the technical and business aspects Perhaps, though, you see your professional Graduate skills and of engineering. Engineers are problem- life more involved with running a company, career opportunities solvers. They apply their practical and managing projects, or being a consultant? Graduates of the programme will have a analytical skills to highly complex and If any of these describes you, then you wide range of skills that will allow them to varied problems. In almost every human should consider this course. The diversity excel quickly in both the engineering and endeavour, an engineer has been involved and flexibility of this course will give you engineering management fields. Graduates somewhere. They have created the designs endless possibilities in your professional will be suited to jobs in the high-tech sector and systems to make everything from: life, both in what you do and how you do it. (e.g. computer, aerospace, pharmaceutical, As well as providing the core competencies „ gliders to space craft medical devices, electronic) as well as for employment in research, manufacturing, traditional manufacturing (e.g. design, „ ball-point pens to laser printers production, design and engineering fabrication, assembly). They often work as „ matchbox cars to F1 racing cars consultancy, the breadth of the course project managers on teams with design and equips graduates to compete favourably „ wheelchairs to artificial joints for the test engineers, managers, financial controllers, with general graduates for careers in the human body marketing and sales people. The qualification business and financial sectors. is also well suited to those who wish to Engineering with Management is concerned pursue careers in project management and with the analysis, design, improvement, management consultancy as well as in the installation and management of integrated Engineering with broader business and financial sectors. systems of people, finance, materials and Management @ Trinity Career opportunities are extremely broad, equipment. It draws upon specialised but the following list may give some idea of knowledge in the principles and methods A key feature of the Engineering with the range of options available. Past graduates of engineering analysis and design, Management programme is that the class are currently working in DePuySynthes, together with a number of disciplines such size is capped at 20 students. This reflects IBM, Intel, Project Management Group, as the management of people, finances, a core belief in the value of small-group JP Morgan, Davies Stockbrokers, Pfizer, production, project management and teaching and hands-on exercises, which is Jaguar Land Rover, Denis Woods Forensic communications. Our graduates have the delivered through active learning strategies Engineers, PwC Accountancy, Accenture, technical skills common to all excellent implemented by our world-class staff. and Reckitt Benckiser, and many have gone engineers, with this knowledge augmented on to create tech start-up businesses. by an understanding of the commercial The course is a professional engineering and industrial environment and the ability degree, fully accredited by Engineers to generate innovative solutions to the Ireland, that produces graduate engineers problems of the world. capable of working in the competitive Your degree and environment of world-class manufacturing. what you’ll study To achieve this, the syllabus integrates management subjects with a proven The course is structured around themes engineering programme, delivered by that are developed over the four years. Do you enjoy… These themes are: ? one of the elite engineering schools in Creative, analytical, the world – ranked in the top 150 schools „ Engineering Fundamentals in the world for Mechanical Engineering problem solving? „ Business and Management in the QS subject rankings (2018). Design it, build it, test it, „ Design sell it……can you do that? The syllabus is ambitious and diverse and „ Manufacturing Engineering will appeal to students who wish to broaden Can you imagine yourself a traditional engineering degree with Approximately 80% of the syllabus as a tech-entrepreneur? business and management skills. Students comprises engineering subjects such as have the opportunity of studying abroad design, automation, computer simulation/

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modelling, bio-engineering and materials. In third year students develop further their „ Semester 2 of year 4 is spent in industry on The remaining 20% comprises management knowledge in the behaviour of materials the Engineering project Internship where subjects such as marketing, finance, quality and the solution of engineering problems, students carry out project work in one systems, supply chain management, and as well as the systems level information of Trinity’s internship partner Industrial human resources management. Engineering systems required in large modern businesses. companies based in Ireland or abroad. is a busy but exciting course with typically Students may choose modules in either The engineering project internship is full full days in labs, workshops and lectures, as biomedical or mechanical engineering and time from mid January to June. Example well as working on team and group projects. specialist options in energy, communications, companies include; Nokia, DepuySynthes, A variety of assessment techniques ranging machine design or Trinity Electives. At the end Ferrari, Glanbia, Deloitte, PwC and many from traditional examinations to continuous of year three you make a decision to pursue others a Bachelor degree (B. Sc.(Ing)) or a Masters assessment, project work, design portfolios is „ An extended period (approximately 6-8 degree (MAI) depending on achieving the used over the 4 or 5 years. months) in the fourth year is spent at either necessary academic standards. an approved partner university (e.g. KTH Throughout the course, a strong emphasis Stockholm, IST Lisbon, UPC Barcelona, is placed on group projects, case studies Most of our fourth year students are in the first EPFL Lausanne, KUL Belgium), or in a and teamwork. Many of our 4th years year of a two year masters-cycle leading to the award of an MAI degree (see below). Students formal industrial placement, after which are undertaking the 4E5 (Innovation in can elect to choose from a very broad students return to Trinity and complete Product Development) module. This pairs range of technical and business modules their studies with an appropriate range of Trinity students in teams with students to best suit their own aptitudes and career advanced level modules and a substantial from the world’s leading universities (e.g. preferences. Students electing to conclude Capstone research project. Stanford in the US); each team consisting their studies with a bachelor’s degree (B.Sc. of 4 students from each university. The „ An integrated 2-year cycle based in Trinity, (Ing)) undertake a Capstone project. Those course also involves trips to Stanford and comprising an approved combination of continuing to a fifth year have a number of the Silicon Valley area. The teams are project work and lectures. other options such as the innovation projects working with industrial sponsors, recent (see above), industry-based internships, or examples being SAP and Panasonic, with study-abroad programmes (see below). a mission to create innovative solutions to What our graduates say real customer needs. Students in fifth year (studying for an MAI Rory Stoney – 2010 graduate qualification) undertake a major individual Students in their first year study the “Life in the Parsons research project and range of advanced building was always foundational sciences required for engineering specialist technical modules. (mathematics, computer programming, physics, dynamic. There was a great balance and chemistry). They are also introduced to FIVE YEAR MASTERS IN ENGINEERING between the technical management science and manufacturing WITH STUDY ABROAD AND INTERNSHIP core learning and engineering and design, and to the practice of OPPORTUNITIES developing business engineering through our laboratory programme Students who achieve a satisfactory academic and presentation and a group design project. standard in their third year may proceed to skills. From day one a 2-year Master’s cycle, which will lead to we were challenged Students in their second year build on the the award of an MAI (Masters in Engineering) with the task of foundation sciences learned in first year and degree. Those students who choose to becoming problem solvers, critical thinkers are introduced to more applied sciences in graduate after four years with the B.Sc. (Ing) but with an acute focus on being able to terms of how materials and structures behave. degree will require additional qualifications communicate and present ideas and concepts A major feature of the second year is the (e.g. further/alternative postgraduate study) to to others. There was always a very clear connection between the work we did and emphasis on small group teaching and project be eligible for professional accreditation with real world application. This was one of the work which integrates design, engineering Engineers Ireland. biggest winners for me. We could see where our science and business. All students undertake a learning could be applied in the real world. I 4 principal routes are available: major group project – designing and building owe the current continued success of my own a metal bodied guitar, which includes not „ The entire fourth year is taken abroad company (StoneyCNC) largely to the learning just the technical, but also a business and at an approved partner university, after and experience from studying in Trinity. Trinity marketing plan for their product. which students return to Trinity and was a really positive place to spend the college complete their studies with an appropriate years. I can’t recommend it enough.” range of advanced level modules and a substantial research-based project.

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knowledge and thorough understanding of „ A broad understanding of the basic What is Science? the scientific method plus an appreciation scientific disciplines that scientific knowledge changes and Science is about knowledge: the generation „ A capability for critical thinking and evolves in response to the acquisition of new of knowledge through research and its evaluation of current and novel concepts information. Students will learn scientific acquisition through learning. Scientific and ideas skills while developing communication investigation allows us to understand the „ A detailed knowledge of the specialist skills and an understanding of the role and world around us: how the physical world area of study, its core principles and an Influence of scientific knowledge on society. evolved since the Big Bang approximately awareness of its knowledge boundaries 13.8 billion years ago; the nature of the „ Creativity, with an ability to formulate chemical world; the origin of life and its novel concepts and ideas evolution into the spectacular diversity Science @ Trinity „ and complexity of life forms that are The ability to collect qualitative and The advantages of studying science in Trinity evident today. Importantly, the application quantitative data with precision and organisation of scientific knowledge has led to world „ Outstanding teaching by scientists and changing developments such as modern mathematicians who are at the forefront „ The numeracy to analyse and critically medicine, the mobile phone, the world- of their fields worldwide evaluate data using appropriate mathematical, statistical, computational wide web and efficient methods of energy „ Coherent, progressive programmes in and other relevant methods production. Moreover, as we acquire new four broad streams knowledge, our understanding of the world „ Ability to work both individually and „ Wide range of specialist moderatorship changes which in turn leads to new and within a team subjects better applications. There is still much „ Capability to manage a project, set and to discover and new applications to be „ Broad choice of additional, approved achieve objectives and manage resources. developed. Do you want to contribute? and elective modules „ Capability to communicate knowledge, „ All students complete a Capstone concepts and ideas to scientific and research project non-scientific audiences. Science: The course for you? „ Small classes in the third and fourth „ Capability to communicate effectively years Science at Trinity is offered through four within a team and between teams „ different entry routes/streams leading to an Opportunities for study abroad before working collaboratively in both inter- honours degree following four years of study. and after graduation and intra-disciplinary contexts. We have reimagined our science programme „ Rigorous education and training in „ An understanding of the role and influence and offer students the opportunities to chosen field of scientific knowledge on society. choose from four entry paths/streams: „ Additional emphasis on transferable skills „ An appreciation of the importance Biological and Biomedical Sciences; „ Excellent career prospects in Ireland and of scientific knowledge in wealth Chemical Sciences; Geography and abroad generation and entrepreneurship. Geoscience; Physical Sciences. Four entry routes leading to one of 19 exit routes. The „ Trinity is recognised internationally as one „ An appreciation of the requirement to programme will offer students a detailed of the top research universities in Europe use scientific knowledge for sustainable „ Research-led teaching by world leaders progress, growth and development. in their fields of study Do you… CAREER OPPORTUNITIES: WHAT CAN I DO ? WITH A SCIENCE DEGREE? Have a natural curiosity about the Graduate Skills and Many Trinity Science and Mathematical world around you? Career Opportunities graduates pursue graduate courses or research leading to an M.Sc. or PhD Want to experience the excitement GRADUATE SKILLS Trinity Science and Mathematics graduates of scientific discovery? Science Graduates develop a wide range of pursue a wide variety of careers in a skills including: Want the scientific knowledge diversity of areas – for example: „ A working understanding of the scientific that allows you to contribute to „ Universities and research institutes solving some of the problems facing method and how scientific knowledge is „ Chemical and pharmaceutical industries mankind today? acquired

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SPECIAL ENTRY REQUIREMENTS GET IN TOUCH! Leaving Certificate H6 or O4 Mathematics H4 In two of Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Mathematics, If students are considering studying Physics/Chemistry, Geology, Geography, Applied Science at Trinity please contact us Mathematics or Agricultural Science by email (see below) to arrange a visit. Advanced GCE (A Level) Grade B Mathematics Email: [email protected]; Grade C In two of Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Mathematics, Tel: +353 1 896 2829 / 2022 Geology, Geography, or Further Mathematics See our introduction to Science presentation Combinations of subjects not permitted: and student profiles: Physics/Chemistry with Physics or Chemistry www.tcd.ie/Science/prospective/ Agricultural Science with Biology Applied Mathematics with Mathematics

„ Biotechnology Your degree and TR062 „ Electronics, computer and IT industries GEOGRAPHY AND GEOSCIENCE what you’ll study (Degree options: Geography; Geoscience) „ Agricultural and food industries „ Energy, mining and water industries Trinity Science is split into four different TR063 „ Environmental management entry routes: PHYSICAL SCIENCES – PHYSICS; PHYSICS AND ASTROPHYSICS; NANOSCIENCE „ Medicine TR060 (Degree options: Physics; Physics and „ Hospital and medical services BIOLOGICAL AND BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES Astrophysics; Nanoscience) „ Teaching (Degree options: Biochemistry; Botany; Environmental Sciences; Genetics; Human FIRST AND SECOND YEARS „ Science communication and journalism Genetics; Immunology; Microbiology; Molecular In the first and second years, students „ Science administration Medicine; Neuroscience; Physiology; Zoology choose modules from a variety of „ Law, business, financial services subjects: Biology, Chemistry, Geography, TR061 Geosciences, Mathematics and Physics. CHEMICAL SCIENCES – CHEMISTRY; MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY; NANOSCIENCE For further details and to see what our (Degree options: Chemistry, Chemistry with current students say, check out our website: Molecular Modelling, Medicinal Chemistry, www.tcd.ie/Science/prospective/ Nanoscience)

1st Year 2nd Year 3rd and 4th Year Biological 40 Core + 40 Core + Biochemistry Microbiology Quota TR060 20 Elective 20 Elective and Botany Molecular 236 Credits Credits Biomedical Environmental Science Medicine Sciences Genetics Neuroscience Human Genetics Physiology Immunology Zoology

Chemical 40 Core + 40 Core + Chemistry Quota TR061 20 Elective 20 Elective Sciences Chemistry with Molecular Modelling 72 Credits Credits Medicinal Chemistry Nanoscience

Geography 40 Core + 40 Core + Geography Quota TR062 20 Elective 20 Elective and Geoscience Geoscience 54 Credits Credits

Physical 40 Core + 40 Core + Nanoscience Quota TR063 20 Elective 20 Elective Sciences Physics 52 Credits Credits Physics and Astrophysics

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Biology is the study of life, in all its and to pursue their individual interests complexity and diversity. In Biology we by choosing from a cohort of approved explore how life first arose – the properties and elective modules on topics such as that distinguish living organisms from inert foundation physics, geoscience, history and matter – how living organisms function philosophy of science, cancer, infection and and how the vast diversity of life forms was immunity, and behaviour. generated – how organisms reproduce themselves and how they interact both with In the third year, students specialise in one of each other and with the environment. It is the the 11 moderatorships offered in this stream: discipline of science that is fundamental to Biochemistry; Botany; Environmental Science; our understanding of the natural world and of Genetics; Human Genetics; Immunology; our place within it, and it is the foundation for Microbiology; Molecular Medicine; modern medicine. Neuroscience; Physiology; Zoology. The fundamental concepts of that discipline will Modern biological science is unravelling be presented in core modules while students the mysteries of life, from the earliest origins will also select from a cohort of approved of simple life forms to the workings of the modules from allied disciplines that enhance human brain. It is helping us to meet the understanding of their chosen discipline and challenge of illnesses such as dementia and encourage interdisciplinary thinking and cancer, to defend against new viruses and research. Students can also experience the drug- resistant bacteria, to feed a growing wide range of knowledge and investigation population, and to protect ecosystems from available throughout the university by climate change and other threats. It also choosing an elective module from a selection offers new and exciting opportunities for that highlights major research themes personalised medicine with revolutionary from across all faculties. In the fourth year technologies like precision genome editing, students choose from a selection of modules targeted design of new therapeutics, and on advanced topics within their discipline. brain-machine interfaces. They will also undertake a research project in Trinity or in a research laboratory in another university, research institute or Structure of the Biological hospital. Throughout this program, students and Biomedical Sciences will also acquire skill in problem solving and data handling and in oral and written (TR060) programme communication.

In the Biological and Biomedical Sciences This programme of science education is Stream students will study the core concepts designed to foster and develop a student’s that are fundamental to all biological capability for independent thought and systems. These will be presented in core effective communication, and an ability to modules during the first two years and will continue their education independently include: cell structure and composition, and to act in a responsible manner. These genetics and evolution, molecular biology, attributes are a preparation for a career metabolism, anatomy and physiology in science and medicine (e.g. in research, of bacteria, fungi, plants and animals, biotechnology, pharmaceutical industry, ecosystems and environmental biology. further medical training); for a career in Students will also acquire mathematical, related areas where a scientific education is statistical and computational skills that are beneficial (e.g. patent law, forensic science, relevant for the analysis of biological systems. journalism) and for careers in areas such as In addition, students have the opportunity education, management, business, industry, both to expand their scientific knowledge communication and policy making.

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Students who wish to study Biological and Biomedical Sciences will specialise in one of the following subjects in third and fourth years: Biochemistry, Botany, Environmental Sciences, Genetics, Human Genetics, Immunology, Microbiology, Molecular Medicine, Neuroscience, Physiology, Zoology.

1st Year 2nd Year 3rd and 4th Year Biological 40 Core + 40 Core + Biochemistry Microbiology Quota TR060 20 Elective 20 Elective and Botany Molecular 236 Credits Credits Biomedical Environmental Science Medicine Sciences Genetics Neuroscience Human Genetics Physiology Immunology Zoology

Chemical 40 Core + 40 Core + Chemistry Quota TR061 20 Elective 20 Elective Sciences Chemistry with Molecular Modelling 72 Credits Credits Medicinal Chemistry Nanoscience

Geography 40 Core + 40 Core + Geography Quota TR062 20 Elective 20 Elective and Geoscience Geoscience 54 Credits Credits

Physical 40 Core + 40 Core + Nanoscience Quota TR063 20 Elective 20 Elective Sciences Physics 52 Credits Credits Physics and Astrophysics

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Students who wish to study Biochemistry for their degree apply to the Biological and Biomedical Sciences Stream (TR060) and may select Biochemistry as their specialist subject for the third and fourth years at the end of the second year.

you are interested in biomedical sciences. What is Biochemistry? Biochemistry is also a broad and practical Graduate skills and discipline and provides training suitable Biochemistry deals with the structure career opportunities for many career paths. So if your interests and function of the building blocks of life, are broadly in the molecular side of the life This degree will equip you to work in all major such as proteins, lipids and nucleic acids, sciences and medicine but are undecided aspects of biochemistry, cell and molecular and how these various components work about your exact career path then biology. Currently biochemistry graduates together in living organisms. Biochemists biochemistry is good choice for you. work in hospitals, commercial laboratories have also helped develop key technologies dealing with analysis, biotechnology, food and instruments that are used widely in science, pharmaceuticals or diagnostics. the life and medical sciences. Biochemistry Biochemistry graduates also benefit is thus an integral part of medicine and Biochemistry @ Trinity from their training in critical thinking, helps us understand the molecular basis When you study biochemistry at Trinity analytical reasoning and presentation and of disease and pathological disorders and you will have the opportunity to learn from communication skills. Consequently, our is concerned with the development of new leading researchers in cancer biology, obesity, recent graduates are in high demand in therapeutics. All major pharmaceutical diabetes, neurobiology, neurodegeneration, careers not related directly to biochemistry companies invest heavily in biochemistry autoimmunity, parasitology, immune- such as communication, information to help aid their development of new drugs metabolism, protein structure and drug systems, teaching, management, patent for cancer, infectious diseases and other development. Teaching and training takes law and journalism. Examples of companies pathological conditions. Biochemistry place in a new state-of-the-art facility, where biochemistry graduates from is also an essential component of the Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute, Trinity are employed include Abbot, Andor biotechnology, where processes for the which allows interdisciplinary training in Technology, Kerry Group, MSD, Novartis, production of foods and fuels, and enzymes biomedical sciences. Special features of and Pfizer. In addition, recent graduates and other proteins are developed. biochemistry teaching at Trinity is the use also work in organisations such as the HSE, of small group (2-3 students) tutorials with HPRA, Forensic Science Ireland, Teagasc an assigned member of staff in years three and also in science journalism in RTÉ, BBC, Biochemistry: and four, a nine week individual Capstone Nature group. Biochemistry graduates are The course for you? research project in the laboratory of one also employed in scientific administration in of the fifteen principal investigators in organisations such as the HRB, the Wellcome If you are interested in chemistry or biology biochemistry in your final year and hands Trust and the European Commission. Many then biochemistry is a good choice for on training within the most advanced core graduates are also employed in teaching at you. Biochemistry has a strong medical facilities for microscopy, cytometry, NMR second and third level. slant at Trinity and is an ideal choice if and X-ray crystallography in the country.

? Do you enjoy… Biology and/or chemistry?

Finding how out living things work and why sometimes things go wrong?

Discovering new ways to treat and prevent illnesses?

Telling people about your ideas?

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Please come to the Trinity Open Day which takes place in November each year and meet with us there, see www.tcd.ie/openday.

What our graduates say Orla Hanrahan, Application Specialist in Life Science with Andor Technology “I have always been interested in the biomedical sciences and Trinity was an obvious choice for me because of the international reputation it has in this field. I chose biochemistry as my degree area mainly because this subject links to so many areas of biomedicine and the emphasis it placed on developing a broad range of skills suitable for graduate entry into many career areas. I was recruited by Andor Technology, where I work as an Application Specialist in Life Science. This role keeps me in touch with all the latest developments and innovations in camera technology and microscopy applications and gives me the opportunity to interact with researchers in universities, companies and hospitals all over the world. Studying biochemistry has given me the opportunity to have a career in an academic and commercial environment.” If you would like to find out more detailed Your degree and information on all the modules offered, Kieran Patel, Biochemistry graduate what you’ll study please visit www.tcd.ie/Biochemistry/ “Biochemistry is a broad and expansive undergraduate FIRST AND SECOND YEARS discipline. I chose to study Biochemistry During the first two years, students intending for this reason as I was always interested to take Biochemistry as their final degree will in understanding the fundamental principles that underpin much of biology. take a range of modules in biology, chemistry, Study abroad mathematics as well as approved modules in The School of Biochemistry and Immunology The course at Trinity reflects the broadness of other relevant areas. participates in the Erasmus scheme which the discipline. The environment is enlightening and stimulating, due in most part to the close offers the opportunity for students to spend THIRD YEAR contact and interaction with academic staff. their third year studying in a university in the Core modules are: Protein Structure and I found myself engaging with and learning from UK (University of Glasgow), France (Université Function, Membrane and Cell Biology, Nucleic world leading researchers on a regular basis. A Joseph Fourier, Grenoble) or Germany acids and Gene expression, Biochemistry research thesis undertaken in final year affords (University of Mainz). in Health and Disease, Research Skills and you the opportunity to not only experience, but also conduct research in an area of your Biochemical Analysis. Further information on the year abroad interest, whilst honing core scientific writing, programme, and a list of partner universities, practical and critical thinking skills; skills of FOURTH YEAR can be found at: www.tcd.ie/Biochemistry/ unique value which I found seeping into and Core modules are: Neurobiology, undergraduate/exchange_prog_UG.php improving other areas and facets of my work. Developmental Biology, Microbial Diseases, or by contacting Prof. Andrei Budanov Stem Cell Biology, Cancer Biology, Metabolic If your interests are broad, you have a desire [email protected] Diseases, Structural Biochemistry and Cellular to uncover the deepest layers of biology and Imaging, Immunology, Capstone Research you wish to learn a new way of thinking and understanding, this course is very right for you.” Project in Biochemistry.

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Students who wish to study Botany apply to the Biological and Biomedical Sciences Stream (TR060) and may select Botany as their specialist area for the third and fourth years at the end of the second year.

you might decide to go on to take a higher What is Botany? Botany@ Trinity degree in Trinity or elsewhere. The skills you acquire in the third and fourth years are also Botany is the scientific study of plants. Trinity’s Botany course is unique in content widely applicable in business and industry. These studies are pursued in the field, in the in Ireland and uncommon in a European botanic garden and in laboratories. Plants context. Uniquely, we integrate small-group range from the largest forest trees to single- teaching, field-based activities and the celled algae of fresh and marine waters. The laboratory. Field-based teaching in ecology, Your degree and study of plants is of vital importance; they physiology and plant evolution is at its what you’ll study are the source of the food we eat, the oxygen heart: we consider both the whole plant and we breathe, most of the medicines we use, how it works in a natural context. All staff Trinity specialises in the study of the and are core to the understanding of the are research active with high profile, strong evolution and conservation of all forms processes of global climate change. Dealing research interests in Ireland and the tropics. of plant life and their response to global with the threats from global climate change Consistently, our graduates have rated our climate change impacts. will be one of the biggest challenges of this course very highly indeed: we believe that century. Human manipulation of plants in our course offers you the best possible Courses include: the future will need to provide food and training in Ireland for your future career. Plant biodiversity and conservation, energy for an expanding human population, Ecology, Plant physiology and global whilst conserving the biodiversity of living climate change, Long-term environmental organisms and integrity of habitats. Graduate skills and change, Plant molecular biology, Pollination biology, Soil Science, Economic Botany. career opportunities The laboratories and greenhouses on Trinity When you graduate you can move directly Botany: The course for you? campus, the Trinity Botanic Garden and into a career related to plant biology, such the internationally recognised Herbarium If you are interested in the future of the as nature conservation, environmental support teaching. All courses are derived planet and life on it then Botany is for you. consultancy, environmental protection, from active research lines and emphasis Almost no other course offers you the plant evolutionary biology or agricultural is placed on your own Capstone research opportunity to study the natural, living World research as well as teaching at second- project in the fourth year. in the field and laboratory. Our graduates level. Our recent graduates are employed in enter into a large range of careers and, as many organisations, including Teagasc, the All students are given the opportunity there is a global shortage of plant scientists OPW, Botanic Gardens at Glasnevin, Kew, to participate in field courses which find employment in a huge range of careers. Edinburgh, Oman and Missouri, Barclay take place in Ireland, the Canary Islands Crop Protection and the UK Carbon Capture (Gran Canaria) and the tropics (Kenya). and Storage Research Centre. Alternatively,

? Do you enjoy… Exploring and understanding your environment?

Doing laboratory work?

Exploring new places?

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What our graduates say Anne Doyle “The course is one of very few science courses where students have the opportunity to embark on inspiring field trips to Gran Canaria and Kenya. It is so varied that it covers many areas in biology including biochemistry, genetics, ecology, conservation and physiology. I accumulated a tremendous range of skills ranging from laboratory techniques, field research, reporting to knowledge of national and European Law. The important thing to remember when considering Botany is that you will graduate as a scientist and not as a gardener. I am currently working in a specialist scientific recruiting agency which is part of Cpl.”

What our current students say Kerry Ryan “When I entered General Science in 2014, I had no idea I would end up specializing in Plant Biology. I knew I wanted to choose a field that would allow me to contribute to the ongoing battle with climate change and THIRD YEAR If you would like more detailed information sustainable agriculture, and I found that in Mandatory modules: Plant Physiology; on all the modules offered, see:www.tcd.ie/ Plant Biology. This is a course for aspiring Fundamentals of Ecology; Plant Molecular botany natural scientists and environmentalists, Biology; Plants and the Irish Environment; and you will graduate as a fully fledged plant Seminars, tutorials and workshops; biologist, not a horticulturalist! This course has given me so many skills from a proficiency Angiosperm Diversity and Systematics; Study abroad in fieldwork at home and abroad, to lab Environmental Dynamics; Field Skills in Plant techniques in biotechnology and microscopy, and Environmental Science (Canary Islands); Two of the field courses on offer are based to a good foundation in statistical analysis. Soil Science; Economic Botany; Experimental abroad and there are potential opportunities The reasonably sized class allows you connect Design and Analysis; Diversity of Plant available to study abroad in institutions with your fellow plant biologists and become a Morphology. Optional modules: Entomology; with which we have a Memorandum of strong team player, while also building a close Trinity Electives. Understanding e.g. in Thailand. professional relationship with your lecturers. The opportunities that lie before me with this FOURTH YEAR degree behind me are endless.” Mandatory modules: Capstone research project; Plant Conservation and Biodiversity; Data Analysis; Global Environmental Change; Seminars, tutorials and workshops; Environmental Impact Assessment; Estuarine Ecology; Vegetation Description and Analysis; The Evolution of Plants and Plant- Atmosphere Interactions; Plant Environment- Interactions. Optional modules: Restoration Ecology and re-wilding; Tropical Ecology Field Course (Kenya); Plant-Animal Interactions; Plant Breeding and Biotechnology.

www.tcd.ie/study 165 Environmental Sciences

Students who wish to study Environmental Sciences apply to the Biological and Biomedical Sciences Stream (TR060) and may select Environmental Sciences as their specialist subject for the third and fourth years at the end of the second year.

What is Environmental Sciences?

Environmental Science is the study of the various interactions between the biological, chemical and physical components of our environment with special emphasis on the human influences on these components. Environmental scientists have training that is similar to other physical or life scientists, but is specifically applied to the environment.

Environmental Sciences: The course for you?

This course has been designed to provide for the needs of students with an interest in this rapidly developing academic and professional field. It comprises specially designed modules plus suitable approved modules from contributing disciplines. There should be ample choice within the listed optional modules for a selection that Environmental Sciences Graduate skills and reflects a particular student’s interests. @ Trinity career opportunities

Environmental Sciences is by its nature a As a graduate in this area you will be able to multidisciplinary research area. A broad take advantage of the worldwide demand scientific knowledge is required which generated by increasing environmental may also involve an understanding of awareness. Our graduates pursue careers economics, law and the social sciences. in conservation, resource management, The Environmental Sciences programme waste management, environmental therefore comprises specially designed research, environmental protection and modules plus a large range of optional environmental education. modules from contributing disciplines to allow students to follow their own particular Many graduates move straight into interests. Fieldwork is a core component environmental consultancy, while others of the course structure. Students attend a find employment in NGO’s, national and range of residential field excursions both local government departments, monitoring around Ireland as well as in the Canary agencies, conservation bodies and analytical Islands and Kenya. laboratories. It is also common for a number of our graduates to choose to further their education by pursuing postgraduate ? Do you enjoy… degrees in Environmental Science. Learning about the natural world?

Working outdoors in the field?

Having the flexibility to follow your own interests?

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Optional modules Optional modules Your degree and „ Environmental Dynamics „ Plant Conservation and Biodiversity what you’ll study „ Field Skills in Plant and Environmental „ Environmental Governance II THIRD YEAR Science „ Conservation and Wildlife Management Mandatory modules „ Entomology „ Evolution of Plants and Plant- „ Fundamentals of Ecology „ Economic Botany Atmosphere Interactions „ Hydrology and Water Quality „ Diversity of Plant Morphology „ Tropical Ecology and Conservation „ Wildlife Biology „ Plant-Animal Interactions FOURTH YEAR „ Environmental Monitoring „ Vegetation Description and Analysis Mandatory modules „ Plants and the Irish Environment „ General Environmental Sciences „ Spatial Analysis using GIS „ Experimental Design and Analysis „ Capstone Research Project „ Restoration Ecology and re-wilding „ Soil Science „ Data Handling If you would like more detailed „ Environmental Governance „ Research Comprehension information on all the modules offered, „ Environmental Impact Assessment see: www.naturalscience.tcd.ie/ undergraduate/environsci/index.php „ Global Environmental Change

What our graduates say Rosie O’Neill, JS Environmental Science 2018 I originally decided to study Environmental Science as it was best suited to my own interests and the broad scope of future career choices it allowed. Beginning the course under a Natural Sciences title gives the opportunity to study a wide range of subjects in the first 2 years; an excellent experience which offers the chance to consider all options before deciding on a speciality. The Environmental Science course itself was full of relevant and interesting modules that were not only applicable to science but also to current affairs and global politics (e.g. the Environmental Governance module). The practical side of this course was on-going and involved plenty of lab work, field studies and trips to places such as Gran Canaria. It also connected with external opportunities such as Operation Wallacea that allowed students the optional chance to gather data for their theses in more exotic environments during the summer of 3rd year. Overall, I would consider this course to be one of the most exciting areas of study regarding the future global climatic and economic situation. I have found that the opportunities it offers are huge and can filter into many different types of careers. I graduated in 2017 and am now carrying out a PhD on Greenhouse Gas emissions in Teagasc. What our current students say Isabel Jorgensen, JS Environmental Science 2018 “This course is incredible. It provides the broad interdisciplinary knowledge that is essential in understanding modern environmental problems, and a well-balanced combination of lab work, field work, and desk studies. The work that you do in the course throughout the year will have immediately apparent relevance to your exams, your degree, and to anything you choose to do with your future. The lecturers in all of the departments are engaging, understanding, and exceptionally approachable. If you want a close working relationship with your lecturers, a broad understanding of the natural sciences, and the opportunity to specialise through a wide selection of optional modules, then this course is for you. I’ll be sad to graduate!”

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Students who wish to study Genetics apply to the Biological and Biomedical Sciences Stream (TR060) and may select Genetics as their specialist area for the third and fourth years at the end of the second year.

What is Genetics? Genetics @ Trinity Graduate skills and

Genetics is the study of genes, genomes Genetics is run by the Department of career opportunities and heredity. It has developed rapidly in the Genetics, which is part of the School of Many Genetics graduates go on to last decade as new technology has made Genetics and Microbiology and is located higher degrees (M.Sc. and/or PhD) and it possible to study genes in much greater in the Smurfit Institute of Genetics with take up careers in research in either detail and to rapidly sequence genomes. state-of-the-art research facilities. There academia or industry. Opportunities exist A few examples of remarkable advances in are 12 members of faculty and a number in biotechnology and pharmaceutical knowledge include: of academic associates, working in a companies, agricultural organisations, wide range of areas of Genetics areas medical or clinical diagnostic laboratories, „ The discovery of the molecular basis of covering everything from medical forensics, public health and epidemiology many inherited disorders genetics, pharmacogenomics, stem cells programmes, and in teaching. Other „ The application of gene editing to plant to evolutionary genetics, bacterial and graduates have gone into careers such as and bacterial systems for biotechnology plant genetics, amongst other areas. The medicine, patent law or science journalism. „ The detailed description of the Department of Genetics has an international Even if you choose a career not directly evolutionary relationships of all reputation for high-quality research related to the scientific subject, the skills organisms and more than 50 years of experience of critical thinking and problem solving in teaching Genetics to undergraduate „ The application of DNA fingerprinting to provided by the Genetics degree will put students. The teaching of the Department is forensic science you in high demand. research-driven; undergraduates are taught by research-active scientists with excellent track records in their chosen fields. Genetics: The course for you?

If you are interested in understanding the principles of inheritance; how genetic mechanisms control different developmental and physiological processes in biology; and how a perturbation of these mechanisms leads to disorders and diseases, this is the right course for you.

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Understanding the power behind all biological systems?

Gathering evidence to support new theories and ideas?

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What our graduates say Matthew Carrigan “The quality of teaching and research in Genetics at Trinity is world-class. I was given the opportunity to work at a lab in a top US university in the summer after my third year, and I was amazed to find how familiar researchers there were with the work being done in their field at Trinity. The whole department is deeply interconnected with leading worldwide researchers and institutions, and a number of graduates I know went on to further research both here at Trinity and at leading institutions abroad.” Cancer Genetics, Transgenic Animals and Your degree and Gene therapy, Genetics of Perception, what you’ll study ,Programmed Cell Death, Stem Cell Biology, Genetics and Immunology of Neural Diseases, During third year, students will learn about Molecular Evolution, Developmental Genetics the fundamentals of genetics through a of Drosophila, Human Evolutionary Genetics, combination of lecture courses and practical Behavioural Genetics, Epigenetics. classes. To this end, students will be exposed to different areas of genetics ranging from ASSESSMENT bacterial genetics, to plant genetics, to Students will be assessed by a combination medical genetics. Practical classes teach the of continuous assessment and end-of-year students about key techniques and analysis examinations. methods that are widely used in genetics laboratories. In fourth year, students can choose, largely depending on their interests, Study Abroad and internship from a number of lecture courses on different areas of genetics. They also spend 10 to 12 opportunities weeks in a laboratory of the institute and INTERNSHIPS participate in ongoing research projects. The Department helps students to secure They further write an in-depth literature internships in research laboratories (both in review on a current topic of genetics. Ireland and internationally) over the summer period between the third and fourth years, THIRD YEAR so that they can gain valuable research Eukaryotic Molecular Genetics, Bacterial experience. Some students spend all or part and Plant Molecular Biology and Genetics, of the summer period in US laboratories, Genomics, Neurogenetics and Drosophila, again between third and fourth year. Medical Genetics, Evolutionary Genetics, Molecular Genetics Laboratory, Analytical Genetics Laboratory, Data Handling, Genetics tutorials, Genetics Review.

FOURTH YEAR Literature Review, Capstone Research Project, Choices from a range of taught subjects including: Principles of Genetics, Plant Molecular Genetics, Plant Developmental Genetics, Microbial Molecular Genetics,

www.tcd.ie/study 169 Human Genetics

Students who wish to study Human Genetics apply to the Biological and Biomedical Sciences (TR060) and may select Human Genetics as their specialist area for the third and fourth years at the end of the second year.

is enabling the individualisation of medicines in biotechnology and pharmaceutical What is Human Genetics? targeted towards patients’ needs, is companies, medical or clinical diagnostic Human Genetics is the study of genes – or revealing our ancestries and how it underpins laboratories, forensics, public health and heredity – in humans. It examines the evolutionary biology, this is the degree for you. epidemiology programmes, and in teaching. effects of these genes on both individuals Genetic counselling is a rapidly expanding and societies. It has developed rapidly in field that might also interest you. Other the last decade as new technology has Human Genetics @ Trinity graduates have gone into careers such as made it possible to study genes in much medicine, patent law or science journalism. greater detail and to rapidly sequence the Human Genetics is run by the Department Even if you choose a career not directly genomes of humans and other species. A of Genetics, which is part of the School of related to the scientific subject, the skills few examples of remarkable advances in Genetics and Microbiology and is located of critical thinking and problem solving knowledge include: in the Smurfit Institute of Genetics with provided by the Human Genetics degree state-of-the-art research facilities. There will put you in high demand. „ The sequencing and analysis of are 12 members of faculty and a number hundreds of thousands of complete of academic associates, working in a wide human genomes range of areas of Human Genetics covering Your degree and „ The development of genetic and everything from medical genetics, gene- what you’ll study stem-cell-based therapies for inherited based medicines, pharmacogenomics, disorders stem cells to ancient and modern human During third year, students will learn about „ The ability to trace the evolution of population genetics, amongst other the fundamentals of Human Genetics humankind using ancient genomics areas. The Department of Genetics has an through a combination of lecture courses international reputation for high-quality „ The application of genomics to cancer and practical classes. To this end, students research and more than 50 years of medicine will be exposed to different areas of Human experience in teaching Genetics and Human Genetics ranging from medical genetics to Genetics to undergraduate students. The the genetic programmes underpinning cell teaching of the Department is research- biology. Practical classes teach students Human Genetics: driven; undergraduates are taught by about key techniques and analysis methods The course for you? research-active scientists with excellent that are widely used in Human Genetics. In track records in their chosen fields. fourth year, students can choose, largely If you are interested in understanding how depending on their interests, from various genetics is central to controlling every cell lecture courses in different areas of Human and its functions including the 10-100 trillion Graduate skills and Genetics. Students spend 10 to 12 weeks in cells in the human body, to directing intricate a laboratory in the Institute and participate programmes of development and to causing career opportunities in on-going cutting edge research projects. many different disorders when perturbed, Many Human Genetics graduates go on Furthermore students write an in-depth this is the right course for you. If you want to higher degrees (M.Sc. and/or PhD) literature review on a current topic in to understand how genetic information is and take up careers in research in either Human Genetics. driving the development of novel therapies, academia or industry. Opportunities exist

? Do you enjoy… Logically exploring human biology and behaviour?

Understanding the power behind genomics and its impact on human health and society?

Finding out how our species got here and how humans became like we are today?

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THIRD YEAR ASSESSMENT Subjects include: Medical Genetics, Students will be assessed by a combination Pharmacogenomics, Eukaryotic Molecular of continuous assessment and end-of-year What our graduates say Genetics, Genomics and Systems Biology, examinations. Emma Ozaki Neurogenetics Evolutionary Genetics, Molecular Genetics Laboratory, Analytical “Human Genetics was an excellent course in Genetics Laboratory, Human Genomics Data Study Abroad and internship a great Department in Handling, Human Genetics tutorials, Human opportunities Trinity College Dublin. Genetics Review. As well as dedicated The Department helps students to secure tutorials from the staff FOURTH YEAR internships in research laboratories (both in in the Department in Human Genetics literature review; Human Ireland and internationally) over the summer the first and second Genetics Capstone research project; Lecture period between the third and fourth years, years of the degree topics including Principles of Human course, there were so that they can gain valuable research Genetics, Transgenic Animals and Gene diverse practical experience. Some students spend all or part Therapy, Genetics and Epigenetics of Cancer, modules in areas such as DNA sequencing of the summer period in US laboratories, Prion-Like Proteins, Apoptosis, Stem Cell and genetic engineering in the later years. again between third and fourth year. Biology, Molecular Evolution; Genetics and We graduated from Human Genetics with a cutting-edge understanding of this exciting Immunology of Neural Diseases, Human and radically changing field with great career Evolutionary Genetics, Genetics of Neural opportunities ahead of us.” Development, Behavioural Genetics. Ciara McDermott “Studying Human Genetics at Trinity has been very exciting. The course content is based on cutting-edge science, delivered through lectures, tutorials and practical laboratory work, and covers a wide range of subjects from evolutionary genetics to cancer biology, all of which are sure to be useful in the future as genetics remains at the forefront of scientific progress. The professors and other members of the Department are very helpful and make the student experience studying human genetics at Trinity incredibly enjoyable.”

Ciarán Campbell “My experience as a Human Genetics student in Trinity has been very fulfilling. Coming from a small secondary school I was worried about getting lost in college. Luckily the Genetics Department has an extremely friendly atmosphere right through from classmates to the PhD students and lecturers. The lecture courses are very interesting and engaging. The ability to work in research laboratories within the Department has given me valuable hands on experience in the cutting edge research that is ongoing in the field of genetics.”

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Students who wish to study Immunology apply to the Biological and Biomedical Sciences (TR060) and may select Immunology as their specialist area for the third and fourth years at the end of the second year.

with an Immunology degree puts students What is Immunology? in an excellent and competitive position Graduate skills and for their future career. Immunology is a Immunology is the study of the immune career opportunities dynamic and rapidly expanding subject system. The immune system has evolved and this degree provides excellent training Graduates follow a range of different to protect our bodies against infection from world class researchers and lecturers career pathways. Many of our students are and cancer and involves the co-ordinated to enable students to successfully pursue a recruited into PhD positions either here or activities of specialised cells, molecules and career in immunology. abroad in order to pursue a research based genes to orchestrate an immune response. career in the university, medical (hospital Immunology is one of the most rapidly based research), or industrial sectors. Some growing research areas in biology and has of these are specifically within the area of been shown to have a fundamental role in Immunology @ Trinity immunology but other students diversify almost all disease states. Understanding Trinity is currently the only university and use their immunology to branch into how the immune system works has led to that offers an undergraduate degree in other areas. Some graduates go straight the development of new therapeutics, e.g. Immunology in Ireland. Third and fourth year into lab based positions as immunologists antibodies, for the specific treatment of students will be based in the new state of and these can be in academic, hospital or diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis. In the art Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute industrial laboratories, e.g. Pfizer. Other addition, we can now harness the immune (TBSI) on Pearse Street. Our students have students decide to use their scientific system such that it can help to fight against the opportunity to study abroad for third background for non-lab based careers, e.g. infection and cancer. Many pharmaceutical year and there are also some internship science communication and journalism, companies have substantial immunology opportunities, in Ireland and abroad. or science outreach. Some graduates have programmes. gone into research support positions, while others have gone on to get a business qualification or law qualification to enable Immunology: them to be competitive in a business/ The course for you? commercial setting.

If you want to understand how the immune system works, how its failures lead to disease and how we can use our knowledge to design new therapies for infection, cancer and a range of other diseases, this is the course for you. Trinity is not only the leading centre for immunology in Ireland but it is recognised around the world for its high level of research excellence. Graduating

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Understanding how your body can fight against infections and cancer?

Figuring out new ways we can fight disease?

Designing and performing experimental research?

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THIRD YEAR Your degree and Modules cover Immunology, Microbiology, what you’ll study Biochemistry and Genetics with a strong What our graduates say emphasis on practical skills. There is also a Darren Ruane Students will learn about all aspects of mini-review and a data handling project. immunology: from the cells and molecules of “I graduated the immune system and how they carry out FOURTH YEAR with a degree in their jobs in particular diseases, through to Modules cover advanced topics in Biochemistry with Immunology in 2010. what happens when the immune system goes immunology and a final year Capstone My time at the Trinity wrong and actually starts to attack our own project that takes place in a research Biomedical Sciences bodies, as seen in autoimmune diseases. In laboratory in TBSI. Institute fostered my order to fully understand the immune system, love for Immunology students will also cover important aspects A range of assessment types including and as a result I of biochemistry, genetics and microbiology. continual assessment, annual exam papers chose to complete One exciting aspect of this degree is that and thesis will all be used over the duration a PhD within the undergraduates experience real research as of the degree. Currently, 30% of the marks department. My research focused on the they undertake a final year Capstone project towards your final degree grade come from capacity of dendritic cells, a type of white in a research laboratory in the School of third year. blood cell, to mediate communication Biochemistry and Immunology. between distinct mucosal compartments. While pursuing my PhD I had the opportunity to conduct my research projects at the FIRST AND SECOND YEARS Study abroad The first two years are part of the Biological Rockefeller University in New York within the lab of 2011 Nobel prize winning scientist and Biomedical Sciences (TR060). Students Students can undertake to spend third year Ralph Steinman. After completing my PhD, I intending to take Immunology as their final abroad. We have links with universities in conducted postdoctoral research at the Icahn degree take a range of required modules in Glasgow and Marseille. Some students have School of Medicine at Mt. Sinai in New York. biology, chemistry, mathematics as well as also studied in the US for their third year and Since March 2015 I have been a member of the approved modules in other disciplines. returned here for their final year. Discovery Immunology group at Genentech in San Francisco investigating the molecular mechanism of lung fibrosis and exploring new therapeutic targets.”

www.tcd.ie/study 173 Microbiology

Students who wish to study Microbiology should apply to the Biological and Biomedical Sciences (TR060) and may select Microbiology as their specialist area for the third and fourth years at the end of the second year.

What is Microbiology? Graduate skills and

Microbiology is the study of the structures career opportunities and life processes of micro-organisms (such Graduates in microbiology have a wide as bacteria, protists, fungi and viruses) range of expertise and are considered together with their activities and effects, versatile scientists for industry or pure beneficial and detrimental, on plants, research. This makes them sought after animals, humans and the environment. by pharmaceutical and medical research It also studies the control of these effects laboratories as research and quality and the harnessing of microbial processes assurance staff in drug and medical device for applications in biotechnology. A manufacture, as analytical or Research and microbiologist is a versatile scientist and Microbiology: Development (R&D) staff by the food and studies microbes at both cellular and beverage industries, by public utilities, the molecular levels, using a wide range of The course for you? health service, by teaching and training techniques, and will also be proficient establishments and publishing houses, in The Microbiology course reflects the in microbial biochemistry and genetics. life science sales and product development, diversity of research excellence within medical relief organisations and many the department, which is home to other areas. Such employment may find world-renowned experts in all aspects you working with multinational or small of microbiology including virology, companies in Ireland or abroad, working infection biology, biotechnology, bacterial with leading-edge biotechnologies in the molecular biology and fungal genetics. production of drugs, enzymes, antibiotics, The Microbiology degree ensures students vaccines or agricultural products. gain first hand practical experience in the laboratory in all aspects of microbiology. Many graduates go on to do a higher degree in Ireland or abroad and enter a rewarding career in many of the areas mentioned or Microbiology @ Trinity continue a research career in a university.

If you study Microbiology at Trinity you will be based in the historic Moyne Institute. The Microbiology department offers an intimate Your degree and atmosphere where frequent interaction what you’ll study between staff and students fosters an THIRD YEAR intellectually stimulating and friendly Core modules cover all aspects of modern environment for teaching and learning. To microbiology and include; microbial provide the extensive laboratory experience physiology and biochemistry, pathogenicity on offer, the Moyne Institute houses state of and immunology, bacterial molecular the art research and teaching laboratories biology and genetics, eukaryotic molecular containing all the equipment and expertise biology and genetics and applied required for modern molecular and cellular microbiology. Each module comprises microbiology. lecture and laboratory components. The extensive laboratory training covers the safe handling of pathogenic micro- organisms, separation of their components Do you enjoy… and products, genetic analysis and ? Conducting research? biotechnological techniques. Doing laboratory work? Analysing problems and formulating solutions?

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FOURTH YEAR In the final year, you will also undertake a In the final year, alongside advanced core 9-week, full-time Capstone project under microbiology modules, you will also choose supervision in a research laboratory. You What our graduates say from optional modules reviewing the leading will work at the cutting-edge of research on Michael Church, edge of research and knowledge in topics topics like bacterial and fungal synthetic graduated 2009 such as: biology, design of new anti-microbial drugs, “Specialising in viral pathogenicity, immunology, and novel „ Gene regulation and expression in Microbiology during methods for disinfection in hospitals. bacteria and eukaryotic microbes my degree was an interesting and „ Molecular pathogenesis (disease If you would like more detailed information rewarding experience. mechanisms) of infectious disease on all the modules offered, see:www.tcd.ie/ The atmosphere „ Regulation, issues and standards in microbiology in the department current microbiological practice is friendly, and the lecturers were „ Clinical microbiology Study Abroad and internship knowledgeable and approachable. The 9-week „ Virology research project gave me invaluable research opportunities experience in the laboratory. Employers „ Emerging pathogens appreciate the varied and challenging nature For students wishing to study abroad, of the course, as it gives students a good Microbiology staff can offer advice on how to grounding in many aspects of the industrially- seek funding for summer vacation placements relevant subject of Microbiology. I subsequently from external sources such as the Wellcome undertook a PhD in the Yeast Chromatin Research Group in the School of Microbiology Trust and the Microbiology Society. and Genetics and worked as a Technical Support Scientist at Abbott Diagnostics Division in Longford, Ireland. I am currently working as a research scientist at the Stowers Research Institute in Kansas, USA.”

www.tcd.ie/study 175 Molecular Medicine

Students who wish to study Molecular medicine apply to the Biological and Biomedical Sciences (TR060) and may select Molecular Medicine as their specialist area for the third and fourth years at the end of the second year. Our students can also avail of internships in various laboratories in the US.

What is Molecular Medicine?

Molecular medicine is the area of study that explores cutting edge advances in disease diagnosis, therapy and prevention driven by advanced bio-molecular research. The Molecular Medicine course shows how basic science is translated from ‘theory to treatment.’ Key areas of focus include cancer, neuroscience, genetic diseases, microbiology and immunology. It provides students with a unique perspective on modern-day molecular medicine and an appreciation for the importance of both basic and clinical research in drug discovery, molecular diagnostics and personalised medicine.

Molecular Medicine:

The course for you? In addition to highly engaging course Molecular Medicine @ Trinity Molecular Medicine is a unique collaboration material, students will gain experimental skills in a range of cutting edge techniques between the School of Biochemistry and TBSI is equipped with state-of-the- and technologies through practicals, Immunology, Trinity Biomedical Sciences art technologies and provides a rich internships in companies such as Ely Institute (TBSI) and the Dept. of Clinical research environment for interdisciplinary Lily and 12 week laboratory research Medicine, St. James’s Hospital. This is the collaboration with colleagues in medicine, placements in the final year of the degree. right course for you if you have an interest pharmacy, chemistry and neuroscience while The courses are designed to equip in topics such as immunodeficiency, the Dept. Of Clinical Medicine operates graduates to work in all major aspects autoimmunity and inflammation, from St James’s Hospital and is affiliated of basic and translational research and neuroscience, endocrinology, microbial with the teaching hospitals of Naas General focuses on development skills relevant to diseases, molecular haematology and Hospital and Our Lady’s Hospice. In the careers in molecular diagnostics and novel oncology, diagnostics and therapeutics, area of biotechnology and biomedical therapeutics, including immunotherapies the cell cycle, and cancer. research, Trinity has prioritised the areas and next generation biologics. The course of Immunology and Infection, Cancer, content has relevance to both academia Neuroscience and Genetics – all of which are and the healthcare/pharmaceutical key components of the Molecular Medicine sector therefore former graduates have degree. Immunology at Trinity is externally gone on to study medicine, engage in Do you enjoy… recognised as an area of major research postgraduate research (PhD; M.Sc.), and ? strength and was recently ranked in the top pursue careers in industrial and government Learning how biological systems three nations worldwide (Thomas Reuters, organisations. Opportunities also exist in work? Essential Science Indicators database). In hospital and commercial labs as well as in addition, the School of Biochemistry and Understanding the molecular basis clinical biochemistry, biotechnology, food Immunology at Trinity provides an excellent of disease? science, teaching, information systems, environment for young investigators to communications, and management. Carrying out laboratory work? participate in innovative and high impact research. The schools research success is evident in their strong publication record which includes output in high quality journals including Nature.

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a Trinity Elective which can, for example, be Graduate skills and a language module. Students are assessed career opportunities throughout the year using various formats What our graduates say including multiple choice exams, assigned Roisin Loftus, PhD Student, School of Many of our graduates take up a career in essays and quantitative problems. The third Biochemistry and Immunology, Trinity. industrial, medical or academic research. year mark (including the mark for Trinity Some work in hospitals and commercial Electives) will contribute 30% to your final “My love for Biology in school spurred me to pursue a science-based degree. I entered the laboratories dealing with biotechnology, food degree mark. science, pharmaceuticals or diagnostics. Natural Sciences programme in Trinity College In addition, because they benefit from Dublin unsure of where my real passion lay. After two years of general science, covering their training in terms of critical thinking, basic biology, chemistry and math, I decided analytical reasoning and presentation and Study Abroad and internship Molecular medicine was the course for communication skills, our graduates are in opportunities me. Molecular medicine is a relatively new high demand in careers not directly related The School of Biochemistry and Immunology degree in Trinity, which covers many aspects to biochemistry such as communications, of Immunology, Biochemistry, Genetics, awards up to two internships at the end of information systems, teaching and Neuroscience, Microbiology and Human Health third year. The awards will take the form management, accountancy. and Disease, with a strong clinical focus. A of salaries for six weeks to work in one of significant portion of our lectures were held the research laboratories in the School in St James hospital, delivered by medical of Biochemistry and Immunology. Our doctors, which I found honed in the clinical Your degree and students can also avail of internships in relevance of what we were learning.” what you’ll study various laboratories in the US (e.g. University of Massachusetts, Boston) and Europe. FIRST AND SECOND YEARS Pharmaceutical companies have also Students who wish to study Molecular sponsored a number of summer internships medicine as their final degree (years 3 and 4) for our JS students. apply to the Biological and Biomedical Sciences (TR060) and take a range of required Further information on the year abroad modules in biology, chemistry, mathematics as programme, and a list of partner universities, well as approved modules in other disciplines. can be found at: www.tcd.ie/Biochemistry/

THIRD AND FOURTH YEARS The courses offered are under constant revision and evolution. Courses are grouped into modules of 5 or 10 ECTS that enable a subject to be dealt with comprehensively and to be set in a wider context. The current third year modules cover topics including Proteins and Drugs; Cell Biology; Disease Mechanisms – Cancer, Inflammation and Metabolic Disease; Nucleic Acids – Gene Expression, Molecular Genetic Mechanisms, Bioanalysis and Research Skills. The fourth year modules cover Neurobiology and Endocrinology; Innate and Adaptive Immunity in Disease; Molecular Haematology and Oncology; Microbial Diseases; Autoimmune and Inflammatory Conditions; Genomics, Metabolism and Disease; Molecular Diagnostics and Therapeutics; Cell Cycle and Cancer; Research Project in Molecular Medicine. As far as possible, practical classes will be related to the concurrent modules. Students are also required to take

www.tcd.ie/study 177 Neuroscience

Students who wish to study Neuroscience apply to the Biological and Biomedical Sciences (TR060) and may select Neuroscience as their specialist area for the third and fourth years at the end of the second year.

What is Neuroscience? Neuroscience @ Trinity Graduate skills and

Neuroscience is the discipline concerned Trinity has a strong research focus in career opportunities with the scientific study of the nervous Neuroscience centred around the Institute Graduates in Neuroscience can expect system in health and disease. It probes of Neuroscience (TCIN) with 45 research to find employment in a wide range of the intricate processes of the nervous groups and 250 researchers investigating areas, utilising their general scientific system in an attempt to understand a variety of topics related to Neuroscience. training as well as their specialist skills. how we think, move, perceive, learn and Trinity neuroscientists are well respected In the past Neuroscience graduates have remember. Research in the neurosciences by the neuroscience community worldwide pursued careers in academic, government, is of considerable importance in medicine, and regularly present at international pharmaceutical, biotechnology or medical considering the debilitating and costly meetings and in high impact publications. research organisations. Some graduates effects of neurological and psychiatric This breadth of research expertise is the study for higher degrees in neuroscience, disease. In this regard, a major goal of driver for excellence in teaching across a biological or psychological research, modern neuroscience research is to range of disciplines within this degree. There medicine or allied health-related disciplines. elucidate the underlying causes, and to is a lively research community within TCIN, For those not seeking a research or medical produce more effective treatments for including undergraduate and graduate career, the course provides transferable major brain diseases such as Multiple students, postdoctoral fellows and principal experience and expertise that is suitable for Sclerosis, Alzheimer’s Disease, Parkinson’s investigators. The interdisciplinary character a wide variety of careers, e.g. in education, Disease, Schizophrenia and Depression. of TCIN allows for fruitful interactions business, management and industry. between scientists of various backgrounds and this community regularly meets at Neuroscience: seminars and social events to discuss the The course for you? latest news in the field and beyond.

Neuroscience is an ideal topic for students who have an interest in how the brain works in health and disease. Additionally, the topic is suited to students who like approaches involving concepts and techniques from a variety of disciplines. The neuroscience degree in Trinity brings together lecturers from diverse backgrounds including psychology, physiology, biochemistry, immunology, pharmacology and genetics to deliver a truly multidisciplinary training. This diversity is also reflected in the range of laboratory projects offered during this degree, which offers students broad horizons after graduation

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Analysing evidence and developing your own hypotheses?

Performing experiments in the laboratory?

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FOURTH YEAR Your degree and The final year will examine some more what you’ll study specialised areas of Neuroscience and What our graduates say examine others at a more advanced level. Martina Hughes, graduated 2009 Neuroscience links neurobiology with Topics will include Neuropsychology, cognitive science and, as a result, modules in Neurochemistry, Neuropharmacology, “I specialised in Neuroscience as I multiple disciplines (Anatomy, Biochemistry Developmental genetics, Neuroimmunology wished to gain an and Immunology, Genetics, Pharmacology, and Neurodegeneration, Neuropsychiatric Physiology, Psychology and Zoology) are in-depth knowledge Genetics and Clinical Neurosciences. There of the workings of provided. The course involves in-depth will be a focus on scientific literature skills the brain in both instruction in the fundamentals of modern with a literature review and journal clubs and health and disease. A molecular and cellular biology, as well as in the students will also carry out a major Capstone wide variety of topics structure and operation of the nervous system. research project in one of the many research were covered and I groups in the schools that contribute to the particularly enjoyed Other modules focus on the development Neuroscience degree. the neuroanatomy of the nervous system, its response to injury practicals and the lectures focusing on and disease, the relationship of the brain to „ Assessment neuropharmacology, neuroimmunology, behaviour, imaging the brain, and the drug neuroinflammation and neurogenetics. I Modules are assessed by continual treatment of brain disorders. You will also gained invaluable research experience during assessment based on written assignments, be trained in scientific methodology and my 10-week laboratory placement, from which oral presentations and literature reviews experimental design, data handling and I developed a keen interest in research. On and written examinations. The Capstone research skills. completion of my degree, I undertook a PhD research project is graded according to in the Neuroimmunology research group in THIRD YEAR student performance in the laboratory Trinity College Institute of Neuroscience. I am currently working as a post-doctoral researcher The third year will cover core topics in and their dissertation. in King’s College London, investigating the role Neuroscience including: Neuroanatomy and of inflammation in Alzheimer’s disease.” Development, Systems, Behavioural and Cognitive Neuroscience, Neurophysiology, Study abroad and internship Neurochemistry, Neuropharmacology, opportunities Iannis Barron, graduated 2017 Neurogenetics and Molecular Neuroscience “When I started as well as research skills, basic laboratory Students may arrange to study abroad during college in Ireland, all skills for Neurobiology and a Trinity Elective. their third year following discussion with I knew was that I was staff. Students are also facilitated in seeking interested in Science „ Assessment internships, in Ireland or abroad, during and curious about Some modules are assessed by the summer and some opportunities exist why people do what examination; however some modules are for research laboratory placements within they do. So when it assessed entirely by in-course assessment college. was time to choose and some are assessed by a combination a moderatorship, of in-course assessment and examination. neuroscience was my obvious favourite. Written examinations are part of the final I have loved the course so far; although it year exams. Third year Neuroscience is broad (because of all the aspects there results constitute 30% of the final are to cover), it is entirely focused on the Moderatorship result. understanding how the brain works and so, how we function. Whether it is understanding how the brain develops from birth, how drugs affect brain function or even why we see the colours we see, the complexity of the brain is apparent.”

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Students who wish to study Physiology apply to the Biological and Biomedical Sciences Stream (TR060) and may select Physiology as their specialist area for the third and fourth years at the end of the second year.

how to make accurate measurements, how What is Physiology? Physiology @ Trinity to generate data, how to analyse those data and how to draw conclusions based Physiology is the study of life – it is the The Physiology Department is part of the on the data. Using this hands-on approach, science of how cells work, how they co- School of Medicine and has strong teaching they gain a much deeper knowledge of the operate in organs like the heart or brain and research links with other disciplines subject of physiology. and how these organs function together in the school, such as physiotherapy in the body as a whole. Knowing how the and clinical medicine, and with other body works is essential for understanding schools in the Faculty of Engineering, how it goes wrong in sickness and disease, Mathematics and Science. All of our Graduate skills and therefore physiology is the scientific basis of lecturers run research laboratories and career opportunities human and animal medicine. the major strengths of the department are in neuroscience, cell biology and exercise When you graduate you will be able to physiology. In Trinity, we recognise the vital use your general scientific training and Physiology: The course for you? importance of laboratory teaching. We specialised knowledge of physiology encourage every student who enters the to find employment in a wide variety of In the Physiology Department at Trinity we teaching laboratory to consider himself or jobs. You may pursue further training in focus on human physiology and how it is herself as a research scientist from day one. physiology and become a research scientist affected by disease, although you will study This research training culminates in the in a hospital, the pharmaceutical industry, other animal species in some modules. We individual Capstone research project each a government agency or a university. study every aspect of the human body, from student carries out in the final year. We train Some graduates undertake further study the function of individual proteins in cells, students to design experiments that may in health-related fields such as medicine to the function of the different body systems help to solve some of the mysteries that or physiotherapy. such as the cardiovascular, respiratory and remain about the function of the human nervous systems, all the way through to the body. We teach them integrated, whole body level. Physiology continues to be at the forefront of research in biomedical science, because there are still so many things about the functioning of the human body that remain unknown. If we know more about our physiology we can use this knowledge to develop better treatments for various diseases. As a student of physiology you will be provided with a detailed understanding of a range of cell and organ systems, and will receive training in scientific methodology, experimental design, data analysis and research skills.

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production of a written dissertation. Some Your degree and typical recent research projects have looked what you’ll study at the toxic effects of cannabis on brain cells, What our graduates say gastric motility in patients with pancreatitis, Sinead Smith THIRD YEAR respiratory function in lung disease, the Nerve, Muscle and Sensation; Cell and cellular mechanisms of memory formation, “Choosing Physiology as my speciality through Science was the best decision I made. The Tissue Structure; Gut, Metabolism and cardiovascular adaptations in athletes and course is very well organised and the small Hormones; Seminars in Pharmacological muscle performance after different warm-up and Physiological Research; Physiology of class size gives students the opportunity to protocols. work together. I felt so much support during Brain; Nerve and Muscle Fluids; Heat and my two years in Physiology; the department Metabolism; Cardiovascular Physiology; RESEARCH INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITIES staff are very friendly and the lecturers are very Respiratory Physiology; Journal Club; Our students have gained Wellcome Trust approachable. The course structure and content Research Skills. Biomedical Vacation Scholarships and give students an excellent range of both theory- Health Research Board Summer Student led and practical-based learning opportunities. FOURTH YEAR Scholarships to work in research laboratories It helped me to develop a standard of learning Synaptic Properties; Biomechanics and between their third and fourth year. to perform at Masters level. I am now in the Neural Control of Movement; Cellular final year of my M.Sc. in Physiotherapy.” Neurophysiology; Techniques in Cellular Physiology; Integrative Physiology. Study Abroad and internship Physiology students Sean Brennan During the second half of fourth year you will opportunities (left) and Philip O’Gorman (right) undertake an individual Capstone research in a laboratory class. project. This project will be based in Trinity or Many of our students undertake research in one of its associated hospital departments internships in Trinity or other universities and will include a literature survey and during the summer vacation.

Sean: “I really enjoyed studying the many modules and subjects in Science, and specialising in Physiology proved to be interesting, engaging and thoroughly enjoyable”. Philip: “I enjoy physiology because it provides me with the understanding about the countless, interesting ways the human body functions”.

What our student say Cian O’Connor: “The course is great so far as it gives such an integrative approach to studying how the entire body works, what can go wrong and how we can fix it by learning from the forefront of cutting edge research.”

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Students who wish to study Zoology apply to the Biological and Biomedical Sciences Stream (TR060) and may select Zoology as their specialist area for the third and fourth years at the end of the second year.

a high laboratory component, use of What is Zoology? Zoology: The course for you? museum material and a choice of local and international field trips. Zoology is the study of living animals and With the key focus of zoology being the their relationship with their environment. As study of whole organisms, it is a course that the need for an understanding of complex touches on nearly all aspects of the biology biosystems increases, integration is required programme including molecular, cellular, Zoology @ Trinity across all levels of biological organisation – behavioural, parasitological, ecological Zoology is the study of the form and function from molecules to the biosphere – and the and environmental aspects of animals. of animals in the broadest senses of those diversity of species – from single-celled to The central narrative to our programme is words. It considers the many roles of animals multicellular organisms. Modern Zoology understanding the evolution and diversity within the natural world. The Department naturally provides this integration, and our of animals using a variety of approaches believes in the principle of ‘research-led programme offers modules and choices such as genetics, microscopy, experiments teaching’ and has a diverse array of active that focus upon important themes of and field observations. The Zoology course researchers addressing a wide range of environmental and medical/veterinary biology. is designed, not only to provide specific Zoological questions, broadly separated into knowledge about key areas of animal organismal biology and molecular/cellular biology, but also to encourage critical biology. Our investigation and teaching of thinking and the development of numeracy these subjects uses innovative techniques and literacy, as well as the exploitation and methodologies such as immunology, of sources of scientific data. This broad stable isotopes, genetics, analytical and transferable skill set provides a solid chemistry, proteomics and numerical scientific framework from which to think computation. In particular, our strengths creatively and explore the natural world lie in ecosystem ecology and biodiversity, and its interactions with human society. evolution of behaviour, comparative anatomy Throughout the course there is a strong and physiology and developmental biology. emphasis on ‘hands-on’ aspects, with

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Seeking solutions to global challenges to the environment and human well-being?

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What our graduates say Lauren Redmond, graduated 2016 “A keen interest in the natural world, conservation and evolution led me to pursue a degree in Zoology. The course has not disappointed. Field trips to Northern Ireland, Glendalough and Kenya have been the highlight of this degree for me. Not only do they provide a stimulating and exciting way in which to learn, you get to know your classmates and lecturers on a personal level and feel welcomed into the department. Combined with lectures from committed staff, who are leading experts in their fields worldwide, I have gained a thorough knowledge which I can take with me into future careers.” Graduate skills and Your degree and career opportunities what you’ll study

Many graduates of Zoology are currently Students who wish to study Zoology apply pursuing academic and research careers to the Biological and Biomedical Sciences in Ireland and overseas – our network of (TR060) and may select Zoology as their research alumni can be found on every specialist area for the third and fourth years. continent! Many others have been employed In third and fourth year, the course highlights within the agriculture and fisheries sector the major concerns of modern zoology (Teagasc, BIM and Inland Fisheries Ireland), in relation to environmental and medical the environment and wildlife services (EPA, biology, and introduces you to cell biological National Parks and Wildlife Service, National and other analytical techniques, fieldwork Biodiversity Data Centre and various Local and computer-aided data handling and Authorities) and with international agencies processing. Modules taken cover topics such (FAO, IUCN, WBCSD, etc.). Trinity Zoology as animal diversity, comparative physiology, graduates have furthermore taken up wildlife ecology, marine biology (including a field trip) and environmental publishing, film-making and terrestrial ecology (including a fieldtrip). and other careers in the media, software In addition, there are a range of more development, second and third-level teaching, specialised optional modules which may medicine, veterinary, museum and tourism be selected in the areas of environmental or work, environmental lobbying with national medical zoology such as genetics, behaviour, and international NGOs, environmental and developmental biology, entomology and wildlife consultancy, fish farming and – yes – parasitology. A major component of the we even have graduates who work in zoos! fourth year is an individual Capstone research project. In previous years such projects have looked at parasites in humans and animals, behaviour of badgers, deep sea fisheries and the impacts of climate change on biodiversity and the environment, to name but a few.

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DEGREE AWARDED B.A. (Moderatorship) DEGREE TYPE Honours Bachelor Degree COURSE CODE TR061 NFQ Level 8 PLACES 2018 72 AWARDING BODY Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin

Chemistry is a creative and central Students can also experience the wide science, dealing with challenges that span Structure of the Chemical range of knowledge and investigation the physical and life sciences. It is found Sciences (TR601) programme available throughout the university by and used everywhere from the creation choosing an elective module from a of new materials and processes through In the Chemical Sciences Stream students selection that highlights major research to advancements in medical health and will study the core concepts that are themes from across all faculties. In the diagnosis of disease. fundamental to all of chemistry including fourth year students choose from a selection topics in physical, organic and inorganic of modules on advanced topics within A chemistry-based qualification provides chemistry. Students will receive a strong their discipline. They will also undertake a students with the relevant skills and grounding in mathematics and will be Capstone research project in Trinity or in a knowledge to open doors in research, able to expand their scientific knowledge research laboratory in another university, medicine, education, industry, finance, and to pursue their individual interests by research institute or industry partner. consultancy and more. choosing from a cohort of approved and elective modules on topics such as physics, This offers students the opportunity to gain As well as practical knowledge of the chemical biology, geoscience, history and international experience, giving them the subject, chemistry students develop many philosophy of science. choice to pursue their final year Capstone other transferable skills that are valued by research project abroad. If you want to both employers and the wider community. In the third year, students specialise in understand the workings of the world These range from critical thinking and one of the four moderatorships offered around you, then chemistry is for you! problem-solving to communication and in this stream: Chemistry, Chemistry with creativity. Nobody knows what the jobs of Molecular Modelling, Medicinal Chemistry the future will look like, but chemists will and Nanoscience (the physics and be needed to tackle problems in human chemistry of advanced materials). Small health, sustainable energy, technology, group teaching from academic experts who food management and the environment. are actively researching in these subjects Academics at the School of Chemistry are creates an exciting teaching and research- at the forefront of cutting- edge research led environment where current state-of- and are contributing to ground- breaking the-art research is discussed together with advances that benefit society. These include fundamental concepts. nanotechnology, drug-delivery, energy storage and computational modelling.

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Students who wish to specialise in one of the following subjects in third and fourth years (Chemistry, Chemistry with Molecular Modelling, Medicinal Chemistry or Nanoscience) should choose the Chemical Sciences stream (TR061). Students who wish to specialise in Nanoscience can also enter the Physical Sciences stream (TR063).

1st Year 2nd Year 3rd and 4th Year Biological 40 Core + 40 Core + Biochemistry Microbiology Quota TR060 20 Elective 20 Elective and Botany Molecular 236 Credits Credits Biomedical Environmental Science Medicine Sciences Genetics Neuroscience Human Genetics Physiology Immunology Zoology

Chemical 40 Core + 40 Core + Chemistry Quota TR061 20 Elective 20 Elective Sciences Chemistry with Molecular Modelling 72 Credits Credits Medicinal Chemistry Nanoscience

Geography 40 Core + 40 Core + Geography Quota TR062 20 Elective 20 Elective and Geoscience Geoscience 54 Credits Credits

Physical 40 Core + 40 Core + Nanoscience Quota TR063 20 Elective 20 Elective Sciences Physics 52 Credits Credits Physics and Astrophysics

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Students who wish to study Chemistry apply to the Chemical Sciences Stream (TR061) and at the end of the second year may select Chemistry as their specialist area for the third and fourth years.

What is Chemistry? Chemistry @ Trinity Graduate skills and

Chemistry is a creative science that is used The School of Chemistry at Trinity is ranked career opportunities to develop everything from new materials number 1 in Ireland and in the top 100 A chemistry degree combines specialist for superconductors and new batteries, to worldwide (QS World University Rankings practical training with analytical, problem- new drug molecules for the pharmaceutical by Subject 2018). Our Chemistry degree is solving and presentation skills and is industry. Without it, many modern science designed to provide you with the practical excellent preparation for graduates disciplines, such as materials science, and analytical skills needed for a career considering a diverse range of career molecular biology and environmental in research and industry. Many of the paths. Trinity’s chemistry graduates are science, would not be possible. School’s academic staff carry out research highly sought after by the chemical and at the cutting edge of their fields in areas pharmaceutical industries and graduates as diverse as nanoscience, energy and have worked in companies such as Henkel, Chemistry: The course for you? drug design. In fourth year, you will have Pfizer, GlaxoSmithKline and Bristol Meyers the opportunity to undertake a significant Squib. Patent offices, government advisory If you are strong in science, if you enjoy Capstone research project either in the and information services, libraries, public laboratory experiments and want to work in School or abroad at one of the many third- analytical laboratories, schools and industry or research after university, and if level/research institutes with which the third-level institutes also employ our you are innovative, creative and logical then School has agreements. chemists. Our graduates can also pursue you will be well suited to this course. postgraduate degrees either in the School of Chemistry or in other world-class research institutes. Historically, chemistry graduates have been in demand in a wide range of non-scientific fields including the financial sector. ? Do you enjoy… Finding out how things work?

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Following foundation- and core-level modules Patrick Hull in first and second year chosen from a number “I graduated with a degree in Chemistry in of science subjects (e.g. physics or biology) Study abroad and internship 2014. My final year research project involved along with chemistry and mathematics, you opportunities exploring new materials for clean energy will expand your knowledge of chemistry in production. This first-hand experience gave The School of Chemistry has exchange me a real insight into the process involved third and fourth year, taking more advanced agreements with a large number of universities in preparing research for publication and modules in organic, inorganic and physical and research institutes where students may provided me with the spark to embark on chemistry. In fourth year, you will carry out a carry out their final year Capstone research my future career. After graduation, I started Capstone research project, either in one of the projects, in places such as Vienna, Berlin, as a publishing editor with the Royal Society research labs in Trinity or abroad. Graduates of Chemistry, working on the production Bologna, Toulouse, and Utrecht, North often cite this as the most memorable and and publication of cutting-edge chemistry America and Australia. A limited number rewarding part of their undergraduate degree. research journals. My job involves technical of places are also available in China. The You will have the opportunity to study the editing and proof reading of manuscripts. areas of research are wide-ranging, including fundamentals of modern chemistry, whilst My undergraduate degree at Trinity placed cancer chemotherapy and DNA chemistry, developing your interests in specific topics a strong emphasis on critical thinking and device fabrication and materials processing, problem-solving, something that has really such as bio-inorganic/organic chemistry, homogeneous catalysis, supramolecular prepared me for my role.” solid-state materials, interfacial and chemistry and computational chemistry. environmental chemistry. Between third and fourth year, some students also take a year-long internship in Eva-Maria Dürr a pharmaceutical company to enhance their “In school, I always knowledge of chemistry and their practical skills. enjoyed chemistry and wanted to study it in college. But I felt like I didn’t know enough about other sciences to commit to chemistry yet, so the general science course in Trinity was perfect for me. Studying in a world- class university and being taught by brilliant researchers has been a fantastic experience and after two years of general science, I knew for certain that I wanted to do chemistry. Chemistry to me means trying to understand the world at a very detailed level and apply that knowledge, for example in drugs or new materials. I love how complex phenomena can be understood at a molecular level and being a chemist has definitely changed my outlook on the world.”

www.tcd.ie/study 187 Chemistry with Molecular Modelling

Students who wish to study Chemistry with Molecular Modelling apply to the Chemical Sciences Stream (TR061) and at the end of the second year may select Chemistry with Molecular Modelling as their specialist area for the third and fourth years.

considering a diverse range of career paths. What is Chemistry with Chemistry with Molecular Our graduates can pursue postgraduate Molecular Modelling? Modelling: The course for you? degrees either in the School of Chemistry or in other world-class research institutions. Chemistry with Molecular Modelling is a The course will suit you well if you have Trinity’s chemistry graduates are highly chemistry-based creative-science course an interest in science and chemistry in sought after by the chemical and that is used to develop everything from particular, have a logical and inquisitive pharmaceutical industries, which contribute new materials such as superconductors mind and want to work in industry or some 20% to Ireland’s exports. for new batteries, to new drug molecules research after university. for the pharmaceutical industry. Without Former graduates of Trinity Chemistry are it, many modern science disciplines such working in companies such as Henkel, as materials science, molecular biology Chemistry with Molecular Pfizer, GlaxoSmithKline and Bristol Meyers and environmental science would not Modelling @ Trinity Squib. Patent offices, government advisory be possible. Chemistry with Molecular and information services, libraries, public Modelling embeds computer-modelling This degree is designed to train our analytical laboratories, schools and third- techniques and how they can be applied students with the creative talent and skills level institutions also employ our chemists. to understand and explore chemistry. required for research and industry. The Advancements in molecular modelling have course provides a broad base in organic, Other successful routes our graduates led to an explosive growth in a range of inorganic and physical chemistry so that have taken in the past include careers in applications. The modelling aspects of this our graduates have a wide selection of business and the financial services sectors course focus on modelling the structure and career prospects. This degree also provides and in management. In addition, the reactivity of molecules and solids including: students with the unique opportunity specially developed computational skills to study the fundamentals of modern make graduates an attractive prospect „ The simulation of the structure chemistry, whilst developing computer/ for employers both within computing and properties of materials and IT skills and applying computer-modelling environments and in other professions. nano-materials, including oxides, techniques to explore chemical problems. Examples of industries where people are semiconductors and catalysts employed directly in scientific computing/ „ Modelling of how electrons are arranged modelling include: pharmaceutical (computational drug design), chemical in materials and how they behave during Graduate skills and chemical reactions (developing catalysts), materials chemistry career opportunities (semi-conductors/magnetic materials), „ Modelling organic and bio-organic financial services and meteorology. molecules, including DNA, proteins, drug A chemistry degree combines specialist molecules and computational drug design practical training with analytical, problem- „ The theory and implementation of solving and presentation skills and is different approaches to modelling excellent preparation for graduates materials

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The course is based on the Chemistry Andrew Bathe degree with core components of chemistry “Since attending the (inorganic, organic and physical) taken Study abroad and internship Trinity Open Day I alongside special molecular-modelling opportunities knew their degree modules, practical work and project work. in Chemistry with The School of Chemistry has exchange Molecular Modelling You will be assessed by a combination of agreements with a large number of was for me. Not only continuous assessments and examinations. universities and research institutes where does no other college in Ireland offer a direct FIRST AND SECOND YEARS students may carry out their fourth-year Capstone project, in places such as Vienna, route to the field You will study foundation courses in of computational Berlin, Bologna, Toulouse, and Utrecht, North chemistry and mathematics and in either chemistry but Trinity is unmatched in terms of biology or physics. America and Australia. A limited number reputation and the resources it has available. of places are also available in China. The The degree itself, which combines general THIRD AND FOURTH YEARS areas of research are wide-ranging, including chemistry with modelling and simulation In the third and fourth years you will take cancer chemotherapy and DNA chemistry, techniques, has allowed me to develop a core modules in chemistry with additional device fabrication and materials processing, vast array of skills in both a traditional lab modules in molecular modelling to include homogeneous catalysis, supramolecular environment and at the computer! So now general molecular modelling, quantum chemistry and computational chemistry. in the final year of my degree I feel confident mechanics, optimisation, modelling protein that the skills I have learned will have me well structure, drug design, molecular dynamics, prepared in my future academic or professional career.” and modelling in solid-state materials chemistry.

Lectures are complemented by laboratory classes where you will gain experience in more sophisticated preparative chemical techniques and spectroscopic analysis. About one third of your laboratory class time will be spent in computer laboratories performing computational experiments using molecular modelling.

As a fourth-year student you will undertake a Capstone research project, typically from September to December. This may be done in Trinity or in an academic or research laboratory abroad. This is complemented by lectures covering fundamental material in organic, inorganic and physical chemistry. In addition, an extensive range of optional courses are also offered that allow each student to develop her/his own particular interests.

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Students who wish to study Medicinal Chemistry apply to the Chemical Sciences Stream (TR061) and at the end of second year may select Medicinal Chemistry as their specialist area for the third and fourth years.

Medicinal Chemistry would serve as an Your specialised medicinal chemistry What is Medicinal Chemistry? excellent primary degree for a graduate modules will include: course in medicine. Our graduates can also Medicinal chemists are the creative talent „ Basic Principles of Medicinal Chemistry pursue postgraduate degrees either in the behind the modern pharmaceutical School of Chemistry or in other world-class „ Biochemistry (Protein Structure industry. As well as being expert chemists, research institutions. and Function) they have extensive knowledge of molecular „ design, drug synthesis and the biological The Autonomic Nervous System function of drugs. „ The Fundamentals of Computational Your degree and Drug Design what you’ll study „ Anti-Viral and Anti-Cancer Agents Medicinal Chemistry: „ Anti-Microbial and Anti-Infective Agents You will study foundation courses in (compounds that can combat the The course for you? chemistry, biology and mathematics microorganisms that cause disease) in the first two years. Yes, if your dream is to design and prepare „ Anti-Malarial Chemistry (study of the new drugs, if you want to understand the THIRD YEAR development of drugs in this area) biological mechanisms by which they In third year, the course will branch off into „ operate, if you have a natural flair for Steroid Drugs (study of drugs based more specialised aspects of medicinal on the steroid skeleton) chemistry and are interested in developing chemistry, although there will be considerable „ Industrial Medicinal Chemistry the skills and expert knowledge relevant to overlap with the Chemistry degree. This the pharmaceutical industry. overlap is primarily in organic chemistry; Lectures are complemented by laboratory less emphasis will be placed on physical and experiments, where you will gain experience inorganic chemistry in order to allow for the in more sophisticated preparative chemical Graduate skills and delivery of medicinal-chemistry modules. techniques and will also be able to carry career opportunities out your own spectroscopic analyses and computer-based modelling. As with graduates in other branches of chemistry, the skills acquired during this degree programme will make you highly attractive to employers in a wide variety of areas. In addition to the pharmaceutical industry itself, business, finance, administration and teaching are all possibilities that are open to you as a Medicinal Chemistry graduate. Former graduates of this course are working in companies such as Pfizer, Abbot, GlaxoSmithKline, Servier, and Deloitte and Touche.

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FOURTH YEAR In fourth year, in addition to core chemistry Study abroad and internship modules, you will cover the medicinal opportunities What our graduates say chemistry of the cardiovascular and central Simon Smith, Medicinal Chemistry nervous systems, combinatorial chemistry The School of Chemistry has exchange and drug delivery, as well as computational agreements with a large number of universities “As a first year PhD student in synthetic organic chemistry, I was very fortunate to have chosen medicinal chemistry and modern analytical and research institutions where Medicinal Medicinal Chemistry as my undergraduate methods. Case studies in medicinal chemistry Chemistry students carry out their final year Capstone research projects from September degree. As the interface between chemistry and (focusing on specific diseases or drug types) biology, the Medicinal Chemistry programme to December. To date, arrangements have will also feature in your programme. offers its students a unique opportunity to been made for students in European acquire the skillset necessary to bridge the void Practical work in the final year will consist of universities such as Regensburg, Madrid, that sometimes exists with the two disciplines. a Capstone project. This may be carried out Liverpool, Copenhagen, Montpellier and Throughout my studies, I have been able to either in Trinity under the supervision of a Bologna. Study further afield in Canada and offer valuable academic contributions to the member of staff, in a chemistry department the USA is also possible. Between third and teams I have worked with, even in disparate at an overseas university, or in a commercial fourth year, a small number of high-calibre subject areas; everything from bioinformatics laboratory. students participate in a year-long paid to DNA photophysics and materials chemistry internship in a pharmaceutical company we, as medicinal chemists, have highly If you would like more detailed information to enhance their knowledge of medicinal desirable problem-solving skills. on all the modules offered, please visit chemistry and their practical skills. I take forward my knowledge of advanced www.chemistry.tcd.ie/undergraduate/ synthetic organic chemistry, in addition to a medicinal-chemistry thorough understanding of how chemicals have the propensity to interact with biological systems into my PhD career. The mindset I have from my undergraduate has continued to influence my decisions in the development of metal-free, biomimetic catalysts. I would thoroughly recommend to those who seek a career in any form of pharmaceutical or synthetic chemistry to consider this highly- rewarding degree programme, as the range of career opportunities and skills that it proffers are far from limited at a post-degree level.”

Deirdre McAdams “Having left school, I knew I wanted to pursue a career in chemistry. I was particularly interested in the pharmaceutical industry and drug research, but more specifically, the underlying chemistry behind them. Medicinal chemistry covers both these areas. It trains students to analyse, understand and develop concepts within the pharmaceutical sector. Medicinal chemistry students obtain an excellent understanding of the organic chemistry processes involved in designing and developing potential new pharmaceutical agents, while also gaining an exceptional knowledge of how these compounds operate biologically. The interface between the two areas of biology and chemistry is what initially drew me to this degree course and is also what has kept me motivated and inspired throughout my studies.”

www.tcd.ie/study 191 Nanoscience

Students who apply to the Chemical Sciences Stream (TR061) may select Nanoscience as their specialist area for the 3rd and 4th years at the end of the second year. It is also possible to enter Nanoscience through the Physical Sciences stream (TR063).

What is Nanoscience?

Creation of new technologies and devices would not be possible without mastery of advanced materials at the nanoscale. Making devices at the nanoscale can reduce energy costs while increasing speed or adding functionality. Nanodevices may behave in novel ways, not simply miniature versions of macroscopic devices. Nanoscience incorporates applications in energy conversion and storage, photonics, medical diagnostics, ultra-fast electronics and other areas including polymers, lasers, and optoelectronics, and industries such as electronics, telecommunications, healthcare and aerospace. Students in Nanoscience learn the basic physics and chemistry underlying these applications and how they relate to these applications and industries.

Nanoscience: The course for you?

If you enjoy laboratory work and have the desire to apply your scientific skills to the latest technologies that shape our world, then this may be the course for you.

Nanoscience @ Trinity

Studying Nanoscience at Trinity offers you the opportunity to learn from world-leading experts based in the Schools of Physics and Chemistry, and in CRANN (Centre for Do you enjoy… Research on Adaptive Nanostructures ? and Nano devices), which is Ireland’s Carrying out laboratory research centre for nanoscale materials. experiments and analysing This degree will teach you how to use and your data? apply principles of chemistry and physics to solve practical problems associated with Getting to grips with the latest the development of new technologies and research in Nanoscience and its their application to nanoscience. impact on technology?

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THIRD YEAR LECTURE MODULES Quantum Mechanics, Molecular Thermodynamics and Kinetics, Solid State What our graduates say Materials Chemistry, Analytical Methods, Dahnan Spurling, Nanoscience Electromagnetism, Semiconductor Physics, Magnetic Materials. “I graduated with a degree in N-PCAM (Nanoscience – Physics and Chemistry of FOURTH YEAR LECTURE MODULES Advanced Materials) in 2017. After I graduated I received funding from the Irish Research Photonics, Materials for Electronic and Council and Intel to undertake a PhD in Prof. Optoelectronic devices, Computer Valeria Nicolosi’s group here in CRANN. I’m Simulation, Materials Growth Techniques, working on the synthesis and 3D printing of Semiconductor Devices. nanomaterials for electronic devices and it is Your degree and a project that is a wonderful mix of materials If you would like more detailed information science and engineering. A vast amount of what you’ll study on the modules offered, see:www.tcd.ie/ nanoscale research is carried out in Trinity and nanoscience/undergraduate understanding the often-strange properties In the first two years you study Chemistry, and interactions of nanomaterials is enabling Physics and Mathematics. There are huge advances in the technology we rely on. tutorials on historical and modern aspects Study abroad For me, the best aspect was that Nanoscience of Nanoscience and Materials Science from gives you a comprehensive foundation in leading experts based in the Schools of You may undertake your fourth year project at both physics and chemistry meaning that you have the practical skills as well as theoretical Physics and Chemistry. The Physics course a research institute or university in the EU or includes topics in Astrophysics, Statistics, knowledge to continue in a near limitless array further afield, provided you attain a sufficient of academic and industrial fields.” Mechanics, Thermodynamics, Electricity, standard in the third year examinations. Acoustics and Optics, Nuclear Physics and Recent examples of laboratories where Quantum Physics. The Mathematics course projects have taken place include the IMEC Kate Reidy, Nanoscience Graduate 2017 includes topics in Calculus, Linear Algebra, micro- and nano-electronics research “If you research Fourier Analysis and Mechanics. Students centre in Leuven, Belgium; The Scripps spend three hours per week in experimental many of the exciting Research Institute, La Jolla, California; the technologies or or computational laboratories. You will learn University of Alberta, Canada, the University breakthroughs in transferable coding skills through the Python of Wollongong, Australia, and the University the world today, I programming language. of Potsdam in Germany. can guarantee that at least half of them In the third year you spend one day per Further information on the year abroad are ‘nano’ related week in the Nanoscience experimental programme for second or third year students, – and this is what laboratory where you are introduced to and a list of partner universities, can be found we get to study in a wide range of techniques for chemical at: www.tcd.ie/study/non-eu/study-abroad Nanoscience. This synthesis, preparation and characterisation course has a huge emphasis on problem- of nanoscale materials. Some laboratory solving, and I would highly recommend it training is provided in CRANN using state to anyone who likes to question ‘how’ and of the art facilities. ‘why’ the world works. I also love to travel so international reputation was a huge factor for me when choosing a university course. Through Trinity’s international connections I have had the chance to experience research in Russia. I am so glad that I chose Nanoscience, the opportunities are endless!”

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Geography and Geoscience is the study of will also consider the unique role that humans our planet and the people that live on it. This play in the Earth system, including their multi- disciplinary programme is designed impacts on the land, air and water, and the by leading research scientists in response to grand challenges linked to environmental critical challenges facing the Earth system governance, policy and management. and humanity in the 21st century. It integrates knowledge from the physical, chemical, In years 3 and 4, you will deepen your biological and social sciences to develop knowledge in specialist areas, while further novel insights into Earth system function developing a portfolio of practical and and human- environment interactions. So, if technical skills (e.g. geochemical analysis, you are interested in studying the dynamics geographical information systems, remote of our planet, understanding environmental sensing). Our flexible programme structure changes past, present and future, and provides for module choice while retaining learning how to manage Earth’s resources coherent curriculum design, thereby ensuring in an economic and sustainable manner, graduates are well prepared for entry to the we have the degree for you. constantly changing job market. Specialist options span the breadth of Geography and The Geography and Geoscience degree Geoscience, allowing you to tailor the course programme is the new entry pathway to to suit your interests. In this way, you may the study of Geography, Geology and Earth focus on topics traditionally associated with Science at Trinity. Our four-year programmes, geography (e.g. geomorphology, globalisation, culminating in the degrees of Geography or sustainability) or geology (e.g. volcanology, Geoscience, combine classroom lectures, palaeontology, natural resources), or you may seminars, laboratory-based practical classes, choose to retain a broader, multi-disciplinary and outdoor field work, to develop the perspective that spans the critical interface theoretical understanding and technical between science and society. expertise needed to address applied, real- world problems such as natural resource management and sea level rise. Career opportunities

Geography and geoscience graduates are Structure of the Geography highly valued for their cross-disciplinary expertise, adaptability and experience of and Geoscience (TR062) dealing with complex spatial or multivariate programme data sets. They are in demand to work on many of society’s most important challenges, In years 1 and 2 you will acquire a broad and can pursue lucrative and personally grounding in geography and geoscience with rewarding careers in industry, academia, an emphasis on physical geography, geology research and government. Careers leading and human-environment interactions. You directly from the programme include will learn about topical issues such as climate work in: environmental, engineering change, natural hazards (e.g. volcanoes, and geological consultancies; mineral earthquakes, landslides), energy, sustainability exploration companies; the hydrocarbon and natural resources. These foundation years industry; environmental planning; overseas cover a diverse range of material including: development; government geological the origins and development of our planet; surveys; teaching and research. earth structure and composition; circulation in the atmosphere and oceans; the evolution of life on Earth; Earth surface processes and environments (e.g. glaciers, rivers and deserts). In addition to learning about the physical, chemical and biological processes responsible for creating and shaping the Earth, students

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Students who wish to study the Geography and Geoscience stream will specialise in one of the following subjects in third and fourth year: Geography or Geoscience.

1st Year 2nd Year 3rd and 4th Year Biological 40 Core + 40 Core + Biochemistry Microbiology Quota TR060 20 Elective 20 Elective and Botany Molecular 236 Credits Credits Biomedical Environmental Science Medicine Sciences Genetics Neuroscience Human Genetics Physiology Immunology Zoology

Chemical 40 Core + 40 Core + Chemistry Quota TR061 20 Elective 20 Elective Sciences Chemistry with Molecular Modelling 72 Credits Credits Medicinal Chemistry Nanoscience

Geography 40 Core + 40 Core + Geography Quota TR062 20 Elective 20 Elective and Geoscience Geoscience 54 Credits Credits

Physical 40 Core + 40 Core + Nanoscience Quota TR063 20 Elective 20 Elective Sciences Physics 52 Credits Credits Physics and Astrophysics

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Students who wish to study Geography apply to the Science degree (TR062) and may select Geography as their specialist area for the 3rd and 4th years at the end of the second year. Alternatively, Geography can also be studied as a Joint Honours degree. For subjects that combine with Geography, see page 74.

Geography at Trinity College Dublin is a place areas as financial services (including What is Geography? of intensive and extensive geographical insurance), foreign affairs, leisure and scholarship in Ireland. We teach and research tourism and overseas development. Geography is truly interdisciplinary across the discipline from Nigeria to New as it spans a broad spectrum of the Zealand, from development theory to coastal social, biological, informational and modelling, and from climate change to the physical sciences. As the world becomes Your degree and what you’ll social economy. interconnected, geographers are well study placed to bring their understanding and We aim to challenge students intellectually The first two years of the course provide skills to bear on social and environmental and foster and maintain world-class research a grounding in Geography with particular issues. and teaching in a supportive and collegial emphasis on physical geography, human- atmosphere. environment interactions and geoscience. Geography: The course for you? Geography is an integrative subject with You will take the core first year modules an international outlook and openness to ‘Spaceship Earth: An Introduction to Trinity is ranked in the world top 100 interdisciplinary collaboration. Earth System Science’, ‘Geology: A universities for Geography (QS World Beginner’s Guide to Planet Earth’, and ‘The University Rankings by Subject 2018). Anthropocene: Constructing the Human Planet’, in addition to foundation modules „ In recent years, third and fourth year Graduate skills and career in mathematics, statistics and computation. geography students have been involved opportunities In addition, you will have the opportunity to in academic staff-led fieldwork from Clare tailor your experience by selecting optional A wide range of career options is potentially Island to Mallorca, undertaken summer modules drawn from among the chemical, available to Geography graduates. The research projects in Kenya and made physical and biological sciences, and combination of a broad-based discipline digital video documentaries as part of their human geography. assessed work. and training in highly relevant transferable skills is valued in today’s job market, where In third and fourth year you will deepen adaptability and flexibility are widely your knowledge in particular subject areas, Geography @ Trinity regarded as assets. Careers taken up by whilst further developing your portfolio graduating geography students in recent of practical and technical skills. The Geography Matters! In contemporary society years include urban and regional planning, programme structure allows considerable it is clear that geographical knowledge and environmental consultancy and research flexibility in module choice whilst retaining experience are more important than ever; and teaching as well as positions in such coherent curriculum design to ensure helping us know and understand a dynamic and rapidly changing world…

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Finding out about the developing world and geopolitics?

Analysing landscapes and landscape development over time?

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What our current students say Joanna Tottenham. Fourth Year, Earth Science student “During my undergraduate degree in geoscience at Trinity I was taught by lecturers who are leaders in their respective fields. They are always approachable and available to aid you with any questions you might have. I loved the strong sense of community spirit amongst the geoscience students, postgrads graduates are prepared for entry to the ASSESSMENT and the faculty alike. The class sizes are small constantly changing job market. Topics A combination of continuous assessment so you get to know everyone in you class really covered during third and fourth years and end-of-term examination is used. fast which makes for a friendly atmosphere. include climate and environmental change, The highlights for me were our class field geomorphology, environmental governance, trips where we spent our days applying our globalisation and development. In the fourth Study abroad theoretical knowledge from the classroom in year, you will complete an independent beautiful locations across Greece, Sicily and Capstone research project on your chosen There are opportunities for students to spend Ireland, and spent the evenings with friends and lecturers enjoying the social aspects of specialism. all or part of the third year studying abroad different cultures”. at Exeter, Bordeaux, Paris-Sorbonne, Prague To find out more detailed information on all (Charles University), Utrecht or Stockholm of the modules currently offered, please visit: universities. www.tcd.ie/Geography

CAPSTONE In your final year of study, you will undertake a Capstone project – an independent research project which comprises an in-depth investigation of a specific area of scholarship. The Capstone project is a catalyst to enable you to reflect on your learning from the programme as a whole and to demonstrate your ability to think independently, communicate effectively, develop continuously and act responsibly as you transition to the word of work or to postgraduate studies.

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industry; environmental planning; What is Geoscience? Geoscience @ Trinity government geological surveys; teaching and research. Geoscience graduates are also Geoscience combines the study of geology, At Trinity, you will learn from internationally highly valued in more generalised fields of geography, chemistry, physics and biology, renowned geoscientists whose teaching is employment due to their adaptability, their to develop a complete understanding informed by current research at the frontiers many transferable skills and their experience of how the earth works. The work of of knowledge. Our staff are drawn from the at dealing with incomplete data sets. geoscientists helps us understand the departments of Geology and Geography, changing climate, predict earthquakes and where they investigate a diverse range of volcanic eruptions, find supplies of energy topical issues ranging from reconstructing and raw materials, maintain clean air and sea-level change, development of life forms, Your degree and water, understand the motion of the earth’s measuring landforms on Mars to meteor what you’ll study crust and oceans, and reconstruct the impacts. Research and teaching in Trinity evolution of rocky planets and life. Geoscience combine field-observation, Geoscience is a new, multi-disciplinary sophisticated laboratory analysis and course designed by leading research numerical modelling for a quantitative scientists in response to critical challenges Geoscience: understanding of the planet facing the earth system in the 21st century. This new course integrates the successful The course for you? degrees in Geology and Earth Science to create a flexible programme that balances If you like science, enjoyed taking Geography Graduate skills and the development of deep knowledge and and the physical sciences at secondary level, career opportunities expertise with the capacity to transcend care about the earth, are fascinated by the traditional subject boundaries. natural world and enjoy working outdoors, There is currently a global shortage of then consider Geoscience. Geoscience geoscientists. Geoscience not only prepares At Trinity, the emphasis on quality attracts people who wish to study the students to work on many of society’s over quantity means you will have the dynamics of our planet, to understand most important challenges, it also unlocks opportunity to learn in small classes. environmental changes past, present and lucrative and personally rewarding careers You will be taught via a combination future, and to manage Earth’s resources in in industry, academia, research and of classroom lectures, seminars, and an economic and sustainable manner. government. Careers leading directly from laboratory-based practical classes, Geoscience include work in: environmental, developing the theoretical understanding engineering and geological consultancies; and technical expertise needed to address mineral exploration companies; the oil

? Do you enjoy… Finding out how our planet works?

Exploring the natural world outdoors?

Discovering how we can manage our natural resources more sustainably?

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What our graduates say Clare Stead: Former PhD student in Geology and Earth Sciences Graduate (2013) “The small class size made us a close-knit group from the start which made for a friendly atmosphere. The strong practical element of the course was great, both for reinforcing what we learnt during lectures and bringing the class together as a group. The final year fieldtrip to applied, real-world problems. Fieldwork is chosen specialism, which may take the Sicily was a highlight for me – we got to see a core component of geosciences research form of a written dissertation or a geological the beautiful Turkish Steps, stand inside an old and the great outdoors is our laboratory. At mapping project. lava tube, and even watch glowing lava flows at Trinity we are committed to training field night as they erupted from Mount Etna!” scientists who have practical experience of To find out more detailed information on all field research in a range of environments. of the modules currently offered, please visit: The Geoscience programme includes several www.tcd.ie/geography/undergraduate/ James Stokes, residential field courses in Ireland and geography-geosciences Geology overseas, with current destinations including “Studying Geology in Scotland, Greece and Spain. Trinity has given me a Study abroad wonderful insight into The first two years of the course provide a our planet in a fun and grounding in the geosciences with particular Further information on the year abroad interactive learning environment. The emphasis on physical geography, geology programme, and a list of partner universities, lectures and practicals and human-environment interactions. In each can be found by emailing our International are supported by foundation year, you will take 40 credits of Student co-ordinator, Dr Sean McClenaghan a very helpful and core modules covering these fundamental [email protected] approachable teaching staff. The concepts topics, whilst also developing your numerical covered in class are then reinforced by fantastic and analytical skills and your capacity to field trips abroad, which give the chance to collect and process spatial data. In addition, travel and understand geology in a much you will have the opportunity to tailor broader context.” your experience by selecting 20 credits of approved modules drawn from among the chemical, physical and biological sciences.

In years 3 and 4 you will deepen your knowledge in particular subject areas, whilst further developing your portfolio of practical and technical skills. The programme structure allows considerable flexibility in module choice whilst retaining coherent curriculum design to ensure graduates are prepared for entry to the constantly changing job market. Topics covered during the third and fourth years include climate and environmental change, igneous and metamorphic processes, sedimentology, tectonics, geochemistry, exploration for natural resources (water, minerals and hydrocarbons), palaeontology and evolution and geophysics. In the fourth year, you will complete a significant piece of independent Capstone research on your

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Did you ever wonder why your smart phone In your fourth year of this programme, you This will be hand-in-hand with the study of battery needs to be recharged? Or why will develop specialist research knowledge Mathematics and your choice of approved planets and stars don’t crash into each by carrying out a Capstone research project modules from other science subjects. other? From particles to planets, from in our state-of-the-art facilities or with one These strong foundations in physics and crystals to chaos, from quanta to quasars of our collaborators in Ireland or abroad mathematics will allow study of more and from superconductors to supernovae, (e.g. US, UK, France, Germany, China and advanced topics in the physics, astrophysics physics can explain and answer many of Australia). and nanoscience degree programmes in our questions and curiosities. later years. As well as practical knowledge of the subject, Physical Sciences (TR063) at Trinity is a our programme is designed to help you to THIRD AND FOURTH YEARS four year degree programme for students develop many other transferable skills valued In third and fourth year, all students who like to solve problems. Whether it is by both employers and the wider community. take central topics inclusive of quantum studying galaxies, examining the potential of These range from critical thinking and mechanics, statistical physics and new lasers or investigating next generation problem-solving skills to understanding condensed matter physics but a student nanomaterials, these Physics degrees will complex mathematical/physical behaviour must opt to specialise in either: prepare you for a lifelong career of solving and being able to communicate this problems in research, industry or business. knowledge. Every year, graduates from all Physics: Advanced topics include magnetism, our degree courses drawn from a range of semiconductor devices, materials and sectors of industry, business and society are electronic structure, superconductivity, Why Physics @ Trinity? invited back to share their experiences with nanoscience, modern and non-linear optics, our current students. Our student societies nuclear physics and structure, high energy In the School of Physics we are at the host a career fair for students so you can meet physics and optional topics (energy science, forefront of cutting-edge research and are employers and some of our alumni contribute thin films, polymers, ultramicroscopy of contributing to ground- breaking advances to the Gradlink Mentoring programme. nanostructures, and theoretical methods). relevant to society today. Our interdisciplinary Specialised approach to research requires collaborations Our physics degrees are accredited by the Physics and Astrophysics: astrophysics topics include stellar and in Ireland and globally - an approach that Institute of Physics, the professional body for galactic structures, planetary and space influences our teaching and our students. physicists in Ireland and the UK. This opens up a pathway to become a ‘Chartered Physicist’ science and cosmology together with nuclear (CPhys). Since 2017, Trinity is also a member physics and structure, and high energy physics. of LERU, a League of European Research Nanoscience: Advanced topics include Universities in recognition of our outstanding nanoscience, condensed matter physics, education, research and innovation; specialist courses in thin films, polymers, something that you will experience ultramicroscopy of nanostructures, solid state first-hand in our physics programmes. chemistry, electrochemistry, photochemistry, all emphasising nanomaterials.

Structure of Physical Sciences All three degrees have tailored practical (TR063) programme courses developing appropriate laboratory, experimental, computational and analysis FIRST AND SECOND YEARS skills as well as participation in research- In first and second year, you will study level final year Capstone projects carried foundation topics in physics including out in a research laboratory in Trinity or classical and quantum mechanics, in another university, research institute electromagnetism, special relativity, or astrophysical observatory (e.g. US, UK, and thermodynamics through our France, Germany, China and Australia). lectures, tutorials and computational and experimental laboratory classes.

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The separate entry Theoretical Physics (TR035) degree shares this physics problem-solving approach and places an even greater emphasis on the underlying mathematical complexity of the universe. Entry into TR063 Physical Sciences will give you the opportunity to choose between degrees specialising in Physics, Physics and Astrophysics or Nanoscience. Alternatively the separate entry into TR035 Theoretical Physics would instead see you progress to a Theoretical Physics degree. Students who specialise in Physics or Physics and Astrophysics or Nanoscience in the third and fourth years enter the Physical Sciences stream (TR063) in first year. Students who wish to specialise in Nanoscience can also enter the Chemical Sciences stream (TR061).

1st Year 2nd Year 3rd and 4th Year Biological 40 Core + 40 Core + Biochemistry Microbiology Quota TR060 20 Elective 20 Elective and Botany Molecular 236 Credits Credits Biomedical Environmental Science Medicine Sciences Genetics Neuroscience Human Genetics Physiology Immunology Zoology

Chemical 40 Core + 40 Core + Chemistry Quota TR061 20 Elective 20 Elective Sciences Chemistry with Molecular Modelling 72 Credits Credits Medicinal Chemistry Nanoscience

Geography 40 Core + 40 Core + Geography Quota TR062 20 Elective 20 Elective and Geoscience Geoscience 54 Credits Credits

Physical 40 Core + 40 Core + Nanoscience Quota TR063 20 Elective 20 Elective Sciences Physics 52 Credits Credits Physics and Astrophysics

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The Trinity physics degrees are all recognised by the Institute of Physics, which is the professional body for physicists in Ireland and the UK, as qualifications for the professional title ‘Chartered Physicist’ (CPhys). Physics graduates are always in high demand in Ireland and abroad in modern high-technology industries, as well as in teaching. You may also find a career in academic institutions, government and industrial research organisations and production facilities or in the meteorological service. There are diverse opportunities in electronics, telecommunications, biophysics, hospital and health physics, automation and computing. Your degree course will give you the opportunity to acquire problem solving skills which will be valued by your future What is Physics? Physics: The course for you? employer. It could also give you useful Physics is the study of the material world and If you enjoy laboratory and computational primary training for a legal, managerial natural phenomena around us, including the work and have an interest in how or actuarial career, where a technical fundamental particles of nature and their fundamental physical theories such as background is attractive. interactions, properties of atomic nuclei, quantum mechanics and electromagnetism atoms, molecules, gases and solid matter. explain the world that we live in, then this It includes fields such as astrophysics, may be the course for you. Your degree and cosmology, and physics of materials. The what you’ll study laws of physics are the laws which govern electricity and magnetism in modern Physics @ Trinity In the first two years you study Physics devices such as mobile phones, computers, and Mathematics and one other subject. the internet, radio and television, the The Trinity Physics course includes a strong The Physics course includes topics in mechanics of aviation and space flight background in core physics subjects as well Astrophysics, Statistics, Mechanics, and the quantum mechanics underlying as courses in condensed matter physics, Thermodynamics, Electricity, Acoustics magnetic resonance imaging in medicine. semiconductor devices, metal physics and and Optics, Nuclear Physics and Quantum superconductivity. Practical aspects of the Physics. The Mathematics course includes course include lecture modules in electronics topics in Calculus, Linear Algebra, Fourier and instrumentation. Physics at Trinity offers Analysis and Mechanics. You spend Do you enjoy… you the opportunity to study with world- three hours per week in experimental or ? leading experts in the School of Physics, computational laboratories. You will learn Experimental and computational with modules designed to provide you with computer coding skills through the Python work in a variety of fields such a qualification for employment across a programming language. as condensed matter physics or range of research and industry settings. nonlinear optics? In the third year you take lecture modules in Physics and spend one day per week Finding out how big ideas, such in the experimental laboratory as well as quantum physics and relativity, as receiving training in communication shape the world we live in? and presentation skills. In the fourth year you carry out an experimental or computational Capstone research

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project during the first nine weeks of the first semester and then take lecture Study Abroad and internship modules in Physics which cover core opportunities What our graduates say Physics at a more advanced level as Dylan Scully, graduate in Physics 2016 well as approved modules. You may undertake your fourth-year Capstone project at a research institute or university “Choosing to study THIRD YEAR LECTURE MODULES in the EU or further afield, provided you Physics in Trinity Quantum Mechanics, Electromagnetism, attain a sufficient standard in the third-year was one of the best and easiest Condensed Matter Physics, Atomic and examinations. In recent years, students have decisions I’ve ever Nuclear Physics, Stellar and Galactic Structure, worked at the Information on the year abroad made. The chance programme for second or third year students, Statistical Mechanics, Dynamical Systems. to pursue a full time and a list of partner universities, can be found research project in FOURTH YEAR LECTURE MODULES at: www.tcd.ie/study/non-eu/study-abroad final year and work Quantum Physics, High Energy Physics, alongside world class Condensed Matter, Nanoscience, researchers in one of Electromagnetic Interactions, Modern Optics, Trinity’s research centres or abroad was a truly Advanced Topics in Physics. unique and enriching opportunity. Studying Physics has been both fascinating and riveting and has equipped me with the skills I’ll need no matter what direction my career takes after college.”

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during the first nine weeks of the first Physics and Astrophysics semester and then take lecture modules @ Trinity in Physics and Astrophysics which cover core Physics and Astrophysics at a more The Trinity Physics and Astrophysics course advanced level. In the fourth year you carry includes core physics subjects as well out a Capstone research project either in as specialised courses in astronomical Trinity or in a research laboratory abroad, instrumentation, spectroscopy, the solar mainly in Europe, Canada or the USA. This system, stellar evolution, supernovae, will allow you to develop your practical galaxies, interstellar matter, black holes skills in a research environment, while and cosmology. Half of the third year learning about different countries and laboratory class is devoted to learning cultures. computational data handling techniques relevant for astrophysics and the wider THIRD YEAR LECTURE MODULES world of big data. The School of Physics is Quantum Mechanics, Electromagnetic equipped with an 11” optical telescope and Interactions, Condensed Matter Physics, a 5 cm solar telescope for undergraduate Atomic and Nuclear Physics, Stellar and use in the Monck Observatory. Physics Galactic Structure, Computer Simulation, and Astrophysics at Trinity offers you the Statistical Thermodynamics and opportunity to study with world-leading Astrophysical Spectroscopy, Experimental experts in the School of Physics, with Techniques for Astrophysics. What is Astrophysics? modules designed to provide you with a flexible qualification for employment FOURTH YEAR LECTURE MODULES Since the dawn of human civilisation across a range of astrophysics research Planetary and Space Science, Cosmology, humans have gazed in wonder at the night and industrial settings. Computer Simulation, Quantum Physics, sky. Astrophysics – the exploration of our High Energy Physics, Electromagnetic solar system and the universe beyond – is Interactions, Modern Optics and Practical in still a major part of human endeavour in Your degree and Physics and Astrophysics. science. It covers everything from the sun and other stars to planets, galaxies and the what you’ll study If you would like more detailed information cosmic microwave background. on all the modules offered, see: In the first two years you study Physics www.physics.tcd.ie and Mathematics and one other subject. The Physics course includes topics in Physics and Astrophysics: Astrophysics, Statistics, Mechanics, The course for you? Thermodynamics, Electricity, Acoustics Study Abroad and internship and Optics, Nuclear Physics and Quantum opportunities If you enjoy laboratory and computational Physics. The Mathematics course includes work and have an interest in how topics in Calculus, Linear Algebra, Fourier You may undertake your fourth year fundamental physical theories can be used Analysis and Mechanics. You spend Capstone project at a research institute to explain how the universe took shape, three hours per week in experimental or or university in the EU or further afield, then this may be the course for you. computational laboratories. You will learn provided you attain a sufficient standard in computer coding skills through the Python the third year examinations. In recent years, programming language. students have worked at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in the United States and In the third year you take modules in at the European Space Agency in Madrid. Physics and Astrophysics and spend one Do you enjoy… day per week working in the computer Information on the year abroad programme ? for second or third year students, and a laboratory (first semester) or in the Learning to observe the universe list of partner universities, can be found at: using radio and optical telescopes? experimental laboratory (second semester). You also receive training in communication www.tcd.ie/study/non-eu/study-abroad Finding out how big ideas, such and presentation skills. In the fourth as quantum physics and relativity, year you carry out an experimental or shape the world we live in? computational Capstone research project

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What our graduates say Aoife McCloskey Postgraduate Student in Astrophysics and Trinity graduate in Physics and Astrophysics “I specialised in Physics and Astrophysics for my final degree, graduating in 2014. My undergraduate experience provided me with a range of invaluable skills and knowledge, such as problem-solving and coding, that have prepared me for pursuing a diverse range of scientific careers. I particularly love scientific research and am currently a PhD student with the Astrophysics Research Group at Trinity. Along with my research I also work as an educator with the Trinity Walton Club, teaching Mathematics to secondary school students. Without my undergraduate degree I would not have had these opportunities.”

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Nanoscience: Your degree and The course for you? what you’ll study

If you enjoy laboratory work and have the In the first two years you study Chemistry, desire to apply your scientific skills to the Physics and Mathematics. There are latest technologies that shape our world, tutorials on historical and modern aspects then this may be the course for you. of Nanoscience and Materials Science from leading experts based in the Schools of Physics and Chemistry. The Physics course Nanoscience @ Trinity includes topics in Astrophysics, Statistics, Mechanics, Thermodynamics, Electricity, Studying Nanoscience at Trinity offers you Acoustics and Optics, Nuclear Physics and the opportunity to learn from world-leading Quantum Physics. The Mathematics course experts based in the Schools of Physics includes topics in Calculus, Linear Algebra, and Chemistry, and in CRANN (Centre for Fourier Analysis and Mechanics. Students Research on Adaptive Nanostructures spend three hours per week in experimental What is Nanoscience? and Nano devices), which is Ireland’s or computational laboratories. You will research centre for nanoscale materials. learn transferable coding skills through Creation of new technologies and devices This degree will teach you how to use and the Python programming language. would not be possible without mastery apply principles of chemistry and physics of advanced materials at the nanoscale. to solve practical problems associated with Making devices at the nanoscale can the development of new technologies and reduce energy costs while increasing speed their application to nanoscience. or adding functionality. Nanodevices may behave in novel ways, not simply miniature versions of macroscopic devices. Nanoscience incorporates applications in energy conversion and storage, photonics, medical diagnostics, ultra-fast electronics and other areas including polymers, lasers, and optoelectronics, and industries such as electronics, telecommunications, healthcare and aerospace. Students in Nanoscience learn the basic physics and chemistry underlying these applications and how they relate to these applications and industries.

? Do you enjoy… Carrying out laboratory experiments and analysing your data?

Getting to grips with the latest research in Nanoscience and its impact on technology?

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RELATED COURSES GET IN TOUCH! TR061: Chemical Sciences Stream, page 184 A Maths/Physics Open Day is held in November TR035: Theoretical Physics, page 210 each year, see: www.tcd.ie/Physics/outreach/ open-days/

www.tcd.ie/nanoscience and www.tcd.ie/ Physics/study/prospective/undergraduate/ Twitter: @npcamtcd Email: [email protected] and/or [email protected] Tel: +353 1 896 1675 / 1726 / 2024

In the third year you spend one day per week in the Nanoscience experimental laboratory Study abroad where you are introduced to a wide range of What our graduates say You may undertake your fourth year Capstone techniques for chemical synthesis, preparation project at a research institute or university Dahnan Spurling, and characterisation of nanoscale materials. in the EU or further afield, provided you Nanoscience Graduate 2017 Some laboratory training is provided in attain a sufficient standard in the third CRANN using state of the art facilities. “I graduated with a degree in N-PCAM year examinations. Recent examples of (Nanoscience – Physics and Chemistry of laboratories where projects have taken THIRD YEAR LECTURE MODULES Advanced Materials) in 2017. After I graduated I received funding from the Irish Research Quantum Mechanics, Molecular place include the IMEC micro- and nano- Council and Intel to undertake a PhD in Prof. Thermodynamics and Kinetics, Solid State electronics research centre in Leuven, Valeria Nicolosi’s group here in CRANN. I’m Materials Chemistry, Analytical Methods, Belgium; The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California; the University of Alberta, working on the synthesis and 3D printing of Electromagnetism, Semiconductor Physics, nanomaterials for electronic devices and it is Canada, the University of Wollongong, Magnetic Materials. a project that is a wonderful mix of materials Australia, and the University of Potsdam science and engineering. A vast amount of FOURTH YEAR LECTURE MODULES in Germany. nanoscale research is carried out in Trinity and Photonics, Materials for Electronic and understanding the often-strange properties Optoelectronic devices, Computer Further information on the year abroad and interactions of nanomaterials is enabling Simulation, Materials Growth Techniques, programme for second or third year students, huge advances in the technology we rely on. Semiconductor Devices. and a list of partner universities, can be found For me, the best aspect was that Nanoscience at: www.tcd.ie/study/non-eu/study-abroad gives you a comprehensive foundation in If you would like more detailed information both physics and chemistry meaning that you on the modules offered, see:www.tcd.ie/ have the practical skills as well as theoretical nanoscience/undergraduate knowledge to continue in a near limitless array of academic and industrial fields.”

Kate Reidy, Nanoscience Graduate 2017 “If you research many of the exciting technologies or breakthroughs in the world today, I can guarantee that at least half of them are ‘nano’ related – and this is what we get to study in Nanoscience. This course has a huge emphasis on problem- solving, and I would highly recommend it to anyone who likes to question ‘how’ and ‘why’ the world works. I also love to travel so international reputation was a huge factor for me when choosing a university course. Through Trinity’s international connections I have had the chance to experience research in Russia. I am so glad that I chose Nanoscience, the opportunities are endless!”

www.tcd.ie/study 207 Mathematics

COURSE CODE TR031 Joint Honours DEGREE AWARDED B.A. (see below) DEGREE TYPE Honours Bachelor Degree PLACES 2018 40 30 NFQ Level 8 CAO POINTS 2017 566 542-577 AWARDING BODY Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin

Mathematics has the following entry options:

TR031 Single Honours Mathematics AND Joint Honours options as follows:

TR207 Economics

TR597 Modern Language* (Irish, Russian)

TR598 Music

TR599 Philosophy

* See page 96 for language options and requirements

What is Mathematics?

Mathematics is a broad and diverse subject which is used to model, analyse and understand several applications in the If you have a natural ability in mathematics physical and biological sciences, engineering, and are genuinely interested in applying Graduate skills and management science, economics and mathematical solutions to problem solving, career opportunities finance. Its numerous applications are then this course will suit you well. It is also naturally interwoven with the underlying a great start for a career in actuarial work, A degree in mathematics opens up the theory which is essential in developing finance or accounting, although these possibility of a career in a variety of one’s logical reasoning, quantitative skills will require further training. The course industries and sectors. Graduates have and problem-solving techniques. has been successful over a long period in found employment in computing, where providing diverse career opportunities for mathematics skills have immediate and many students. practical application. The financial services and internet security sectors are also common Mathematics: first destinations for graduates. Other options The course for you? include statistics, teaching, accountancy, Mathematics @ Trinity actuarial work, finance, and all areas of pure Mathematics is an excellent choice for and applied mathematics. Many of these anyone hoping to meet the demand for Trinity is justly proud of its long tradition involve further study or intensive research mathematics graduates in the job market, of excellence in mathematics. Research in leading universities including Cambridge, which values numeracy, ability in abstract interest in the School of Mathematics Oxford, Imperial College London, etc. reasoning and the skill to turn ideas into is enormously varied; ranging from the methods. abstract ideas of modern algebra and analysis to practical ideas of numerical analysis, modelling and computer Your degree and algorithms; the nature of fundamental what you’ll study particles and general relativity; non- Do you enjoy… linear systems and fluid mechanics. This The programme is designed to provide ? departmental diversity is reflected in the a broad mathematical training that will Working with numbers? specialist degree-level courses available to allow you to work in any environment that students. With an academic staff that brings requires strong numerical and logical skills. Solving practical problems? expertise and experience from many parts The modules offered can be grouped into of the world, the course aims to be world four areas: Improving your analytical skills? class, with options for study and research in a wide range of mathematical areas.

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SPECIAL ENTRY REQUIREMENTS GET IN TOUCH! Leaving Certificate H3 Mathematics www.maths.tcd.ie/undergraduate Advanced GCE (A Level) Grade B Mathematics School of Mathematics. Tel: +353 1 896 1949, RELATED COURSE Email: [email protected] TR035: Theoretical Physics, page 210 Course Director: Vladimir Dotsenko Email: [email protected]

a) Pure mathematics which explores THIRD AND FOURTH YEARS fundamental concepts and abstract Students choose their own modules and theories thus specialise in the areas they find most What our current students say interesting and appealing. There is a broad b) Applied and computational mathematics Maria Munoz Lopez which deals with practical problems selection of modules in pure mathematics, theoretical physics, statistics and computer “The programme at Trinity has given me a c) The mathematics of theoretical physics passionate and well-rounded education in science (as well as Trinity Electives during d) Statistical models and methodology mathematics. It has given me the chance to the third year). study many different areas of maths, as well The overall structure of our programme can as the possibility to study abroad in Australia and spend time working on research projects be briefly summarised as follows. Study abroad in the US. The opportunities and the high level of support have made me wish to continue FIRST AND SECOND YEARS my career in maths, and pursue a PhD at the Students take common modules in order to Students may choose to spend their University of Minnesota.” develop their skills and overall background third year to study abroad at one of our in calculus, linear and abstract algebra, and partner universities as part of an exchange programme. In particular, some of our other related subjects. Although most of the What our graduates say first and second year modules are compulsory, students have recently completed their students are also able to choose a few third year of studies at the University of Aoibheann Brady approved modules in areas such as probability, Durham (UK), Université Lille 1 (France), the “The maths degree at Trinity allowed me to statistics and theoretical physics (as well as University of California at Berkeley (USA), explore a wide range of topics, and the research Trinity Electives during the second year). McGill University (Canada) and the University programmes for undergraduates guided my of Melbourne (Australia). decision to pursue a PhD at the University of Bath. I also worked in finance during summers and after graduating, the possibilities open to me have been incredibly broad. The course had great social aspects: I have made friends for life through the Mathematical Society and was a founding member of the “Ireland for CERN” campaign – an experience not available elsewhere. The standard of courses, the opportunities, and the level of support and engagement of academic staff make choosing the degree a fantastic decision.”

Adam Keilthy “The mathematics degree in Trinity truly broadened my mathematical horizons. With such a broad range of topics available, and such positive student-staff interaction, I was inspired to pursue a PhD in Oxford. However, academia was not my only option: many of my peers pursued careers in finance, computing and industry. The courses are well designed, and the staff are engaging and dedicated to helping students. Having so many courses to choose from allows you to tailor the degree to your interests perfectly. While the work can be hard, it is extremely rewarding and so I would highly recommend maths as an option to those with an interest.”

www.tcd.ie/study 209 Theoretical Physics

DEGREE AWARDED B.A. COURSE CODE TR035 DEGREE TYPE Honours Bachelor Degree PLACES 2018 40 NFQ Level 8 CAO POINTS 2017 566 AWARDING BODY Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin

scale from the quark to the Big Bang, you renowned nanoscience institute (CRANN, What is Theoretical Physics? will be stimulated by this course. If you want the Centre for Research on Adaptive to keep a wide range of options open for Nanostructures and Nanodevices) and the Theoretical Physics explores the natural the future, you can do this in Theoretical associated advanced microscopy lab (AML). world at its most fundamental level, Physics. It consistently attracts a spirited using mathematical theories guided by and talented class that makes the most of In the School of Mathematics students will experimental investigation. For some it the Trinity experience. be taught by active researchers working in is the foundation for an academic career areas of theoretical physics, such as string in mathematics or physics. For others it theory, quantum field theory and general provides the basis for many career options Theoretical Physics @ Trinity relativity, as well as pure mathematicians. in industry, medicine, law, finance and The School of Mathematics provides its computing. Trinity provides a course Trinity is a world renowned university own computing network comprising a which ranges widely across physics and for physics and mathematics with a long dozen Linux machines acting as servers and mathematics. Its graduates are in demand tradition of excellence in teaching and about 60 workstations for undergraduates for their technical skills and versatility. research. The course offers a unique and staff. In addition, the school boasts mixture of pure and applied mathematics the finest mathematics research library in and physics courses taught by faculty with Ireland, with over sixteen thousand books Theoretical Physics: international reputations in their research and a current subscription to over one The course for you? fields. The School of Physics has excellent hundred journals. first, second and third year laboratories for Assessment for courses is through a mixture If you enjoy mathematics and seeing how teaching experimental physics. The School of laboratory reports, presentations and physical theories can be developed to of Physics is affiliated with Trinity’s world unlock the secrets of the universe on every end-of-semester exams.

First and Second Years Third Year Fourth Year

Maths „ Algebra „ Classical Field Theory and „ Quantum Field Theory „ Analysis Electrodynamics „ Differential Geometry „ Mechanics „ Quantum Mechanics „ General Relativity „ Equations of Mathematical „ Statistical Physics „ Partial Differential Equations Physics Other mathematical modules and a project option are available each year

Physics Topics in classical and modern „ Atomic and Nuclear Physics „ Condensed Matter Theory The teaching of physics is divided physics include: „ Condensed Matter Physics I „ Electron and Photon Physics into two modules (each of 10 Waves and Optics, Special and II „ High Energy Physics credits) in each of the first two Relativity, Astronomy and „ Astrophysics or Computer Optional courses are in: years and 5 credit lecture and 10 Astrophysics, Quantum Physics, Simulation „ Nanoscience credit practical/project modules Nuclear Physics, Electromagnetic „ Students also take a in the third and fourth years. Interactions, Chaos and laboratory class and „ Advanced Topics such as Complexity and Statistics. workshops to develop Green’s Functions in Physics Students also take laboratory communication skills. „ Cosmology classes, small group tutorials „ Computer Simulation and group study projects. Students undertake a computational physics Capstone project and tutorials to develop problem solving abilities.

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SPECIAL ENTRY REQUIREMENTS GET IN TOUCH! Leaving Certificate H3 In Mathematics and Physics The Math/Physics Open Day (MPOD) Advanced GCE (A Level) Grade B In Mathematics and Physics is held in November each year. www.maths.tcd.ie/Info_for_Schools/ or: RELATED COURSES www.physics.tcd.ie/outreach/open-days/ or: TR031: Mathematics, page 208 www.maths.tcd.ie www.tcd.ie/Physics TR063: Physical Sciences, page 200 Email: [email protected] or: [email protected] Tel: +353 1 896 1949 / 2019 Twitter: @TCD_physics

Graduate skills and Your degree and career opportunities what you’ll study What our graduates say

Many of our graduates proceed to PhD The course combines much of the Manya Sahni degrees in leading institutions throughout mathematics and physics curricula, including “I chose Theoretical Physics in Trinity because I the world (such as Cambridge University, several modules specifically designed with wanted the best possible understanding I could Harvard, and Imperial College London) in the Theoretical Physics programme in mind. get in university about the laws that govern our mathematics and experimental physics as The final year includes a Capstone project universe. I loved solving problems. If you go through the definitions and practice using the well as theoretical physics. Alternatively, as which is carried out working closely with theorems, it all comes together in this magical this degree provides graduates with a strong individual faculty members to develop an moment and, suddenly, you find you know how foundation in highly complex problem- original piece of research. to solve a problem. It is the most challenging solving skills as well as logical and abstract and rewarding thing I have done in my life. It thinking, a world of possibilities beckons. is worth all the work I put in to now have an The broad scientific background and skills Study abroad idea of how black holes work. I would like to that the course develops are in great demand pursue a masters or a PhD in particle physics or by employers in diverse areas, including Theoretical Physics students can spend up to quantum gravity. Theoretical Physics has given actuarial science, patent law, journalism, a year, usually the third year, of their studies me the problem-solving and analytical skills to weather forecasting, telecommunications, at a university abroad, either in Europe via research these topics.” medical physics, information technology, Erasmus exchanges or further afield via a scientific computing and teaching. considerable number of bilateral agreements between Trinity and universities ranging from the Australian National University to the University of California and New York University in the United States.

www.tcd.ie/study 211 212 Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin HEALTH. SCIENCES.

54 Clinical Speech and Language Studies 230 Nursing 214 Dentistry 230 General Nursing 214 Dental Hygiene 230 General Nursing (Adelaide) 216 Dental Nursing 230 Mental Health Nursing 218 Dental Science 230 Intellectual Disability Nursing 220 Dental Technology 230 Integrated Children’s and General Nursing 222 Dental: Orthodontic Therapy 234 Midwifery 224 Human Health and Disease 236 Occupational Therapy 226 Human Nutrition and Dietetics 238 Pharmacy 228 Medicine 240 Physiotherapy 242 Radiation Therapy

www.tcd.ie/study 213 Dental Hygiene (Diploma)

DEGREE AWARDED Diploma COURSE CODE TR802 DEGREE TYPE Diploma PLACES 2018 8 NFQ Level 7 CAO POINTS 2017 398 AWARDING BODY Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin

What is a Dental Hygienist? Dental Hygiene: Career opportunities

The dental hygienist works closely The course for you? The Diploma in Dental Hygiene conferred with other dental team members and If you have an interest in working in oral by Trinity entitles graduates to register healthcare professionals. Patients must health, and particularly preventative oral immediately after graduation as a dental first be examined by a dentist who will then health, then this course is right for you. You hygienist on the Register of the Irish Dental indicate the treatment to be carried out by will need to be able to develop good patient Council. This registration is mandatory for the dental hygienist. The dental hygienist care skills, so an empathic personality and working as a dental hygienist in Ireland. focuses on preventative oral care for both good communication skills are important. Most dental hygienists will work in general children and adults, including those with You need to be a good team player and dental practices or within the public special needs. Dental hygienists treat show initiative to achieve the best for health service. The opportunity exists to patients in the clinical setting to prevent people in your care. or control periodontal (gum) disease teach or become involved in research. The and dental decay. They also engage in opportunity to work abroad also exists oral health promotional activities with but may require you to sit some local individuals, targeted groups and other examinations in the country of choice. health care teams, providing advice and Further courses of study are available to counselling in relation to diet and lifestyle dental hygienists, including the Diploma in habits such as smoking. Orthodontic Therapy (see page 222).

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GET IN TOUCH! This is a restricted entry course. Applications must be submitted by 1 February 2019. Applicants will receive a questionnaire in March to be completed and returned to the www.tcd.ie/dental Academic Registry. Queries should be sent to [email protected]. Contact: Course Administrator, Leaving Certificate Natalie McGettigan Applicants are required to present six subjects including English, Mathematics, and one of [email protected] Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Agricultural Science or Physics/Chemistry. Tel: +353 1 612 7361 Of the six subjects presented, two must be of a standard of at least grade 4 on higher Leaving Certificate papers. The remaining four subjects must be presented to a standard of at least grade 6 on ordinary Leaving Certificate papers Mature Students Applications may also be considered from mature applicants who do not satisfy the academic entry requirements but can demonstrate appropriate experience relevant to the course. All offers of admission to this course are made subject to health screening, see health screening page 257. Students will be required to undergo Garda vetting, see page 257 for further details.

Your degree and what you’ll study

This two-year course is based in the Dublin Dental University Hospital at Trinity. It has academic, project-based and clinical components which are carried out in the Dublin Dental University Hospital, Health Services Executive and general hospital settings. Emphasis is on small-group interactive learning, health promotion projects, evidence-based learning, and clinical practice. You will be integrated with undergraduate dental science students and dental nursing students for some elements of the programme.

FIRST YEAR MODULES „ Introduction to Applied Clinical Science „ Introduction to Clinical Practice „ Clinical Practice and Health Promotion

SECOND YEAR MODULES „ Health Promotion „ Take dental radiographs „ Evidence Based Practice „ Administer local anaesthetic for dental hygiene procedures „ Clinical Practice „ Place temporary dressings and re-cement After qualifying as a dental hygienist you will crowns temporarily be able to: ASSESSMENT „ Describe the role of the dental hygienist Assessment is by a combination of written and function within a dental team in oral assessments and examinations, objective health promotion and the provision of structured clinical examination (OSCE), primary health care a community-based health education „ Plan, implement and evaluate oral project, competence tests in various clinical educational activities for groups and procedures, completion of various logbooks, individuals clinical credits demonstrating a reasonable „ Carry out procedures to measure and level of patient care, and a final written and assess the levels of oral health and oral clinical examination. hygiene „ De-bride and polish the teeth „ Place fissure sealants „ Apply fluoride-containing preparations and desensitising agents to the teeth „ Recognise abnormalities in the mouth and inform the dentist

www.tcd.ie/study 215 Dental Nursing (Diploma)

DEGREE AWARDED Diploma COURSE CODE TR801 DEGREE TYPE Diploma PLACES 2018 25 NFQ Level 7 CAO POINTS 2017 346 AWARDING BODY Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin

Through the course, you will be able to What is a Dental Nurse? Dental Nursing: develop good patient skills and learn to communicate effectively in a healthcare The dental nurse plays an important role The course for you? environment. in the organisation and management of If you have an interest in working as part of a the dental practice, assists the dentist in all dental team in the delivery of oral healthcare aspects of patient treatment and plays a and have a caring and understanding vital role in patient care. The main duties of disposition, this may be the course for you. Dental Nursing @ Trinity a dental nurse include infection prevention This two-year course is based in the Dublin and control, chair-side assistance, Skills required of students considering Dental University Hospital beside Trinity’s preparation and maintenance of the dental dental nursing include communication campus. Clinical facilities are of a very high surgery and patient care. and organisation skills, the ability to use standard and class sizes are small, so that initiative, and the ability and willingness students receive considerable staff input into This course gives you the skills and practical to work closely with the dental team in their progress throughout the programme. competence needed to work in a dental providing support and assistance during The course is very practical throughout, surgery. You will learn about the day-to-day the provision of dental treatment. The allowing students to progressively develop running of a dental practice and acquire the dental nurse may also be involved with the practical clinical skills. Graduates of the qualifications for entry to the Dental Council administration of the dental surgery. Voluntary Register of Dental Nurses. Trinity School of Dental Science and Dublin Dental University Hospital (DDUH) are highly sought after due to the extensive clinical exposure obtained during this programme.

Career opportunities

As a graduate of Dental Nursing, you will be able to find work in a variety of working environments, including dental hospitals and Health Service Executive dental clinics, as well as in general and specialist dental practices. Depending on the work setting, advancement in the field may include senior dental nurse, clinic nurse manager, practice manager, marketing representatives for relevant companies, dental nurse tutor, course co-ordinator, lecturer in dental nursing, and the area of health promotion.

Further courses of study are available to dental nurses, including the Diploma in Orthodontic Therapy (See page 222).

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GET IN TOUCH! Leaving Certificate Applicants are required to present six subjects including English, Mathematics, and one of Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Agricultural Science or Physics/Chemistry. www.tcd.ie/dental Of the six subjects presented, two must be of a standard of at least grade 4 on ordinary Contact the Dental Nurse Tutor, Leaving Certificate papers. The remaining four subjects must be presented to a standard Ms Karen Dineen of at least grade 6 on ordinary Leaving Certificate papers. Mr. Sean Phelan Mature Students Email: [email protected] Applications may also be considered from mature applicants who do not satisfy the academic Tel: +353 1 612 7238/7341 entry requirements but can demonstrate appropriate experience relevant to the course. Students will be required to undergo Garda vetting, see page 257 for further details.

In the second year of the programme, the SECOND YEAR MODULES Your degree and students will have the opportunity to work „ Clinical Dentistry III, Practice what you’ll study with various dental clinicians in a wide Management and Health Psychology variety of disciplines. Clinical experiences will „ Clinical Placements II The Diploma in Dental Nursing course be gained within the DDUH environment, „ Case Study is divided into practical and academic external institutions and private practices. components. Both academic teaching and ASSESSMENT practical clinical experience are gained FIRST YEAR MODULES First year is assessed by written examinations, at the Dublin Dental University Hospital „ Microbiology and Pathology (DDUH) at Trinity. practical examinations, continuous clinical „ Physiology and Medical Emergencies: assessment and an oral presentation. Clinical Dentistry I Dental Nursing students attend DDUH from Monday to Friday, from 8.30am to 5pm, but „ Anatomy, Public Oral Health and Social Second year is assessed by written there will be opportunities to enjoy university Concepts in Dentistry examinations, objective structured clinical examination (OSCE), a portfolio of clinical life at various times during the week. The first „ Clinical Dentistry II and Computer Skills experience, case study written report and year will be a combination of lectures and „ Clinical Placements I clinical practice, which will provide students an oral presentation. with a variety of learning opportunities.

www.tcd.ie/study 217 Dental Science

DEGREE AWARDED B.Dent.Sc. COURSE CODE TR052 DEGREE TYPE Honours Bachelor Degree PLACES 2018 32 NFQ Level 8 CAO POINTS 2017 589 AWARDING BODY Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin

own patients (under supervision) in the What is Dental Science? second year. By the fifth year students are Your degree and expected to have completed a wide range Dental Science is the study of the oral what you’ll study of treatments similar to those provided in cavity and the diseases associated with general dental practice. Graduates of the The curriculum is largely delivered in a oral tissues. This five-year programme Trinity School of Dental Science and Dublin problem-based learning (PBL) format, is designed to ensure that graduates can Dental University Hospital are highly sought which aims to provide you with the skills safely and effectively deliver the full range of after due to the extensive clinical exposure to continuously evaluate and update your primary dental care, including prevention, obtained during the programme. knowledge and clinical practice throughout diagnosis and treatment of oral and dental your professional career. PBL is designed diseases. Treatment involves areas such to encourage students to study subjects as the restoration of damaged teeth, the in an integrated manner and within a correction of irregularities, the replacement Graduate skills and context relevant to clinical cases. PBL of missing teeth and surgical procedures career opportunities also encourages students to engage in such as the removal of teeth. In recent years, self-directed learning and aims to provide Graduates of the Dental Science programme there has been an exponential advance graduates with the skills necessary for in Trinity are widely recognised for their in dental science with greater emphasis life-long learning, which is a requirement clinical experience and are highly sought on preventing disease as well as the for all health care professionals. Lectures, after. Graduates are clinically competent, development of new, minimally invasive demonstrations, simulations, audio-visual have good communication skills and are methods and materials for restoring teeth. and e-learning opportunities are also well prepared for life-long learning. There provided. is a wide range of career options open Dental Science: to newly qualified dentists, from general From second year onwards, you will provide dental practice providing both state-funded The course for you? patient care in the clinic under the strict or private dental care, or in the salaried supervision of qualified dental staff. public dental service. Many graduates If you have an ability to build caring and choose to continue their education, professional relationships with patients, FIRST YEAR MODULES specialising in one area within dentistry. Personal and Professional Development, co-workers and the wider community and if Dentistry gives scope to work and travel Human Biology I, Physical Science. During oral healthcare and its impact on individuals worldwide. Citizens of the EU who graduate the second semester, you will begin interests you, then Dental Science is right from an EU dental school may practice observing on the clinic. for you. You should also enjoy undertaking anywhere in the EU and there is currently physically and mentally demanding clinical demand for dentists all over Europe. SECOND YEAR MODULES practice, which requires considerable Basic Dental Care, Human Biology II, Oral attention to detail with small margins for Biology and Introduction to Pathology, error. The course is long (five years) and Public Dental Health. intense, requiring stamina and commitment. Your degree and professional practice (B.A., B.Dent.Sc) In second year, you will develop particular communication skills, learning how to Dental Science @ Trinity The Bachelor of Dental Science (B.Dent.Sc) interpret and explain clinical signs and conferred by Trinity entitles EU citizens to symptoms of systemic and oral disease This course is based in the Dublin Dental register as a dentist on the Register of the with particular reference to dental practice, University Hospital situated on the Trinity Dental Council of Ireland and they may also and begin to practice the clinical skills College campus. Clinical facilities are of a register with the regulatory bodies of other necessary for the treatment of patients. very high standard, emphasising the use countries in the EU. Clinical training begins half way through of information technology. Class sizes second year with students learning the vital Graduates wishing to practice in countries are small, to ensure that students receive basic skills of history taking, examination outside the EU may be required to pass considerable staff input into their progress and diagnosis and will start providing very specified examinations. However, there is throughout the programme. Much of the simple treatments for patients. teaching is delivered through Problem-Based a mutual recognition agreement between Learning and there is lots of hands-on clinical Ireland and Canada whereby Irish dental experience treating patients. Students are graduates may practice dentistry in introduced to clinical practice in first year as Canada without the necessity to complete observers and they commence treating their additional study.

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SPECIAL ENTRY REQUIREMENTS GET IN TOUCH! Leaving Certificate H3 + H4 In two of: Physics, Chemistry, Biology or Physics/ Chemistry www.tcd.ie/dental If you do not have a qualification in Physics you Email: [email protected] must present Mathematics at O5/H6 or better Tel: +353 1 612 7316 / +353 1 896 7301 Advanced GCE (A Level) Grade B + In two of: Physics, Chemistry or Biology Grade C If you do not have a qualification in Physics you must present GCSE Mathematics at grade B or better

Combinations of subjects not permitted: Physics/Chemistry with Physics or Chemistry All offers of admission to this course are made subject to health screening, see health screening page 257. Students will be required to undergo Garda vetting, see page 257 for further details. NOTE: All students are required to purchase a dental instrument kit during Year 2 of the programme. The approximate cost of this is €3,000. What our students say Jill Mc Ternan, Dental Science graduate 2017 As a final year student, I am so glad that I chose to study Dental Science in Trinity. Studying in Trinity has allowed me to make friends from all over the world and to learn from leading figures in the dental field. I have received an excellent education while still being able to partake in everything Trinity has to offer. Training combines both theory and practical learning with clinical training beginning in the second year. Students are taught to provide the highest level of dental care to their patients with little room for error. During your training there are opportunities for travel including Erasmus and volunteering abroad. In my fourth year, I volunteered in a Kenyan hospital providing much-needed dental care and education to local communities, which was both eye-opening THIRD YEAR MODULES In keeping with the PBL-style curriculum, a and heart-warming experience. Clinical Medical Sciences, Fixed and wide variety of assessment methods are used Despite the heavy work load, I am glad I chose Removable Prosthodontics, Comprehensive in all years. There are end-of-term integrated Trinity for my undergraduate education as Patient Care I. written assessments, practical tests, skills tests Dental Science graduates are highly sought of competence, clinical examinations, written after in terms of employment due to our FOURTH YEAR MODULES reports and oral/verbal presentations. The extensive clinical education. Comprehensive Patient Care II; Advanced written assessments include short essays, short Paul Sexton, Final Year Dental Science Restorative Dentistry I, Child Dental Health; answer and multiple choice type questions. Oral Medicine, Oral Surgery and Oral student 2017 Pathology I; Public Dental Health. As a Doctor training in the specialty of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery. Making the decision to FIFTH YEAR MODULES Study abroad return to the world of undergraduate study Comprehensive Patient Care III, Advanced was a difficult one. For one to summarise four Students in fourth year may participate of the most important years of my surgical Restorative Dentistry II, Public and Child in English-speaking Erasmus exchange career to date is not easy. What I will say is that Dental Health, Oral Medicine, Oral Surgery and programmes with dental schools in Norway, when it comes to studying at Dublin Dental Oral Pathology II, Evidence-Based Dentistry. Sweden or the UK. Between the fourth and school I made the right choice. The Dublin fifth year, some students undertake voluntary Dental Hospital’s staff at every level within During years 3 to 5, you will be encouraged to the organisation exhibited an exceptional placements in a wide variety of international undertake the management of oral health and commitment and attention to detail in the disease in your own patients is based on the locations. delivery of the dental curriculum. I can not best available scientific evidence. In tandem thank the staff enough for their help and with this, you will also need an awareness of guidance throughout my time at the hospital. general healthcare issues for individuals and Every year the hospital strives for the highest of standards and with that I can honestly say communities. In these three years, you will I leave the hospital with undoubtedly a great provide more complex patient care. education and solid foundations on which I can build my future surgical career”.

www.tcd.ie/study 219 Dental Technology (Ordinary Degree)

DEGREE AWARDED B.Dent.Tech. COURSE CODE TR803 DEGREE TYPE Ordinary Degree PLACES 2018 6 NFQ Level 7 CAO POINTS 2017 363 AWARDING BODY Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin

Graduate skills and career opportunities

This course provides students with a well-rounded education in all aspects of dental technology whilst also challenging their ability to problem-solve. A Dental Technology degree provides the best foundation for the aspiring dental technician who may progress to work in a laboratory or be self-employed. Dental Technology offers the scope to work and travel abroad. The Dublin Dental University Hospital has recently introduced a Postgraduate Diploma in Clinical Dental Technology; one of the prerequisites to securing a place on this course is a qualification in Dental Technology.

Your degree and what you’ll study

Dental Technology at Trinity is a three- simultaneously creatively minded then year ordinary degree programme. Most What is a Dental Technician? dental technology may be for you. A good of the teaching takes place in the Dublin background in basic sciences and a flair Dental University Hospital (DDUH). The Dental technicians work in a laboratory which for art or good manual dexterity skills are main aim of the course is to educate and is usually remote from the dental clinic. essential to becoming an excellent dental train students to become part of the dental Dental technicians work to the prescription technician. Dental technology also requires team for the planning, designing and of a dentist; they perform the laboratory precise and scientific expression therefore, fabrication of intra-oral appliances. Dental aspects of dentistry – fabricating crowns and good writing skills are important. Technology is divided into four main areas bridges, dentures, implants, maxillofacial – fixed prosthodontics, complete denture and orthodontic appliances, which are technology, removable denture technology intended for use by the patient. Dental Dental Technology @ Trinity and orthodontic technology. In the first and technicians have good manual dexterity second years, a Dental Technology student skills and are required to work with different Trinity College, Dublin is the only university will spend much of their time (6-8 x 3 hour materials for the fabrication of the various in Ireland offering a degree in Dental sessions per week) in the DDUH teaching appliances. Dental technology is a changing Technology. The course is based in the laboratory. The course is very much hands- field, with more emphasis on the use of CAD Dublin Dental University Hospital, on on right from the start. Student numbers are (Computer Aided Design)/CAM (Computer the Trinity campus, with state of the art small (6), which facilitates practical training Aided Manufacturing) in the laboratory. facilities, including Computer Aided Design of this nature. There is a strong emphasis (CAD) and Computer Aided Manufacturing on student integration with Dental Science (CAM) of dental appliances in close students and some modules are integrated Dental Technology: proximity to the clinical environment. accordingly. The course for you? Class sizes are small, ensuring that students receive considerable staff contact and The study of dental technology will appeal the staff are actively involved in student to you if you are interested in science and progress throughout the programme. art, combined with working in a team. If you have an interest in oral health and are

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This is a restricted entry course. Applications must be submitted by 1 February 2019. www.tcd.ie/dental Applicants will receive a questionnaire in March to be completed and returned. Contact: Course Administrator, Leaving Certificate Natalie McGettigan Applicants are required to present six subjects including English, Mathematics, and one of Email: [email protected] Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Agricultural Science or Physics/Chemistry. Tel: +353 1 612 7361 Of the six subjects presented, two must be of a standard of at least grade 4 on ordinary Leaving Certificate papers. The remaining four subjects must be presented to a standard of at least grade 6 on ordinary Leaving Certificate papers. Mature Students Applications may also be considered from mature applicants who do not satisfy the academic entry requirements but can demonstrate appropriate experience relevant to the course. Note: Students are required to purchase an instrument kit which costs approximately €650, this should strictly be paid for within 1 month of starting the course.

In the third year, students are assigned to the production laboratory for experience in providing a service to patients and clinicians. This offers a competitive advantage over graduates from many other universities. Liaison with the Dental Science students and clinical staff is encouraged and students are advised to attend in the clinic to observe their completed work in situ. There is the opportunity for students to be placed in external laboratories and there is a possibility of Erasmus exchange in this year too. Students will be busy throughout the year preparing a dissertation, which is presented at the end of the year in addition to a case portfolio of the practical work which the student has carried out over the course of the year.

FIRST YEAR „ Fixed Prosthodontic Technology and Occlusion and Function „ Complete and Removable Partial Denture Technology „ Orthodontic Technology „ Physics „ Chemistry

SECOND YEAR „ Fixed Prosthodontic Technology „ Complete Denture Technology „ Orthodontic Technology „ Removable Partial Denture Technology „ Materials Science „ Business Studies

THIRD YEAR „ Fixed Prosthodontic Technology „ Complete Denture and Removable Partial Denture Technology „ Orthodontic Technology „ Dissertation

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www.tcd.ie/study 221 Orthodontic Therapy (Professional Diploma)

DEGREE AWARDED Professional Diploma DEGREE TYPE Higher Diploma NFQ Level 8 PLACES 2018 8 AWARDING BODY Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin

What is an Orthodontic Orthodontic Therapy Your degree and Therapist? @ Trinity what you’ll study

Orthodontic therapists are registered dental This course is based in the Dublin Dental The course covers the following modules healthcare professionals who carry out University Hospital beside Trinity’s campus. delivered over 12 months: certain parts of orthodontic treatment. Clinical facilities are of a very high standard. These are treatments which may only Class sizes are small, so that students Professional Development, Biomedical be carried out under the supervision of receive considerable staff input into their Sciences, Principles of Orthodontics, a dentist registered in the orthodontic progress throughout the programme. Orthodontic Records, Communication and division of the Register of Dental Specialists. The course is very practical throughout, Patient Motivation, Removable Orthodontic The orthodontist examines the patient allowing students to progressively develop Appliances, Fixed Orthodontic Appliances. and indicates to the orthodontic therapist practical clinical skills. Graduates of the Assessment: Students are required to the course of treatment to be provided. All Trinity School of Dental Science and Dublin complete a portfolio of experience which dental work carried out by the orthodontic Dental University Hospital are highly sought includes; therapist must be inspected and approved after due to the extensive clinical exposure by the orthodontist. obtained during this programme. (A) a clinical logbook, two case presentations and five interim tests/ assignments, and three written Orthodontic Therapy: Career opportunities examinations The course for you? (B) a final examination which consists of The Professional Diploma in Orthodontic a clinical case, an oral examination, a If you are a qualified dental hygienist or Therapy conferred by Trinity entitles written examination and an OSCE. dental nurse, currently registered with the graduates to register immediately after Dental Council and with at least two years’ graduation as an orthodontic therapist on workplace experience in an orthodontic the Register of the Irish Dental Council. practice or a public health orthodontic Most orthodontic therapists work in clinic, then this could be the course for specialist orthodontic practices or within you. You should be highly motivated, with specialist orthodontic units/departments in excellent manual dexterity, a willingness to the public health service. The opportunity learn and good communication skills. You exists to teach or become involved in also need the written support of a qualified research. The opportunity to work abroad orthodontist trainer. also exists, but may require you to sit some local examinations in the country of choice.

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Check Dental School website in early January for course information and how to apply: GET IN TOUCH! See: www.tcd.ie/dental www.tcd.ie/dental Applicants must satisfy the following prerequisites: Contact: Course Administrator: „ Dental Hygiene or Dental Nursing qualification Natalie McGettigan „ Current registration with the Dental Council Email: [email protected] „ Professional indemnity insurance Tel: +353 1 612 7361 „ Negative HBsAg and Hepatitis C antibody test result „ Garda (Police) vetting „ Current BLS certificate „ IELTS 7 in all domains

Candidates must have at least two years’ full-time workplace experience in a private orthodontic practice or a public health orthodontic clinic and be registered with the Dental Council. Written support from a suitably qualified orthodontist trainer, registered with the Dental Council, is required. The Orthodontist trainer is required to attend for interview alongside their applicant. Trainers must attend a ‘Training the Trainers’ course prior to the start of the Diploma. All offers of admission to this course are made subject to health screening. Students will be required to undergo Garda vetting, see page 257 for further details.

www.tcd.ie/study 223 Human Health and Disease

DEGREE AWARDED B.Sc. COURSE CODE TR056 DEGREE TYPE Honours Bachelor Degree PLACES 2018 35 NFQ Level 8 CAO POINTS 2017 532 AWARDING BODY Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin

Graduates of Human Health and Disease What is Human Health Human Health and Disease are well-placed to pursue postgraduate and Disease? @ Trinity M.Sc. degrees in a wide range of biomedical sciences, PhD research leading to careers in The Human Health and Disease degree This is a programme of multidisciplinary biomedical research, and for graduate entry trains students for work in the field of study and training in basic and applied to study Medicine. Career prospects also biomedical research. biomedical science provided by the School include employment in the pharmaceutical of Medicine in partnership with the School and biotechnology industry and in health It brings to life the fascinating connections of Biochemistry and Immunology, with promotion, education and policy. between structure and function in the collaborators from across Trinity and beyond. human body and explores the health and The majority of classes take place in the disease continuum in detail, including excellent teaching and laboratory facilities in teaching on how medical therapies act Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute and in Your degree and to treat or even prevent disease. As an final year, students will conduct a research what you’ll study example, understanding brain structure and project in an academic research laboratory The degree is structured around three biochemistry allows us to appreciate how in this institute, on main campus, in one of main interconnecting themes, namely: 1) neurons communicate and this in turn is the affiliated teaching hospitals or at one of Basic human biology 2) Applied biomedical helping biomedical researchers and clinicians our Erasmus partner institutions. to identify new and effective ways to treat science and 3) Transferable skills and Trinity and prevent diseases such as dementia. graduate attributes.

A central feature of the learning experience Graduate skills and FIRST AND SECOND YEARS is the development of a core set of real-life, career opportunities You will study the structure and function transferable skills in the following areas: of the human body from a ‘molecule to laboratory technique, group project work, data The course emphasises the crucial links man’ perspective through lectures, tutorials analysis, public presentation, report writing, between the basic and applied biomedical and laboratory classes in cell biology, research methodology and critical thinking. sciences and addresses how advances in biochemistry, physiology and anatomy both are translated into improvements in (including dissection). Modules based on patient care and the health of the wider critical thinking, problem-based learning, Human Health and Disease: population. The skills developed during presentation skills and research and statistics this course make graduates ideally suited will further contribute to the development The course for you? to a broad range of career opportunities. of a core skill set, as outlined above. This course will suit you if you are interested in human biology and want to gain an in-depth, scientific understanding of the structure and function of the human body in health; the signs and symptoms of disease; the molecular basis of disease and cutting edge therapeutics in treating disease. Biomedical research is a fast-paced discipline and our course delivers an up-to-date appreciation of current knowledge in this field and encourages students to foster their analytical study skills and critical thinking to keep up to date with the latest developments.

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SPECIAL ENTRY REQUIREMENTS GET IN TOUCH! Leaving Certificate H4 Biology www.tcd.ie/medicine/physiology/ H4 In one of Physics, Chemistry, Physics/Chemistry undergraduate/HHD/ Advanced GCE (A Level) Grade C Biology Grade C In one of Physics, Chemistry

What are graduates say Hannah Prendeville - 2017 graduate. “Though I have recently begun my career as a research scientist, I had not set out to follow this path when I was sitting my Leaving Cert. I chose to study Human Health and Disease because of its interdisciplinary nature, to gain an understanding of a broad range of scientific themes and to inspire and direct me to where I am today. Looking back, I can appreciate how this course has helped me further my career, but would also look impressive to employers in a variety of sectors. For me, the research project provided invaluable laboratory experience but also taught me transferrable skills in presentations, statistical analysis and project management which gives its graduates that advantage to succeed in many professions. THIRD AND FOURTH YEARS ASSESSMENT The Human Health and Disease B.Sc. ignited In the third and fourth years, a combination Individual and group-based continuous my excitement for scientific research, and as a current PhD research student, I can confidently of modules which cover the nature, assessment of laboratory work, group project say that it appropriately equipped me to classification, diagnosis, prevention and work and scientific writing skills accompanies succeed in a research career.” treatment of disease are taken. Disease is end-of-year examinations. considered from the basic molecular level through to its context in society in terms of research and public health priorities and Study abroad correlates. Delivery of clinically focused material by specialist clinicians is included. The Human Health and Disease degree programme has formal Erasmus exchange As a fourth-year student, you will undertake agreements with the Biomedicine Bachelor’s advanced modules on the molecular basis programmes at the prestigious Karolinska of disease and cutting-edge advances in Insititutet in Stockholm, Sweden, and the biomedical science. A major component of University of Gottingen in Germany and the fourth year will be a comprehensive students can, on a competitive basis, avail of laboratory-based project in biomedical the opportunity to complete their final year research supervised by leading researchers project in a leading international laboratory in Trinity and its affiliated teaching hospitals in either Stockholm or Gottingen. in Dublin. Students may apply for selection via a competitive process to undertake this project at an ERASMUS partner institute. Project topics are varied and include, to name but a few, cancer biology, neuroscience, tissue engineering, gastrointestinal disorders, autoimmune disease, epidemiology and public health research.

www.tcd.ie/study 225 Human Nutrition and Dietetics DEGREE AWARDED B.Sc. (Hum.Nut. and Diet.) DEGREE TYPE Honours Bachelor Degree NFQ Level 8 COURSE CODE DT223 AWARDING BODY Joint Degree: Trinity College Dublin and CAO POINTS 2017 554 Dublin Institute of Technology

FIRST AND SECOND YEARS What is Human Nutrition Human Nutrition and During the first and second years you will and Dietetics? Dietetics: The course for you? develop a broad understanding of the relevant pre-clinical subjects. You will study: This four-year full-time course is run jointly It is important that students on this clinical chemistry, physiology, biochemistry, by the Dublin Institute of Technology (DIT). programme have a strong interest in science microbiology/immunology, food studies, Students are registered in both institutions subjects and the relationship between food nutrition science, nutrition through the and have access to all services across the and health. Students should also be willing life cycle, communications, behavioural two institutions. The course provides an to work in a hospital environment and have science, research methodology and integrated education on the science of good interpersonal skills. The course will statistics, and professional practice studies. nutrition and practice of dietetics and their place considerable demands on students’ application to human health and well- time, particularly when clinical placement THIRD AND FOURTH YEARS being. is ongoing. In the third and fourth years, foundation subjects are strengthened (research On successful completion, the B.Sc. methods), specialist subjects are introduced (honours) degree in Human Nutrition Graduate skills and (management, epidemiology, medicine and Dietetics is awarded jointly by Trinity career opportunities and therapeutics, medical science) and the and DIT. Nutrition is a branch of science degree subjects studied to an advanced devoted to the study of nutrients. It spans a When you graduate, you will be well placed level (nutrition, dietetics). You will undertake broad-ranging area, overlapping with many to find work as a dietitian in a hospital or in a three-month research project in fourth other disciplines including biochemistry, the community. You will also be qualified year, with the option to carry this out in a physiology, cell biology, dietetics, medicine, to work in a food company or in clinical partner European or American university. communications and public health. nutrition product sales and marketing. Dietetics is the application of our knowledge Some of our graduates have also chosen CLINICAL PLACEMENTS of food and nutrition to promote health, academic careers in research or education. To become a registered dietitian, students prevent disease and contribute to the must successfully complete 3 clinical management of disease. placements. Students go on placement in Year 1, Year 2 and Year 4 of the programme, This course is the only undergraduate Your degree and and placements range in duration from programme leading to a qualification in what you’ll study 4 weeks to 14 weeks. All placements take dietetics in the Republic of Ireland. The place in hospitals and primary care centres degree is recognised by the Irish Nutrition The modules in this course enable the across the country, and relocation on the and Dietetic Institute (INDI), the British acquisition of scientific knowledge relevant part of the student may be required to Dietetic Association (BDA) and The Nutrition to human nutrition and dietetics, the complete placement. Society. development of analytical and critical thinking, and the integration of theory into ASSESSMENT practice. This programme also develops End-of-year written examinations, together the ability of students to work and with continuous assessment of course work, communicate with others in an ethical and practical work and assignments make up adaptable manner, and to foster their skills the assessment process. Oral examinations in research and development. are conducted in some subjects. Continuous assessments are carried out during clinical placements. You will also write a thesis to report the results of your final-year research project, and present and defend this in an oral presentation.

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SPECIAL ENTRY REQUIREMENTS GET IN TOUCH! This is a joint course between Trinity and the Dublin Institute of Technology (DIT). For full details of admission requirements contact the DIT. www.medicine.tcd.ie/nutrition-dietetics Students are required to undergo Garda vetting and health screening before clinical www.dietitian.ie placements can proceed. Additional general information about nutrition Application Procedure and dietetics can also be obtained from: In addition to standard CAO applications, mature entry applications are considered. Further The Irish Nutrition and Dietetic Institute details are available from: (www.indi.ie); The Nutrition Society The Admissions Office (www.nutritionsociety.org); Dublin Institute of Technology CORU (www.coru.ie) 143-149 Lower Rathmines Road, Dublin 6 Tel: +353 1 402 3445 | Fax: +353 1 402 3399 Email: [email protected] | Website: www.dit.ie/study Applications from international non-EU students should be directed to: The International Student Office Dublin Institute of Technology 143-149 Lower Rathmines Road, Dublin 6 Website: www.dit.ie/international/

www.tcd.ie/study 227 Medicine DEGREES AWARDED M.B. (Bachelor in Medicine), B.Ch. (Bachelor in Surgery) and B.A.O. (Bachelor in Obstetrics). COURSE CODE TR051 DEGREE TYPE Honours Bachelor Degree PLACES 2018 121 NFQ Level 8 CAO POINTS 2017 731 AWARDING BODY Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin

The major characteristics of medicine at Self-directed learning and use of e-learning What is Medicine? Trinity are: are encouraged throughout the course. The majority of the teaching in first and second Medicine is a unique course in that students „ Integration of scientific and clinical year takes place at the School of Medicine, study a broad range of subjects with the material and delivery in context Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute at the overarching objective of understanding „ Clinical contact from the first year of the main University campus, with the remainder the science and practice of healing. In programme in the hospital setting. Third year combines today’s world, medicine and the practice „ the taught course programme and an of healthcare are constantly evolving as Research module in second year extensive hospital placement programme in new knowledge and therapies emerge to „ Continuous review and revision of the order to advance and integrate clinical skills. maintain and restore health through the assessment programme to ensure prevention and treatment of illness. Each day alignment with the stated outcomes and MEDICAL MODERATORSHIP AND brings a new patient with new challenges. course content INTERCALATED M.SC. IN BIOMEDICAL „ Recognition of the patient as an active SCIENCES partner On successful completion of the third year, Medicine: The course for you? „ Prioritisation of personal and you may be permitted to take a year out professional development from the medical course to undertake a The medical programme at Trinity is moderatorship in science in an approved a challenging but highly rewarding „ Excellent library facilities on the Trinity subject. This is subject to the availability of experience. A student wishing to study campus and on both of the major places and the agreement of the head of medicine requires an enquiring mind, the teaching hospital sites. department concerned. An intercalated M.Sc. capacity to acquire and maintain high in Biomedical Sciences is also available to levels of knowledge, the ability to develop medical students who successfully gain a 1st effective communication skills in order to Graduate skills and or 2:1 in year 3 modules. The M.Sc. is a one- respond to the health needs of individuals, career opportunities year full-time programme and the following families and communities and an interest in tracks are currently offered: Molecular improving healthcare at all levels. As a doctor, you will have plenty of options Medicine, Neuroscience, Bioengineering, to choose from when it comes to making Translational Oncology, Healthcare Infection a decision about your career. In Ireland, Management and Immunology. Both many graduates wait until their year as an Medicine @ Trinity courses offer students the opportunity to intern is complete before committing to one gain experience in scientific research if you The School of Medicine at Trinity was area over another. Some then enter general are interested in the possibility of a career founded in 1711 and has played a central practice, while many more continue their in academic medicine. role in the golden age of Irish medicine. training as a general physician or surgeon, or Today, it is an international leader in in a related specialist field. Alternatively, you FOURTH AND FIFTH YEARS biomedical research and education, and might, as others have done, prefer to work During these two years the emphasis is is ranked in the top 100 universities in the in an area such as hospital management, or on continuous enhancement of the skills world for Medicine (QS World University make research your priority by opting for a and attitudes acquired in the first three Rankings 2018/19). career in academic medicine. years of the course. There is, of course, acquisition of important new knowledge The relatively small size of our School allows and most of this is achieved through staff to get to know students individually in a Your degree and interaction with a wide range of consultants highly supportive educational environment. and mentors both on the wards and at Student engagement is encouraged from the what you’ll study various hospital conferences. The student outset and this provides a firm foundation FIRST, SECOND AND THIRD YEARS becomes an integrated member of each for a life-time of practice and learning in Students study the biomedical sciences to team to which he/she is attached and is medicine. create an understanding of the knowledge expected to participate fully in all aspects of Students of medicine at Trinity will follow a underlying medicine and begin clinical that team’s activities. This expectation will science in the first term through the Family inevitably involve some early morning and five-year programme. Following graduation you are required to spend one year as an Case Study. Teaching is a combination of late evening work. The majority of hospital Intern in an approved post before becoming Problem Based Learning (PBL) in the first attachments take place in St. James’s a fully registered medical practitioner. year, small group teaching (12-14 students), Hospital and Tallaght Hospital, Dublin; lectures and practical demonstrations. however, some training also takes place in

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This is a restricted entry course. GET IN TOUCH! Applications MUST be made online via: www.cao.ie not later than 1 February 2019. www.medicine.tcd.ie Applicants must also register for the HPAT-Ireland admission test by 20 January 2019 (via: www.hpat-ireland.acer.edu.au). Email: [email protected] Students must achieve all grades required for minimum entry requirements and course Tel: +353 1 896 1075 requirements in ONE SITTING of their Leaving Certificate/Matriculation/Advanced GCE (A Level) examinations. See note 3B (page 260) for further details.

SPECIAL ENTRY REQUIREMENTS Leaving Certificate H3 + H4 In two of Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Physics/ Chemistry or Agricultural Science If you do not have a qualification in Physics you must present Mathematics at O3/H6 or better Advanced GCE (A Level) Grade B + In two of Physics, Chemistry or Biology Grade C If you do not have a qualification in Physics you must present GCSE Mathematics at grade B or better What our students say Combinations of subjects not permitted: Physics/Chemistry with Physics or Chemistry Ralph Hurley O’Dwyer Agricultural Science with Biology “When I was filling See page 257 for vaccination requirements with regard to Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C and out my CAO form Tuberculosis. in sixth year I never Students will be required to undergo Garda vetting, see page 257 for further details. imagined the range of experiences Note: Students will need to purchase a stethoscope (€60+), while students on placements outside Dublin will have additional travel and accommodation costs. and opportunities studying Medicine in Trinity would offer me. Medicine in Trinity has given me regional hospitals around Ireland, in hospitals a broad, stimulating dedicated to particular areas of medicine Study abroad education as well as the chance to get to know and in general practices associated with the people from all over the world. The School of Medicine has a strong School. international network and students have the I was lucky enough to spend an Erasmus year studying Medicine through French in Nantes, opportunity to gain experience overseas as Further detailed information in relation to France. Having the chance to work in French part of the electives programme. Students the curriculum is available at: www.tcd.ie/ hospitals and experience life as a French are required to complete clinical electives medicine/ug-med/ medical student for a year was an incredible totalling 12 weeks by the final medical opportunity. I hope to use the skills I gained in TEACHING HOSPITALS year and these can be undertaken in a France in the future in global health work.” Trinity’s two main general teaching hospitals, hospital, clinic or research laboratory of the St. James’s Hospital and Tallaght Hospital, student’s choice at home or abroad. The are up-to-date tertiary level hospitals. They School has extensive elective links which have several specialist units. Specialist include Columbia University (New York, NY), affiliated hospitals include: Georgetown University (Washington, DC), University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA), Blackrock Clinic, Coombe Women and Infants Northwestern University (Chicago, IL), Johns University Hospital, Hermitage Medical Hopkins University (Baltimore, MD), University Clinic, Naas General Hospital, National of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (Champaign, Rehabilitation Hospital, Noble’s Hospital, IL), National University of Singapore and Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital (Crumlin), Our American University of Beirut Medical Centre. Lady’s Hospice and Care Services (Harold’s Cross and Blackrock), Peamount Hospital, There is also an opportunity to undertake a Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital and St. one-year Erasmus exchange at the University Patrick’s University Hospital. of Nantes, France during the third medical year.

ASSESSMENT The assessment structure is wide and varied Intern year and includes in-course assessment of practical and clinical skills, as well as case On completion of the medical degree course a studies, research projects, formal written and doctor must successfully complete training for oral examinations and objective structured one year as a resident medical officer/intern clinical examinations. Formative assessment in a recognised post before being eligible for and reflective practice are also used to full registration with the Irish Medical Council. promote the personal development of the A national application and matching process student and inform teaching and learning. is in place for Intern posts in Ireland. This is currently managed by the HSE. Graduates undertaking internship/residency outside of the Republic of Ireland will be required to register and meet the eligibility criteria of the relevant governing body in that jurisdiction.

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COURSE CODES: PLACES CAO 2018: POINTS 2017: TR091 General: 109 403 DEGREE AWARDED B.Sc. (Cur.) ‡ TR093 General, Adelaide: 33 396 DEGREE TYPE Honours Bachelor Degree TR095 Mental Health: 59 370 NFQ Level 8 TR097 Intellectual Disability: 32 378 AWARDING BODY Trinity College Dublin, TR911 Integrated Children’s and General: 27 463 The University of Dublin

art and science of nursing and promotes the GENERAL NURSING What is a Nurse? development of caring relationships with „ Tallaght Hospital patients and their families/significant others. The role of the nurse is to provide evidence- „ St. James’s Hospital based, culturally-sensitive care in order to Nursing practice, rooted in compassion, assist the individual to lead an independent MENTAL HEALTH NURSING draws upon extensive knowledge and „ healthy lifestyle, overcome ill health or Health Service Executive Dublin experience to provide physical and Mid-Leinster experience a peaceful death. The nurse psychological care of the highest quality. „ St. Patrick’s Mental Health Services achieves this through working as part of Nurses take centre stage in ensuring a professional multidisciplinary team to efficient and effective delivery of accessible, provide primary healthcare, acute hospital INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY NURSING integrated and consumer-driven healthcare, „ Stewart’s, Palmerstown care, community and home and continuing creatively designing health related services, „ Muiríosa Foundation, Moore Abbey care, based on individual and population and ensure quality through advocacy, health needs across the lifespan. policy-making, service management, INTEGRATED CHILDREN’S AND education and research. Students of nursing learn about caring GENERAL NURSING „ The National Children’s Hospital at and the complexities of health and illness The four-year nursing courses (Integrated Tallaght Hospital through interactive teaching and learning Children’s and General is 4.5 years) are strategies in the classroom and the offered in partnership with six health service healthcare environment. Practice (clinical providers. Trinity’s six linked health service and community) experience provides the providers for this course are: Nursing: The course for you? student with opportunities to integrate the Do you love working with and for the benefit of people of all ages and from diverse backgrounds?

If you want a rewarding and respected career with great employment and travel opportunities, then the professional course in nursing could be for you.

A genuine interest in people and a desire to care for others are core requirements for any individual who wishes to become a nurse. In addition you will need to have a keen interest in healthcare and be capable of working as part of a team. Like all professional courses in health sciences, nursing places extra demands on students’ time. It can be demanding, both physically and emotionally and so you should ensure that you are in a position to fully engage with the course during your time in Trinity.

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SPECIAL ENTRY REQUIREMENTS GET IN TOUCH! Leaving Certificate O6/H6 Mathematics www.nursing-midwifery.tcd.ie/ O6/H6 In one of Biology, Physics, Chemistry, Email: [email protected] Physics/Chemistry or Agricultural Science Tel: +353 1 896 2692 GCSE Grade C Mathematics Grade C In one of Biology, Physics or Chemistry Facebook: ‡ See note 13, page 261. www.facebook.com/TCD.Nursing.Midwifery See health screening page 257. Twitter: @TCD_SNM Students will be required to undergo Garda vetting, see page 257 for further details.

Note for mature applicants: Applications must be received by the CAO by 1 February of the proposed year of entry. You are not required to submit a mature-student supplementary application form to Trinity. However, you will be invited to attend a written assessment by the Nursing Careers Centre.

RELATED COURSE TR913: Midwifery, page 234

Trinity School of Nursing and Midwifery Nursing @ Trinity offers a wide range of postgraduate courses for furthering your studies. Nurses also take With over one thousand undergraduate up careers in industry, particularly in the nursing students in Trinity, you will become marketing of healthcare products. part of a vibrant student community – the School of Nursing and Midwifery, Trinity is the largest School of Nursing and Midwifery in the country. You will have the opportunity to Your degree and meet and mix with students from all nursing what you’ll study disciplines as you study core modules together. You will also form cohesive bonds within your This course will provide you with the own discipline as you begin to specialise knowledge, skills, attitudes and professional within your chosen area of nursing. Nursing values necessary to provide high-quality, students are taught theory predominantly in competent and caring practice in your the School of Nursing and Midwifery building chosen discipline of nursing. There are two on D’Olier St, which is a wonderful historic components to the nursing degree course; building in the heart of the capital. The a theoretical component and a practice School is a great place to learn and interact (clinical/community) component. with classmates and with its close proximity to Trinity’s main campus, nursing students THEORETICAL COMPONENT are never far from the centre of student life. The theoretical component will be taught in the Trinity School of Nursing and Midwifery building, the main Trinity campus and in the Trinity Centre for Health Sciences in St. Graduate skills and James’s Hospital. Teaching methods include career opportunities lectures, tutorials, practical classes, clinical skills laboratories, group teaching, web-based Graduates from the Trinity School of Nursing learning and reflective workshops. and Midwifery will be competent, innovative and caring professionals who are capable of PRACTICE (CLINICAL/COMMUNITY) leading change, shaping policy and responding COMPONENT to an ever evolving healthcare environment. For the practice component you will be linked with one of the health service providers and There are many opportunities in both public also have clinical/community placements in a and private healthcare institutions in Ireland variety of settings. During the fourth year of the and worldwide. A degree from Ireland’s course you will undertake a 36 week roster of top School of Nursing and Midwifery will of continuous placement. This placement spans course assist you in finding the right job in the fourth and fifth years of the integrated your chosen career. You will also be qualified children’s and general nursing course. to continue your education and to further specialise should you wish to do so. The

www.tcd.ie/study 231 „ Education and Development of the Adult – e.g. training, work, activation and living areas „ Disorders of Human Behaviour – specialising in the care of persons with disorders of human behaviour, including those with intellectual disability „ Acute Nursing – specialising in the care of persons with acute nursing needs, including those with intellectual disability who have physical disability/ illness „ Specialist Areas – e.g. physiotherapy, communication, speech and language, and physical education „ Management

Students who successfully complete this course will be eligible to apply to register with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland as a Registered Intellectual Disability Nurse (R.N.I.D.)

INTEGRATED CHILDREN’S AND GENERAL NURSING GENERAL NURSING of contexts. Mental health nurses work in A Registered Children’s Nurse (R.C.N.) is As key members of the interdisciplinary partnership with the person and their family/ responsible for promoting optimum health healthcare team and in partnership with advocate to enable them to mobilise their own and for preventing ill health amongst patients, general nurses provide for the inner as well as professional resources, in a children up to the age of 18, intervening physical, psychological and social well-being of way that promotes personal growth, maximum where appropriate to provide holistic care persons with acute or chronic physical illness. development of potential and recovery. for children and families. „ The general nurse achieves this through Mental Health Nursing (inpatient In conjunction with the general nursing working as part of a professional mental health services) components of the course, students multidisciplinary team to provide primary „ Mental Health Nursing in the undertaking the Integrated children’s and health care, acute hospital care, home and Community general nursing course will also study the continuing care, based on individual and „ Specialist Areas (e.g. addiction following: population health needs across the lifespan. studies, child and adolescent psychiatry, „ Medical Nursing of infants, children „ substance misuse, and forensic psychiatry) Medical Nursing – general/specialist and adolescents within a family-centred „ (including day care, outpatients, Psychiatry of Old Age framework (general and specialist coronary care, high dependency units) „ Adult General Nursing placements) „ – general/specialist Surgical Nursing „ Management and Leadership „ Surgical Nursing of infants, children (including day care, outpatients, and adolescents within a family-centred coronary care, high dependency units) Students who successfully complete this framework (general and specialist „ Accident and Emergency and Outpatients course will be eligible to apply to register with placements) the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland „ Children’s Nursing „ nursing of as a Registered Psychiatric Nurse (R.P.N.) Accident and Emergency „ Mental Health Nursing infants and children within a family- centred framework „ Care of the Older Person INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY NURSING The intellectual disability nurse provides „ Operating Theatre nursing of infants, „ Home Nursing/Community (including therapeutic interventions, practical children and adolescents within a primary health care, voluntary and support, and nursing care for persons with family-centred framework statutory agencies, intellectual disability) an intellectual disability of all ages and „ Mental Health Issues for children and „ Operating Theatre abilities. The intellectual disability nurse adolescents and their families „ Maternity Care may work with persons with an intellectual „ within a family- disability in a diversity of roles, from Community Nursing centred framework Students who successfully complete this intensive physical nursing of individuals course will be eligible to apply to register with a profound disability, to facilitative „ Maternity and Neonatal Care within a with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of guidance in assisting children, adolescents family-centred framework Ireland as a Registered General Nurse (R.G.N.) and adults to live lives of the highest quality Students who successfully complete this in the community. MENTAL HEALTH NURSING course will be eligible to apply to register Mental health nursing is a highly rewarding „ Education and Development of the with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of specialist nursing discipline. As a mental Child – including a balance of caring Ireland as a Registered Children’s Nurse health nurse you will work with people and developmental experiences across a (R.C.N.) and Registered General Nurse who experience mental distress in a variety variety of generic and specialist settings (R.G.N.)

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WHICH HEALTH SERVICE PROVIDER WILL YOU TRAIN WITH? When you accept an offer for one of the nursing courses you will receive orientation information from Trinity. This information contains a form asking you to indicate which health service provider you would prefer to be linked with. Requests are dealt with on a first- come, first-served basis. Where possible you will be assigned your first choice. However, if the number of applicants exceeds the number of places available, you will be assigned your second choice. A reserve list is held and if a vacancy arises it may be possible to transfer to your first choice. Most students are allocated their first choice of health service provider.

MODULES OF STUDY For a full list of modules please see our website: www.nursing-midwifery.tcd.ie/ undergraduate

ASSESSMENT A combination of examinations, essays, clinical projects, clinical skills, laboratory techniques, literature reviews (review of past and current literature relating to the subject matter), reflective practice (thinking about an experience and reflecting on its meaning) and clinical assessments are used.

Study abroad

The Erasmus programme enables students to study at another European university as part of their university degree. This is an exciting opportunity for students to experience an elective clinical placement in another European Union healthcare system which may be provided for a maximum period of eight weeks duration. Erasmus exchange takes place in semester two of second year and semester one of third year.

Trinity nursing and midwifery students can study at one of our partner universities; we have partnerships with many EU universities for our various nursing and midwifery courses. Students currently have the opportunity to go on Erasmus to the following (dependent upon profession or nursing discipline): Turku University of Applied Sciences, Finland; University of Malta; University of South Wales; Technical Institute of Education, Athens, Greece; University of Northern Denmark, Aalborg, Denmark; University of Maastricht, Netherlands; Wolverhampton University, UK.

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DEGREE AWARDED B.Sc. (A.Obs.) COURSE CODE TR913 DEGREE TYPE Honours Bachelor Degree PLACES 2018 44 NFQ Level 8 CAO POINTS 2017 431 AWARDING BODY Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin

What is a Midwife Midwifery: The course for you? Midwifery @ Trinity

and Midwifery? Midwives often describe their job as The School of Nursing and Midwifery, The term ‘midwife’ means ‘with woman’. ‘privileged’. The role they have in preparing Trinity is the largest School of Nursing and As a midwife, you will be helping women women for the birth of new life makes them a Midwifery in the country. You will have and their families at one of the most vital presence during all stages of pregnancy, the opportunity to meet and mix with crucial times of their lives, supporting the labour and the early postnatal period. students from Ireland and abroad and form woman during pregnancy, childbirth and cohesive bonds throughout your time with This unique role is demanding and carries the post-natal period. Midwives play a vital us. Midwifery students are taught theory plenty of responsibility. However, a career role in promoting and maintaining health, predominantly in the School of Nursing and in midwifery involves a great deal of facilitating normal childbirth and helping Midwifery building on D’Olier St, which is a professional and personal satisfaction. women make informed choices about their wonderful historic building in the heart of the capital. The School is a great place to care. The midwife is the key professional If you want a rewarding and respected learn and interact with classmates and, with providing continuity of care and promoting career with great employment and travel its close proximity to Trinity’s main campus, choice and control to women in pregnancy opportunities, then the professional course midwifery students are never far from the and birth, and to women and their babies in midwifery could be for you. following birth. The core concepts of the centre of student life. While on clinical midwifery profession are of: There are two components to the midwifery placements, you will be supervised by highly degree course; a theoretical component skilled midwives who have been specially „ Normality – childbirth is viewed as a and a midwifery practice component. prepared to guide and direct your learning. normal event in the life cycle, a normal Like all professional courses in health We also offer opportunities to study abroad healthy event sciences, midwifery places extra demands and have a large suite of postgraduate „ Woman-centred – the focus of midwifery on students’ time. It can be demanding, courses available to our graduates to practice is pregnant women and their both physically and emotionally, and so facilitate further study needs. families and delivering care in woman- you should ensure that you are in a position centred maternity services. to fully engage with the course during your „ Respect: midwifery care is delivered in time in Trinity. a manner that respects the uniqueness and dignity of each person regardless of culture or religion. „ Partnership – partnership between the woman and the midwife is fundamental to midwifery practice. It is based on mutual trust, support and collaboration, which facilitates informed choice and decision-making and the empowerment of both the woman and the midwife. „ Client first – decisions about an individual midwife’s scope of practice should always be made with the woman’s and her family’s best interests foremost and in the interest of promoting and maintaining best quality maternity services for women and their families. „ Evidence based – midwifery practice is based on the best available evidence. „ Advocacy – midwifery practice involves advocacy for the individual woman and her family.

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Note for mature applicants: Applications must be received by the CAO by 1 February of the proposed year of entry. You are not required to submit a mature-student supplementary application form to Trinity. However, you will be invited to attend a written assessment by the Nursing Careers Centre.

Graduate skills and career opportunities

On completion of this course, the student will be eligible to apply for registration as a midwife on the midwives division of the Nurses and Midwives Register with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland. The course offers an excellent foundation for career advancement in midwifery and further health related studies. It facilitates learning across wide and varied experiences and promotes flexibility for employment within and outside the health services. Sciences in St. James’s Hospital. Teaching ASSESSMENT methods include lectures, small-group Assessment of learning in midwifery Your degree and teaching, tutorials and practice classes. You practice is an important component of the what you’ll study will typically spend three to four days in course and will take place throughout the theory classes each week and each day will course. Other forms of assessment include This four-year programme will cover such consist of approximately six hours per day written examinations and assignments, presentations, debates, teaching sessions, areas as: in lectures, tutorials and laboratory work. and clinical practice assessment. Midwifery practice – knowledge and skills; The course is offered in partnership with two Communication and interpersonal skills; linked maternity care providers: The Coombe Professional, personal, ethical and legal Women and Infants University Hospital Study abroad issues; Knowledge base for midwifery practice and The Rotunda Hospital. Each midwifery The Erasmus programme enables students to include: biological sciences, psychology, student will be allocated all of their midwifery to study at another European university pharmacology, non-pharmaceutical clinical placements throughout the four as part of their university degree. This is approaches; Social theory for midwifery years at one of these maternity hospitals. an exciting opportunity for students to practice; Research; Health promotion; You will begin your first midwifery clinical experience an elective clinical placement in Maternal and social care services in Ireland. placement in November of the first year of another European Union healthcare system the course. Before this placement you will which may be provided for a maximum You will begin your first midwifery clinical have spent approximately one day per week period of eight weeks duration. Erasmus placement in October of the first year of experiencing midwifery practice with lecturers exchange takes place in semester two of the course. The first three years combine and midwives in the maternity hospitals. second year and Semester one of third year. learning in university and clinical midwifery You will be required to complete clinical practice in the maternity hospitals and will placements each year, which will consist of Trinity midwifery and nursing students can take place during the academic year with 30-35 hours (approximately) supernumerary study at one of our partner universities; we have partnerships with many EU the usual academic holidays. The final year practice per week in a practice setting. universities for our various nursing and will include a 36-week period of internship Midwifery students will also undertake other in midwifery practice. midwifery courses. Students currently have clinical placements, for example, mental the opportunity to go on Erasmus to the health, medical and surgical. The final year The majority of the theoretical component following (dependent upon profession will include a 36-week period of internship of the course will be taught in the Trinity or nursing discipline): Turku University in clinical midwifery practice. School of Nursing and Midwifery building, of Applied Sciences, Finland; University which is located on D’Olier Street, minutes of Malta; University of South Wales; This course will provide you with the Technical Institute of Education, Athens, from the main campus. Classes are also held knowledge and skills to meet the needs Greece; University Northern Denmark, on other sites including the main Trinity of women and their families in an Aalborg, Denmark; University of Maastricht, campus and in the Trinity Centre for Health individualised, culturally sensitive manner. Netherlands; Wolverhampton University, UK.

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DEGREE AWARDED B.Sc. (Cur. Occ.) COURSE CODE TR054 DEGREE TYPE Honours Bachelor Degree PLACES 2018 40 NFQ Level 8 CAO POINTS 2017 509 AWARDING BODY Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin

„ Advising community groups about ways What is Occupational to promote health and maintain activity Occupational Therapy: Therapy? in their lives. The course for you? „ Enabling people to select and effectively The main goal of occupational therapy is to This is the right course for you if you are use equipment and appliances, including enable people to participate in meaningful a creative thinker who is open to finding wheelchairs, dressing aids, computers activities of everyday living, for example, solutions to a multitude of problems and if and other assistive technology, to self-care, work and leisure activities. By working with people with diverse abilities is increase their independence. enabling people to engage in activities something you enjoy and find stimulating. The that hold meaning for them, occupational „ Assessing the ability of someone with course requires a high level of independent therapists aim to enable people to improve acquired brain injury to return to work self-directed learning across a variety of their day-to-day quality of life. and then modify that person’s work (the academic modules as well as the completion job itself and the workplace) to enable of the mandatory practice education Occupational therapists work in a variety of this, where possible, to happen. placements. Visiting an occupational therapy settings, including community, hospitals, department will give you more understanding rehabilitation units, schools, universities Occupational therapy interventions consider: of what is involved in this profession. and reform centres. Examples of what „ The individual person – improving occupational therapists do include: or maintaining their level of physical, „ Adapting the home of an elderly person to cognitive (thinking), affective Occupational Therapy make it easier and safer for him/her to use. (emotional) and social ability. @ Trinity „ Working with people with depression „ The occupation – examining the self- and schizophrenia using activities such care, leisure and work-related activities The course is the longest established as cooking a meal to foster a sense of that people value in their daily lives and university-based occupational therapy achievement, develop personal skills making changes to these activities so that course in Ireland. It uses many innovative and facilitate successful experiences. they better meet the individual’s abilities. teaching methodologies, including peer education, problem-based learning, as well „ Using play activities to improve the play „ The environment – manipulating or as more traditional methods. Students and and movement skills of children with adapting the physical environment so staff collaborate on projects that involve cerebral palsy. that it does not impede but, if possible, both research and service delivery, in enhances performance; and influencing „ Running life-skills programmes that existing and new areas of practice. the social, cultural and institutional enable people with intellectual environment in ways that enable people disabilities to develop skills such as Occupational Therapy is based in the to live as independent a life as possible budgeting so that they can live more Trinity Centre for Health Sciences in a and reach their full potential. independently in the community. purpose-built complex in the grounds of St. James’s Hospital. The Trinity Centre

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See health screening page 257. Students will be required to undergo Garda vetting, see page 257 for further details. Note: There is an additional cost for a uniform for practice education of approximately €120. Practice Education placements are a mandatory component of the programme, some of these placements may be located out-side of the greater Dublin area which may incur additional travel and accommodation costs that need to be borne by the student.

for Health Sciences is located approximately care related services. Additionally, the course 3 kilometres from the main campus, beside offers many opportunities for further study. the Luas line running between Tallaght and the city centre. There are state of the art teaching facilities at the Discipline of Your degree and Occupational Therapy, including a capacity what you’ll study for teleconferencing. The Trinity Centre houses other health sciences disciplines This four-year degree course incorporates a including Medicine, Physiotherapy, practical approach to solving problems and Radiation Therapy, and Nursing. This gives fosters a research-oriented and reflective a multidisciplinary dimension to studying attitude. It embraces evidence-based practice. and working with other health professionals. A small number of modules on the course FIRST AND SECOND YEARS may take place on the main campus and offer The subjects studied in the first and second years opportunity for interaction with students from include the study of occupation, occupational other undergraduate courses. Additionally therapy theories and interventions with there will be an opportunity for students to people from children to older adults, anatomy, engage in inter-professional learning with psychology, disability studies, research methods other health science students during the and statistics. You will be encouraged to ‘learn four year undergraduate programme. by doing’ in subjects related to professional development such as communications and creative problem solving and in courses that Graduate skills and teach the professional and technical skills career opportunities of practice such as assistive technology. You will be required to engage in service learning As a qualified occupational therapist from through voluntary work and will use experiential Trinity, you will be well equipped to pursue learning and group work to develop knowledge a very rewarding career working with people and skills fundamental to the development of of all age groups in a wide range of service professional behaviour and practice. During the settings. The course is regulated by CORU, first two years, there are a total of 10 weeks in the Health and Social Care Professionals supervised practice education placement in a Council, and upon successful completion of variety of health and community care facilities the programme you will be eligible to apply around the country. Assessment includes written for registration to practice as an Occupational examinations, essays, project work, presentations, Therapist in Ireland. In addition, the course and competency-based assessment while on is approved by the World Federation of supervised practice education. Occupational Therapists (www.wfot.org), meaning the qualification has international THIRD AND FOURTH YEARS recognition that may enable you to work as an During third and fourth year you will further occupational therapist abroad. Many graduates develop your knowledge of the theories, from the programme are working in all parts of principles and practice of occupational therapy; the world. Most occupational therapists, over gain an understanding of health/social care time, develop specialised expertise in areas systems and policies and of the importance such as physical rehabilitation, mental health, of practising in an evidenced-based manner. hand therapy, intellectual disability, paediatrics, Additionally, you will complete a group research services for the elderly and community project. You will have opportunities to develop occupational therapy. Practice areas are important self-directed learning and research expanding, particularly in school settings and in skills, which are key areas for practice and primary care community practice areas. Other continuing life-long learning. Over the course examples include work in private practice, work of the final two years, you will spend a total with people who are homeless, and running of 22 weeks in supervised practice education. healthy living and stress management clinics. Assessment includes written examinations, A number of occupational therapists move essays, project work, presentations, a research into management – managing occupational project, and competency based assessment therapy departments or other health/social while on supervised practice education. www.tcd.ie/study 237 Pharmacy DEGREE AWARDED B.Sc. (Pharm.), M.Pharm./Optional: B.Sc. (Pharm.) only DEGREE TYPE Honours Bachelor Degree, Masters Degree/ COURSE CODE TR072 Optional: Honours Bachelors Degree only PLACES 2018 75 NFQ Level 8, Level 9/Optional: Level 8 only CAO POINTS 2017 543 AWARDING BODY Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin

spaces in the Panoz Institute, including the The programme is delivered as a series of What is Pharmacy? Boots Unit, a technology-enhanced learning integrated modules, examples of which space which allows students to dispense include: Pharmacy is the study of all aspects of drugs, drugs and develop communication skills. both natural and synthetic in origin, including „ Physiology their chemistry, their uses in medicines, and Structured professional placements „ Natural Sources of Drugs and how they work within the body. Pharmacists (unpaid) are integrated throughout the new Substances used in Medicines work in a variety of settings – community programme and these take place in Years 2, „ pharmacies, hospitals, long-term care Formulation and Pharmaceutical 4 and 5. A particular strength of the Trinity Technology facilities, and within the pharmaceutical programme is the undergraduate research „ Molecular and Chemotherapeutic industry, to name just a few. In many project, which may take place abroad and Pharmacology and Clinical Therapeutics respects, their role as a key healthcare gives students the opportunity to develop professional is to help people achieve focused laboratory or field research with „ Blood, Cardiovascular and Renal the best results from their medications. one-to-one supervision. Pharmacology and Clinical Therapeutics „ Neuropharmacology and Clinical Therapeutics Pharmacy: The course for you? Graduate skills and „ Physical Pharmacy, Formulation and While this degree is an essential requirement career opportunities Pharmaceutical Technology if you wish to practise as a community or „ Advanced Drug Delivery and Molecular hospital pharmacist, Pharmacy at Trinity As an expert in the discovery, development Pharmaceutics and optimal use of medicines, many career opens up a wide variety of professional „ Advanced Pharmaceutical Chemistry, paths are open to pharmacists. Your career opportunities in both industry and the wider Drug Discovery and Design healthcare sector. A strong interest in science prospects as a Pharmacy graduate are „ Addiction Pharmacy is important to fully enjoy the course. excellent. Employment opportunities exist in community, hospital and industrial pharmacy, „ Practice of Pharmacy and Integrated as well as in state services such as medicines Pharmacy Skills licensing. In addition, you can opt to undertake „ Professional Practice and Public Health Pharmacy @ Trinity research, or apply for entry to one of the „ Organisation and Management Skills Trinity is ranked in the top 100 universities in postgraduate courses in hospital, industrial or the world for Pharmacy and Pharmacology community pharmacy. See: pharmacy.tcd.ie/ (QS World University Rankings by Subject postgraduate/ for further details. 2018). The School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences has world class facilities with research space in the Trinity Your degree and Biomedical Sciences Institute (TBSI), which what you’ll study develops Trinity’s leadership position in immunology, neuroscience and cancer. The Pharmacy syllabus has been designed to The School also has purpose built teaching provide you with an all-round education in both the basic and pharmaceutical sciences and in the practice of pharmacy itself. The five-year integrated Pharmacy programme comprises a variety of approaches to Would you enjoy… teaching Pharmacy including: lectures, ? seminars, tutorials, workshops, small-group Combining science with a health teaching, problem-based learning, site-visits, care profession? computer-assisted learning, web discussion Being a healthcare leader in your boards, wikis, online group assignments, community? communication skills, career planning, clinical case studies, inter-professional Becoming part of a community of learning, laboratory and dispensing scientists advancing knowledge to practicals, and a research project. improve health and healthcare?

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Combinations of subjects not permitted: Physics/Chemistry may not be presented with Chemistry or Physics to satisfy requirements. Graduate Entry: A graduate entry route to this degree is also available. See: www.tcd.ie/courses/ undergraduate/az/course.php?id=DUBPH-PHAG-3F09 for further details.

See health screening page 257. Students will be required to undergo Garda vetting, see page 257 for further details. Note: In order to qualify to register as a pharmacist with the Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland students must also complete a fifth year, culminating in a M.Pharm. degree. There will be a postgraduate fee associated with the fifth year on the postgraduate register in Trinity, payable by the student. This fee for students entering the fifth year in 2019/20 is expected to be €8,250 for EU students, and €16,500 for non-EU students. [All fees and charges are subject to annual review and are likely to increase each year. A full listing of fees may be found on the College website] The M.Pharm. degree carries with it an entitlement to apply for registration as a pharmacist in the Republic of Ireland.

Modules are assessed by final examinations In the fourth and fifth year, you will and continuous assessment, such as written undertake a research project. The following Study Abroad and internship assignments, essays, lab reports, OSCEs are some examples of research projects opportunities (objective structured clinical examinations), which students have undertaken in the past: etc. which contribute to the overall mark in We encourage our students (second and „ Medicines use and burden in people a module. There are approximately 16 hours third year students) to undertake the with intellectual disability of lectures, 6 hours of laboratory classes summer research placement programme. and 1 tutorial per week over the course of „ New targets for old drugs: Development This programme allows pharmacy students the first year. Work experience in clinical of novel beta-lactams with anticancer carry out their research projects abroad and non-clinical settings will take place over activity (UK, Germany, Austria, France, US, Canada) all five years of the integrated Pharmacy „ The development of dapsone cocrystals over the summer (12 weeks) as part of programme. for pulmonary drug delivery their undergraduate degree programme. Students are either funded by the Erasmus programme or the School.

What our current students say

Karen Padden, M.Pharm., Mark Lyons, M.Pharm., Negoescu Eduard, M.Pharm., 2nd year, Mayo 2nd year, Longford 3rd year, Meath “The School of Pharmacy at Trinity College “What I really like about pharmacy in Trinity “Choosing Pharmacy in Trinity, a course Dublin provides a welcoming and close- is how everything that you learn fits together. that ensures a successful career, has been knit teaching and learning environment, in From day one you have a context for the best decision ever. The vast number which all aspects of pharmacy, both theory everything you learn, with the links between of modules and practical laboratories and practice are delivered to a degree of modules made clear throughout. From the closely related to the theoretical classes excellence. First year of the integrated chemistry of how medicines work to the offer invaluable insight not only into the M.Pharm programme offers a diversity of practical techniques for making them in a lab profession, but also into Healthcare globally, fascinating modules such as Physiology, and right up to the rules and regulations of and prepare us for worldwide opportunities. Organic Chemistry and Practice of Pharmacy, how they’re dispensed, the whole course is a To me it still seems astonishing to see how that provided me with a solid scientific progression with each topic naturally flowing the practicalities of the new integrated foundation and clinical experience for my into the next. There’s labs and assessments Pharmacy programme come into play and I future both as a Pharmacy student and a throughout the year meaning you don’t have love all the placements we have undergone Healthcare Professional. The academic staff, the stress of everything hinging on one big each year. I feel like part of a large family, along with DUPSA, the Pharmacy Society are exam at the end, and the lecturers all have thanks to the super-friendly staff and the always at hand to provide assistance and a genuine interest in their students doing Pharmaceutical Students’ association encouragement in whatever way possible, well. If you have an interest in science, a (DUPSA), who arrange social gatherings, therefore making the School of Pharmacy desire to learn more about how medicines wine receptions, and memorable events a Home away from Home!” and diseases work and want to be part of one like the Pharmacy Ball.” of the most rapidly expanding industries in the country then this is the course for you.”

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DEGREE AWARDED B.Sc. (Physio.) COURSE CODE TR053 DEGREE TYPE Honours Bachelor Degree PLACES 2018 40 NFQ Level 8 CAO POINTS 2017 543 AWARDING BODY Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin

What is Physiotherapy?

Physiotherapy – or physical therapy – places full and functional movement at the heart of what it means to be healthy. It involves treating patients of all ages with a range of illnesses and conditions, including those with back and neck problems, sports injuries, arthritis, or those recovering from strokes and operations. The methods employed include exercise therapy, manipulative procedures, and a variety of electrical treatments.

Physiotherapists may be part of a multidisciplinary medical team that includes physicians, nurses, speech and language therapists, psychologists, occupational therapists and social workers among others. Alternatively, they may work from clinics or specialise in particular areas of the discipline. All students will have clinical placements at Trinity’s associated teaching hospitals of St. Your degree and Physiotherapy: James’s and AMNCH in Tallaght, where there what you’ll study The course for you? is an established expertise in most areas of physiotherapy. These placements allow The major objective of this four-year course is to enable you to become a competent Physiotherapy is both physically and students to gain experience in some of the professional with the ability to work academically demanding and you will need specialist areas of physiotherapy including independently with patients. to have considerable emotional stability neurology, respiratory care, coronary care, orthopaedics, women’s health, care of the and strong communication skills. Visiting a There are two components to Physiotherapy: elderly, sports and out-patients. local general hospital or other area where theory and clinical practice. In the first year physiotherapists work will give you a good the emphasis is on laying a foundation of understanding of what exactly is involved. theoretical knowledge and the second year Graduate skills and introduces students to the clinical skills and career opportunities procedures used by physiotherapists. Clinical Physiotherapy @ Trinity sciences are taught mainly in the second Successful completion of the course entitles and third years. In the third and fourth Physiotherapy is based in the Trinity you to membership of the Irish Society of years students spend up to fifty percent Centre for Health Sciences in a purpose Chartered Physiotherapists, the accrediting of their time on clinical placement. In the built complex at St. James’s Hospital. body for physiotherapy in Ireland. fourth-year, students have an opportunity to This complex houses other health science develop specialist knowledge in a particular Physiotherapists are sought throughout the disciplines and allows physiotherapy area of physiotherapy and undertake a world and you will be able to work with a students to share courses with those research project. in the other health sciences to give a wide range of conditions or to specialise, multidisciplinary approach to studying and as you wish. There is also great scope for FIRST AND SECOND YEARS working. The centre is about 3 km (2 miles) you to continue to develop your skills and In first and second year as you will have from the main campus and is beside a Luas expertise in areas such as manipulative approximately 20 hours of teaching each station on the line running between Tallaght therapy, sports injuries, neurology, week, divided between lecture and practical and Connolly Station in the city centre. cardiology, respiratory, research, education, classes. management or private practice.

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Combinations of subjects not permitted: Physics/Chemistry with Physics or Chemistry Agricultural Science with Biology

See health screening page 257. Students will be required to undergo Garda vetting, see page 257 for further details. Note: Students on placements outside Dublin will have additional travel costs.

Courses covered in the first two years You will also start to study various ASSESSMENT include: conditions and specialities frequently End-of-year written examinations and seen in physiotherapy, such as respiratory tests in certain subjects, such as anatomy, „ Physiology conditions and musculoskeletal conditions. make up the theoretical assessment „ Anatomy structure. There are a number of submitted „ Physics At the end of second year you will start assignments in third and fourth years. clinical placements under the supervision of „ Chemistry skilled and experienced tutors. These may In addition, you will be continuously „ Pathology be taken in hospitals, clinics, day centres or assessed during your clinical placement „ Biomechanics and Movement – within private and community practice. and will have practical exams on the skills includes procedures to improve element of the course, including your strength, mobility and balance. THIRD AND FOURTH YEARS assessment of a patient while on a clinical In the third year, half of the time is spent „ Electrotherapy Procedures – includes placement. on academic studies and the other half on the use of electrotherapy to alleviate clinical placements in a variety of settings pain, improve circulation and re-educate both within and outside the Dublin area. muscles. „ Manipulative Procedures – includes In fourth year, the first term will be spent on the use of soft tissue massage and two clinical placements. In the second term manipulations to improve mobility and you will undertake an investigative project improve circulation. and study the following subjects: sports and „ Exercise Therapy – the use of exercise exercise medicine, ergonomics, professional in prevention and treatment. issues and advances in physiotherapy.

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DEGREE AWARDED B.Sc. (Ther. Rad.) COURSE CODE TR055 DEGREE TYPE Honours Bachelor Degree PLACES 2018 30 NFQ Level 8 CAO POINTS 2017 488 AWARDING BODY Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin

delivered by experienced and enthusiastic What is Radiation Therapy? academic staff, whose focus is on providing you Your degree and with a research-led, student-centred, quality what you’ll study Radiation therapy uses targeted high energy learning experience. The small class sizes in x-rays to treat patients with cancer and is one this programme facilitate a close working This four-year honours degree gives you a of the main treatments for cancer. This course broad academic base on which to develop relationship between students and staff. qualifies you to work as a radiation therapist the clinical skills of radiation therapy. – the health care professional who, together You will be able to analyse, evaluate and with the other multidisciplinary team make clinical decisions and to initiate, members, is responsible for the preparation Graduate skills and participate in and encourage research in and delivery of a course of radiation career opportunities oncology and radiation therapy. There are therapy. This degree provides you with the both theoretical and clinical components required scientific understanding and the As a graduate radiation therapist you will to this degree. The contact hours are high critical clinical and research skills to adapt be the main point of contact for the cancer in this course and the subjects are taught to the ever-changing medical environment. patient during the course of their radiation through lectures, laboratory-based practical therapy treatment and you will be involved in sessions, workshops, tutorials and clinical many aspects of their care during this time. placement in the hospital setting. Radiation Therapy: As radiation therapy is expanding in Ireland and internationally so too is the opportunity A significant clinical component is integral to The course for you? for career development, making this an this course. The clinical sites can be found at exciting time to be entering the profession. www.tcd.ie/medicine/radiation-therapy/ The radiation therapist requires very specialist Graduates from this programme work in undergraduate/clinical-education.php. skills and the role can be physically and radiation therapy departments in Ireland; Part of the clinical placement takes place emotionally demanding. The development of UK; Australia; New Zealand; Qatar and during the vacation periods and clinical your clinical skills requires you to be interested Saudi Arabia, to name but a few. The broad placement consists of 35 hours per week. in patient care. You will also need to have a scientific and clinical content of this degree, Students are placed in radiation therapy keen interest in the field of science. Working in combination with the graduate attributes departments across the country. The costs as a radiation therapist will also require you to of competent reflective practitioners; lifelong of placement outside Dublin (including have good interpersonal and technical skills. learners; critical thinkers and problem solvers accommodation and travel expenses) must be borne by the student. has facilitated graduates to work nationally and internationally in research and Radiation Therapy @ Trinity FIRST AND SECOND YEARS development, medical industry technology In the first and second years, the course Radiation Therapy is an innovative profession, and marketing and academia. covers the basic sciences. You will also study with constant technological and patient the structure and function of the human care advancements. This programme will body and will be introduced to topics that provide you with the necessary academic and relate to cancer and patient care. There practical skills to work in this patient-centred are approximately 20-30 hours per week healthcare environment. The programme is in class in these years. The clinical practice

? Do you enjoy… Caring for people?

Working in a team?

Science, research and technology?

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SPECIAL ENTRY REQUIREMENTS GET IN TOUCH! Leaving Certificate H4 In one of Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Physics/Chemistry www.medicine.tcd.ie/radiation_therapy Tel: +353 1 896 3234 Advanced GCE (A Level) Grade C In one of Physics, Chemistry or Biology Email: [email protected] Facebook: SchoolOfRadiationTherapy TrinityCollegeDublin Students will be required to undergo Garda vetting, see page 257 for further details. Twitter: @TCDRadTher See health screening page 257. Note: There is a charge of €40 for membership of the Irish professional society for Information days are held during the year for students Radiation Therapists (IIRRT) interested in finding out more about radiation therapy. Note: All students undertake clinical placements outside Dublin and will incur For details, please contact Daléne Dougall on: +353 1 additional travel and accommodation costs. 896 3234; [email protected]

component (clinical placement) will introduce THIRD AND FOURTH YEARS ASSESSMENT you to radiation therapy and will develop In these years, you will study more specialist This programme use a variety of assessment your understanding of the complexities of the subjects that are specifically related to methods, including written end-of-year cancer patient pathway. The content covered cancer and patient care, and complete a examinations, continuous assessment, in first and second year includes: research project in this area. The content individual and group project work, oral covered in these years include: examinations, reflective journals and FIRST AND SECOND YEAR: workbooks. A clinical portfolio and research „ Principles and Practices of Cancer Care „ From Molecule to Cell dissertation are substantial components of „ Chemistry for Life Sciences „ Physics the assessment processes in your final year. „ Anatomy „ Radiobiology „ Physics „ Radiation Therapy Treatment Planning Study abroad „ Principles and Practices of Cancer Care „ Treatment Localisation and Verification „ Psychology and Communication „ Research and Statistics and completion Students have the option to undertake a of a research project „ Clinical Practice (4 weeks in first year clinical placement in a European radiation and 5 weeks in second year) „ Radiation Therapy in Practice therapy department in the summer vacation of the third year. „ Biochemistry „ Clinical Practice (approximately 13 weeks in third year and 15 weeks in fourth year) „ Physiology „ Research and Statistics

What our graduates say Olivia Kelada, Radiation Therapy, What our current students say Graduate 2010, Research Fellow, Harvard Graham Kelly, Radiation Therapy, Medical School, Boston, USA Ryan O’Keeffe, Radiation Therapy, Graduate 2010 Second year, Dublin “I initially chose the course as I was “I now work as a Radiation Therapist in an interested in the use of Physics in Medicine “I came to the Trinity open day and went to Irish Hospital. My position requires me to and particularly in the context of Radiation lots of talks, one of them was on something work as part of a four-person unit delivering Oncology. However, as I progressed though I had never heard of before titled, “Radiation safe and accurate radiation treatment to the degree I realised I also had a keen interest Therapy”. From the minute the talk began patients suffering from cancer. in both research and a career in academia. I was hooked and I left that day wanting to be a Radiation Therapist. In addition to delivering a patients treatment, …the course was an excellent basis for further we also monitor and advise patients on the study in pursuit of a job in academia…. The This course has and continues to, push me to management of any side effects or concerns course provided me with a solid foundation my limits in all the best ways… but I am also that may arise during treatment. We liaise with of academic knowledge, clinical experience yet to meet a Radiation Therapist who would and work alongside other health professionals and research expertise to undertake the say that it wasn’t worth it in the end.” so to ensure that patient’s side effects and M.Sc. programme. The knowledge gained Rachel Moore, Radiation Therapy, needs are addressed promptly and the from both degrees then led me to pursue a Third year, Donegal impact limited. PhD…..It is clear that the B.Sc. in Radiation “…while the course is very broad, it is nicely No two days are the same when working as Therapy provided the basis for a future integrated so that it builds a larger picture a radiation therapist. Each day is varied and career in academia and a particular interest of science and the human body while presents new tasks and challenges. This makes in clinically relevant research.” encouraging understanding of different cancer for a varied and highly rewarding career.” treatment techniques. One of my favourite things about Trinity is how willing and enthusiastic the lecturers and professors are when it comes to helping students achieve their goals or broaden their knowledge. Success in this course requires application and hard work, both while studying and when in practice. However, it brings great rewards in terms of job satisfaction, as it involves a combination of science and human interaction and numerous career opportunities.”

www.tcd.ie/study 243 Fees, Financial Support and Scholarships

Fees and Charges Financial Support There are numerous financial resources available to undergraduate Tuition Fees students studying at Trinity. The level of financial support varies depending on each student’s situation. EU STUDENTS Under the ‘Free Tuition Fees Scheme’ tuition fees of eligible full-time A comprehensive list of Bursaries/Awards is available on the Senior undergraduate students will be paid by the State. A summary of the Tutor’s Office website. For more information on financial support for criteria is as follows: third-level students, see: www.studentfinance.ie. For information 1 The course duration must be a minimum of 2 years. on the third-level grant (SUSI grant) see: www.susi.ie 2 The student must be an EU national (or have official refugee Anyone can apply for financial assistance; however, the applications status) and must have resided in an EU member state for at least are means tested and you will need to provide documentation three of the last five years. such as bank statements, P21s, social welfare documents, etc. 3 The student must not already hold an undergraduate (or Application forms are available from the Senior Tutor’s Office postgraduate) award. website www.tcd.ie/senior_tutor 4 The year of study is not a repeat year. Sports centre fees and student space levy (€120 and €30 in 2018/2019) A full list of the eligibility criteria can be found at: may be waived in cases where the student’s sole income is through www.studentfinance.ie/mp9377/course-fees/index.html social welfare payments or where there is financial hardship. EU students who are not eligible for inclusion in the Free Tuition Fees Scheme pay EU tuition fees, see: www.tcd.ie/academicregistry/fees-payments/course-fees Scholarships NON-EU STUDENTS ENTRANCE EXHIBITIONS Non-EU students are liable for Non-EU fees, see: Entrance Exhibitions are awarded to first year new entrants provided www.tcd.ie/academicregistry/fees-payments/course-fees that sufficient merit is shown in public examination results. Each exhibition is in the form of a book prize. The schools in which exhibitioners received their post-primary education are informed. Student Contribution More information is available at www.tcd.ie/study/undergraduate/ entrance-exhibition. The student contribution (€3,000 in 2018/2019) is payable by all full- time EU students. Funding towards the student contribution may be SIZARSHIPS available from Student Universal Support Ireland (SUSI). Information Sizars are Entrance Exhibitioners of limited means who have on the eligibility criteria and the application process can be found Commons (evening meal) free of charge. Application to be at: www.susi.ie considered for the award of a sizarship should be made to the Admissions Team, Academic Registry on or before 15 October of Other Charges the year of entry. Application details are available at: www.tcd.ie/ study/eu/undergraduate/apply/form. Sizarships are normally Commencement (Graduation) fee: Students are required to pay tenable for the first two years of an undergraduate course. their commencement fee (€135 for 2018/2019) prior to registration. FOUNDATION SCHOLARSHIPS Sports Centre Charge: All registered students are liable for the Foundation Scholarship is a College institution with a long Sports Centre Charge (€120 for 2018/2019) to cover the cost of history and high prestige. Some of our greatest alumni – such membership of the Trinity Sports Centre. as Edmund Burke, Samuel Beckett, and Mary Robinson – were USI Levy: The USI Levy (€8 for 2018/2019) cover a student’s membership Scholars. Students in their second year may opt to take Foundation of the Union of Students of Ireland. This is an optional charge. Scholarship or ‘Schol’ exams, usually held in January. These searching examinations are the basis for the election to Scholarship Student Space Levy: The student space levy (€30 for 2019/2020) of the University. Students who achieve an overall first class honours cover a student’s contribution to the creation of student spaces. This result in these examinations and meet other specific examination is a mandatory charge. requirements are elected as Scholars on Trinity Monday. Further details on fees available at: www.tcd.ie/academicregistry/fees-payments

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A scholarship is tenured for five years, during which time the Scholar REID ENTRANCE EXHIBITION is entitled to free Trinity accommodation, their evening meal free In 1888, the sum of £6,200 was received under the will and testament of charge at Commons, a waiver of their tuition fees or student of the late Richard Touhill Reid to found additional sizarships. contribution (non-EU students’ fees are reduced by the value of EU The awards, which do not exceed five in number, are open only to fees) and a small annual stipend. Scholars are also entitled to use students of limited means and who are natives of County Kerry. the post-nominal letters “sch.” after their name. They are granted to qualified candidates on the basis of their public examination results and are tenable for two years. Scholarship is a very prestigious award given to approximately 60 students each year. Students not eligible are those who:

See: www.tcdlife.ie/scholars for more information. 1 are above the standing of first year OR SPORTS SCHOLARSHIPS Trinity Sport offer between 30-40 high-performance scholarships 2 are graduates of any chartered university each year as well as a number of specific rugby scholarships. OR 3 have completed their nineteenth year before 1 May of the year Eligibility requirements: sport scholars should be competing at the in which they compete. highest national level in their chosen sport and have been offered a place in the university. The closing date for 2018-2019 is 3 July 2018. Exhibitioners have their Commons (evening meal) free, are supplied See www.tcd.ie/Sport/scholarships/ for further details or contact with a laptop and receive a salary of €6,000 per annum. During [email protected]. the second year, exhibitioners normally compete for Foundation Scholarships. Those who fail to obtain such scholarships, but are Focus on Sports Scholar – Aoife O’Halloran (basketball) deemed to have shown sufficient merit, may have their exhibitions Aoife is one of three basketball scholars for the 2016-2017 extended for two further years. season. She is also co-captain for Ireland U20s. “I’m very proud and excited to be able to represent my college in sport. As for the Application details are available at: www.tcd.ie/study/ benefits, having medical care, strength and conditioning and undergraduate/scholarships-funding/index.php. The deadline nutritional advice are of huge support and benefit to me and can for applications is 15 October of the proposed year of entry. only enhance my performance. The financial support has allowed me to reduce my working hours and focus more on my training.” CHORAL SCHOLARSHIPS Eight choral scholarships valued at €1,300 are available for the year 2019/20. Trinity Sport scholarship Academy Development Performance Podium programme – benefits The choral scholars form the core and leadership of the Financial reimbursement €500 €1,000 €3,5000 Chapel Choir: a mixed-voice choir of about twenty-five singers Trinity Sport scholar kit ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ which performs in a liturgical context. The choir also leads the Specialist strength and ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ congregation in the said parts of the service. Some previous choral conditioning training experience is an advantage and the ability to read music to a high Access to medical care ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ standard is essential. pathway Nutritional support with ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Application is made in person at the Chapel Choir desk in Front cookery skills workshop Square during Freshers’ Week; an appointment for an audition ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Access to high performance before the selection committee is then made. training area Physiology analysis ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ For more information please visit: www.tcdchapelchoir.ie Physiological analysis and ✔ ✔ testing programme FUNDING OPTIONS FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS Sports massage ✔ ✔ ✔ International students are encouraged to apply for Trinity-wide Athlete development workshop and seminars scholarships, including the Foundation Scholarship (see page 244). Anti doping ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Trinity offers a number of scholarship opportunities specifically Media and marketing ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ for international students each year. Details are available at: Lifestyle support ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ www.tcd.ie/study/undergraduate/scholarships-funding Psychology ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Students are always encouraged to explore external funding options in their home countries, including local and SCHOOL PRIZES governmental awards. Students from the United States should Prizes are available to students from the following schools: the Abbey note that Trinity is an accredited recipient of US federal student School, Tipperary; Portora Royal School, Enniskillen; Mount Temple loans. Information on FAFSA requirements are available at: Comprehensive, Dublin; St. Andrew’s College, Booterstown and www.tcd.ie/academicregistry/fees-payments Alexandra College. Further details on these prizes can be found at www.tcd.ie/calendar/undergraduate-studies/entrance-awards.pdf

www.tcd.ie/study 245 How to Apply

Am I an EU or Non-EU Applicant? EU Applicants An EU applicant is a person: Am I an EU or Non-EU applicant? See page 246. who is ordinarily resident1 in the EU2 1 Application for admission (except where otherwise stated) should be AND made to the Central Applications Office (CAO). Applications may be „ who will have received full-time post primary education submitted online: www.cao.ie AND/OR „ Normal application deadline: 1 February „ who has worked full-time3 in the EU for three of the five years „ Late application deadline: 1 May immediately preceding admission to Trinity „ Change of mind deadline: 1 July OR 2 who has Note: Applications to restricted entry courses, and by mature „ official refugee status4 students must be made by 1 February, see page 247. OR Feasibility study in Admissions: see page 252. „ been granted humanitarian leave to remain in the State and who has been ordinarily resident in the EU2 for three of the Applicants from Northern Ireland: see page 253. five years immediately preceding admission to Trinity.

Important notes: EU Enquiries 1 For students aged under 23, the student’s parent(s) must also All enquiries from EU applicants concerning undergraduate have been ordinarily resident (that is – principal residence for admission should be addressed to: the purpose of taxation) in an EU2 Member State for three of the five years prior to the student’s entry to Trinity. Academic Registry, Watts Building, Trinity College Dublin, The 2 EU or EEA countries (Norway, Iceland and Lichtenstein) or University of Dublin, Dublin 2, Ireland. Tel: +353 1 896 4500, Switzerland. Fax: +353 1 872 2853, Email: [email protected]

3 Where an applicant can show that they have been in receipt of Website: www.tcd.ie/study/undergraduate social welfare payments this may be taken in lieu of full-time employment. 4 Applicants who have written confirmation that they have been Applicants with a Disability allowed to come to Ireland as part of the family re‑unification scheme may also be eligible. Students who require particular supports or reasonable accommodations due to a disability should notify Trinity of these 5 The Admissions Team may contact some applicants in order to requirements in advance of admission to the university. Disclosure seek supporting documentation regarding their status (EU/non-EU). of a disability or specific learning difficulty will not adversely affect 6 Children of emigrants may be assessed as EU applicants if they your application in any way. can provide documentary evidence of having completed 5+ years of primary and/or secondary education in the EU/EEA/Swiss DISABILITY ACCESS ROUTE TO EDUCATION (DARE) Confederation and have no previous third-level attendance. The Disability Access Route to Education (DARE) is a supplementary admissions scheme for school leavers with disabilities. School All other applications are considered to be non-EU applications leavers who meet the eligibility criteria compete for a quota of (see page 249 for further information). places allocated to applicants on a reduced points basis. All applicants must meet the Irish Leaving Certificate (or equivalent) minimum entry requirements and, where relevant, subject specific requirements, see page 257.

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Who Should Apply to DARE? 1 This is a separate application to the DARE supplementary DARE is for school leavers (under 23 years old as of 1st January admissions process and written application must be made 2019) who have the ability to benefit from and succeed in higher to the Applications and Admissions Team, Academic Registry, education but who may not meet the points for their preferred Watts Building, Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin, course due to the impact of a disability. Mature and FETAC students Dublin 2 before 1st July of the year of entry. have different admissions routes, see below and page 256. 2 Students should be aware that the criteria for waiving the language or mathematics requirement are different to those How to Apply to DARE? required for the DARE scheme. The granting of a language waiver 1 Apply to CAO by 17:15 on 1st February 2019. does not mean that a student is automatically eligible for the 2 No later than 17:15 on 1st March 2019, you must disclose DARE scheme. your disability and/or specific learning difficulty in your CAO application and fully and correctly complete Section A of the FURTHER INFORMATION If you wish to clarify any issues or concerns you may have in relation Supplementary Information Form (SIF), as part of your CAO to your disability and the demands of a course please contact a application. If you wish to be considered for the DARE scheme, member of the Disability Service: you must indicate this on Section A by selecting “Yes” to Question 5 by 17:15 on 1st March 2019. By Phone: +353 (0) 1 896 3111 3 Return the fully completed Educational Impact Statement (Section B) and Evidence of Disability (Section C) of the SIF to By Text / SMS (for Deaf Students): +353 (0) 86 3442322 arrive at the CAO no later than 17:15 on 1st April 2019. By Email: [email protected]

Please check www.accesscollege.ie/dare for up-to-date By dropping into the DS office, 10am-4pm, Monday-Friday. information on the DARE scheme in 2019. Website: www.tcd.ie/study/apply/alternative-paths-to-trinity/ or: www.accesscollege.ie Prioritising DARE Places In recognition of national and university targets to increase the number of students with sensory and physical disabilities, DARE Mature Students offers will be made first to eligible applicants within these target groups, and remaining places offered to all other students with All undergraduate courses in Trinity are open to mature applicants. disabilities who are eligible. Mature student applicants are not required to satisfy the normal minimum entry requirements and are not required to meet Students who receive a DARE offer must register with the Disability competitive academic entry levels (e.g. Leaving Certificate points), Service and agree on a schedule of meetings with the service. but are considered in the first instance on the basis of how relevant their life, work and educational experiences are to the course(s) that Prioritisation of Applicants Eligible for both DARE and HEAR they wish to pursue. In addition, all applicants should demonstrate In order to increase the number of students facing the ‘double an interest in and knowledge of their course choice(s). disadvantage’ of socially economic disadvantage and disability, Trinity have agreed to prioritise applicants eligible for both DARE In order to apply to Trinity as a mature applicant you must: and HEAR when allocating reduced points places. „ be an EU applicant (see page 246) More information „ be at least 23 years of age on 1 January 2019 More Information on DARE is available from your school Guidance „ submit a CAO application form to the Central Applications Office Counsellor or the Disability Office (see below). Information can also (CAO) by 1 February 2019 be found on: www.accesscollege.ie; www.cao.ie; www.tcd.ie/ „ submit a Trinity Mature Student Supplementary Online study/apply/alternative-paths-to-trinity Application Form (required for all CAO courses with the exception Regional DARE application advice clinics will be running in early of nursing and midwifery) by 1 February 2019. 2019 and full details and locations of these can be found on: Late applications will not be considered from mature students. www.accesscollege.ie CAO applications may be made online at: www.cao.ie LANGUAGE OR MATHEMATICS WAIVER Students with specific learning difficulties, sensory or The Trinity Mature Student Supplementary Application Form communication disabilities may apply for a waiver of the modern should be submitted online. A full list of available courses can be language requirement, provided that the study of a language does accessed on: www.tcd.ie/courses. Please select the appropriate not form part of their chosen course of study. In addition, students course choice from the list and apply by selecting the Mature with dyscalculia, sensory or communication disabilities, may be Student Supplementary Application Form option. See: www.tcd.ie/ eligible to request exemption from the minimum entry requirement maturestudents/apply for full details on making an application. of a pass in mathematics, where mathematics does not form any component of their intended course. See: www.tcd.ie/study/apply/ Please note that a valid CAO number is required prior to submitting alternative-paths-to-trinity for further details. Please note: a Trinity Mature Student Supplementary Online Application Form. Only three course options will be considered.

Applicants to all courses may be required to attend an interview. Interviews are usually held between April and May.

www.tcd.ie/study 247 Certain courses may also require applicants to meet other Step 1 assessment criteria. For information on additional assessments Apply online to CAO by 17:15 on 1 February 2019. for specific courses please refer to the Mature Student Guidelines Step 2 booklet available from the Academic Registry, Watts Building, Indicate that you wish to apply to HEAR and finalise all elements Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin, Dublin 2, tel: +353 of your HEAR online application by 17:15 on 1 March 2019. 1 896 4500, email: [email protected]. The Mature Student Guidelines booklet is also available to download at: www.tcd.ie/ Step 3 maturestudents/apply Submit relevant evidence in support of your application to arrive at CAO by 17:15 on 1 April 2019. Trinity will inform mature applicants of the outcome of their application before the end of May to allow successful applicants HEAR applications can only be made online at: www.cao.ie the maximum time possible to prepare for the start of the academic year 2019. Official offers to successful applicants are made through More information on HEAR is available from your school Guidance the CAO in early July. To secure your place you must return a formal Counsellor or Trinity Access Programmes. Information can also be acceptance notice to the CAO by the specified reply date. found on: www.accesscollege.ie or: www.cao.ie

An information seminar to prepare all successful mature applicants For further information on the number of available places and for starting in Trinity will take place in July 2019. An orientation the selection process for the HEAR scheme, please refer to: programme for all successful mature applicants will take place in www.tcd.ie/study/apply/alternative-paths-to-trinity August 2019. Students who accept places in Trinity through HEAR are offered a For further information on studying in Trinity as a mature student variety of academic and personal supports while studying at third please contact the mature student officer, tel: +353 1 896 1386, level. Details of post-admission supports for HEAR entrants can also email: [email protected] or visit: www.tcd.ie/ be found on page 21, and at: www.accesscollege.ie and: www.tcd. maturestudents ie/Trinity_Access

TAP FOUNDATION COURSE FOR YOUNG ADULTS Access Initiatives This one-year course aims to equip students with the skills they will need to benefit from and participate in a third-level education The Trinity Access Programmes (TAP) co-ordinates initiatives to course. It is open to Leaving Certificate pupils from schools in facilitate increased participation at third-level of students whose the greater Dublin area which are affiliated to third-level access social, economic and educational experiences have prevented them programmes. Applicants should have taken the Leaving Certificate from realising their full academic potential. Through a variety of pre- in the year of application or not more than two years prior to that. entry outreach initiatives, TAP aims to promote positive attitudes Minimum entry requirements are grade O6 or above in five subjects to education with families and communities, and to increase the and grade H5 or above in one subject. FETAC and Leaving Certificate number of students who progress to third-level education. Applied qualifications are also considered.

TAP offers a range of application routes to students of all ages and Applicants for the Foundation Course for Young Adults may various post-entry supports, including a writing resource centre, a apply online from mid-November 2019. You may also apply for laptop lending service, tuition support and a designated study space the University Access Course which Trinity runs in partnership equipped with IT resources. with Liberties College on this application form. The closing date for receipt of applications is February 7th 2019. Students are HIGHER EDUCATION ACCESS ROUTE (HEAR) not required to apply to the Central Applications Office. Apply The Higher Education Access Route (HEAR) is a third-level online, find out more or download application guidelines at: admissions scheme for school leavers (under 23 years of age), from www.tcd.ie/Trinity_Access/prospective/access/young.php. socio-economically disadvantaged backgrounds. HEAR has been Alternatively, tel: +353 1 896 2751. established by a number of Higher Education Institutions based on clear evidence that socio-economic disadvantage has a negative TAP FOUNDATION COURSE FOR MATURE STUDENTS impact on educational achievement at school and progression to This one-year course prepares mature students (EU students who higher education. are over 23 years of age on 1 January of the proposed year of entry) for entry to undergraduate studies at Trinity and other third-level School leavers who provide the necessary supporting financial institutions. There are no standard educational requirements but documents relating to their socio-economic circumstances and evidence of a particular interest in studying at university and strong meet the Irish Leaving Certificate minimum entry requirements and personal motivation are essential. In addition, if English is not your any course specific requirements are eligible to compete for a quota first language you will be required to provide evidence of English of places allocated to applicants on a reduced points basis in Trinity. language proficiency, see page 250.

Who Should Apply to HEAR? Applicants for the Foundation Course for Mature Students may HEAR is for school leavers (under 23 years old as of 1 January 2019) apply online from mid-November 2018. You may also apply for the who are resident in the Republic of Ireland. Mature and FETAC University Access Courses which Trinity runs in partnership with students have different admission routes, see pages 247 and 256. Pearse College and Plunket College on this application form. The closing date for receipt of applications is March 28th 2019. Students are not required to apply to the Central Applications Office. Apply online, find out more or download application guidelines at: www.tcd.ie/Trinity_Access/prospective/access/mature.php. Alternatively, tel: +353 1 896 2751.

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Receiving an Offer Non-EU Applicants Offers to all successful EU applicants (school leavers) are made Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin is a university through the CAO in August following the publication of Leaving of global consequence and our reputation as a world-leading Certificate and GCE A Level results. The University does not make university is reflected in our standing in the world university conditional offers prior to the publication of examination results. rankings. We welcome applications from non-EU students wishing Applicants are advised that the competitive entry level may to shape their future by joining our global Trinity community. You fluctuate. will discover that an education from Trinity prepares you for a future Offers to successful mature student applicants and to candidates with unlimited career possibilities. who have deferred entry from the previous year will be issued by We accept many overseas qualifications and further details about CAO in early July. our entry requirements for international qualifications are available on our Study at Trinity website at www.tcd.ie/study/non-eu/ Accepting an Offer undergraduate If you are unsure whether we will accept your qualifications, or have Applicants who wish to accept an offer of a place must return a questions about the levels we require, our Global Relations Office formal acceptance notice to CAO, either online or in hard copy, provides a point of personal contact, both in Ireland and globally, to within the specified time period. If an acceptance is not returned in help you through the application process (see page 33). time the offer will lapse. Representatives from the Global Office also attend exhibitions, visit Please note that if an applicant does not follow the instructions in schools and universities, and hold receptions and open days for full, the right is reserved to cancel the offer. prospective students and offer holders. For more information visit www.tcd.ie/globalrelations/news/events.php Deferred Entry Normally, students from outside the EU must apply directly to Trinity. Students who have received an offer notice may apply to defer their If you are not sure whether you are considered as an EU applicant entry to Trinity for one year. On receipt of a CAO Offer Notice: or a Non-EU applicant please check online at www.tcd.ie/study/ 1 Do NOT accept the offer. undergraduate or contact: [email protected] 2 Write or send an email IMMEDIATELY to the Admissions Officer, Academic Registry, Watts Building, Trinity College Dublin, The Trinity International Foundation Dublin 2 setting out the reason(s) for the request. Programme 3 The letter/email must arrive in the Academic Registry at least two days before the ‘Reply Date’ shown on the Offer Notice. Trinity will If your high school qualification is not accepted for direct entry to notify the applicant of the decision in writing. If the deferral is not a Trinity undergraduate programme you may consider applying for granted, you may then accept the offer for the current year. our International Foundation Programme. 4 In order to take up the deferred place, the applicant must re-apply through the CAO by 1 February 2020 and the deferred The Trinity International Foundation Programme provides a pathway course must appear as the first and only choice on this application. for students outside of the European Union (EU) who do not meet the direct entry requirements for an undergraduate programme in 5 After re-applying, the applicant must send their new CAO Trinity. Students who successfully complete the Trinity International application number to the Applications and Admissions Team, Foundation Programme and reach the required grades gain entry to Academic Registry, Watts Building, Trinity College Dublin, the first year of an undergraduate degree at Trinity. Dublin 2, email: [email protected] The International Foundation Programme is the first step on a Students who were permitted to defer their place will receive an pathway to a successful career and we ensure students receive the offer of a place on the course in July of the following year. skills and knowledge they will need to thrive in their undergraduate studies. If you are interested in applying to Trinity’s International A place may be deferred for one academic year only. Foundation Programme, please email [email protected] or visit www.tcd.ie/study/international/foundation-programme/ Transferring Course and Advanced Entry index.php for further information.

Students seeking to transfer from a course in another third-level institution to the second or third year in Trinity (Advanced Entry) should consult: Applying for a Transfer at www.tcd.ie/study/apply/ making-an-application/undergraduate

www.tcd.ie/study 249 English Language Requirements Non-EU Applications for September 2019 admission opens: 1 October 2018. English is the language of instruction at Trinity and all applicants are required to demonstrate proficiency in English. All applicants Closing Dates: must present an English language qualification. Accepted/permitted „ 1 February for admissions decision by 1 April qualifications are: „ 1 February for Music, Drama, Dental Science and Medicine 1 Irish Leaving Certificate: a grade 6 or better in ordinary level „ 30 June for Advanced Entry English. „ 30 June for rolling decisions 2 GCSE: a grade C or better in English Language. All enquiries from non-EU applicants concerning undergraduate 3 US High School: a grade C in English taken in final year. admission should be addressed to: 4 TOEFL The Applications and Admissions Team, Academic Registry, „ Paper-based 570 (with a TWE score of 4.5) Watts Building, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland. „ Computer-based 233 (with a score of 4.5 in essay) „ Internet-based 90 (with a written score of 21) Tel: +353 1 896 4500 5 Cambridge Proficiency Grade C Email: [email protected] 6 Cambridge Advanced Grade A Website: www.tcd.ie/study/undergraduate 7 IELTS (academic version) 6.5 (no individual band below 6) The normal closing date for applications is 1 February 2019. „ For Dental courses: IELTS (academic version) 7 (no individual Late applications may be considered for courses other than Drama, band below 7) Music, Medicine and Dental Science. „ For Clinical Speech and Language Studies: IELTS (academic version) 7 (no individual band below 7) In order to be considered for admission all applicants are required 8 Pearson Test of English (Academic) – PTE Academic: a to satisfy the University minimum entry requirements (see page 255) minimum score of 63 (with no section score below 59) and, where relevant, meet any course specific requirements.

9 International Baccalaureate: English A1, A2 or B: 5 at Higher Due to national requirements and restrictions on the number of Level (4 at Standard Level if presenting IB through English) clinical placements available, non-EU students cannot be offered a place on any of the undergraduate nursing or midwifery courses at 10 QQI/FETAC: a pass in Communications module (5N0690) this time.

How to Apply as a Non-EU student Receiving an Offer and Accepting a Place Non-EU students can take the following steps to apply for Successful non-EU applicants will be notified in writing through the undergraduate courses at Trinity: online application system by Trinity. Students who wish to accept 1 Go to the Courses website and find the course you love: an offer of a place in the University will be required to return an www.tcd.ie/courses/undergraduate/ acceptance deposit within a specified time. Details of the due date and method of payment will be included in the offer letter. 2 Read the user guide for non-EU applicants: www.tcd.ie/ globalrelations/international-non-eu/howtoapply.php 3 Apply by selecting the ‘Non-EU Application’ link under the course Deferred Entry description. * You can save your application and return to it but remember to submit it when you’re finished! Non-EU students applying for deferred entry should contact the Applications and Admissions Team, Academic Registry, Watts * An application fee of €55 is applicable for all direct applications to Building, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin 2, Ireland in writing prior Trinity College Dublin. This payment must be made online following to the deadline for acceptance of their offer. the instructions on the application form. The online application processing fee is non-refundable. The course application will not be submitted to Trinity College Dublin until the application fee is paid in full.

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Important Dates for Applicants

1 October 2018 Non-EU Applicants for September 2019 admission opens (1 October).

Early November 2018 CAO online applications (www.cao.ie) opens for EU applicants.

10 November 2018 Trinity Open Day.

10 January 2019 Mature students advice and information seminar. (Time: 17.00-18.00 and repeated again from 18.00-19.00).

20 January 2019 Closing date for registration for the HPAT-Ireland test for entry to Medicine.

Final date for the CAO online discounted application fee.

1 February 2019 Normal closing date for CAO.

Applications to restricted entry courses must be made to the CAO by this date.

Closing date for applications from mature students for all full-time courses.

Submission of mature students’ supplementary application forms for all full-time courses (excluding nursing and midwifery) must also be returned by this date.

DARE and HEAR applicants must have applied to CAO.

Deadline for non-EU students applying for restricted courses: Medicine, Dental Science, Drama and Music.

23 February 2019 Date of HPAT-Ireland test for entry to Medicine.

1 March 2019 Closing date for applications to sit the University matriculation examination.

DARE applicants must have disclosed their disabilities and/or specific learning difficulties in their CAO applications, and fully and correctly completed Section A of the Supplementary Information Form (SIF).

HEAR applicants must have applied to HEAR and finalised all elements of their HEAR online application.

Applications from EU and non-EU students wishing to study as a visiting student for up to one academic year should be submitted online.

31 March 2019 Music and Music Education entrance examination.

1 April 2019 DARE applicants must have completed and returned sections B and C of the Supplementary Information Form. (Must arrive with CAO by 17.15 on 1 April).

HEAR applicants must have submitted relevant evidence in support of their application to CAO. (Must arrive with CAO by 17.15 on 1 April).

1 May 2019 Late closing date for CAO (Note: Late applications to restricted entry courses, and late applications from mature students will not be considered).

30 June 2019 Deadline for applications for Advanced Entry.

Deadline for non-EU applications for most undergraduate courses (please refer to specific course profiles at www.tcd.ie/courses).

1 July 2019 Closing date for submission of a ‘Change of Mind’ to CAO.

12 October 2019 Closing date for receipt of applications for the Reid Entrance Exhibition.

See: www.tcd.ie/calendar for Term Dates 2019-2020

www.tcd.ie/study 251 In addition, Personal and Contextual Data – provided via Republic of Ireland supplementary materials – must be submitted by the applicant in an online Trinity Application Form through the CAO before 1 Feasibility Study in Admissions March 2019. Applicants are asked to submit an honest piece of self-reflection, discussing what they would like to study, and why. This is the fifth year of the pioneering feasibility study in admissions Personal statements are reviewed by expert reviewers and used as as Trinity attempts to see if there is a better and fairer mechanism to a qualifier. Qualifying personal statements are those which have identify and admit applicants who are enthusiastic and passionate been awarded an average score of ‘1’, ‘2’, ‘3’, or ‘4’ on a scale of 1 to about learning, motivated and suitable for their chosen courses, and 6. Applicants whose personal statements qualify will proceed to the with the academic ability and potential to be inspired by everything next stage. In the scoring process, Leaving Certificate results and that University has to offer. The admissions scheme tested in this the Relative Performance Rank will be weighted equally and then study is adopting a holistic approach that has worked successfully the candidates will be ranked in order of their combined score for internationally, using a range of materials to make an assessment modalities (a) and (b). Therefore, the Personal and Contextual Data about the academic ability and potential of each applicant. are not weighted in the final evaluation.

Students can opt-in or opt-out of the study, and by opting-in you are The feasibility study is an attempt to inform broader educational eligible for all of the places filled in the traditional way, as well the change by providing options to assist in the development of extra places filled through this new route. The new admissions route national policy. The study is an attempt to see whether, on a small is being used to admit students on three courses – with ten places scale and in a strictly controlled way, it might be possible to admit in History (TR003), ten places in Law (TR004), and five places in students using a range of assessments (including the Leaving Ancient and Medieval History and Culture (TR028) filled in this way. Certificate), with the results published and shared throughout the Applicants to any of the three courses involved in the study will have sector. It recognises the importance of having a Leaving Certificate the option of using the new admissions route, and submitting some examination that is fit-for-purpose and supports the reforms that short supplementary material (in which case they will be eligible for are currently underway at second-level to ensure a more positive all of the regular places on the course filled in the traditional way, as educational experience. It also recognises and values the great well as the places set aside for the study), or opting out of the study, work and commitment of the teachers at primary and second-level in which case they will remain eligible for all of the places allocated throughout Ireland. in the traditional way, but not the extra places. Students applying for The new admissions route tested here seeks to complement the role two or more of the courses in the study will only have to submit the of the Leaving Certificate and the teaching community, by working supplementary information once. with the Central Applications Office (CAO) to examine whether some The feasibility study is being operated in partnership with the approaches which have succeeded internationally might also work Central Applications Office (CAO) and all applications will be made in an Irish context. completely anonymous before evaluation, to ensure the process is Further details are available at: www.tcd.ie/undergraduate-studies free from any external influences. ‘The launch of a pioneering feasibility study in admissions is Two scales (or modalities) are used to assess applicants in the study. something that could be transformative for Ireland – and is one that They are: is vitally important for its future… With this study, Trinity is sending (a) Leaving Certificate results. a powerful message that with hard work anything is possible, including admission to Trinity or to any university in the world.’ (b) Relative Performance Rank (RPR) – the performance of the (Dr. William R. Fitzsimmons, Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid applicant relative to other applicants from their school. This at Harvard). scale looks at the rank of the applicant compared to every other applicant from their school who has applied to any course, in Note: any university, through the CAO. 1 Feasibility Study places will only be offered in Round One of the CAO admissions process.

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applying from Northern Ireland. The results will be shared with Northern Ireland the other Irish universities, to see if it could be used as a possible mechanism to admit all A Level applicants from within the EU.

Admission of Students from Northern Ireland Students applying to Trinity from Northern Ireland for entry in 2019/20 will be eligible for all of the places that will be filled in the Trinity is a university for the whole island of Ireland and has played normal way through the CAO system. However, a set number of a unique role in bringing together different traditions over the places (maximum 3 per course) will be set aside for the purposes centuries. Trinity attracts talented students from every county in of the feasibility study, which will allow students to access any Ireland, as well as from around the world, and the diversity of the student population is one of the key things that makes it such a course* with only 3 A Levels. Students taking 4 A Levels will not be special place to study. Recently we asked some of our students to disadvantaged – their best three subjects will be considered for tell their own stories about coming to study at Trinity, and they have places offered in the study. made short videos about it for Trinity Explore (www.tcd.ie/explore). * Medicine is not included due to HPAT requirements. Trinity’s connections with Northern Ireland are long and enduring. HOW TO APPLY FOR THE FEASIBILITY STUDY For example, the Honourable Sir Donnell Deeny, founder of the 1 All students applying to Trinity from Northern Ireland should do Ireland Chair of Poetry, judge, and a graduate of Trinity, is one of so through the CAO, the Irish equivalent of UCAS, at the Pro-Chancellors of the university. As the Provost, Dr. Patrick www.cao.ie Prendergast, noted in his speech to the Trinity Association of 2 Students wishing to apply for entry through the feasibility study Northern Ireland in Belfast on 9 November 2012, our alumni include MUST submit an additional application form by 1 May 2019 Isaac Butt and the physicist Thomas Andrews in the nineteenth which is available at www.tcd.ie/study/apply/alternative- century, and a range of distinguished people in the twentieth, paths-to-trinity/ including the judges, Sir James Andrews and Sir William Moore, both 3 Students applying to the feasibility study for A Level admissions Lord Chief Justices of Northern Ireland; the poets Michael Longley will be eligible for all of the places filled in the normal way and Derek Mahon; the journalist and BBC governor Lucy Faulkner, through the CAO system, alongside those places set aside wife of the Prime Minister, Brian Faulkner; the great Denis Burkitt, for the purposes of the study. who helped treat the childhood cancer Burkitt’s lymphoma; and the world-renowned historian R.B. McDowell. Other great alumni, such Notes: as the Nobel Prize winners, Samuel Beckett, in literature, and Ernest 1 Students applying for entry through the feasibility study must Walton, who helped split the atom, were educated in Northern reside in Northern Ireland and be taking A Level examinations. Ireland. Most recently, William Campbell who was born in Derry and grew up in Donegal, and studied Zoology at Trinity, was awarded the 2 All applicants to Trinity must satisfy the University’s minimum Nobel Prize for Medicine in 2015. As the Provost noted, ‘By bringing entry requirements and specific course requirements. together a community of scholars and staff of all religions, and none; 3 For the feasibility study, places will not be allocated to students of all political beliefs and none; we help challenge fixed ideas and with less than ABB at A Level. generate new ideas’. 4 Feasibility Study places will only be offered in Round One of the CAO admissions process. FEASIBILITY STUDY FOR A LEVEL ADMISSIONS Recognising that only 1 in 8 students in Northern Ireland does Further information about the feasibility study is available at: 4 A Levels, Trinity has developed a feasibility study for A Level www.tcd.ie/study/apply/alternative-paths-to-trinity/ admissions, which will be tested in the first instance for students

Student Profile like panel discussions, chill out rooms, glitter parties, and we even held a puppy therapy day to help people to de-stress and relax in the Sara Loughlin, Student Ambassador run up to exams! from Northern Ireland Trinity Hall in Rathmines is the home to 800 first years from all over the world. There is a great camaraderie in halls. It’s like a home away “Hi! I’m Sara, I’m from Derry City. from home. I played one of the leading roles in the Halls musical, I remember sitting in the car in September ‘A Chorus Line’. I was an elected member of the Halls ‘Ents’ team in on the way to Dublin from Derry with my which we help to organise events in Halls such as nights out, movie mum and dad. I remember building up nights, music sessions and more. As well as this, 130 of us went to an idea in my head of Trinity and what it Berlin from Halls for 4 days, and I must say that it was one of the would be like. I can say without a doubt most unforgettable experiences I have ever had. that it has exceeded all my expectations! I ran a Halls-wide campaign and was elected as the President of What really stood out for me, as many of my friends from Northern Trinity Hall JCR, a committee of 11 2nd years who preside over Halls Ireland would also agree, was that Dublin was far enough away that and make sure that the new first year students are having the best I felt like I was independent and had moved away from home, yet time. There were three Northern Irish students on our committee close enough that if there were to be any problems I could jump on for 2016/17; James from Belfast as Welfare Officer, Laura from a bus and be home in four hours. Warrenpoint as Secretary, and myself as President. We arranged There are loads of societies in Trinity for whatever your interest is. a Hall Ball and an international trip to Budapest. I play classical and traditional violin and am a keen Irish speaker, and I have absolutely loved my time so far in Trinity. The friendly, this year I was the Irish Language Editor for Trinity FM, Trinity’s student inclusive atmosphere in Trinity is what I believe makes it unique, and run radio station, and the Public Relations Officer for Trad Soc. I was the amazing opportunities I’ve had and the things I have been able able to get involved with the Welfare Committee in college; we ran to get involved in have made this year one which I will never forget!” many successful campaign weeks such as Mental Health Week, Body and Soul Week, and Rainbow Week, and hosted many diverse events

www.tcd.ie/study 253 National Framework of Qualifications

The National Framework of Qualifications (NFQ) is a system of ten levels, where each level is based on nationally agreed standards of knowledge, skill and competence. These standards help to define what a student is expected to know, understand and be able to do following successful completion of a course or programme of study, or learning process. It includes awards made for all kinds of learning, from initial learning to Doctorate. The NFQ provides a framework to compare and contrast the level and standard of different qualifications, helping students to make informed decisions about their qualification choices and options available for further studies. The NFQ also makes it easier for students to explain to others (employers, learning institutions, etc.) what qualifications they hold, or are studying for.

For more information see: www.qqi.ie/Pages/National-Framework-of-Qualifications-%28NFQ%29.aspx

AWARDING BODIES AWARDS IN THE FRAMEWORK There are four classes of award in the National Framework of Qualifi cations: Quality and Qualifi cations Ireland (QQI) makes awards in further and higher education and training Major Awards: named in the outer rings, are the principal class of awards made at a level SEC - State Examinations Commission (Department of Education and Skills) AWARDING BODIES AWARDS IN THEMinor A wFRAMEards: are for paWrtialORK completion of the outcomes for a Major Award Institutes of Technology There are four classes of award in the National Framework of Qualifi cations: Quality and Qualifi cations Ireland (QQI) makes awards in further and Supplemental Awards: are for learning that is additional to a Major Award Universities higher education and training Special Purpose Awards: are for relatively narrow or purpose-specifi c achievement Major Awards: named in the outer rings, are the principal class of awards made at a level SEC - State Examinations Commission (Department of Education and Skills) Minor Awards: are for partial completion of the outcomes for a Major Award Institutes of Technology Supplemental Awards: are for learning that is additional to a Major Award Universities For further Information consultSpecial: P urpose www Aw.narfdsq.ie: a re forww relawtiv.eQQI.iely narrow or purpose-specifi c achievement ©QQI 2014

For further Information consult: www.nfq.ie www.QQI.ie ©QQI 2014

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To qualify for admission to an honours degree course at the 4 Combinations of Leaving Certificate subjects not permitted: University you must: „ Physics/chemistry may not be presented with physics or 1 meet the minimum entry requirements (see below). chemistry. 2 satisfy course specific requirements (where applicable), see „ Biology and agricultural science may not be presented as two pages 258-261. of the six subjects required for minimum entry requirements, 3 where there is competition for places, have good enough and they may not be presented together to satisfy course examination results to be included among those to whom offers specific requirements. However, both may be used for scoring are made (see the Leaving Certificate scoring system or Advanced purposes. GCE (A Level) scoring system, below). „ Art and music may not be offered as two of the three higher Leaving Certificate grades for minimum entry requirements, Minimum entry points for recent years are available at: www.tcd.ie/ but both may be used for scoring purposes. study/apply/admission-requirements/ Also see ‘Other Requirements’ on page 257. Leaving Certificate Scoring System

Grade Higher Level Ordinary Level Minimum Entry Requirements: 1 100 56 Irish Leaving Certificate 2 88 46 To be considered for admission to a degree course at the University 3 77 37 you must: 4 66 28 „ Present six subjects, three of which must be at grade 5 or above 5 56 20 on higher Leaving Certificate papers or at least grade 5 in the University matriculation examination. 6 46 12 7 37 n/a The six subjects above must include: „ A pass in English. „ Bonus Points for Higher Level Mathematics „ A pass in mathematics (or foundation-level mathematics All students presenting H6 or above in higher level mathematics (see note 2)) and a pass in a language other than English will have 25 points added to their score for mathematics. The bonus points will only be relevant where mathematics is scored OR as one of a student’s six best subjects for points purposes. „ A pass in Latin and a pass in a subject other than a language. An applicant’s six best results from one sitting of the Leaving Notes: Certificate will be counted for scoring purposes. Applicants may 1 A pass means grade O6/H7 or above in the Leaving Certificate combine results from the Leaving Certificate and the Trinity and grade 7 or above in the University matriculation matriculation examination of the same year for scoring purposes. examination. The minimum entry levels (points) for Trinity in recent years are 2 Mathematics at foundation-level is acceptable for minimum available at: www.tcd.ie/study/apply/admission-requirements/ entry requirements only, for all courses except nursing or undergraduate/index.php midwifery courses. Irish at foundation-level is not acceptable for minimum entry LEAVING CERTIFICATE VOCATIONAL PROGRAMME LINK MODULES requirements, course requirements or for scoring purposes. These modules are accepted for scoring purposes only and are 3 Students may combine grades achieved in different sittings awarded the following points: Distinction 66, Merit 46, Pass 28. of their Leaving Certificate/Matriculation examinations for the purpose of satisfying minimum entry and/or course requirements, but not for the purposes of scoring. This is not permitted for Medicine – see notes 3A and 3B on page 260.

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There is an entry route to a number of degree programmes in Points are weighted in favour of the first three A Levels, with additional Trinity for applicants presenting appropriate FETAC QQI FET (level points awarded for a fourth A Level or for a fourth AS Level subject. 5) qualifications. Applicants presenting distinctions in five modules can be considered for admission to Biological and Biomedical Grade First 3 A Level 4th A Level or AS Sciences (TR060); Chemical Sciences (TR061); Geography and subjects Geoscience (TR062); Physical Sciences (TR063); General Nursing (TR091 and TR093); Mental Health Nursing (TR095); Intellectual A* 185 45 31 Disability Nursing (TR097) and Midwifery (TR913). A 156 38 26 B 131 32 22 Minimum Entry Requirements: C 106 26 18 GCSE/Advanced GCE (A Level) D 84 20 14 To be considered for admission to the University you must: E 63 15 11 „ Present six subjects at grade C or above on GCSE or Advanced „ Subsidiary GCE (AS) papers. Two of these subjects must be at Bonus points for Mathematics grade C or above on Advanced GCE (A Level) papers. All students presenting grade E or above in one of A Level (A2) Mathematics, Further Mathematics or Pure Mathematics will The six subjects above must include: have 25 points added to their score for that subject. The bonus „ A pass in English. points will only be relevant where that subject is scored as one AND of a student’s four best subjects for points purposes. „ A pass in mathematics and a pass in a language other than English An applicant’s score will be calculated on the basis of either of the OR following: „ A pass in Latin and a pass in a subject other than a language. 1 their best 4 GCE Advanced level (A2) subjects from one academic Notes: year 1 A pass means grade C or above on GCSE or Advanced Subsidiary OR GCE (AS) papers. 2 Students may combine grades achieved in different sittings of 2 their best 3 GCE Advanced level (A2) subjects from one academic their Advanced GCE (A Level) examinations for the purpose of year plus one Advanced Subsidiary level (AS) in a different satisfying minimum entry and/or course requirements, but not subject from the same or the preceding academic year only. for the purposes of scoring. This is not permitted for Medicine – Students may not combine grades achieved in different sittings see notes 3A and 3B on page 260. of their GCE Advanced level (A2) examinations for the purpose of 3 Acceptable subjects: scoring. However, examinations taken in January and June of the „ Applied A Level, Vocational Advanced Subsidiary, Vocational same year are counted as a single sitting. A Level, National Vocational and Key Skills qualifications are not accepted for minimum entry requirements or scoring The minimum entry levels (points) for recent years are available purposes. at: www.tcd.ie/study/apply/admission-requirements/ „ GCSE/Advanced GCE (A Level) subjects set by recognised undergraduate/index.php examination boards are, in principle, acceptable for consideration with the following exceptions: Notes: ‚ Physical Education, General Studies and Media Studies are Cambridge Pre-U: Principle subjects will be accepted as alternatives not acceptable. to A Levels in meeting general entry requirements. The scoring „ Applicants who require advice about subject eligibility should scheme for Principle Subjects, Global Perspectives, and Short Courses results is available at: contact the Academic Registry, see page 246. www.tcd.ie/study/apply/ admission-requirements/undergraduate/index.php 4 Combinations of A Level subjects not permitted for minimum entry requirements or scoring purposes: ALLOCATION OF PLACES „ Art may not be presented with History of Art. Trinity treats equally all Leaving Certificate and A Level students „ Biology may not be presented with Botany or Zoology. on the island of Ireland in light of their status under Article 2 of the „ English Literature may not be presented with English Constitution of Ireland. Trinity will allocate fixed points to A Level Language. grades for the purpose of determining a student’s ranking, allocating places in proportion with current demographic factors. „ Environmental Science may not be presented with Biology or Geography. For all other applicants, in the first instance Trinity allocates ranges of „ Science may not be presented with Chemistry, Physics or CAO points to A Level grades (and other EU grading systems) in order Biology. that these applications can be compared with Leaving Certificate „ Not more than one specialised endorsed programme in art applications. Once this proportion is determined, places on the course may be presented. in question are offered to applicants coming from each respective 5 Art and Music may not be offered as the two Advanced GCE (A examination system group on the basis of ranking within that group. Level) grades for minimum entry requirements but both may be used for scoring purposes. Trinity reserves the right to make the final decision in all matters pertaining to the admissions process.

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University Matriculation Examination 8 Pearson Test of English (Academic) – PTE Academic: a minimum score of 63 (with no Communication Skills section A matriculation examination, graded in equivalent terms to grades score below 59) used in higher Leaving Certificate examination papers, is held in 9 International Baccalaureate: English A1, A2 or B: 5 at Higher Trinity every year, usually in April. The subjects of the matriculation Level (4 at Standard Level if presenting IB through English). examination are Biblical Studies and Geology. You may take one or 10 QQI/FETAC: a pass in Communications module (5N0690). both of the subjects available, but you should note that the range of university matriculation examination subjects available is not Note: Examination results are only valid for two years. sufficient for the fulfilment of all minimum entry requirements.

The closing date for application for the examination is 1 March. Age Requirement Application forms and a syllabus can be obtained from the Academic Registry, Watts Building, Trinity College Dublin, The Applicants seeking admission in 2019 must have a date of birth University of Dublin, Dublin 2, Tel: +353 1 896 4500, before 15 January 2003. Email: [email protected] Garda Vetting Minimum Entry Requirements: Other EU Countries Students on courses with clinical or other professional placements may be required to undergo Garda vetting procedures prior to Applicants who are presenting a second-level qualification other commencing placements. If, as a result of the outcome of the Garda than Leaving Certificate or Advanced GCE (A Level) should consult vetting procedures, a student is deemed unsuitable to attend the Trinity website (www.tcd.ie/study/undergraduate/) or contact clinical or other professional placement, he/she may be required to the Academic Registry (see page 246) for details of the relevant withdraw from his/her course. Students who have resided outside minimum entry and course requirements. Ireland for a period of 6 months or more will be required to provide police clearance documentation from the country (including different states) or countries in which they resided. Minimum Entry Requirements: Students who accept an offer will be informed of the procedures to Non-EU Countries be followed to complete the vetting process (as part of the student Applicants who are presenting qualifications from non-EU orientation information). countries should consult the Trinity website (www.tcd.ie/study/ undergraduate/) or contact the Global Relations Office at [email protected] for details of the relevant minimum entry Fitness To Practice and course requirements. Professional courses demand that certain core competencies are met by students in order to graduate and practice professionally after qualification. Trinity has special responsibility to ensure that Other Requirements all students admitted to all professional programmes will be eligible ENGLISH LANGUAGE REQUIREMENT for registration by the relevant professional body upon graduation. All applicants must present an English language qualification. It is important to us that our students are able to fulfil the rigorous Accepted/permitted qualifications are: demands of professional courses and are fit to practice. 1 Irish Leaving Certificate: a grade 6 or better in ordinary level English. Health Screening 2 GCSE: a grade C or better in English language. Offers of admission to the following courses are made subject to 3 US High School: a grade C in English taken in final year. certain vaccination requirements and/or certain negative test results. 4 TOEFL „ Clinical Speech and Language Studies „ Paper-based 570 (with a TWE score of 4.5) „ Dental Science, Dental Hygiene, Dental Nursing, and Dental „ Computer-based 233 (with a score of 4.5 in essay) Technology „ Internet-based 90 (with a written score of 21) „ Medicine 5 Cambridge Proficiency Grade C „ Nursing and Midwifery 6 Cambridge Advanced Grade A „ Occupational Therapy 7 IELTS (academic version) 6.5 (no individual band below 6) „ Pharmacy „ For Dental courses: IELTS (academic version) 7 (no individual „ Physiotherapy band below 7) „ Radiation Therapy „ For Clinical Speech and Language Studies: IELTS (academic „ Social Studies (Social work) version) 7 (no individual band below 7) Full details are available at: www.tcd.ie/study/apply/admission- requirements/undergraduate/index.php

www.tcd.ie/study 257 Course Requirements 2019: Joint Honours/Modern Language – Level 8 (Honours Degrees) Students select two subjects from the list below.

Note: Students are not permitted to commence two new languages. Students wishing to combine two of:, German, Italian, Russian, Spanish are required to present at least one of the chosen languages at grade H4 or better on a higher level Leaving Certificate paper or equivalent. French and Modern Irish are not available ‘ab Initio’.

Subject Name Specific Subjects Required Available Places in Leaving Certificate Higher Advanced GCE – A Level 2018 Level

AH Ancient History and Archaeology none none 23

CC Classical Civilisation none none 29

CL Classical Languages H4 in Greek, Latin or in a C in Greek, Latin or in a 10 language other than English language other than English

DR Drama Studies see note 10 see note 10 24

EC Economics see note 1 see note 1 43

EN English Literature H4 in English C in English 91

FS Film Studies none none 30

GG Geography‡ none none 45

HS History none none 44

AR History of Art and Architecture none none 40

ME Middle Eastern, Jewish and Islamic Civilisations none none 10

MT Mathematics H3 in Mathematics B in Mathematics 30

ML Modern Language See note 20 See note 20

MU Music see note 5 see note 5 20

PH Philosophy none none 43

RE Religion none none 22

SC Sociology none none 59

Specific subjects required for other EU countries: See the information above for the Irish Leaving Certificate and compare it with the equivalent grades for your country at EU: www.tcd.ie/study/undergraduate/

‡ Geography may also be read as part of a moderatorship subject in Geography and Geoscience – TR062. See page 158 for course specific requirements for Science programmes.

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Course Requirements 2019: Level 8 (Honours Degrees)

Course Name Specific Subjects Required Available Page Code Places in Leaving Certificate Higher Level Advanced GCE – A Level 2018 TR002 Music see note 5 see note 5 15 102 TR003 History none none 39 78 TR004 Law none none 90 92 TR005 Philosophy none none 20 106 TR006 Psychology none none 31 114 TR007 Clinical Speech and see note 4 see note 4 34 52 Language Studies TR009 Music Education see note 5 see note 5 10 104 TR012 History and Political Science none none 24 82 TR015 Philosophy, Political Science, see note 1 see note 1 34 108 Economics and Sociology TR016 Deaf Studies see note 16 see note 16 20 54 TR017 Law and Business see note 1 see note 1 25 96 TR018 Law and French H3 in French C in French 15 94 TR019 Law and German H3 in German C in German 15 94 TR020 Law and Political Science none none 20 98 TR021 Classics, Ancient History H4 in Greek or Latin or a C in Greek, Latin or a 20 44 and Archaeology language other than English language other than English TR022 Early and Modern Irish H4 in Irish C in Irish 15 86 TR023 English Studies H4 in English C in English 40 66 TR024 European Studies see note 8 see note 8 45 68 TR025 Drama and Theatre Studies see note 10 see note 10 17 56 TR028 Ancient and Medieval History none none 16 80 and Culture TR029 Political Science and Geography none none 15 112 TR031 Mathematics H3 in Mathematics B in Mathematics 40 202 TR032 Engineering H4 in Mathematics C in Mathematics 175 140 TR033‡ Computer Science H4 in Mathematics C in Mathematics 100 132 TR034‡ Management Science and H4 in Mathematics C in Mathematics 27 138 Information Systems Studies TR035‡ Theoretical Physics H3 in Mathematics and B in Mathematics and 40 204 H3 in Physics B in Physics TR038‡ Engineering with Management H4 in Mathematics C in Mathematics 20 150 TR039 Computer Science and Language see note 18 see note 18 20 136 TR040 Middle Eastern and European see note 19 see note 19 12 100 Language and Cultures TR041 Religion None None TR051 Medicine see notes 3A and 3B see notes 3A and 3B 121 222 TR052 Dental Science see note 17 see note 17 32 212 TR053 Physiotherapy see notes 1 and 6 see notes 1 and 6 40 234 TR054 Occupational Therapy see note 7 see note 7 40 230 TR055 Radiation Therapy see note 11 see note 11 30 236 TR056 Human Health and Disease see note 14 see note 14 35 218 TR060‡ Biological and Biomedical see notes 1 and 2 see notes 1 and 2 235 154 Sciences TR061 Chemical Sciences see notes 1 and 2 see notes 1 and 2 72 178 TR062‡ Geography and Geoscience see notes 1 and 2 see notes 1 and 2 54 188 TR063‡ Physical Sciences see notes 1 and 2 see notes 1 and 2 52 194 TR072 Pharmacy see notes 1 and 9 see notes 1 and 9 75 232 TR080 Global Business see note 1 see note 1 25 37 TR081 Business, Economic and see note 1 see note 1 236 37 Social Studies TR082 Computer Science and Business see note 15 see note 15 30 134 TR083 Sociology and Social Policy none none 28 126 TR084 Social Studies (Social work) none none 45 122 TR085 Business Studies and French H3 in French and see note 1 C in French and see note 1 15 42

www.tcd.ie/study 259 Course Name Specific Subjects Required Available Page Code Places in Leaving Certificate Higher Level Advanced GCE – A Level 2018 TR086 Business Studies and German H3 in German and see note 1 C in German and see note 1 15 42 TR087 Business Studies and Russian H4 in a language other than C in a language other than 7 42 English and see note 1 English and see note 1 TR089 Business Studies and Polish H4 in a language other than C in a language other than 5 42 English and see note 1 English and see note 1 TR090 Business Studies and Spanish H3 in Spanish and see note 1 C in Spanish and see note 1 10 42 TR091 General Nursing see note 12 see note 12 106 224 TR093 General Nursing see notes 12 and 13 see notes 12 and 13 33 224 – Adelaide School of Nursing TR095 Mental Health Nursing see note 12 see note 12 48 224 TR097 Intellectual Disability Nursing see note 12 see note 12 30 224 TR911 Integrated Children’s and see note 12 see note 12 26 224 General Nursing TR913 Midwifery see note 12 see note 12 44 228

Specific subjects required for other EU countries: See the information above for the Irish Leaving Certificate and compare it with the equivalent grades for your country at: www.tcd.ie/study/undergraduate/

Courses are funded by the Irish Government under the National Development Plan. ‡ These courses are co-funded by the Irish Government and the European Union under the European Social Fund.

Notes 1 A mathematics requirement of grade 4 on the ordinary or grade 6 4 A mathematics requirement of grade 6 on the ordinary or on the higher Leaving Certificate paper or grade B at GCSE level. higher Leaving Certificate paper or grade C at GCSE level. A grade 4 at higher level in one of English, French, German, Irish, 2 Two higher level grade 4 s (grade Cs at A Level) from the following Italian, Russian, Spanish and a grade 4 at higher level in one of subjects: physics, chemistry, biology, physics/chemistry, mathematics, applied mathematics, physics, chemistry, biology, mathematics, geology, geography, applied mathematics, physics/chemistry, agricultural science. If you are presenting agricultural science. Physics/chemistry may not be presented Advanced GCE (A Levels), a grade C at A Level is required in one with physics or chemistry. Agricultural science may not be of English, French, German, Irish, Italian, Russian, Spanish and presented with biology. Applied mathematics may not be a grade B at GCSE level in one of physics, chemistry, biology, presented with mathematics. mathematics; or a grade C at A Level in one of physics, chemistry, 3A A higher level grade 3 and a higher level grade 4 (grade B and C at biology, mathematics and a grade B at GCSE level in one of A Level) in two of physics, chemistry, biology, physics/chemistry, English, French, German, Irish, Italian, Russian, Spanish. agricultural science. Physics/chemistry may not be presented 5 This is a restricted entry course, therefore, applications must with physics or chemistry. Agricultural science may not be be submitted to the CAO by 1 February of the proposed year of presented with biology. If you do not have some qualification entry. You will be called for an entrance test on 31st March 2019 in physics, you must present mathematics at grade 4 on the (provisional date). This will include a simple harmony paper, an ordinary Leaving Certificate paper, grade 6 on the higher Leaving ear test, a paper on general musical knowledge and background Certificate paper or grade B at GCSE level. and an essay paper (TR009 only). Some applicants will be called 3B Applicants must achieve a minimum of 480 points and meet the for interview (and in the case of TR009 applicants, further tests) minimum entry and course specific requirements in the same in late April/early May when the final selections will be made. sitting* of the Leaving Certificate examination. In addition, all 6 Two higher level grade 4s (grade Cs at A Level) from the following applicants will be required to sit the admissions test (HPAT – subjects: physics, chemistry, biology, physics/chemistry, Ireland) which is scheduled for 23 February 2019. Applicants mathematics, agricultural science. Physics/chemistry may not must register for the test at: www.hpat-ireland.acer.edu.au be presented with physics or chemistry. Agricultural science may by 20 January 2019. Further details on the selection criteria are not be presented with biology. available at: www.tcd.ie/courses or from the Academic Registry: +353 1 896 4500. Applicants should note that application for 7 One higher level grade 4 (grade C at A Level) from the following Medicine must be made online at: www.cao.ie. subjects: physics, chemistry, biology, physics/chemistry, agricultural science. * A Level applicants must satisfy minimum entry and course specific requirements within three consecutive years, e.g. GCSE (2017), AS (2018) A Levels (2019).

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8 Students entering this programme will study two languages from 14 A higher level grade 4 in biology and a higher level grade 4 in one French, German, Italian, Polish, Russian and Spanish. Italian, of physics, chemistry or physics/chemistry (grade C at A Level). Polish, Russian and Spanish are available from beginner level. 15 A higher level grade 4 or an ordinary level grade 2 in No student may study more than one language as a beginner. mathematics, or grade C at A Level or grade A at GCSE level. Students accepted into this programme, subject to the above regulations, will normally have at least a higher level grade 4 in 16 A higher level grade 4 in English and grade 6 at ordinary or higher the Leaving Certificate or equivalent, in two of French, German, level in a language other than English. grade C at A Level English Italian, Polish, Russian, Spanish (H3 in the case of French and Literature (A or B) or English Language (A or B) and grade C in a German, and H4 in the case of Spanish if non-beginner) (grade language other than English at GCSE level. C at A Level). Students who have only one language (other 17 A higher level grade 3 and a higher level grade 4 (grade B and C at than English or Irish) may also be admitted, subject to the A Level) in two of physics, chemistry, biology, physics/chemistry. above regulations, if they achieve a higher level grade H3 in the Physics/chemistry may not be presented with physics or language in the Leaving Certificate, or a grade B at A Level. chemistry. If you do not have some qualification in physics, you 9 A higher level grade 4 in chemistry or physics/chemistry and a must present mathematics at grade 5 on the ordinary Leaving higher level grade 4 in one of physics, biology, mathematics, Certificate paper, grade 6 on the higher Leaving Certificate paper geology, geography, applied mathematics and agricultural or grade B at GCSE level. science (grade C at A Level). Physics/Chemistry may not be 18 A higher level grade 4 in mathematics. Also, a grade 3 at higher presented with Chemistry or Physics to satisfy requirements. level in French or German or Irish (grade C at A Level in French 10 This is a restricted entry course, therefore, applications must or German and grade B at A Level in Irish if selecting Irish). be submitted to the CAO by 1 February of the proposed year 19 Applicants must present at least one European language other of entry. If you indicate Drama Studies or Drama and Theatre than English or Irish. A minimum of a higher level grade 3 in one studies as a choice of subject, you will be sent a questionnaire to of French, German, Greek, Italian, Latin, Polish, Russian, Spanish, complete in March. On the basis of the completed questionnaire Arabic or Hebrew Studies. Where a student is presenting two some applicants will be called to attend a workshop and languages they must attain at least the following grades: a higher interview (during April/May) before final selections are made. level grade 4 if presenting Greek, Italian, Polish, Russian, Spanish, 11 One higher level grade 4 (grade C at A Level) from the following Arabic or Hebrew Studies; a higher level grade 3 if presenting subjects: physics, chemistry, biology, physics/chemistry. French or German. A Level students must present a grade B at A Level in one of the languages listed above or two grade Cs at 12 A grade 6 on the ordinary or higher paper in mathematics and A Level where two languages are being presented. in one of biology, physics, chemistry, physics/chemistry or agricultural science; or a grade C in Mathematics and in one of 20 The languages available within Modern Language are French, biology, physics, chemistry at GCSE level. German, Italian, Modern Irish, Russian and Spanish. German, Italian, Russian and Spanish are available at beginners level Applicants who have previously been unsuccessful (academic but prior knowledge is required for French and Modern Irish. and/or placement) in any Nursing or Midwifery programme or Students are not permitted to commence two languages. have any issues which would affect their registration with An Applicants wishing to study German, Italian, Russian or Spanish Bord Altranais will only be considered for re-entry to Nursing must present a H4 in a language other than English. To be or Midwifery on a case-by-case appeal basis to the relevant eligible for French or Modern Irish applicants must present a H4 Programme Board. Such applicants should make their case in French or Modern Irish. A Level Applicants: To be eligible for in writing to the Admissions Officer and include any relevant French or Modern Irish applicants must present a Grade C at A details of extenuating circumstances. Mature Applicants should Level in French or Modern Irish. To study German, Italian, Russian follow the instructions in the CAO handbook (available from or Spanish a Grade C at A Level in a language other than English www.cao.ie). is required. 13 Applications must be submitted to the CAO by 1 February of the proposed year of entry. The Adelaide Hospital Society, which is a voluntary charitable organisation, nominates suitable applicants each year to the Adelaide School of Nursing. Applicants will be sent an additional application form in mid-March, to be returned to the Adelaide Hospital Society. On the basis of the completed application form, a list of eligible applicants will be selected. Places on this course will then be allocated on the basis of Leaving Certificate points/mature students’ written assessment scores.

www.tcd.ie/study 261 Course Requirements 2019: Ordinary Degree and Diploma Courses

Course Name Specific subjects required Available Page Code Places in 2018 TR801 Dental Nursing (diploma) See notes A and C 25 198 TR802 Dental Hygiene (diploma) See note B and C + Restricted entry 8 196 TR803 Dental Technology (ordinary degree) See notes A and C + Restricted entry 6 202

Notes A Applicants are required to present six subjects, including English, mathematics and one of physics, chemistry, biology, physics/chemistry or agricultural science. Of the six subjects presented, two must be of a standard of at least grade 4 on ordinary Leaving Certificate papers. The remaining four subjects must be presented to a standard of grade 6 on ordinary Leaving Certificate papers.

B Applicants are required to present six subjects, including English, mathematics and one of physics, chemistry, biology, physics/chemistry or agricultural science. Of the six subjects presented, two must be of a standard of at least grade 4 on higher Leaving Certificate papers. The remaining four subjects must be presented to a standard of grade 6 on ordinary Leaving Certificate papers.

C Applications may also be considered from mature applicants who do not satisfy the academic entry requirements but can demonstrate appropriate experience relevant to the course.

Applications for restricted entry courses must be submitted to the CAO by 1 February of the proposed year of entry.

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Course name change „ The title of the Classics (TR021) course has been changed to Classics, Ancient History and Archaeology. „ In the Joint Honours course Jewish and Islamic Civilisations has been re-named Middle Eastern, Jewish and Islamic Civilisations.

New Courses Please see a new courses at Trinity for 2019/2020 below:

TR041 Religion replaces World Religions and Theology (TR008) and Catholic Theological Studies (TR031)

Joint Honours/Modern Language – This course has replaced TR001 Two Subject Moderatorship

New Leaving Certificate Subjects from 2020 Computer Science will be accepted as one of the subjects satisfying minimum entry requirements and for scoring purposes.

It will also be accepted as one of the subjects satisfying the specific course requirements for the following courses: TR060 Biological and Biomedical Sciences; TR061 Chemical Sciences; TR062 Geography and Geoscience; TR063 Physical Sciences and TR072 Pharmacy.

Physical Education will be accepted as one of the subjects satisfying minimum entry requirements and for scoring purposes.

Revised A Level Scoring Scheme A revised scoring scheme will be implemented for A Level examination results in 2019.

Points are weighted in favour of the first three A Levels, with additional points awarded for a fourth A Level or for a fourth AS Level subject.

Grade First 3 A Level 4th A Level or AS subjects A* 185 45 31 A 156 38 26 B 131 32 22 C 106 26 18 D 84 20 14 E 63 15 11

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