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NUI Undergraduate Prospectus 2019

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Welcome to NUI Galway Your university experience is about more than just your course, its about the next chapter in your life. At NUI Galway we want to build on your passion for learning and encourage and support your desire to develop as a person, to explore new interests and to remain curious. NUI Galway is ranked in the top 1% of global universities* so you can expect to be challenged and inspired. Here is where... you will be given the support, knowledge, skills and self-confidence to achieve your goals and reach your full potential.

*(Based on QS World University Rankings)

4 Your University city Imagine a city where learning, creativity and life come together as one. Galway city, nestles on the doorstep of the NUI Galway campus. The city and university have grown together, entwined for hundreds of years, creating a unique, safe and exciting home from home. Galway is a city overflowing with creativity from year-long festivals to the creation of medical device solutions shaping health care across the globe. We’re part of a city with a big heart and soul, that’s alive with passion and pride. Here is where we celebrate the place, the people, and the feeling of inclusivity that makes NUI Galway so unique.

5 Galway is steeped in history: In a recent European survey Galway from medieval streets to modern city was ranked the best small city in thoroughfares, there is so much to Europe for ‘cultural vibrancy’ and for its see and do. A single day could see you ‘creative economy’. hillwalking in rugged Connemara in the Galway is set to become European morning, lazing on the beach in Salthill Capital of Culture in 2020, and already in the afternoon and enjoying the the city and our campus are gearing cultural treasures of medieval lanes at up to celebrate this unique honour in night, while also sampling our unique spectacular fashion. award-winning cafés and restaurants.

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Friends for life You will shortly embark on the next exciting chapter of your life. As an NUI Galway student you will be joining a vibrant, caring and close-knit university community. At NUI Galway, community means we have an intensity of ambition that drives us to achieve great things. We work together because we want to succeed together. Community means creating lasting friendships and wonderful memories together. NUI Galway ignites connections that stay with you for life.

7 8 9 Sport at NUI Galway Sport is central to student life at NUI Galway, and our sporting facilities are some of the best of any Irish university. We have fostered national and international champions in rugby, rowing, boxing, swimming, basketball, athletics, windsurfing, climbing and sailing. This year has seen NUI Galway students achieve significant sporting success. • NUI Galway students represented or Irish university teams in 10 different sports • Our sports clubs won Gold in 12 disciplines at the Intervarsity level • NUI Galway’s teams won All- in: Athletics, Judo, Rowing, Men’s Basketball, Women’s Soccer, Cricket, and Women’s Rugby.

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Our state-of-the-art facilities include: Sports facilities • Six-lane, 25-metre swimming pool NUI Galway’s 6,500 sq. ft. sports complex • National League basketball arena is located on the University campus and is and sports hall ideal for all students as a meeting point for • 100-piece cardiovascular gym with sports activity. • 35 pieces of resistance equipment • Dedicated elite training gym Our athletes have achieved recognition • Two fitness studios in their chosen sports at the Olympic • Squash courts Games, World Championships, University • Racquetball courts World Championships, European • Competitive climbing wall Championships and Rugby Six Nations • Saunas and steam room and as inter-county players in all five Gaelic sports. Our outdoor facilities include: • Eight-lane, synthetic international-standard track • Grass pitches for Gaelic games, soccer and rugby • Flood-lit, all-weather surface catering for all field sports

11 Sports scholarships Your sports clubs We offer a wide range of sport scholarships that reward There are 45 active and vibrant sports clubs at students who are performing at the highest level of their NUI Galway. Joining and participating in a sports sport while also pursuing their academic studies. Our club will provide you with lasting memories of generous sports scholarship packages include financial college life. Clubs at NUI Galway include 27 and medical support, nutritional support and advice and Olympic sports, team sports – both indoor sports psychology, and outdoor – a full range of water sports, and adventure, recreational and snow sports. • Sports Performance Points Scholarships rewards students with exceptional sporting achievement and From rowing to water polo, mountaineering to future potential with 40 CAO Performance Points that scuba-diving, Ultimate Frisbee to five-a-side can be used for entry into undergraduate courses with soccer, there is a club for everyone at NUI Galway. the exception of Medicine (GY501). NUI Galway’s clubs compete at national • The Elite Athlete Scholarship has been one of the most competitions and have enjoyed many successes. successful schemes in the county in supporting young Each year NUI Galway awards a number of Sports talented athletes reaching the top of their sport and Awards which recognise sporting performance, achieving academic excellence. leadership and participation, as well as those who • The Helen M. Moran Scholarship is offered to a student contribute to the running and development of the NUI Galway sports clubs. who has demonstrated a high level of achievement in Gaelic football. Find out more nuigalway.ie/sport

12 World class research At NUI Galway we encourage our students to develop original thinking, push boundaries and participate in finding solutions for global challenges. Our research benefits humanity, society and the economy. We collaborate with research institutions and companies globally in our key areas of strengths which include: harnessing technology, improving human health, nurturing creativity, shaping society and sustaining the planet. Many of our graduates have gone onto become leading researchers in their chosen fields.

Dr. Jessamyn Fairfield NUI Galway

13 The Arctic has long held a special fascination for Arctic Circle Exploration Jessamyn who says; It’s such a stark environment: An exciting expedition to the Arctic Circle. brutal and yet full of life and beauty. While I have Nanoscience physicist Dr Jessamyn Fairfield, no desire to freeze to death, I wanted to see the from the School of Physics, was chosen to edge of the world, listen to nature and search for embark on a fascinating two-week Science humanity. The raw and beautiful environment Residency Program, travelling on board the ship of the Arctic Circle is the perfect place to bring Antigua, participating in a program that brought together scientists, artists, and innovators. I together scientists and artists to explore how was delighted to be selected for the expedition, the Arctic and its exploration meet with art, where I worked on a Cerenkov detector made science, architecture, education and activism. from Arctic ice to detect cosmic rays. The expedition travelled around the islands of Jessamyn is also the director of Bright Club in Svalbard between mainland Norway and the North Ireland which encourages academics to discuss Pole. It is one of the world’s northernmost inhabited their work through stand-up comedy. She has run areas, known for its rugged, remote terrain of 23 Bright Club events, teaching academics how glaciers and frozen tundra sheltering polar bears, to use comedy to discuss their work. Jessamyn Svalbard reindeer and Arctic foxes. The Northern writes her own long-standing blog, Let’s Talk Lights are visible during winter, and summer brings About Science, which is a top Google Search the “midnight sun” sunlight 24 hours a day. result for information about electronics.

14 a Building your employability Your career does not just start when you graduate. Through our strong links with business and our highly valued reputation in industry, we offer our students every opportunity to develop their personal and professional skills, providing an excellent foundation from which to launch your career. NUI Galway graduates are successfully employed at high-profile organisations throughout the world, including Facebook, Apple, JP Morgan, GlaxoSmithKline, Google, TG4, RTE and PWC to name but a few. Our dedicated Career Development team offers career guidance and advice to help you manage your own career development. Over 70% of our degree courses now offer a work placement and/or a study abroad opportunity, ensuring that our graduates are workplace ready with a global focus. Our student voluntary service – ALIVE – is the largest student voluntary service in Ireland, providing our students with local, national and international opportunities to hone their skills as change makers and influencers on the global stage.

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15 NUI Galway has one of the highest graduate employment rates of any Irish university. In 2017 only 2% of our graduates were still seeking employment six months after graduation. In the academic year 2017/18, 1,150 graduate jobs were advertised with our Career Development Centre, clearly demonstrating robust demand for our graduates across all sectors of the economy.

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Coming to a town near you… We hold regional information evening’s throughout Ireland, where NUI Galway’s we bring the NUI Galway student Open Days experience to you. Meet us in: • Athlone- 8th November, 2018 • 22nd November, 2018 Friday 5th October 2018 Tralee- • Dundalk- 6th December, 2018 Saturday 6th October 2018 • Letterkenny- 17th January, 2019 • NUI Galway- 24th January, 2019 Saturday 6th April 2019 nuigalway.ie/opendays Guided Campus Tours You can book a guided tour of Come and see for yourself why the campus, which will be led by our campus has been voted one of our current students, by one of the most beautiful emailing [email protected] university campuses in Europe. School visits Open Days are the perfect opportunity To arrange for a university for you and your family to experience representative to visit your school life at NUI Galway first hand. Visit us please contact us directly. and immerse yourself in our vibrant and diverse community. Meet our world- t. +353 91 492814 leading academics, our current students e. [email protected] and see how they can inspire you.

18 NUI Galway Courses

College of Arts, Social Sciences, and Celtic Studies College of Business, Public Policy and Law Bachelor of Arts (Joint-Honours) 23 GY101 J.E. Cairnes School of Business & Economics Bachelor of Arts (Psychology) 48 GY104 GY201 Bachelor of Commerce 89 Bachelor of Arts (History) 49 GY105 GY209 Bachelor of Commerce (Global Experience) 90 Bachelor of Arts (Mathematics and Education) 50 Bachelor of Commerce (International with GY109 91 GY202 French) Bachelor of Arts with Children's Studies 51 GY110 Bachelor of Commerce (International with GY203 91 GY111 Bachelor of Arts with Creative Writing 52 German) Bachelor of Commerce (International with GY112 Bachelor of Arts with Film Studies 53 91 GY204 Spanish) GY113 Bachelor of Arts with Human Rights 54 Bachelor of Science (Business Information GY206 92 GY115 Bachelor of Arts with Performing Arts Studies 55 Systems) Bachelor of Arts (Drama, Theatre and 57 GY207 Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting) 93 GY118 Performance Studies) GY208 Bachelor of Commerce (Gaeilge) 94 GY119 Bachelor of Arts with Journalism 56 Shannon College of Hotel Management Bachelor of Arts (Child, Youth and Family: Policy GY120 58 Bachelor of Business Studies (International and Practice) 97 GY261 Hotel Management) Bachelor of Arts (Children's Studies) 59 GY121 Bachelor of Commerce (International Hotel 98 GY262 Management) GY123 Bachelor of Science (Applied Social Sciences) 60

GY124 Bachelor of Arts (Arts with Data Science) 61 School of Law Bachelor of Law 101 GY125 Bachelor of Arts (Digital Arts and Technology) 62 GY251 Bachelor of Law and Business 102 GY126 Bachelor of Arts (English and Media Studies) 63 GY250 Bachelor of Law and Human Rights 103 GY127 Bachelor of Arts (Film and Digital Media) 64 GY252 NEW Bachelor of Arts (Joint-Honours) in Law 104 GY128 Bachelor of Arts (Global Languages) 65 GY101

GY129 Bachelor of Arts (International) 66

GY130 Bachelor of Arts (Music) 67 Bachelor of Arts (History and Globalisation GY131 68 Studies) NEW Bachelor of Arts Government GY132 69 (Politics, Economics and Law) NEW Bachelor of Arts Education (Computer Science GY133 70 and Mathematical Studies) NEW St Angela's College, Bachelor of Applied Science in Nutrition, Food 71 AS051 and Business Management Bachelor of Arts (Education, Home Economics 72 AS001 and Biology) Bachelor of Arts (Education, Home Economics 73 AS002 and Religious Education Bachelor of Arts (Education, Home Economics 74 AS003 and Irish)

Acadamh na hOllscolaíochta Gaeilge

Cúrsaí Gaeilge do Mhic Léinn / 79 Courses for Students

GY122 BA (Cumarsáid agus Gaeilge) 80

GY107 BA (Gaeilge agus Léann an Aistriúcháin) 82

19 College of Engineering and Informatics

GY401 Undenominated Engineering 111

GY402 Bachelor of Engineering (Civil) 112

GY405 Bachelor of Engineering (Mechanical) 113 Bachelor of Engineering (Electronic and 114 GY406 Computer)

GY408 Bachelor of Engineering (Biomedical) 115 Bachelor of Science (Project and Construction 118 GY410 Management)

GY413 Bachelor of Engineering (Energy Systems) 116 Bachelor of Engineering (Electrical and 117 GY414 Electronic) Bachelor of Science (Computer Science and 119 GY350 Information Technology)

College of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences Bachelor of Medicine (MB) of Surgery (BCh) and of 124 GY501 Obstetrics) (BAO)

GY502 Bachelor of Science (Occupational Therapy) 127 Bachelor of Science (Speech and Language 128 GY503 Therapy)

GY504 Bachelor of Science (Podiatric Medicine) 129

GY515 Bachelor of Nursing Science (General) 130

GY516 Bachelor of Mental Health Nursing 131

GY517 Bachelor of Midwifery Science 132

St Angela's College, Sligo

AS110 Bachelor of Nursing Science (General) 133 Bachelor of Nursing Science (Intellectual 134 AS130 Disability)

College of Science

GY301 Bachelor of Science 139

GY303 Bachelor of Science (Biomedical Science) 145

GY304 Bachelor of Science (Biotechnology) 146

GY308 Bachelor of Science (Environmental Science) 147 Bachelor of Science (Financial Mathematics and 148 GY309 Economics)

GY310 Bachelor of Science (Marine Science) 149 Bachelor of Science (Environmental Health and 150 GY313 Safety)

GY314 Bachelor of Science ( Earth and Ocean Sciences) 151 Bachelor of Science (Biopharmaceutical 152 GY318 Chemistry)

GY319 Bachelor of Science (Mathematical Science) 153 Bachelor of Science ( Physics - degree options in 154 GY320 Applied, Astrophysics, Biomedical, Theoretical)

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College of Arts, Social Sciences, and Celtic Studies Our Bachelor of Arts courses are recognised as top quality degrees offered by a world renowned University and taught by leading academic experts. Across our course range, we aim to foster values and skills that equip our students with the expertise necessary to change society for the better. Our graduates have the ability to distil and critically assess information, to think innovatively and act independently. They demonstrate excellent analytical skills, precise communication skills, and can work effectively on their own initiative and in teams. In delivering excellence across our degrees, we have a student-centered ethos that provides a space for students to learn and develop both personally and professionally.

“I graduated from NUI Galway with a BA in English and History. At the end of my three-year degree, I applied for and was accepted onto the MA in Journalism at NUI Galway. I was selected to carry out my placement with Highland Radio in my hometown of Letterkenny and was offered a job shortly thereafter. I am currently a full-time broadcast journalist with Highland Radio – Ireland’s number one local radio station. I absolutely love my work and ultimately that’s the goal of every university graduate!”

Catherine Gaffney Letterkenny, , BA (English and History)

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GY101 WHY CHOOSE THIS COURSE? This is one of Ireland’s most popular undergraduate degree programmes, with a key attraction being the wide range of Bachelor two-subject degree combinations available of Arts A total of 356 different subject combinations are available (Joint-Honours) The course provides a route to multiple career opportunities. Students interested in a career in primary or secondary level teaching may enter these professions through the BA (Joint-Honours)

COURSE FACTS WORK PLACEMENT STUDY ABROAD CAO Code: GY101 Fieldwork is a feature of specific Students can opt to spend a year studying abroad. In addition to an extensive 8 subjects, where, in addition to specialist Course Level: skills, students learn how to work both network of Erasmus links with universities across the EU, we have study abroad Duration: 3 or 4 four years depending on in teams and independently. Work the pathway that you take. placements may also be provided with opportunities in Canada and the USA, Central and South America, and China. 300 some modules. Final-year research Minimum Entry Points 2018: projects encourage independent working, Some language students spend their year abroad on approved work placements as Minimum A-Level Grades: knowledge acquisition and evaluation, and language assistants. See www.nuigalway.ie/alevels the writing of polished reports.

Leaving Certificate Entry SKILLS CURRICULUM CAREER OPPORTUNITIES Requirements: Minimum Grade H5 in Arts graduates can be found in almost two subjects and passes in four other Building on feedback from our students and following discussions with every walk of life, and BA (Joint-Honours) subjects at O6/ H7 in the Leaving graduates from NUI Galway occupy leading Certificate, including Irish, English, employers, an integrated skills curriculum has been introduced as part of BA positions in commercial, social, educational another language and three other and public organisations at home and subjects recognised for entry purposes. (Joint-Honours). Skills are delivered throughout all classes offered on the abroad. The website below gives examples of careers taken up by Arts graduates and A-Level/GCSE Entry Requirements: programme. Our ‘skills-pillar’ is designed See page 168 for matriculation entry to enable students to think through, has useful advice for those seeking to take requirements. recognise, and articulate clearly the skills up employment on completion of their Arts developed as part of the overall BA degree: www.nuigalway.ie/choose-arts/ 850 Average Intake: (Joint-Honours) experience. This culminates in an opportunity for each PROGRAMME STRUCTURE You will study three subjects in Year One student to develop a ‘College Skills and then pursue two of the subjects you Passport’. Over the course of the BA pass in first year to degree level. During (Joint-Honours) degree, students can gain orientation week, you will have the up to five badges for their ‘College Skills opportunity to learn about all the subjects Passport’. Each badge highlights the skills FURTHER STUDY that are on offer and how different subject developed through successful engagement The University offers a wide range of combinations fit well together. Talks by with subjects in the College of Arts, Social taught master’s degrees and postgraduate students and lecturers on the different Sciences, and Celtic Studies. diploma programmes of interest to Arts subjects available can be found on graduates. The College of Arts, Social www.youtube.com/user/thinkingaboutnuig/ Sciences, and Celtic Studies also offers a number of structured PhD programmes. FIRST YEAR These programmes can be viewed at: www. Subject A Subject B Subject C 3 Subjects nuigalway.ie/courses/. College Skills Passport 20 ECTS 20 ECTS 20 ECTS

YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE SECOND YEAR Subject A Subject B Skills • GY111 Bachelor of Arts with Creative Writing 2 Subjects + 1 Skill 25 ECTS 25 ECTS 10 ECTS • GY110 Bachelor of Arts with Children Studies • GY115 Bachelor of Arts with Performing Studies Optional Opportunities for Students THIRD YEAR • Study Abroad (compulsory with some languages) Optional • Work/Community Placement FIND OUT MORE • Diploma/Further Study College of Arts, Social Sciences, and Celtic Studies FINAL YEAR +353 91 493 958 2 Subjects Subject A Subject B t. 30 ECTS 30 ECTS [email protected] College Skills Passport e. w. nuigalway.ie/GY101 When deciding on your subject combinations please refer to table on page 24 to see what subject combinations are available.

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Subject Combinations BA CONNECT available on GY101, BA CONNECT degrees and specialist BA degrees

BA CONNECT COURSE GROUP ONE GROUP TWO STRUCTURE Archaeology Law French Psychology Mathematics Celtic Civilisation FIRST Subject A Specialism Subject B Subject C Mathematics for Data Human Rights* ARTS 15 ECTS 15 ECTS 15 ECTS 15 ECTS Science** Film Studies* Media Studies** Digital Culture** Film and Digital Media** Media and Technology** SECOND Subject A Specialism Subject B 25 ECTS 10 ECTS 25 ECTS Globalisation Studies** ARTS

GROUP THREE GROUP FOUR THIRD Students study their specialism Classics English ARTS exclusively in this year (60 ects) Geography Economics German Children Studies* Modern Irish Culture Global Languages** (Music and Literature) FINAL Subject A Subject B Journalism* ARTS 30 ECTS 30 ECTS Léann na Cumarsáide** Cumarsáid**

BA CONNECT DEGREE COURSES A BA CONNECT programme is a four-year degree that offers you all the benefits of a two subject Bachelor of Arts degree with a GROUP FIVE GROUP SIX specialism of your choice. Sociological and Political History NUI Galway currently offer six BA CONNECT degree courses; Studies Spanish • GY110 BA with Children Studies Information Technology Music** Léann an Aistriúcháin • GY111 BA with Creative Writing • GY112 BA with Film Studies Creative Writing* • GY113 BA with Human Rights Performing Art Studies* GROUP SEVEN • GY115 BA with Performing Art Studies Drama and Theatre • GY119 BA with Journalism Studies** Gaeilge Data Science** Italian IT for Arts and Humanities** Philosophy

NOTES The subjects in black are the subjects offered through GY101 You cannot choose more than one subject from a group. *These subjects are ONLY available to students taking the relevant BA CONNECT degrees. **These subjects are ONLY available to students taking the relevant BA degrees. The following pages contain detailed subject descriptions for GY101.

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GY101 Subject WHY CHOOSE THIS SUBJECT? Archaeology is the study of human society through the recovery and analysis of its material remains (i.e., objects, monuments, burials, etc.) Archaeology From digital survey and excavation to learning how history, myth and legend can be used to complement the archaeological record, archaeology provides students with a deep understanding of the forces that have shaped our world, from the earliest human records to the nineteenth century Our course has a strong emphasis on fieldwork and interpretation and strikes a good balance between practical, field and laboratory skills and academic training

YOUR COURSE YEAR BY YEAR THIRD YEAR STUDY ABROAD • Metal, Warfare and Chiefdoms: The Bronze Age The Erasmus student exchange FIRST YEAR Roots of European Civilisation programme offers you the opportunity to • Recording Monuments in the Landscape (not • Public Archaeology study abroad in year three. Archaeology available to BA CONNECT Programmes) • Explaining Prehistory: Current Trends has Erasmus agreements with Glasgow • Prehistoric Ireland and Europe • Gaelic Peoples: Identity and Cultural Practice University (Scotland) and Charles University • Material culture and Museums • The Development of the Castle in (Czech Republic). Students taking • Medieval Ireland and Europe Medieval Europe a modern language can also study • Minor Dissertation SECOND YEAR archaeology overseas. Our staff have • People, Ritual and Death: Life in Early • Palaeoecology: Reconstructing Past international research links with universities Prehistoric Europe Environments in Europe and the USA, sit on the boards of • Castles, Colonists and Crannógs 1100–1350 • Landscape and Archaeology: Context and a number of international research bodies, • Sacred Places and Christian Buildings in Practice and have a teaching exchange with Lund Medieval Ireland University (Sweden). • Early Kingship: From Chaos to Cosmos WORK PLACEMENT We have placements with four Irish • Space, Place and the Irish Landscape (joint CAREER OPPORTUNITIES course with Geography) archaeological field schools that provide Studying Archaeology is the first step • Archaeology and Mythical Landscapes of excavation and survey experience. to a professional qualification. The Atlantic Ireland (visiting students and HDip) Placements are for up to four weeks, employment landscape is very broad, • Interpretation in Archaeology and occur during the summer months. ranging from forensic archaeology to • Archaeology in Practice Students can also find placements on museums. While commercial sector • Making Sense of Art: Style, Symbol and Story excavations abroad, and in museums, archaeology, typically working in pre- • Ancient Civilisations and heritage centres. development contexts, is a regular employment destination in Ireland and abroad, there is also growing understanding of Archaeology’s significance for present- day communities, as well as its cultural, educational, tourism and amenity values.

“I wanted to study somewhere that archaeology was infused with the local culture. NUI Galway’s archaeology programme provided a unique opportunity to not only study the past in the lecture theatre, but also visit and learn about archaeological sites with distinguished lecturers.” Frank J. Hall is a Galway Doctoral Scholar examining the end of castle-building and the transition to fortified houses and ‘stronghouses’ in early modern Ireland.

FURTHER STUDY FIND OUT MORE • MA Landscape Archaeology Dr Kieran O’ Connor • MLitt Archaeology First Year Co-Ordinator • HDip in Archaeology [email protected] • Structured PhD in Archaeology e. w. nuigalway.ie/archaeology/

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GY101 Subject WHY CHOOSE THIS SUBJECT? Celtic Civilisation is the study of the legacy of the Celts in the world, from when we first encounter the Celts in history to recent times. Celtic We examine the formation of the peoples and nations of Ireland, Northern and Western Britain, and France in the early Middle Ages Civilisation and study aspects of their civilisation in early-modern and modern western Europe You are taken on a journey into a hidden history of Europe and European identities and ideas in Ireland, Wales, Scotland and elsewhere

YOUR COURSE YEAR BY YEAR STUDY ABROAD In third year, you will have the opportunity FIRST YEAR to study abroad as part of the Erasmus • Medieval Celtic Literature (Wales and Ireland) programme at universities in Wales, • Early and Medieval History of the Celts Scotland, Brittany, Germany, Sweden and • Celtic Mythology, Religion and Folklore the Netherlands, among other locations. SECOND YEAR • Medieval Irish Literature c. 700–1100 CAREER OPPORTUNITIES • Society and Social Institutions Celtic Civilisation provides opportunities • The Stories of Medieval Wales for career development in the media, • King Arthur and the Holy Grail publishing, heritage, education or • Ancient Celtic Myths academic sectors. • Celtic Languages in the Modern World • Medieval Irish Language I, II

FINAL YEAR • Cultural Impact of Christianity • Poetry of Medieval Wales • The Celtic Languages and their Relatives • Poets and Courts: Medieval Celtic Literature 1150–1400 • The Invention of the Celt: Concepts and Perspectives • Medieval Women in the Celtic-Speaking West • Medieval Irish Language III, IV You may also select certain modules from Archaeology, Classics, History and English in Year 2 and Final Year.

“The opportunity to study medieval Celtic literature and languages gave my studies in Archaeology a deeper and more vibrant perspective. I could not recommend it more.” Kelsey Holmes, BA (Celtic Civilisation and Archaeology)

FURTHER STUDY FIND OUT MORE • MA (Old and ) Full-time Fiona de Paor • MA (Medieval Studies) Full-time +353 91 492564 • MA (Irish Studies – Literature and History) t. [email protected] Full-time, Part-time e.

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GY101 Subject WHY CHOOSE THIS SUBJECT? Classics is the study of the origins and early development of language, literature, art and thought Classics Students are usually complete beginners to this fascinating and challenging subject. In the first year course, you read Greek myths and Roman poetry while studying the art and architecture created in those societies In second and final year Classics, you will have the opportunity to specialise in several possible directions. Many begin the study of Greek and/or Latin in small group workshops, while others pursue specialist studies in such fields as art and architecture, language and literature, national histories, and the Classical tradition

YOUR COURSE YEAR BY YEAR STUDY ABROAD An attractive option is to combine YEAR ONE Classics with a modern language, with • Myth and Religion in the Ancient City the opportunity of transferring to the • Rome and the Genesis of Europe BA (International) degree course, which • The Roots of European Languages includes a year spent at a university in • Classics in Twenty Objects another European country. At NUI Galway, YEAR TWO Classics also has strong research links • Ancient literature, history and ideas with teams working on Mediterranean • Presentation skills and PowerPoint project archaeology, the early history of languages, • Options in ancient languages and linguistics and medieval manuscript culture at universities throughout Europe. YEAR THREE • Greeks, Romans and barbarians • Ireland and the Ancient World CAREER OPPORTUNITIES • Classical themes in art history Classics provides an ideal springboard for • Options in ancient languages creative and cultural careers, and many of • Options in medieval studies our graduates obtain employment in such areas as intercultural work, heritage and museums, publishing and communications, public service and education. Many other graduates continue to postgraduate study and research, usually in ancient and medieval languages or in material culture and art history, including museum studies.

“Classics gave me a rich understanding of all of these subjects and trained me to engage in analytical, evaluative and lateral thinking. I recommend Classics to anyone who cares about human history, language and thought.” Sarah Corrigan

FURTHER STUDY FIND OUT MORE • MA (Classics) Professor Michael Clarke • MA (Medieval Studies) Discipline of Classics • Structured PhD in Classics School of Languages, Literatures • Structured PhD in Medieval Studies and Cultures

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GY101 Subject WHY CHOOSE THIS SUBJECT? Studying Economics gives you an opportunity to deepen your understanding of current affairs, the economics of the market place, how economic factors Economics influence politics and how economic issues have influenced the course of history We teach university-level Economics from ‘scratch’; you don’t need to have studied Economics before (e.g., at Leaving Certificate level). Most of the students who are studying Economics now have not taken the subject before NUI Galway has a long and proud tradition of research-led teaching in Economics of international standing

YOUR COURSE YEAR BY YEAR STUDY ABROAD In second year, interested students may YEAR ONE apply to spend third year studying at a • Principles of Microeconomics university in either mainland Europe or • Skills for Economics 1 other countries such as Canada, USA, or • Principles of Macroeconomics China, before progressing into final year • Skills for Economics 2 of their degree. For example, students • Plus two other arts subjects recently have spent a year in universities in YEAR TWO Germany, Sweden and the Netherlands. • Intermediate Microeconomics • Mathematics for Economics CAREER OPPORTUNITIES • Plus choose one of two options: A degree in Economics provides you with ·· Irish Economic History a wide array of both subject-specific and or transferable skills, of enormous importance ·· Comparative Economic Thought to the world in which we live. Graduating ·· Intermediate Macroeconomics in Economics can lead to you working ·· Statistics for Economics for a variety of employers, including • Plus choose one of two options: governments, private companies and non- ·· Economics of Public Policy governmental organisations (NGOs). or ·· Introduction to Financial Economics ·· Plus one other arts subject

YEAR THREE • Microeconomics and Public Policy • Plus choose two other 5-credit modules: ·· Health Economics ·· International Economics ·· Money and Banking ·· Environmental and Natural Resource “The skills obtained were a Economics springboard that opened ·· Econometrics ·· Ireland, Europe, and the Global Economy up a range of professional • Macroeconomics and Public Policy opportunities as a public • Plus choose two other 5-credit modules: policy economist. Galway ·· Economics of Financial Markets itself is a wonderfully vibrant ·· Public Economics ·· Marine Economics student town.” ·· Development Economics Tom McDonnell ·· Agricultural and Food Economics BA (Economics and Law) • Plus one other arts subject

FURTHER STUDY FIND OUT MORE • MEconSc (International Finance) Dr Aidan Kane • MSc (Health Economics) Head of Economics • MSc (Global Environmental Economics) t. +353 91 492 530 e. [email protected] w. nuigalway.ie/economics/

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GY101 Subject WHY CHOOSE THIS SUBJECT? In 2017 and again in 2018 our discipline of English was named in the top 100–150 English Departments worldwide English The study of English is the study of creative expression in the English language. We examine novels, stories, plays, poems, films, journalism and digital media by women and men from many historical periods, and from various parts of the world, including regions such as Ireland, Britain, North America, Africa and Asia We help you develop your own critical thinking and communication skills to an advanced level

YOUR COURSE YEAR BY YEAR Seminar options may include: • Creative Writing FIRST YEAR • Exploring the Creative Arts All students doing English will take two lecture • Shakespeare on Screen modules each semester, and one skills-based • Gender and Globalisation in Modern Ireland tutorial module over both semesters. Students • Masculinity and Crisis on the BA (Joint-Honours) and denominated • Arthurian Literature programmes will also take one additional lecture • African Fiction module over both semesters. • Writing Animals Lecture modules include sections on: • Children’s Fiction • Introduction to Fiction • The Brontës • Introduction to Poetry • Introduction to Drama and Theatre Full lists of options are available on our website: • Critical Perspectives on Literature http://www.nuigalway.ie/english/ • Literature in the Social World STUDY ABROAD SECOND YEAR AND FINAL YEAR In second year, interested students may Students take two lecture courses and one apply to spend third year studying at a seminar in each semester during Years 2 and 3. university in either mainland Europe or other countries such as Canada, USA, or Lecture course options may include: • Medieval Literature China, before progressing into final year of • Media, Culture and Society their degree. • Eighteenth Century Studies • Novelty, Conflict, Scandal: Reading the Early CAREER OPPORTUNITIES Modern World English is a flexible subject that provides • Drama and Theatre Studies graduates with highly valued skills applicable • Worlds in Revolt: Romanticisms to a variety of occupations. Graduates • Stage and Page: The Early Modern Imagination of English have found employment • Genre Studies in teaching, journalism, the creative • Nineteeth Century British Literature arts, public service, media, information • Studies in Science Fiction and Fantasy technology, digital game design, law, public Literature relations, heritage industries, management, • Literature of the Digital Age librarianship, professional writing and many • Modern Irish Literature other fields. • Contemporary Literature • Modernism/Postmodernism

FURTHER STUDY FIND OUT MORE A qualification in English offers many Irene O’Malley opportunities for further study including: Discipline of English School of Humanities “Studying English at NUI Galway • MA (English) Full-time, Part-time has been greatly rewarding. • MA (Digital Cultures) Full-time, Part-time t. +353 91 492567 I found the modules on • MA (Culture and Colonialism) e. [email protected] offer intriguing and multi- Full-time, Part-time w. nuigalway.ie/english • MA (Creative Writing) Full-time, Part-time dimensional.” • MA (Journalism) Full-time, Part-time Leigh Jordan

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GY101 Subject WHY CHOOSE THIS SUBJECT? French is one of the most widely spoken languages in the world, both as a first language, mainly in Europe and North America, and as a second French language globally, including many parts of Africa Tá an t-ábhar seo ar fáil trí Students of French acquire a high level of written and spoken skills Ghaeilge/This subject is so that they can communicate accurately and effectively available through Irish French at NUI Galway can be studied through English or Irish

YOUR COURSE YEAR BY YEAR WORK PLACEMENT NOTE Students typically spend a year abroad Students wishing to take First Year French YEAR ONE on the EU-funded Erasmus exchange are expected to have attained a Grade H4 in • Introduction to French Language and Culture programme, either as a full-time student French in the Leaving Certificate. Students • Introduction to French Literature in Context or employed as a language assistant in a should note that choosing to study a modern school. Whether through study or a work language to degree level involves spending a YEAR TWO period, normally a year, abroad in a country or • French Literature and Relationships placement, you will significantly enhance region where the language for which they are • Introduction to French Textual Analysis both your linguistic abilities and your registered is widely spoken. Students studying • French Language Games and Variations intercultural skills. Your placement abroad French, German, Italian and/ or Spanish as • French Literary Genres (Novel, Poetry, Theatre also means that you will be eligible, at the part of the BA (Joint-Honours) will have the —Seventeeth to Nineteenth Centuries) successful conclusion of your studies, for opportunity to transfer to the BA (International) • Francophone Literatures the award of the BA (International) degree, programme upon successful completion • Autobiography—Contemporary Approaches reflecting this additional experience. of an academic workload and/or language • France on Stage and Screen assistantship during their year abroad (Year 3 of STUDY ABROAD the four-year BA (International) degree). YEAR THREE Students have the opportunity to spend their • Year Abroad—Erasmus/Assistantship third year at a university in France or Belgium, /Work placement or teaching in a French school. In addition YEAR FOUR to Erasmus exchange agreements with 17 • Reading French History as Literature European partner institutions, our staff also • French Media and Information have individual research links with universities • The Power of French Images across the Francophone World, from Quebec • Language and Identity in the to North Africa. Francophone World • Language and Identity in Medieval France CAREER OPPORTUNITIES • French Sport and Identity French is rated as the third most useful • French Literary Genres (Novel, Poetry, language for business, behind only English Theatre —Twentieth century) and Chinese. Our students acquire • Gender and Identity in French Literature a high level of communication skills, finding employment in a wide variety of situations, both in Ireland and abroad, including education, administration, media, marketing, translation and interpreting. Former students are currently employed by institutions (e.g., European Union), by non- governmental organisations (NGOs) (such as GOAL), and by companies including Pernod Ricard and L’Oréal.

FURTHER STUDY FIND OUT MORE “My Erasmus experience • MA (French) Professor Philip Dine • MA (Advanced Language Skills) Discipline of French in Toulouse was one of • MA (International Contemporary School of Languages, Literatures and the best years of my life!” Literatures and Media) Culture • MA (Translation) Nora Baker, Bachelor of Arts +353 91 492397 • Structured PhD in French t. with Creative Writing [email protected] (French and Italian) 2017 e. w. nuigalway.ie/french

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GY101 Subject CÉN FÁTH A ROGHNÓFÁ AN GHAEILGE? Cuireann clár Gaeilge OÉ Gaillimh oiliúint chuimsitheach ar fáil i dTeanga, Litríocht agus i gCultúr na Gaeilge. Beidh deis ag mic léinn forbairt a Gaeilge dhéanamh ar an nGaeilge a fuair siad ar scoil. Bíonn deis acu líofacht a bhaint amach i labhairt na Gaeilge agus cruinneas ina scríobh Tá cáil idirnáisiúnta ar na léachtóirí Gaeilge mar scoláirí bisiúla. Tá múinteoirí teanga ardlíofa againn a bhfuil taithí fhada acu a bheith ag cabhrú le mic léinn Is buntáiste breise é an campas dátheangach. Ina theannta sin, beidh deis ag mic léinn Seimeastar Gaeltachta/ Socrúchán Oibre a dhéanamh mar chuid den chéim WHY CHOOSE GAEILGE? The study of Gaeilge to degree level at NUI Galway involves a four-year programme. As a student of Gaeilge, you will spend third year off-campus, with one semester in the and the other semester on a work placement in the Irish language sector The experience will enhance your linguistic and research competence and prioritise career readiness. Entering through the CAO points system under the code GY101, students choose Gaeilge and two other subjects in first year and then progress with Gaeilge and one other subject into second year. If you decide to choose a modern continental language with Gaeilge, you will spend a single semester on an Erasmus exchange and/or applied placement overseas, in addition to a single semester in a Gaeltacht setting

IMLÍNE AN CHÚRSA SOCRÚCHÁIN OIBRE DEISEANNA GAIRME Mar chuid den tríú bliain, caithfidh scoláirí Bíonn céimithe le Gaeilge fostaithe i BLIAIN A HAON réimse an-leathan post chomh maith • An Teanga Bheo 1 agus 2 seimeastar ag staidéar ar champais leis an múinteoireoircht, sna meáin, san • Scéal agus Pobal na Gaeilge Ghaeltachta na hOllscoile. Beidh deis acu iriseoireacht. Tá éileamh ar chéimithe • Litríocht agus Cultúr na Linne a bheith ag obair in eagraíocht Ghaeilge sa dara seimeastar. Gheobhaidh siad tuilleadh as Gaillimh mar mhúinteoirí Gaeilge. Tá BLIAIN A DÓ taithí ar labhairt na Gaeilge agus beidh ganntanas mór múinteoirí Gaeilge in earnáil • Teanga na Nua-Ghaeilge I agus II feabhas dá réir ar a líofacht sa teanga. an mheánoideachais faoi láthair. • An Nualitríocht I agus II • Litríocht na Gaeilge 1200-1900 I NAISC IDIR NÁISIÚNTA POINTE EOLAIS • Teanga agus Pobal I Tá deiseanna ann seimeastar ERASMUS Nuair a bheidh cúrsa BA sa Ghaeilge déanta a chaitheamh thar lear chomh maith. acu, ba cheart go mbeadh céimithe in ann BLIAIN A TRÍ • Seimeastar ar champas Gaeltachta Tá ceangal faoi leith ag Roinn na Gaeilge labhairt go cruinn, líofa i nGaeilge ina gcuid • Seimeastar ar shocrúchán oibre nó thar lear le hollscoileanna thar lear a bhfuil na oibre agus ina sóisialta. Tuigfidh siad an teangacha Ceilteacha agus ábhar gaolmhar tábhacht atá le hoidhreacht na Gaeilge. BLIAIN A CEATHAIR á dteagasc iontu - Albain, An Bhreatain Tá éileamh mór ar chéimithe le honóracha • Teanga na Nua-Ghaeilge III agus IV Bheag, Mór-Roinn na hEorpa, Na Stáit sa Ghaeilge. • Litríocht na Gaeilge I agus II Aontaithe agus Ceanada. Chuaigh neart • Litríocht na Gaeilge 1200-1900 II Riachtanais Iontrála Ardteistiméireachta - céimithe as Gaillimh ag múineadh Gaeilge Tá H5 sa Gaeilge riachtanach. • Teanga agus Pobal II thar lear ar scéim FLTA Fulbright (Na Stáit Aontaithe) agus ICUF (Ceanada).

“Chaith mé trí bliana tairbheacha i nGaillimh. Tá atmaisféar ar leith le sonrú i Roinn na Gaeilge mar gheall ar an dea-chaidreamh idir an fhoireann agus na mic léinn. Chothaigh an taithí sin muinín ionam. Mholfainn an cúrsa do mhic léinn ar mian leo saineolas a chur ar chultúr, léann agus litríocht na Gaeilge.” Aisling Ní Churraighín, BA Gaeilge agus Béarla, agus mac léinn PhD

STAIDÉAR BREISE TUILLEADH EOLAIS MA/PhD sa Nua-Ghaeilge, PhD (Celtic Fiona de Paor Civilisation), MA/PhD (Sean- agus Meán- Seomra 215 Ghaeilge) Máistir Gairmiúil san Oideachas Aras na Gaeilge (PME) MA (Léann Teanga), MA (Culture and +353 91492564 Colonialism), MA (Journalism)l. t. r. [email protected] g. nuigalway.ie/gaeilge

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GY101 Subject WHY CHOOSE THIS SUBJECT? NUI Galway is home to one of the largest Geography disciplines in Europe Geography Geography is a multi-layered, diverse and exciting field of study. It is Tá an t-ábhar seo ar fáil trí the key bridging subject linking the humanities, the social sciences and Ghaeilge/This subject is the sciences available through Irish In taking Geography as a subject, not only will you acquire an understanding of our place in the world, you will also develop a skill set (research, computing/Geographical Information Systems (GIS), surveying) that is applicable in many sectors of employment

YOUR COURSE YEAR BY YEAR WORK PLACEMENT We provide experiential learning through YEAR ONE field and lab-based instruction throughout This year introduces you to key geographical the degree. This provides you with the ideas, processes and concepts that impact on ‘work-based training’ and transferable skills and shape the physical and human landscape, necessary for future employment. We and emphasises field trips, mapping and laboratory skills. have recently expanded our skills-based offerings, which include increased GIS- YEAR TWO AND FINAL YEAR based credits and increased skills-based Courses on offer range from Rural to Urban training for first year students. Geography, Coastal Environments to Climatology, Economic Geography to Political STUDY ABROAD and Cultural Geography, Environmental Planning Geography at NUI Galway has many to GIS. One of the key elements of third year international links all across the globe. Geography is the opportunity you have to Our recent international student field develop critical analytical skills in designing and executing a supervised research project. trips include destinations such as Bosnia–Herzegovina, the Czech Republic and China. All of our lecturers are active, internationally renowned researchers, and you will have the opportunity to undertake international exchanges in Germany and the USA.

CAREER OPPORTUNITIES Geography students acquire a wide range of skills and qualities that are valuable in many professions. The combinations of numerical and analytical skills are highly sought after by many sectors of employment. Recent graduates have excelled and carved out niches for themselves in lecturing, teaching, environmental consultancy, journalism, heritage work, renewable energy sector, marketing, planning, tourism, government and policy institute research, in non- governmental organisations (NGO) and CSO development work.

“I’m currently completing a PhD programme funded by Teagasc, and the skills I gained FURTHER STUDY FIND OUT MORE during my time at NUI Galway • MA (Environment, Society and Development) Professor Ulf Strohmayer • MSc (Marine and Coastal Environments) First Year Coordinator are of great relevance to this Geography opportunity.” +353 91 492 373 Brian Leonard is currently a third year t. e. [email protected] PhD student funded through a Teagasc nuigalway.ie/geography/ Walsh Fellowship. w.

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GY101 Subject WHY CHOOSE THIS SUBJECT? German is the native language of about 100 million people, and 38% of all Europeans speak German in Austria, Switzerland and elsewhere German Germany is the most important trading partner for almost all European and many non-European countries. Speaking German is key to success in the job market—in Ireland, Germany and the European Union At NUI Galway you can study German even without previous knowledge of the language When you graduate you will have acquired a high level of proficiency in German and a deep understanding of the culture and history of Germany

YOUR COURSE YEAR BY YEAR WORK PLACEMENT NOTE As an alternative to studying at a German Students should note that choosing to study YEAR ONE university, students may spend the • German Language and Culture a modern language to degree level involves third year of their programme on an spending a period, normally a year, abroad in (Beginners or Advanced) organised internship with a German or a country or region where the language for • Skills for Learning German Austrian company. which they are registered is widely spoken. (Beginners or Advanced) German may be taken in First Arts with previous • No prior knowledge is needed for the knowledge of the language (advanced) or at beginners’ stream. Leaving Certificate German STUDY ABROAD Students studying German spend one year beginners, level. or an equivalent standard is required for the studying at one of NUI Galway’s partner advanced course. First-year German consists universities in Germany or Austrian. The of a comprehensive written oral language year abroad allows students to reach a high course, complemented by contemporary degree of fluency in German and to enjoy literary and cultural studies. The language valuable intercultural experiences. classes take place in small groups, with an emphasis on developing the communication CAREER OPPORTUNITIES skills of the student. Graduates with a degree in German often YEAR TWO work as teachers—at primary, secondary • German Language I and II and third level, and in private language • German Studies I and II colleges—or they find employment in areas • History of German Literature and such as journalism, television, radio, Culture I and II media, arts administration, interpreting, • Modules include lectures on German literature, technical translation, multilingual culture and film studies, on linguistics, and the secretarial and reception work, tourism and effective use of media. the diplomatic service.

YEAR THREE • Year abroad on Erasmus or work placement

YEAR FOUR • German Language I and II • German Cultural Studies I–IV • Modules include lectures on German literature, media, history, theatre and cinema.

“I spent my Erasmus year abroad studying in Berlin, which was amazing. From the very first lecture, the German Department won me over with their enthusiasm and passion for what they teach.” Jeannine Jud, BA International (German and History)

FURTHER STUDY FIND OUT MORE • MA (German) Ms Geraldine Smyth • MA (International Contemporary +353 91 492626 Literatures and Media) t. [email protected] • MA (Advanced Language Skills) (German) e. nuigalway.ie/german • MA (Translation Studies) w. • PhD German

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GY101 Subject WHY CHOOSE THIS SUBJECT? Students will explore the local and the global past, focusing on the histories of Ireland, Britain, continental Europe, North America, History Australasia and Africa Tá an t-ábhar seo ar fáil trí History students can choose from more than 50 modules and can also Ghaeilge/This subject is study history through Irish available through Irish As a History student, you will be trained in techniques that are invaluable in numerous career paths. You will learn how to source information in libraries, archives and on the internet, how to test the accuracy of a claim against the available evidence, and how to formulate a coherent argument and express it effectively—all skills indispensable in any job

YOUR COURSE YEAR BY YEAR STUDY ABROAD Between second and final year, you can YEAR ONE choose to study History on an exchange • Ireland and Europe, 1789–1918 programme in universities in Europe and • Europe from Medieval to Modern North America, including Strasbourg, • Skills for Historians Leiden, Mainz, and Strathclyde. Many of Plus two other subjects are selected from the these programmes are taught through extensive Arts menu English. The year abroad offers an YEAR TWO excellent opportunity to develop an • One colloquium (research-oriented small existing language competency. It also group module) gives students the chance to experience • One additional lecture module in each of these different social, cultural and academic time periods: medieval, early modern, and environments. modern • One additional module in any time period, of CAREER OPPORTUNITIES the student’s choice The kinds of research, writing and analytical skills that you will acquire as a YEAR THREE History student are highly valued in the • Two seminar modules (research-oriented small modern workplace. Our recent graduates group modules) have gone on to work in a variety of • Two lecture modules of the student’s choice different fields, including journalism, law, archives, public service, arts administration, publishing, teaching, speech writing and management consulting.

“I write everyday about everything from murder to rugby matches, but it is the ability to archive, write, interpret and summarise facts, all skills I obtained studying History at NUI Galway.” Luke Henderson, Journalist, Sligo Weekender Newspaper

FURTHER STUDY FIND OUT MORE • MA (History) Dr Catriona Clear • MA (Medieval Studies) Head of First Year History • MA (Culture and Colonialism) Discipline of History

t. +353 91 493 099 e. [email protected] w. nuigalway.ie/history

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GY101 Subject WHY CHOOSE THIS SUBJECT? By studying Information Technology, you will develop the cognitive and applied skills needed for the design, application and support of Information computerised systems Taken in combination with another Arts subject, the study of Technology Information Technology provides a well-rounded, third-level education, matching the needs of the information society and providing you with valuable vocational skills According to the CSO, the highest earning graduates after five years were in compuer science

YOUR COURSE YEAR BY YEAR COURSE OUTLINE During the first year, you will be introduced YEAR ONE to the fundamentals of Information • Introduction to Computing and Technology and computing and will develop Information Technology (IT) immediately useful skills in computer • Algorithms and Logical Thinking Skills programming and internet applications. • Computer Programming 1 Building on this foundation, during second • Computer Programming 2 and final year courses you will focus on YEAR TWO more advanced topics in programming, • Object Oriented (OO) Programming 1 information systems and databases, and • OO Programming 2 computing systems and their application. • Information Systems 1: Databases Most of the Information Technology • Information Systems 2: Web-based courses are complemented by practical Information Systems laboratory classes and assignments. • Systems Analysis and Design • Web Application Development CAREER OPPORTUNITIES Graduates of the BA programme YEAR THREE • OO Programming 3 may pursue any of the traditional BA • Humanities Applications employment avenues, enhanced with the • Final Year Project knowledge of computing that they have • Two options: AI, HCI, Multimedia acquired. More specific IT employment opportunities range from translation and localization, through media and content careers to GIS. You may also choose to pursue postgraduate studies in the IT field and work in IT design and development. Nationally and internationally, IT industries are experiencing phenomenal growth, with many different opportunities available for developing a fulfilling career.

“I would highly recommend FURTHER STUDY FIND OUT MORE all Arts students to consider • MA Digital Cultures (MA) Information Technology taking IT as a subject because • MSC Information Systems Management Discipline, NUI Galway it’s a chance to try something t. +353 91 493143 new, and to learn about e. [email protected] w. nuigalway.ie/engineering- an unfamiliar subject.” informatics/information-technology/ Tracey McEvoy, BA Graduate

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GY101 Subject WHY CHOOSE THIS SUBJECT? This course provides an integrated interdisciplinary programme of learning for students with a particular interest in modern and Modern Irish contemporary Irish culture The literature strand of the programme explores Ireland’s most Culture Studies accomplished writers in Irish and in English from the nineteenth century (Literature to the present. The music strand provides a historical and theoretical approach to Irish music (and dance) practice during the same period, and Music) spanning traditional and popular genres All classes are taught through English, and Irish-language material is studied in English translation

YOUR COURSE YEAR BY YEAR STUDY ABROAD The Centre for Irish Studies has YEAR ONE undergraduate links with European partners • Traditional Irish Music and Dance since 1893 in A Coruña, Dalarna, Leuven, Liverpool, • An Introduction to Twentieth-Century Paris and Prague, and with Concordia Irish Writing University in the USA. • The Migrant Experience in Irish Writing • Irish Music and Emigration CAREER OPPORTUNITIES YEAR TWO You will develop key proficiencies in critical “The superb assistance • Constructing Identities in Irish Music and thinking and independent research and a Dance high level of oral and written presentation provided and the wonderful, • Irish Landscapes, Culture and Literature skills, precisely the competencies required enthusiastic lecturers make • Claiming Place in Gaelic Irish Literature by employers across a broad range of this subject a joy to attend... • Festival, Ritual and Commemoration occupations in the modern workplace, • Music, Gender and Ireland including education, journalism and You won’t be disappointed and • Aspects of Twentieth-Century Irish Writing communications, arts and heritage, it will remain with you as a life- publishing and the public service. shaping experience.” YEAR THREE • An Introduction to Literary and Cultural Theory Ian Mac Carlúis • Topics in Irish Music Studies • Topics in Irish Literature Studies • Independent Research Project

FURTHER STUDY • MA (Irish Studies–Literature and History) Full-time, Part-time • MA (Irish Studies–Literature and Music) Full-time, Part-time

FIND OUT MORE Samantha Williams Administrator

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GY101 Subject WHY CHOOSE THIS SUBJECT? Italian helps in many careers—teaching, communications, business, law, services, administration, the arts and translation Italian Italian is taught in small groups, and the quality of care, individual attention and the quality of teaching provided to students ensure high academic standards, provide a rewarding learning experience and help develop the presentation, communication, time management and team work skills necessary to succeed in today’s challenging work environment Students can start Italian as beginners without previous knowledge of the language

YOUR COURSE YEAR BY YEAR WORK PLACEMENT CAREER OPPORTUNITIES As part of the BA (International) degree Foreign-language competence is an YEAR ONE and the BA (Global Languages) degree, essential requirement in the job market. • Italian Language I and II you will have the opportunity to spend one Italian equips students with skills in the • Italy at the Movies semester of third year in Italy teaching area of teaching, translation and cross- YEAR TWO English. This work placement is facilitated cultural communication, as primary and • Intermediate Language I and II by the discipline of Italian in collaboration secondary teachers or as professionals • Oral with the Department of Education and working for private business or • Applied Language Skills Italian organisations. In semester two of government bodies both in Ireland • Italian Culture and Society I final year, you will be given the opportunity and the European Union. • Italian Culture and Society II to enrol in community-based learning, in which you will teach Italian to primary NOTE YEAR THREE • Year Abroad–Erasmus or work placement school students in selected primary Students should note that choosing to schools in the Galway area. study a modern language to degree level involves YEAR FOUR spending a period, normally a year, abroad in a • Language III STUDY ABROAD country or region where the language for which • Oral Italian has developed agreements with they are registered is widely spoken. Italian may • Italian Culture and Society III universities in Italy as part of the BA be taken in First Arts without previous knowledge of the language. Students studying French, • Italian Culture and Society IV (International) degree and the BA (Global • Italian Children’s Literature German, Italian and/or Spanish as part of the Languages) degree. During third year, BA (Joint-Honours) will have the opportunity to • Community-Based Learning you can choose to spend two semesters transfer to the BA (International). studying at universities in Italy, or apply to split the Erasmus year abroad by doing one semester at an Italian or European university (a popular option for those taking two languages to degree level) and one semester in a work placement.

“There is a wonderful staff of teachers and lecturers who are always available and eager FURTHER STUDY FIND OUT MORE to help, while the opportunity • MA (Advanced Language Skills) Professor Paolo Bartoloni • MA (Translation Studies) Discipline of Italian to spend a year studying • MA (International and Contemporary School of Languages, Literatures in Italy really enhances the Media and Literature) and Cultures experience.” • PhD in Italian t. +353 91 492397 Tadhg Gleeson, BA (International, e. [email protected] Italian and Classics) w. nuigalway.ie/italian/

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GY101 Subject WHY CHOOSE THIS SUBJECT? The BA (Joint-Honours) degree gives students a unique opportunity to study Law with a choice of other Arts subjects. Popular combinations Law include Law with Sociology and Politics, languages, English or History The average class size in first year is 200 Those who wish to qualify as a solicitor or barrister may proceed into the final year of the LLB programme at NUI Galway so that they can complete the additional core law subjects necessary to meet the entrance and examination requirements of the legal professional bodies

YOUR COURSE YEAR BY YEAR STUDY ABROAD NOTE At the end of second year, interested In Second Arts, there is a limit of 100 on the YEAR ONE students may apply to spend third year • Irish Legal System number of students admitted to Law. Places studying at a university in either mainland in Law will be decided on academic merit in • Law of Torts Europe or other countries such as Canada that discipline, based on the results of the first • Legal Skills or China. These students then return to sitting (Semester 1 and Semester 2) of the First Plus two other subjects from the Arts complete their degree in Galway. Arts examination in the student’s first year of subject groupings (see page 24) attendance (2019–2020), where the student must have passed the First Arts examination YEAR TWO CAREER OPPORTUNITIES outright by achieving an average of 40% or • Constitutional Law While many graduates opt to go on to higher in each of their subjects. • Contract Law qualify as solicitors or barristers, a BA • European Human Rights degree in Law is a recognised qualification • Sociology of Law for many careers, including working in • Legal Methods and Research journalism, the civil service, administration, Plus one of the other two subjects chosen non-governmental organisations (NGOs) in first year and private industry.

YEAR THREE • European Union Law • Criminal Law • Administrative Law Plus the other subject chosen in second year

“Choosing the Arts route gave me the flexibility to study a variety of law subjects while also developing my language skills and to approach the FURTHER STUDY law from a more multidisciplinary basis.” nuigalway.ie/law/courses Ruth Cormican, a graduate of the School of Law at NUI Galway, has been awarded a prestigious Fulbright Scholarship to study for an LLM in International Human Rights Law at the University of Notre FIND OUT MORE School of Law Dame in the USA. She will spend the summer on an internship programme in Suffolk University Law School in Boston working t. +353 91 492 752 with two criminal justice NGOs: Prisoner Legal Services and the e. [email protected] New England Innocence Project. w. nuigalway.ie/law

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GY101 Subject Ábhar roghnach ar an gCéim BA Onóracha Dhá Ábhar (GY101) is ea Léann an Aistriúcháin, a bhíonn á theagasc go hiomlán trí mheán na Gaeilge agus a mhaireann ar feadh trí bliana. Léann an Cabhróidh an t-ábhar céime seo leat forbairt a dhéanamh mar dhuine atá in ann machnamh go criticiúil agus grinnanailís a dhéanamh ar Aistriúcháin réimse leathan ábhar. Ina theannta sin, má roghnaíonn tú Léann an Aistriúcháin, bainfidh tú sult agus taitneamh as an meascán tomhaiste den staidéar acadúil agus den oiliúint phraiticiúil a gheobhaidh tú san aistriúchán agus i gcruinnscríobh na Gaeilge.

IMLÍNE AN CHÚRSA DHÁ ROGHA FOGHLAMA DEISEANNA FOSTAÍOCHTA Más spéis agat céim i réimse an aistriúcháin Tá deiseanna iontacha ar fáil do dhaoine BLIAIN A HAON tá dhá rogha agat: staidéar a dhéanamh ar a bhfuil cáilíocht acu san aistriúchán de • Gnéithe den Aistriúchán Léann an Aistriúcháin mar ábhar roghnach bharr Acht na dTeangacha Oifigiúla agus • Bunscileanna Gramadaí sa BA Onóracha Dhá Ábhar (GY101) in stádas oifigiúil na Gaeilge san Aontas • Bunscileanna Aistriúcháin imeacht trí bliana, nó an BA (Gaeilge agus Eorpach. Ceaptar go mbeidh stádas iomlán BLIAIN A DÓ Léann an Aistriúcháin) a bhaint in imeacht ag an nGaeilge san Aontas Eorpach go • Gramadach agus Litriú na Gaeilge 1 ceithre bliana, le bliain taithí oibre sa tríú luath agus go mbeidh a lán jabanna ar • Aistriúchán Feidhmeach Téacsanna 1 bliain. Ag brath ar do chuid torthaí sa Chéad thuarastal an-mhaith le fáil, go háirithe • Stair an Aistriúcháin in Éirinn Bhliain agus do chuid pointí CAO, beidh ag daoine a bhfuil cáilíocht aitheanta • Téarmeolaíocht deis agat aistriú sa Dara Bliain go dtí an aistriúcháin acu mar aon le teanga Eorpach • Aistriúchán Feidhmeach Téacsanna 2 chéim ainmnithe BA (Gaeilge agus Léann eile (chomh maith le Gaeilge agus Béarla). • Cruinneas agus Saibhriú Teanga an Aistriúcháin), má thograíonn tú é. An Bíonn poist le fáil freisin ag céimithe Léann buntáiste a bhaineann leis an gcur chuige an Aistriúcháin sna réimsí seo a leanas: BLIAIN A TRÍ solúbtha seo ná nach gá duit d’intinn a • Gramadach agus Litriú na Gaeilge 2 • cuideachtaí aistriúcháin; shocrú ar fad go dtí go mbeidh an Chéad • Tionscadal Aistriúcháin • na meáin chumarsáide; Bhliain curtha I gcrích agat. Má roghnaíonn • Gnó an Aistriúcháin/Fotheidealú • eagraíochtaí Gaeilge; tú Léann an Aistriúcháin mar ábhar, beidh • Aistriúchán Feidhmeach Téacsanna 3 • féinfhostaíocht; teacht agat ar a lán ábhair eile; ina measc • Eagarthóireacht agus Léamh Profaí • eagraíochtaí stáit. siúd tá Gaeilge, Béarla, Eacnamaíocht, Fraincis, Gearmáinis, Iodáilis, Léann na Cumarsáide, Matamaitic, Spáinnis, Stair, agus Tíreolaíocht. Beidh trí ábhar le roghnú agat sa Chéad Bhliain agus leanfaidh tú ar aghaidh le dhá ábhar onóracha don chéim.

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GY101 Subject WHY CHOOSE THIS SUBJECT? Léann an Aistriúcháin/Translation Studies can be taken as a subject on the GY101 BA (Joint-Honours) programme. This subject is taught fully through Léann an Irish and forms part of a three-year degree programme This degree subject will assist you in your development as a critical thinker Aistriúcháin and in your ability to analyse a wide range of subject matter In addition, if you choose Léann an Aistriúcháin/Translation Studies, you will benefit from a finely balanced combination of academic study and practical training in the areas of translation and precision writing in Irish YOUR COURSE YEAR BY YEAR

YEAR ONE TWO LEARNING OPTIONS CAREER OPPORTUNITIES • Gnéithe den Aistriúchán (Aspects of If you are interested in a degree in As a result of the Official Languages Translation) translation, you have two options at Act and the official status of Irish in the • Bunscileanna Gramadaí (Fundamental NUI Galway: you can choose Léann an European Union, there are now superb Grammar Skills) Aistriúcháin/Translation Studies as an employment opportunities for people • Bunscileanna Aistriúcháin (Fundamental optional subject of the BA (Joint-Honours) with qualifications in translation. Irish is now Translation Skills) programme (GY101) over three years, or an official language of the European Union, you can undertake the BA (Gaeilge agus and this will result in many highly-paid jobs, YEAR TWO • Gramadach agus Litriú na Gaeilge I (Irish Léann an Aistriúcháin) programme (GY107) especially for those with a recognised Language Grammar and Spelling I) over four years, with a work placement qualification in Translation Studies as well • Aistriúchán Feidhmeach Téacsanna I (Applied being provided in Year Three. Depending as another European language (in addition Translation I) on your results in first year and your CAO to Irish and English). • Stair an Aistriúcháin in Éirinn (The History of points, you will have the opportunity in Graduates of Léann an Aistriúcháin/ Translation in Ireland) second year to transfer to the denominated Translation Studies also obtain • Téarmeolaíocht (Terminology) BA (Gaeilge agus Léann an Aistriúcháin) employment in the following areas: • Aistriúchán Feidhmeach Téacsanna 2 (Applied degree. The advantage of this flexible Translation 2) approach is that you do not have to make • translation companies/agencies; • Cruinneas agus Saibhriú Teanga (Linguistic a final decision on your subject choice until • the media; Precision and Enrichment) you have completed first year. If you choose • Irish language organisations; Léann an Aistriúcháin/Translation Studies • self-employment; YEAR THREE as a subject, you will have a wide choice • state organisations. • Gramadach agus Litriú na Gaeilge 2 (Irish of other subjects, including Irish, English, Language Grammar and Spelling 2) Economics, French, German, Italian, Léann • Tionscadal Aistriúcháin (Translation Project) na Cumarsáide, Mathematics, Spanish, • Gnó an Aistriúcháin/Fotheidealú (Translation as History and Geography. You will choose a Business/Subtitling) three subjects in total in first year and you • Aistriúchán Feidhmeach Téacsanna 3 (Applied will continue with two of these subjects for Translation 3) your honours degree. • Eagarthóireacht agus Léamh Profaí (Editing and Proofreading)

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GY101 Subject Ábhar roghnach ar an gCéim BA (GY101) is ea Léann na Cumarsáide, a bhíonn á theagasc go hiomlán trí mheán na Gaeilge ar Champas na hOllscoile i nGaillimh agus a mhaireann ar feadh trí bliana. Léann na Cabhróidh an chéim seo leat forbairt a dhéanamh mar dhuine atá in ann machnamh go criticiúil agus grinnanailís a dhéanamh ar réimse leathan Cumarsáide ábhar. Ina theannta sin, má roghnaíonn tú Léann na Cumarsáide, bainfidh tú sult agus taitneamh as an meascán tomhaiste den staidéar acadúil agus den oiliúint phraiticiúil a gheobhaidh tú san iriseoireacht, sa léiriú teilifíse agus raidió, sa chraoltóireacht agus sna hilmheáin.

IMLÍNE AN CHÚRSA DHÁ ROGHA FOGHLAMA BREISOIDEACHAS Más spéis leat céim sna meáin a bhaint Páirtnéireacht nuálach le RTÉ is ea an MA BLIAIN A HAON trí Ghaeilge tá dhá rogha agat: staidéar a (Cleachtas Gairmiúil sna Meáin) faoina • Scéalaíocht Dhigiteach dhéanamh ar Léann na Cumarsáide mar mbíonn deis eisceachtúil ag mic léinn • Machnamh Criticiúil agus Láithreoireacht ábhar roghnach sa BA (GY101) in imeacht tabhairt faoin staidéar acadúil ar líne • Bunús na hIriseoireachta trí bliana, nó an BA (Cumarsáid and Gaeilge) agus taithí oibre luachmhar a fháil san • Na Meáin agus an tSochaí a bhaint amach in imeacht ceithre bliana, iriseoireacht, sa chraoltóireacht agus i BLIAIN A DÓ le seimeastar Gaeltachta agus taithí oibre gcruthú ábhair in aonaid Ghaeilge RTÉ. • Dearadh Físe sa tríú bliain. Ag brath ar do chuid torthaí Tá sé ar fáil ar bhonn lánaimseartha nó ar • Teicneolaíochtaí na Meán sa Chéad Bhliain, beidh deis agat aistriú bhonn páirtaimseartha. • Anailís na Meán sa dara bliain go dtí an chéim ainmnithe • Craoltóireacht BA (Cumarsáid and Gaeilge), más maith • Scriptscríobh leat. An buntáiste a bhaineann leis an gcur • An Gné-Alt chuige solúbtha seo ná nach gá duit d’intinn a shocrú ar fad go dtí go mbeidh an Chéad BLIAIN A TRÍ • Lucht Féachana na Meán Bhliain curtha i gcrích agat. Má roghnaíonn • Nuatheicneolaíocht Fheidhmeach tú Léann na Cumarsáide mar ábhar, beidh • Dlí, Eiticí and an Córas Poiblí teacht agat ar chuimse ábhar eile. Ina • Iriseoireacht Fheidhmeach measc siúd tá Gaeilge, Béarla, Fraincis, Stair, • Geilleagar na Meán Léann an Aistriúcháin, Iodáilis, Spáinnis, • Tionscadal Deiridh Céime Teicneolaíocht na Faisnéise, Síceolaíocht agus Léann na Socheolaíochta agus na Polaitíochta. Roghnaíonn tú trí ábhar sa Chéad Bhliain agus leanann tú ar aghaidh le dhá ábhar onóracha don chéim. Tá Léann na Cumarsáide á thairiscint ar Champas na hOllscoile i nGaillimh.

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GY101 Subject WHY CHOOSE THIS SUBJECT? The option to study media and communications through the medium of Irish is now available as part of the three-year, Joint-Honours Arts Léann na degree (GY101) at NUI Galway This programme will help you develop as a critical and creative thinker Cumarsáide capable of analysing a broad range of issues. In addition to that, if you choose Léann na Cumarsáide you will enjoy its balanced mix of academic study and practical, hands-on learning in journalism, television and radio production, broadcasting and multimedia

YOUR COURSE YEAR BY YEAR TWO LEARNING CHOICES CAREER OPPORTUNITIES If you wish to study media through Irish to When you graduate you will be skilled in YEAR ONE degree level you have two options: Léann various aspects of television and radio • Digital Storytelling na Cumarsáide as an optional subject production and broadcasting, print and • Critical Thinking and Presentation choice in the arts programme (GY101) online journalism, and multimedia and • Foundations of Journalism over three years; or the BA (Cumarsáid digital technologies. You will have a keen • Media and Society agus Gaeilge) over four years, including a understanding of story structure and In first year, you choose two additional subjects Gaeltacht semester and work experience visual language, and you will be able from the following list (we recommend you in third year. If you opt to take Léann to analyse the role of the media in choose Irish and Léann an Aistriúcháin): Irish, Léann an Aistriúcháin, French, English, na Cumarsáide, you choose two other contemporary society. This will give you History, Mathematics, Law, Psychology, Celtic subjects in first year (making three in total) a strong foundation on which to seek Civilisation, Economics, Sociological and Political and continue in subsequent years with two employment in the highly competitive Studies, Information Technology, Spanish, Italian, honours subjects to degree level. You will media market, in RTÉ, TG4, BBC, local Philosophy, Archaeology. also be able to switch to the more specialist radio stations, independent production BA (Cumarsáid agus Gaeilge) in second companies, media companies or public YEAR TWO relations firms. The study of media • Video Design year, if you so wish, depending on your first through Irish, as part of an arts degree, • Media Technologies year results. An advantage of this flexible gives you a strong foundation • Media Analysis approach is that you do not have to make for a career in politics, business, • Broadcasting up your mind about which path to follow management, and the non-profit sector, • Scriptwriting until the end of first year. including non-governmental organisations • The Feature Article (NGOs) and charity organisations, and the YEAR THREE public service. • Media Audience • Applied New Technology • Law, Ethics and Public Service • Applied Journalism • The Economy of the Media • Final Year Project

FURTHER STUDY The MA (Cleachtas Gairmiúil sna Meáin) is built on an innovative partnership with RTE and offers a unique combination of online academic study and on-the-job work experience in journalism, broadcasting and content creation in RTE’s Irish-language units. It is offered on a full-time or on a part-time basis.

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42 COLLEGE OF ARTS, SOCIAL SCIENCES, AND CELTIC STUDIES GY101 Subject WHY CHOOSE THIS SUBJECT? Mathematics and Mathematical Studies incorporate mathematics, Mathematics statistics and their applications. Higher level Mathematics at Leaving Certificate is NOT an entry requirement for this subject If you choose to study Mathematics, by the end of your degree, you will be highly valued by employers, with refined skills such as the ability to think rationally, process complex data reliably, and construct and use mathematical models. Other skills, such as presentation and report writing skills, are also developed throughout the degree programme

YOUR COURSE YEAR BY YEAR STUDY ABROAD The subject Mathematical Studies is broad The School of Mathematics, Statistics based and offers opportunities for study across and Applied Mathematics has many a wide range of topics in Mathematics and its international links. In the past, students applications, whereas the subject Mathematics from the school have studied in Germany, involves a particular emphasis on theoretical and Hong Kong, Spain and the USA as part of abstract aspects of mathematical activity. their undergraduate degree. The first year of the programme consists of a wide-ranging introduction to all aspects of CAREER OPPORTUNITIES mathematics, its applications and its historical Graduates find employment in a wide and cultural development. After first year, range of areas, including the financial students will have the option to continue sector, the information technology (IT) to degree level either in Mathematics or in and software industry, the meteorological Mathematical Studies. service, the civil service and the teaching profession. www.nuigalway.ie/career-development- centre/servicesforstudents/explore/ options/

NOTE Students passing First Arts Mathematics may progress to Second Arts in Mathematical Studies. Students achieving a mark of 60% or higher in First Arts Mathematics and who have taken and passed module MA186 may take Mathematics in Second Arts.

“Having maths combined with social sciences has been a great grounding for working in policy. Studying maths results in strong analytical skills and provides a good grounding in logical thinking.” Ciara Phelan, BA (Mathematics and Economics)

FURTHER STUDY FIND OUT MORE Opportunities for further study and Professor Graham Ellis research in Mathematics and its applications also exist. These include a t. +353 91 493011 postgraduate diploma in Mathematics, a e. [email protected] master’s degree in Mathematics and a PhD w. nuigalway.ie/science/school-of- in Mathematics. maths/undergraduate-degrees/

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GY101 Subject WHY CHOOSE THIS SUBJECT? Philosophy will take you to intellectual places that school probably Philosophy did not explore You will learn how to examine and criticise arguments and to analyse problems in a clear and coherent manner We offer a wide range of philosophical approaches, including East Asian thought Philosophy offers key insights into how to think critically and how to apply these insights to ethical problems arising from the impact of technology and science on all aspects of society

YOUR COURSE YEAR BY YEAR STUDY ABROAD NUI Galway is part of an Erasmus exchange YEAR ONE scheme with other European universities • Introduction to the History of Philosophy and has an established visiting-student • Critical Thinking and Persuasive Writing link with the Middle Eastern Technical • Introduction to Practical Ethics University at Ankara in Turkey. YEAR TWO • History of Modern Philosophy CAREER OPPORTUNITIES • Information Ethics Philosophers read critically, think • Moral and Political Philosophy clearly, and write persuasively. These • Aesthetics and Philosophy of Art skills are attractive to a very wide range • Bioethics of employers. Past graduates have • Phenomenology pursued careers in the business world, • Formal Logic law, government service, the media and • East Asian Philosophy and Culture teaching, among many other fields. • Nietzsche and Philosophy

YEAR THREE • Kant’s Theoretical Philosophy • American Pragmatism • Moral Theory • Philosophy of Mind • Readings in Metaphysics • Philosophy of Religion • Advanced Philosophical Text • History of Irish Thought • Extended Essay

“As Philosophy works well with other subjects, I would strongly FURTHER STUDY FIND OUT MORE encourage future students to • MA (Values and Knowledge), Ms Ann O’Higgins Full-time, Part-time +353 91 492 382 pursue Philosophy through • Structured PhD in Philosophy of Art t. [email protected] their undergraduate degree. ” and Culture, Full-time e. nuigalway.ie/philosophy Lillian Blackadder, 2018 w.

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GY101 Subject WHY CHOOSE THIS SUBJECT? You will have an opportunity to develop insights into both yourself and those around you. This will promote your personal development and Psychology your understanding of the human condition The systematic approach to problem-solving that you acquire during the training will stand to you in your chosen career and means that graduates of Psychology are highly sought after across a range of sectors Graduates of our joint-honours offering can apply to complete the Higher Diploma in Psychology (Conversion), which confers eligibility for graduate membership of the Psychological Society of Ireland, the professional body for psychologists in Ireland

YOUR COURSE YEAR BY YEAR STUDY ABROAD For the Joint-Honours programme The School of Psychology has established (GY101) you take Psychological Studies links with Erasmus partners across Europe from second year as one of your two and a growing number of universities in selected subjects. During the first year of the USA and further afield. You will have the course, you will be introduced to the the option to spend up to a year abroad main areas of the discipline, including studying Psychology in another university.

• Child development CAREER OPPORTUNITIES • The study of internal mental processes (e.g., Apart from further training in psychology, “I am lucky to be entering the memory, problem solving), and the impact of our past graduates have taken up posts in field of psychological research social influence on individuals a range of settings including information with a wealth of knowledge • Methods of psychological research technology (IT) (e.g., cyber security), In second and final year you will complete marketing, public relations, human and experience only afforded further study in the pure and applied fields of resources, journalism, social work and to me by the joint-honours psychology, including: occupational therapy. • Abnormal, forensic and clinical psychology programme.” • Cognitive psychology Sarah Carthy, PhD Student, Psychology • Developmental psychology • Biological psychology • Health and social psychology

NOTE There are 100 places for students entering Psychological Studies in second year. Places for Psychological Studies will be decided on academic merit in that discipline, based on the results of the first sitting (Semester 1 and Semester 2) of the First Arts Examination in the student’s first year of attendance (2019-2020), where the student must have passed the First Arts examination outright by achieving an average of 40% or higher in each of their subjects.

FURTHER STUDY FIND OUT MORE The completion of the one-year Higher Diploma in Arts (Psychology Conversion) following Dr Caroline Heary the BA (Joint Honours) brings you to the same level as those completing the denominated Director of Undergraduate BA in Psychology (GY104). Entry to the Higher Diploma in Psychology (Conversion) is by Programmes in Psychology competitive selection. This qualification is accredited by the professional body and enables +353 91 495059 you to pursue training that can allow you to practise as a psychologist in the future—for t. [email protected] example, as a clinical, educational or health psychologist. e. w. nuigalway.ie/psychology/

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GY101 Subject WHY CHOOSE THIS SUBJECT? Our undergraduate offering combines Political Science, Sociology and Applied Social Studies Sociological Political Science examines all aspects of political life and behaviour, as well as crucial political concepts, such as freedom, democracy and equality. and Political Sociology explores constitutive facets of society, especially relating to culture, identity, and diversity. Applied Social Studies is concerned with Studies understanding and responding effectively to social problems Our students develop vital skills including communication, research, critical thinking, teamwork, equality and diversity awareness The President of Ireland, Michael D. Higgins, is a past graduate of the School of Political Science and Sociology at NUI Galway, and a former lecturer in the School

YOUR COURSE YEAR BY YEAR STUDY ABROAD In second year, interested students may YEAR ONE apply to spend third year studying at a In first year, students are introduced to basic university in either mainland Europe or concepts in political science and sociology and other countries such as Canada, USA, or topics including: China, before progressing into final year • Power, states, parties and elections; of their degree. We have established Socialisation, conformity and nonconformity; links with other international universities Crime in Ireland; Social stratification; Class including Leuven University (KU Leuven) inequality; Ethnicity and race; Gender and in Belgium, Helsinki University and Abo “With an outstanding team inequality; Political Ideologies: Akademi in Finland and Leiden University of staff and an extremely IN SECOND YEAR, STUDENTS PICK FROM in the Netherlands. interactive environment, I have A RANGE OF OPTIONS INCLUDING: found that studying Sociology • European Politics CAREER OPPORTUNITIES • Social Issues and Policy Responses Our programmes equip graduates with and Political Science in • International Politics the knowledge and skills needed for NUI Galway has been one of • Comparative Studies the systematic analysis of social issues, the best choices I have ever • Political or Social Theory current affairs and the evaluation of • Social Science Research Methods public policies. This course offers an made.” excellent foundation for careers in: public Dylan Chambers, BA FINAL-YEAR STUDENTS PICK FROM administration, journalism and media, social (Political Science and Sociology) OPTIONS INCLUDING: • Political Sociology care and social work, business, community • International Development work, policy research and analysis, public • Comparative Public Policy relations and advocacy. • Contemporary Political or Social Theory

FINAL- YEAR ELECTIVE MODULES COVER TOPICS SUCH AS: • Community Development • Child Protection • Environmentalism • Health Policy • Poverty • Public Administration • Human Rights • Sociology of Sexuality

FURTHER STUDY FIND OUT MORE Postgraduate opportunities provide further qualifications through the MLitt and PhD by Dr Brendan Flynn research, as well as specialised master’s programmes, such as MA (Social Work), MA (Family +353 91 493160 Support), MA (Gender, Globalisation, and Rights), and MA (Politics and Sociology) at t. [email protected] NUI Galway. With further study, graduates have the opportunity to teach Politics and e. nuigalway.ie/soc/ Society at second level. w.

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GY101 Subject WHY CHOOSE THIS SUBJECT? Spanish is one of the three most commonly spoken languages in the world, with over 400 million speakers. Learning Spanish opens up Spanish access to many other countries, new markets and exciting cultures The ability to converse and write in Spanish offers a clear advantage to those working in areas such as business, tourism, education and information technology, to name but a few. Knowledge of Spanish will offer enhanced employment opportunities both in Ireland and around the world You can study Spanish at NUI Galway even if you have no previous knowledge of the language

YOUR COURSE YEAR BY YEAR STUDY ABROAD NOTE In second year, interested students may Students should note that choosing to YEAR ONE apply to spend third year studying at a study a modern language to degree level • Intensive Beginners, Spanish Language Spanish university before progressing into involves spending a period, normally a year, and Culture final year of their degree. We have links abroad in a country or region where the or with universities in both Europe and Latin language for which they are registered is • Intermediate Spanish Language and Culture America. In addition, we also have links with widely spoken. Spanish may be taken in • Mundo hispano: An Introduction to the universities in Chile and Mexico and limited First Arts without previous knowledge of Hispanic World places will be available for students wishing the language. Students studying French, to study in either of these countries. YEAR TWO German, Italian and/ or Spanish as part • Spanish Language II of the BA (Joint-Honours) will have • Hispanic Literature and Culture I: CAREER OPPORTUNITIES the opportunity to transfer into the BA Spanish graduates go on to pursue a ·· Latin American Short Stories (International) programme. wide range of career options including ·· Spanish Drama • Hispanic Literature and Culture II: translation and interpreting; teaching; and within the hospitality industry and business. ·· Modern Spanish Literature and Culture Graduates with good language skills are ·· Hispanic Poetry in demand by local, national and YEAR THREE multinational businesses. • Year abroad on Erasmus/study exchange in Latin America/work placement

FINAL YEAR • Spanish Language III • Spanish Language IV • Hispanic Literature and Culture III: ·· Contemporary Latin American Studies ·· Spanish Cinema • Hispanic Literature and Culture IV: ·· Spanish in Context ·· Writing about Hispanic Literary Texts • Hispanic Crime Narrative • Hispanic Translation Studies • Mexican Women Writers

“Despite having no previous experience in the language, I was immediately inspired by the engaging, dynamic approaches taken by staff in their classes. ” Céire Broderick, BA International (Spanish and French)

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GY104 WHY CHOOSE THIS COURSE? Psychology is the study of behaviour and mental processes, and includes individual and social, human and nonhuman, normal and Bachelor of abnormal aspects of these (Psychology) Completing this course will enable a graduate to pursue further training Arts to become a professional psychologist or undertake research to achieve a PhD in Psychology Psychology prepares you for a diversity of interdisciplinary fields, including neuroscience, sports science, health promotion and education The course satisfies the requirements for graduate membership of relevant professional societies (the Psychological Society of Ireland and the British Psychological Society)

COURSE FACTS YEAR TWO STUDY ABROAD • Developmental Psychology The links we have forged with European CAO Code: GY104 • Experimental Psychology universities such as Maastricht and Course Level: 8 • Qualitative Research Methods Salzburg mean that students have • Biological Psychology 3 years (BA Degree), 4 years the option to study for part of their Duration: • Psychology of Learning (BA International) psychology degree abroad through • Social Psychology the Erasmus programme. Minimum Entry Points 2018: 500 • Theories of Personality • Perception, Attention and Performance CAREER OPPORTUNITIES Minimum A-Level Grades: • Research Methods in Psychology www.nuigalway.ie/alevels Psychology prepares you for a diversity See • Memory and Cognition of interdisciplinary fields, including Leaving Certificate Entry • Professional Skills in Psychology neuroscience, sports science, health Requirements: Minimum Grade H5 in promotion and education. Graduates have two subjects and passes in four other YEAR THREE • Applied Behavioural Analysis gone on to do further training to become subjects at O6/H7 level in the Leaving • Historical and Conceptual Issues in Psychology professional psychologists (e.g., a clinical Certificate, including Irish, English, • Psychological Measurement: Theory and or occupational psychologist) and work in another language, and three other Practice a variety of settings. For example, in the subjects recognised for entry purposes. • Advanced Research Methods in Psychology health services, they treat mental health • Issues in Cognitive Neuroscience issues; in educational settings, they identify A-Level/GCSE Entry Requirements: See page 168 for matriculation entry • Health Psychology learning needs; and in industry, they work on requirements. • Forensic, Abnormal and Clinical Psychology recruitment and retention. Researchers in • Research Project the field of psychology also work as lecturers 25 Average Intake: • Relational Frame Theory in third-level colleges or other research • Behavioural Medicine settings. Many graduates also find their YOUR COURSE YEAR BY YEAR • Paediatric Clinical Behavioural Interventions psychology degree helps them in non- psychology professions, such as banking, First-year Psychology is taken with two other • Neuropsychology subjects selected from the extensive Arts • Positive Psychology the media, information technology and menu. In second year and final year of the BA in • Human Sexuality management and the criminal justice system. (Psychology) students solely study Psychology The syllabus is subject to change and there is no courses. Please refer to page 24 to see subjects assurance that the modules provided will be the on offer in first year. same in all respects as those listed.

YEAR ONE • Cognitive Psychology • Theories of Personality • Research Methods • Social Psychology • Psychology of Learning FURTHER STUDY • Critical and Collaborative Thinking Completing the BA (Psychology) will enable a graduate to gain access to further training to • Developmental Psychology become a professional psychologist or to undertake a research degree in psychology (e.g., • Biology and Behaviour a PhD in Psychology). The degree qualifies graduates for entry to specialist postgraduate professional programmes in Ireland, the UK, the USA and elsewhere Plus two other subjects are selected from the extensive arts menu. Please refer to page 22. YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE FIND OUT MORE • GY101 Bachelor of Arts (Joint-Honours) College of Arts, Social Sciences, • GY123 Bachelor of Science (Applied and Celtic Studies Social Science) +353 91 49 3958 • GY124 Bachelor of Arts (Arts with t. [email protected] Data Science) e. w. nuigalway.ie/GY104

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GY105 WHY CHOOSE THIS COURSE? Studying history makes us aware that our world today is a result of past decisions and developments Bachelor of Students of History gain skills that are invaluable in numerous career paths. (History) They are researchers, writers, critics. They are trained to collect evidence Arts which helps us understand the world—today and in the past NUI Galway has fantastic archival resources. Students in the BA (History) programme gain a unique, hands-on research experience through our Using Archives module, run in conjunction with the NUI Galway archives team

COURSE FACTS YOUR COURSE YEAR BY YEAR STUDY ABROAD CAO Code: GY105 In second year, interested students may YEAR ONE apply to spend third year studying at a 8 • Ireland and Europe, 1789–1918 Course Level: university abroad. There are a range of • Europe from Medieval to Modern 3 years (BA Degree), 4 years exchange programmes with universities Duration: • Skills for Historians (BA International) in Europe (some of which teach through • Plus two other subjects in Arts, please English). Students are encouraged to 301 refer to page 24. Minimum Entry Points 2018: avail of other types of teaching, research techniques and historical topics. Minimum A-Level Grades: YEAR TWO • Two colloquia (small-group modules) See www.nuigalway.ie/alevels • One lecture module in medieval, early modern, CAREER OPPORTUNITIES Leaving Certificate Entry and modern history The research, writing and communication Requirements: Minimum Grade H5 in • Using archives module skills that the BA (History) develops offer two subjects and passes in four other • Three additional modules in any time period an excellent foundation for careers in subjects at O6/H7 level in the Leaving business, law, education, public service, Certificate, including Irish, English, YEAR THREE • Two seminars (small group modules) politics, the media, non-governmental another language, and three other organisations, the film industry, subjects recognised for entry purposes. • Four lecture modules of student’s choice • Dissertation (Research Project) on a topic museums, archives, libraries, community work, and a variety of international A-Level/GCSE Entry Requirements: chosen in consultation with staff See page 168 for matriculation entry organisations. Many employers have requirements. stated how much they value History graduates in their organisations. Average Intake: 60

“The variety of modules in History at NUI Galway really appealed to me. In particular, modules on state formation in Europe from the sixteenth to the twentieth century provided me with a great foundation on which to study international relations at MA level.” Jakob McKernan, BA (History)

FURTHER STUDY MA (History), MA (Medieval Studies), MA (Culture and Colonialism)

YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE FIND OUT MORE • GY101 Bachelor of Arts (Joint-Honours) College of Arts, Social Sciences, • GY125 Bachelor of Arts (Digital Arts and Celtic Studies and Technology) +353 91 493958 • GY129 Bachelor of Arts (International) t. e. [email protected] w. nuigalway.ie/GY105

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GY109 WHY CHOOSE THIS COURSE? This course provides a unique opportunity to pursue a four-year, full-time honours mathematics degree, which incorporates a highly Bachelor regarded teaching qualification Graduates of the course are recognised mathematicians and are also of Arts recognised by the Teaching Council of Ireland as qualified second-level (Mathematics and teachers of Mathematics and Applied Mathematics Education) This is the only available four-year undergraduate degree in Ireland that offers a concurrent degree-level qualification in both mathematics and mathematics teaching

COURSE FACTS YEAR THREE WORK PLACEMENT • Curriculum and Assessment As part of the programme, you will CAO Code: GY109 • Practical Teaching Programme III (work undertake a school placement component Course Level: 8 placement component) each year. In total, you will complete 100 • Professional Studies: Integrated Project hours teaching between Years One and Duration: 3 years (BA Degree), 4 years (BA International) • Psychology, Sociology and Catering for Three, and 13 weeks in a post-primary Diversity school in Year Four. Minimum Entry Points 2018: 403 • Research Literacies for Professional Development and Lifelong Learning CAREER OPPORTUNITIES Minimum A-Level Grades: www.nuigalway.ie/alevels • Mathematical Modelling I Our graduates are keenly sought for See • Groups teaching positions in Ireland and abroad. As Leaving Certificate Entry • Discrete Mathematics a graduate of mathematics, a huge variety Requirements: Minimum Grade H5 in • Mechanics II of career options are available, including two subjects and passes in four other • Complex Analysis further or higher education, academic or subjects at O6/H7 level in the Leaving • One Mathematics elective industrial research, ICT, finance, actuarial Certificate, including Irish, English, work, meteorology and scientific journalism. another language, and three other YEAR FOUR • Block Teaching Practice (work placement subjects recognised for entry purposes. component) A-Level/GCSE Entry Requirements: • Practical Teaching Programme: Integrated See page 168 for matriculation entry Project requirements. • Final-Year Symposium • Final Year Project in Mathematics plus four 25 Average Intake: Mathematics electives OR six Mathematics electives YOUR COURSE YEAR BY YEAR • Mathematics electives may include: Metric Spaces; Measure Theory; Applied Statistics; YEAR ONE Topology; Advanced Statistical Methods for • History and Structure of Irish Education Business; Functional Analysis; Ring Theory; • Principles of Second-Level Mathematics Fields and Applications; Cryptography; • Introduction to Educational Sciences Advanced Group Theory; Mathematical • Practical Teaching Programme 1 (work Molecular Biology; Networks; Numerical placement component) Analysis; Mathematical Modelling II; • Algebra and Analysis I and II Non-Linear Systems. • Skills of Mathematics • Introduction to Applied Mathematics I and II • Skills of Applied Mathematics FURTHER STUDY YEAR TWO As a BA (Mathematics and Education) graduate, you will be well positioned for further study • Philosophical Foundations of Education in postgraduate programmes that focus on mathematics, statistics, applied mathematics • Mathematics Methodology and Skills of and education. Graduates have pursued, for example, the Master of Arts (Mathematics); Teaching the Master of Science in Business Analytics; the Master of Economic Science (International • Practical Teaching Programme II (work Finance); and the Master of Science in Actuarial Science at UCD. Graduates may pursue placement component) master’s degrees in Education including the Master of Education (MEd) by research or the • Mechanics I MEd (Design, Learning and Technology), MEd (School Leadership), or MEd (Special and • Differential Forms Inclusive Education). • Probability and Statistics • Linear Algebra • Geometry YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE FIND OUT MORE • GY101 Bachelor of Arts (Joint-Honours) College of Arts, Social Sciences, • GY124 Bachelor of Arts (Arts with and Celtic Studies Data Science) t. +353 91 493958 • GY319 Bachelor of Science [email protected] (Mathematical Science) e. w. nuigalway.ie/GY109

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GY110 WHY CHOOSE THIS COURSE? This is the only degree in Ireland or the UK that enables students to combine an Arts degree with a specialism in Children’s Studies Bachelor of Students can avail of a work placement and or exchange opportunity Arts with in third year The course is a multidisciplinary programme that draws on expertise Children’s from a wide range of areas, including literature, the creative arts, law, human rights, sociology and psychology Studies The course is particularly suited to those who are interested in working with children or adolescents BA CONNECT

COURSE FACTS YEAR FOUR CAREER OPPORTUNITIES • Completion of studies in your two core CAO Code: GY110 This is the perfect platform from which degree subjects. to pursue careers in social care, child and 8 Course Level: Modules offered may change from year to year, family support, advocacy, the creative depending on availability. arts, primary school teaching, healthcare Duration: 4 years and community development. The 384 Minimum Entry Points 2018: WORK PLACEMENT particular options open to graduates The third year of the degree incorporates vary enormously depending on the Minimum A-Level Grades: a placement and/or exchange. National two subjects that they take with their See www.nuigalway.ie/alevels and international work placements provide specialism. Recent graduates are currently Leaving Certificate Entry valuable opportunities to work with or on working in speech and language therapy, Minimum Grade H5 in Requirements: behalf of children, and Children’s Studies play therapy, social work and public policy, two subjects and passes in four other students are encouraged to tailor their as well as teaching and educational subjects at O6/H7 level in the Leaving third-year work placements to their chosen support in Ireland and abroad. Certificate including Irish, English, career path. Students studying a language another language, and three other can carry out their placements abroad. FURTHER STUDY subjects recognised for entry purposes. Graduates are well situated to apply to STUDY ABROAD postgraduate programmes with a focus A-Level/GCSE Entry Requirements: Students taking a language must spend a See page 168 for matriculation entry on children, including postgraduate minimum of 12 weeks in a country where requirements. qualifications to teach at primary school that language is spoken before they enter level. Students interested in child and Additional Requirements: Students their final year. A number of exchanges family support services may apply to must satisfy the Garda/police vetting with European universities are available to the MA (Family Support Studies) at NUI requirements. language students for this purpose, and Galway’s Child and Family Research students who opt to study abroad for a Centre. Depending on the subjects taken Average Intake: 30 semester will be assisted by the with Children’s Studies, graduates may programme director in selecting suitable YOUR COURSE YEAR BY YEAR also pursue postgraduate degrees in arts courses while abroad. Non-language administration, publishing, journalism, Please refer to page 24 to see what arts subjects students may also avail of an exchange you can choose on this course. advocacy, law, psychology or sociology. with an English-speaking university. The YEAR ONE programme has links with the International • Children in Social Contexts Youth Library (Germany), the European • Irish Childhoods: Gaelic Language Montessori (Belgium), Colegio Aljarafe and Literature (Spain) and Babylangues (France). Past • Irish Children’s Literature students have also successfully been placed as English-language assistants at YEAR TWO • Children and Storytelling primary schools across Europe. • Child Law • Positive Psychology

YEAR THREE • Connecting Research, Policy and Practice in Children’s Services YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE FIND OUT MORE • Children’s Rights • GY121 Bachelor of Arts (Children Studies) Dr Michal Molcho • Theatre for Children and Young People • GY101 Bachelor of Arts (Joint-Honours) Programme Director • Children and Transition • GY129 Bachelor of Arts (International) College of Arts, Social Sciences, • Twenty-First Century Young Adult Literature and Celtic Studies • Work Placement and/or Study Abroad t. +353 91 493668 e. [email protected] w. nuigalway.ie/GY110

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GY111 WHY CHOOSE THIS COURSE? This course provides a unique opportunity for students with an aptitude and passion for literary expression Bachelor of In keeping with the principle that, ‘writers learn to write by writing’, the emphasis in the third year is on practice-based learning and Arts with experience. In consultation with the programme director, you will embark on either one independent writing project that you can Creative concentrate on for the duration of the year, or you may develop two distinct projects (one per semester) Writing Throughout the first year, a guest speaker from the writing professions BA CONNECT visits the class each week for discussions and an informal Q&A session

COURSE FACTS YOUR COURSE YEAR BY YEAR STUDY ABROAD CAO Code: GY111 Please refer to page 24 to see what arts subjects If you are studying a language, exchanges you can choose on this course. with European universities are possible, 8 Course Level: and the courses you can take abroad 4 years YEAR ONE will be discussed with you in advance by Duration: • Module 1: The Forms of Fiction the programme director. Non-language 420 • Module 2: Exploring Non-Fiction Minimum Entry Points 2018: students may also avail of an exchange with • Module 3: Writing Professions an English-speaking university. Minimum A-Level Grades: See www.nuigalway.ie/alevels YEAR TWO • Module 1: The Voices and Styles of Poetry CAREER OPPORTUNITIES Leaving Certificate Entry • Module 2: Dramatic Ideas This course will help open doors of Requirements: Minimum Grade H5 in employment in all those fields where two subjects and passes in four other YEAR THREE written communication is important. You subjects at O6/H7 level in the Leaving Independent project(s) and/or placement will have fostered the ambition and talent and/or study abroad Certificate, including Irish, English, necessary to be a published author and another language, and three other you may consider a career as one. The subjects recognised for entry purposes. YEAR FOUR Completion of studies in your two core skills you will acquire are also applicable to degree subjects a wide range of professional and creative A-Level/GCSE Entry Requirements: See page 168 for matriculation entry activities, for example, in media, literature, requirements. publishing, journalism and advertising.

Average Intake: 40

“I would recommend the course to anyone with a passion for writing, for that’s what you’ll encounter at NUI Galway—you will have the space to develop your own voice and style in a passionate and supportive environment.” Helen Hughes, BA with Creative Writing

FURTHER STUDY Graduates can go on to pursue a wide range of postgraduate study opportunities including the MA (Writing) and a practice-led PhD in English. For further details see: www.nuigalway.ie/creativewriting

YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE FIND OUT MORE • GY101 Bachelor of Arts (Joint-Honours) College of Arts, Social • GY129 Bachelor of Arts (International) Sciences, and Celtic Studies • GY119 Bachelor of Arts (Journalism) t. +353 91 495612 e. [email protected] w. nuigalway.ie/GY111

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GY112 WHY CHOOSE THIS COURSE? Students analyse, contextualize and theorise a range of screen practices and audio-visual media from over a century of history Bachelor of Film Studies is a theoretically orientated course, but students are also trained in the basics of digital filmmaking in their third year, gaining key Arts with Film practical skills in audio-visual media production Studies Each week the Huston School of Film and Digital Media at NUI Galway hosts internationally acclaimed figures from the film industries. Past guests have included Stephen Rea, Stephen Frears and Conor Horgan BA CONNECT

COURSE FACTS YOUR COURSE YEAR BY YEAR WORK PLACEMENT CAO Code: GY112 Please refer to page 24 to see what arts subjects Students who do not undertake a you can choose on this course. semester abroad during their third year 8 Course Level: can pursue work placement(s), practice- YEAR ONE based project(s) and a personal theoretical Duration: 4 years The programme is broken up into three investigation tailored to individual interests. 337 Minimum Entry Points 2018: introductory mini-modules, each of eight weeks’ Past students who have elected to take duration: this option have gained work experience Minimum A-Level Grades: • Film Form www.nuigalway.ie/alevels at companies such as TV3, Ros na Rún See • Genre and the Jameson Dublin International Film • Beyond Hollywood Leaving Certificate Entry Festival. Students have also produced their Minimum Grade H5 in Requirements: own documentaries and films during this two subjects and passes in four other YEAR TWO • Realism and Cinema period, which have been publically screened subjects at O6/H7 level in the Leaving • Digital Storytelling or used as portfolio works for further study Certificate, including Irish, English, in film production. another language, and three other YEAR THREE subjects recognised for entry purposes. • Academic Researching and Writing in Film Studies STUDY ABROAD During their third year, students have the A-Level/GCSE Entry Requirements: • Screening Ireland Early and Silent Film opportunity to study for a semester abroad. See page 168 for matriculation entry • Introduction to Visual Culture Current partnership agreements include requirements. • Applied Film Studies the University of Southampton, University 20 Average Intake: 2nd Semester of Kent, Edge Hill University, University of Students study abroad or do a work placement/ Sussex, Drexel University, the University independent course of study but also complete of California, Aix-Marseill Université and an Extended Research Project. Universidad Cardinal Herarra.

YEAR FOUR • Students complete studies in their two core CAREER OPPORTUNITIES Arts subjects The career trajectory with the BA with Film Studies is similar to that of any arts- Modules offered may change from year to year, depending on availability. orientated Degree. However, Film Studies graduates are uniquely equipped with extra transferable skills and experience to help in the job search. Many of our graduates undertake further study in specific film and media related areas, such as film curation, production or screenwriting. Other students have gone on to careers in media production or journalism.

“The study abroad programme FURTHER STUDY www.filmschool.ie has been a fantastic

opportunity to travel and YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE FIND OUT MORE learn in a different country • GY127 Bachelor of Arts (Film and Dr Ciara Barrett and experience a new culture, Digital Media) College of Arts, Social Sciences, and which has really helped me • GY115 Bachelor of Arts with Performing Celtic Studies Arts Studies +353 91 494264 grow as a person.” • GY125 Bachelor of Arts (Digital Arts t. [email protected] Patrick Fallon - Final year and Technology) e. w. nuigalway.ie/GY112

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GY113 WHY CHOOSE THIS COURSE? This is the only undergraduate course of its kind in Ireland, allowing you to combine the study of Arts subjects with human rights Bachelor of NUI Galway is home to the Irish Centre for Human Rights, one of the world’s premier academic human rights institutions, dedicated to the Arts with study and promotion of human rights, international criminal law and Human Rights humanitarian law. The course provides a solid basis for those interested in working in the area of human rights, in Ireland or abroad BA CONNECT

COURSE FACTS YOUR COURSE YEAR BY YEAR WORK PLACEMENT CAO Code: GY113 Please refer to page 24 to see what arts subjects The third year of the course is fully you can choose on this course. dedicated to human rights, and students 8 Course Level: have the opportunity to undertake work 4 years YEAR ONE placement in this area. The placement Duration: • Introduction to Human Rights Law consists of a minimum of 200 hours of 320 (Semesters 1 and 2) Minimum Entry Points 2018: work (on average 20 hours per week for three months) with an approved human Minimum A-Level Grades: YEAR TWO • Regional Systems of Human Rights Protection rights organisation in Ireland or abroad. See www.nuigalway.ie/alevels (Semester 1) This allows students to gain first-hand Leaving Certificate Entry • Contemporary Issues in Human Rights experience with the work of a human Minimum Grade H5 in Requirements: (Semester 2) rights organisation. two subjects and passes in four other subjects at O6/H7 level in the Leaving YEAR THREE (OPTIONS INCLUDE) • Internship (Semester 1 or 2 or for the STUDY ABROAD Certificate including: Irish, English, The course offers opportunities for academic year) another language, and three other students to study abroad. This particularly • Applied Human Rights Project (Semester subjects recognised for entry purposes. suits students taking language modules, 1 or 2 or for the academic year) who in their third year may apply to study A-Level/GCSE Entry Requirements: • Study Abroad (Semester 1 or 2 or for the abroad through the Erasmus programme. See page 168 for matriculation entry academic year) requirements. YEAR FOUR CAREER OPPORTUNITIES Additional Requirements: Students • Two core degree subjects (BA Subjects) The degree provides an excellent must satisfy the Garda/police vetting foundation for many types of careers. requirements. Career prospects include working 20 with civil society organisations, public Average Intake: administration, development agencies and international organisations. Among the roles undertaken by our recent graduates is project manager in an African-based human rights non-governmental organisation (NGO).

FURTHER STUDY The degree provides a firm basis for further study at the postgraduate level, including all LLM programmes offered by the Irish Centre for Human Rights, NUI Galway. www.nuigalway.ie/irish-centre-human-rights/academics/llmprogrammes/

YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE FIND OUT MORE • GY101 Bachelor of Arts (Joint Honours) College of Arts, Social • GY251 Law Sciences, and Celtic Studies • GY250 Law and Business t. +353 91 493958 • GY132 Government (Politics, Economics [email protected] and Law) e. w. nuigalway.ie/GY113

54 COLLEGE OF ARTS, SOCIAL SCIENCES, AND CELTIC STUDIES GY115 WHY CHOOSE THIS COURSE? This course offers a unique opportunity to combine the study of two Bachelor of arts subjects with performing arts studies In year three students have an opportunity to engage in a work Arts with placement in the area of performing arts NUI Galway is home to the Abbey Theatre Digital Archive—the largest Performing online theatre archive ever created Classes include a blend of theory and practice, and there is a strong Arts Studies focus on developing entrepreneurial and professional skills that will CONNECT BA allow you to apply your creativity in real-world settings

COURSE FACTS YOUR COURSE YEAR BY YEAR WORK PLACEMENT CAO Code: GY115 Please refer to page 24 to see what arts subjects The third year of the course features you can choose on this course. the option to engage in placements with 8 Course Level: leading arts organisations including the 4 years YEAR ONE Gate Theatre, the Abbey Theatre, Druid, Duration: • Theatre History Branar Theatre Company and the Galway 319 • Acting Methods Minimum Entry Points 2018: Theatre Festival. Students get hands-on • Stagecrafts experience in such areas as programming, Minimum A-Level Grades: curation, arts administration, marketing See www.nuigalway.ie/alevels YEAR TWO • Advanced Acting and PR, research, audience engagement Leaving Certificate Entry • Performance Styles and script development. Requirements: Minimum Grade H5 in two subjects and passes in four other YEAR THREE • Internship/Work Placement STUDY ABROAD subjects at O6/H7 level in the Leaving The course is run by the Centre for Drama, • Professional Production Certificate, including Irish, English, Theatre and Performance, which has • International Theatre Experience another language, and three other international links with several major US • Musical Theatre subjects recognised for entry purposes. universities, including ones in California, • Children’s Theatre No auditions or portfolios are required as North Carolina, New Hampshire and • Performance in the Irish Language part of the admission process. Kentucky. Anyone studying languages will have opportunities to travel to countries/ A-Level/GCSE Entry Requirements: YEAR FOUR See page 168 for matriculation entry • Students take degree subjects only, and do not regions where those languages are spoken. requirements. study any theatre or drama. The centre offers some scholarships in support of student exchanges and also Average Intake: 18 welcomes many international students every year, providing a vibrant and cosmopolitan learning environment.

CAREER OPPORTUNITIES This course aims to produce graduates “You will make connections with professionals in the who will be able to take up major opportunities nationally and internationally, theatre sphere as well as forming close friendships including opportunities provided by the with your fellow classmates and thespians around development of an estimated 8,000 jobs in NUI Galway.” the creative industries in the west of Ireland Meghan Smith, BA with Performing Arts Studies during the next decade. Other relevant areas include education, business, and tourism and heritage.

FURTHER STUDY nuigalway.ie/drama/postgrad/

YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE FIND OUT MORE • GY118 Bachelor of Arts (Drama, Theatre Dr Ian R. Walsh and Performance Studies) Centre for Drama, Theatre and • GY129 Bachelor of Arts (International) Performance • GY130 Bachelor of Arts (Music) t. +353 91 494484 e. [email protected] w. nuigalway.ie/GY115

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GY119 WHY CHOOSE THIS COURSE? The course is designed to prepare you for real-world careers in the media, while at the same time allowing you to complete a joint-honours Bachelor of degree in two Arts subjects of your choice Students have the opportunity to engage in a professional work Arts with placement in third year of this course Journalism Galway has a vibrant media sector, on and off campus, providing numerous opportunities to hone your skills in real-world settings

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COURSE FACTS YOUR COURSE YEAR BY YEAR WORK PLACEMENT You will have the opportunity to undertake CAO Code: GY119 Please refer to page 24 to see what arts subjects you can choose on this course. a work placement in a newsroom or Course Level: 8 similar media company. You will have the YEAR ONE opportunity to apply for three- and six- Duration: 4 years • Module 1: Cultural Foundations month work placements with high-profile Minimum Entry Points 2018: 388 • Module 2: This is the News employers and organisations and with • Module 3: Narrative Journalism newspaper, radio and television companies Minimum A-Level Grades: • Plus three arts subjects from the BA throughout Ireland and internationally. The See www.nuigalway.ie/alevels (Joint-Honours) programme programme also facilitates students who Leaving Certificate Entry YEAR TWO secure international placements. Requirements: Minimum Grade H5 in • Module 1: Broadcasting Encounters two subjects and passes in four other • Module 2: The Journalist’s Web STUDY ABROAD subjects at O6/H7 level in the Leaving • Plus two core degree subjects Students may choose to pursue a work Certificate, including Irish, English, placement or study abroad as part of another language, and three other YEAR THREE their third year. Those taking a language subjects recognised for entry purposes. Choose a work placement and/or study abroad must spend a semester abroad. Students without a language may choose to go on A-Level/GCSE Entry Requirements: YEAR FOUR See page 168 for matriculation entry Completion of studies in your two core an Erasmus exchange in Europe or study requirements. degree subjects. abroad with an English-speaking university outside the EU. 30 Average Intake: NOTE CAREER OPPORTUNITIES The curriculum for this course is currently being The skills and experience acquired will reviewed and there may be some changes for equip you for employment in all those fields students enrolling in 2019. If you are considering applying for this course, please visit http://www. where communication is primary, including nuigalway.ie/courses/undergraduate-courses/ not only journalism but also in technology journalism.html for the most up to date companies, communications roles and curriculum details. wider media jobs. Along with fostering your own ambitions and talents, the programme provides you with the opportunity to cultivate contacts and networks among professional journalists. You will engage in study in two Arts subjects (in addition to journalism) to degree level, and so have additional expertise in those areas.

FURTHER STUDY The skills you develop through your BA with Journalism will directly benefit you in your other degree subjects, and your specialism will also make you a highly valued candidate for postgraduate programmes that focus on writing, media and communication or that cover areas of cultural, social and political interest. Ideally we strongly recommend students interested in a career in journalism complete both the BA and the professional MA in Journalism.

YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE FIND OUT MORE • GY101 Bachelor of Arts (Joint-Honours) Tom Felle, Head of Journalism Programmes • GY126 Bachelor of Arts (English and +353 91 492049 Media Studies) t. [email protected] • GY111 Bachelor of Arts with Creative Writing e. w. nuigalway.ie/GY119

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GY118 WHY CHOOSE THIS COURSE? This is a world-class, four-year course that allows students to study Bachelor of drama, theatre and performance together with one other arts subject (Drama, Students explore a variety of topics, including acting, playwriting, Arts directing, design, theatre history, and musical theatre Theatre and Our students benefit from our partnerships with the Irish theatre companies, including the internationally acclaimed Druid Theatre, Performance which provides workshops as part of the Druid Academy Programme. Students also have full access to the Abbey Theatre Digital Archive, a Studies) unique resource that provides access to thousands of plays and videos

COURSE FACTS YEAR FOUR STUDY ABROAD • Performance Studies CAO Code: GY118 The Centre for Drama, Theatre and • Contemporary Irish Theatre Performance has links with many 8 Course Level: • Performance as Research Project universities internationally. Students can • Theatre Management apply to participate in exchanges in third Duration: 4 years Several optional modules are made available year. In the USA: University of California, 406 Minimum Entry Points 2018: every year, allowing students to explore new University of North Carolina (Chapel Hill), areas and to develop new skills. Keene State University (New Hampshire), Minimum A-Level Grades: Berea College (Kentucky). In Europe: See www.nuigalway.ie/alevels Tours (France), Oviedo (Spain), Bochum WORK PLACEMENT Leaving Certificate Entry (Germany). Some scholarships, providing Minimum Grade H5 in Placements typically last four to six Requirements: free room and board, are available two subjects and passes in four other weeks and are with major Irish theatre on USA exchanges. subjects at O6/H7 level in the Leaving companies, including the Abbey Theatre, Certificate, including Irish, English, Druid Theatre, and the Galway International Arts Festival. These prepare CAREER OPPORTUNITIES another language, and three other Graduates of this degree can pursue subjects recognised for entry purposes. students for work in the arts but also give them experience in such areas as marketing careers in the performing arts, education, Students are not required to audition or the public service, film and television media, submit portfolios. and communications, administration and budgeting, and public relations. heritage and tourism, and business, and may also pursue further academic study A-Level/GCSE Entry Requirements: See page 168 for matriculation entry Placement opportunities are competitive, in the areas of drama, theatre requirements. programme specific, and subject to change and performance. depending on availability. Work placements Average Intake: 18 include community, industry and on- campus opportunities. Year three study YOUR COURSE YEAR BY YEAR opportunities are also available at NUI Galway and beyond. YEAR ONE • Acting 1 “This degree gives you the opportunity to combine a • Theatre History 1 • Theatre History 2 passion for theatre with career potential. I spent my • Stagecraft 1 third year immersed in all things drama related, doing different plays and work experience. I learned to direct YEAR TWO • Modern Drama and produce as well as improve my performance skills. • Playwriting Galway is a key cultural hub for theatre in Ireland and • Contemporary Drama • Introduction to Directing an ideal learning place for young theatre practitioners.” • Dance and Movement Ruth Darcy, BA (Drama, Theatre and Performance Studies) • Contemporary Theatre • Stagecraft 2

YEAR THREE FURTHER STUDY • Internship/Work Placement MA (Drama and Theatre Studies), MA (Playwriting and Dramaturgy), MA (Theatre Practice • Professional Production and Production), MA (Irish Theatre History Archives), MA (Arts Policy and Practice) • International Theatre Experience • Musical Theatre YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE FIND OUT MORE • Performance in the Irish Language • GY115 Bachelor of Arts with Dr Ian Walsh, Head of First Year Drama Performing Arts Studies Centre for Drama, Theatre and Performance • GY101 Bachelor of Arts (Joint-Honours) +353 91 494484 • GY126 Bachelor of Arts (English and t. [email protected] Media Studies) e. w. nuigalway.ie/GY118

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GY120 WHY CHOOSE THIS COURSE? This is the only undergraduate course of its kind in Ireland Bachelor of This degree course is for students who know that their future career is (Child, Youth either in practice with children, youth and families or in implementing Arts and shaping public policy for them and Family: Policy The core strengths of this course include: an eight-month work placement in Year three; small group teaching delivered in the Institute and Practice) for Life; and teaching that is led by professionals working in the sector and staff from the UNESCO Child and Family Research Centre

COURSE FACTS YEAR TWO WORK PLACEMENT • Youth Work Principles and Practice CAO Code: GY120 In Years one and two, you can participate • Qualitative Research Methods in ALIVE, NUI Galway’s certified student 8 Course Level: • Quantitative Research Methods volunteering programme, which operates • Understanding Family and Society both in the University and in the broader Duration: 4 years • Economics of Family Policy community. During Year three of the 308 Minimum Entry Points 2018: • Economics of Public and Social Policy programme, you will be placed in a • Promoting Mental Health and Well-Being structured, supervised and challenging Minimum A-Level Grades: in Families work placement, where you can further See www.nuigalway.ie/alevels • Human Rights, Inter-Culturalism and Equality enhance your skills and begin to see Leaving Certificate Entry • Developmental Work through the Outdoors which area of work you are interested Minimum Grade H5 in Requirements: • Child, Youth and Family Service Provision in for the future. two subjects and passes in four other in Ireland subjects at O6/H7 level in the Leaving • Communities in Focus Placement opportunities are competitive, Certificate, including Irish, English, • Professional Skills programme specific, and subject to change another language, and three other depending on availability. Work placements subjects recognised for entry purposes. YEAR THREE include community, industry and on- • Work Placement campus opportunities. Year three study A-Level/GCSE Entry Requirements: opportunities are also available at NUI See page 168 for matriculation entry YEAR FOUR • Connecting Research, Policy and Practice Galway and beyond. requirements. in Children’s Services • Theatre of the Oppressed in Youth CAREER OPPORTUNITIES Additional Requirements: Students must satisfy the Garda/police vetting and Family Work Upon graduation, you will have the requirements. • Child Protection and Welfare necessary skills to apply directly for • The Value of Arts in the Lives of Children positions in the voluntary, community and 40 Average Intake: • Comparative Public Policy statutory sectors, including youth-work • Project Planning and Evaluation positions with organisations such as YOUR COURSE YEAR BY YEAR • Family Law Foróige and Youth Work Ireland, with whom • Issues in Contemporary Families the UNESCO Child and Family Research YEAR ONE • Current Debates in Youth and Family Work Centre has strong links. • Introduction to Child, Youth and Family Studies • Optional Modules • Concepts and Practices of Politics and Sociology Equivalent modules may be substituted from time to time for any of the above under • Youth Development exceptional circumstances and when approved • Personal and Professional Development by the College of Arts, Social Sciences, • Introduction to Economic Policy and Celtic Studies. • Applications Programming • Development Psychology • Applied Economics • Internet and Web Development FURTHER STUDY Graduates of this degree will be eligible to apply for a range of postgraduate courses on offer at NUI Galway. These include: MA (Social Work), MA (Family Support), and MA (Gender, Globalisation and Rights).

YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE FIND OUT MORE • GY118 Bachelor of Arts (Drama, Theatre and Dr Cormac Forkan, Programme Director, Performance Studies) College of Arts, Social Sciences, and • GY129 Bachelor of Arts (International) Celtic Studies • GY130 Bachelor of Arts (Music) t. +353 91 493653 e. [email protected] w. nuigalway.ie/GY120

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GY121 WHY CHOOSE THIS COURSE? This course provides training that is not available anywhere else in Europe, Bachelor of resulting in a unique and internationally marketable qualification (Children’s Students will gain practical insights into the varied contexts in which Arts children live their lives and will gain an appreciation of what is involved in Studies) developing best practices for working with children and young people Students will gain an appreciation of children’s rights, education, welfare and child development as well as knowledge of the methodologies and research practices that inform this child-centred and rights-based field of study

COURSE FACTS YEAR THREE STUDY ABROAD • Child-Centered Research CAO Code: GY121 Students who take a foreign language as • Children and Transition part of their BA (Children’s Studies) will 8 Course Level: • Children and Play have the option to study for a semester at • Twenty-First-Century Young Adult Literature Duration: 4 years a European university under the Erasmus • Semester-Long Placement/Exchange exchange programme before carrying out Minimum Entry Points 2018: 350 YEAR FOUR their second semester work placement Minimum A-Level Grades: • Children’s Rights (either in Ireland or abroad). Students who See www.nuigalway.ie/alevels • Children and Theatre are interested in studying in Canada may • Children and Inequalities also apply for a one-semester exchange at Leaving Certificate Entry • Children, Culture and Media the University of York in their third year. Minimum Grade H5 in Requirements: • Applied Behavioural Analysis two subjects and passes in four other • Independent Project CAREER OPPORTUNITIES subjects at O6/H7 level in the Leaving Career options include advocacy work, Certificate, including Irish, English, Equivalent modules may be substituted children’s research, children’s journalism, another language, and three other from time to time for any of the above under children’s television and film production, subjects recognised for entry purposes. exceptional circumstances and when approved children’s librarianship, child-minding, public Students are not required to audition or by the College of Arts, Social Sciences, and policy, arts administration, museum work, submit portfolios. Celtic Studies. child welfare work, children’s rights activism, social work, counselling and international A-Level/GCSE Entry Requirements: See page 168 for matriculation entry WORK PLACEMENT development work, as well as primary requirements. The aim of the-third year one-semester school teaching. Students who are placement is to provide students with interested in becoming primary school 18 Average Intake: experience of working with or on behalf teachers should note that this will require of children either nationally or abroad. the addition of a two-year postgraduate YOUR COURSE YEAR BY YEAR Placements can be taken in primary Master’s in Education at an Irish college schools, after-school settings, children’s of Education combined with the Scrúdú YEAR ONE • Introduction to Children’s Studies libraries, museums and arts organisations, Cáilíochta sa Ghaeilge. • Children in Social Contexts children’s rights and advocacy • Children and Fairy tales organisations, hospitals and day-care • Children and Health centres and research centres. • History of Childhood Placement opportunities are competitive, • Child Development programme specific, and subject to change depending on availability. Year three study YEAR TWO • Exploring Irish Childhoods opportunities are also available at NUI • Adolescents in Ireland: Healthy and Risky Galway and beyond. Behaviour • Research Methods • Child Law FURTHER STUDY • Educational Pedagogies: Policies and Practice Areas such as play therapy, social work, health promotion, arts administration, teaching, • Children and Storytelling special needs teaching, speech and language therapy, public advocacy and activism are all options of further study.

YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE FIND OUT MORE • GY123 BSc (Applied Social Science) Dr Michal Molcho, Programme • GY110 Bachelor of Arts with Director,College of Arts, Social Sciences, Children Studies and Celtic Studies • GY120 Bachelor of Arts (Child, Youth and +353 91 493668 Family: Policy and Practice) t. e. [email protected] w. nuigalway.ie/GY121

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GY123 WHY CHOOSE THIS COURSE? This innovative four-year degree is aimed at socially-aware students with a passion to better understand, appreciate, and address the crucial Bachelor of contemporary social, environmental and economic issues of our times (Applied Students will participate in an international fieldtrip in Year Two Science as well as an eight-month internship/placement in Year Three, gaining Social Sciences) practical experience and understanding of working in key areas of social scientific research This interdisciplinary degree draws on key strengths of schools, disciplines and research institutes right across the university, allowing for the synthesis of ideas from many diverse disciplines and perspectives to produce career-ready graduates

will focus on building upon the work COURSE FACTS YOUR COURSE YEAR BY YEAR GY123 experience and knowledge acquired, CAO Code: YEAR ONE preparing students for future career • Introducing the Social Sciences; Course Level: 8 choices or further study opportunities • Introduction to Sociology and Political Science 4 years in their chosen field. Duration: • Psychology for Social Scientists • Introduction to Economic and Social Policy Placement opportunities are competitive, Minimum Entry Points 2018: 350 • Principles of Geography programme specific, and subject to change Minimum A-Level Grades: • Digital Citizenship. depending on availability. Work placements See www.nuigalway.ie/alevels include community, industry and on- YEAR TWO campus opportunities. Year three Leaving Certificate Entry In addition to further developing their critical study opportunities are also available at Minimum Grade H5 in Requirements: understanding of key areas of the social NUI Galway and beyond. two subjects and passes in four other sciences, students will focus on problem- subjects at O6/H7 level in the Leaving centred learning and will undertake research Certificate, including Irish, English, STUDY ABROAD methods courses aimed at tackling current and An international fieldtrip is a significant another language, and three other future societal challenges and learn how to use element of the degree in Year Two. The subjects recognised for entry purposes. social scientific technology tools such as GIS, SPSS and NVivo. Year Two will also entail an course also offers exciting prospects to A-Level/GCSE Entry Requirements: international fieldtrip in Semester two. study or work abroad as part of the student See page 168 for matriculation entry internship/placement experience in Year requirements. YEAR THREE Three. Such study/work opportunities suit Work-based internship for eight months students who view their futures as part Students Additional Requirements: (January–August); a dedicated member of staff of the international community of social must satisfy the Garda/police vetting coordinates and places every student within scientific researchers and activists, such as requirements. their selected sector and tailors their training with the European Union or United Nations. and experience. Students will also undertake the Studying abroad is offered through the Average Intake: 50 module, Career Development and Readiness. Erasmus programme. Our internationally YEAR FOUR renowned lecturers continue to expand Students will again select modules within their their teaching and research networks focused pathway and, in addition, students will globally with other academics, institutions be paired with an academic supervisor to design, and universities. FURTHER STUDY develop and undertake a research project, with a For more on further study options with strong focus on publishing their finished work. The CAREER OPPORTUNITIES four study pathways offered in this final year are: NUI Galway please see: Students can expect to develop careers • Environmental Social Studies nuigalway.ie/courses/taught- in many diverse areas, industries and • Culture, Creativity and Entrepreneurship postgraduatecourses/ sectors such as community development, • Politics, Society and Identity social care, environmental and urban • Communities, Engagement and Development. YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE planning, Irish and international non- • GY101 Bachelor of Arts (Joint-Honours) governmental organisations (NGOs), • GY132 Bachelor of Arts Government (Politics, WORK PLACEMENT local and national politics, international Economics and Law) Our students will have the opportunity to development, human resource • GY129 Bachelor of Arts (International) participate in an eight-month national or management, journalism, the media and international work internship/placement, social research, to mention just a few such which takes place in Year Three. This callings. The course also offers exciting FIND OUT MORE internship will provide practical experience opportunities to develop careers in Programme Directors and links with programme partners, business and industry, specifically in areas Dr Frances Fahy - organisations, industry and businesses, of innovation, culture, creativity e. [email protected] and will serve to enhance student overall and entrepreneurship. Dr Mike Hynes - employability. Post-internship, Year 4 e. [email protected] t. +353 91 492315/495104 w. nuigalway.ie/GY123

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GY124 WHY CHOOSE THIS COURSE? Are you good at maths, interested in coding, and keen to study people as well as equations? If so, the new BA in Arts with Data Science may be for you Bachelor of You will get a rigorous technical education in the foundations of data science— (Arts with mathematics, statistics, IT—plus a full major in a relevant Arts discipline of ArtsData Science) your choice (Psychology, Economics, Geography, History or Philosophy) By the time you graduate, you will be well qualified to apply data analytic techniques to real-world human problems. Few skills are more highly valued by employers The government expects Ireland to become one of Europe’s leading countries for data science. Thousands of new jobs are anticipated, and Galway is already a significant hub

• Data Science case study COURSE FACTS YOUR COURSE YEAR BY YEAR • Data Science literature review. CAO Code: GY124 Students study Data Science and Mathematics for Data Science and choose one of the following Note: Modules offered may change from year Course level: 8 major Arts subjects: Psychology, Economics, to year, depending on availability. Geography, Philosophy or History. Please refer to Duration: 4 years WORK PLACEMENT page 24 for details. You will undertake an eight-month, Minimum Entry points 2018: 425 YEAR ONE off-campus work placement during your Minimum A-level grades: • Arts major + Skills for Data Science 1 third year of study. This Professional See www.nuigalway.ie/alevels • Programming 1 Experience Programme gives you an • Programming 2 opportunity to work on projects relevant

Leaving Certificate Entry requirements: • Probability 1 to your course of study and significantly Minimum Grade H5 in two subjects • Statistics improves your chances of obtaining and passes in four other subjects at • Analysis and Algebra 1 employment after graduation. O6/H7 level in the Leaving Certificate, • Analysis and Algebra 2 including Irish, English, another language, Placement opportunities are competitive, • Skills for Mathematics and three other subjects recognised programme specific, and subject to change for entry purposes. A H5 or O1 Grade in YEAR TWO depending on availability. Work placements Leaving Certificate Mathematics is also a • Arts major + Skills for Data Science 2 include community, industry and on- requirement. • Database Systems campus opportunities. Year three study • Probability 2 opportunities are also available at NUI

A-Level/GCSE Entry requirements: • Statistical Inference Galway and beyond. See page 168 for matriculation entry • Linear Algebra requirements. STUDY ABROAD YEAR THREE Students who wish to do their work Average intake: 15 • Data Science Accelerator in Semester 1: placement in another EU country may Philosophy of Statistics and Machine Learning have the opportunity to apply for an • Artificial Intelligence Erasmus traineeship. • Skills for Data Science 3; • Calculus • Formal Logic or Discrete Mathematics CAREER OPPORTUNITIES Data analytics talent is in short supply • Work placement in Semester 2. internationally. Graduates from this YEAR FOUR programme will have a highly attractive • Arts major + Machine Learning portfolio of skills, and will be well positioned and Text Mining for a wide range of graduate careers. Those • Applied Regression Models who pursue further study (e.g., a one-year • Stochastic Processes or Statistical Modelling master’s) in data science will be able to • Data Science project apply for data scientist roles.

FURTHER STUDY Graduates could go on to further study in data science, mathematics, statistics, information technology, or the Arts discipline in which they majored. Possibilities at NUI Galway include MSc in Data Analytics (GYE06), MSc in Business Analytics (GYC36) and Higher Diploma in Mathematics (GYS15), as well as a wide range of Arts programmes.

YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE FIND OUT MORE • GY319 Bachelor of Science College of Arts, Social Sciences, (Mathematical Science) and Celtic Studies • GY101 Bachelor of Arts (Joint-Honours) +353 91 493958 • GY129 Bachelor of Arts (International) t. e. [email protected] w. nuigalway.ie/GY124 61 COLLEGE OF ARTS, SOCIAL SCIENCES, AND CELTIC STUDIES

GY125 WHY CHOOSE THIS COURSE? Our lives are increasingly shaped by digital technologies. But how can new technologies be used constructively and creatively? What are the impacts, Bachelor of both positive and negative, of the new technologies? (Digital Arts Arts You will gain up-to-date practical skills in the creative and professional and Technology) use of digital technologies, including coding, database construction, web design, and digital content creation The course allows you to complete one full course in an Arts subject, combined with training in relevant aspects of information technology (IT) and data science 90% of employers now look for advanced IT skills in potential employees (Irish Times, 22 February 2017)

COURSE FACTS YOUR COURSE YEAR BY YEAR WORK PLACEMENT CAO Code: GY125 Please refer to page 24 to see what other Arts Placements will be arranged in Year 3. subject you can take on this course, with the Placements will normally last for one 8 Course level: exception of subjects listed in group 2 and group 5. academic year, and will involve work placements in appropriate companies/ Duration: 4 years YEAR ONE cultural institutions, international study, 361 • Arts subject major Minimum Entry points 2018: or a combination of both. The aim of the • Digital Cultures year is to add to your practical skills, Minimum A-level grades: • Computer Systems expand your personal networks and See www.nuigalway.ie/alevels • Computer Programming enhance your employability. • Algorithms Leaving Certificate Entry Minimum Grade H5 in Placement opportunities are competitive, Requirements: YEAR TWO two subjects and passes in four other • Arts subject major programme specific, and subject to change subjects at O6/H7 level in the Leaving • Digital Cultures options depending on availability. Work placements Certificate including Irish, English, • Database Systems include community, industry and on- another language, and three other • Object Oriented Programming campus opportunities. Year three study subjects recognised for entry purposes. • Web-Based Information Systems opportunities are also available at NUI Galway and beyond.

A-Level/GCSE Entry requirements: YEAR THREE See page 168 for matriculation entry • Work Placement and/or Study Abroad. STUDY ABROAD requirements. Links will include a number of major YEAR FOUR European universities participating in the Average Intake: 25 • Arts subject major • Digital Cultures independent research project EU-sponsored Erasmus programme. “We live in transformational • Information Technology options, including: Multimedia Development, Artificial Intelligence, CAREER OPPORTUNITIES times, and we need to find new Ethics and Social Media. Career prospects for graduates with the combination of creativity, communication ways of thinking about creativity, Note: Modules offered may change from year to year, depending on availability. skills and an advanced understanding of society and the impact of new digital technology are increasing all the technologies. Galway’s special time. Career opportunities exist in the combination of rich cultural life, fields of information technology, education, advanced tech industries and gaming, creative arts, cultural heritage, public relations, media, journalism, academic expertise makes it the marketing and more. perfect place to do this. Professor Sean Ryder, programme Director

FURTHER STUDY MA (Digital Media), MA (Digital Cultures, MA (Writing), MSc (Software Design and Development), PhD Digital Arts and Humanities

YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE FIND OUT MORE • GY124 Bachelor of Arts (Arts with Professor Sean Ryder, Data Science) School of Humanities • GY127 Bachelor of Arts (Film and t. +353 91 493009 Digital Media) [email protected] • GY101 Bachelor of Arts (Joint-Honours) e. w. nuigalway.ie/GY125

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GY126 WHY CHOOSE THIS COURSE? In 2018 our discipline of English was named in the top 100–150 English Departments in the world Bachelor of The study of English involves the examination of creative expression in (English and all its forms: novels, plays, poems, film, art. The media studies option Arts provides analysis of media, past and present, with attention to issues of Media Studies) representation, identity, and other social concerns Students taking this programme will also take another minor subject in Arts Galway has a vibrant media sector, on campus and off, providing numerous opportunities to hone your skills in real-world settings

• Science Fiction COURSE FACTS YOUR COURSE YEAR BY YEAR • Writing Animals GY126 The syllabus is subject to change and there is no CAO Code: • Children’s Fiction assurance that the modules provided will be the 8 Course level: same in all respects as those listed below. BA (English and Media Studies) students will 4 years also select one of the following thematic minors: Duration: YEAR ONE Philosophy; Classics: Literature, Art, Thought; • Introduction to Fiction Minimum Entry points 2018: 408 German Language Studies; Italian Language • Introduction to Poetry Studies; Spanish Language Studies; Studies in Minimum A-level grades: • Introduction to Drama and Theatre Celtic Literature and Culture; Léann na Gaeilge; See www.nuigalway.ie/alevels • Critical Perspectives on Literature Italian Culture; Cultural Transmission; • Literature in the Social World Gender and History; Physical Geography; Leaving Certificate Entry • Cultural Foundations (Media Studies) Human Geography. Requirements: Minimum Grade H5 in two subjects and passes in four other • Media Ethics subjects at O6/H7 level in the Leaving • Digital Literacies: Theory and Practice STUDY ABROAD This is a four-year programme. Students Certificate, including Irish, English, may choose to pursue a placement another language, and three other YEAR TWO • Courses are a combination of lectures or assistantship abroad as part of their subjects recognised for entry purposes. and seminars third year. • Medieval Literature A-Level/GCSE Entry requirements: See page 168 for matriculation entry • Media, Culture, and Society CAREER OPPORTUNITIES requirements. • 18th Century Studies Graduates of this programme will possess • Worlds in Revolt: Romanticisms not only disciplinary specific knowledge Average Intake: 15 • 19th Century British Literature about the development of English literature • Modern Irish Literature and media across time, but also valuable • Representation, Identity, Media transferrable skills that will equip them for today’s highly flexible labour market. The YEAR THREE skills and experience acquired through this Practical focus, and a choice of modules, including on-campus project work, work BA will equip you for employment in those observation/ placement and/or study abroad. fields where communication is paramount, including public relations, marketing, YEAR FOUR publishing, media. • The History of the Book • The Revolution will not be Televised • Genre Studies • Modernism/Postmodernism • Contemporary Literature • Masculinity and Crisis

FURTHER STUDY Skills developed through this programme will make you a highly valued candidate for postgraduate programmes that focus on writing, media and communication, politics, sociology, cultural studies.

YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE FIND OUT MORE • GY101 Bachelor of Arts (Joint-Honours) College of Arts, Social Sciences, • GY119 Bachelor of Arts with Journalism and Celtic Studies • GY111 Bachelor of Arts with Creative Writing t. +353 91 493958 e. [email protected] w. nuigalway.ie/GY126

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GY127 WHY CHOOSE THIS COURSE? Students analyse, contextualize and theorise a range of screen Bachelor of practices and audio-visual media from over a century of history (Film and Film Studies is a theoretically orientated course, but students are also Arts trained in the basics of digital filmmaking in their third year, gaining key Digital Media) practical skills in audio-visual media production Each week the Huston School of Film and Digital Media at NUI Galway hosts internationally acclaimed figures from the film industries As part of this course, students will study Film and Digital Media, in addition to another major Arts subject

COURSE FACTS YOUR COURSE YEAR BY YEAR WORK PLACEMENT Year 3 of the programme offers students CAO Code: GY127 Please refer to page 24 to see what other Arts subject you can take on this course, with the the opportunity to apply the skills and 8 Course Level: exception of subjects listed in group 2. knowledge they have acquired within real-world settings. Working under Duration: 4 years YEAR ONE the supervision of course personnel, • Introduction to Film Studies Minimum Entry points 2018: 420 students will engage in a range of intensive • Beyond Hollywood Film professional activities in both semesters. Minimum A-Level Grades: • Digital Design These can include internships with media See www.nuigalway.ie/alevels • Introduction to Filmmaking and arts organisations, service learning

Leaving Certificate Entry requirements: YEAR TWO projects with community groups, and Minimum Grade H5 in two subjects • Non-Fiction Film supervised research and creative projects. and passes in four other subjects at • Digital Storytelling Undergraduate students at the Huston O6/H7 level in the Leaving Certificate, • Creative Media Design and Development School of Film and Digital Media have including Irish, English, another language • Creative Entrepreneurship previously gained work experience at and three other subjects recognised for • Realism and European Cinema companies such as TV3, Ros na Rún and entry purposes. • Screenwriting 1 the Dublin International Film Festival. • Film Practice 1 Placement opportunities are competitive, A-Level/GCSE Entry requirements: • Multimedia Development See page 168 for matriculation entry programme specific, and subject to change requirements. YEAR THREE depending on availability. Work placements • Work Placement/Service Learning/Creative include community, industry and on- Average Intake: 20 Project/Placement Abroad campus opportunities. Year three study opportunities are also available at NUI YEAR FOUR “Film and Digital Media are • Creative Project/Minor Dissertation Galway and beyond. increasingly central to Ireland’s • Creative and Cultural Industries • Early and Silent Cinema STUDY ABROAD economic and cultural strength, • Irish Cinema The Huston School of Film and Digital Media has Erasmus links with a number of and Galway has established • Introduction to Visual Culture institutions within the UK, Europe and the itself at the heart of these • Research and Writing Film Studies • Transnational Cinemas USA. Students can choose to spend part of growing industries. This • Screenwriting 2 the third year of the programme studying programme offers students • Film Practice 2 at one of these partner institutions. the opportunity to develop • Creative Computing their creative and critical • Human Computer Interaction • Artificial Intelligence skills within a supportive and • E-Business Marketing collaborative environment. The Huston School of Film & Digital Media at NUI Galway has been at the heart of the film and FURTHER STUDY FIND OUT MORE media industries in the West of This course offers clear opportunities Dr Conn Holohan, Huston School of Ireland for over a decade and to pursue further study and research at Film and Digital Media postgraduate level, including the range of +353 91 495686 our graduates have gone on to MA programmes at the Huston School of t. [email protected] many great successes, including Film & Digital Media such as the: e. w. nuigalway.ie/GY127 an Oscar nomination.” • MA (Film Production and Direction) Dr Conn Holohan, • MA (Digital Media) Huston School of Film & Digital Media • MA (Film Studies: Theory and Practice)

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GY128 WHY CHOOSE THIS COURSE? This degree course aims to produce graduates with a high level of competence in at least two languages. You can choose from French, Bachelor of German, Irish, Italian and Spanish (Global Italian is available at beginner level, and German and Spanish are available to Arts both beginners and post-Leaving Certificate students. French and Irish are Languages) available at post-Leaving Certificate level Students can choose minors in a range of languages or a minor subject covering language-related fields like translation and linguistics, media and technology, and literature and culture Students may take short introductory courses in Chinese and Latin

COURSE FACTS YOUR COURSE YEAR BY YEAR STUDY ABROAD A recent study by the European CAO Code: GY128 YEAR ONE Commission revealed that the graduate Course Level: 8 • Two languages in first year (one of which must attributes students acquire during their be at post-Leaving Certificate level) study abroad, such as problem-solving, Duration: 4 years • Option to study a third language as a minor self-reliance and cultural awareness, can • Minor in Global Language Studies: Modules Minimum Entry points 2018: 429 greatly increase their employability. In Year in Skills for Learning Languages; Introduction Three students will either undertake study Minimum A-Level Grades: to Translation; Written Words and Spoken abroad under the Erasmus programme in See www.nuigalway.ie/alevels Languages; and European Cinema. Europe or take up a language assistantship. Leaving Certificate Entry YEAR TWO Outside Europe we have additional Requirements: Minimum Grade H5 in • Two languages (minimum) exchange links with universities in Chile two subjects and passes in four other • Additional study options include minors in: and Mexico. Students will have the option subjects at O6/H7 level in the Leaving ·· A third language to spend a semester each in two different Certificate, including Irish and English, ·· Global Language Studies (with modules on language areas while on Erasmus. H4 in a modern language other than Linguistics, Translation in the World, Media Irish and English, and two other subjects and Technology for Language Learning); CAREER OPPORTUNITIES recognised for entry purposes. As graduates you will have a broad range YEAR THREE of career options available to you. You • You will spend Year Three abroad studying or on A-Level/GCSE Entry Requirements: may choose to use your language skills See page 168 for matriculation entry a language assistantship. requirements. for translation or research or apply your YEAR FOUR skills to careers in business, the diplomatic Average Intake: 40 • Two languages, with option to continue service, journalism, the European with a third, or continued specialisation in Commission, the United Nations, teaching language related modules and in non-governmental organisations. There are also opportunities to continue studying in Ireland or abroad.

FURTHER STUDY MA (Translation Studies), MA (Advanced Language Skills), MA in French, German, Irish, Italian, or Spanish

YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE FIND OUT MORE • GY101 Bachelor of Arts (Joint-Honours) Dr Máire Áine Ní Mhainnín, School of • GY129 Bachelor of Arts (International) Languages, Literatures and Cultures • GY202 Bachelor of Commerce (International) t. +353 91 493397 e. [email protected] w. nuigalway.ie/GY128

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GY129 WHY CHOOSE THIS COURSE? This course is aimed at students who know from the point of application to university that they wish to include an international experience as part of Bachelor their overall degree The programme operates in a similar fashion to the BA (Joint-Honours) with of Arts students taking three subjects in first year and continuing with classes in two (International) of these subjects in second and final year. Students spend third year of their four-year programme studying at a third-level institution abroad or on an approved placement overseas Studying a modern language to degree level involves spending a period, normally an academic year, in a country or region where the language is widely spoken. You will pursue both of your degree subjects during the period abroad. Students registered for two languages are required to spend a minimum of 12 weeks in each of the countries or regions where the relevant languages are spoken. This will usually consist of an academic year abroad arranged by the University in one language and a summer placement arranged by the student in the other country or region Students who do not study a modern language on this programme, may spend a year abroad in China or North America, or on European exchanges where programmes are delivered in English

COURSE FACTS WORK PLACEMENT CAREER OPPORTUNITIES CAO Code: GY129 In addition to the study abroad opportunity, Arts graduates, and in particular language graduates, are in demand. Career 8 students have the option to apply for the Course Level: language assistantship programme. Details destinations represent a broad range of opportunities from hospitality through Duration: 4 years available from the language disciplines. to the creative industries, in addition to 431 Minimum Entry Points 2018: STUDY ABROAD careers in media and communications. In studying abroad, graduates develop Minimum A-Level Grades: The College of Arts, Social Sciences, skills identified as desirable from across See www.nuigalway.ie/alevels and Celtic Studies has developed and established links across numerous multiple employment sectors. The BA Leaving Certificate Entry European destinations (e.g., Erasmus (International) provides entry into multiple Minimum Grade H5 in Requirements: Programme). These are updated and and diverse postgraduate programmes two subjects and passes in four other extended on an annual basis and range offered by the College of Arts, Social subjects at O6/H7 level in the Leaving from EU destinations across France, Spain, Sciences, and Celtic Studies. Certificate, including Irish, English, Germany and Italy to Eastern European another language, and three other destinations such as the Czech Republic subjects recognised for entry purposes. and Turkey. There are also a number of study/work placement opportunities in A-Level/GCSE Entry Requirements: See page 168 for matriculation entry North America, the UK, and China. requirements.

Average Intake: 20

FURTHER STUDY Further details on one-year, taught postgraduate opportunities can be found here: nuigalway.ie/courses/taught-postgraduatecourses/

YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE FIND OUT MORE • GY101 Bachelor of Arts (Joint-Honours) College of Arts, Social Science, • GY128 Bachelor of Arts (Global Languages) and Celtic Studies • GY203 Bachelor of Commerce (International) t. +353 91 493958 e. [email protected] w. nuigalway.ie/GY129

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GY130 WHY CHOOSE THIS COURSE? This course combines the study of music with one other arts subject Bachelor of It allows students to develop an understanding of the history, theory (Music) and practice of music Arts This course is ideal for those who wish to teach music after graduation at Second level Students will benefit from the numerous musical events hosted on campus every year, as part of NUI Galway’s partnerships with major arts organisations Galway’s status as European Capital of Culture in 2020 will bring huge benefits to students on our BA in Music

COURSE FACTS YEAR TWO STUDY ABROAD • Music Histories and Repertories II In third year, you will have the opportunity CAO Code: GY130 • Sound Technology to spend a year abroad on the Erasmus Course Level: 8 • Composition exchange programme, either as a full- • Harmony and Keyboard Harmony time student at a European university Duration: 4 years • Traditional Irish Music II (optional) or conservatoire, or on the Erasmus Minimum Entry Points 2018: 462 • Musical Theatre (optional) internship programme where you may • Arts Administration and Management apply for language-assistant teaching Minimum A-Level Grades: (optional) posts. Internships in arts organizations See www.nuigalway.ie/alevels • Musical Practice II (optional) in Ireland are also possible. There are also international links with American Leaving Certificate Entry YEAR THREE Requirements: Minimum Grade H5 in universities where students can study two subjects and passes in four other This year is dedicated to the development of special skills and/or experiences. Students will: Music and other performing arts subjects. subjects at O6/H7 level in the Leaving • Attend an international university where music Certificate including Irish, English, is taught or CAREER OPPORTUNITIES another language, and three other • Engage in a 10,000-word dissertation on a The course has been designed to meet the subjects recognised for entry purposes. subject within Music Studies or requirements of the Irish Teaching Council, No audition required. Students can take • Carry out an internship or so graduates, following the completion of the course without having studied Music • Complete a supervised practice-based the PME, will be qualified to teach Music for Leaving Certificate. project, culminating in a public recital and/or in post-primary education. Students can performance. combine the study of music with subjects A-Level/GCSE Entry Requirements: such as Psychology, Law, Information See page 168 for matriculation entry YEAR FOUR Technology or Languages, all of which open requirements. • Composition Project or Dissertation up career opportunities in those areas. • Career Development Workshops 20 Average Intake: • Music Histories and Repertories III • Writing About Music and Performance Analysis YOUR COURSE YEAR BY YEAR • Musical Practice III (optional) In first year, students take Music with two other • Choice of special subjects (optional) arts subjects. In Years Two and Four, they take Music with one other subject. Year Three is BA (History and Globalisation Studies) dedicated exclusively to Music. Upon graduation, can select one of the following thematic students receive a degree in Music and one minors: Classics: Literature, Art, Thought; French other subject (e.g.,, French, Mathematics, Language Studies; German Language Studies; Psychology, Law, Information Technology, Italian Language Studies; Italian Culture; Cultural English, German, etc.). Please refer to page 24 to Transmission; Physical Geography; Human see what other Arts subject you can take on this Geography. course, with the exception of subjects listed in group six. Students take the following modules:

YEAR ONE • Introduction to Music History • Introduction to Traditional Irish Music FURTHER STUDY • Vocal and Choral Skills (practice-based module) Students taking this course can go on to pursue postgraduate study in Music as well as the • Theory and Critical Listening creative arts more generally.

YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE FIND OUT MORE • GY101 Bachelor of Arts (Joint-Honours) Dr Aidan Thomson • GY115 Bachelor of Arts with +353 91 493675 Performing Arts Studies t. [email protected] • GY118 Bachelor of Arts (Drama, Theatre and e. nuigalway.ie/GY130 Performance Studies) w.

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GY131 WHY CHOOSE THIS COURSE? This NEW course examines the forces that shaped our globalised world. We analyse how modern society is structured; the links between culture and Bachelor politics; why they matter; and how and why our world developed in this way Students combine a major in History with a choice of inter-disciplinary courses in of Arts related themes. You will develop the critical faculties necessary to understand the (History and processes of global integration over time and space Globalisation These skills are vital in fields as diverse as business, diplomacy, and the voluntary sector, where individuals must always be conscious of the historical, Studies) cultural and political impact of their actions.

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COURSE FACTS YEAR TWO WORK PLACEMENT CAO Code: GY131 History (seminar and lecture modules), thematic A number of places will be available in the minor, and Globalisation Studies. third year of the programme for students 8 Course Level: • Global History, 1780–1945 to undertake a single semester work • Geographies of Migration placement. The aim of these placements Duration: 4 years • Skills for Work is for you to develop the knowledge and N/A Minimum Entry Points 2018: skills acquired on the programme in a YEAR THREE professional setting. Minimum A-Level Grades: Students will undertake a combination of a www.nuigalway.ie/alevels See one-semester work placement (places limited); Placement opportunities are competitive, on-campus studies; a semester abroad on programme specific, and subject to change Leaving Certificate Entry Minimum Grade H5 in the Erasmus programme; or a full academic depending on availability. Work placements Requirements: year abroad. two subjects and passes in four other include community, industry and on- subjects at O6/H7 level in the Leaving YEAR FOUR campus opportunities. Year three study Certificate, including Irish, English, Completion of studies in History (major), opportunities are also available at another language, and three other thematic minor, and Globalisation Studies: NUI Galway and beyond. subjects recognised for entry purposes. • Globalisation since 1945 • Mobilities STUDY ABROAD

A-Level/GCSE Entry Requirements: • Globalisation Studies Research Project Students may opt to spend a semester or See page 168 for matriculation entry full academic year abroad as part of the requirements. BA (History and Globalisation Studies) can select one of the following thematic minors: third year of their studies. NUI Galway has Erasmus exchange programmes with a Average Intake: 20 Classics: Literature, Art, Thought; French Language Studies; German Language Studies; range of universities across Europe, where YOUR COURSE YEAR BY YEAR Italian Language Studies; Italian Culture; Cultural students can develop their language skills, Transmission; Physical Geography; Human Students take a major in History and follow experience different cultures, and engage Geography. thematic minor programmes in Globalisation with new ideas and topics. Studies and one other relevant theme. Modules are as follows (subject to change). CAREER OPPORTUNITIES Graduates develop skills of cultural YEAR ONE intelligence—the ability to understand, Students follow the History programme, along relate and work across different with Globalisation Studies and a thematic minor cultures—that have become highly valued of their choice. in the modern workplace. It provides · Introduction to Global History · good preparation for a range of careers, · Principles of Human Geography · including business, the diplomatic service, · Introduction to Politics and Sociology · international development, journalism, · Concepts and Practices in Politics and · education, the non-governmental sector, Sociology public service, the heritage industries, and publishing.

FURTHER STUDY MA (History), MA (Environment, Society and Development), MA (Culture and Colonialism)

YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE FIND OUT MORE • GY101 Bachelor of Arts (Joint Honours) College of Arts, Social Sciences, • GY105 Bachelor of Arts (History) and Celtic Studies • GY129 Bachelor of Arts (International) t. +353 91 493958 e. [email protected] w. nuigalway.ie/GY130

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GY132 WHY CHOOSE THIS COURSE? Do you want to better understand how government works and how public policy can be improved? Bachelor of Arts Do you want to better understand how politics, economics and law Government combine to produce public and social policy? (Politics, Economics Are you interested in working in government, business, or law? If so, then and Law) the BA: Government (Politics, Economics, and Law) at NUI Galway is for you The three core disciplines of this degree combine to give graduates unique knowledge and background to develop careers in both the private and public sectors NEW FOR 2019

COURSE FACTS YOUR COURSE YEAR BY YEAR YEAR FOUR GY132 • Topics in Microeconomic Theory CAO Code: YEAR ONE • European Community Law I • Principles of Microeconomics Course Level: 8 • Development and Change • Principles of Macroeconomics • Theories of the Policy Process 4 years Duration: • Economics Coursework • Public Economics • Introduction to Research in Public Minimum Entry Points 2018: N/A • European Community Law II and Social Policy • Comparative Public Policy

Minimum A-Level Grades: • Irish Legal Systems • Policy Seminar www.nuigalway.ie/alevels See • Law and Social Policy • Choice of modules in Economics, Law, and • Administrative Law I Leaving Certificate Entry Sociological and Political Studies • Introduction to Politics and Sociology Requirements: Minimum Grade H5 in two subjects and passes in four other • Concepts and Practices in Politics and STUDY ABROAD Sociology subjects at O6/H7 level in the Leaving Students can avail of opportunities to • Problems in Politics and Sociology Certificate, including Irish, English, study abroad with the Erasmus programme • Public and Social Policy in Ireland another language, and three other throughout Europe. subjects recognised for entry purposes. YEAR TWO • Intermediate Microeconomics CAREER OPPORTUNITIES A-Level/GCSE Entry Requirements: See page 168 for matriculation entry • Mathematics for Economics This degree combines the study of requirements. • Sociology of Law politics, economics and law. This degree • Constitutional Law I creates career opportunities in local Average Intake: 60 • European Politics OR Social Issues and national government, business, and Policy Responses non-profit organisations, consultancy, • Public Administration public affairs, professional services, the • Intermediate Macroeconomics EU and global development agencies. • Economics of Public Policy The multidisciplinary nature of the • Constitutional Law II degree also opens opportunities in public • Health Law and Policy administration, policy analysis, industrial • Modern Political Thought (Political Theory) relations, public relations, journalism, social or Classical Social Thought (Social Theory) work, community work, political advocacy, • Methods for Social and Political Scientists management, economics and law.

YEAR THREE Work Placement, Study Abroad, Research Project and Complementary Study Options.

FURTHER STUDY With a solid base in three key disciplines this degree uniquely creates and enhances prospects for further study in business (such as an MBA), economics, political science, law, human relations, public policy analysis, sociology, and community development. Those who wish to pursue a career in law will be exempted from the first year of their LLB.

YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE FIND OUT MORE • GY101 Bachelor of Arts (Joint-Honours) College of Arts, Social Sciences, • GY251 Law and Celtic Studies • GY201 Bachelor of Commerce t. +353 91 493958 e. [email protected] w. nuigalway.ie/GY132

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GY133 WHY CHOOSE THIS COURSE? This is a new course which allows you to combine the study of mathematics with computer science and post-primary teaching Bachelor of education This is a four year concurrent initial teacher education programme Arts Education and includes a number of school placement opportunities throughout (Computer Science the course and Mathematical At the end of this four year course graduates will be eligible to teach Studies) computer science and mathematics.

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COURSE FACTS YOUR COURSE YEAR BY YEAR YEAR FOUR GY133 • Complex Variables CAO Code: YEAR ONE • Geometry • Analysis and Algebra 1 and 2 Course Level: 8 • Calculus 2 • Mathematical Skills 4 years • Multimedia Development Duration: • Computer Systems • Networks and Computer Communications • Programming I and II Minimum Entry Points 2018: N/A • Final Year Project • History and Structure of Irish Education • Practical Teaching Programme: Integrated Minimum A-Level Grades: • Practical Teaching Programme 1 www.nuigalway.ie/alevels Project See • Introduction to Educational Sciences • School Placement: Block Teaching Experience • Principles of Second-Level Mathematics Leaving Certificate Entry Minimum Grade H5 in Requirements: YEAR TWO WORK PLACEMENT two subjects and passes in four other • Calculus 1 As part of this degree course you will subjects at O6/H7 level in the Leaving • Linear Algebra undertake a school placement component Certificate, including Irish, English, • Statistics for Data Science 1 and 2 each year. In total, each pre-service teacher another language, and three other • Object Oriented Programming I and II will complete 100 hours of teaching subjects recognised for entry purposes. • Web-based Information Systems between years one and three, and 13 A H5 or O1 Grade in Mathematics is also • Practical Teaching Programme 2 weeks in a second level school in year four a requirement. of the programme. YEAR THREE • Discrete Mathematics A-Level/GCSE Entry Requirements: • Linear Algebra CAREER OPPORTUNITIES See page 168 for matriculation entry Our graduates are keenly sought for • Systems Analysis and Design requirements. teaching positions in Ireland and abroad. • Database Systems I Opportunities outside of the teaching Students • Curriculum and Assessment Additional Requirements: profession include further or higher must satisfy the Garda/police vetting • Research Literacies for Professional education, academic or industrial research, requirements. Development and Lifelong Learning ICT, finance and technology. 25 • Practical Teaching Programme Average Intake: • Professional Studies Integrated Project • Psychology, Sociology and Catering for Diversity

FURTHER STUDY YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE Graduates of this course will be well positioned for further study in postgraduate • GY101 Bachelor of Arts (Joint-Honours) programmes that focus on education, mathematics and computer science. • GY124 Bachelor of Arts (Arts with Data Science) Master of Education (MEd.) • GY109 Bachelor of Arts (Mathematics nuigalway.ie/courses/taught-postgraduate-courses/education-master.html and Education) Master of Science (Software Engineering and Database Technologies) nuigalway.ie/courses/adult-and-continuing-education-courses/software-engineering- and-database-technologies.htm FIND OUT MORE College of Arts, Social Sciences, Postgraduate Diploma in Arts (Mathematics) and Celtic Studies nuigalway.ie/courses/taught-postgraduate-courses/arts-maths.html t. +353 91 493958 Master of Science in Business Analytics e. [email protected] nuigalway.ie/courses/taught-postgraduate-courses/business-analytics.html w. nuigalway.ie/GY133

70 COLLEGE OF ARTS, SOCIAL SCIENCES, AND CELTIC STUDIES AS051 WHY CHOOSE THIS COURSE? If you have an interest in working within the food industry nationally or Bachelor of internationally then this programme may be for you To date this programme has achieved 100% graduate employment Applied Science Ultimately the programme seeks to create graduates with the in Nutrition, capacity for developing food products to meet the nutritional needs of health-conscious consumers, those with dietary restrictions, Food and Business the elderly and the young Management

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• Food Innovation and New Product COURSE FACTS YOUR COURSE YEAR BY YEAR AS051 Development CAO Code: YEAR ONE • International Food Policy • Nutrition 1: Nutrition, Diet and Health Course Level: 8 • Nutrition 6: Public Health Nutrition • Food Science 4 years Duration: • Microbiology 1 WORK PLACEMENT • Food Preparation and Culinary Skills Minimum Entry Points 2018: 339 In Year Three of the course, students • Introductory Marketing and Finance have the possibility of participating in a

Minimum A-Level Grades: • Business Management and Food Legislation structured 20-week placement nationally www.nuigalway.ie/alevels See or internationally in a variety of food YEAR TWO Leaving Certificate Entry • Nutrition 2: Nutrition through the Life Cycle industries and food-related organisations. Requirements: Minimum Grade H5 • Nutrition 3: Biochemistry of Nutrition Students have undertaken work in two subjects and passes in four • Food Science and Applied Culinary Skills placements in organisations including the other subjects at O6/H7 level in the • Industrial-Scale Food Production Irish Dairy Board (Ornua), Kerry Group, Leaving Certificate, including Irish, • Microbiology 2 Glanbia, Lakeland Dairies, Green Isle and English, Mathematics, a laboratory • Marketing and Finance Boyne Valley to name just a few. science subject (i.e., Chemistry, Physics, • Principles of Sensory Sciences Biology, Physics with Chemistry (joint) STUDY ABROAD or Agricultural Science), and two other YEAR THREE It is possible to study abroad and secure subjects recognised for entry purposes. • Nutrition 4: Lifestyle, Health and Disease placement within the EU as part of the • 20-week placement, nationally or Erasmus+ programme. A-Level/GCSE Entry Requirements: internationally, in a food industry or a food- See page 168 for matriculation entry related organisation CAREER PROSPECTS requirements. • Digital Marketing Graduates of the course will have attained • Operations Strategy the knowledge and skills that will enable Average Intake: 32 • Marketing Research them to obtain employment in a variety • Innovations in Food Processing and of food and associated industries. Preservation Graduates will be equipped with the technical knowledge and skills required YEAR FOUR • Food Quality Management and Auditing to work in a diverse range of careers • Strategic Management such as: food production, new product • Nutrition 5: Biochemistry in Health and Disease development, quality control, marketing/ • Research Skills sales, supervision and management, • Training in HACCP and BRC Principles consultancy and research.

FURTHER STUDY St Angela’s College, Sligo and NUI Galway also affords the opportunity to pursue further studies at postgraduate, master’s and PhD levels. www.stangelas.nuigalway.ie/ "The highlight was my programmes nuigalway.ie/courses/taught-postgraduatecourses/#ColMed placement. We were prepared for placement really, well. I YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE FIND OUT MORE • AS001 Bachelor of Arts (Education, Home Niamh Finnegan worked in marketing and new Economics and Biology)/Professional Masters Home Economics Department product development" in Education (with Home Economics) +353 71 9135650 • GY301 Bachelor of Science t. Stephanie Walsh, [email protected] Buyer for Lidl Ireland. • GY201 Bachelor of Commerce e. w. www.stangelas.nuigalway.ie/ nutritionfoodbusiness

71 COLLEGE OF ARTS, SOCIAL SCIENCES, AND CELTIC STUDIES AS001 WHY CHOOSE THIS COURSE? The five-year course is the only initial teacher- Bachelor of Arts education programme in Home Economics in Ireland (Education, Home Economics and fully equips graduates to teach Home Economics plus a second subject at all levels in the post- and Biology) primary sector /Professional After four years, students will be awarded a BA (Education, Home Economics and Biology), an NFQ (withMasters Home in Economics) Education Level 8 honours degree

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• Family Resource Management COURSE FACTS STUDY ABROAD • Physics I In order to qualify to teach, students must CAO Code: AS001 • Chemistry II progress into Year Five which carries the Course Level: 9 • Human Anatomy and Physiology II award Professional Masters in Education • Physics II (PME) (with Home Economics) at NFQ Duration: 5 years Level 9. Upon graduation, students will 467 YEAR THREE Minimum Entry Points 2018: • Understanding Education meet all the Teaching Council requirements • Pedagogics for Practice 3 to be registered as a Newly Qualified Minimum A-Level Grades: • School Placement 3 Teacher (NQT) in Home Economics and See www.nuigalway.ie/alevels • Food Microbiology their second subject (Biology/Religious Leaving Certificate Entry • Nutritional and Sensory Science Education/Irish). Students do not have Minimum Grade H5 in Requirements: • Textiles, Fashion and Design to compete for a place in the fifth stage. two subjects and passes in four other • Family Resource Management: Resource However, students must reach the required subjects at O6/H7 level in the Leaving Management and Consumer Empowerment standard of H2.2 after Stage 4 before they Certificate, including Irish, English, • Ecology and Ecosystems can progress into Stage 5. Mathematics, a laboratory science • Biochemistry I subject (i.e., Chemistry, Physics, Biology, • Microbiology: Food and Water WORK PLACEMENT Physics with Chemistry (joint) or • Molecular Biology: Nucleic Acids School placement and microteaching are Agricultural Science), another language, integral components of the programme. and one other subject recognised for YEAR FOUR Students complete their teaching practice entry purposes. • Understanding Education in a variety of schools and educational • Pedagogics for Practice 4 settings. Approximately 25 weeks of Additional Requirements: Students • School Placement 4 must satisfy the Garda/police vetting school placement will take place over • Food Quality, Nutrition and Health the five years. requirements. • Family Resource Management • Home Economics Practice in Everyday Living A-Level/GCSE Entry Requirements: CAREER OPPORTUNITIES See page168 for matriculation entry • Choose from one of the following: Graduates of this programme are requirements. ·· Nutritional Food Product Development qualified to teach Junior Certificate Home · Social, Personal and Health Education 16 · Economics, and Science and Leaving Average Intake: ·· Textiles, Fashion and Design Certificate Home Economics and Biology ·· Interior Design at higher level. Graduates are provided with YOUR COURSE YEAR BY YEAR • Biochemistry II: Metabolism a professional and academic qualification • Molecular Cell Biology YEAR ONE which enables them to also pursue careers • Understanding Education • Biochemistry III: Biochemical Basis of Disease in a wide range of fields including education, • General Pedagogics 1 • Environmental Biology home economics and applied science. • Subject-Specific Pedagogics 1 YEAR FIVE • School Placement 1 • Sociological Perspectives in Education • Food Studies • Dissertation Research Methods in Education • Introduction to Textiles and Design • Professional Preparation and Development: • Family Resource Management Home Economics • Chemistry I • Professional Preparation and Development: • Botany Biology • Animal Diversity • School Placement in Home Economics and • Human Anatomy and Physiology I Biology FIND OUT MORE • Professional Inquiry in Home Economics and Secretary to the President YEAR TWO • Understanding Education Home Economics Education St. Angela’s College • Pedagogics for Practice 2 • Dissertation t. +353 71 9195500 • School Placement 2 Note: Modules in each year of the programme [email protected] • Food Studies: Food Science and Nutrition are subject to change. e. w. www.stangelas.nuigalway.ie

72 COLLEGE OF ARTS, SOCIAL SCIENCES, AND CELTIC STUDIES AS002 WHY CHOOSE THIS COURSE? (Education, The five-year course is the only initial teacher-education Bachelor of Arts programme in Home Economics in Ireland and fully Home Economics and Religious equips graduates to teach Home Economics plus a second subject at all levels in the post-primary sector Education) After four years, students will be awarded a BA /Professional (Education, Home Economics and Religious Education), (with an NFQ Level 8 honours degree HomeMasters Economics) in Education

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• Family Resource Management COURSE FACTS TEACHING COUNCIL • Christianity: Historical and Contemporary CAO Code: AS002 ACCREDITATION Perspectives In order to qualify to teach, students Course Level: 9 • Religions and the World must progress into Year 5 which carries • Foundational Ethics the award Professional Masters in Duration: 5 years Education (PME) (with Home Economics) 440* YEAR THREE (NFQ LEVEL 8) Minimum Entry Points 2018: • Understanding Education at NFQ Level 9. Upon graduation students will meet all the Teaching Minimum A-Level Grades: • Pedagogics for Practice 3 Council requirements to be registered as See www.nuigalway.ie/alevels • School Placement 3 • Food Microbiology, Processing and a Newly Qualified Teacher (NQT) in Home Leaving Certificate Entry Preservation Economics and their second subject Minimum Grade H5 in Requirements: • Nutritional and Sensory Science (Biology/Religious Education/Irish). two subjects and passes in four other • Textiles, Fashion and Design Students do not have to compete for subjects at O6/H7 level in the Leaving • Family Resource Management: Resource a place in the fifth stage. However, Certificate, including Irish, English, Management and Consumer Empowerment students must reach the required Mathematics, Home Economics or • Ritual and Sacrament standard of H2.2 after Stage 4 before they a laboratory science subject (i.e., • Contemporary Christological Perspectives can progress into Stage 5. Chemistry, Physics, Biology, Physics • Ethical and Moral Issues with Chemistry (joint) or Agricultural • Critical Questions in Religious Education WORK PLACEMENT Science), another language, and School placement and microteaching one other subject recognised for YEAR FOUR (NFQ LEVEL 8) are integral components of the entry purposes. • Understanding Education programme. Students complete their • Pedagogics for Practice 4 Students teaching practice in a variety of schools Additional Requirements: • School Placement 4 must satisfy the Garda/police vetting and educational settings. Approximately • Food Quality, Nutrition and Health requirements. 25 weeks of school placement will take • Nutritional and Sensory Sciences place over the 5 years. • Family Resource Management: Family and A-Level/GCSE Entry Requirements: See page 168 for matriculation entry Society CAREER OPPORTUNITIES requirements. • Choose from one of the following: Graduates of this programme are qualified · Nutritional Food Product Development 22 · to teach both Home Economics and Average Intake: ·· Social, Personal and Health Education Religion to Junior Certificate and Leaving · Textiles, Fashion and Design Certificate at second level. Graduates are YOUR COURSE YEAR BY YEAR · ·· Interior Design provided with a professional and academic • Philosophies of Secular Belief YEAR ONE (NFQ LEVEL 8) qualification that enables them to also • Understanding Education • Critical Debates in Contemporary Systematic pursue careers in a wide range of fields • General Pedagogics 1 Theology and Biblical Studies including; education, home economics • Subject-Specific Pedagogics 1 • Creation and Eschatology or Philosophical and religious education. • School Placement 1 and Theological Anthropology or Religion and • Food Studies Culture in Ireland • Introduction to Textiles and Design • Family Resource Management YEAR FIVE (NFQ LEVEL 9) • Sociological perspectives in Education • Chemistry I • Research Methods in Education • The Search for Meaning and the Question of • Professional Preparation and Development: God Home Economics FIND OUT MORE • Introduction to Religious Education • Professional Preparation and Development: Secretary to the President • Biblical Studies Religious Education St. Angela’s College • School Placement YEAR TWO (NFQ LEVEL 8) +353 71 9195500 • Understanding Education • Professional Inquiry in Home Economics and t. e. [email protected] • Pedagogics for Practice 2 Home Economics Education www.stangelas.nuigalway.ie • School Placement 2 • Dissertation w. • Food Studies: Food Science and Nutrition Note: Modules in each year of the programme are subject to change. 73 COLLEGE OF ARTS, SOCIAL SCIENCES, AND CELTIC STUDIES

AS003 WHY CHOOSE THIS COURSE? The five-year course is the only initial teacher-education programme in Home Economics in Ireland and fully equips Bachelor of Arts graduates to teach Home Economics plus a second (Education, Home Economics subject at all levels in the post-primary sector and Irish) After four years, students will be awarded a BA /Professional (Education, Home Economics and Religious Education), an NFQ Level 8 honours degree Masters(with Home in Economics) Education

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• Litríocht agus Cultúr a Dó COURSE FACTS TEACHING COUNCIL • An Ghaeilge Bheo–An Traidisiún Béil ACCREDITATION CAO Code: AS003 • Teanga na Gaeilge IIn order to qualify to teach, students must Course Level: 9 progress into Year Five which carries the YEAR THREE (NFQ LEVEL 8) award Professional Masters in Education Duration: 5 years • Understanding Education • Pedagogics for Practice 3 (PME) (with Home Economics) at NFQ 419 Minimum Entry points 2018: • School Placement 3 Level 9. Upon graduation students will • Food Microbiology, Processing and meet all the Teaching Council requirements Minimum a-level grades: to be registered as a Newly Qualified See www.nuigalway.ie/alevels Preservation • Nutritional and Sensory Science Teacher (NQT) in Home Economics and Leaving Certificate Entry • Textiles, Fashion and Design their second subject (Biology/Religious Minimum Grade H5 in requirements: • Family Resource Management: Resource Education/Irish/). Students do not have two subjects and passes in four other Management and Consumer Empowerment to compete for a place in the fifth stage. subjects at O6/H7 level in the Leaving • Litríocht agus Cultúr a Trí However, students must reach the required Certificate, including Irish (minimum H5), • An Ghaeilge Bheo–Pobal na Gaeilge standard of H2.2 after Stage 4 before they English, Mathematics, Home Economics • Teanga na Gaeilge can progress into Stage 5. or a laboratory science subject (i.e., • Mionstaidéar ar Shaothair Liteartha Roghnaithe Chemistry, Physics, Biology, Physics with WORK PLACEMENT Chemistry (joint) or Agricultural Science), YEAR FOUR (NFQ LEVEL 8) School placement and microteaching are another language, and one other subject • Understanding Education integral components of the programme. recognised for entry purposes. • Pedagogics for Practice 4 Students complete their teaching practice • School Placement 4 Students in a variety of schools and educational Additional requirements: • Food Quality, Nutrition and Health must satisfy the Garda/ police vetting settings. Approximately 25 weeks of school • Nutritional and Sensory Sciences requirements. placement will take place over the 5 years. • Family Resource Management: Family and Society A-Level/GCSE Entry Requirements: CAREER OPPORTUNITIES See page 168 for matriculation entry • Choose from one of the following: Graduates of this programme are qualified requirements. ·· Nutritional Food Product Development to teach both Home Economics and Irish to · Social, Personal and Health Education Junior Certificate and Leaving Certificate at 22 · Average intake: ·· Textiles, Fashion and Design second level. Graduates are provided with · Interior Design a professional and academic qualification YOUR COURSE YEAR BY YEAR · • Na Meáin Chumarsáide agus that enables them to also pursue careers in YEAR ONE (NFQ LEVEL 8) Scannánaíocht na Gaeilge a wide range of fields including; education, • Understanding Education • Litríocht do Dhaoine Óga agus Litríocht home economics and Irish. • General Pedagogics 1 na hImirce • Subject-Specific Pedagogics for Practice 1 • Teanga na Gaeilge • School Placement 1 • An tÚrscéal sa Ghaeilge • Food Studies • Introduction to Textiles and Design YEAR FIVE (NFQ LEVEL 9) • Sociological Perspectives in Education • Family Resource Management • Research Methods in Education • Chemistry I • Professional Preparation and Development: • Litríocht agus Cultúr a hAon Home Economics • Teanga na Gaeilge • Professional Preparation and Development: YEAR TWO (NFQ LEVEL 8) Gaeilge FIND OUT MORE • Understanding Education • School Placement Secretary to the President • Pedagogics for Practice 2 • Professional Inquiry in Home Economics and St. Angela’s College • School Placement 2 Home Economics Education +353 71 9195500 • Food Studies: Food Science and Nutrition t. • Dissertation [email protected] • Family Resource Management: e. Note: Modules in each year of the programme www.stangelas.nuigalway.ie • Physics I are subject to change. w.

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Graduate Insight

“I chose an Arts degree as it gave me the opportunity to study two disciplines, Psychology and English, and provided me with a flexible academic foundation. Since graduating from NUI Galway, I have completed a Masters in Speech and Language Therapy. My background in Psychology and English were excellent foundations to have and both disciplines remain very relevant to my career today. I also founded my own Fashion, Lifestyle and Travel Blog, nualagorham.com. I am currently working as a Speech and Language Therapist and I continue to work on a self-employment basis through my blog. I credit my undergraduate degree in Arts at NUI Galway as a fundamental stepping stone to my current multi-faceted career. ”

Nuala Gorham Arts Graduate (GY101)

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Acadamh na hOllscolaíochta Gaeilge

Leagan Acadamh na hOllscolaíochta Gaeilge OÉ Gaillimh, an-bhéim ar shaineolas praitic- bhunaithe chomh maith le bunús maith teoiriciúil sna cúrsaí seo rud a chinntíonnn go bhfuil céimithe ardoilte don mhargadh fostaíochta. Tá na scileanna a fhoghlaimíonn na mic léinn inaistrithe, ach tá sé ríshoiléir gur buntaiste breise dóibh an líofacht sa Ghaeilge agus iad ag lorg poist. Acadamh na hOllscolaíochta Gaeilge, NUI Galway, offers hands-on learning underpinned by a solid theoretical foundation to prepare graduates for the competitive employment market. The skills learned by our students are completely transferable, but it is very clear to our successful graduates that fluency in the Irish language gives them a considerable advantage in today’s highly competitive market place.

Daniel Burke Léann an Aistriúcháin

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Cúrsaí Gaeilge do Mhic Léinn Irish Language Courses for Students

CÚRSAÍ GAEILGE CÚRSAÍ SA GHAELTACHT AN DIOPLÓMA SA DO MHIC LÉINN Cuireann an tAcadamh cúrsaí ar fáil sa GHAEILGE, C1 (LAW) Cuireann Acadamh na hOllscolaíochta Ghaeltacht do mhic léinn ar spéis leo This is a two-year, part-time programme Gaeilge na cúrsaí seo a leanas ar fáil do feabhas a chur ar a gcuid Gaeilge agus provided for university students mhic léinn ar mian leo Gaeilge a fhoghlaim blaiseadh a fháil de shaol na Gaeltachta. studying Law. Students may undertake nó feabhas a chur ar a gcuid Gaeilge, le linn Le tuilleadh eolais a fháil faoi na cúrsaí sin, this programme in addition to their dóibh a bheith ag freastal ar an Ollscoil. téigh i dteagmháil le Caitríona Leather in degree/postgraduate programme. For Áras na Gaeilge. further information on these diploma AN DIOPLÓMA SA GHAEILGE courses, contact Oifig an Dioplóma in t. +353 91 495248 (LEIBHÉIL A2, B1, B2, C1) Áras na Gaeilge. Is clár páirtaimseartha dhá bhliain é r. [email protected] t.+353 91 495 248 an cúrsa seo ar féidir le mic léinn é a Tugtar lascaine mhór do mhic léinn e. [email protected] dhéanamh i dteannta an ghnáthchúrsa chláraithe de chuid OÉ Gaillimh i leith tháillí céime nó iarchéime atá á dhéanamh acu. na gcúrsaí teanga seo. IRISH LANGUAGE COURSES FOR Cuirtear an clár ar fáil ag ceithre leibhéal INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS inniúlachta sa Ghaeilge, ó thosaitheoirí go IRISH LANGUAGE COURSES FOR Special foundation-level cainteoirí líofa. STUDENTS courses are provided for international As part of the university’s aim of students who wish to gain some knowledge AN DIOPLÓMA SA promoting the Irish language, Acadamh GHAEILGE, C1 (DLÍ) of the Irish language and culture. The na hOllscolaíochta Gaeilge provides the Diploma in Irish (Level A2) is also suitable Is clár páirtaimseartha dhá bhliain é seo following programmes for undergraduate for such students. do mhic léinn atá ag déanamh staidéir and postgraduate students who wish to ar an Dlí. Is féidir le mic léinn an clár seo learn Irish or to improve their ability in the t. +353 91 493 616 a dhéanamh i dteannta an ghnáthchláir language while at university. e. [email protected] céime/iarchéime atá á dhéanamh acu. Le tuilleadh eolais a fháil faoi na Dioplómaí seo, AN DIOPLÓMA SA GHAEILGE COURSES IN THE GAELTACHT téigh i dteagmháil le hOifig an Dioplóma in (LEVELS A2, B1, B2, C1) An tAcadamh organises courses in its Áras na Gaeilge. This is a two-year, part-time programme Gaeltacht centres for students who wish to improve their Irish and gain experience of t. +353 91 495 248 that can be undertaken by students in life in the Gaeltacht. For further information r. [email protected] addition to their degree or postgraduate course. The programme is offered at four on these courses, contact Caitríona CÚRSAÍ GAEILGE DO MHIC different levels of competence in Irish, from Leather in Áras na Gaeilge. LÉINN IDIRNÁISIÚNTA beginner to fluent. t. +353 91 495248 Reáchtáiltear cúrsaí speisialta bonnleibhéil e. [email protected] do mhic léinn idirnáisiúnta ar mian leo roinnt eolais a fháil maidir leis an nGaeilge Registered students in NUI Galway receive agus cultúr na hÉireann. Tá an Dioplóma a substantial discount on fees for these sa Ghaeilge (Leibhéal A2) ar fáil do na mic language courses. léinn seo chomh maith. t. +353 91 493 616 r. [email protected]

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GY122 CÉN FÁTH A ROGHNÓFÁ AN CÚRSA SEO? Clár léinn beoga sna meáin chumarsáide agus sa Ghaeilge is ea an BA (Cumarsáid & Gaeilge). Tá meascán tomhaiste ann den staidéar acadúil BA (Cumarsáid agus den oiliúint phraiticiúil san iriseoireacht, sa léiriú físe agus raidió, sa agus Gaeilge) chraoltóireacht agus sna hilmheáin, chomh maith le staidéar ar theanga agus ar litríocht na Gaeilge Ceann de phríomhaidhmeanna an chláir théagartha seo is ea forbairt a dhéanamh ar na scileanna criticiúla agus anailíseacha a theastaíonn chun bheith i do ‘chleachtóir machnamhach’ sna meáin Tugann an cúrsa seo deis iontach do mhic léinn taithí oibre den chéad scoth a fháil i réimse na meán in Éirinn

SONRAÍ AN CHÚRSA LEAGAN AMACH AN CHÚRSA SOCRÚCHÁN OIBRE I MBLIAIN A TRÍ

Cód CAO: GY122 BLIAIN A HAON I rith an chéad seimeastair de Bhliain a Trí, beidh tú lonnaithe ar champas Léibhéal an Chúrsa: 8 • Scéalaíocht Dhigiteach • Machnamh Criticiúil agus Láithreoireacht Gaeltachta OÉ Gaillimh ar an gCeathrú Fad: 4 bliana • Litríocht agus Cultúr na Gaeilge Rua i gConamara. Sa dara seimeastar beidh deis agat taithí luachmhar a fháil mar Íosphointí Iontrála 2018: 301 • Bunús na hIriseoireachta • Na Meáin agus an tSochaí intéirneach le comhlacht meán nó caidrimh Íosghráid A-Leibhéal: • Teanga na Cumarsáide phoiblí, nó tabhairt faoi thréimhse thar lear. Féach www.nuigalway.ie/alevels Bíonn intéirneacht d’ardchaighdeán ar fáil BLIAIN A DÓ le TG4, RTÉ, RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta, Riachtanais Iontrála • Dearadh Físe na stáisiúin raidió áitiúla, comhlachtaí Ardteistiméireachta: Íosghrád H5 sa • Teicneolaíochtaí na Meán léiriúcháin teilifíse, comhlachtaí caidrimh Ghaeilge agus in ábhar eile, agus pas i • Anailís na Meán phoiblí nó eagrais eile a bhíonn ag obair gceithre ábhar eile ag leibhéal O6/H7 • Litríocht na Gaeilge 1200–1900 leis na meáin. san Ardteistiméireacht, ar a n-áirítear • An Nualitríocht Béarla, teanga eile agus trí ábhar eile atá • Craoltóireacht NAISC IDIRNÁISIÚNTA aitheanta i gcomhair iontrála. • Scriptscríobh Más maith leat na deiseanna a bhaineann Riachtanais Iontrála A-Leibhéil/ • An Gné-Alt le socrúchán oibre thar sáile a fhiosrú, GCSE: Féach ar leathanach 168 le • Teanga agus Pobal nó clár Erasmus a leanúint, cuirfear gach haghaidh eolas faoi riachtanais iontrála an • Teanga na Cumarsáide comhairle ort. mháithreánaigh. BLIAIN A TRÍ DEISEANNA GAIRME Líon na Mac Léinn: 25 • Seimeastar Gaeltachta: An Tionscadal Cumarsáide Gaeltachta, An Ghaeilge Agus do chéim bainte amach agat don Scáileán, Inniúlachtaí Gairme, Teanga beidh tú oilte sa léiriú físe agus raidió, na Cumarsáide. sa chraoltóireacht, san iriseoireacht • Dara Seimeaster: Intéirneacht i chlóite agus ar-líne, sna hilmheáin gcomhlacht meán nó caidrimh phoiblí, agus i dteicneolaíochtaí digiteacha nó tréimhse thar lear. éagsúla. Freisin tugann sé deis cáilíocht mhúinteoireachta sa Ghaeilge a BLIAIN A CEATHAIR bhaint amach i ndiaidh na céime trí • Dlí Eiticí agus an Córas Poiblí staidéar iarchéime a dhéanamh. Is • Lucht Féachana na Meán bunús láidir é céim sna meáin agus sa • Nuatheicneolaíocht Fheidhmeach Ghaeilge i ngairmeacha eile freisin: sa • Litríocht na Gaeilge pholaitíocht, sa ghnó, sa bhainistíocht, • Teanga agus Pobal san earnáil neamhbhrabúis (eagraíochtaí • Iriseoireacht Fheidhmeach neamhrialtasacha agus carthanachta), • Geilleagar na Meán agus san earnáil phoiblí. • Litríocht na Gaeilge 1200–1900 • Teanga na Cumarsáide • Tionscadal Deiridh Céime

TUILLEADH STAIDÉAR B’FHÉIDIR GUR MHAITH LEAT TUILLEADH EOLAIS Páirtnéireacht nuálach le RTÉ is ea an • GY107 BA(Gaeilge agus Acadamh na hOllscolaíochtaGaeilge MA (Cleachtas Gairmiúil sna Meáin) Léann an Aistriúcháin) t. +353 87 9754125 faoina mbíonn deis eisceachtúil ag mic • GY208 Bachelor of Commerce r. [email protected] léinn tabhairt faoin staidéar acadúil ar líne (Gaeilge) g. nuigalway.ie/GY122 agus taithí oibre luachmhar a fháil san • GY101 BA (Joint-Honours) iriseoireacht, sa chraoltóireacht agus i gcruthú ábhair in aonaid Ghaeilge RTÉ. 80 ACADAMH NA hOLLSCOLAÍOCHTA GAEILGE

GY122 WHY CHOOSE THIS COURSE? This course provides hands-on learning in journalism, screen and radio production, broadcasting, and multimedia, together with a thorough BA (Cumarsáid grounding in Irish language and literature, Gaeltacht heritage and culture agus Gaeilge) A key aim of this robust programme is to develop the critical and analytical skills needed to become a ‘reflective practitioner’ in the media This course provides students with an unrivalled opportunity to gain valuable work experience in the Irish media

COURSE FACTS YOUR COURSE YEAR BY YEAR WORK PLACEMENT

CAO Code: GY122 YEAR ONE During the first semester of third year, you will be based at the University’s Gaeltacht Course Level: 8 • Digital Storytelling • Critical Thinking and Presentation campus in An Cheathrú Rua at the heart Duration: 4 years • Irish Language Literature and Culture of the Connemara Gaeltacht. During the second semester you will either work as Minimum Entry Points 2018: 301 • Foundations of Journalism • Media and Society an intern in a media or public relations Minimum A-Level Grades: • The Language of Communications organisation, or study abroad. If you See www.nuigalway.ie/alevels choose the work experience option you YEAR TWO will gain invaluable industry experience in Leaving Certificate Entry • Video Design high-quality internships in TG4, RTÉ, RTÉ Requirements: Minimum Grade H5 in • Media Technologies Raidió na Gaeltachta, local radio stations, Irish and Grade H5 in another subject • Media Analysis television production companies, public and passes in four other subjects at • Irish Language Literature 1200–1900 relations firms and other organisations 06/H7 level in the Leaving Certificate, • Modern Literature working with the media. including English, another language, • Broadcasting and three other subjects recognised for • Scriptwriting STUDY ABROAD entry purposes. • The Features Article You may also wish to consider a work A-Level/GCSE Entry Requirements: • Language and Community placement or Erasmus programme in See page 168 for matriculation entry • The Language of Communications another country. If you wish to explore this requirements. YEAR THREE option, we will be happy to give you every advice and assistance. Average Intake: 25 • Gaeltacht Semester: Gaeltacht Media Project, Irish for the Screen, Career Competencies, The CAREER OPPORTUNITIES Language of Communications. • Second Semester: Internship in a media or When you graduate you will be a skilled public relations organisation, or study abroad communicator with experience in screen and radio production, broadcasting and YEAR FOUR journalism. You will also have a recognised • Law, Ethics and the Public Service qualification in Irish and will be able to teach • Media Audience Irish at second-level once you obtain a • Applied New Technology postgraduate qualification in teaching. A • Irish Language Literature degree in media and Irish is also a strong • Language and Community foundation for a career in politics, business, • Applied Journalism management, the non-profit sector, and • The Economy of the Media the public service. • Irish Language Literature 1200–1900 • The Language of Communications • Final-Year Project

FURTHER STUDY YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE FIND OUT MORE The MA (Cleachtas Gairmiúil sna Meáin) • GY107 BA (Gaeilge agus Léann an Aistriúcháin) Acadamh na hOllscolaíochta Gaeilge is built on an innovative partnership with • GY208 Bachelor of Commerce (Gaeilge) t. +353 87 9754125 RTÉ and offers a unique combination • GY101 BA (Joint-Honours) e. [email protected] of online academic study and on-the- w. nuigalway.ie/GY122 job work experience in journalism, broadcasting and content creation in RTÉ’s Irish-language units.

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GY107 CÉN FÁTH A ROGHNÓFÁ AN CÚRSA SEO? Tugtar deis duit sa chlár seo staidéar a dhéanamh ar dhá ábhar a bhfuil gaol nádúrtha acu lena chéile—Gaeilge agus Léann an Aistriúcháin—in aon chéim BA (Gaeilge ollscoile amháin trí Ghaeilge agus Léann an Níl Léann an Aistriúcháin le fáil mar ábhar iomlán bunchéime in aon ollscoil Aistriúcháin) eile in Éirinn ach amháin in Ollscoil na hÉireann, Gaillimh Mar gheall ar an stádas atá ag an nGaeilge mar theanga oifigiúil san Aontas Eorpach agus na dualgais atá ar eagraíochtaí stáit in Éirinn faoi Acht na dTeangacha Oifigiúla, beidh an-tábhacht le scileanna maithe teanga agus aistriúcháin

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Cód CAO: GY107 BLIAIN A HAON I mBliain a Trí den chlár seo téann na mic léinn ar shocrúchán oibre. Caitheann siad Leibhéal an Chúrsa: 8 • Gnéithe den Aistriúchán • Ceartúsáid na Gaeilge an tréimhse ó Mheán Fómhair go hAibreán Fad: 4 bliana • Litríocht Chomhaimseartha na Gaeilge ag obair le heagraíocht atá ag feidhmiú trí Ghaeilge, eagraíocht atá ag plé le cur Íosphointí Iontrála 2018: 308 • Bunscileanna Gramadaí • Bunscileanna Aistriúcháin chun cinn na teanga nó le comhlacht Íosghráid A-Leibhéal: • Saíocht agus Sochaí na Gaeilge aistriúcháin. Is iondúil gur i gceantar na Féach www.nuigalway.ie/alevels Gaillimhe a bhíonn an socrúchán oibre ar BLIAIN A DÓ siúl ach is féidir é a shocrú in áiteanna eile Riachtanais Iontrála • Aistriúchán Feidhmeach Téacsanna I sa tír má oireann sé sin don mhac léinn. Ardteistiméireachta: Íosghrád H3 sa • Gramadach agus Litriú na Gaeilge I Ghaeilge agus Grád H5 in ábhar eile, agus • Teanga na Nua-Ghaeilge I DEISEANNA GAIRME pas i gceithre ábhar ag leibhéal O6/H7 • An Nualitríocht I Tabharfaidh an chéim seo seans do mhic san Ardteistiméireacht, ar a n-áirítear • Litríocht na Gaeilge 1200–1900 I léinn fostaíocht a bhaint amach in earnáil Béarla, teanga eile agus ceithre ábhar atá • Aistriúchán Feidhmeach Téacsanna II an aistriúcháin agus in eagraíochtaí a aitheanta i gcomhair iontrála. • Stair an Aistriúcháin in Éirinn fheidhmíonn trí Ghaeilge nó eagraíochtaí a Riachtanais Iontrála A-Leibhéil/ • Cruinneas agus Saibhriú Teanga bhfuil dualgas orthu an Ghaeilge a úsáid ar GCSE: Féach ar leathanach 168 chun • Téarmeolaíocht nós: Comhairle Cathrach na Gaillimhe; RTÉ eolas a fháil faoi riachtanais iontrála an • Teanga na Nua-Ghaeilge II agus Comhairle an Aontais Eorpaigh. mháithreánaigh. • Teanga agus Pobal I Líon na Mac Léinn: 15 BLIAIN A TRÍ “Bíonn tú timpeallaithe • Socrúchán Oibre go hiomlán ag an BLIAIN A CEATHAIR teanga ar an gcúrsa • Aistriúchán Feidhmeach Téacsanna III • Gramadach agus Litriú na Gaeilge II seo agus is iontach • Gnó an Aistriúcháin / Fotheidealú an spreagadh é. • Teanga na Nua-Ghaeilge III Tháinig an-fheabhas go deo • Litríocht na Gaeilge I ar mo chuid scileanna teanga • Litríocht na Gaeilge 1200–1900 II • Eagarthóireacht agus Léamh Profaí mar gheall ar an mbliain atá • Tionscadal Aistriúcháin díreach críochnaithe agam • Teanga na Nua-Ghaeilge IV ar thaithí oibre le comhlacht • Litríocht na Gaeilge II aistriúcháin!” • Teanga agus Pobal II Aoife Ní Chonghaile – BA (Gaeilge agus Léann an Aistriúcháin)

BREISOIDEACHAS B’FHÉIDIR GUR MHAITH LEAT TUILLEADH EOLAIS I ndiaidh an BA, tugann roinnt mhaith dár • GY122 BA (Cumarsáid agus Gaeilge) Acadamh na hOllscolaíochta Gaeilge mic léinn faoin MA sa Léann Teanga. Ar • GY208 Baitsiléir Tráchtála (Gaeilge) t. +353 91 492 734 an gcúrsa máistreachta sin is féidir a lán • GY101 BA (Comh-Onóracha) r. [email protected] scileanna breise a thabhairt leat anuas ar g. nuigalway.ie/GY107 an méid a bheidh foghlamtha agat ar an BA. Múintear cúrsaí ag leibhéal máistreachta freisin sa Nua-Ghaeilge agus san Ateangaireacht Chomhdhála.

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GY107 WHY CHOOSE THIS COURSE? This course offers you the opportunity to study two closely related subjects– Gaeilge (Irish) and Léann an Aistriúcháin (Translation Studies)–in one BA (Gaeilge university degree through the medium of Irish agus Léann an NUI Galway is the only Irish university offering Léann an Aistriúcháin/ Aistriúcháin) Translation Studies as a full primary degree subject The Irish language is an official language of the European Union and the language requirements placed on public sector bodies under the Official Languages Act. Achieving a recognised qualification and acquiring translation skills is more important than ever

COURSE FACTS YEAR TWO WORK PLACEMENT CAO Code: GY107 • Applied Translation I In third year, students spend the period • Irish Language Grammar and Spelling I from September to April working with an Course Level: 8 • Modern Irish Language I organisation operating through Irish or Duration: 4 years • Modern Literature I involved in the promotion of the language, • Irish Language Literature 1200–1900 I or with a translation company. The work Minimum Entry Points 2018: 308 • Applied Translation II placements are usually in the Galway area, Minimum A-Level Grades: • The History of Translation in Ireland though they can also be arranged for other See www.nuigalway.ie/alevels • Linguistic Precision and Enrichment parts of the country if this is more suitable • Terminology for the student. Leaving Certificate Entry • Modern Irish Language II Requirements: Minimum Grade H3 in • Modern Literature II CAREER OPPORTUNITIES Irish and Grade H5 in another subject and • Language and the Community I With this degree students will have the passes in four other subjects at O6/H7 YEAR THREE opportunity to avail of employment level in the Leaving Certificate, including • Work Placement opportunities in the translation industry English and another language and four and in organisations that function through YEAR FOUR other subjects recognised for entry Irish or have an Irish language requirement • Applied Translation III purposes. such as: RTÉ, and the • Irish Language Grammar and Spelling II A-Level/GCSE Entry Requirements: Council of the European Union. • Business Aspects of Translation/Subtitling See page 168 for matriculation entry • Modern Irish Language III requirements. • Irish Language Literature I Average Intake: 15 • Irish Literature 1200–1900 II • Terminology YOUR COURSE YEAR BY YEAR • Editing and Proofreading • Translation Project YEAR ONE • Modern Irish Language IV • Aspects of Translation • Irish Language Literature II • Proper Irish Usage • Language and the Community II • Contemporary Irish Language Literature • Fundamental Grammar Skills • Fundamental Translation Skills “You’re totally immersed in the Irish language on this • Irish Language Sapience and Society course and it’s very motivating. My language skills have improved enormously and benefited me while on work placement with a translation company!” Aoife Ní Chonghaile, BA (Gaeilge agus Léann an Aistriúcháin)

FURTHER STUDY YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE FIND OUT MORE After the BA, many of our students • GY122 BA (Cumarsáid agus Gaeilge) Acadamh na hOllscolaíochta Gaeilge undertake the MA sa Léann • GY208 Bachelor of Commerce (Gaeilge) t. +353 91 492 734 Teanga (MA in Language Studies). • GY101 BA (Joint-Honours) e. [email protected] Students receive advanced tuition in w. nuigalwa.iey/GY107 translation, preparing for employment opportunities in the translation market. Courses at master’s level are also available in Modern Irish and in Conference Interpreting.

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Graduate Insight

“Chabhraigh go raibh Gaeilge agam agus mé ag iarraidh post a fháil tar éis an chúrsa. I mo thuairim féin, ba é an tréimhse taithí oibre i rith na tríú bliana buaicphointe an chúrsa. Rinne mise mo chuid taithí oibre le RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta i mBaile Átha Cliath agus táim ansin ó shin. Anois táim ag obair le Radio One, 2FM agus RTÉ Junior chomh maith le Raidió na Gaeltachta i mBaile Átha Cliath agus bainim sult as a bheith ag obair leis na craoltóirí is fearr sa tír gach uile lá. Having Irish helped me hugely to obtain a job within this field. I would have to say the time we spent on work experience was the most valuable aspect of the course. I was successful in receiving an internship with RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta in Dublin when I was 21 and I’ve been there ever since. Now I get to work with Radio One, 2FM, RTÉ Junior along with Raidió na Gaeltachta too. I thoroughly enjoy working alongside the country’s top broadcaster’s day in, day out.”

Brónagh Ní Chuilinn Graduate Cumarsáid agus Gaeilge (GY122)

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College of Business, Public Policy and Law

NUI Galway has a long history of academic excellence and is internationally recognised for producing high-quality, market-ready graduates in all areas of business, public policy and law. We offer a wide range of programmes, which are all taught by staff who are at the forefront of original thinking and innovation, ensuring you get the best student experience for your future career.

“Studying Commerce at NUI Galway allowed me to explore eight different areas of business before eventually specialising in marketing in my final year, this may be the reason I liked it so much. I can proudly say it was three very productive years, which I thoroughly enjoyed and which left me with an insatiable appetite for more!”

Lisa Hynes Bachelor of Commerce Graduate 2017

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100+ Studying YEARS OF BUSINESS EDUCATION Commerce at @ NUI GALWAY NUI Galway

Our mission is to deliver a high-impact scholarly Marketing Management: environment in which you become a well-rounded Provides an excellent foundation in a range of maketing topics and employable business graduate. Led by including marketing communications, brand management, market research and digital marketing planning. our highly experienced faculty, we pursue an innovative teaching approach that incorporates Digital Business and Analytics: face-to-face delivery, blended learning, Focuses on the implementation, use and management of professional mentoring, student placements information systems within business. and group-based project work. If you take the Finance: BComm or BComm (Global Experience) you Focuses on a diverse range of contemporary topics in national and will develop expertise in the following areas: international finance including banking, taxation, investments and financial reporting. Accounting and Performance Measurement: Business Law: Depending on the modules chosen, exemptions are This stream focuses on law in a business context. Students who available to successful students in the professional accountancy successfully complete this stream are eligible to apply for the LLB. bodies’ exams. International Business: Economics and Public Policy: This stream focuses on managing people and diversity in culture Students can apply their economic theory to modules as and how to manage and lead in a global marketplace. diverse as the economics of globalisation, money and finance and health economics. Enterprise: Human Resource Management: Students who have a strong desire to be entrepreneurial may be interested in pursuing this specialisation. Here you will receive the Focuses on the management of the human resource function in knowledge and support to succeed and innovate as entrepreneurs organisations, the nature of the employment relationship and the in a global economy. rights and obligations of the parties involved.

In addition to the above-listed disciplines/streams, students may take optional modules. Examples of optional modules include:

• Web and Interactive Media Design • Brand Management • Taxation • Work in a Global Context • Health Economics • Operations Strategy • Global Marketing • Cross-Cultural Management • International Economics • Banking Law • Economics of Financial Markets • Media and Marketing Communications • Enterprise Systems

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GY201 WHY CHOOSE THIS COURSE? This three-year degree course, with an option of a fourth year (see Global Experience below), is designed to equip you with the business acumen Bachelor of and skills to achieve career success Commerce It is a general, broad, business degree, but you also specialise in your final year, matching your preferred area of specialisation with your interests, skills and abilities (see description and course outline on page XXX) 100+ YEARS OF B COMM This programme offers a number of exciting opportunities for industry AT NUI GALWAY engagement, including mentoring from industry experts, which helps students develop the practical skills that make them work ready

COURSE FACTS INNOVATION, CREATIVITY AND STUDY ABROAD­­—GLOBAL ENTERPRISE (ICE) A PARTNERSHIP EXPERIENCE YEAR CAO Code: GY201 WITH BUSINESS TO DRIVE Students on the three-year Commerce INNOVATION WITH STUDENTS Course Level: 8 course have the opportunity to add an Final-year students are provided with the Duration: 3 years (4-year option) international experience dimension to their opportunity to put the business knowledge degree at the end of second year, when Minimum Entry Points 2018: 420 they have gained through their studies into they may apply on a competitive basis practice through a module in Innovation, Minimum A-Level Grades: to transfer from the three-year BComm Creativity and Enterprise (ICE). See www.nuigalway.ie/alevels degree to the four-year BComm (Global Developed in conjunction with Experience) degree. Successful applicants Leaving Certificate Entry entrepreneur Pádraig Ó Céidigh, the can spend at least one semester of their Requirements: Minimum Grade H5 in module involves partnering with local third year at an international university two subjects and passes in four other business leaders to provide opportunities studying business through English, either subjects at O6/H7 level in the Leaving for all students to engage in projects, in North America, China/Hong Kong, Certificate, including Irish, English, requiring them to innovate in a variety Australia or Europe (on Erasmus in, for another language, Mathematics, and any of interesting areas in a business or example, the Netherlands, Sweden, two other subjects recognised for entry community setting. More than 30 local France, Germany, Belgium, Denmark or the purposes. business and community leaders get UK). Students also have an opportunity to A-Level/GCSE Entry Requirements: involved each year, mentoring students work as an intern on work placement for See page 168 for matriculation entry in group-based projects. ICE Group one semester. requirements. Coachbook won the overall Enterprise CAREER OPPORTUNITIES Ireland Student Entrepreneur of the Year Average Intake: 270 Award and has been named ‘College Commerce graduates are highly Entrepreneur of the Year 2017. successful and sought after in all areas of business. Currently, BComm graduates are employed in high-profile companies such as Adidas, Bank of Ireland, Coca Cola, Davy, Deloitte, ESB, Facebook, Fyffes, Google, Kingspan, Mars, Mazars, Ryanair, Smyths Toys, Sony, Toyota, GSK and Uniphar.

FURTHER STUDY FIND OUT MORE nuigalway.ie/cairnes/courses J.E. Cairnes School of Business and Economics YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE t. +353 91 492612 • GY202 Bachelor of Commerce e. [email protected] (International with French) w. nuigalway.ie/GY201 • GY209 Bachelor of Commerce (Global Experience) • GY250 Law and Business

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GY209 WHY CHOOSE THIS COURSE? Students on this course are guaranteed a work placement and/or study Bachelor of abroad opportunity in their third year NUI Galway is partnering with Deloitte on this course. As part of the Commerce partnership, Deloitte will provide funding over five years to support (Global Experience) students while studying abroad In the final year, students specialise in one of the following areas: Accounting and Performance Measurement, Economics and Public Policy, Human Resource Management, Marketing Management, Digital Business and Analytics, Finance, Business Law, Enterprise or International Business

COURSE FACTS • Information and Operations Management WORK PLACEMENT CAO Code: GY209 • Plus two optional modules from the following: Students have the opportunity to ·· International Financial Reporting I undertake a semester work placement Course Level: 8 ·· Introduction to Financial Economics in Year 3. It equips graduates to Duration: 4 years ·· Economics of Public Policy work internationally or work in ·· The Psychology of Consumer Behaviour multinational business environments Minimum Entry Points 2018: 509 ·· Information Systems and Project with a well-regarded, internationally Minimum A-Level Grades: Management recognised degree. See www.nuigalway.ie/alevels ·· Advanced Statistical Methods for Business ·· Entrepreneurial Venture Development Some of our work placement partners Leaving Certificate Entry ·· Business Law II include: DHKN, Corrib Oil, Grant Thornton, Requirements: Minimum Grade H5 in two ·· Doing Business in China—Chinese KPMG, Accenture, Abbott, Wayfair, ESB subjects and passes in four other subjects Language and Culture I Group, Medtronic, Shelbourne Hotel, at O6/H7 level in the Leaving Certificate, Boston Scientific, Alkermes, PwC, YEAR THREE including Irish, English, another language, Aviva, Aerogen, Zurich, Creganna to • One semester studying abroad in North Mathematics, and any two other subjects name but a few. America, Australia, China/Hong Kong or Europe recognised for entry purposes. and one semester of work placement in Ireland, STUDY ABROAD A-Level/GCSE Entry Requirements: or In Year 3 students choose to spend either See page 168 for matriculation entry • Full academic year of study abroad half the year on an international requirements. *Note: For Commerce students there are limited work placement programme and the places available, allocated on the basis of merit Average Intake: 65 other half studying abroad or the full year and student performance. studying abroad. YEAR FOUR COURSE STRUCTURE Our study abroad partner universites are • Business Strategy BCOMM AND BCOMM (GLOBAL located in North America, Asia, Australia • Ireland in the Global Economy EXPERIENCE) and Europe. For students abroad, tuition • Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility is through English and they can study both YEAR ONE • Innovation: Creativity and Enterprise business and non-business modules. • Principles of Microeconomics/ • Specialise in a business discipline/stream: Macroeconomics ·· Accounting and Performance Measurement CAREER OPPORTUNITIES • Introduction to Management Accounting/ ·· Economics and Public Policy Graduates find employment in many Financial Accounting ·· Human Resource Management • Business Information Systems and Information areas of business, including accounting, ·· Digital Business and Analytics management consultancy, taxation, public Management for Business ·· Marketing Management • Mathematics and Statistics for Business service, commercial advisory services, ·· Finance economic policy advice, marketing, human • Foundations of Marketing Thought ·· Business Law • Management and Enterprise resource management, information ·· Entrepreneurship systems management, finance, personnel • Choice between a language (Spanish, ·· International Business German, or Gaeilge) or Skills for Success management, teaching and research. and Business Law I The work placement and study abroad experience increases career opportunities, YEAR TWO both at home and abroad. • Skills for Business • Inferential Statistical Methods for Business • Marketing Management FURTHER STUDY • Organisational Psychology nuigalway.ie/cairnes/courses • Applied Microeconomics for Business • Management Accounting I YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE FIND OUR MORE • Business Finance I • GY201 Bachelor of Commerce J.E. Cairnes School of • Employment Relations • GY204 Bachelor of Commerce Business and Economics • Macroeconomics and the Business (International with Spanish) t. +353 91 492612 Environment • GY207 Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting) e. [email protected] w. nuigalway.ie/GY209 90 COLLEGE OF BUSINESS, PUBLIC POLICY AND LAW

GY202/GY203/GY204 WHY CHOOSE THIS COURSE? This exciting four-year course in Commerce with a modern language (French, German or Spanish), will allow you to develop your language Bachelor of skills and live abroad while gaining valuable insights into international Commerce business and culture It is the ideal international qualification for students who want to build an (International) exciting career in another country or in an international firm, or who wish to significantly expand their career choices In third year, students spend a year abroad studying modules in languages and business at an approved university

COURSE FACTS YEAR TWO STUDY ABROAD CAO Code: • French/German/Spanish Students study modules in language and French – GY202 • Inferential Statistical Methods for Business business at an international university German – GY203 • Marketing Management during their third year: destinations Spanish – GY204 • Applied Microeconomics for Business depend on language choice. Study abroad • Management Accounting I destinations for French language students Course Level: 8 • Organisational Psychology include Clermont-Ferrand, Marseille, Duration: 4 years • Business Finance I or Employment Relations Montpelier, Strasbourg, Toulouse and • Macroeconomics and the Business Troyes; German-speaking students can Minimum Entry Points 2018: Environment or Business Law I choose Bamberg, Bochum, Gottingen, GY202 – 484 • Plus one optional module from the following: Linz, Nurnberg, Steyr and Trier; while GY203 – 477 ·· Accounting students of Spanish can opt for Bilbao, GY204 – 473 ·· Economics Granada, Leon, Mexico City, Salamanca, Minimum A-Level Grades: ·· Management Santiago, Valencia and Valladolid. See www.nuigalway.ie/alevels ·· Marketing ·· Statistics CAREER OPPORTUNITIES Leaving Certificate Entry ·· Business Information Systems Business and language graduates Requirements: Minimum Grade H5 in two YEAR THREE continue to be in very high demand among subjects and passes in four other subjects • Students follow modules in languages and employers. Graduates of this course have at O6/H7 level in the Leaving Certificate, business studies at a university in France, found employment in EU institutions, including Irish, English, another language, Germany/Austria, or Spain/Chile/Mexico. accounting, management consultancy, Mathematics, and any two other subjects marketing, human resource management, YEAR FOUR recognised for entry purposes. In addition: finance (including banking and insurance), • Ireland in the Global Economy GY202 – H3 in French is required and economic policy advisory services. • Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility GY203 – H4 in German is required • Business Strategy GY204 – H4 in a modern European • Innovation: Creativity and Enterprise language other than Irish or English • French/German/Spanish A-Level/GCSE Entry Requirements: • Plus the opportunity to choose modules from See page 168 for matriculation entry the following areas: requirements. ·· Accounting and Performance Measurement ·· Economics and Public Policy Average Intake: 15 ·· Human Resource Management ·· Digital Business and Analytics ·· Marketing Management YOUR COURSE YEAR BY YEAR ·· Finance ·· Business Law YEAR ONE ·· International Business • Principles of Microeconomics/ ·· Entrepreneurship Macroeconomics • Introduction to Management Accounting/ Financial Accounting • Business Information Systems and Information Management for Business FURTHER STUDY FIND OUT MORE • Mathematics and Statistics for Business nuigalway.ie/cairnes/courses J.E. Cairnes School of • Foundations of Marketing Thought Business and Economics • Management and Enterprise YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE t. +353 91 492612 • French/German/Spanish • GY201 Bachelor of Commerce e. [email protected] • GY129 Bachelor of Arts (International) w. nuigalway.ie/GY202 • GY128 Bachelor of Arts (Global Languages) nuigalway.ie/GY203 nuigalway.ie/GY204

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GY206 WHY CHOOSE THIS COURSE? This four-year degree course examines the use and management Bachelor of of technology in business environments The course is fully accredited by the European Foundation for Science Management Development (EPAS), meaning the degree meets the (Business highest international standards for management education The majority of graduates will have an employment offer even Information before they graduate Systems)

COURSE FACTS • Decision Modelling and Analytics WORK PLACEMENT • Plus one of the following: CAO Code: GY206 In third year, students are given the ·· Marketing Principles opportunity to apply their skills in a real Course Level: 8 ·· Skills for Business business environment through a six to Duration: 4 years YEAR THREE nine month work placement. Recent • Management placements have included SAP, Dell, Minimum Entry Points 2018: 430 • Applied Systems Analysis OnePageCRM and EY. Minimum A-Level Grades: • E-Business Technologies See www.nuigalway.ie/alevels • Advanced Database Technologies STUDY ABROAD • Networks and Communications In second year, students can avail of Leaving Certificate Entry • Professional Experience Programme international study abroad opportunities in Requirements: Minimum Grade H5 in two • Contemporary Project Management Europe, Asia, and North America. subjects and passes in four other subjects at O6/H7 level in the Leaving Certificate, YEAR FOUR CAREER OPPORTUNITIES • Business Intelligence and Analytics including Irish, English, another language, There are excellent career opportunities • Information Systems Strategy and Planning Mathematics, and any two other subjects for BIS graduates with many students • International Business recognised for entry purposes. receiving employment offers prior to • Work in a Global Context graduation. Graduates are currently A-Level/GCSE Entry Requirements: • Advanced Research Topics in Information employed in companies such as Google, See page 168 for matriculation entry Systems (IS) Accenture, Dell, Deloitte, Microsoft, SAP, requirements. • User Experience Design Intel, Cisco and Storm. Your degree will • Plus one of the following: Average Intake: 40 have a particular relevance for start-up ·· Applied Microeconomics for Business enterprises, telecommunications, software ·· Media and Marketing Communications YOUR COURSE YEAR BY YEAR companies, management consultancy ·· eMarketing and business and financial industries. The ·· Operations Research YEAR ONE majority of graduates secure employment ·· Contemporary Project Management • Introduction to Management Accounting prior to completing their degree, • Principles of Microeconomics ·· Lean Principles for the IS Professional • Business Information Systems (BIS) ·· Doing Business in China–Language • Business Systems Analysis and Culture I • Information Systems Technology ·· Macroeconomics and the Business • Business Application Development I Environment • Introduction to Financial Accounting ·· Introduction to Financial Economics • Principles of Macroeconomics ·· Economics of Public Policy • Cybersecurity ·· Management of Organisational Change • Business Systems Design and Implementation ·· Cross-Cultural Management • Business Data Communications ·· Global Marketing Logistics and Transportation • Business Application Development II ·· Operations Strategy ·· Innovation: Creativity and Enterprise YEAR TWO ·· Doing Business in China–Language and • Quantitative Techniques for Business Culture I and II • Management Accounting I • Web and Interactive Media Design • Database Technologies FURTHER STUDY • Advanced Application Development I • Implementing Digital Innovation nuigalway.ie/cairnes/courses FIND OUT MORE • Business Finance I YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE • Enterprise Systems J.E. Cairnes School of • Information and Operations Management • GY207 Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting) Business and Economics • GY124 BA (Arts with Data Science) • Advanced Application Development II t. +353 91 492612 • GY350 BSc (Computer Science and Information e. [email protected] Technology) w. nuigalway.ie/GY206

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GY207 WHY CHOOSE THIS COURSE? This course combines a broad-based business education with the advantages of a specialist course for those interested in a career in Bachelor of accounting or a related discipline Commerce Students particularly like the small class size, which enables them to build (Accounting) a close network of friendship and support This course offers the maximum exemptions available to undergraduate degree programmes in Ireland from the examinations of all of the major professional accountancy and taxation accrediting bodies

COURSE FACTS YEAR TWO WORK PLACEMENT CAO Code: GY207 • International Financial Reporting II and III All students have the option to complete • Management Accounting I an approved accounting internship in the Course Level: 8 • Auditing, Assurance and Governance summer following their second year and Duration: 3 years (4 years with Global • Inferential Statistical Methods for Business can use their internship experience as a Experience option) • Applied Microeconomics for Business full module credit, Accounting Internship • Macroeconomics and the Business Module, in Semester 1 of their final year. Minimum Entry Points 2018: 473 Environment Students opting to transfer to the B Comm Minimum A-Level Grades: • Business Finance I (Accounting–Global Experience) degree See www.nuigalway.ie/alevels • Information and Operations Management can spend a second semester in a work • Business Law II placement with a professional accountancy Leaving Certificate Entry • Skills for Business practice or in the accounting function Requirements: Minimum Grade H5 in two • Plus two optional subjects from the of a suitable business or public sector subjects and passes in four other subjects following areas: body. Students availing of this option, at O6/H7 level in the Leaving Certificate, ·· Economics and Finance while assisted by the University ‘Career including Irish, English, another language, ·· Management and Human Relations Development Centre’, have to secure a Mathematics, and any two other subjects ·· Marketing minimum six week relevant internship recognised for entry purposes. Additional ·· Statistics for Business position themselves. Requirements: A H4 in Accounting is also ·· Doing Business in China a requirement. OPTIONAL GLOBAL EXPERIENCE YEAR STUDY ABROAD A-Level/GCSE Entry Requirements: • One semester studying abroad in the Interested students meeting minimum See page 168 for matriculation entry USA or Europe academic criteria can apply to transfer requirements. • One semester on professional work placement from the three year B Comm (Accounting) degree to the four-year B Comm FINAL YEAR Average Intake: 35 (Accounting–Global Experience) degree • Advanced Financial Accounting on a competitive basis. Successful • Management Accounting II and III applicants will spend one semester of • Taxation I and II YOUR COURSE YEAR BY YEAR third year at a university studying business • Business Finance II through English–in Europe, America or YEAR ONE • Advanced Business Law further afield. • Introduction to Management Accounting • Innovation: Creativity and Enterprise • Introduction to Financial Reporting • Plus four optional modules from the CAREER OPPORTUNITIES • Principles of Microeconomics/ following areas: We pride ourselves in maintaining strong Macroeconomics ·· Economics and Finance links with the top professional accountancy • Information Management for Business ·· Management and Human Relations practices, domestic and international, and • Mathematics and Statistics for Business ·· Marketing our graduates are consistently successful • Business Law I ·· Doing Business in China in securing employment as trainee • Skills for Success ·· Operations/Logistics accountants. Our graduates also find • Management and Enterprise ·· Information Systems employment in financial services, taxation, • Foundations of Marketing Thought ·· Law public sector, banking, manufacturing and ·· Accounting Internship other industries.

FURTHER STUDY YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE FIND OUT MORE nuigalway.ie/courses/taught- • GY209 Bachelor of Commerce J.E. Cairnes School of postgraduate-courses/accounting. (Global Experience) Business and Economics html • GY201 Bachelor of Commerce t. +353 91 492308 • GY262 Bachelor of Commerce e. [email protected] (International Hotel Management) w. nuigalway.ie/GY207

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GY208 WHY CHOOSE THIS COURSE? This fantastic four-year course in Commerce includes the study of the Irish language, allowing students to develop their language skills while Bachelor of gaining valuable insights into business and culture Commerce In third year, students undertake a semester-long work placement in an (Gaeilge) Irish-speaking environment This course satisfies all of the Irish subject requirements for students who want to pursue careers as secondary school teachers

COURSE FACTS • Macroeconomics and the Business WORK PLACEMENT CAO Code: GY208 Environment or Business Law I In third year, students partake in a • Plus one optional module from the following: semester-long internship in an Irish- Course Level: 8 ·· Accounting speaking environment. Acadamh na Duration: 4 years ·· Economics hOllscolaíochta Gaeilge will organise this ·· Management invaluable work experience. Minimum Entry Points 2018: 451 ·· Marketing Students will be placed with either Údarás Minimum A-Level Grades: ·· Statistics na Gaeltachta, one of their 400 client See www.nuigalway.ie/alevels ·· Business Information Systems companies in various sectors, or other host YEAR THREE Leaving Certificate Entry organisations. Previous host organisations • Year three of the programme is divided Requirements: Minimum Grade H5 in two have included Gaillimh le Gaeilge, Foras na between a 30 ECTS internship programme in subjects and passes in four other subjects Gaeilge and Conradh na Gaeilge. an Irish-speaking environment and 30 ECTS at O6/H7 level in the Leaving Certificate, of Irish-medium studies at NUI Galway’s including Irish, English, another language, CAREER OPPORTUNITIES Gaeltacht campus in An Cheathrú Rua. Mathematics, and any two other subjects It is likely that graduates of this programme recognised for entry purposes. Additional YEAR FOUR will find employment in public sector, Requirements: A H4 in Gaeilge is also a • Ireland in the Global Economy teaching, Gaeltacht institutions, requirement. • Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility accounting, management consultancy, • Business Strategy marketing, human resource management, A-Level/GCSE Entry Requirements: • Innovation: Creativity and Enterprise finance (including banking and insurance), See page 168 for matriculation entry • Gaeilge and economic policy advisory services. requirements. • Plus the opportunity to choose modules from GAELTACHT SEMESTER Average Intake: 15 the following areas: ·· Accounting and Performance Measurement Students will spend a full semester ·· Economics and Public Policy studying in Áras Mháirtín Uí Chadhain, an YOUR COURSE YEAR BY YEAR ·· Human Resource Management NUI Galway centre in An Cheathrú Rua. YEAR ONE ·· Digital Business and Analytics • Principles of Microeconomics/ ·· Marketing Management Macroeconomics ·· Finance • Introduction to Management Accounting/ ·· Business Law Financial Accounting ·· International Business • Business Information Systems and Information ·· Entrepreneurship Management for Business • Mathematics and Statistics for Business • Foundations of Marketing Thought • Management and Enterprise • Gaeilge YEAR TWO • Gaeilge • Inferential Statistical Methods for Business • Marketing Management FURTHER STUDY • Applied Microeconomics for Business • Management Accounting I nuigalway.ie/cairnes/courses • Organisational Psychology • Business Finance I or Employment Relations YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE FIND OUT MORE • GY202 Bachelor of Commerce (International) J.E. Cairnes School of • GY122 BA (Cumarsáid agus Gaeilge) Business and Economics • GY250 Law and Business t. +353 91 492612 e. [email protected] w. nuigalway.ie/GY208

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Graduate Insight

“I chose to study Commerce in NUI Galway because I loved the broad range of subjects that it covers in three years. I was initially unsure of which path to take but having the first two years to get a taste of all aspects of business was extremely worthwhile. I chose to stream into marketing for my final year and loved every minute of it. If you want to pursue business but are in any way unsure about what area you want branch in to, then this is the course for you. I choose NUI Galway, not only because of its outstanding reputation, but also because of the emphasis it puts on extra curricular involvement on campus. It has provided me with the opportunity to develop key skills for business and indeed life while also providing soft skills that can be used in any job! I got the opportunity to study for a semester in America, as well as working in a company for six months as part of the Global Experience which has helped me immensely since graduating.”

Laura Beirne, BComm (Global Experience) Graduate Currently an intern at Google London.

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GY261 WHY CHOOSE THIS COURSE? Since 1951, Shannon College of Hotel Management has maintained a Bachelor of 100% student employment record every year on graduation day. This is the perfect qualification for a student who is interested in a global Business Studies profession that is varied, unpredictable, exciting and challenging, with (International Hotel boundless opportunities for career growth and progression. This degree programme offers a combination of business studies, Management) practical learning and 21 months of international work placement.

LOCATION: SHANNON

COURSE FACTS YEAR TWO PLACEMENT WORK PLACEMENT A 12-month paid, professional work placement CAO CODE: GY261 Shannon College has strong partnerships in leading European hotels (France, Switzerland, with industry, working with over 100 hotels Course Level: 8 Spain, Luxembourg, Belgium, Germany, the UK across 16 countries worldwide. Students Duration: 4 years and 9 months and Ireland) to reinforce practical training in will spend a total of 21 months on paid work Year 1, develop language skills and build placement in the hotel industry during their Minimum Entry Points 2018: knowledge of industry practice. course, gaining invaluable international 496 *including interview points YEAR THREE experience within the hotel industry See www.shannoncollege.com for more • Food and Beverage 2 while also improving their language and details. • Business Skills Development communication skills. • Hospitality and Business Law Minimum A-Level Grades: For details CAREER OPPORTUNITIES contact Shannon College of Hotel • Rooms Division Management The college’s unrivalled employment Management +353 (61) 712 590 • Economics for Hospitality • Information Technology for Business record is testament to the quality of Leaving Certificate Entry • Human Resource Management Shannon College graduates, their Requirements: Minimum Grade H5 in • Business Finance readiness for industry, the structured two subjects and Minimum Grade 06/H7 • Management Accounting 1 work placements and the strong links with in four subjects in the Leaving Certificate, • Principles of Marketing industry. Our graduates are employed all which must include; Irish, English, another • Language 2 over the world by some of the most elite language, Mathematics and any two other hotel groups. YEAR FOUR subjects recognised for entry purposes. • Strategic Management and Hotel Simulation FURTHER INFORMATION A-Level/GCSE Entry Requirements: • Performance Management and Cost Control For additional information on For details please contact Shannon • Head of College Key Note Speaker Programme accommodation, entry requirements, College of Hotel Management • Marketing Management facilities and all other general queries, see +353 (61) 712 590 • International Human Resource Management www.shannoncollege.com. • Revenue Management Average Intake: 85 • Entrepreneurship • Principles of Tourism YOUR COURSE YEAR BY YEAR • Applied Research Methods • Plus electives YEAR ONE • Food and Beverage 1 END OF YEAR FOUR: TRAINEE • Culinary Kitchen Practical MANAGEMENT WORK PLACEMENT • Restaurant Service Practical At the end of Year Four, students commence • Accommodation Services a trainee management work placement for at • Information Technology/ Front Office least nine months until graduation. International • HACCP and Food Science hotel companies visit Shannon College to recruit • Language 1 students onto management development • Skills for Work Life programmes or as direct hires in properties • Introduction to Management Accounting around the world. • Introduction to Financial Accounting • Principles of Management • Quantitative Methods YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE FIND OUT MORE • GY261 Bachelor of Commerce (International Shannon College of Hotel Hotel Management) Management, A College of NUI Galway, • GY209 Bachelor of Commerce Shannon Airport, Co. Clare. (Global Experience) t. +353 61 712590 • GY204 Bachelor of Commerce International e. [email protected] (Spanish) w. www.shannoncollege.com

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GY262 WHY CHOOSE THIS COURSE? This course incorporates a year of studies at the NUI Galway campus Bachelor of in the fourth year Students will develop a unique set of skills combining professional Commerce practical training, language development, hands-on work experience in the international hotel industry and extensive commerce theory (International Hotel specialising in a chosen business field Management) This is a very unique and versatile qualification, perfect for a student who is interested in a career in the international hotel industry or business LOCATION: SHANNON

COURSE FACTS YOUR COURSE YEAR BY YEAR END OF YEAR FOUR: TRAINEE MANAGEMENT WORK PLACEMENT CAO Code: GY262 YEAR ONE At the end of Year Four, students commence Course Level: 8 • Food and Beverage 1 a trainee management work placement for at • Culinary Kitchen Practical least nine months until graduation. International Duration: 4 years and 9 months • Restaurant Service Practical hotel companies visit Shannon College to recruit Minimum Entry Points 2018: • Accommodation Services students onto management development 657 *including interview points. • Information Technology/ Front Office programmes or as direct hires in properties • HACCP and Food Science around the world. See www.shannoncollege.com for more • Language 1 details. • Skills for Work Life WORK PLACEMENT Minimum A-Level Grades: For details • Introduction to Management Accounting Shannon College has strong partnerships contact Shannon College of Hotel • Introduction to Financial Accounting with industry, working with over 100 Management +353 (61) 712 590 • Principles of Management hotels across 16 countries worldwide. • Quantitative Methods Students will work for a total of 21 months Leaving Certificate Entry during their degree programme, gaining YEAR TWO PLACEMENT Requirements: Minimum Grade H5 in invaluable international experience within A 12-month paid, professional placement in two subjects and Minimum Grade O6/H7 the hotel industry while also improving their leading European hotels (France, Switzerland, in four subjects in the Leaving Certificate, language and communication skills. which must include: Irish, English, another Spain, Luxembourg, Belgium, Germany, language, Mathematics and any two the UK and Ireland) to reinforce practical training in CAREER OPPORTUNITIES Year 1, develop language skills other subjects recognised for entry Shannon College of Hotel Management and build knowledge of industry practice. purposes. has maintained a 100% student A-Level/GCSE Entry Requirements: YEAR THREE employment record every year on For details contact Shannon College of • Rooms Division Management graduation day. This unrivalled record Hotel Management +353 (61) 712590 • Economics for Hospitality is testament to the quality of Shannon • Managerial Economics College graduates, their readiness for Average Intake: 15 • Human Resource Management industry, the structured work placements • Business Finance and the strong links with industry. • Management Accounting 1 • Marketing Principles • Language 2 • Food and Beverage 2 • Mathematics for Business YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE • Financial Accounting 1 or • GY261 Bachelor of Business Studies • Information Technology for Business (International Hotel Management) • GY209 Bachelor of Commerce YEAR FOUR (AT NUI GALWAY CAMPUS) (Global Experience) • Core Business Modules • GY202 Bachelor of Commerce • Plus specialise in a business discipline: International (French) ·· Accounting and Performance ·· Economics and Public Policy ·· Marketing Management FIND OUT MORE ·· Management of Human Resources Shannon College of Hotel ·· Digital Business and Analytics Management, A College of NUI Galway, ·· Finance Shannon Airport, Co. Clare. ·· Enterprise ·· Business Law t. +353 61 712590 ·· International Law e. [email protected] w. www.shannoncollege.com

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Graduate Insight Shannon College of Hotel Management

“I am truly honored to say I have graduated from Shannon College of Hotel Management. From day one, the lecturers and staff of the college create an environment which cultivates both professional and personal growth. I had the opportunity to spend my second year working for The Ritz-Carlton at Hotel Arts Barcelona and I cannot emphasize enough what an amazing experience it was living and working in one of Europe’s most exciting cities. Life at Shannon College of Hotel Management develops one of the broadest business skillsets you can acquire in third level education. The close mentorship from such a strong team of lecturers is definitely essential to the international reputation of the college and success of its alumni around the world. Since graduating Shannon College of Hotel Management I have been fortunate to hold positions at the Waldorf Astoria New York as Rooms Division Manager and currently work at The Ritz-Carlton Grand Cayman as Guest Services Manager. Shannon College of Hotel Management is your passport to the world, stamped with one of the most sought after International Hotel Management qualifications.

Alan O’ Connell (Graduate 2016) – BComm (International Hotel Management) The Ritz- Carlton, Grand Cayman Guest Services Manager

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School of Law

Established in 1849, the School of Law at NUI Galway delivers innovative legal education in a dynamic school dedicated to impactful, high quality teaching and legal research, all delivered in a supportive and intellectually challenging environment. Law at NUI Galway hosts the internationally renowned Irish Centre for Human Rights and the Centre for Disability Law & Policy; both centres with established reputations as world leaders in their fields. The School is passionate about research that meets the highest standards of scholarship, informs student learning and engages with current societal challenges, impacting public debate and informing government policy. We strive to foster a strong community of students and graduates through our student Law Society and Alunmi networks.

Lorraine McInerney Bachelor of Arts with Human Rights, 2nd year student.

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GY251 WHY CHOOSE THIS COURSE? Our Law course engages and challenges students with a rich curriculum of core and optional legal modules and offers an innovative and dynamic Law approach to legal skills education (BCL) It is structured to deliver the modules required for entrance examination to the Law Society of Ireland, Blackhall Place and The Honorable Society of King’s Inns to become a solicitor or barrister Students on the Law course are guaranteed a work placement or study abroad opportunity in their third year

COURSE FACTS YOUR COURSE YEAR BY YEAR WORK PLACEMENT CAO Code: GY251 Students are given the opportunity to avail YEAR ONE of a full academic year of work placement. Course Level: 8 • Compulsory core modules: The School of Law partners with leading ·· Understanding the Law Duration: 4 years law firms, businesses and public sector ·· Legal Skills organisations across the country to ensure Minimum Entry points 2018: 451 ·· Constitutional Law that students are immersed in a practical ·· Contract Law Minimum A-Level Grades: legal environment. ·· Tort Law See www.nuigalway.ie/alevels • Optional modules: STUDY ABROAD ·· Family Law Leaving Certificate Entry Students can avail of exciting study abroad ·· Language (Legal French/ Legal German) Requirements: Minimum Grade H5 in opportunities for students through two subjects and passes in four other YEAR TWO Erasmus and international exchange subjects at O6/H7 level in the Leaving • Compulsory core modules: programmes. If you choose to study a Certificate including Irish, English, another ·· Criminal Law language, you can use the study abroad language and any three other subjects ·· EU Law option to improve your linguistic skills. recognised for entry purposes. ·· Company Law We have study partnership opportunities A-Level/GCSE Entry Requirements: ·· Evidence Law in Belgium, Holland, Denmark, Hungary, See page 168 for matriculation entry ·· Administrative Law France, Germany, Spain, the USA, China, requirements. ·· Mooting Australia and Canada. • Optional modules: Average Intake: 60 ·· Information Technology Law/ Housing Law/ CAREER OPPORTUNITIES Human Rights/ Intellectual Property Law/ On graduation, students will be well- Health Law/ Media Law positioned for work in a legal research and ·· Language (Legal French/ Legal German) advisory capacity in the private or public sector. Graduates of the programme YEAR THREE can undertake professional training • Full academic year of study abroad, or and qualify as a solicitor or barrister. • Full academic year of work placement Career opportunities, both national and YEAR FOUR international, can also be sought in areas • Compulsory core modules: outside of professional legal practice, such ·· Equity Law as financial services, consultancy, the public ·· Land Law sector, and industry. ·· Jurisprudence ·· Guided Research Essay • Specialise in a stream of optional law modules: ·· Business and Commercial Law ·· Public Law, Risk and Regulation ·· Human Rights, Crime and Equality ·· International, Comparative and Transnational Law ·· Law General (i.e., no specialisation–choose from available optional modules) ·· Language (Legal French/ Legal German)

YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE FIND OUT MORE • GY101 Bachelor of Arts (Joint-Honours) School of Law • GY250 Law and Business t.+353 91 492752 • GY133 Government (Politics, Economics e. [email protected] and Law) w. nuigalway.ie/GY251 • GY113 Bachelor of Arts with Human Rights • GY252 Bachelor of Law and Human Rights 101 COLLEGE OF BUSINESS, PUBLIC POLICY AND LAW

GY250 WHY CHOOSE THIS COURSE? This course is an interdisciplinary programme that provides a solid Law and grounding in both the disciplines of law and business. The third year of the programme incorporates opportunities for Business students to study abroad or undertaker a work placement Upon graduation students can pursue professional legal training as a solicitor (with the Law Society of Ireland) or as a barrister (with the King’s Inns)

COURSE FACTS YEAR TWO WORK PLACEMENT CAO Code: GY250 • Compulsory core modules: Students on this course will be given ·· Criminal Law the opportunity to avail of a full academic Course Level: 8 ·· EU Law year of work placement. The School Duration: 4 years ·· Company Law of Law partners with leading firms across ·· Mooting the country to ensure the students Minimum Entry points: 409 • Optional modules in the following disciplines: are immersed in a practical legal or ·· Accountancy Minimum A-Level Grades: · business environment. See www.nuigalway.ie/alevels · Digital Business ·· Economics STUDY ABROAD · Leaving Certificate Entry · Management If you choose to study a language as part · Requirements: Minimum Grade H5 in two · Language (Legal French/ Legal German/ of your programme, you can avail of an subjects and passes in four other subjects Spanish) exchange in the relevant country thereby at O6/H7 level in the Leaving Certificate, YEAR THREE improving your linguistic skills. If, however, including Irish, English, another language, • Full academic year of study abroad, or you are not studying a language, you Mathematics and any two other subjects • Full academic year of work placement may still avail of exchange opportunities recognised for entry purposes. in countries where law is taught through YEAR FOUR A-Level/GCSE Entry Requirements: English. We have partnership opportunities • Compulsory core modules: See page 168 for matriculation entry in Belgium, Holland, Denmark, Hungary, ·· Equity Law requirements. France, German, Spain, the USA, China, ·· Land Law Australia and Canada. In the final year, ·· Commercial Law Average Intake: 60 students will have an opportunity to apply ·· Legal Business and Ethics for prestigious fellowships in Ireland and YOUR COURSE YEAR BY YEAR ·· Guided Research Essay the USA, e.g., the office of the Attorney • Specialise in a discipline/stream: YEAR ONE General or the DPP in Ireland or with the ·· The Legal Professions • Compulsory core modules: Massachusetts appellate judge, Secretary ·· Accountancy ·· Understanding the Law of State’s office, or the Suffolk County ·· Digital Business and Analytics ·· Constitutional Law District Attorney’s office in the USA. ·· Economics ·· Contract Law ·· Management CAREER OPPORTUNITIES ·· Tort Law ·· Language (Legal French/ Legal German/ ·· Introduction to Financial Accounting The Law and Business programme opens Spanish) ·· Introduction to Management Accounting up a range of professional career pathways • Optional modules in the following disciplines: for students. Graduates of this programme ·· Digital Business will be positioned for employment in a ·· Economics company or business organisation, i.e., ·· Language (Legal French/ Legal German/ banking, insurance, financial services, risk Spanish) assurance, taxation, or as a legal advisor. Many graduates undertake professional training and qualify as a solicitor or barrister. Many graduates of this programme are employed in leading commercial law firms.

FURTHER STUDY YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE FIND OUT MORE nuigalway.ie/law/courses • GY101 Bachelor of Arts (Joint Honours) School of Law • GY103 Arts (Public, Social Policy t. +353 91 492752 Government) e. [email protected] • GY113 Bachelor of Arts with w. nuigalway.ie/GY250 Human Rights

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GY252 WHY CHOOSE THIS COURSE? The Law and Human Rights course is a new, innovative and unique Law and programme—the first of its kind in Ireland The School of Law and the Irish Centre for Human Rights at NUI Galway Human Rights are pioneers in legal education and research on human rights Students will have the opportunity to apply for work placement NEW FOR 2019 or study abroad opportunities in their third year

COURSE FACTS YOUR COURSE YEAR BY YEAR WORK PLACEMENT

CAO Code: GY252 YEAR ONE Students will be given the opportunity to engage in work placement in the third Course level: 8 • Compulsory core modules: ·· Introduction to Human Rights year of the programme. The course will Duration: 4 years ·· Understanding the Law offer some international work placements through its partnerships with international Minimum Entry points: N/A ·· Constitutional Law ·· Contract Law non-governmental organisations (NGOs) Minimum A-Level Grades: ·· Tort Law and other human rights bodies. See www.nuigalway.ie/alevels • Optional modules: STUDY ABROAD ·· Family Law Leaving Certificate Entry There are exciting study abroad ·· Language (Legal French/ Legal German) Requirements: Minimum Grade H5 in opportunities for students on this course two subjects and passes in four other YEAR TWO through Erasmus and international subjects at O6/H7 level in the Leaving • Compulsory core modules: exchange programmes. If you choose Certificate including Irish, English, another ·· International Human Rights to study a language, you can use the language, and any three other subjects ·· European Human Rights study abroad option to improve your recognised for entry purposes. ·· Criminal Law linguistic skills. You will also have the A-Level/GCSE Entry Requirements: ·· EU Law option to study abroad through English. See page 168 for matriculation entry ·· Mooting We have partnership opportunities in requirements. ·· Guided Research Essay Belgium, Holland, Denmark, Hungary, • Optional modules: France, Germany, Spain, the USA, Average Intake: 15 ·· Information Technology Law/ Housing Law/ China, Australia and Canada. Intellectual Property Law/ Health Law/ Media Law CAREER OPPORTUNITIES ·· Language (Legal French/ Legal German) On graduation, students will be well- YEAR THREE positioned for work in international • Study Abroad or human rights law, policy or legal practice. • Work Placement Building on the Irish Centre for Human Rights’ global reputation, students can YEAR FOUR pursue opportunities with international • Compulsory core modules: organisations, United Nations (UN) · · Company Law bodies or development agencies. · · Equity Law Career opportunities, both national and · · Land Law international, can also be sought in areas • Specialise in a discipline/stream: such as UN peace operations, international ·· The Legal Professions justice sector reform, human rights ·· Business and Commercial Law advocacy, and public policy. Students ·· Public Law, Risk ad Regulation can pursue professional legal training as a ·· Human Rights, Crime and Equality solicitor (with the Law Society of Ireland) ·· International, Comparative and or as a barrister (with the King’s Inns). Transnational Law ·· Language (Legal French/Legal German)

FURTHER STUDY YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE FIND OUT MORE nuigalway.ie/law/courses • GY101 Bachelor of Arts (Joint Honours) School of Law • GY251 Law t. +353 91 492752 • GY113 Bachelor of Arts with Human Rights e. [email protected] w. nuigalway.ie/GY252

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GY101 WHY CHOOSE THIS COURSE? This course allows students the flexibility to combine the study Law in Bachelor of law with a range of complementary subjects In first year, students take Law as one of their three subjects and of Arts they take two other subjects from the Arts group of subjects (see page 24), such as Law with Sociology and Politics or with Languages or English or History Those who wish to qualify as a solicitor or barrister may proceed into the final year of the LLB programme Upon graduation from the LLB programme, students can pursue professional legal training as a solicitor (with the Law Society of Ireland) or as a barrister (with the King’s Inns)

COURSE FACTS YOUR COURSE YEAR BY YEAR CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

CAO Code: GY101 YEAR ONE Law has been taught at NUI Galway since 1849, and many of our BA (Joint-Honours) 3 Years (BA Joint-Honours) • Law: in Law graduates practice as barristers or 4 Years (BA International) ·· Irish Legal System ·· Law of Torts solicitors in Ireland and throughout the Course Level: 8 ·· Legal Skills world. Our graduates include members of the judiciary, managing partners of Duration: 3 or 4 years • Plus two other subjects from the Arts subject groupings. See page 24. law firms and legal counsel for leading Leaving Certificate Entry organisations and businesses. Many Requirements: Minimum Grade H5 in YEAR TWO graduates decide to pursue careers outside two subjects and passes in four other • Law: legal practice. Graduates may choose to subjects at O6/ H7 in the Leaving ·· Constitutional Law work in the public sector (government Certificate, including Irish, English, ·· Contract Law departments, local government, and another language, and three other ·· European Human Rights the Law Reform Commission) while subjects recognised for entry purposes. ·· Sociology of Law others may opt for graduate training ·· Legal Methods and Research programmes or for careers in accountancy, A-Level/GCSE Entry Requirements: • Plus one of the other subjects chosen banking, taxation, insurance, compliance See page 168 for matriculation entry in first year or with institutions such as the United requirements. YEAR THREE Nations and the Council of Europe. Average Intake: 200 • Law: STUDY ABROAD ·· EU Law ·· Criminal Law At the end of second year, interested ·· Administrative Law students may opt to spend their third • Plus the other subject chosen in second year year studying at a university in mainland Europe or other countries such as the USA, Canada, Australia or China. These students then return to complete their programme in Galway in their fourth year. Students “I chose to study a BA (Joint-Honours) in Law followed by the who opt for a language as one of the arts subjects can participate in Erasmus. Bachelors of Law LLB because of the professional, engaged and approachable lecturing staff in NUI Galway. The best part of the LLB was getting the opportunity to take the Moot Court Module which involved advocating in front of a judge of the high court in the Galway Courthouse. This motivated and empowered me to pursue a career as a solicitor. Overall, the BA Joint-Honours and the LLB gave me the knowledge and skills necessary for a legal career.” Amanda Wolf, BA (Joint-Honours) Law, Bachelors of Law (LLB)

FURTHER STUDY YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE FIND OUT MORE nuigalway.ie/law/courses • GY321 Bachelor of Arts (Governement, School of Law Politics, Econmics and Law) t. +353 91 492752 • GY251 Bachelor of Law e. [email protected] • GY250 Bachelor of Law and Business w. nuigalway.ie/GY101 • GY252 Bachelor of Law and Human Rights

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Graduate Insight

“ Attending university in Galway is a profound and once in a lifetime experience. The city is vibrant, diverse with a mix of culture, music and entertainment. Despite Galway’s social and eclectic exterior, it remains a warm and welcoming heartland to visitors and locals alike. Friends I met in college from across Ireland or indeed from overseas could not overstate the friendly and charming atmosphere Galway creates. Studying Civil Law in NUI Galway afforded me the opportunity to delve deep into the law and initially focus on a wide range of subjects. I studied the foundations of law and formed a great understanding of the core principles and subjects that are a pre-requisite for any future career in law and have stood me in good stead to this day. The option now of the Clinical Legal Education course provided by the School of Law enables students to undergo invaluable practical experience of working in various careers in law and this opportunity should be encouraged and availed of.”

Ferdia Breathnach Barrister-at-Law Civil Law Graduate

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106 COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND INFORMATICS

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College of Engineering and Informatics At NUI Galway you will get a first-class education across all engineering disciplines, taught by lecturers who are leading experts in their fields, and who will prepare you for an interesting and challenging future in your chosen engineering specialism. This, coupled with the fact that we have Ireland’s premier purpose-built and award-winning Alice Perry Engineering building, makes NUI Galway the first choice for anyone interested in studying engineering.

Eoghan Whittle Mechanical Engineering (3rd Year)

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Women in Engineering Become a Trailblazer NUI Galway has a proud tradition of attracting and encouraging high-achieving young women to follow their academic interests to pursue a career in engineering. Our award-winning engineering building is named after trailblazer, Alice Perry, the first female engineering graduate anywhere in Ireland or the UK. She graduated from NUI Galway in 1906, top of her Civil Engineering class. The unprecedented demand for engineering talent in Ireland and abroad is set to continue unabated over the next number of years, and NUI Galway is to the forefront in helping prepare young, talented women to access these global opportunities. The University has recently introduced the Máire Brazil Scholarship in Civil Engineering. This will be awarded to the eligible female candidate who demonstrates the highest overall grade in her first-year university exams in engineering. Successful candidates will receive a scholarship of €2,000 each year for three years of study. In the last number of years, the university has seen more and more young women choose a career in engineering as they recognise the variety of well-paid opportunities available to them in critical areas such as technology, engineering and medtech.

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The Importance of Accreditation in Engineering

All Engineering degrees at NUI Galway are professionally accredited by the statutory professional body, Engineers Ireland. This accreditation means that the degree has been assessed and approved to meet the educational requirements for professional engineers. Under an international agreement (the Washington Accord), any degree accredited by the national professional body (Engineers Ireland) is recognised internationally. Having an “accredited” degree means that employers outside of Ireland can:

• Understand the quality/education achieved by a graduate • Know that it is equivalent to their own education system/standards • Offer appropriate employment on this basis

Certain functions (e.g., sign off on large civil engineering construction projects) can only be carried out by a chartered engineer. Engineers Ireland require a master’s (Level 9) qualification as the education standard required for the Registered Professional Title of Chartered Engineer (prior to this, a Level eight degree was required). The standard European engineering qualification (degree or diploma) is at Level 9. Any graduate interested in working in Europe/worldwide is now strongly advised to get an accredited Level nine award.

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GY401 WHY CHOOSE THIS COURSE? Engineering is a wide area, covering such fields as civil engineering, mechanics, electronics and computer technology. Undenominated Undenominated Engineering allows you to explore different areas of engineering in your first year of study, affording you the time you need to find the discipline that Engineering is right for you On successful completion of your first-year exams, you will be able to apply to specialise by transferring to the second year of one of these courses: Energy Systems Engineering Mechanical Engineering Civil Engineering Biomedical Engineering Project and Construction Management Computer Science and Electronic and Computer Engineering Information Technology Electrical and Electronic Engineering Allocation of places may be based on overall performance in your first year

COURSE FACTS YOUR COURSE YEAR BY YEAR WORK PLACEMENT GY401 All students undertake a work placement CAO Code: YEAR ONE • Engineering Calculus for a period of between three and eight Course Level: 8 • Engineering Mathematical Methods months. The placement gives you an opportunity to work on projects relevant Duration: 1 year; students then transfer • Engineering Mechanics into a denominated programme • Engineering Chemistry to your course of study and significantly • Engineering Physics improve your chances of obtaining Minimum Entry Points 2018: 432 • Fundamentals of Engineering employment after graduation. In the event that no external placement is available, Minimum A-Level Grades: • Engineering Graphics students will be given projects on campus. See www.nuigalway.ie/alevels • Engineering Design • Engineering Computing We also provide opportunities for students Leaving Certificate Entry to pursue international work placements. Minimum Grade H5 Requirements: YEAR TWO in two subjects and passes in four • Choose to follow one of the following STUDY ABROAD other subjects at O6/H7 Level in the denominated programmes: Each engineering programme has strong Leaving Certificate, including Irish, ·· Energy Systems Engineering teaching and research links with major English, Mathematics, a laboratory ·· Civil Engineering international universities, companies and science subject (i.e., Chemistry, Physics, ·· Project and Construction Management research institutes in countries such as Biology, Physics with Chemistry (joint), ·· Electronic and Computer Engineering Germany, the UK, France, Poland, the Agricultural Science or Computer ·· Electrical and Electronic Engineering USA, China and Brazil. Students have Science) or Technology, and any two ·· Mechanical Engineering completed work placements, research other subjects recognised for entry ·· Biomedical Engineering placements and teaching semesters in purposes. In addition, students must ·· Computer Science and various international locations. obtain a minimum of Grade H4 in the Information Technology Higher Level Leaving Certificate paper CAREER OPPORTUNITIES in Mathematics or, alternatively, obtain YEAR THREE • Follow chosen course of Engineering As you branch into a specialised a pass in the Special Engineering programme in second year, your career Entrance Examination in Mathematics YEAR FOUR direction will depend on which programme (held in the University). • Follow chosen course of Engineering you choose in second year. However, across engineering and informatics, A-Level/GCSE Entry Requirements: YEAR FIVE (OPTIONAL) See page 168 for matriculation entry • Follow chosen course of Engineering career prospects for all graduates are requirements. extremely positive.

Average Intake: 160-170

FURTHER STUDY Students branch into one of the eight denominated engineering programmes in second year depending on which type of engineering they are interested in and wish to pursue. You will continue to study that particular area for the remainder of your chosen four-year programme.

YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE FIND OUT MORE • GY405 BE (Mechanical) Dr Mark G. Healy, Civil Engineering, • GY301 Bachelor of Science College of Engineering and Informatics • GY320 BSc (Physics) t. +353 91 495364 e. [email protected] w. nuigalway.ie/GY401 111 COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND INFORMATICS

GY402 WHY CHOOSE THIS COURSE? Civil Engineering is the profession concerned with planning, design, construction and maintenance of the built environment. It encompasses Bachelor of structures ranging from houses and commercial buildings to motorways, Engineering rail networks and water and wastewater treatment facilities (Civil) You will develop scientific, technical, organisational, computing and communication skills needed for a challenging and rewarding career as a civil engineer Voted Ireland’s favourite new building in 2012, NUI Galway’s Alice Perry Engineering building is purpose-built for learning about and researching engineering

• Engineering Hydraulics COURSE FACTS WORK PLACEMENT • Civil Engineering Materials and Design CAO Code: GY402 All students undertake a work placement • Building Information Modelling with a civil engineering firm for a period 8 Course Level: • Strength of Materials of between three and eight months. This gives you an opportunity to work on Duration: 5 years YEAR THREE • Solids and Structures projects relevant to Civil Engineering and 455 Minimum Entry Points 2018: • Geomechanics and Geology significantly improves your chances of • Engineering Hydraulics obtaining employment after graduation. Minimum A-Level Grades: • Environmental Engineering In the event that no external placement is See www.nuigalway.ie/alevels • Transportation Systems and Infrastructure available, students will be given projects Leaving Certificate Entry • Construction Operations on campus. We also provide opportunities Minimum Grade H5 in two Requirements: • Water Engineering Design and Practice for students to pursue international work subjects and passes in four other subjects • Design of Structures placements. at O6/H7 Level in the Leaving Certificate, • Work placement (BE students) including Irish, English, Mathematics, a STUDY ABROAD laboratory science subject (i.e., Chemistry, YEAR FOUR During the programme, it is likely that • Civil Engineering Project Physics, Biology, Physics with Chemistry there will be opportunities to spend a • Design of Structures (joint), Agricultural Science or Computer semester or get some work experience • Geotechnical Engineering Science) or Technology, and any two other abroad. The degree is accredited by • Coastal and Offshore Engineering subjects recognised for entry purposes. In Engineers Ireland, and it is recognised • Structural Analysis addition, students must obtain a minimum internationally under the Washington • Project Management of Grade H4 in the Higher Level Leaving Accord, so the skills you learn will give you • Design of Sustainable Environmental Systems Certificate paper in Mathematics or, opportunities to work worldwide. alternatively, obtain a pass in the Special • Hydrology and Water Resource Engineering Entrance Examination in Engineering CAREER OPPORTUNITIES • Energy in Buildings Mathematics (held in the University). There is currently a shortage of civil • Work placement (ME students) engineers in Ireland as the economy A-Level/GCSE Entry Requirements: See page 168 for matriculation entry YEAR FIVE (OPTIONAL) recovers from the recession. Our requirements. An integrated Master’s in Civil Engineering (ME) graduates go on to careers as civil is offered following an additional year of study. engineering design consultants and civil Average Intake: 50 The ME is accredited by Engineers Ireland, which engineering contractors, and in local means with a five-year master’s you can apply for authorities and government bodies, Chartered Engineer title. The course combines energy (oil, gas, wind, and wave) and mining YOUR COURSE YEAR BY YEAR advanced core modules in Civil Engineering companies, and in overseas development. YEAR ONE (sample modules include Advanced Structures, Recent employers include RPS, Ryan • Engineering Calculus Computational Methods in Civil Engineering, Hanley Consulting Engineers and Tobin • Engineering Mathematical Methods Design of Sustainable Environmental Systems II) Consulting Engineers. • Engineering Mechanics with modules on transferrable skills/professional • Engineering Chemistry development and an individual capstone research • Engineering Physics project (nine months long). • Fundamentals of Engineering • Engineering Graphics • Engineering Design FURTHER STUDY • Engineering Computing nuigalway.ie/engineering

YEAR TWO • Mathematics and Applied YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE FIND OUT MORE • Mathematics • GY401 Undenominated Engineering Bríd Flaherty, Civil Engineering, • Engineering Materials • GY410 BSc (Project and Construction College of Engineering and Informatics • Thermodynamics and Fluid Mechanics Management) +353 91 492170 • Electronic Instrumentation and Sensors • GY313 BSc (Environmental Health t. [email protected] • Principles of Building and Safety) e. w. nuigalway.ie/GY402

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GY405 WHY CHOOSE THIS COURSE? Mechanical Engineering is about designing and making the devices, components and machines you see around you. Anything that moves (and Bachelor of many things that don’t) are part of the world of Mechanical Engineering Engineering There is strong demand for our mechanical engineering graduates across a (Mechanical) wide variety of industry sectors Our students are part of the team that designs, builds and races an electric car that’s over 100 times more efficient than most road cars! Find out more at www. theGeec.ie

• Fundamentals of Operations Engineering COURSE FACTS WORK PLACEMENT • Materials 1 CAO Code: GY405 All students undertake a work placement for a period of between three and eight 8 YEAR THREE Course Level: • Mechanical Analysis and Design months. The strong industry demand for • Thermodynamics and Heat Transfer our students is evident by the fact that Duration: 5 years • Fluid Dynamics 100% of our students in the past two years 414 Minimum Entry Points 2018: • Automated Systems have obtained work placements. Students • Mechanical Vibrations have been placed with ESB, Intel, Lufthansa Minimum A-Level Grades: • Electromechanical Power Conversion Technik, Medtronic, Renishaw and many See www.nuigalway.ie/alevels • Linear Control Systems other companies. In the event that no Leaving Certificate Entry • Quality Systems external placement is available, students Minimum Grade H5 in two Requirements: • Project Management for Engineers will be given projects on campus. subjects and passes in four other subjects • Introduction to Regulatory Affairs in at O6/H7 Level in the Leaving Certificate, Manufacturing STUDY ABROAD including Irish, English, Mathematics, a • Professional Skills Students have the possibility of overseas laboratory science subject (i.e., Chemistry, • Work placement (BE students) work placements. Students are regularly Physics, Biology, Physics with Chemistry placed in the USA, Germany and the UK. (joint), Agricultural Science or Computer YEAR FOUR Science) or Technology, and any two other • Individual Fourth Year Project CAREER OPPORTUNITIES • Advanced Mechanical Analysis and Design subjects recognised for entry purposes. In Our graduates are highly sought after • Computational Methods in Engineering addition, students must obtain a minimum by employers and go on to pursue diverse Analysis of Grade H4 in the Higher Level Leaving career opportunities including research • Energy Conversion Certificate paper in Mathematics or, and development, design, innovation, • Polymer Engineering alternatively, obtain a pass in the Special manufacturing and management. Recent • Machine Design Project Engineering Entrance Examination in employers include Aerogen, Rolls-Royce, • Work placement (ME students) Mathematics (held in the University). Boston Scientific, ÉireComposites Plus a choice of three of the following specialist and OpenHydro. A-Level/GCSE Entry Requirements: modules: Turbomachines and Advanced Fluid See page 168 for matriculation entry Dynamics, Power Systems, Biomechanics, requirements. Combustion Science and Engineering, Lean Systems, Systems Reliability, Safety Engineering. Average Intake: 40 YEAR FIVE (OPTIONAL) YOUR COURSE YEAR BY YEAR An integrated Master’s in Mechanical Engineering (ME) is offered following an additional year YEAR ONE of study. The ME is accredited by Engineers • Engineering Calculus Ireland, which means with a five-year master’s • Engineering Mathematical Methods you can apply for Chartered Engineer title. The • Engineering Mechanics programme combines advanced Mechanical • Engineering Chemistry Engineering modules (sample modules include • Engineering Physics Advanced Mechanics of Materials, Advanced • Fundamentals of Engineering Finite Elements, Advanced Energy Systems) with • Engineering Graphics a substantial (nine-month-long) research and • Engineering Design development project and modules on engineering • Engineering Computing transferable skills. YEAR TWO • Mathematics and Applied Mathematics • Electronic Instrumentation and Sensors FURTHER STUDY FIND OUT MORE • Strength of Materials nuigalway.ie/engineering Mechanical Engineering • Thermodynamics and Fluid Mechanics College of Engineering and Informatics • Machine Design and Manufacturing Technology • Electrical Circuits and Systems YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE +353 91 492 223 • GY401 Undenominated Engineering t. • CAD and Design Project [email protected] • GY414 BE (Electrical and Electronic) e. • Engineering Statistics nuigalway.ie/GY405 • GY408 BE (Biomedical Engineering) w.

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GY406 WHY CHOOSE THIS COURSE? Our engineers have the skills to design both software and hardware Bachelor of for a huge range of applications This degree will open opportunities for you in some of the fastest growing Engineering and revolutionary areas of technology such as: tablet computer systems, (Electronic and communications systems (smart phones, computer networks, broadband internet, wireless mobile networking), medical devices (patient-worn Computer) monitors, hospital-based systems), mobile apps and next generation internet applications Ireland is the second largest software exporter in the world, with over 900 software companies offering huge employment opportunities for graduates of Electronic and Computer Engineering

• Electrical Circuits and Systems COURSE FACTS WORK PLACEMENT • Communications Systems Engineering CAO Code: GY406 All students undertake a work placement • Digital Systems 1 for a period of between three and eight 8 Course Level: • Engineering Statistics months. The placement gives you an • Object Oriented Programming opportunity to work on projects relevant Duration: 5 years • Object Oriented Programming: Data Structures to Electronic and Computer Engineering. 466 Minimum Entry Points 2018: and Algorithms Mathematics and Applied In the event that no external placement is Mathematics available, students will be given projects on Minimum A-Level Grades: • Fundamentals of Electromagnetic Theory campus. We also provide opportunities for See www.nuigalway.ie/alevels YEAR THREE students to pursue international Leaving Certificate Entry • Signals and Communications work placements. Minimum Grade H5 in two Requirements: • Digital Systems 2 subjects and passes in four other subjects • Communication Signals and Systems STUDY ABROAD at O6/H7 Level in the Leaving Certificate, • Embedded Systems Applications Programming This degree is accredited by Engineers including Irish, English, Mathematics, a • Programming 3 Ireland and is therefore recognised laboratory science subject (i.e., Chemistry, • Analogue Systems Design 2 internationally as a Level eight degree Physics, Biology, Physics with Chemistry • Database Systems 1 qualification in engineering. In recent (joint), Agricultural Science or Computer • Project Management for Engineers years, more and more students are Science) or Technology, and any two other • Professional Skills choosing to go on placement abroad or subjects recognised for entry purposes. In • Work placement (BE students) seek employment after they graduate in addition, students must obtain a minimum countries outside Ireland. of Grade H4 in the Higher Level Leaving YEAR FOUR Certificate paper in Mathematics or, • Electronic and Computer Engineering Project CAREER OPPORTUNITIES • System on Chip Design alternatively, obtain a pass in the Special The global electronics industry is expected • Real-Time Systems Engineering Entrance Examination in to hit €1.5 Trillion by 2024. Throughout • Distributed Systems and Co-Operative Mathematics (held in the University). Ireland, there are numerous smaller Computing companies thriving in a very buoyant • Communications and Signal Processing A-Level/GCSE Entry Requirements: technology market. Several of our See page 168 for matriculation entry Applications graduates have also gone on to start their requirements. • Machine Learning and Data Mining own companies. Recent graduates are • Digital Signal Processing Average Intake: 20 working with Valeo, Intel, Cisco, Google and • S oftware Engineering 3 Jaguar Land Rover. • T elecommunications Software Applications YOUR COURSE YEAR BY YEAR • Work placement (ME students)

YEAR ONE YEAR FIVE (OPTIONAL) • Fundamentals of Engineering FURTHER STUDY An integrated Master’s in Electronic and Computer nuigalway.ie/engineering • Engineering Computing Engineering (ME) is offered following an additional • Engineering Design year of study. The programme combines advanced YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE • Engineering Graphics Electronic and Computer Engineering modules • GY401 Undenominated Engineering • Engineering Mechanics (sample modules include Signal and Image • GY414 BE (Electrical and Electronic) • Engineering Mathematical Methods Processing, Embedded Systems, Communications • GY301 Bachelor of Science • Engineering Calculus Technologies) with a substantial (nine-month-long) • Engineering Chemistry research and development project and modules on • Engineering Physics engineering transferable skills. FIND OUT MORE Mary Costello YEAR TWO Electrical and Electronic Engineering • Electronic Instrumentation and Sensors • Analogue Systems Design t. +353 91 492728 • Microprocessor Systems Engineering e. [email protected] w. nuigalway.ie/GY406

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GY408 WHY CHOOSE THIS COURSE? NUI Galway is Ireland’s leading university for Biomedical Engineering Bachelor of This exciting area of study involves the design and development of medical devices and technologies to improve healthcare. Key areas of Engineering biomedical engineering include cardiovascular devices (e.g., stents and (Biomedical) heart valve replacements), orthopaedic devices (e.g., hip/shoulder/knee replacements), nano-particle drug delivery, key-hole surgery technologies, and regenerative medicine Galway is a major European hub for the hi-tech medical device sector and several leading companies were involved in the design of the course

• Materials COURSE FACTS WORK PLACEMENT • Strength of Materials CAO Code: GY408 All students undertake a work placement • Mathematics and Applied Mathematics of between three and eight months. In 8 Course Level: • Engineering Statistics the event that no external placement is available, students will be given projects Duration: 5 years YEAR THREE • Surgical and Medical Biodesign on campus. All leading Ireland-based 487 Minimum Entry Points 2018: • Human Body Function medical technology companies participate • Principles of Biomaterials in our work-placement programme, Minimum A-Level Grades: • Mechanical Analysis and Design providing students with valuable real-world See www.nuigalway.ie/alevels • Fluid Dynamics experience. Companies range from large Leaving Certificate Entry • Automated Systems multinationals (such as Medtronic, Boston Minimum Grade H5 in two Requirements: • Quality Systems Scientific, DePuy) to start-ups (such as subjects and passes in four other subjects • Project Management Veryan, Aerogen, Neuravi). at O6/H7 Level in the Leaving Certificate, • Regulatory Affairs including Irish, English, Mathematics, a • Work placement (BE students) STUDY ABROAD laboratory science subject (i.e., Chemistry, Our degree programme has strong Physics, Biology, Physics with Chemistry YEAR FOUR international links with Purdue University • Medical Implant and Device Design (joint), Agricultural Science or Computer (Indiana, USA), Georgia Institute of • Biomechanics Science) or Technology, and any two other Technology (Atlanta, USA), Politecnico • Tissue Engineering subjects recognised for entry purposes. In di Milano (Italy) and RWTH Aachen • Engineering Analysis for Regulatory Approval addition, students must obtain a minimum (Germany), all of which are international • Elements of Pathology of Grade H4 in the Higher Level Leaving centres of excellence in Biomedical • Polymer Engineering Certificate paper in Mathematics or, Engineering. A number of our students are • Computational Methods in Engineering alternatively, obtain a pass in the Special selected to spend a year studying abroad in Analysis Engineering Entrance Examination in the USA, through our exchange agreement • Thermodynamics and Heat Transfer Mathematics (held in the University). with Purdue University and Georgia • Biotransport Institute of Technology. A-Level/GCSE Entry Requirements: • Biomedical Engineering See page 168 for matriculation entry • Biomedical Engineering Project CAREER OPPORTUNITIES requirements. • Work placement (ME students) Ireland is a leading global medical 40 Average Intake: YEAR FIVE (OPTIONAL) technology hub and the NUI Galway An integrated Master’s in Biomedical Engineering Biomedical Engineering course plays a (ME) is offered following an additional year of study. key role in this innovative sector. Career YOUR COURSE YEAR BY YEAR The ME is accredited by Engineers Ireland, which prospects are excellent, both in terms of YEAR ONE means with a five-year master’s you can apply an exceptionally high employment rate • Engineering Calculus for Chartered Engineer title. The programme upon graduation and in terms of career • Engineering Mathematical Methods combines advanced Biomedical Engineering progression (many of our graduates have • Engineering Mechanics modules (sample modules include Advanced gone on to become leaders in the medical • Engineering Chemistry Biomaterials, Advanced Tissue Engineering, technology sector, both in multinational • Engineering Physics Mechanobiology) with a substantial (nine-month- and start-up companies). • Fundamentals of Engineering long) research and development project and • Engineering Graphics modules on engineering transferable skills. • Engineering Design • Engineering Computing

YEAR TWO • Human Body Structure FURTHER STUDY FIND OUT MORE • Introduction to Biomaterials nuigalway.ie/engineering Jane Bowman, Biomedical Engineering, • CAD and Design Project College of Engineering and Informatics • Machine Design and Manufacturing Technology YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE +353 91 492723 • Electronic Instrumentation and Sensors • GY401 Undenominated Engineering t. e. [email protected] • Thermodynamics and Fluid Mechanics • GY405 BE (Mechanical) nuigalway.ie/GY408 • GY303 BSc (Biomedical Science) w. 115 COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND INFORMATICS

GY413 WHY CHOOSE THIS COURSE? Energy systems engineers are the people who are transforming the way Bachelor of we use, store and produce energy Energy systems engineers can be found in companies that design and build Engineering giant wind turbines, in the control room of the national network of power (Energy Systems) stations, and in the medical device manufacturing plants that operate their own power stations to meet their energy needs The 2015 Energy Systems Engineering Graduate Employment Survey shows that 94% of graduates are in full-time employment or study less than six months after graduation

• Electrical Circuits and Systems Ireland, which means with a 5 year Masters you COURSE FACTS GY413 • CAD and Design Project can apply for Chartered Engineer title. The CAO Code: • Engineering Statistics programme combines advanced Energy Systems Course Level: 8 • Introduction to Modelling Engineering modules (sample modules include • Principles of Building Advanced Energy Systems, Advanced Finite 5 years Duration: Elements, Global Change) with a substantial (nine 454 YEAR THREE month long) research and development project Minimum Entry Points 2018: • Electromechanical Power Conversion and modules on engineering transferable skills • Sustainable Energy Minimum A-Level Grades: • Thermodynamics and Heat Transfer See www.nuigalway.ie/alevels • Mechanical Analysis and Design WORK PLACEMENT All students undertake a work placement Leaving Certificate Entry • Energy Systems Engineering Design Project Minimum Grade H5 in two for a period of between three and eight Requirements: • Fluid Dynamics subjects and passes in four other subjects months. Energy Systems Engineering • Linear Control Systems at O6/H7 Level in the Leaving Certificate, employers include ESB, SSE Renewables, • Introduction to Machine Design including Irish, English, Mathematics, a Thermo King, DP Energy, Wood Group • Project Management for Engineers laboratory science subject (i.e., Chemistry, Kenny, Eirgrid, Shell, Medtronic and Boston • Professional Skills Physics, Biology, Physics with Chemistry Scientific. In the event that no external • Work placement (BE students) (joint), Agricultural Science or Computer placement is available, students will be Science) or Technology, and any two other YEAR FOUR given projects on campus. We also provide subjects recognised for entry purposes. In • Energy in Buildings opportunities for students to pursue addition, students must obtain a minimum • Energy Conversion international work placements. Many of of Grade H4 in the Higher Level Leaving • Smart Grid our students have completed their work Certificate paper in Mathematics or, • Energy Systems Engineering Project placement overseas, in places like the UK, alternatively, obtain a pass in the Special • Advanced Energy Systems Engineering the US, Germany and Australia. Engineering Entrance Examination in • In the fourth year, students choose to Mathematics (held in the University). concentrate on Civil, Mechanical or Electrical STUDY ABROAD aspects of Energy Systems Engineering. The Energy Systems engineering students A-Level/GCSE Entry Requirements: specialist modules include: have created strong and growing links See page 168 for matriculation entry ·· Turbomachines and Advanced Fluid with the Institute for Solar Energy requirements. Dynamics in Germany and the University of ·· Combustion Science and Engineering Copenhagen Green Campus. Average Intake: 20 ·· Coastal and Offshore Engineering ·· Power Systems CAREER OPPORTUNITIES YOUR COURSE YEAR BY YEAR ·· Power Electronics Energy is one of the major crises facing the · Transportation Systems and Infrastructure world today, hence our graduates are in big YEAR ONE · • Engineering Calculus • Work placement (ME students) demand worldwide. Recent graduates are • Engineering Mathematical Methods employed at some of the world’s leading YEAR FIVE (OPTIONAL) companies, including First Transportation, • Engineering Mechanics An integrated Master’s in Energy Systems Smurfit Kappa, JF Nuclear, AECOM, • Engineering Chemistry Engineering (ME) is offered following an additional Kingspan, MCS Kenny, Texas Instruments, • Engineering Physics year of study. The ME is accredited by Engineers • Fundamentals of Engineering Bord na Móna, ESB, Alstom and Artelia. • Engineering Graphics • Engineering Design • Engineering Computing FURTHER STUDY nuigalway.ie/engineering YEAR TWO • Mathematics and Applied Mathematics YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE FIND OUT MORE • Thermodynamics and Fluid Mechanics • GY401 Undenominated Engineering Energy Systems Engineering, • Electronic Instrumentation and Sensors • GY405 BE (Mechanical) College of Engineering and Informatics • Strength of Materials • GY308 Environmental Science t. +353 91 492664 e. [email protected] w. nuigalway.ie/GY413 116 COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND INFORMATICS

GY414 WHY CHOOSE THIS COURSE? The role of electrical and electronic engineers is to develop technologies for evermore intelligent, efficient and integrated electrical Bachelor of and electronic products Engineering Graduates are in high demand to work in a wide range of industries, ranging (Electrical and from renewable energy and automotive electronics to medical devices and telecommunications Electronic) Graduates of this degree course are currently employed by ESB, Airtricity and Bord Gais

• Electrical Circuits and Systems (sample modules include Electromechanical Power COURSE FACTS GY414 • Analogue Systems Design Conversion, Power Electronics, Digital Systems II) CAO Code: • Digital Systems with a substantial (nine month long) research and Course Level: 8 • Microprocessors Systems Engineering development project and modules on engineering • Object Oriented Programming (OOP) transferable skills. 5 years Duration: • Fundamentals of Electromagnetic Theory 425 • OOP: Data Structures and Algorithms WORK PLACEMENT Minimum Entry Points 2018: All students undertake a work placement Minimum A-Level Grades: YEAR THREE for a period of between three and eight • Project Management See www.nuigalway.ie/alevels months. In the event that no external • Professional Skills placement is available, students will Leaving Certificate Entry • Linear Control Systems Minimum Grade H5 in two be given projects on campus. We also Requirements: • Electromechanical Power Conversion subjects and passes in four other subjects provide opportunities for students to • Digital Systems at O6/H7 Level in the Leaving Certificate, pursue international work placements. • Analogue Systems Design including Irish, English, Mathematics, a Most students are placed in Ireland-based • Signals and Communications laboratory science subject (i.e., Chemistry, companies, such as Analog Devices, Intel, • Programming Physics, Biology, Physics with Chemistry ESB and Boston Scientific. • Communication Signals and Systems (joint), Agricultural Science or Computer • Work placement (BE students) Science) or Technology, and any two other STUDY ABROAD In recent years, students are finding subjects recognised for entry purposes. In YEAR FOUR addition, students must obtain a minimum • System on Chip Design increasing opportunities abroad, both in of Grade H4 in the Higher Level Leaving • Engineering Electromagnetics third-year industrial placements and in Certificate paper in Mathematics or, • Digital Signal Processing full-time employment following graduation. alternatively, obtain a pass in the Special • Telecommunications Software Applications This degree course is accredited by Engineering Entrance Examination in • Communications and Signal Processing Engineers Ireland and is therefore Mathematics (held in the University). Applications recognised internationally as a Level eight • Power Electronics degree qualification in engineering. A-Level/GCSE Entry Requirements: • Power Systems See page 168 for matriculation entry • Electrical and Electronic Engineering Project CAREER OPPORTUNITIES requirements. • Digital Control Systems There is currently a skills shortage in the • Technology, Innovation and Entrepreneurship Irish technology sector and therefore Average Intake: 20 • Work placement (ME students) career opportunities for electrical and electronic engineers are plentiful YOUR COURSE YEAR BY YEAR YEAR FIVE (OPTIONAL) and varied. Graduates of this degree An integrated Master’s in Electrical & Electronic programme are working for companies YEAR ONE Engineering (ME) is offered following an additional • Engineering Calculus like ESB, Airtricity, Intel, Analog Devices, ON year of study. The programme combines advanced Semiconductor, Texas Instruments • Engineering Mathematical Methods Electronic & Computer Engineering modules • Engineering Mechanics and Microsemi. • Engineering Chemistry • Engineering Physics • Fundamentals of Engineering FURTHER STUDY • Engineering Graphics nuigalway.ie/engineering • Engineering Design • Engineering Computing YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE FIND OUT MORE • GY401 Undenominated Engineering Mary Costello, Electrical and Electronic YEAR TWO • GY405 BE (Mechanical) Engineering, College of Engineering • Mathematics and Applied Mathematics • GY413 BE (Energy Systems) and Informatics • Engineering Statistics • Communications Systems Engineering t. +353 91 492728 • Electronic Instrumentation and Sensors e. [email protected] w. nuigalway.ie/GY414

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GY410 WHY CHOOSE THIS COURSE? This is an interdisciplinary degree course that sets out to develop the technical, business, managerial and interpersonal skills needed to Bachelor of succeed in industry Engineering Students of this degree course learn about managerial and accounting (Project and principles, and human resource management and gain an insight into the concepts of financial management. Other areas of study include health and Construction safety law, quality management and planning The Project Management Institute estimates that more than 15 million new Management) project management related roles will be created globally across engineering industries by 2020

COURSE FACTS YEAR TWO WORK PLACEMENT • Health and Safety Law CAO Code: GY410 All students undertake a work placement • Building Information Modelling for a period of between three and eight 8 Course Level: • Strength of Materials months. In the event that no external • Principles of Building placement is available, students will be Duration: 4 years • Civil Engineering Materials and Design given projects on campus. We also provide 402 Minimum Entry Points 2018: • Business Law opportunities for students to pursue • Management Accounting international work placements. Students Minimum A-Level Grades: • Fundamentals of Operations Engineering have obtained placements with companies See www.nuigalway.ie/alevels • Project Planning and Organisation and organisations in Ireland, as well as in Leaving Certificate Entry • Introduction to Statistical Data and Probability countries around the world, ranging from Minimum Grade H5 in Requirements: the UK to developing countries such as two subjects and passes in four other YEAR THREE • Economics Zambia. In the event that no external subjects at O6/H7 Level in the Leaving • Operations Research placement is available, students will be Certificate, including Irish, English, • Human Resource Management given projects on campus. Mathematics, a laboratory science • Construction Operations subject (i.e., Chemistry, Physics, • Project Planning and Organisation STUDY ABROAD Biology, Physics with Chemistry (joint), • Transportation Systems and Infrastructure Our programme has strong links with Agricultural Science or Computer • Geomechanics and Geology American universities and companies, Science) or Technology, and any two • Physics of the Environment which allow students to spend some time other subjects recognised for entry • Design of Structures in the US during their studies. purposes. In addition, students must • Professional Practice obtain a minimum Grade O3 or H7. in • Work placement CAREER OPPORTUNITIES Mathematics or, alternatively, obtain Our graduates are working in a wide a pass in the Special Engineering YEAR FOUR range of industries and positions. Recent • Project Management Entrance Examination in Mathematics employers of our graduates include Bord • Estimates and Costing (held in the University). Gáis Networks, Covidien, RPS Group, • Management of Organisational Change AECOM, Morrisroe Construction, Mercury • Quality Systems A-Level/GCSE Entry Requirements: Engineering, Farcon, and Padraig Arthur See page 168 for matriculation entry • Technology Innovation and Entrepreneurship and Associates. requirements. • The Built Environment • Safety and Construction Average Intake: 20 • Managerial Economics • Business Law YOUR COURSE YEAR BY YEAR

YEAR ONE • Mathematical Studies • Introduction to Physics • Engineering Graphics • Introduction to Engineering and Design • Fundamentals of Project and Construction Management FURTHER STUDY nuigalway.ie/engineering • Engineering Computing • Financial Accounting • Management YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE FIND OUT MORE • Management Accounting • GY401 Undenominated Engineering Bríd Flaherty, Civil Engineering, • GY402 BE (Civil) College of Engineering and Informatics • GY201 Bachelor of Commerce t. +353 91 492170 e. [email protected] w. nuigalway.ie/GY410

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GY350 WHY CHOOSE THIS COURSE? If you want a challenging career with excellent potential for Bachelor of Science future growth, working with some of the world’s most innovative (Computer Science companies, then this degree is the best possible start on that path This course provides in-depth coverage of core computer science and Information and software engineering technologies, and a course structure where you can study a range of next-generation technology areas, Technology) including digital media and games, data analytics, energy and medical and bio-informatics Computer science graduates are very well paid and employed across a wide variety of industry sectors

COURSE FACTS YEAR TWO WORK PLACEMENT • Software Engineering CAO Code: GY350 All students undertake a work placement • Computer Systems and Organisation for a period of between three and eight 8 Course Level: • Database Systems months. This gives you an opportunity to • Mathematics work on projects relevant to Computer Duration: 4 years • Programming Science and Information Technology and 401 Minimum Entry Points 2018: • Networks and Data Communications significantly improve your chances of • Object Oriented Programming (OOP) obtaining employment after graduation. Minimum A-Level Grades: • Data Structures and Algorithms In the event that no external placement See www.nuigalway.ie/alevels is available, students will be given YEAR THREE Leaving Certificate Entry • Software Engineering projects on campus. We also provide Minimum Grade H5 in two Requirements: • Programming opportunities for students to pursue subjects and passes in four other subjects • Networks and Data Communications international work placements. at O6/H7 Level in the Leaving Certificate, • Database Systems including Irish, English, Mathematics, and • Organisation Innovation STUDY ABROAD any three other subjects recognised for • Human-Computer Interaction Some students may undertake entry purposes. In addition, students • Programming Paradigms their work placement abroad. Also, must obtain a minimum Grade O2 or H6 • Next-Generation Technologies many of the companies that recruit in Mathematics or, alternatively, obtain a • Mathematics graduates of this programme are pass in the Special Engineering Entrance • Work placement large multinational organisations. Examination in Mathematics (held in the University). YEAR FOUR CAREER OPPORTUNITIES • Final Year Project The digital age needs computer scientists A-Level/GCSE Entry Requirements: • Software Engineering See page 168 for matriculation entry and the career prospects for our • Distributed Systems and Co-Operative requirements. graduates are excellent. Our graduates Computing are highly skilled and well equipped to • Advanced Professional Skills Average Intake: 65 take on employment as professional • Real-Time Systems engineers, designers or consultants • Artificial Intelligence YOUR COURSE YEAR BY YEAR in a range of organisations. Computer • Machine Learning and Data Mining science graduates are very well paid and YEAR ONE • Graphics and Image Processing are employed in every type of industry. • Computing Systems • Modern Information Management • Algorithms and Information Systems • Computer Security and Forensic Computing • Fundamentals of Electrical and Electronic • Systems Modelling and Simulation Engineering • Programming • Introduction to Physics “Computer Science and Information Technology is a fun, • Professional Skills • Mathematics exciting and challenging course where you are faced • Next-Generation Technologies with interesting problems that require creative solutions.” Thomas McGarry, BSc (Computer Science and Information Technology)

FURTHER STUDY YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE FIND OUT MORE nuigalway.ie/courses • GY401 Undenominated Engineering Information Technology, • GY406 BE (Electronic and Computer) College of Engineering and Informatics • GY301 Bachelor of Science t. +353 91 492143 e. [email protected] w. nuigalway.ie/GY350

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Work Placement Opportunity

“The work placement element has been a valuable part of my engineering degree at NUI Galway... Getting the opportunity to work with a company like Aerogen, in an industrial engineering setting, has provided me with a real insight into the professional world. Working with a company is very different to university life, but there is plenty of opportunity to build on skills learned during the semester. This work experience will be invaluable to me in deciding the direction of my career after graduation.“

Cathal Breathnach Computer Engineering Graduate (GY406)

Find out more about your Engineering work placement: https://tinyurl.com/ nuigEngineeringplacements

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Graduate Insight

“I have always had an interest in technology and engineering. After visiting the NUI Galway open day and seeing the state-of the-art engineering faculty as well as talking to current students about projects and research they were undertaking, the choice was obvious. The expansive course and highly regarded degree programme allowed me the opportunity and confidence to pursue a career in an industry I was always passionate about. I am now working as a Flight Simulator Engineering Planner with Ryanair. “

Daniel Nolan, Mechanical Engineering Graduate (GY405) See Daniel’s video at: tinyurl.com/DanielNolanEngineering

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122 COLLEGE OF MEDICINE, NURSING AND HEALTH SCIENCES

College of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences We work closely with our clinical partners, to provide programmes that are grounded in clinical expertise and cutting-edge research, to best prepare students to meet the challenges of a changing healthcare environment. Our research strives to improve healthcare, bringing tangible benefits to health and healthcare regionally, nationally and internationally.

Rachel Lyons 1st Year Bachelor of Medicine (GY501), received the Massey Keegan Scholarship in 2017

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GY501 WHY CHOOSE THIS COURSE? Medicine has been taught at NUI Galway since 1849, and building on that Bachelor of tradition of teaching and research excellence, the medical curriculum in (MB) Galway is a modern, integrated, systems-based, modular course Medicine The innovative and relevant curriculum means that your learning is (BCh) centred on the systems of the healthy body and the treatments required of Surgery when these systems are affected by disease. This educational approach is delivering very positive outcomes for our medical students, who and of are now leading strongly in national prize schemes, such as the Henry (BAO) Hutchinson Stewart Medical Scholarships, a competition run annually in Obstetrics the NUI universities across 16 different categories and open to students of medicine and nursing and related health areas At NUI Galway, we aim to prepare you for practising medicine anywhere in the world by equipping you with the necessary clinical diagnostic and therapeutic skills. Your classmates will include the best students from all over the world who have chosen to study medicine at NUI Galway because of its long-established reputation for excellence and student support We promote community engagement through our volunteering programme, and students are supported in pursuing their sporting interests or even joining our talented Medical Orchestra or Choral Ensemble. Double Olympian sprinter Dr Paul Hession graduated from NUI Galway in 2014, and he is now training to be an anaesthetist We offer a unique range of Special Study Modules in a wide range of topics, from Paramedic Skills to Medicine and the Arts. At NUI Galway, we are committed to helping you become the best doctor you can be, so that you can make a positive difference in the field of medicine. We also have an active undergraduate research programme

This will include an assessment of their COURSE FACTS Leaving Certificate Entry Requirements: GY501 GY501 Medicine (5 years): In addition to the academic performance to date and an CAO Code: 6-year requirements, H4 in two of Biology, interview. Limited financial support is Course Level: 8 Chemistry, Physics, Physics/Chemistry, provided for the additional three Agricultural Science. For further details, years. The programme and the research Duration: 5, 6 or 8 years (refer below for requirements to enter all programmes) refer to the website: www.nuigalway.ie/ themes are agreed at the commencement medicine-nursing-and-health-sciences/ of the research. Please contact the Minimum Entry Points 2018: 725* medicine/undergraduatecourses/ Medical School for further details ([email protected]). Minimum A-level Grades: GY501 Medicine (6 years): Minimum Grade www.nuigalway.ie/alevels See H5 in two subjects and passes in four other A-Level/GCSE Entry Requirements: subjects at O6/H7 level in the Leaving See page 168 for matriculation entry Minimum Points Requirement: 480 points from the same sitting of the Certificate, including Irish, English, another requirements. language, Mathematics, a laboratory Leaving Certificate Examination. Students science subject (i.e., Chemistry, Physics, Additional Requirements: (Applicants must achieve both the must satisfy the Garda/police vetting and Biology, Physics with Chemistry (joint) or required subjects and the points in medical clearance requirements. the same sitting.) Completion of the Agricultural Science), and any other subject required Admissions Test (HPAT-Ireland). recognised for entry purposes. Average Intake: 120 Students Minimum A-Level Grades: (A*A A) or GY501 Medicine (8 years): equivalent combination plus HPAT- entering the medical programme have the Ireland Test results (minimum combined opportunity also to engage in a PhD degree score for 2018 was 725.) *(Not all through a period of dedicated research, students who received these points so that after successful completion of a were awarded a place.) period that is likely to be eight years, both the medical degree and PhD are conferred. Students of the medical programme who are interested in doing a PhD will undergo a selection process at the mid-point of their medical studies.

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YOUR COURSE YEAR BY YEAR CLINICAL PLACEMENT All students spend one full clinical year FOUNDATION YEAR at one of NUI Galway’s four medical • Physics academies–Mayo University Hospital, • Chemistry Castlebar; Letterkenny University • Biology Hospital; Portiuncula Hospital Ballinasloe; • Foundations of Medicine or Sligo University Hospital. Our team of YEAR ONE highly qualified and experienced medical • Anatomy educators are committed to nurturing • Biochemistry individual students and helping them to • Pharmacology fulfil their potential. We provide high-quality • Physiology instruction, using the latest technologies • Cardiovascular System in our state-of-the-art facilities and • Gastro-intestinal System throughout this network of purpose-built • Human Nutrition medical academies. • Renal System • Respiratory System STUDY ABROAD • Professionalism There are ample opportunities to travel to other European countries on our Erasmus YEAR TWO • Central Nervous System programme and to complete clinical • Endocrinology electives in developing countries. • Genetics • Molecular Medicine CAREER OPPORTUNITIES Our Medicine graduates find employment • Reproduction and Development in diverse areas, such as: • Drugs and Disease • Health and Disease • Hospitals • Organ Failure • Private practice • Professionalism • Education and research • Community rehabilitation services YEAR THREE-FIVE • Clinical Laboratory Sciences: • Pharmaceutical companies ·· Pathology • Postgraduate Diploma and Master’s ·· Microbiology in Health Sciences (Primary Care) ·· Public Health • Postgraduate Diploma and Master’s • Clinical Disciplines: in Health Sciences (Clinical Education) ·· Medicine • Postgraduate Diploma/Certificate ·· Surgery (Clinical Primary Care) ·· Paediatrics • Master of Science (Regenerative Medicine) ·· Psychiatry • Master of Science (Medical Physics) ·· Obstetrics and Gynaecology • Master of Science (Clinical Research) ·· General Practice • Master of Science ·· Anaesthesia (Multidisciplinary Radiology) ·· Ear, Nose and Throat Surgery • MSc and Master’s in Preventive Cardiology ·· Ophthalmology • Certificate/Diploma/Masters in Healthcare • Radiology Simulation • Junior Internship • Preparedness for Clinical Practice

YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE FIND OUT MORE • GY303 Biomedical Science School of Medicine, • GY408 Biomedical Engineering Clinical Science Institute • GY503 Bachelor of Science +353 91 544475 (Speech and Language Therapy) t. e. [email protected] w. nuigalway.ie/GY501

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FACILITIES FOR MEDICINE AT NUI GALWAY The Human Biology Building is a four- storey building with a gross floor area of 8,200 m² housing the disciplines of Anatomy, Physiology and Pharmacology and Therapeutics. The purpose of the building is to provide a facility in which all these disciplines are within a research-led environment, and:

• Deliver core preclinical curricula to Medical and Health Science students • Deliver core curricula to Science, Biomedical Science and Engineering students • Provide a venue for postgraduate taught master’s degrees • Provide a venue for discipline-specific training in third and forth years. The building has been designed as a teaching and research facility with accommodation including undergraduate teaching laboratories, research laboratories, offices, open-plan, write-up spaces, meeting rooms, tiered lecture theatres and other ancillary facilities. This facility has greatly enhanced teaching and research across disciplines, providing our students with access to cutting-edge research and learning opportunities.

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GY502 WHY CHOOSE THIS COURSE? Occupational therapists work with children and adults with acquired conditions such as stroke or spinal cord injury, with mental health issues, Bachelor or with congenital illnesses such as cerebral palsy or spina bifida, among of Science other disorders (Occupational Occupational therapists aim to facilitate independence in daily ‘occupations’, such as self-care, work, financial management, leisure Therapy) pursuits and education As part of the course, students complete 1,000 hours of practice education and can avail of the opportunity to go on an international placement

COURSE FACTS YOUR COURSE YEAR BY YEAR WORK PLACEMENT CAO Code: GY502 Students are required to complete 1,000 YEAR ONE hours of Practice Education successfully 8 • Principles for Practice/ Fundamentals Course Level: under the supervision of a qualified • Psychology 4 years occupational therapist. Practice Education Duration: • Human Body Structure is a placement that involves the student 521 • Human Body Function Minimum Entry Points 2018: learning under the supervision of an • Mental Health 1 occupational therapist in a practice setting. Minimum A-Level Grades: • Mental Health 2 Practice Education takes place at the end See www.nuigalway.ie/alevels • Enabling Occupation—Physical Disability of Semester 2 in first year (one week), • Group Work and Professional Skills Leaving Certificate Entry Semester 2 in second year (1 x 8 weeks), Minimum Grade H5 in Requirements: Semester 2 in third year (1 x 8 weeks) and two subjects and passes in four other YEAR TWO • Fundamentals of Occupational Therapy Semester 1 in fourth year (2 x 8 weeks). subjects at O6/H7 Level in the Leaving • Neuroanatomy Certificate, including Irish, English, • Neurophysiology STUDY ABROAD another language, Mathematics, • Health Psychology Students can also avail of the opportunity a laboratory science subject (i.e., • Enabling Occupation—Paediatrics to go on an international placement. Chemistry, Physics, Biology, Physics • Enabling Occupation—Intellectual Disability Students have previously availed of work with Chemistry (joint) or Agricultural • Social Policy placements overseas in the UK, Germany Science), and any other subject • Occupational Science and India. From this year on, they will also recognised for entry purposes. • Communication for Practice be able to avail of overseas placements in • Practice Education (work placement) 1 Australia and Belgium. A-Level/GCSE Entry Requirements: See page 168 for matriculation entry • Case Study 1 requirements. CAREER OPPORTUNITIES YEAR THREE Graduates of the degree course will have • Cognitive Neuropsychology Students an internationally recognised professional Additional Requirements: • Evidence-Based Practice must satisfy the Garda/police vetting qualification and may work in a variety • Enabling Occupation in the Community and medical clearance requirements. of settings such as; hospitals, voluntary • Standardised Testing in Occupational Therapy organisations, mental health services, 25 • Enabling Occupation for Older Adults Average Intake: child and adolescent services, physical and • Community Engagement sensory services, community rehabilitation, • Research Methods and disability services. • Neurology • Practice Education (work placement) 2 • Case Study 2

YEAR FOUR • Practice Education (work placement) 3 and 4 • Case Study 3 and 4 • Management and Leadership • Preparation for Practice • Research Project

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GY503 WHY CHOOSE THIS COURSE? Speech and language therapy is an exciting and dynamic healthcare profession, focused on improving the quality of life of people living with Bachelor of communication and swallowing disorders Science Speech and language therapists work in a variety of settings, including (Speech and hospitals, primary care health centres and schools Students are required to complete a minimum of 450 hours of clinical Language Therapy) education. This is fully incorporated into our degree course so once you graduate you are fully eligible to register with CORU (the regulatory body for health and social care professionals in Ireland) and IASLT (the professional body for speech and language therapy in Ireland) Students undertake part of their placement in the teaching and research clinic located on the university campus

COURSE FACTS YOUR COURSE YEAR BY YEAR WORK PLACEMENT CAO Code: GY503 Throughout the course, there is YEAR ONE a combination of one-day weekly 8 • Psychology 1 Course Level: placements in the on-site teaching and • Human Body Structure 4 years research clinic at the University as well as Duration: • Human Body Function block placements in a variety of healthcare 529 • Practice Education 1 Minimum Entry Points 2018: settings, such as primary care clinics, acute • Professional Studies 1 hospitals and disability settings. Students Minimum A-Level Grades: • Linguistics 1 www.nuigalway.ie/alevels are given the opportunity to learn under See • Phonetics and Phonology the supervision of a qualified speech and • Communication Impairments and Dysphagia 1 Leaving Certificate Entry language therapist. Students may Minimum Grade H5 in Requirements: be asked to undertake placements two subjects and passes in four other YEAR TWO • Psychology 2 anywhere in Ireland. subjects at O6/H7 Level in the Leaving • Neuroanatomy Certificate, including Irish, English, • Neurophysiology CAREER OPPORTUNITIES another language, Mathematics, • Practice Education 2 Graduates will have a professional a laboratory science subject (i.e., • Professional Studies 2 qualification in speech and language Chemistry, Physics, Biology, Physics • Research Methodology 2 therapy and are qualified to practice in with Chemistry (joint) or Agricultural • Linguistics 2 Ireland. Graduates who wish to work Science), and any other subject • Communication Impairments and Dysphagia 2 overseas must meet the specific recognised for entry purposes. professional and regulatory requirements YEAR THREE of the country they wish to work in. Speech A-Level/GCSE Entry Requirements: • Psychology 3 See page 168 for matriculation entry • Practice Education 3 and language therapists may work in a requirements. • Professional Studies 3 range of settings such as community clinics/health centres, hospitals, Students • Research Methodology 3 Additional Requirements: rehabilitation centres, people’s homes, must satisfy the Garda/police vetting • Linguistics child development centres, mainstream and medical clearance requirements. • Communication Impairments and Dysphagia 3 and special schools, and language classes. 25 YEAR FOUR Average Intake: • Practice Education 4 • Professional Studies 4 • Research Methodology 4

FURTHER STUDY There are a range of postgraduate taught programmes available in NUI Galway (e.g., MSc Advanced Healthcare Practice and Research and MSc Childhood Speech, Language and Communication Needs). There are also opportunities to register for MPhil and PhD programmes in NUI Galway.

“You get a chance to apply what YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE FIND OUT MORE you’ve learned to the real world in • GY502 Bachelor of Science Speech and Language Therapy, placements with real clients.” (Occupational Therapy) School of Health Sciences • GY515 Bachelor of Nursing Science (General) +353 91 495470 Rua Rogan, BSc • AS130 Bachelor of Nursing Science t. [email protected] (Speech and Language Therapy) (Intellectual Disability) e. w. nuigalway.ie/GY503

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GY504 WHY CHOOSE THIS COURSE? Podiatric Medicine is a healthcare profession that specialises in the management of diseases and disorders of the lower limb and foot. Bachelor of Podiatrists are educated in diagnosis, planning and implementing Science interventions for all age groups (Podiatric The course is the only such professionally accredited qualification of its kind in Ireland Medicine) If you would like to know if a career as a podiatrist is for you, why not take part in our shadowing programme at Merlin Park Podiatry Clinic in Galway

COURSE FACTS YOUR COURSE YEAR BY YEAR WORK PLACEMENT CAO Code: GY504 All students are required to complete 1,000 YEAR ONE hours of clinical practice successfully under 8 • Podiatric Medicine 1 Course Level: the supervision of qualified podiatrists. • Podiatric Dermatology 4 years Clinical practice is integrated into each Duration: • Human Body Structure year of the programme and primarily takes 410 • Gross Anatomy of the Lower Limb Minimum Entry Points 2018: place in Merlin Park Podiatry Clinic, based at • Human Body Function Merlin Park Hospital, Galway. Minimum A-Level Grades: • Professional Development See www.nuigalway.ie/alevels • Redefining Health and Wellbeing • Lower Limb Kinematics STUDY ABROAD Leaving Certificate Entry There are also opportunities for national Minimum Grade H5 in Requirements: YEAR TWO and international placements within the two subjects and passes in four other • Podiatric Medicine 2 programme, including the possibility of a subjects at O6/H7 Level in the Leaving • Lower Extremity Wounds student exchange with New York College of Certificate, including Irish, English, • Applied Pathophysiology Podiatric Medicine. another language, Mathematics, • Functional Anatomy and Biomechanics a laboratory science subject (i.e., • Evidence-Based Practice CAREER OPPORTUNITIES Chemistry, Physics, Biology, Physics • Introduction to Pharmacology You will work alongside other health with Chemistry (joint) or Agricultural • Microbiology professionals, such as doctors, nurses, Science), and any other subject • Endocrinology physiotherapists and orthotists. recognised for entry purposes. Specific areas of specialism within YEAR THREE podiatric medicine include musculoskeletal • Podiatric Medicine 3 A-Level/GCSE Entry Requirements: conditions, biomechanics, sports See page 168 for matriculation entry • Medicine and Surgery injuries, diabetes, vascular conditions, requirements. • Pharmacology in Health and Disease rheumatology, wound care and minor • Research Methods and Design Students surgery. Graduates will have a professional Additional Requirements: • Podopaediatrics must satisfy the Garda/police vetting qualification and may work in a variety of • Orthopaedics and medical clearance requirements. settings such as: hospitals, sports clinics, • Health Promotion in Podiatry GP practices, nursing homes, private 25 • Biostatistics Average Intake: practice, education and research, and YEAR FOUR community rehabilitation services. • Podiatric Medicine 4 • Skills for Practice • High Risk Limb • Research Dissertation • Working with Vulnerable Adults • Contemporary Practice

FURTHER STUDY There are a number of opportunities for further, postgraduate studies including MSc, MPhil and PhD. “The practical element gives you patient contact from YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE FIND OUT MORE the first year to develop the • GY303 Biomedical Science Podiatric Medicine, skills required to practise as a • GY502 Occupational Therapy School of Health Sciences • GY515 Bachelor of Nursing Science (General) podiatrist.” t. +353 91 495814 [email protected] Veronica Smith, e. nuigalway.ie/GY504 BSc (Podiatric Medicine) w.

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GY515 WHY CHOOSE THIS COURSE? The role of the general nurse is to assist with the health and wellbeing of persons experiencing a change in their health status or a change in life Bachelor processes, considering their physical, psychological, emotional, social of Nursing and spiritual needs (General) The course provides an excellent foundation in the theory and practice Science skills required for contemporary nursing and enables students to become knowledgeable, competent, safe and highly skilled practitioners On graduation, students are eligible for registration on the General Nursing Division of the Nurses’ Register, maintained by the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland (NMBI)

COURSE FACTS YOUR COURSE YEAR BY YEAR STUDY ABROAD CAO Code: GY515 There are international and European YEAR ONE—THREE opportunities for students available 8 • Biological Sciences Course Level: through the Erasmus Programme and • Social Sciences 4 years other international partnerships with, Duration: • Nursing Theory for example, Barcelona, Africa, Fairfield 445 • Nursing Practice Minimum Entry Points 2018: University, USA, and Case Western • Health Promotion University, USA. Minimum A-Level Grades: • Research See www.nuigalway.ie/alevels YEAR FOUR CAREER OPPORTUNITIES Leaving Certificate Entry • Research Nurses have the opportunity to work Requirements: Minimum Grade H5 in • Leading and Developing Practice in a variety of settings in the hospital and two subjects and passes in four other • Clinical/Theory Instruction the community. subjects at O6/H7 level in the Leaving • Salaried Clinical Internship (36 weeks) Certificate, including Irish, English, The Bachelor of Nursing Science degree Mathematics, a laboratory science is recognised internationally and many subject (i.e., Chemistry, Physics, Biology, WORK PLACEMENT nurses choose to work overseas to Physics with Chemistry (joint) or Year four comprises clinical/theory broaden their experience. Agricultural Science), and any two other instruction in Semester 1 and a 36-week subjects recognised for entry purposes. internship in clinical practice, which runs from January to September. During this A-Level/GCSE Entry Requirements: period, the student will be an employee See page 168 for matriculation entry of the Saolta University Health Care requirements. Group and paid a salary. Students have the opportunity to take advantage of the Additional Requirements: All successful applicants who are offered places various areas of expertise available within on the degree programme will be Saolta University Health Care Group mainly required to have medical screening and in University Hospital Galway, Portiuncula Garda vetting; this will include medical University Hospital and Merlin Park assessment, screening and, if necessary, University Hospital. vaccination prior to the first clinical placement, in accordance with the policies of NUI Galway and the Saolta University Health Care Group. FURTHER STUDY Graduates have the option to study a variety of nursing programmes at postgraduate, 69 Average Intake: diploma,masters and PhD levels, for example:

Master of Health Sciences (Nursing Education) nuigalway.ie/courses/taught-postgraduate-courses/nursing-midwifery-education.html

Master of Health Sciences (Advanced Practice with Prescribing) nuigalway.ie/courses/taught-postgraduate-courses/advanced-practice- prescribing.html

Nursing Emergency Care nuigalway.ie/courses/taught-postgraduate-courses/nursing-emergency-care.html “I took up the international nursing module, which enabled YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE FIND OUT MORE me to complete placement in • GY516 Bachelor of Mental Health Nursing School of Nursing and Midwifery a healthcare centre in Simanjiro • GY517 Bachelor of Midwifery Science +353 91 493432 • AS130 Bachelor of Nursing Science t. in Tanzania” [email protected] (Intellectual Disability) e. Lisa Cannon, Bachelor of Nursing w. nuigalway.ie/GY515 Science (General)

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GY516 WHY CHOOSE THIS COURSE? Mental health nursing aims to assist people experiencing mental-health issues to recover and to promote mental health Bachelor of and well-being Mental Health This course is offered in partnership with Galway Roscommon Psychiatric Services and the Saolta University Health Care Group Nursing Students undertake a paid clinical placement in their fourth year On graduation students are eligible for registration on the Psychiatric Division of the Nurses’ Register, maintained by the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland (NMBI)

COURSE FACTS YOUR COURSE YEAR BY YEAR WORK PLACEMENT CAO Code: GY516 Students undertake a 36-week clinical YEAR ONE—THREE internship in Semester 2 in fourth year. 8 • Biological Sciences Course Level: Clinical practice modules require students • Social Sciences 4 years to complete clinical placements within the Duration: • Mental Health Nursing Theory Saolta University Health Care Group. While 409 • Mental Health Nursing Skills Minimum Entry Points 2018: on clinical placements, students will be • Mental Health Nursing Practice supervised by an appropriately trained nurse. Minimum A-Level Grades: • Mental Health Promotion See www.nuigalway.ie/alevelsleaving • Research STUDY ABROAD Leaving Certificate Entry YEAR FOUR There are international and European Requirements: Minimum Grade H5 in • Research opportunities for students available two subjects and passes in four other • Leading and Developing Practice through the Erasmus Programme and subjects at O6/H7 level in the Leaving • Clinical/Theory Instruction other international partnerships with, for Certificate, including Irish, English, • Clinical Internship (36 weeks) example, Barcelona, Fairfield University Mathematics, a laboratory science USA, Case Western, USA and Africa. subject (i.e., Chemistry, Physics, Biology, Physics with Chemistry (joint) or CAREER OPPORTUNITIES Agricultural Science), and any two other Graduates will be in a position to work in subjects recognised for entry purposes. a variety of settings, including; in-patient mental health services, community mental A-Level/GCSE Entry Requirements: See page 168 for matriculation entry health services, child and adolescent requirements. services, voluntary organisations, recovery and rehabilitation services, mental health Additional Requirements: All successful services for older people, research and applicants who are offered places nursing education. on the degree programme will be required to have medical screening and Garda vetting; this will include medical assessment, screening, and, if necessary, vaccination prior to the first clinical placement, in accordance with the policies of NUI Galway and the HSE “I picked NUI Galway as it provides a supportive West/ Northwest Hospitals Group. learning environment and a wide range of clinical Average Intake: 30 placements allowing an understanding of the different areas of psychiatric nursing” Edwin Flynn, Bachelor of Mental Health Nursing

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GY517 WHY CHOOSE THIS COURSE? The midwifery degree course consists of theoretical and clinical modules, Bachelor of during which students learn the art and science of midwifery On graduation, students are eligible for registration on the General Midwifery Nursing Division of the Nurses’ Register, maintained by the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland (NMBI) Science Students get a broad range of clinical experience in four different clinical placement sites: University Hospital Galway, Mayo University Hospital, Portiuncula University Hospital Ballinasloe and Sligo University Hospital

COURSE FACTS YOUR COURSE YEAR BY YEAR WORK PLACEMENT CAO Code: GY517 Clinical practice modules require students YEAR ONE—THREE to be in clinical practice for 35 hours 8 • Theory and Clinical Modules Course Level: per week. While on clinical placements, ·· Biological Sciences 4 years students will be supervised by a midwife Duration: ·· Social Sciences who has been specially trained to guide 451 ·· Midwifery Skills Minimum Entry Points 2018: and direct student learning and act as ·· Midwifery Studies a preceptor to the student. Year four Minimum A-Level Grades: ·· Research comprises clinical/theory instruction in See www.nuigalway.ie/alevels ·· Clinical modules Semester 1 and a 36-week internship in Leaving Certificate Entry clinical practice, which runs from January to Minimum Grade H5 in YEAR 4 Requirements: September. During this period, the student two subjects and passes in four other Semester 1 will be an employee of the Saolta University subjects at O6/H7 level in the Leaving • Theory and Clinical Modules Health Care Group and will be paid a salary. Certificate, including Irish, English, ·· Research Mathematics, a laboratory science ·· Leading and Developing Practice Students who are required to travel to subject (i.e., Chemistry, Physics, Biology, ·· Clinical Modules distant placements may apply to the Saolta Physics with Chemistry (joint) or Semester 2 University Health Care Group for support in Agricultural Science), and any two other • Clinical Practice Internship (36 weeks) meeting travel and accommodation costs. subjects recognised for entry purposes. CAREER OPPORTUNITIES A-Level/GCSE Entry Requirements: Midwives have the opportunity to work See page 168 for matriculation entry in a variety of settings in the hospital requirements. and the community. There are many career opportunities for midwives in Additional Requirements: All successful applicants who are offered places both hospital and community settings in on the degree programme will be Ireland and abroad. required to have medical screening and Garda vetting; this will include medical assessment, screening and, if necessary, vaccination prior to the first clinical placement, in accordance with the policies of NUI Galway and the Saolta University Health Care Group.

Average Intake: 20

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AS110 WHY CHOOSE THIS COURSE? This degree course is offered in partnership with the Saolta University Bachelor Health Care Group On graduation, students are eligible for registration on the General of Nursing Nursing Division of the Nurses’ Register, maintained by the Nursing and (General) Midwifery Board of Ireland (NMBI) Science Students may spend up to 12 weeks in their third year on placement in an EU clinical setting as part of the Erasmus+ programme

LOCATION: SLIGO

COURSE FACTS YOUR COURSE YEAR BY YEAR WORK PLACEMENT CAO Code: AS110 The first three years are run within the SIX CORE THEMES ARE COVERED academic year and include a combination Course Level: 8 OVER THE FOUR YEARS INCLUDING: • The Profession of Nursing of theory modules and practice modules. Practice modules require students to be in Duration: 4 years • Nursing Practice • Decision-Making clinical practice for 35 hours per week. In Minimum Entry Points 2018: 400* • Communication year four students undertake a 36-week internship of clinical practice, which runs Minimum A-Level Grades: • Biological and Social Sciences from January to September. During this See www.nuigalway.ie/alevels • Leadership and Team Working • Research period, the student will be an employee of Leaving Certificate Entry the Saolta University Health Care Group Minimum Grade H5 in Requirements: SEMESTER 2 OF FOURTH YEAR and paid a salary. two subjects and passes in four other • Practice Internship (36 weeks) subjects at O6/H7 level in the Leaving STUDY ABROAD Certificate, including Irish, English, There are international and European Mathematics, a laboratory science opportunities for students available subject (i.e., Chemistry, Physics, Biology, through the Erasmus+ Programme Physics with Chemistry (joint) or and other international partnerships Agricultural Science), and any two other with, for example, Finland, Spain, England subjects recognised for entry purposes. and California. A-Level/GCSE Entry Requirements: See page 168 for matriculation entry CAREER OPPORTUNITIES requirements. Nurses have the opportunity to work in a variety of settings in the hospital and the Additional Requirements: Students community. This degree is recognised must satisfy Garda/police vetting and internationally and many nurses choose to medical clearance requirements. “An excellent course that initiates lifelong friendship.. work overseas to broaden their experience. Average Intake: 35 and offers invaluable work placement opportunities...” Laura Connolly, Bachelor of Nursing Science (General)

FURTHER STUDY Graduates have the option to study a variety of nursing programmes at postgraduate, diploma, masters and PhD levels, for example:

Master of Health Sciences (Nursing Education) nuigalway.ie/courses/taught-postgraduate-courses/nursing-midwifery-education.html

Master of Health Sciences (Advanced Practice with Prescribing) nuigalway.ie/courses/taught-postgraduate-courses/advanced-practice-prescribing.html

Postgraduate Diploma in Applied Health and Wellness Coaching stangelas.nuigalway.ie/departments/course_details.php?id=INT59&&ver=en

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AS130 WHY CHOOSE THIS COURSE? This course is offered in partnership with the regional Health Service Executive (HSE) Intellectual Disability and Autism services, voluntary Bachelor of bodies and special education units in schools Nursing Science In Year 2, our students participate in a 36-week internship which runs (Intellectual from January to September. During this period, the student will be an employee of the regional HSE Intellectual Disability and Autism Services Disability) and paid a salary Students may spend up to 12 weeks in Year 3 on placement in an EU LOCATION: SLIGO clinical setting as part of the Erasmus+ programme

COURSE FACTS YOUR COURSE YEAR BY YEAR WORK PLACEMENT CAO Code: AS130 The first three years are run within the SIX CORE THEMES ARE COVERED OVER academic year and include a combination Course Level: 8 THE FOUR YEARS INCLUDING: • The Profession of Nursing of theory modules and practice modules. Practice modules require students to be Duration: 4 years • Nursing Practice • Decision-Making in clinical practice for 35 hours per week. Minimum Entry Points 2018: 346 • Communication In Year 4 students undertake a 36-week internship of clinical practice, which runs Minimum A-Level Grades: • Biological and Social Sciences from January to September. During this See www.nuigalway.ie/alevels • Leadership and Team Working • Research period, the student will be an employee of Leaving Certificate Entry the regional HSE Intellectual Disability and Minimum Grade H5 in Requirements: SEMESTER 2 OF FOURTH YEAR Autism Services and paid a salary. two subjects and passes in four other • Practice Internship (36 weeks) subjects at O6/H7 level in the Leaving STUDY ABROAD Certificate, including Irish, English, There are international and European Mathematics, a laboratory science opportunities for students available subject (i.e., Chemistry, Physics, Biology, through the Erasmus+ Programme Physics with Chemistry (joint) or and other international partnerships Agricultural Science), and any two other with, for example, Finland, Spain, England subjects recognised for entry purposes. and California. A-Level/GCSE Entry Requirements: See page 168 for matriculation entry CAREER OPPORTUNITIES requirements. The programme provides graduates with an academic and professional qualification. Additional Requirements: Students Graduates can work in a variety of settings: must satisfy Garda/police vetting and community homes; residential settings; medical clearance requirements. schools; training organisations; and 19 individuals’ homes. In addition, the degree Average Intake: is recognised internationally, so graduates can work all over the world.

FURTHER STUDY Graduates have the option to study a variety of nursing programmes at postgraduate, diploma, masters and PhD levels, for example:

Master of Health Sciences (Nursing Education) nuigalway.ie/courses/taught-postgraduate-courses/nursing-midwifery-education.html

Master of Health Sciences (Advanced Practice with Prescribing) “The course provided me nuigalway.ie/courses/taught-postgraduate-courses/advanced-practice-prescribing.html

with a variety of clinical Postgraduate Diploma in Applied Health and Wellness Coaching placements that enhanced my stangelas.nuigalway.ie/departments/course_details.php?id=INT59&&ver=en confidence, learning and overall understanding of working YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE FIND OUT MORE with individuals with an • AS110 Bachelor of Nursing Science (General) t. +353 71 9135603 • GY516 Bachelor of Mental Health Nursing [email protected] intellectual disability.” e. w. www.stangelas.nuigalway.ie/ Anne Marie Kelly, Bachelor of Nursing departments/course_details. Science (Intellectual Disability) php?id=AS130andandver=en

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Graduate Insight

“Galway has a unique environment which is ideal for all aspects of college life. Everyone is very friendly, the city is compact so everything is within walking distance, and there is ample opportunity for socialising. Studying medicine in Galway was brilliant. I started in Foundation Year (i.e., the six- year course) which gave me time to find my feet, make lots of friends, and realise that I had chosen the right course for me. The School of Medicine in NUI Galway encourages early clinical exposure and contact with patients, which translates to confidence in later years when starting work as an intern. I also spent one year in an academy in Donegal (other options include Mayo, Sligo and Portiuncula) and this was another opportunity to make better friends with a smaller group as well as develop skills in an environment with even more direct tutoring.”

Darragh Browne, Medicine Graduate, GY501.

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College of Science

At NUI Galway, the Bachelor of Science degrees are research-led programmes which are structured yet flexible, allowing students to take a variety of subjects and explore their interests and passions, providing a sound basis for a variety of careers.

Jonathan Adeleye 2nd Year, Bachelor of Science (GY301)

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GY301 WHY CHOOSE THIS COURSE? This is the most popular degree in the College of Science This degree allows you to specialise step by step as you progress from Bachelor of year to year. It is the ideal choice for students who want to explore their Science scientific interests further before committing to a particular specialism With clear pathways to nineteen different degree-level specialisations across the full range of scientific activities, this degree is a great choice for students who already have one of these destinations in mind Industry leaders point to the need for more science graduates to retain and build on the economy’s competitiveness. With climate change and ongoing food and energy resource challenges to sustainable development, the requirement for scientific solutions to the problems mankind faces is as great as ever

COURSE FACTS YOUR COURSE YEAR BY YEAR STUDY ABROAD

CAO Code: GY301 YEAR ONE Students have the opportunity to apply to spend one semester of third year in Course Level: 8 Students are provided with a foundation the USA (e.g., University of California or in science and take four modules selected from: Duration: 4 years John Carroll University, Ohio) or in Asia • Applied Mathematics, Biology, Chemistry, (e.g., Hong Kong University of Science and Minimum Entry Points 2018: 401 Computer Science, Mathematics and Physics. Technology.) Minimum A-Level Grades: YEARS TWO, THREE AND FOUR See www.nuigalway.ie/alevels • Students generally take 3 pathways in 2nd CAREER OPPORTUNITIES year, 2 pathways in 3rd Year and specialise in 1 A degree in science provides you with Leaving Certificate Entry pathway in 4th Year. the potential to develop a wide variety Requirements: Minimum Grade H5 in • A variety of electives are offered across all of skills. Students find employment in two subjects and passes in four other years depending on pathway choices. areas such as general industry, information subjects at O6/H7 level in the Leaving • A quota system applies to 2nd Year pathways. technology (IT), government, regulatory Certificate, including Irish, English, Pathways: affairs, investment banking, consulting, Mathematics, a laboratory science marketing, research and third-level subject (i.e., Chemistry, Physics, Biology, • Anatomy • Applied Mathematics education. Some careers of Physics with Chemistry (joint), Computer graduates include: Science or Agricultural Science) and any • Biochemistry two other subjects recognised for entry • Botany and Plant Science • Medical Device Researcher purposes. • Chemistry • Ecologist • Computing • Lab Technician A-Level/GCSE Entry Requirements: • Data Science • Research Scientist See page 168 for matriculation entry • Earth and Ocean Sciences • Software Engineer requirements. • Mathematics • Data Analyst Average Intake: 300 • Mathematics and Applied Mathematics • Science Journalist • Mathematical Studies and Computing • Quality Controller • Mathematics and Computing • Science Outreach Officer • Medicinal Chemistry • Environmental Consultant • Microbiology • Microbiologist • Pharmacology • Science Teacher • Physics and Applied Physics • Financial/Business Analyst • Physiology • Scientific Sales Representative • Plant and AgriBiosciences • Meteorologist • Zoology

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Our science graduates are seen by industry representatives as diligent, intelligent, hardworking and adaptable. Hence, it is possible to undertake successful career changes. A science degree equips you with the ability to learn, think independently and critically, and adapt to changing situations. Further details on career opportunities are listed under each subject area below.

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• BSc GY308 Environmental Science • BSc GY320 Physics, Astrophysics, Biomedical, Theoretical • BSc GY313 Environmental Health and Safety

The following pages will give you a short insight into the degree pathways available with a Bachelor of Science degree at NUI Galway.

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Pathway Descriptions and Career Opportunities

ANATOMY BIOCHEMISTRY and applications of plants and algae are studied through integrated lecture and WHY ANATOMY AT NUI GALWAY? WHY BIOCHEMISTRY AT NUI GALWAY? practical modules, exploring ecosystems, Anatomy is for those interested in the If you are interested in the biological communities, species, individuals, tissues, intricacies of the body. Anatomists sciences, have an enquiring mind and cells and molecules (e.g., genetics, specifically deal with the structure of the want to understand living processes at a molecular biology and biochemistry). human body, from the whole organism molecular level, the Biochemistry course down to the nanoscale, subcellular should be of interest to you. There are CAREER OPPORTUNITIES level. The modules offered cover the many exciting developments underway A Botany and Plant Science degree ideally microscopical study of cells and tissues in biochemistry, with, for example, the positions students for emerging, and (histology/cell biology), embryonic sequencing of the human and other rapidly growing, ‘green’ economy and development (embryology), the brain genomes, advances in stem cell research ‘blue’ (marine) economy opportunities and the development of new nanoscale and nervous system (neuroanatomy) and across a range of industries and sectors. technologies that allow biochemists to These include marine/plant biotechnology, comprehensive human dissection (gross study life in ever more detail. There are new food, fermentation, drug discovery, anatomy). Students specialising in anatomy openings for applying this knowledge in genetics, wildlife protection, ecology, are trained in advanced research and the diagnosis and treatment of diseases, environmental monitoring, biodiversity, biological imaging techniques. in the development of useful new products bioenergy and agriculture. Past graduates What careers does a degree in anatomy and in developing novel drugs that can, for work in education, science journalism, lead to? Graduates in Anatomy have example, combat viruses and treat cancer conservation and habitat restoration, established successful careers in education and many other conditions. sustainable development, regulatory affairs and biomedical research; a proportion and government policy sectors. The diverse of graduates have chosen to undertake CAREER OPPORTUNITIES graduate employment opportunities thus further training in healthcare and Graduates in Biochemistry have many range from environmental organisations related fields. career opportunities in the bioscience (e.g., National Parks and Wildlife Services, sector, including the biotechnology and Environmental Protection Agency, APPLIED MATHEMATICS pharmaceutical industries, biomedical and conservation consultancy) to education forensics laboratories, the agribusiness (second and third level), research institutes WHY MATHEMATICS AT NUI GALWAY? sector, the nutrition and food industry (e.g., Marine Institute) and food/biotech Applied mathematics uses mathematical and scientific policy making. There are industries. tools and models to address real-world also opportunities in complementary problems. It helps to explain and describe careers, including sales and marketing, CHEMISTRY what we know and, possibly, to predict what science journalism and teaching. Many WHY CHEMISTRY AT NUI GALWAY? we don’t know about a given set of objects graduates also go on to further research Chemistry is a central subject in science or circumstances. Applied Mathematics at for MSc and PhD degrees or to obtain other and is useful to those who specialise NUI Galway includes courses in advanced postgraduate qualifications. mathematical methods, modelling, in many other subjects. It provides an mechanics, quantum mechanics, Biochemistry graduates can also apply for important contribution to solving the dynamical systems, nonlinear elasticity, graduate entry degrees in, for example, needs of society and can provide the cosmology and general relativity, medicine or pharmacy. knowledge for economic development, electromagnetism, fluid mechanics and with applications in computing, medical BOTANY AND PLANT SCIENCE numerical analysis, all geared toward devices, materials, energy, nanotechnology, inter-disciplinary applications. WHY BOTANY AND PLANT SCIENCE biotechnology, drug discovery, AT NUI GALWAY? pharmaceuticals, biopharmaceuticals, the CAREER OPPORTUNITIES Plant science knowledge and innovation is environment, biology and medicine. The Being able to develop mathematical critically important to meet the resource broadly educated chemist can focus on models and apply them in practical settings needs of the growing human population: to core topics as well as work with biologists, will prove extremely useful career wise. ensure future sustainable development on physicists, clinicians and engineers. The Graduates have found employment our planet, and to protect our environment. School of Chemistry at NUI Galway has in computer software and hardware But plants are threatened by anthropogenic expertise in many of these areas, and the companies, in the telecommunications impacts and climate change. Botany and BSc in Chemistry provides an education sector, in financial and actuarial institutions, Plant Science is the study of plants and which graduates use to pursue a variety of in teaching, and in pursuing research at other photosynthetic organisms (e.g., careers. The Chemistry BSc programme postgraduate level in Ireland and abroad. algae) across all environments (terrestrial, has received international accreditation freshwater, marine), and the organisms by the Royal Society of Chemistry. with which they interact in the natural Students can compete for industrial world. At NUI Galway, the diversity, function placements in Year 3.

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CAREER OPPORTUNITIES Modern data come in many forms including A wide variety of employment emails, video, social media posts, case opportunities are available for chemistry notes, etc.; computing skills are needed graduates, in areas such as the chemical to store, access, distribute, and utilise and (bio) pharmaceutical industries, such unstructured data. By studying forensics, local and central government, data science you will be exposed to the environmental services and education. multidisciplinary interaction of statistics, Those interested in research can obtain computer science and mathematics, a postgraduate qualifications in chemistry crucial skill set for employment in a new and work in academic institutions, data-driven era. government agencies or industry. Chemistry graduates are also found to CAREER OPPORTUNITIES be employable in other areas, where the A qualification in data science provides skills they have acquired are highly valued by the ideal skillset for a career in any a wide range of employers. These include, sector that involves data (e.g., digital but are not limited to, banking, marketing, technology, e-commerce, social technical writing, journalism networking, telecommunications, financial, and the wider public sector. elite sports, entertainment, healthcare, gaming, academia, etc.) giving you the COMPUTING opportunity to align your profession to your own personal interests in a highly WHY COMPUTING AT NUI GALWAY? lucrative job market. Computer science is the study of how EARTH AND OCEAN SCIENCES computers work and how to use them to solve problems. With the advances being WHY EARTH AND OCEAN SCIENCES made in computer technology, this is an AT NUI GALWAY? exciting area to be involved in. Computer Earth and ocean sciences involve the study science typically involves creating of the physical and chemical processes mathematical models and implementing that affect planet, earth and its oceans, these in software. As well as programming the management and conservation of skills, it requires an understanding of resources, and the study of past and computational techniques, approximation present environments. Four sub-disciplines and numerical methods. You will begin are included: geology, geophysics, by studying computer programming, hydrogeology and oceanography. computer hardware and software design. CAREER OPPORTUNITIES You will also study logic and algorithms, Graduates with a degree in earth and ocean operating systems (Windows and Linux), sciences can find a career in a wide range of networking and communications, and earth and marine environmental subjects security and cryptography, and become which span; hazard assessment; mineral familiar with commercial scientific software and hydrocarbon resource prospecting and for symbolic and numeric computation. extraction and environmental assessment and protection, including water resource CAREER OPPORTUNITIES protection and flood risk assessment; civil Many graduates work directly in the engineering; and science based education information technology (IT) industry, and outreach activities. particularly in programming, software development and communications. GEOLOGY An increasing number are working in WHY GEOLOGY AT NUI GALWAY? financial services, where their computer Geology is the study of the earth beneath programming skills and problem-solving our feet, from the surface to the centre of abilities are valued. They are also well placed our planet. It underpins hazard assessment, for careers in areas like education, banking, aggregate, mineral, oil and water resource data science, and the public sector. prospecting, and civil engineering DATA SCIENCE applications, serving the needs of our industrial and technological society while, WHY DATA SCIENCE AT NUI GALWAY? at the same time, building awareness of the Data science is the twenty-first century need to protect the natural environment. evolution of statistics, computing and mathematics for the big-data world. CAREER OPPORTUNITIES Statistical skills address all aspects of Graduates in Geology will typically find handling, visualising and interpreting employment in the petroleum and mineral data to extract and communicate exploration industries, national geological knowledge from data in order to make surveys, environmental assessment reliable inferences and predictions. A organisations, consulting companies, crucial aspect of all statistical analysis is remote-sensing firms and third-level uncertainty, and mathematics provides teaching and research. a framework for the necessary tools. 142 COLLEGE OF SCIENCE

GEOPHYSICS to you and will be highly valued by your oceans underpins advances in ecosystem employer. Recent graduates are pursuing research management and conservation, WHY GEOPHYSICS AT NUI GALWAY? careers in the financial and banking sector, aquaculture techniques, bio-discovery, Geophysics is the application of physics the actuarial profession, information renewable energy resources and to the investigation of the earth and technology (IT) and computing, data climate research. its surrounding planets. Geophysical science, teaching, and research. techniques are used in the geological, CAREER OPPORTUNITIES hydrological, atmospheric, ocean and MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY Oceanographers are needed to help space sciences. In NUI Galway, geophysics WHY MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY survey our vast underwater territories, focuses on plate tectonics and the AT NUI GALWAY? assist the sustainable exploitation of our structure and dynamics of the seabed; on Medicinal chemists play vital roles in drug marine resources, assess climate change, environmental geophysics (how cultural discovery and development. They are vital and to provide advice to managers, and natural processes affect one another); in addressing health problems such as policy makers and the public about the and on the commercial exploitation of resistance to antibiotics, cancer, all types importance of the oceans. subsurface physical properties, such as oil, of infection, and diseases of the brain and gas and mineral resources. PHARMACOLOGY nervous system. Medicinal chemists work to design, discover and develop the next CAREER OPPORTUNITIES WHY PHARMACOLOGY AT NUI GALWAY? generation of drugs. Geophysics graduates are in demand Pharmacology is the study of how chemical across the environmental and marine substances, such as drugs, interact with CAREER OPPORTUNITIES sectors, including the hydrocarbon and the body to produce either beneficial Medicinal chemistry graduates are highly mineral exploration industries. or harmful effects. This course aims to employable with opportunities in chemical provide an understanding of the challenges HYDROGEOLOGY and pharmaceutical industries, forensics, involved in the development of drugs to agri-food, environmental services, treat and prevent disease. The molecular, WHY HYDROGEOLOGY AT NUI GALWAY? education and teaching. Many graduates biochemical and physiological basis of Hydrogeology deals with the relationships pursue research careers and continue disease and the mechanisms by which between groundwater and geological studies at the MSc and PhD levels. drugs act to produce their effects are materials and processes. Groundwater studied in detail. provides 98% of the Earth’s readily available MICROBIOLOGY fresh water and is arguably our most WHY MICROBIOLOGY AT NUI GALWAY? CAREER OPPORTUNITIES important natural resource. Microbiologists study microbes and Pharmacology graduates often pursue their activities, including their growth, postgraduate research or are engaged in CAREER OPPORTUNITIES metabolism, genetics, diversity and research and development in academic, Hydrogeologists gain employment in the evolution. Every aspect of life on Earth is hospital or industrial settings. They are private and public sectors in assessing affected by micro organisms, and studying employed by companies such as Boston and devising management plans for them provides insights into their roles in Scientific, Medtronic, Abbott, Oriflame and groundwater–from mine and quarry such areas as infectious disease, food Allergan, working in a range of roles from water management to site-suitability production and global environmental research to drug regulation to marketing. assessment for everything from wind cycles, and their potential application for farms to motorways to single houses. PHYSICS human, environmental and animal benefit. Climate change is likely to have a big impact on water resources across the world over WHY PHYSICS AT NUI GALWAY? CAREER OPPORTUNITIES the coming decades, and hydrogeologists Physicists seek to understand the basic The food, pharmaceutical, biomedical will be needed to help many countries and laws governing the structure of matter, and biotechnological industries need communities adapt. the nature of energy, and the physical microbiologists to develop new products forces that form our world. If you have MATHEMATICS and to monitor the production of existing an enquiring mind and are interested ones. Microbiologists also devise in discovering how things work at a WHY MATHEMATICS AT NUI GALWAY? processes for the treatment of waste fundamental level, then this could be the Mathematics is the language of the logical and production of renewable energy. course for you. Understanding physics study of the structure of our world. It has Pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical can also be very useful for those who may developed from counting, calculating device companies, as well as hospitals, specialise in other science subjects, as and measurement through the use of employ microbiologists to work in the it underpins many areas of science and abstraction and logical reasoning. It diagnosis, prevention and treatment of technology, including nanotechnology, underpins many other disciplines, such as infections caused by microbial pathogens. microelectronics, imaging, physics, economics and engineering, along Excellent career opportunities are also communications, renewable energy and with newer areas like molecular biology. In available in research and teaching. environmental monitoring. It provides the addition to the traditional areas of algebra, foundation for many new technologies and OCEANOGRAPHY calculus and geometry, you will study advances across the biological and courses in topology, statistics, numerical WHY OCEANOGRAPHY AT NUI GALWAY? chemical sciences, engineering, analysis, coding theory, real and complex Oceanography is key to understanding computing and medicine. analysis, and probability and number theory. all aspects (physical, biological, chemical) of the ocean, therefore oceanographers CAREER OPPORTUNITIES CAREER OPPORTUNITIES are required to assess and monitor A degree in physics is an excellent basis Studying mathematics will give you the climatic/environmental impacts, and for employment in high-technology ability to think rationally and to process natural/man-made hazards in oceans and industries (e.g., communications, complex data clearly and accurately. Such coastal areas. Scientific exploration of the electronics, optics and photonics, skills will prove to be extremely useful semiconductors and medical devices)

143 COLLEGE OF SCIENCE and also within the second- and third- pharmaceutics, education, biobusiness, level education sectors, meteorology, sustainable development, clean-tech, the environmental and medical sciences, regulatory affairs and government policy finance and software design. A physics sectors. The PAB pathway has a major degree can also lead to an exciting career focus on preparing students for careers in in research if you specialise in an aspect the vibrant plant and agribiosciences sector of the subject or in multidisciplinary areas through its links with national (e.g., Teagasc, such as nanotechnology, medical physics, Bord Bia) and international organisations biophysics, occupational health or (e.g., FAO, CGIAR). materials science. ZOOLOGY PHYSIOLOGY WHY ZOOLOGY AT NUI GALWAY? WHY PHYSIOLOGY AT NUI GALWAY ? Zoology is the scientific study of animals at Physiology is the study of the functions of all levels, from the molecular and cellular to the body and its component tissues, cells the organismic and ecological. It involves and fluids. It explains the mechanisms of the study of all kinds of animals–there movement and their control, as well as are more than a million known species, body secretions and their roles, the action classified into about 35 large groups of muscle, the constituents and activities called phyla, which make up the animal of cells, the pumping action of the heart, kingdom. Particular emphasis is put on the digestion and the absorption of foodstuffs, development of animals, from the fertilised respiration and metabolism, the regulation egg to their typical adult form, and control of bodily functions, and the the interactions of animals with each roles of the brain. other and with their environment, and Darwinian evolution. CAREER OPPORTUNITIES Graduates in Physiology normally find CAREER OPPORTUNITIES employment in the academic and teaching Zoology graduates can pursue careers in professions and in the pharmaceutical and research (academic and industry), teaching biotechnological industries. (at any level) or consultancy. Zoologists may also be employed by government PLANT AND AGRIBIOSCIENCES bodies such as the Marine Institute, Bord WHY PLANT AND AGRIBIOSCIENCES Iascaigh Mhara, the National Parks and AT NUI GALWAY? Wildlife Service or the Environmental The new Plant and AgriBiosciences (PAB) Protection Agency, or may work in the pathway provides cutting-edge training in fields of scientific journalism, forensic science, aquaculture, animal conservation all areas of plant/agribiosciences related or medical zoology. to green (agri) biotechnologies, crop and livestock genetics and breeding, systems biology, microbial bioconversions and agri-biorefineries, sustainable agricultural development and agronomy, nutrition and health, food microbiology, soil sciences and agribiosciences for sustainable global development. Inter-disciplinary training is provided in lab and field techniques, data analysis, and transferable skills. This pathway also has close collaborations with Teagasc, allowing students to carry out a summer internship at a Teagasc research site as their fourth-year project.

CAREER OPPORTUNITIES Plant and agricultural biosciences innovations are critical in ensuring future food security and sustainable development through discoveries in Ireland and internationally and are the basis for moving toward a more sustainable green, bio-based economy. The PAB pathway positions you for emerging ‘green economy’ job opportunities across agri-biosciences, biotechnology, breeding, genetics, bio-chemistry, food, nutrition, bioenergy, agriculture, veterinary

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GY303 WHY CHOOSE THIS COURSE? NUI Galway is Ireland’s leading university for biomedical teaching Bachelor and research Nine of the world’s top ten medtech companies are located in Galway, which of Science means that graduates have excellent employment prospects (Biomedical Biomedical science is the study of life science subjects related to human health and disease. Students learn about the structure and function of the Science) human body, from the level of organs and tissues to the molecular level, as well as how drugs are used to treat disease The course promotes small-group learning throughout, and informal interaction with academic staff allows students to get to know their lecturers and helps promote a range of skills, such as communication, leadership, teamwork and creativity

COURSE FACTS YOUR COURSE YEAR BY YEAR YEAR FOUR One major pathway from: CAO Code: GY303 YEAR ONE ·· Anatomy, Biochemistry, Pharmacology or Course Level: 8 • Biology Physiology (including major research project) • Chemistry • Applications of Biomedical Science Duration: 4 years • Physics • One other module from any of the four • Biomedical Science (including science Minimum Entry Points 2018: 531 • Biomedical Science Discipline communication, essays, debates) Minimum A-Level Grades: STUDY ABROAD See www.nuigalway.ie/alevels YEAR TWO • Three pathways from: Students have the opportunity to apply to Leaving Certificate Entry ·· Anatomy, Biochemistry, Pharmacology or spend one semester of third year in the Requirements: Minimum Grade H5 in Physiology (two subjects for both semesters United States (e.g., University of California) two subjects and passes in four other and one other for Semester I only) or in Asia (e.g., Hong Kong University of subjects at O6/H7 level in the Leaving • Biomedical Science (including seminars and Science and Technology). Certificate, including Irish, English, community knowledge initiative projects) Mathematics, a laboratory science CAREER OPPORTUNITIES YEAR THREE subject (i.e. Chemistry, Physics, • One major pathway from: This degree is dedicated to producing Biology, Physics with Chemistry (joint), ·· Anatomy, Biochemistry, Pharmacology or top quality graduates who have achieved Computer Science or Agricultural Physiology (including mini research project) academic excellence. Graduates from this Science) and any two other subjects • Genetics programme will find employment in the recognised for entry purposes. • Biostatistics and Bioinformatics pharmaceutical (e.g., Allergan), diagnostics A-Level/GCSE Entry Requirements: • Research Methods in Biomedical Science (e.g., Abbott) and medical devices (e.g., See page 168 for matriculation entry • Developmental Biology Medtronic, Boston Scientific) industries. requirements. • Human Nutrition Additional requirements: Students must satisfy the Garda/police vetting requirements. Average Intake: 45

FURTHER STUDY Graduates can pursue a MSc or PhD in many diverse areas, including molecular and cell biology, cancer, genetics, regenerative medicine and neuroscience. Graduates can also take professional degrees in the health sciences (e.g., Medicine, Pharmacy, Physiotherapy, and Dietetics). For more information, visit nuigalway.ie/biomedicalscience

“I enjoyed the breadth of subjects, YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE FIND OUT MORE which covers the fundamentals • GY501 Bachelor of Medicine (MB), of Surgery Dr Derek Morris, Programme (BCh) and of Obstetrics (BAO) Director, College of Science right through to applied and • GY318 Bachelor of Science (Biopharmaceutical t. +353 91 494439 translational biomedical science” Chemistry) e. [email protected] Muireann Ni Bhaoighill • GY301 Bachelor of Science w. nuigalway.ie/GY303 BSc (Biomedical Science) • GY304 Bachelor of Science (Biotechnology)

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GY304 WHY CHOOSE THIS COURSE? Biotechnology uses our knowledge of biology to solve real-world problems. It is about making use of molecules, cells and organisms to Bachelor provide medicines and foods, enable forensics or reverse pollution of Science Class sizes in biotechnology are small, which means you get to know your (Biotechnology) classmates quickly and interact more with your lecturers The language (French or German), communication and business modules help our students stand out from other science graduates The third-year placement option enables students to spend 3–6 months in research labs in continental Europe or in biopharma industry in Ireland

COURSE FACTS YOUR COURSE YEAR BY YEAR WORK PLACEMENT

CAO Code: GY304 YEAR ONE A highlight of the course is the opportunity to undertake a three- to six-month work Course Level: 8 • Biotechnology Concepts and Skills • Biology experience placement as part of third Duration: 4 years • Chemistry year. Placements can be based in research laboratories in continental Europe, or in Minimum Entry Points 2018: 454 • Statistics and Probability, and Programming • Language (French or German) biopharma/biotech industries in Ireland, Minimum A-Level Grades: under the direction of experienced See www.nuigalway.ie/alevels YEAR TWO researchers and managers. • Biotechnology Skills Leaving Certificate Entry • Biochemistry CAREER OPPORTUNITIES Requirements: Minimum Grade H5 in • Microbiology Biotechnologists find employment two subjects and passes in four other • Chemistry in rewarding jobs across the growing subjects at O6/H7 level in the Leaving • Language (French or German) ‘smart economy’, including industries Certificate, including Irish, English YEAR THREE such as biopharmaceuticals, diagnostics, and another language, Mathematics, • Biotechnology Skills healthcare and the environment, or a laboratory science subject (i.e. • Biochemistry research and teaching. Graduates are Chemistry, Physics, Biology, Physics with • Microbiology equipped with a wide range of capabilities Chemistry (joint) Computer Science • Pharmacology and practical experience, including or Agricultural Science), and any other • Placement option business and language skills, which subject recognised for entry purposes. • On-campus option complement their knowledge of biology. A-Level/GCSE Entry Requirements: • Language (French or German) This allows them to move into areas such See page 168 for matriculation entry as management and marketing, where YEAR FOUR requirements. the biotech revolution continues • Individual laboratory research project to open doors. Average Intake: 28 • Topical scientific literature review • Biochemistry • Elective • Introduction to Business

FURTHER STUDY Biotechnology graduates frequently pursue advanced training and research in PhD, Masters and Graduate Diploma programmes at universities in Ireland and abroad, spanning “The variety of science subjects areas as diverse as biochemistry, pharmacology, environmental science and immunology. gives a solid foundation, and the placement, business and YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE FIND OUT MORE language modules help us • GY318 Bachelor of Science Dr Stephen Rea, Programme stand out from other science (Biopharmaceutical Chemistry) Director, College of Science • GY303 Bachelor of Science t. +353 91 495750 graduates” (Biomedical Science) e. [email protected] Alex Corrigan, BSc (Biotechnology) • GY301 Bachelor of Science w. nuigalway.ie/GY304

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GY308 WHY CHOOSE THIS COURSE? This course has been designed to equip you with the multidisciplinary skills and knowledge to meet the inevitable environmental challenges we Bachelor will face as we progress through the twenty-first century of Science Since the solutions to environmental problems are often dependent on people’s perceptions, students also study psychology. Environmental (Environmental law is also an important part of the BSc and there are opportunities to Science) specialise in topics of your choice in the last two years of the course Communication skills, self-reliance and teamwork are fostered, through both independent and group work NUI Galway is unique in being situated close to some of the most pristine ecosystems in Europe, including Lough Corrib, the Burren, the Shannon flood meadows and a range of peatlands

COURSE FACTS YOUR COURSE YEAR BY YEAR YEAR FOUR CAO Code: GY308 • Environmental Impact Assessment YEAR ONE • Environmental Science Seminars Course Level: 8 • Biology • Environmental Biotechnology • Hot Topics in Environmental Science Duration: 4 years • Advanced Field Course in Environmental • Introduction to Law Science Minimum Entry Points 2018: 402 • Introduction to Statistical Data and Probability • Microbial Ecosystems Services With either: Minimum A-Level Grades: and Systems Biology • Chemistry See www.nuigalway.ie/alevels • Final Year Project • Physics • Plus two electives from a wide range of Leaving Certificate Entry or modules Requirements: Minimum Grade H5 in • Chemistry/Physics two subjects and passes in four other • Introduction to Psychology I and II STUDY ABROAD subjects at O6/H7 level in the Leaving • Principles of Human Geography Students have the opportunity to apply to Certificate, including Irish, English, YEAR TWO spend one semester of third year in the Mathematics, a laboratory science • Environmental Modules United States (e.g. University of California) subject (i.e. Chemistry, Physics, • Botany and Plant Science Modules or in Asia (e.g. Hong Kong University of Biology, Physics with Chemistry (joint), • Earth and Ocean Sciences Modules Science and Technology). Computer Science or Agricultural • Microbiology Modules CAREER OPPORTUNITIES Science) and any two other subjects • Zoology Modules recognised for entry purposes. Our graduates work in a diverse range of YEAR THREE sectors, both public and private. Recent A-Level/GCSE Entry Requirements: • Nature Conservation and Habitat Management employers of our graduates include See page 168 for matriculation entry • Field Course with Environmental Skills the Environmental Protection Agency, requirements. • Habitat Management Planning Geological Survey of Ireland, National Average Intake: 23 • Legislation for Environmental Scientists Parks and Wildlife Service, Teagasc, An • Environmental Microbiology Taisce, Waterways Ireland, Forestry Service, • Microbial Genomics National Biodiversity Records Centre, • Plant Resources and Ecosystems fisheries, Marine Institute, local • Introduction to Biostatistics authorities and private consultancy / • Plus four electives from a wide range engineering companies, in addition to of modules private laboratories.

FURTHER STUDY nuigalway.ie/courses/taught-postgraduate-courses/ “Each facet of this programme has provided me with the YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE FIND OUT MORE expertise and confidence • GY310 Bachelor of Science (Marine) Prof Mike Gormally, • GY314 Bachelor of Science Programme Director, to work in the research and (Earth and Ocean Sciences) Centre for Environmental Science consultancy sector.” • GY301 Bachelor of Science t. +353 91 493334 John Carey, BSc e. [email protected] (Environmental Science) w. nuigalway.ie/GY308

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GY309 WHY CHOOSE THIS COURSE? This course equips you with expertise in a range of quantitative subjects. It is broader than either a purely actuarial science or finance degree, so it Bachelor may suit if you are not yet ready to specialise of Science This course has an almost 100% employment record for our graduates (Financial across a diverse range of sectors The Institute and Faculty of Actuaries has recognised this programme Mathematics for the purposes of obtaining exemptions from professional actuarial examinations. For students entering this programme from September and Economics) 2018 and onwards we expect to have in place exemptions from at least the following three professional actuarial subjects: Actuarial Statistics (CS1), Actuarial Mathematics (CM1) and Business 2 (Business Economics) (CB2)

COURSE FACTS • Discrete Mathematics • Differential Equations with Financial Derivatives • Modelling, Analysis and Simulation CAO Code: GY309 STUDY ABROAD • Statistical Inference Students have the opportunity to apply to Course Level: 8 • Complex Analysis spend one semester of third year in Asia, Duration: 4 years YEAR THREE the EU, or the USA. In addition, students • Applied Regression Models from this programme have been chosen Minimum Entry Points 2018: 476 • Groups in recent years to participate as interns in Minimum A-Level Grades: • Microeconomics and Public Policy New York under the Ireland-US Council See www.nuigalway.ie/alevels • Annuities and Life Insurance scholarship programme. • Money and Banking Leaving Certificate Entry • Metric Spaces CAREER OPPORTUNITIES Requirements: Minimum Grade H5 • Economics of Financial Markets Graduates from this programme work in two subjects and passes in four • Macroeconomics and Public Policy primarily in financial services. Recent other subjects at O6/H7 level in the • Actuarial Mathematics I employers of our graduates include J.P. Leaving Certificate, including Irish, • Business Finance Morgan, Goldman Sachs, Davy, Credit English, Mathematics, a third language • Mathematical Modelling Suisse and First Derivatives, Mercer, AON or a laboratory science subject (i.e. • Topology Hewitt, Central Bank of Ireland, NTMA and Chemistry, Physics, Biology, Physics ECB. Moreover, because of their strong with Chemistry (joint) or Agricultural YEAR FOUR numeracy skills, graduates have also secured Science) and any two other subjects • Actuarial Mathematics II: Life Contingencies employment as sports odds compilers with recognised for entry purposes. A H5 or • Numerical Analysis Paddy Power and as accountants. O1 in Mathematics is required. • Measure Theory • Final Year Project (over two semesters) A-Level/GCSE Entry Requirements: • Non linear Systems See page 168 for matriculation entry • Derivatives and Risk Management requirements. • Economics of Financial Markets Seminar II Average Intake: 30 • Networks • Stochastic Processes YOUR COURSE YEAR BY YEAR • International Monetary Economics “I was chosen from my degree YEAR ONE: • Mathematics class to participate in the Ireland- • Computer Science US Council Scholarship.” • Economics Maria Gormally, BSc (Financial • Mathematics of Finance Mathematics and Economics) • Statistics and Probability • Mathematical Methods I • Financial Accounting FURTHER STUDY YEAR TWO: Graduates can pursue postgraduate programmes in a range of disciplines, including • Differential Forms mathematics, statistics, financial economics, financial mathematics, actuarial science, • Intermediate Macroeconomics economics and statistics. • Probability • Mathematical Methods I YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE FIND OUT MORE • Intermediate Microeconomics • GY301 Bachelor of Science Dr Cian Twomey, Programme Director, • Linear Algebra • GY319 Bachelor of Science (Mathematical School of Business & Economics • Introduction to Financial Economics Science) • Computer Science t. +353 91 493121 e. [email protected]

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GY310 WHY CHOOSE THIS COURSE? Marine Science involves the study of marine life and environments Bachelor integrating topics across a number of disciplines NUI Galway is the only Irish university offering this type of degree of Science programme and now has the highest concentration of marine scientists (Marine Science) of any institution in Ireland The Ryan Institute is a focus for teaching and research activity in Marine Sciences at the university. The Ryan Institute’s aquaculture facility carries out applied research at Carna Marine Science graduates are working and studying both worldwide and closer to home, including at the Marine Institute in

COURSE FACTS YOUR COURSE YEAR BY YEAR YEAR FOUR CAO Code: GY310 • Marine Science Essay and Presentation YEAR ONE • Field Skills in Marine Science Course Level: 8 • Chemistry • Research Project • Physics Duration: 4 years • Plus electives, including • Biology ·· Current Topics in Algal Research Minimum Entry Points 2018: 421 • Plus one of following: ·· Global Change ·· Mathematical Studies ·· Microbial Ecosystems Services and Minimum A-Level Grades: ·· Mathematics See www.nuigalway.ie/alevels Systems Biology ·· Applied Mathematics ·· Marine and Coastal Ecology ·· Computer Science Leaving Certificate Entry STUDY ABROAD Requirements: Minimum Grade H5 in YEAR TWO Students have the opportunity to apply to two subjects and passes in four other • Fundamentals in Aquatic Plant Science spend one semester of third year in the subjects at O6/H7 level in the Leaving • Introduction to Ocean Science United States (e.g. University of California) Certificate, including Irish, English, • Microbes and the Environment or in Asia (e.g. Hong Kong University of Mathematics, a laboratory science • Invertebrate Biology Science and Technology). There is also subject (i.e. Chemistry, Physics, Biology, • Vertebrate Zoology an Erasmus link with the University of Physics with Chemistry (joint) or • At least two of the following: Oviedo in Spain. Agricultural Science) and any two other ·· Molecular and cellular biology subjects recognised for entry purposes. ·· Evolution and the Tree of Life CAREER OPPORTUNITIES A-Level/GCSE Entry Requirements: ·· Laboratory Skills The course will prepare you to find work See page 168 for matriculation entry • Plus electives in the commercial or state regulatory requirements. YEAR THREE sectors, e.g., the Marine Institute, Bord • Plant Resources and Ecosystems Iascaigh Mhara and the Environmental Average Intake: 33 • Ocean Dynamics Protection Agency, as well as in the fisheries • Aquatic Geochemistry sector, pollution and environmental • Microbial Genomics impact assessment, environmental • Geographic Information Systems and consultancies, non-governmental Biostatistics (environmental) organisations, aquaculture, • Marine Zoology education projects, basic and applied • Concepts in Population and Community research institutes and universities. Many Ecology undergraduates apply for summer bursaries • Plus electives with the Marine Institute, which enables them to experience first-hand the institute’s work and research for six weeks. “I would recommend Marine science to anyone who has an interest in the ocean. FURTHER STUDY The course covers topics nuigalway.ie/courses/taught-postgraduate-courses/ in oceanography, zoology, botany, and geology. I enjoyed YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE FIND OUT MORE the final year in particular due • GY314 Bachelor of Science Professor Mark Johnson, Programme to the independent research (Earth and Ocean Sciences) Director, College of Science • GY308 Bachelor of Science project which allowed me to go t. +353 91 492126 (Environmental Science) to sea on the Celtic Explorer.” e. [email protected] • GY301 Bachelor of Science Declan Morrissey w. nuigalway.ie/GY310

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GY313 WHY CHOOSE THIS COURSE? This multidisciplinary course is designed to provide graduates with the knowledge and skills necessary to ensure the welfare and well-being of Bachelor people at work of Science Students benefit from a seven-month professional work placement (Environmental at the end of Year 3 Accredited by the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health, Health and Safety) enabling graduates to work in a health and safety role both at home and internationally In recent years there has been a significant increase in the number of health and safety positions advertised

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CAO Code: GY313 YEAR ONE Students undertake a seven-month (June- December) off-campus work placement Course Level: 8 • Biology • Mathematics following completion of their third year of Duration: 4 years • Chemistry/Physics study. Employers from all sectors of the economy participate in this activity, for Minimum Entry Points 2018: 367 • Communications and Computing • Introduction to Environmental example, pharmaceutical and biomedical Minimum A-Level Grades: Health and Safety device companies, the healthcare sector, See www.nuigalway.ie/alevels • Introduction to Law construction companies, local authorities, manufacturing companies, telecom service Leaving Certificate Entry YEAR TWO providers, health and safety consultants, Requirements: Minimum Grade H5 in • Human Gross Anatomy and transport and logistics companies. two subjects and passes in four other • Health and Safety Physiology subjects at O6/H7 level in the Leaving • Introduction to Biostatistics STUDY ABROAD Certificate, including Irish, English, • Health and Safety Law There are opportunities for international Mathematics, a laboratory science • Physics of the Environment exchanges and a number of students subject (i.e. Chemistry, Physics, • Analytical and Environmental Chemistry undertake their work placement overseas. Biology, Physics with Chemistry (joint), • Microbes and the Environment Computer Science or Agricultural • Fundamentals of Operations Engineering CAREER OPPORTUNITIES Science) and any two other subjects • Safety System Design There is consistently high demand for recognised for entry purposes. • Environmental Health and Safety Practice graduates from this programme, with A-Level/GCSE Entry Requirements: YEAR THREE excellent employment opportunities. See page 168 for matriculation entry • Occupational Health and Well-Being Career opportunities are available nationally requirements. • Exposure Science and internationally. Typically graduates work as Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) Average Intake: 28 • Research Methods for Occupational Health and Safety advisors, EHS officers, and EHS consultants • Environmental Health and Safety Law across a variety of sectors including: • Project Management pharmaceutical, biomedical, construction, • Ergonomic Design of the Workplace project engineering, manufacturing, and • Safety and Construction public sectors. Employment rates for • Quality Systems graduates are over 80%. • Introduction to Regulatory Affairs in Manufacturing YEAR FOUR • Health and the Work Environment • Case Studies • Information Systems Ergonomics • Professional Experience Report • Human Reliability • Health and Safety Project

“I was offered a position as a FURTHER STUDY full-time Health and Safety nuigalway.ie/courses/taught-postgraduate-courses/ Advisor, my employer told me it was primarily down to YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE FIND OUT MORE my excellent degree from • GY308 Bachelor of Science Dr Victoria Hogan, (Environmental Science) Programme Director NUI Galway” • GY310 Bachelor of Science t.+ 353 91 493465 (Marine Science) Alex Brennan, BSc (Environmental e. [email protected] • GY314 Bachelor of Science Health and Safety) w. nuigalway.ie/GY313 (Earth and Ocean Sciences) 150 COLLEGE OF SCIENCE

GY314 WHY CHOOSE THIS COURSE? Earth and ocean sciences, four integrated sub-disciplines of geology, geophysics, hydrogeology and oceanography are focused on better Bachelor understanding how the Earth works, and how its different components of Science interact, from the upper atmosphere to the deep seafloor This course exposes graduates to a global career market, from sourcing (Earth and raw materials and energy to regulating and monitoring industries, in Ocean Sciences) Ireland and globally The earth and ocean sciences sector is worth in excess of €5 billion annually to the Irish economy

COURSE FACTS YOUR COURSE YEAR BY YEAR YEAR THREE CAO Code: GY314 • Field Skills Training YEAR ONE • Ocean Dynamics Course Level: 8 • Chemistry • Aquatic Geochemistry • Physics • Introduction to Applied Field Hydrology Duration: 4 years • Biology • Sediments and the Sedimentary Record Minimum Entry Points 2018: 400 • Plus one of the following: • Geological Structures and Maps ·· Mathematical Studies • The Crystalline Crust Minimum A-Level Grades: ·· Mathematics • Palaeontology and Evolution See www.nuigalway.ie/alevels ·· Applied Mathematics • Environmental and Marine Geophysical Leaving Certificate Entry YEAR TWO Remote Sensing Requirements: Minimum Grade H5 in • The Earth: From Core to Crust • Plus electives from a range of science modules two subjects and passes in four other • Introduction to Field Skills subjects at O6/H7 level in the Leaving YEAR FOUR • Introduction to Ocean Science • Final Year Project Certificate, including Irish, English, • Plus one pathway from the following: Mathematics, a laboratory science • Advanced Fieldskills ·· Applied Mathematics • Global Change subject (i.e. Chemistry, Physics, ·· Botany and Plant Science • Earth and Ocean Science advanced modules Biology, Physics with Chemistry (joint), ·· Chemistry Computer Science or Agricultural ·· Mathematical Studies STUDY ABROAD Science) and any two other subjects ·· Mathematics Students have the opportunity to apply to recognised for entry purposes. ·· Microbiology spend one semester of third year in the ·· Physics and Applied Physics A-Level/GCSE Entry Requirements: United States (e.g. University of California) ·· Plant and AgriBiosciences See page 168 for matriculation entry or in Asia (e.g. Hong Kong University of ·· Zoology requirements. Science and Technology). • Plus electives from a range of science modules Average Intake: 30 CAREER OPPORTUNITIES Graduates can pursue a range of career opportunities in diverse industries, including energy, raw materials, conservation and education. Personnel are needed in Ireland and abroad to manage both the marine and terrestrial environments. Visit www.earthworksjobs.com to get an idea of the enormous range of opportunities for earth and ocean scientists.

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YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE FIND OUT MORE “This course merges lecture- • GY310 Bachelor of Science Dr Martin White, Programme Director, based theory with hands-on (Marine Science) College of Science • GY308 Bachelor of Science t. +353 91 493214 fieldwork experience,” (Environmental Science) e. [email protected] Eoghan Daly, BSc • GY320 Bachelor of Science w. nuigalway.ie/eos (Earth and Ocean Sciences) (Physics–degree options in applied, w. nuigalway.ie/GY314 Astrophysics, Biomedical, Theoretical) 151 COLLEGE OF SCIENCE

GY318 WHY CHOOSE THIS COURSE? This course involves the study of biomolecules that are also biopharmaceuticals or biologics (such as DNA, proteins, carbohydrates Bachelor and glycoproteins) and their applications as therapeutics for medicine of Science The Biopharmaceutical Chemistry course has a relatively small intake of students and includes opportunity for research and (Biopharmaceutical independent learning Chemistry) The programme is accredited by the Royal Society of Chemistry Students obtain valuable work experience in industry and a six-month placement is possible in Semester 1 of Year Four

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CAO Code: GY318 YEAR ONE Students have the opportunity to apply to spend one semester of third year in the Course Level: 8 • Chemistry • Physics United States (e.g., University of California) Duration: 4 years • Biology or in Asia (e.g., Hong Kong University of Science and Technology). Minimum Entry Points 2018: 487 • Plus one of the following: ·· Mathematical Studies CAREER OPPORTUNITIES Minimum A-Level Grades: ·· Mathematics The biopharmaceutical industry is an See www.nuigalway.ie/alevels ·· Computer Science increasingly important player in the Irish ·· Applied Mathematics Leaving Certificate Entry economy. Biopharmaceutical companies Requirements: Minimum Grade H5 in YEAR TWO located in Ireland include Abbott, Amgen, two subjects and passes in four other • Chemistry Pathway Centocor, Elan, Eli Lilly, Genemedix, subjects at O6/H7 level in the Leaving • Biochemistry Pathway Genzyme, Merck and Pfizer. These Certificate, including Irish, English, • Computers and Chemical Research companies need graduates who are Mathematics, a laboratory science (project and transferable skills) trained in chemistry and aspects of subject (i.e. Chemistry, Physics, • Fundamental Concepts in Pharmacology biotechnology. The Biopharmaceutical Biology, Physics with Chemistry (joint), • Applied Concepts in Pharmacology Chemistry degree is tailored to meet the Computer Science or Agricultural needs of this industry. Science) and any two other subjects YEAR THREE recognised for entry purposes. • Organic, Inorganic and Physical Chemistry • Drug Design and Drug Discovery A-Level/GCSE Entry Requirements: • Analytical Chemistry and Molecular Structure See page 168 for matriculation entry • Experimental Chemistry I and II requirements. • Molecular Biology Average Intake: 10 • Protein Biochemistry • Human Molecular Genetics • Validation in the Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Industry YEAR FOUR • Analytical and Biophysical Chemistry • Bioorganic and Bioinorganic Chemistry “I feel the opportunity to • Biopharmaceutical Chemistry and complete an 8-month Industrial Chemistry • Placement Option industrial placement gives the ·· Biopharmaceutical Chemistry dissertation biopharmaceutical chemistry ·· Work placement graduate an edge.” • On-Campus Option: Fiona Gordon, BSc ·· On-Campus project ·· Elective modules (Biopharmaceutical Chemistry)

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YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE FIND OUT MORE • GY301 Bachelor of Science Professor Peter Crowley, School of • GY304 Bachelor of Science Chemistry, College of Science (Biotechnology) t. +353 91 492480 • GY303 Bachelor of Science e. [email protected] (Biomedical Science) w. nuigalway.ie/GY318

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GY319 WHY CHOOSE THIS COURSE? This course provides students with a solid foundation in mathematical Bachelor science, including all aspects of mathematics and its applications Students will have the opportunity to specialise in particular areas, for of Science example, mathematics, applied mathematics, financial mathematics, (Mathematical computer science, data science, statistics and bioinformatics Quantitative skills are highly valued, and this degree prepares graduates Science) for a wide variety of careers across a diverse range of sectors

COURSE FACTS YOUR COURSE YEAR BY YEAR STUDY ABROAD Students have the opportunity to apply CAO Code: GY319 YEAR ONE to spend one semester of third year in the • Applied Mathematics Course Level: 8 USA (e.g., University of California) or in Asia • Mathematics (e.g., Hong Kong University of Science and Duration: 4 years • Probability Models and Statistical Methods Technology). Minimum Entry Points 2018: 450 • Introduction to Programming • One of: Biology, Chemistry, Physics CAREER OPPORTUNITIES Minimum A-Level Grades: • Mathematical Science Workshop Series See www.nuigalway.ie/alevels Many graduates are employed in the YEAR TWO financial and actuarial services, while Leaving Certificate Entry Curriculum core consists of components from others work in the information technology Requirements: Minimum Grade H5 in the following modules/pathways: (IT) industry, particularly in programming two subjects and passes in four other • Linear Algebra and software development. Others work subjects at O6/H7 Level in the Leaving • Discrete Mathematics in the pharmaceutical industry, doing Certificate including a minimum of H5 or • Differential Forms clinical research, in secondary and tertiary O1 in Mathematics, and O6/H7 Level in • Complex Analysis education, and in the civil service. A good Irish and English. • Probability proportion are pursuing careers in research • Statistical Inference both in Ireland and abroad. A-Level/GCSE Entry Requirements: • Mechanics See page 168 for matriculation entry • Mathematical Methods requirements. • Up to one-third of the second-year curriculum Average Intake: 15 can be selected from a list of additional options, some offered from within the school and some available within other science disciplines, subject to first-year prerequisites. YEARS THREE AND FOUR • Selection of specialised modules from chosen areas of the mathematical sciences. Students can view the range of possibilites on the course website. • Final-year project in subject area of your choice

“I chose this degree because it offered a broad introduction into the various areas of FURTHER STUDY mathematics, with the ability to nuigalway.ie/courses/taught-postgraduatecourses/#ColSci specialise further down the line. nuigalway.ie/courses/research-postgraduate-programmes/phd-and-masters/ If you are interested in a career bioinformatics.html in strategy consulting, I would nuigalway.ie/science/school-of-maths/postgraduate-courses/ highly recommend this course, as the number-one ability YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE FIND OUT MORE firms seek out is whether their • GY301 Bachelor of Science Dr Kevin Jennings, Programme • GY109 Bachelor of Arts Director, College of Science candidates have analytical rigour.” (Mathematics and Education) t.+353 91 495968 Alan Brett, Business Strategy e. [email protected] Consultant, Mars and Co, London; w. nuigalway.ie/GY319 BSc (Mathematical Science, 2016)

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GY320 WHY CHOOSE THIS COURSE? If you have an enquiring mind and are interested in discovering how things work, this could be the course for you Bachelor of Science This is the only course in the country that allows students a (Physics–degree options taste of four areas of physics–applied, astro, biomedical and theoretical–in their first year in Applied, Astrophysics, You will develop the numerical, computational and problem- Biomedical, Theoretical) solving skills so highly valued by employers This degree course is externally accredited by The Institute of Physics

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CAO Code: GY320 YEAR ONE Although there is no formal work placement as part of the programme, the School of Course Level: 8 • Physics • Physics Special Topics Physics has strong links with industry and Duration: 4 years • Applied Mathematics or Biology research institutes both nationally and internationally. This has led to our students Minimum Entry Points 2018: 432 • Mathematics • Computing taking up summer placement opportunities Minimum A-Level Grades: in Ireland and abroad. See www.nuigalway.ie/alevels YEAR TWO • Physics (four modules) STUDY ABROAD Leaving Certificate Entry • Plus eight additional modules chosen from an Students can take up summer placements Requirements: Minimum Grade H5 in approved list in the following areas: abroad using research contacts established two subjects and passes in four other ·· Applied Mathematics by the School of Physics. subjects at O6/H7 level in the Leaving ·· Astrophysics CAREER OPPORTUNITIES Certificate, including Irish, English, ·· Anatomy Mathematics, a laboratory science ·· Mathematics A degree in physics is an excellent basis for subject (i.e. Chemistry, Physics, ·· Computing employment in high-tech industries (e.g., Biology, Physics with Chemistry (joint), communications, electronics, optics and Computer Science or Agricultural YEAR THREE photonics, semiconductors, and Science) and any two other subjects • Physics (six modules) medical devices) and also in fields such recognised for entry purposes. • Plus six additional modules chosen from an as education, meteorology, the approved list in the following areas: environmental and medical sciences, A-Level/GCSE Entry Requirements: ·· Applied Physics and software design. A physics degree See page 168 for matriculation entry ·· Astrophysics can lead to an exciting career in requirements. ·· Biomedical Physics fundamental research in any area of Average Intake: 30 ·· Theoretical Physics physics or in multidisciplinary areas, such ·· Other modules available in the as nanotechnology, medical physics, College of Science biophysics, occupational health and YEAR FOUR materials science. Theoretical physicists • Core Physics modules often work in the financial and • Specialist Physics courses (Applied, actuarial sectors. Astrophysics, Biomedical, Theoretical Physics) • Advanced laboratory, project work and problem solving

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YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE FIND OUT MORE • GY301 Bachelor of Science Dr Gary Gillanders, Programme Director, • GY401 Undenominated Engineering College of Science • GY314 Bachelor of Science t. +353 91 492490 (Earth and Ocean Sciences) e. [email protected] w. nuigalway.ie/GY320

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Graduate Insight

“I chose Science at NUI Galway because I loved science but was unsure about which route I wanted to take. NUI Galway has a range of pathways and this allowed me to discover my interest in food science and gave me the foundation I needed to pursue a career as a Quality Officer–a role that I thoroughly enjoy”

Angela Mc Donagh BSc (Physiology), MSc (Nutrition) Quality Officer, Dairygold Co-Operative, Cork.

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Your Support Network

At NUI Galway we are committed to providing you with a support network so that you can concentrate on getting the most out of your time at university.

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Scholarships

The following scholarships are available at NUI Galway and are awarded annually to first-year, registered students:

1. EXCELLENCE SCHOLARSHIPS An Excellence Scholarship is awarded to every entrant to a full-time primary degree programme who achieves 560 Leaving Certificate points, excluding Bonus Points. An A-Level applicant from Northern Ireland or the UK with grades of at least A*A*A* & c(AS) will also be awarded the scholarship. The only exception to this is for entrants to Medicine, which has 10 scholarships available based on the combined results of the Leaving Certificate exam and HPAT. The Excellence Scholarships may be held with other scholarships or grants awarded by the university or by an external body. The value of each scholarship in 2019/2020 is €1,500 and it will be available only at NUI Galway for the first year of any full-time primary degree course offered by the university, and only in the session for which it is offered.

CONDITION OF AWARD It is essential that you register by the registration due date. Failure to complete the registration requirement will render the student ineligible without further notice. The scholarships will be awarded on the results of the Leaving Certificate or A-Levels examination, except for Medicine, as follows: 1. Not more and not less than six of those subjects accepted by the National University of Ireland for matriculation registration will be taken into account. 2. Scores will be determined by applying values listed under 2C on page 167. 3. In October 2019, scholarships will be awarded to entrants who have achieved the minimum points scores as set out above. The complete scheme can be viewed online at www.nuigalway.ie/undergraduate- scholarships

Rachel Lyons, First Year Bachelor of Medicine (GY501), received the Massey Keegan Scholarship in 2017

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2. NEW: INCLUSIVE CENTENARIES ELITE ATHLETE SCHOLARSHIP SCHOLARSHIP NUI Galway also offers sports scholarships In 2016, to mark Ireland’s Decade of to a number of NUI Galway registered Centenaries and celebrate the diversity athletes. The scholarship consists of of Irish society, NUI Galway announced a financial assistance and gym membership new, merit-based Inclusive Centenaries as well as performance supports such Scholarship Scheme. This national scheme as strength and conditioning coaching, aims to assist high-achieving, second- and access to some of Ireland’s leading level school leavers from Ireland’s newest coaches in a range of sports as well communities to pursue their third-level as sports psychology and nutrition educational goals at NUI Galway, to realise professionals. We also have an excellent their full potential and contribute to sports medicine and physiotherapy service shaping the Ireland of today and tomorrow. on campus. The focus of this scholarship is on supporting the students to reach their 3. SPORTS SCHOLARSHIPS full potential in their sport while receiving a The University offers sports scholarships top-class education. Applications close to athletes of outstanding calibre who 31 July each year. register as students of the university. There are a number of opportunities for sports 4. HELEN M. MORAN SCHOLARSHIP scholarships at NUI Galway. This scholarship is offered to a student who has demonstrated a high level of PERFORMANCE POINTS SPORTS achievement in Gaelic Football. SCHOLARSHIP This scholarship rewards athletes who are 5. JAMES MASSEY KEEGAN performing at the highest levels of their SCHOLARSHIP sport while also achieving academically. Information about this scholarship, They receive an additional 40 CAO which is awarded on a competitive basis ‘performance points’ that can be added to Mayo students, is available from the to their existing CAO points, for entry to Admissions Office. NUI Galway, with the exception of GY501 Medicine. Performance points apply only to courses requiring more than 350 points. Applications for this scholarship close 31 March each year.

FIND OUT MORE Student Facilities Levies Scholarships Information nuigalway.ie/fees nuigalway.ie/undergraduate-scholarships/ james-massey-keegan-scholarship/ Grants nuigalway.ie/scholarships/ Financial Assistance Students with financial difficulties Sports Scholarships are advised to contact the Student Mike Heskin, Services Office. Director of Sport and Physical Activity nuigalway.ie/student-services/ e. [email protected] t. +353 91 495979 w. nuigalway.ie/sports

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OWNER-OCCUPIED (SELF CATERING/FOOD PROVIDED) Owner-occupied accommodation is a very good option for many students, especially in your first year when you need time to adjust to university life. This type of accommodation includes single or shared rooms and covers most bills and, in some cases, meals. It can give you that extra Accommodation support in a warm family atmosphere while you find your feet and adapt to university life. Moving away from home is a very big step. This type of accommodation can be found Finding the right place to live is crucial to a at: nuigstudentpad.ie/accommodation happy and successful university experience. NUI GALWAY CAMPUS RESIDENCES– To help make this move easier for you, the CORRIB VILLAGE AND GOLDCREST Accommodation Office offers support and NUI Galway’s student residences are advice on making the right choice. You can comprised of two villages: 764-bed Corrib call to our office, telephone us or check our Village and our new 429-bed residence, website. Goldcrest Village, (situated beside Corrib There are a variety of accommodation options Village). Located on the university campus, to choose from, and we advise you to consider they provide a home away from home all of these before making your choice. The for over 1,000 students from September options include: to May. Campus Living residences are available to NUI Galway students only. From • Student residences time to time, rooms may be booked on a • Owner-occupied accommodation semester-only basis. Short-term lettings • Private sector accommodation Students are not possible. should book into Student Residences in early February (prior to the September CORRIB VILLAGE when they arrive) This is a 764-bed apartment complex comprised of three- and four-bedroom apartments.

GOLDCREST Rents are This is a 429-bed apartment complex comprised of four- five- and six-bedroom 69% higher in apartments. Dublin than Galway Find out more: campusliving.ie Source: www.daft.ie/report/ronan-lyons-2018q1-rental (2018) OTHER STUDENT RESIDENCES There are eight student residences nearby providing self-catering housing specifically for NUI Galway students. Each student residence is managed independently of the university and is located relatively close to the campus. Application forms are available directly from the individual residences. Contact details are available at: nuigalway.ie/accommodation Click on ‘Finding Accomomodation’.

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These self-catering residences comprise: CENTREPOINT APARTMENTS You should always be careful about signing Centrepoint is located on the Tuam leases and keeping contracts–even verbal DÚNÁRAS Road, about 30 minutes’ walking distance contracts, which can also be binding. This Located on Bishop O’Donnell Road, from campus, and consists of 40 luxury type of housing particularly suits those Dúnáras is approximately 25 minutes’ apartments. Single, double, twin and en- students who have already met and know walking distance from the campus. It suite rooms are available. The apartments other flatmates willing to share the house/ consists of 112 two- and three-bedroom, provide for 123 students. apartment. self-catering apartments, providing A housing list is available on our website. accommodation for 409 students. A DONEGAN COURT Rent books are also available free from free shuttle bus is provided to transport Donegan Court is located on New Road, the Accommodation Office and from the students to NUI Galway. less than 10 minutes’ walking distance from campus, and provides single, double, offices of the Students’ Union. GORT NA COIRIBE twin and en-suite rooms for 54 students. In Useful Tips for Students Sharing Located on the Headford Road, Gort addition, there are two smaller, privately run • Be clear from the start, agree rotas for na Coiribe offers 144 self-catering residences, providing full board. cleaning and agree guest policy. apartments and houses, with between FULL BOARD STUDENT RESIDENCES • Ask before borrowing your three and six students to each apartment/ housemate’s stuff. house. The complex provides for 657 ROS GEAL UNIVERSITY RESIDENCE • Address issues while they are small. students and is less than 15 minutes’ Ros Geal is located on University Road, • Shared spaces are shared by all. Be walking distance from the campus. across the road from the main university respectful of this and don’t leave your entrance. It offers single and shared rooms stuff lying around. CÚIRT NA COIRIBE for female students. Full board is provided Located on the Headford Road, Cúirt • Be friendly without expecting to be BFFs. with meals included. Good study facilities • Be open to change, trying new things and na Coiribe is less than 15 minutes’ walk are also available. from the campus and offers places for meeting new people. 389 students in a variety of self-catering • Treat your roommate in the way he/she GORT ARD UNIVERSITY RESIDENCE would want to be treated = RESPECT! apartments. All rooms are single standard Gort Ard is located in Rockbarton in Salthill. or single en suite. • Download the OurHome app which helps It offers single and shared rooms for male you and your house mates manage tasks students. Full board is included, with meals and events and create shared grocery THE STUDENT VILLAGE AT MENLO PARK provided. Good study facilities are available. Located in Terryland, on the Headford lists and stay organised with less effort. Road, the Student Village is 15 minutes’ PRIVATE SECTOR ACCOMMODATION The app is available for download for iOS, Android and Webapp. walking distance from the campus. The This accommodation consists of flats, apartments provide for 140 students and houses and apartments run by the private there are 35 two-and three-bedroom rented sector. As it can vary from house apartments with three to five students to to house, we always advise you to see each apartment. this accommodation for yourself before making a booking to ensure you are happy SWUITE with your choice. A deposit (usually one Swuite puts the visitor and student at the month’s rent plus one extra month’s rent) heart of everything, as illustrated by the must be paid in advance. Charges such standard of accommodation it delivers. as electricity, refuse and TV must be paid Situated in the ideal location, this is a separately as the bills arrive. perfect place for students to study and reside. Its generous-size rooms cater for both single and twin occupancy and are all fitted out with private ensuite bathrooms, ample wardrobe and under-bed storage, a double bed and kitchenette.

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CONTACT US BOOK EARLY PRIVATE SECTOR ACCOMMODATION The Student Accommodation Office We advise you to book accommodation Click on ‘Private Accommodation’ can help you in your search for in student residences as early as possible nuigstudentpad.ie/Accommodation accommodation. The office also advises before the start of the academic year, you on various mediation options in ideally in January or February of the year ACCOMMODATION OFFICER disputes and disagreements relating to you want to start university, to ensure Teresa Kelly accommodation issues should they arise. maximum choice. t. + 353 91 492364 If you need help or advice on any of the Angela Walsh STUDENT RESIDENCES above, please visit our office in Áras Uí t. + 353 91 493540 Chathail beside the Student Building, Áras Click on the individual residences: Please contact us via our online contact na Mac Léinn. www.nuigalway.ie/accommodation form available on our website at: nuigalway.ie/accommodation

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Cost of Living

GRANTS Managing your finances is a big part of university life. This may be your first time If you believe you are eligible for a grant, living away from home and it is important you should make your application via that you take into consideration course www.susi.ie fees and day-to-day living costs when planning for university. FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FUND Some students may find themselves This section is intended to give you a guide experiencing financial difficulties despite to living costs, fees, grants and sources of being careful with money during their time financial support that are available to you at university. during your time at university. All full-time students who attend a course TUITION FEES of at least one year’s duration leading to an This varies from degree programme to undergraduate qualification are eligible to degree programme. Fees may be paid on apply for the Financial Aid Fund. Applicants your behalf by the Irish government. It is are means tested (taking financial situation not means tested and a brief synopsis of and family circumstances into account). eligibility is listed here: The application forms are usually available online from late September/early October. • The student is attending a full-time For more information, go to undergraduate course and the course is a nuigalway.ie/student_services/ minimum of two years’ duration financialaidfund.html • The student has never been to third level before, either at NUI Galway or anywhere else LIVING COSTS in the EU Budgeting is one of the key skills you • The student is an Irish national who has lived will need to develop during your time at in Ireland for three of the past five years university. Once you learn how to manage • The student is a national of an EU state your money, you will be able to enjoy who has lived in the EU for three of the past university life to the full. Here we have put five years together an average budget to cover living • The student has official Irish refugee status costs for one month at university. and has lived in the EU for three of the past five years. EXPENSE COST • See the full criteria listed at: studentfinance.ie Accommodation €400 STUDENT CONTRIBUTION (rented excl. bills) CHARGE (SCC)—€3,000 Electricity and oil €80 This is payable by you. Or, if you apply for TV and Internet €20 a SUSI grant and are deemed eligible, we Phone €50 will invoice SUSI for your SCC. This SUSI grant is means tested and you can apply Food, including a weekly shop €260 online at www.susi.ie. When you register as and food in college a student with NUI Galway online, you will Books/academic requisites €60 be required to input your SUSI application Photocopying and Printing €25 number. The Fees Office will then invoice Clothes, laundry €60 SUSI on your behalf for the SCC. Recreation €180 STUDENT LEVY—€224 Travel €45 This is payable by all students and is not Medical €20 covered by a SUSI grant. Monthly total €1,200 For more information visit Nine-month academic year €10,800 nuigalway.ie/fees

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Support Orientation To help you settle into life at NUI Galway, we organise an Orientation Week for new Services students. Orientation Week is a great ABOUT SPRAOI At NUI Galway we understand opportunity to get to know your campus that there may be times when At Spraoi, the focus is on learning and classmates and explore everything through play. The operators implement that NUI Galway has to offer. Orientation you need advice, support or the Aistear curriculum and incorporate a listening ear, and we have a Week takes place the week before the elements of Steiner and Montessori. The academic year begins. network of services available centre has been refurbished to meet to cater for your needs. the needs of children aged between six Orientation Week is crucial for you to learn months and 12 years. about university life and attendance is STUDENT HEALTH UNIT compulsory. Throughout the week you will The balanced and varied menu is prepared gain important information on academic Good health and following a healthy in-house to meet the nutritional needs of lifestyle contribute to success and subjects and choices, timetables, and the child, and the new-garden-growing locations. This is a great opportunity enjoyment at university. Services at the project links in with this. Student Health Unit are for acute medical to meet with other first-year students, conditions only and are not a replacement Parents who are interested in enrolling try out some of the clubs and societies for your own family doctor. Other services children in the crèche should contact and learn about the many other support include psychiatric and physiotherapy [email protected]. services available to you. You will also have time to familiarise yourself with our clinics. Please note that there are charges Find out more for certain services, including the beautiful campus, which is just a short walk from the city centre. Your start to a out-of-hours emergency on-call service. For a tour of the centre or more successful university journey begins during Doctor surgery hours are restricted information, please contact the Orientation week.. outside of term time. Crèche Manager, Niamh Heneghan, on 091 493739. COUNSELLING University is a big step, with many potential DISABILITY SUPPORT SERVICE rewards to be enjoyed. However, there The Disability Support Service (DSS), part can also be challenges, and it can be very of the Access Centre, provides support to stressful at times. students who have a disability or specific learning difficulty, including: You may be experiencing personal difficulties that are affecting your studies. • Autism spectrum disorder, including Asperger’s These can also affect your ability to take full syndrome advantage of the opportunities available to • ADD/ADHD you at NUI Galway. • Blind/vision impairment • Deaf/hard of hearing This is where counsellors can help. • DCD–dyspraxia/dysgraphia NUI Galway has a team of qualified and • Mental health condition experienced counsellors, psychologists • Neurological condition and psychotherapists. • Significant ongoing illness The service operates within the Code of • Physical disability Ethics and Practice agreed by the Irish • Specific learning difficulty, including dyslexia Association of University and College and dyscalculia Counsellors. Counsellors offer: The DSS works closely with academic • Individual counselling staff and other support services to • Drug and alcohol counselling enable students with a disability to • Personal development workshops become independent learners and • Information and referral successful graduates. • A consultation service for those who may have If you have one or more of the concerns about a student—such as tutors, above disabilities and require particular university staff, friends or parents supports, it is important that you register Counselling is also available through Irish/ with the Disability Support Service (DSS) Tá comhairleoireacht le fáil trí mheán na as soon as you accept your offer to Gaeilge. The service is confidential and it is NUI Galway. To register with DSS you free of charge. must complete the online registration form available on the DSS webpage CHILDCARE nuigalway.ie/disability/ Spraoi Early Learning Centre operates the University Crèche, located at 50 Upper Newcastle.

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How to Apply

CONTENTS

1. GENERAL ENTRY REQUIREMENTS 5. SCHOOL LEAVING EXAMINATIONS FROM 185 NON-EU COUNTRIES 169 A Age 166 6. OTHER ROUTES OF ENTRY B Matriculation – Minimum Entry Requirements 166 A HEAR–Higher Education Access Route 170 C Garda Vetting/Police Clearance 166 B DARE–Disability Access Route to D Medical Clearance 166 Education 170 E Irish Language Requirement 166 C Access Course for School Leavers 170 F Third Language Requirement 166 D Access Course for G Assessment of Applications 166 Mature Students 171 H Selection Scheme for Medicine E MATURE–Applying on the (allocation of places) 166 Grounds of Mature Years 171 2. IRISH LEAVING CERTIFICATE F QQI-FETAC–Further Education APPLICANTS and Training Awards Council 171 A Matriculation 167 G Transfer 171 B Acceptable Subjects 167 H Adult Learning and Professional C Points 167 Development 171

D Students from Outside the EU 7. ADDITIONAL REGULATIONS Presenting the Leaving Certificate 167 A Deferred Entry 172 E How to Apply 167 B Bonus Points for Maths 172 3. GCE/GCSE A LEVELS APPLICANTS C Engineering Maths Qualifying A Matriculation 168 Examination 172 B Acceptable Subjects 168 D Information on Fees 172 C Irish Language Requirement E Performance Points 172 and Exemption 168 8. IMPORTANT DATES D How to compare A-Level FOR APPLICANTS 173 Grades with Points 168 E How to Apply 168

4. SCHOOL LEAVING EXAMINATIONS FROM EU COUNTRIES OUTSIDE IRELAND AND THE UNITED KINGDOM A Matriculation, Exemptions and Acceptable Subjects 169 B How to Apply 169

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1. General Entry Requirements

1A AGE 1E IRISH LANGUAGE REQUIREMENT provide full and accurate information in Students must normally have attained the Generally speaking, Irish is a standard their application and notify the University age of 17 by 15 January following entry, for subject requirement for matriculation for of any changes or corrections to the example, for entry in 2019, date of birth applicants with the Irish Leaving Certificate. original application. must be on or before 15 January 2003. If However, certain applicants may be eligible In the light of additional information a student under that age seeks to enter for an exemption from this requirement which was not available at the time of the University, special application must be from the NUI (for example, those born selection, an offer may be amended or in made to the President of the University. outside the Republic of Ireland). Detailed exceptional circumstances withdrawn. The information is available on the NUI website. University also reserves the right to correct 1B MATRICULATION—MINIMUM errors when they have been made in the ENTRY REQUIREMENTS Find out more communication of decisions and offers. Matriculation refers to the minimum National University of Ireland (NUI), 49 requirements for entry to the university. Merrion Square, Dublin 2 1H SELECTION SCHEME FOR NUI Galway is a constituent university t. +353 1 439 2424 MEDICINE (ALLOCATION OF PLACES) of the National University of Ireland w. www.nui.ie In order for school leavers to be eligible (NUI). Students wishing to enter an to compete for entry to undergraduate undergraduate degree programme at 1F THIRD LANGUAGE REQUIREMENT Medicine, they must: NUI Galway must meet the matriculation A third language is required for Arts, requirements of the university. The detailed Commerce, Law, Medicine, Speech and 1. achieve a minimum of 480 points, and matriculation requirements of the NUI Language Therapy, Occupational Therapy, 2. meet the minimum entry requirements for and the University are provided in the and Podiatric Medicine. It is not required the programme in the same sitting of the Irish following sections and depend on the type for entry to Nursing or Engineering. Nor Leaving Certificate examination or equivalent of examinations being presented. They are is it required for Science courses, except examination, and also available online. for Biotechnology. All applicants whose 3. complete the required admissions test (HPAT- first language is not English, or who have Ireland) in 2019. Results are now only valid in Find out more not been educated through the medium the year of entry. Click on ‘Entry Requirements’ under the of the English language during their two Further information on the selection ‘Going to College’ heading at nui.ie most recent years of study, must attain scheme and allocation of places is available an advanced level in English in their final online. Applications for admission to the 1C GARDA VETTING/POLICE school exam or must present one of the MB (Bachelor of Medicine) programme CLEARANCE recognised English language qualifications in NUI Galway from students who are Applicants to certain programmes will (for example, IELTS, TOEFL). For further attending, or have previously attended, all be required to complete Garda vetting information on recognised English- or part of a medical degree programme or other overseas police clearance (if language qualifications, please refer to the in another institution are considered only applicable). This requirement is due NUI and NUI Galway websites. from those in the institution from which to the external placement element of they are seeking to transfer. the programme, which will bring the Find out more student into a position of trust and may National University of Ireland (NUI) If those examination requirements are involve unsupervised access to children 49 Merrion Square, Dublin 2 not successfully completed, an application or vulnerable adults. Any programmes t. +353 1 439 2424 may be considered if a reasonable interval which require Garda vetting include this w. nui.ie (normally not less than three years) has in the course entry requirements in the w. nuigalway.ie/undergrad- elapsed and if the applicant, through undergraduate prospectus and online. admissions/garda-vetting/ her/his intervening experience and/or If the outcome of the vetting process otherwise, indicates better preparedness is not satisfactory, students will not be 1G ASSESSMENT OF APPLICATIONS to successfully undertake university able to participate in placements and, Applications can only be assessed on the studies again. therefore, will not be able to complete basis of information provided with the All such applicants must satisfy the the programme. Garda vetting is now a application. All relevant documentation normal entry requirements and standards legal requirement under the Children and and examination results (including any of the programme to which they are Vulnerable Persons Act. exemptions granted by NUI) that are being seeking admission. presented for assessment to NUI Galway Find out more must be with the Central Applications Find out more w. nuigalway.ie/undergrad- Office (CAO) no later than the dates below: admissions/garda-vetting/ w. nuigalway.ie/undergrad- Irish Leaving Certificate: 16 August 2019 admissions/school-leavers/medicine/ 1D MEDICAL CLEARANCE Other school leaving exams: See CAO Candidates for admission to Medicine website www.cao.ie and Nursing are required to pass a health assessment prior to admission. It may not be possible to gain entry in the This assessment includes testing for a current year if documents or results are number of infectious diseases that may be presented later than the relevant dates. a risk to patients. 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2A MATRICULATION 2C POINTS For holders of the Leaving Certificate, Due to limited places, admission to languages available at GCE/GCSE levels will six subjects are required, with a minimum undergraduate programmes is based on be accepted as meeting the third language Grade H5 in two subjects, and at least the points system. Each applicant’s score requirement. In these circumstances, it is Grade O6/H7 in four other subjects. is calculated by allocating points for grades permissible for candidates to combine the achieved in one sitting (i.e., any one year) of results of the Leaving Certificate with the An applicant may combine the results the Leaving Certificate examination. Only language result in the GCE/GCSE. In the of the Leaving Certificate examinations the best six subjects are taken into account case of examinations other than the GCE/ obtained in different years for matriculation for points. GCSE, applications are considered by the purposes for all programmes with the university on an individual basis. exception of Medicine (see section 1(H)). POINTS ARE AWARDED AS FOLLOWS: This concession applies to matriculation 2E HOW TO APPLY Grade Higher Paper Ordinary Paper only; it does not apply to the calculation of Applications for admission to all points for admission. 1 100 56 full-time undergraduate degree courses are made through the Central Applications 2 88 46 2B ACCEPTABLE SUBJECTS Office (CAO). 3 77 37 All subjects of the current Leaving Applications can be made online, or 4 66 28 Certificate examination are accepted for alternatively, please contact the CAO office matriculation purposes, with the following 5 56 20 to request a hard copy application form. exceptions: 6 46 12 Find out more Gaeilge–Bonnleibhéal (Irish, Foundation 7 37 n/a Level) will not be accepted for matriculation Central Applications Office (CAO) or points purposes. POINTS AWARDED FOR LCVP LINK Tower House, Eglinton Street, Galway Mathematics (Ordinary Alternative/ MODULES BY NUI GALWAY t. +353 91 509 800 Foundation Level) will be accepted for Distinction 66 w. cao.ie matriculation purposes, but not as a Merit 46 Application forms are accompanied by the substitute for the subject Mathematics CAO Handbook, which gives you details of Pass 28 in programmes for which the subject application procedures and closing dates. Mathematics is currently an entry Please read this handbook very carefully. Note: While Link Modules are acceptable requirement. Neither will a score be The normal CAO closing date for receipt for points scoring purposes, they may awarded for a grade in this subject. of completed applications is 5.15pm not be counted as one of the six subjects on 1 February. Late applications will be Home Economics (General), which has to satisfy minimum entry/matriculation accepted up to 5.15pm on 1 May, subject been discontinued from 2004, is not requirements. Students will have the to an additional fee. Please note that late an acceptable matriculation subject for opportunity to use their points allocation applications may admission to NUI Galway. However, Leaving for the Link Modules as one of their six not be made by those applying on mature Certificate Home Economics–Scientific subjects for the purposes of calculating years grounds or by those applying for and Social is an acceptable matriculation points. subject for admission. entry to Medicine. Twenty-five bonus points are awarded for a The combining of the following subjects is grade H6 or above in Higher Level Maths. not permitted: 2D STUDENTS FROM OUTSIDE THE • Physics with Chemistry (joint) may not be EU PRESENTING THE LEAVING presented with either Physics or Chemistry CERTIFICATE • Only two of History, Economic History and The following special arrangements apply Economics may be presented in the case of students from outside the • Music and Musicianship may not be presented EU whose first language is a language other with Music than English, and who present the Leaving • Agricultural Economics may not be presented Certificate for matriculation registration with Economics purposes. • Classical Studies may not be presented with Latin or Greek In general, such candidates will be required to present a language other LABORATORY SCIENCE SUBJECTS: than English for matriculation purposes. The following subjects in the Irish Leaving Where the first language of a candidate Certificate are recognised laboratory from outside the EU presenting the science subjects: Leaving Certificate is not available in the • Agricultural Science Leaving Certificate, an examination in • Biology that language, accepted by the university • Chemistry as comparable to the matriculation/ • Physics and Chemistry (joint) Leaving Certificate examination, will be • Physics acceptable for matriculation purposes. For example, examinations in non-EU

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3. GCE/GCSE A-Levels Applicants

3A MATRICULATION GCE/LC POINTS EQUIVALENCE NUI Galway welcomes applicants Please refer to our website for approximate presenting General Certificate of Education minimum A-Level grades required for entry. (GCE) and General Certificate of Secondary Find out more Education (GCSE) results. To matriculate, students presenting GCE and GCSE w. nuigalway.ie/alevels/ examinations must obtain a pass in at least six recognised subjects in accordance 3E HOW TO APPLY with programme requirements, as well as Application for admission to all full-time obtaining the following: undergraduate degree courses must be made through the Central Applications GCE Office (CAO). Applications can be made At least a Grade C at Advanced Level in two online or alternatively please contact the recognised subjects (Grade A with Grade CAO office to request a hard copy. E, or Grade B with Grade D, are considered Find out more the equivalent of two Grade Cs). Central Applications Office (CAO) GCE A LEVEL/GCSE Tower House, Eglinton Street, Galway At least a Grade C in four recognised t. +353 91 509 800 subjects. The results of Leaving Certificate w. cao.ie and GCE/GCSE examinations may not normally be combined for the purposes of The normal CAO closing date for receipt an application. of completed applications is 5.15pm on 1 February. 3B ACCEPTABLE SUBJECTS Not all GCE and GCSE subjects are Late applications will be accepted by the recognised and some subjects may not be CAO up to 5.15pm on 1 May, subject to an accepted in combination with one another. additional fee. For further information and the full list Please note that a late application of GCE and GCSE subjects acceptable cannot be made by those applying for for matriculation, consult the Entry Medicine (GY501). Requirements section online. Find out more Click on ‘Entry Requirements’ under the ‘Going to College’ heading on nui.ie

3C IRISH LANGUAGE REQUIREMENT AND EXEMPTION If you were born outside the Republic of Ireland, you do not require Irish as a subject for entry to NUI Galway. Candidates from Northern Ireland and Great Britain presenting GCE/GCSE qualifications will automatically be granted exemption from Irish and are not required to apply to the NUI for exemption.

3D HOW TO COMPARE A-LEVEL GRADES WITH POINTS Where a Leaving Certificate grade of O3 is required, the minimum requirement is a Grade B at GCSE. Where a Leaving Certificate grade of H4/ H5 is required, the minimum requirement is a Grade C at GCE A-level.

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4. School Leaving 5. School Examinations Leaving from EU Countries Examinations outside Ireland from Non-EU and THE UNITED Countries For the purposes of making an application, Kingdom an EU applicant is defined as a person who 4A MATRICULATION, EXEMPTIONS has been resident in an EU/EEA member AND ACCEPTABLE SUBJECTS state for at least three of the five years prior to entry and whose parents have NUI Galway welcomes applications for been in full-time employment in an EU/ undergraduate degree programmes from EEA member state for three of the five EU applicants. years prior to entry. Irish and EU nationals Applicants must meet normal whose families have emigrated to non-EU matriculation and entry requirements. countries such as the USA, Australia, etc., Detailed information for each country is and who have received a minimum of five available online. years of schooling in an EU country, should also apply through CAO. Find out more Find out more w. nuigalway.ie/undergrad-admissions/ Contact the Admissions Office 4B HOW TO APPLY and the Fees Office: EU applicants must apply through the nuigalway.ie/admissions CAO in accordance with the closing dates nuigalway.ie/fees (refer to section 2E) and must tick the Those who do not meet these criteria box ‘other school exams’. Applicants are deemed to be non-EU applicants, who have completed a recognised final and NUI Galway welcomes applications school examination (e.g., German Abitur, from this cohort. Non-EU applicants International Baccalaureate) in a previous are required to apply online through year must send a certified translated copy the NUI Galway International Affairs of the results to the CAO office. Office, with the exception of applicants Applicants sitting their final school exam intending to study Medicine. in summer 2018 must send a certified Applicants to Medicine from North translated copy of the results to the CAO America, Malaysia, Singapore and other office as soon as they become available non-EU countries should refer to our and prior to the issue of Round One website for information on regional agents. offers. Please note that a certified English translation is required in the case of Find out more qualifications not issued originally in English NUI Galway International Affairs Office or Irish. nuigalway.ie/internationalNon-EU This must be sent directly to the CAO Applicants office, not directly to the university. nuigalway.ie/undergrad- Applications for admission to all full-time admissions/school-leavers/medicine/ undergraduate degree courses are made medicinenon-eu/ through the CAO. Applications can be made online, or alternatively, please contact the CAO office to request a hard copy. Find out more Central Applications Office (CAO) Tower House, Eglinton Street, Galway t. +353 91 509 800 w. cao.ie

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6. Other Routes of Entry

6A HEAR—HIGHER EDUCATION Condition of a HEAR Offer Applicants with a specific learning difficulty ACCESS ROUTE or dyspraxia must return a fully completed Students who receive a HEAR offer must psycho-educational assessment The Higher Education Access Route attend an orientation programme before completed by an appropriately qualified (HEAR) is a third-level admissions scheme the first semester. Students who accept psychologist, in place of Section C of for school leavers from socioeconomically places in NUI Galway through HEAR are the SIF. disadvantaged backgrounds. HEAR has offered a variety of academic, personal and been established by a number of higher social supports while studying at third level. Applicants with dyspraxia must also education institutions, and is based provide additional verification (for more on clear evidence that socioeconomic 6B DARE—DISABILITY ACCESS information on evidence of disability see ROUTE TO EDUCATION disadvantage has a negative impact on www.accesscollege.ie). educational achievement at school and The Disability Access Route to Education progression to higher education. (DARE) is a supplementary admissions CONDITION OF A DARE OFFER School leavers who provide satisfactory scheme for school leavers with disabilities. Students who receive a DARE offer must evidence relating to their socio-economic DARE was established by a number of register with the Disability Service at circumstances and meet the Irish Leaving colleges and universities because evidence NUI Galway and agree on a schedule of Certificate matriculation/minimum entry shows that disability can have a negative meetings with the service. impact on how well a student does at and subject requirements are eligible to More Information compete for a quota of places allocated school and whether they go on to college. to applicants on a reduced points basis School leavers who meet the eligibility More Information on DARE is available in NUI Galway. criteria compete for a quota of places from your school guidance counsellor or NUI Galway Disability Support Service. As the minimum entry and subject allocated to applicants on a reduced points requirements may be different for each basis in NUI Galway. All applicants must Find out more Information can course, applicants should check this meet the Irish Leaving Certificate (or also be found on: prospectus for the requirements of equivalent), matriculation/minimum entry and subject requirements. As the minimum accesscollege.ie each preference listed on the Central cao.ie Applications Office (CAO) form. entry and subject requirements may be different for each course, applicants should nuigalway.ie/disability/ WHO SHOULD APPLY TO HEAR? check this prospectus for the requirements 6C ACCESS COURSE FOR SCHOOL HEAR is for school leavers (under 23 years of each preference listed on your CAO form. LEAVERS old as of 1 January 2019). Mature and Who Should Apply to DARE? DARE is The Access course for school leavers is FETAC students have different admission for school leavers (under 23 years old as a one-year, full-time programme designed routes and can get further information on of January 1 2019), who have the ability for students who have a desire to study at these from NUI Galway. to benefit from and succeed in higher third level, but who are unable to do so How to apply to HEAR: education but who may not meet the due to a variety of social and economic points for their preferred course, due to the reasons, such as: 1. Apply online to CAO by 5.15pm on impact of a disability. Mature and FETAC • Long-term unemployment 1 February 2019. students have different admissions routes, • Low family income 2. You must indicate in your CAO application no and you can get further information on • Little or no family tradition of progression onto later than 5.15pm on 1 March 2019 that you these routes from NUI Galway. wish to apply for the HEAR scheme, and you higher education must fully and correctly complete all elements HOW TO APPLY TO DARE • Limited study facilities at home • Family stresses (particularly those related to of the HEAR form (the HEAR form is a part of 1. Apply to CAO by 5:15pm on 1 February 2019. family finance) your CAO application). 2. No later than 5:15pm on 1 March 2019, you • This programme is also suitable for students 3. Submit relevant evidence in support of your must disclose your disability and/or specific with illness or disability whose education has application to arrive at CAO no later than learning difficulty in your CAO application and been affected by long-term absenteeism. 5.15pm on 1 April 2019. fully and correctly complete Section A of the Supplementary Information Form (the SIF is a Find out more HEAR applications can only be made online part of your CAO application). If you wish to be at www.cao.ie considered for the DARE scheme, you must Access Programmes Office More information indicate this on Section A of the fully completed NUI Galway SIF by ticking ‘Yes’ to Question 5 by 5:15pm on t. +353 91 493 553 More information on HEAR is available 1 March 2019. f. +353 91 494 573 from your school guidance counsellor 3. You must return the fully completed Second e. [email protected] or NUI Galway Access Office. Level Academic Reference (Section B) and w. nuigalway.ie/accesscentre/ Find out more Evidence of Disability (Section C) of the SIF to arrive at CAO no later than 5:15pm on accesscollege.ie 1 April 2019. cao.ie nuigalway.ie/access nuigalway.ie/admissions

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6D ACCESS COURSE FOR MATURE All applicants intending to apply for 6G TRANSFER STUDENTS Medicine in 2019 on the grounds of mature The Undergraduate Admissions Office The Access course for mature students years will be required to take the HPAT Test. welcomes applications from students is designed to meet the learning Registration closing date is 23 January wishing to transfer into an undergraduate needs of the adult student and provide 2019 and the test date is Saturday 23 degree programme at a level beyond individual attention and assistance where February 2019. Mature applicants must first year. Transfer applications are appropriate. It aims to provide mature also have an Honours Science subject to normally considered from students who students with the opportunity to prepare Leaving Certificate standard prior to taking have completed a course at Level 6 or personally and academically for an the HPAT test. Successful candidates will Level 7 in an Institute of Technology or undergraduate course of full-time study of be invited to the MMI interview in May. have completed Year 1 of a degree in at least three years duration at NUI Galway. Application must be made by 1 February another university and wish to transfer to Year 2 or 3 of a similar course at NUI Find out more 2019 through the Central Applications Office (CAO). Please note that a late Galway. Information is available on the Access Programmes Office application cannot be made by those Undergraduate Admissions Office website. NUI Galway applying on grounds of mature years. Find out more e. [email protected] The applicant must ensure that copies w. nuigalway.ie/accesscentre/ of all relevant information–for example, nuigalway.ie/undergrad-admissions/ certificates, transcripts and a personal non-schoolleavers/externaltransfer/ 6E MATURE—APPLYING ON THE statement–are included with the CAO GROUNDS OF MATURE YEARS 6H ADULT LEARNING AND application. If you are at least 23 years of age on PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT or before 1 January 2019 and if your Admission on the grounds of mature The University also offers Adult school leaving examination results do years is competitive. Applicants who are Learning and Professional Development not meet normal matriculation and successful in gaining admission on the programmes for adults interested in entry requirements, you may apply on grounds of mature years are also assessed returning to learning. A wide range of the grounds of mature years. In general, on the basis of their school leaving certificates, diplomas and part-time applicants are selected on the basis of qualifications (if any) in competition with degree programmes are on offer. Entry academic aptitude, which may include other applicants. requirements and details of courses certain Leaving Certificate subjects, Find out more are available online and from the Centre relevant work and life experience, and for Adult Learning and Professional evidence of motivation and interest in the Mature Students’ Guide Development Office. programme area. These areas should be [email protected] addressed in the written application. nuigalway.ie/mature Find out more It is strongly advised that intending MSAP test information Centre For Adult Learning and applicants consult the Mature Students’- msap-ie.acer.edu.au/ Professional Development Office Guide prior to making an application for NUI Galway CAO information on the application process cao.ie t. +353 91 494066 and assessment criteria. Full details are e. [email protected] available from October 2018 in the Mature HPAT test information w. nuigalway.ie/adultlearning Students’ Guide, which can be found online hpat-ireland.acer.edu.au/ or by emailing NUI Galway. Further advice and guidance In addition, NUI Galway will host a Mature t. +353 91 492 695 Students Public Information Evening in the w. nuigalway.ie/mature Life Course Institute from 5pm to 8pm on Wednesday Jan 16th, with a CAO talk at 6F QQI/FETAC—FURTHER EDUCATION AND TRAINING 6pm in LCI-G018. This special information AWARDS COUNCIL evening is designed for anyone aged 23 or over, who may be considering studies at Please refer to the NUI Galway website for NUI Galway in 2019. To attend this evening specific details on the range of QQI/FETAC please sign up now at: awards which link into the university’s Level 8 degree programmes. nuigalway.ie/mature/public-events/ Find out more All applicants intending to apply for Arts (including denominated programmes) in nuigalway.ie/undergrad-admissions/ 2019 on the grounds of mature years will non-schoolleavers/qqifetac/ be required to take the Mature Students’- Admissions Pathway (MSAP) test as part of the selection process. There will be one sitting only of this test in 2019 and it will take place on Saturday 2 March 2019.

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7. Additional Regulations

7A DEFERRED ENTRY The maximum possible adjusted points Applicants who have been offered a score for applicants to Medicine will first-year place in the university may increase from 560 to 565. (For all scores apply for deferral of entry for one year. over 550, each 5-point band equals The application must be made to the one extra point.) The baseline score of Admissions Office and only in respect of 480 points will still apply but can include the course in which the offer is made. We the bonus points if HL Mathematics regret deferrals are not granted in the (cumulative points) is among the best six College of Medicine Course GY501 subjects. (except when the deferral is sought on 7C ENGINEERING MATHS medical grounds). QUALIFYING EXAMINATION Once you receive your Offer Notice from The Engineering Maths Qualifying the CAO: Examination is for students who achieve sufficient CAO entry points and satisfy 1. Do not accept the offer in the manner shown all other entry requirements but who on the Offer Notice. do not achieve the requisite grade in 2. Apply online immediately: Mathematics in the Leaving Certificate www.nuigalway.ie/undergrad-admissions/ for admission to certain undergraduate deferrals/deferrals/ engineering courses. For information on 3. The application must be made to the the examination and details on how to Admissions Office at least two days before the apply, please consult our website. ‘Reply Date’ shown on the Offer Notice. 4. NUI Galway will communicate the decision to Find out more the applicant. 5. In order to take up the deferred place, the nuigalway.ie/engineeringinformatics/ applicant must re-apply through the CAO by undergraduatestudents/engineering 1 February of the succeeding year, placing mathsqualifyingexamination/ the deferred course as the first and only 7D FEES preference. For information on fees, please refer to our The number of deferrals awarded will be website. limited. Applicants who have been given permission to defer entry must not in the Find out more intervening year: nuigalway.ie/fees • Attend a third-level institution, or • Repeat the Leaving Certificate examination 7E PERFORMANCE POINTS with the intention of applying for a different NUI GALWAY ‘PERFORMANCE POINTS’ third-level programme. SPORTS SCHOLARSHIP If an applicant granted a deferral A limited number of scholarships will be does either of the above, the deferral will offered for athletes who apply for courses lapse and applicants will be required to that require more than 350 points, with compete for a place on the programme the the exception of GY501 Medicine. Forty following year. ‘performance points’, which can be added 7B BONUS POINTS FOR MATHS to your examination results for entry to NUI Galway, will be on offer for successful A bonus of 25 points will be allocated to candidates. students who achieve grade H6 or above in Higher Level (HL) Mathematics. This Find out more means that the maximum cumulative nuigalway.ie/sports/elitesport/ Leaving Certificate points total will increase from 600 to 625 (existing maximum points CREATIVE ARTS ‘PERFORMANCE POINTS’ plus bonus points). Special ‘performance points’ are offered for The bonus points will only be relevant in new entrants who show exceptional artistic cases where the subject HL Mathematics promise and achievement in one of six (including bonus points) is scored as one areas of excellence. Successful applicants of the candidate’s six best subjects for will gain 40 bonus points when applying points purposes. Consequently, if HL for entry to all NUI Galway undergraduate Mathematics (cumulative points score) is courses that require more than 350 points, not among these six subjects, the bonus with the exception of GY501 Medicine. points will not be included in the total Find out more points score. nuigalway.ie/creativearts performacepoints/

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Important Dates for Applicants

SEPTEMBER 2018 MARCH 2019 JULY 2019

Central Applications Office (CAO) 2019 1 March, 5.15pm 1 July, 5.15pm applications packs delivered to schools. Closing date for amending course Change of mind closing date. choices. Early July 1 March, 5.15pm Round A offers for certain non- OCTOBER 2018 Closing date for final completion of standard categories of applicant online HEAR/DARE forms. (matures, deferrals, etc.). NUI GALWAY’S OPEN DAYS 9 March 22 July, 5.15pm 5 October, 9am to 3pm and MSAP test date. Closing date for late applications for those already attending a participating 6 October, 9am to 3pm 5 March HEI (exception to timetable). Late application facility opens.

NOVEMBER 2018 AUGUST 2019 APRIL 2019 5 November, 12.00 noon 19 August (expected date) CAO online application facility opens. 1 April, 5.15pm Round 1 offers. Change of Course Choice (free) Latest date for HEAR/DARE supporting facility opens. documentation to arrive in CAO. 23 August, 5.15pm (expected date) Round 1 acceptances. NUI GALWAY’S OPEN DAYS JANUARY 2019 28 August (expected date) Saturday 6 April 9am to 3pm Round 2 offers. 20 January, 5.15pm 30 August, 5.15pm (expected date) Apply online by this date to avail of the Round 2 acceptances. discounted application fee of €30. MAY 2019 31st January, 5.15pm 1 May, 5.15pm Closing date for online Change of SEPTEMBER 2019 Course Choices (free). Closing date for late applications. 6 May Early September Online change of mind facility becomes HEIs begin registration and induction. FEBRUARY 2019 available.

1 February, 5.15pm Before end of May OCTOBER 2019 Normal closing date for applications Statement of Application Record sent (€45 fee). to all applicants by CAO. Early October Results of Leaving Certificate 5 February appeals released. Online facility to amend course choices JUNE 2019 becomes available (€10 fee). 18 October, 5.15pm Offer season ends. Saturday 23 February Leaving Certificate examinations. HPAT test date. CAO Change of Mind clinic, NUI Galway campus. Check website for details.

EXAM HPAT (FOR MEDICINE APPLICANTS) MSAP (FOR MATURE APPLICANTS TO ARTS)

Apply 20 January, 5.15pm (€130 fee) APPLY 3 February, midnight (€83) 1 February, 5.15pm (€200 fee)

LATE APPLICATIONS 3 February, 5.15pm (€235 fee) 17 February, midnight (€118 fee)

TEST DAY 23 February 9 March

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Transport Links to NUI Galway

WESTPORT HEALY BUSES BALLINA TREACY COACHES

DONEGAL Castlebar BUS FEDA Foxford

Letterkenny

Donegal Ballinrobe MONAGHAN Kiltimagh STREAMLINE Bundoran COACHES

Sligo

Headford DUBLIN Cavan GOBUS Tuam & CITYLINK

ATHLONE Ballinasloe Kildare DUBLIN TRAIN Tullamore

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WATERFORD Tralee J.J. KAVANAGH

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LIMERICK TRAIN DINGLE CONNECTING TO CORK, TRALEE Bus Éireann services not listed KENNEDY on this map. COACHES & WATERFORD For a full list of stops, timetables and fares for private bus services, see individual website addresses.

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