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The College's Mission

Trinity College Dublin exists to provide an internationally recognised centre of excellence in higher education wherein a diverse body of students may learn and train in their chosen disciplines and scholars may carry out research in order to advance knowledge in their various subjects.

To this end the College seeks to enable the widest possible range of students to pursue theoretical and applied subjects; foster independence of thought; sustain basic and applied research; be available as a resource of expertise and knowledge to the community; play a key role in providing appropriately skilled manpower; meet the social, economic and technological needs of society; foster international cooperation; and exchange in higher education and research.

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How this Publication is organised

The first section of this book contains listings cover Masters courses first and certain courses appear twice and general information on various aspects Postgraduate Diploma courses second – immediately following this introduction of Ireland, Dublin and the University. both lists are in alphabetical order. Based is a comprehensive index. on historical or other reasons, applicants The second section is divided up by may find that courses expected to be The second last section of the six areas of study: Arts (Humanities); listed under a certain study area are publication is a copy of the main Arts (Letters); Business, Economic and actually listed under an alternative study College charges levied on Social Studies; and Systems area. For example, the taught M.Sc. in postgraduate students. Sciences; Health Sciences and Science. High Performance Computing is listed Finally, at the end, you will find an under Mathematics in the area of Following the general introduction alphabetical index of all postgraduate Science, and not within Computer to each area of study are the entries courses offered. Science, in the area of Engineering and for the particular disciplines arranged Systems Sciences. For this reason the alphabetically. Following these entries publication is cross-referenced, so that are listings of the taught courses. The

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Contents

Graduate Studies Office 9 Named Degree Courses 38 Postgraduate Diplomas 54

INTRODUCTION Bachelor in Divinity (B.D.) 38 Clinical Supervision 54 Doctor in Clinical Psychology Conflict and Dispute The Country, the City, (D.Clin.Psych) 39 Resolution Studies 1 54 and the University 12 Doctor in Education (D.Ed.) 40 In-Service Education 55 The University and its Central Facilities 14 Master of Laws (LL.M.) 40 Music and Media Technologies 56 Master in Education (M.Ed.) 41 Other College Services 17 Higher Diplomas 57 Master in Studies (M.St.) 42 Postgraduate Study in Higher Diploma in Education Trinity College 20 M.Sc. Courses 42 (Secondary level) 57 Costs 22 Counselling Psychology 42 Higher Diploma in Education International Students 24 (Primary level) 58 Educational Guidance Climate, Travel, Visas, and Counselling 43 Higher Diploma in Psychology 59 Accommodation 25 Educational Management 45 ARTS (LETTERS) Academic Year, Registration, I.T. in Education 46 Orientation 27 Classics 63 Science Education 46 Drama 64 ARTS (HUMANITIES) M.Phil. Courses 47 English Studies 64 Centre for Gender and 1 French Studies 65 Women’s Studies 30 Ecumenical Studies 47 1 Germanic Studies 65 Education 31 International Peace Studies 48 Hispanic Studies 66 History of Art and Architecture 31 Irish Art History 49 Irish and Celtic Languages 67 Irish School of Ecumenics 32 Medieval History 49 Italian 67 Law 32 Modern Irish History 50 Centre for Language and Medieval History 33 Music and Media Technologies 51 Communication Studies 67 Modern History 34 Psychoanalytic Studies 51 1 Russian 68 Music 35 Reconciliation Studies 51 Philosophy 35 Reformation and Enlightenment Studies 53 Psychology 36 Women’s Studies 53 Religions and Theology 38

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M.Phil. Courses 69 Organisational Behaviour M.Sc. Courses 96 Anglo Irish Literature 69 Programme 83 Bioengineering 2 96 Creative Writing 69 Business Administration Programme 83 Civil Engineering 97 Early Irish 70 Strategic Management Programme 83 Computer Science Theory and History 70 International Business Programme 84 (Networks and Distributed Systems) 97 German Literature with Master in Social Work 84 Computer Science Language Pedagogy 71 (Ubiquitous Computing) 98 M.Sc. Courses 84 Irish Theatre and Film Studies 71 Health Informatics 98 Applied Social Research 84 Linguistics/Applied Linguistics/ I.T. in Education 98 Child Protection and Welfare 85 Speech and Language Processing 72 Integrated Systems Design 99 Drug and Alcohol Policy 85 Literary Translation 72 Management of Information Systems 100 Economics 86 Medieval Language, Mechanical and Manufacturing Economic Policy Studies 87 Literature and Culture 73 Engineering – Erasmus Mundus 100 Popular Literature 73 M.Phil. Courses 87 Multimedia Systems 101 Textual and Visual Studies: Ethnic and Racial Studies 87 M.Phil. Courses 102 19th and 20th Century France 74 Social Work Research 88 Music and Media Technologies 102 Postgraduate Diplomas 75 Postgraduate Diplomas 89 Postgraduate Diplomas 102 Old Irish 75 Child Protection and Welfare 89 Applied Building Repair and BUSINESS, ECONOMIC ENGINEERING AND Conservation 102 AND SOCIAL STUDIES SYSTEMS SCIENCES Computer Science Business Studies 78 Civil, Structural and (Ubiquitous Computing) 102 Economics 79 Environmental Engineering 92 Construction Law and Contract Political Science 80 Computer Science 93 Administration 103 Social Studies 81 Electronic and 93 Environmental Engineering 103 Sociology 81 Mechanical and Manufacturing Fire Safety Practice Engineering 94 (Buildings and Other Structures) 104 Named Degree Courses 82 Statistics 95 Health and Safety in Construction 104 Master in Business Health Informatics 104 Administration (M.B.A.) 82 Named Degree Courses 96 Highway and Geotechnical Master in Management (M.Sc.) 82 Master in Engineering (M.A.I.) 96 Engineering 105 Management Practice Programme 83 Master in Engineering (M.A.I.) Physical Planning 105 Recurrent Education 96 6 TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN Postgraduate Courses 2005

Project Management 106 Professional Higher Hospital Pharmacy Quality Improvement 106 Degree Programmes 123 (jointly with Science) 131 Statistics 107 Doctor in Medicine (M.D.) 123 Mammalian Cell Physiology 131 Master in Obstetrics (M.A.O.) 124 Medical Imaging 132 HEALTH SCIENCES Master in Surgery (M.Ch.) 124 Midwifery 132 Anatomy 111 Master in Dental Science Molecular Medicine 133 Clinical Medicine 111 (M.Dent.Sc.) 125 Molecular Pathology 134 Clinical Microbiology 112 Professional Research Nursing 134 Clinical Speech and Programmes 125 Occupational Therapy 135 Language Studies 112 Master in Dental Surgery Paediatrics 135 Dental Science 113 (M.Dent.Ch.) 125 Pharmaceutical Medicine 136 Haemotology 114 Oral Medicine with Oral Pathology 125 Physical Sciences in Medicine 136 Histopathology and Morbid Anatomy 114 Oral Surgery 126 Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy 137 Immunology 115 Orthodontics 126 Sports Medicine 138 Nursing and Midwifery 115 Paediatric Dentistry 126 Obstetrics and Gynaecology 116 Postgraduate Diplomas 138 Periodontics 127 Occupational Therapy 117 Clinical Dentistry 138 Prosthodontics 127 Paediatrics 117 Clinical Engineering Pharmacology and Therapeutics 118 M.Sc. Courses 128 (Equipment Management) 139 Physiology 118 Cardiac Rehabilitation 128 Clinical Health Sciences Education 139 Physiotherapy 119 Cardiology 128 Clinical Speech and Language Studies (Dysphagia) 140 Psychiatry 119 Child and Adolescent Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy 128 Cognitive Psychotherapy 140 Public Health and Primary Care 120 Clinical Speech and Language Studies Exercise Physiology 140 Radiation Therapy 121 (Dysphagia) 129 Gerontological Nursing 141 Surgery 121 Cognitive Psychotherapy 129 Gynaecology and Obstetrics 142 Named Degree Programmes 122 Exercise Physiology 129 Health Informatics 142 Integrated Doctorate in Gerontological Nursing 129 Magnetic Resonance Imaging Molecular Medicine (M.Sc./Ph.D.) 122 Global Health 130 Technology 142

Integrated Doctorate in 3 Health Informatics (jointly with Midwifery 143 Neuroscience (M.Sc./Ph.D.) 123 Engineering and Systems Sciences) 130 Molecular Medicine 143 Health Services Management 130 Nuclear Medicine 144

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Oncological Nursing 4 144 M.Sc. Courses 160 1Taught in the Irish School of Ecumenics. Paediatric Nursing 5 145 Community Pharmacy 160 2 Jointly taught with the University of Limerick and the University of Ulster. Pharmaceutical Medicine 145 Environmental Sciences 160 3 Jointly taught with the Rotunda Hospital and Professional Nursing Studies 146 High Performance Computing 161 Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda. 4 Jointly taught with St. Luke’s and St. Anne’s Professional Midwifery Studies 146 Hospital Pharmacy Hospital and St. James’s Hospital (School of Specialist Nursing 5 147 (jointly with Health Sciences) 162 Nursing) Pharmaceutical Analysis 162 5 Jointly taught with St. James’s Hospital and SCIENCE the Adelaide and Meath Hospital, Dublin, Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Biochemistry 150 incorporating the National Children’s Technology 163 Hospital. Botany 151 Pharmaceutical Technology 163 Centre for the Environment 151 Postgraduate Diplomas 164 Chemistry 152 Community Pharmacy 164 Genetics 152 Pharmaceutical Analysis 165 Geography 153 Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Geology 154 Technology 165 Pure and Applied Mathematics 154 Polymer Science and Technology 165 Microbiology 155 Pharmacy 155 Postgraduate Degree and Diploma Fees 168 Physics 158 Zoology 159 Alphabetical Index to Postgraduate Courses 177

Map of Campus 180

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Graduate Studies Office

The office has overall responsibility for Graduate Studies Office unsuccessful applications after 1 June the registration, monitoring of academic Arts Building of the academic year into which entry progress and welfare of postgraduate Trinity College was being sought/applied for. students throughout the University. It is Dublin 2 situated in the Arts Building on the Ireland All information in this publication is main campus, and is open 10am to Fax: +353-1-671 2821 accurate at the time of printing. 12pm and 2pm to 4pm, Monday to Changes of courses, options, fees and Friday. Further information can be An application form, obligatory for dates may occur between printing and obtained from our website www.tcd.ie/ admission to all research and taught October 2005. In addition, factors such Graduate_Studies/index.html. programmes can be obtained from the as the unexpected unavailability Graduate Studies Office by post, or of staff, or a level of application below alternatively downloaded on: that which is minimally required to allow DEAN OF GRADUATE www.tcdlocalportal.tcd.ie/pls/ a course to run may make it practically STUDIES: application_forms/sis_pub.SIS_ impossible, or prohibitively expensive Patrick J. Prendergast, B.A., B.A.I., Ph.D. APPLICATION_FORM.main for the University to offer an option listed in this publication. Any offer of OFFICE ADMINISTRATOR: Additional application forms are a place made to you is subject to your required for these courses: Ewa Sadowska M.Phil. (Warsaw), M.Litt., consenting to the incorporation of this notice as a term of any such offer. Dip.Bu.St. (N.C.E.A.) Doctor in Medicine (M.D.) All applicants should make all ENQUIRIES AND Masters in Social Work (M.S.W.) reasonable effort prior to registration CORRESPONDENCE M.Sc. in Science Education to ensure that the course/programme General public enquiries: they are registering for meets their Email: [email protected] Postgraduate Diploma in expectations, by contacting the relevant Telephone: +353-1-608 1166 Gynaecology and Obstetrics course coordinator or prospective supervisor/research director. Specific enquiries during admission to All nursing courses taught postgraduate courses: The information set on these pages Check with Course Coordinators for Email: [email protected] is intended as a guide only and shall further details. Incomplete applications Telephone: +353-1-608 2182 not be deemed to form a contract will not be processed. Please note that between the College and an Specific enquiries during admission to unsuccessful applications will not be applicant or any third party. postgraduate research programmes: returned or retained. It is Graduate Email: [email protected] Studies Office policy to destroy Telephone: +353-1-608 3354 9 Introduction

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Introduction

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The Country, the City and the University

THE COUNTRY Cosmopolitan in its origins, Dublin – In the work of its writers, playwrights, Introduction Báile Átha Cliath in Irish – arose actors and musicians, Dublin is the The Republic of Ireland has a population originally from a Viking settlement equal in quality and variety to any of 4.05 million, with Dublin, its capital on the south bank of the river Liffey. capital city in Europe. It is renowned city, having a population of nearly The principal city of Ireland for most of particularly for its theatrical life, 1.3 million. With a land area of around its thousand-year history, it experienced whether in established theatres such 70,000 square kilometres, it is one of a period of rapid expansion in the as the Abbey and the Gate, or in small the least densely populated countries eighteenth century, when it attained experimental theatre, including Trinity’s in the . The country the status of one of Europe’s great cities, Beckett Theatre with its own ‘Players’. enjoys a relatively mild climate with with magnificent squares, stately public average monthly temperatures ranging buildings and the largest public park in In the literary field, the contribution from 7ºC in January to 19ºC in July. Europe. Much of the elegance of that of native sons has been outstanding, with Jonathan Swift, Oliver Goldsmith, The Irish economy is an open, mostly period and sense of harmony is Oscar Wilde, Bernard Shaw, William B. export-based economy that has conserved in and around Trinity College. Yeats, James Joyce, Samuel Beckett experienced unprecedented levels Dublin has a full and varied cultural and and Seamus Heaney the most of growth since the mid-1990s. Living intellectual life. The recently expanded prominent names. standards are now above the European and upgraded National Museum displays Union average. unique Celtic Bronze Age and Early A particular feature of Dublin life is Christian artefacts, which reflect both the the tradition of live music in every THE CITY country’s wealth in gold at this period, conceivable venue, from street busking Dublin, the capital of Ireland, is situated and the artistic sophistication of the early to the National Concert Hall – not in the east of the country and enjoys Irish craftsmen. The National Gallery of forgetting the singing pubs, where one of the best settings of any European Ireland, whose new extension ‘The traditional music still flourishes. city. Stretching around the wide expanse Millennium Wing’, opened in 2002, is With one of the youngest populations of Dublin Bay from the imposing mass of considered one of the best small galleries of Europe’s major cities, Dublin offers Howth Head in the north to the granite in Europe; and the National Library has an unusually congenial atmosphere outcrops of the Wicklow massif in the exquisite collections of manuscript, for students. While the economic south, few parts of the city are far from photographic and other printed material. upsurge of recent years has brought a the sights and smells of the sea, while Both museum and gallery, flanking the proliferation of fashionable boutiques many city centre streets end in a vista seat of the Irish parliament, are within and expensive restaurants, there are of mountains. a few hundred yards of Trinity College. also second-hand bookshops, street markets, fast food outlets and ethnic

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Based on the general pattern of the were all either educated in Trinity Introduction ancient colleges at Oxford and College or on the staff of the College or Cambridge, Trinity is larger, with a main both. No stranger to controversy, Trinity campus extending over 40 acres in a has often provided an independent and unique site in the heart of the city. liberal voice in the affairs of the state.

The west end of the campus includes Most academic activity is concentrated five quadrangles of squares with many in the main College campus. However, buildings from the 18th century, notably recent developments have allowed the Old Library – home to the priceless expansion of the Health Sciences 9th century manuscript, The Book of off-campus, in two major locations – Kells. The most recent of these squares a purpose built facility in the largest was completed in 1978 and is situated teaching hospital in Ireland, at St. James’s eateries of all kinds, many located in opposite the award-winning Arts Building. Hospital in Dublin and another in a the bohemian Temple Bar area not far newly completed regional general from College. Further east, the recently built Hamilton hospital in the Dublin suburbs at and O’Reilly buildings house many of As the major commercial centre of Tallaght. In addition, sporting facilities Trinity’s science and technology areas the island, Dublin is the hub of and modern accommodation are and complement the recently completed communications for the country as a provided both on and off-campus. Dental Hospital. Between the two built- whole. Train or bus can easily reach up ends of College, the College Park The vigour of any university must be most parts of Ireland, including the with its sports fields remains one of the judged by its commitment to research. renowned scenic areas of Cork, Kerry, largest green spaces in the city. In the early 21st century, this often Clare and Galway. For vacation travel, takes the form of partnership with few European capitals are more than One of Ireland’s major tourist attractions, major international companies or of two hours away by air by direct flights. the main College campus is also an inter-institutional cooperation within intimate part of the city in whose heart the framework of programmes of the THE UNIVERSITY it stands. European Union, and in both Trinity is Trinity College, the single constituent in a leading position in Ireland. In a number of ways, Trinity is central to college of the , was Irish life. Many of the famous people of founded by Queen Elizabeth I in 1592, Trinity prides itself on its tradition of Irish letters and history were educated and so celebrated its Quatercentenary personal contact between staff and at Trinity including writers such as in 1992. It is the oldest university in students, encouraged by its collegiate Jonathan Swift, Oliver Goldsmith, Ireland and one of the oldest universities atmosphere. College provides a range of Oscar Wilde and Samuel Beckett. in Europe. For most purposes, from a facilities – dining hall, cafeterias and bars Ireland’s first President, Douglas Hyde, student perspective, the College is – and a varied social life sustained by a previous President, Mary Robinson and synonymous with the University. host of student societies and sports clubs. the current President, Mary MacAleese

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The University and its Central Facilities

The University is governed by an Business Economics and Social Studies, 11,000 French revolutionary pamphlets; Introduction academic Board, chaired by the Provost Arts and Nursing studies. It also houses and 1,000 17th century printed editions elected for a period of 10 years. The the Music, Law and Official Publications of French plays, the latter recently University Council, also chaired by the collections. The Ussher Library is acquired. Provost, governs academic matters. The fully equipped with electronic data current Provost, John Hegarty, connections at all study places. The Department of Manuscripts was elected in 2001. Study carrels for research students contains the largest collection of are available in the complex and can manuscript material in Ireland. It has extensive holdings in classical and THE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY be reserved. The 1937 Postgraduate Reading Room was opened in medieval Latin and medieval Greek. The University Library is one of the November 2003, for use by research Other medieval material includes largest in Europe, with a bookstock of students. significant holdings in languages ranging over 4.25 million volumes, over 30,000 from Icelandic to Persian, and including current serials and extensive collections The library is of crucial importance Irish, English and French. The Irish of manuscripts, maps and music. Along to research, both in the richness of its holdings include one of the finest with only five other libraries in the print and manuscript resources and collections of early Irish manuscripts world (the British Library in London, the increasingly in the delivery of electronic in the world, including the Book of National Libraries of Scotland and Wales information. Leinster, the earliest manuscript of Irish and the University Libraries at Oxford law, dating from the 12th century. In and Cambridge), it enjoys the privilege The Department of Early Printed Books addition there are extensive collections of receiving all Irish and UK copyright has responsibility for over 300,000 of modern, mainly Irish, political and material – a right it has had since 1801. volumes printed before 1901 and for literary papers which draw a large certain modern collections – notably number of visitors to the library. The Completed in 1732, the Old Library, Anglo-Irish literature (including authors Book of Kells, perhaps the supreme contains the Departments of Early such as Jonathan Swift, William example of early medieval art, is housed Printed Books, Manuscripts as well as Congreve, George Farquar and Oliver in the Old Library. Written around the areas open to the public: the Long Goldsmith) and modern private press year 800 AD, it is one of the most Room, the Treasury, and the collections. Of particular interest is the beautifully illuminated manuscripts in Colonnades Exhibition Area. Fagel collection, which contains works the world. The manuscript was given to printed between 1650 and 1750. The Berkeley, Lecky and Ussher Library Trinity College in the 17th century and The collection includes numerous complex, completed in 2002, contains since 1953 is currently one of the most- continental printings and illustrated the main administrative offices, visited tourist attractions in Ireland. books, many in the field of science; workrooms and print collection for

14 TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN Postgraduate Courses 2005 Introduction The Map Library collection contains COMPUTING FACILITIES The central point of contact for all IS approximately 600,000 maps, mainly Services is the Helpdesk, which is Information Systems Services is relating to Ireland and Britain; including located on the ground floor of Áras an responsible for the provision and a comprehensive collection of Ordnance Phiarsaigh. An extensive range of online support of computer systems, Survey material, hydrographic charts facilities on all aspects of the services networking, audio-visual and media from all over the world and maps of provided can be viewed on the local services in College. certain regions of Africa. website at http://isservices.tcd.ie. On registration all postgraduate Science and medical collections are students are issued with a user account COLLEGE MUSEUMS housed in separate buildings; the latter providing access to a range of computer off-Campus in the College’s associated In the 18th and 19th centuries the facilities and services. There are teaching hospital. The Science, Health College possessed a very extensive numerous computer rooms and Sciences and Engineering collections museum containing some valuable dedicated email/web stations for include runs of core periodicals and material. When the museum was student use at different sites around the books published in the UK and Ireland. dispersed in 1857 the ethnographic campus and in some off-campus The library subscribes to 3,500 material was lodged with the nearby locations. Each student is allocated a electronic journals in all disciplines National Museum of Ireland, but the TCD email account for official and to many bibliographic databases University retained certain specialist correspondence and some storage providing access to published research collections. space on the College server. All results. Lesser-used print material is computer rooms have laser-printing housed off-site in a purpose-built book The College Herbarium facilities and some have colour printing storage repository. and scanning facilities. Computing The College herbarium was founded in the early 19th century but also contains In addition to the main university library facilities and support are also available some material from earlier centuries as a number of areas, notably in Science at St. James’s and Tallaght hospitals, well. The herbarium is of international and Engineering, maintain their own which are the University’s two main importance as it contains numerous type specialist and often extensive library teaching hospitals. specimens. It is also the second largest collections and the campus is in close IS Services offer a range of IT training herbarium in Ireland and by far the most proximity to a number of other large courses for College staff and students taxonomically important. Apart from its libraries – notably the National Library throughout the year. These cover all the Irish and European collections the of Ireland and the Royal Irish Academy main desktop applications such as word herbarium is particularly strong in Library. processing, spreadsheet, database and material from South Africa, America, Find out more about the Library at presentations. More specialised courses Australia and Thailand. Used for both www.tcd.ie/Library on topics such as web publishing and teaching and scholarship it attracts a large statistical analysis are also available on a number of overseas researchers, accesses regular basis. approximately 1,800 new specimens every year and has a research programme focused on South-East Asia and Ireland. 15 TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN Postgraduate Courses 2005

The Zoology Museum which 46,000 are invertebrates, 1,000 oldest city (9th millennium) to have The first base for zoological studies vertebrates and 3,000 plants, 7,000 been excavated – to the Crusades (13th at Trinity College was provided by the mineralogical specimens and 15,000 century). Its holdings consist mainly of University Museum which was rehoused petrological specimens. Amongst these pottery and other artefacts. The nucleus is a substantial number of type and of the Museum’s collections is constituted

Introduction at the east end of College, where it remains today, albeit on a relatively figured specimens which add to the by artefacts from the excavations of four smaller scale within the area of Zoology. research and teaching importance of cities in Palestine: Lachish (Director: the collections. J.L. Starkey, 1932-1938), Jericho (Kathleen The collection contains approximately Kenyon, 1952-1959), Jerusalem (Kathleen 30,000 specimens representing all of The Weingreen Museum Kenyon, 1961-1967) and Buseirah the animal phyla. Some of the more (Crystal Bennett, 1971-1975) and Lord The Weingreen Museum of Biblical important exhibits include a specimen Crookshank’s Egyptian collection and Antiquities is named in honour of of the now extinct great auk, a Professor Weingreen’s private Professor Jacob Weingreen, Erasmus collection of Blaschka glass models archaeological collection. Finds presented Smith Professor of Hebrew at Trinity and early 19th century entomological by Crystal Bennett from her excavations College Dublin between 1939 and 1979. collections. Today the main function at Tawilan in Transjordan, as well as of the museum is to provide The Weingreen Museum encompasses individual items donated by the Trustees undergraduate training in animal numerous exhibits from the entire of the British Museum from their surplus systematics, biodiversity and taxonomy. Mediterranean world from North Africa resources have markedly enriched the Associated with the zoological to Mesopotamia and from Jericho, the collections. collection is a small library containing specialised zoological literature.

The Geology Museum The museum is housed in one of the most spectacular of Trinity’s historic campus buildings. Two mounted Giant Irish Deer skeletons retrieved from Lough Gur flank the entrance. The main collections are very diverse, with displays ranging from fossils, through maps to minerals, gemstones, zeolites, industrial minerals and building materials and meteorites. In total the collections contain approximately 50,000 paleontological specimens of

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The Graduate Students Union is the CHAPLAINCY DAY NURSERY representative body for postgraduate The University caters not only for the The University’s day nursery, open students in College; its website intellectual and academic life of the 8.00am – 5.15pm, is located on campus www.gsu.tcd.ie, contains useful student, but also for the social and in a purpose-built facility. The nursery information. spiritual one. Four chaplains, caters for children from three months to representing the four main Christian four years (most children in Ireland go CAREERS ADVISORY denominations in Ireland, provide an to school at the age of 4). A fee is SERVICE ecumenical chaplaincy service on payable for use of this service. The Service is based on campus and campus. Based in House 27, where they Telephone: +353-1-608 2277. provides assistance to students and have offices and a coffee room, the recent graduates of the College chaplains ensure hospitality to all There is also a self-supporting student- regarding their career options. students, irrespective of religious parent discussion group. This informal Postgraduate students at whatever affiliation. As well as providing a forum, group is open to any student (male or stage they are in their studies are very where students from various cultural female) who already is, or is about to welcome to use the Service. and linguistics backgrounds can meet become, a parent. socially, the chaplaincy organises The services offered include: guidance seminars and retreats on a regular basis software, skills workshops, vacancy and facilitates student support groups. advertising and individual guidance. The chaplains also gather students and The Service has its own library located staff for experiences of prayer and in East Chapel with an extensive range worship, both ecumenically and of information on occupations and according to their respective traditions. employers. Further details can be A chaplain is available to meet students obtained from the website at on an individual basis from 11.30am – www.tcd.ie/careers or by contacting 12.30pm and from 3.30pm – 4.30pm the careers advisers directly. Their daily. More information about the email addresses and telephone chaplaincy can be found on extensions are available on the website. www.tcd.ie/Chaplaincy The Service also provides a range of free directories and publications including the Careers Service Guide.

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MEALS IN COLLEGE University’s Philosophical and Historical Further information can be obtained Societies are the oldest, formed in from the website at www.tcd.ie/Sport Student Buffet – Main Dining Hall: 1684 and 1770 respectively. Both claim Hot meal service from 12 (noon) – famous members, Jonathan Swift and 2.30pm in term. STUDENT HEALTH Oscar Wilde amongst them. Further

Introduction The Student Health Service is located information can be obtained from the Buttery Restaurant, in modern, purpose-built premises on Central Societies Committee website beside the Buttery Bar: Trinity campus, in House 47. It aims www.csc.tcd.ie Breakfast service from 7.45am – 11.00am to take a holistic approach to student Monday – Friday; full range of hot food, health and, in addition to providing snacks and beverages to 9.00 pm. SPORTS FACILITIES on-campus primary health care for all Sport has always been important in full-time students; it focuses on the Buttery Bar: College and sporting facilities are psychological and occupational aspects 12.00 noon – 11.00 pm during term provided in several locations servicing of student health and health education. time; full bar, beverages, sandwiches the needs of individual students. Trinity Student consultations are free of charge and freshly ground coffee. has approximately 49 sports clubs, with modest fees for additional services. Arts Building Coffee Shop: which are administered by Dublin Hospital treatment is supplied to EU 8.00am – 9.00pm in term; a large range University Central Athletic Club, students who are automatically entitled of snacks, sandwiches, and beverages. otherwise known as DUCAC. On campus, there is provision for outdoor to a General Medical Services Card on Hamilton Coffee Shop, Hamilton sports including athletics, cricket, condition that they are in possession Building: gaelic games, hockey, rugby, soccer of an E128 form from their home 8.00am – 9.00pm in term; a full range and tennis. The Luce Sports Hall Government Health Service. An E111 of hot meals, snacks, salad bar and accommodates badminton, climbing, form entitles all EU students to free beverages. squash and most other indoor sports. emergency care. These forms must be In the suburbs, there are extensive obtained in the home country before Westland Coffee Shop, East End 4 + 5: playing fields. A boathouse is located departure. 9.00am – 4.00pm in term; a full range of on the River Liffey, at Islandbridge. snacks, salad bar and beverages. Non-EU students are not normally Students entering College are entitled to national health services in CLUBS AND SOCIETIES encouraged to get involved in their Ireland and are advised to take out insurance cover for hospitalisation The University has a long tradition in University Club. Sport is the perfect way before leaving their home country. nourishing its clubs and societies. The to relieve the daily stresses of College If you have insurance it may be 94 recognised student societies cater for life, lectures, study and examinations possible, by applying to your insurers, most interests. New societies can easily and whether it is at competitive or to complete an Inter Fund Form which be established when required but most recreational level, students are invited will give access to the Voluntary Health have long been in existence. The to take part. Insurance scheme in Ireland while here.

18 TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN Postgraduate Courses 2005 Introduction Please check with your Insurance DISABILITY SERVICES College needs to know about disabilities Company back home. If you do not in advance of admission if particular Trinity College is committed to a policy already have insurance cover and wish supports or arrangements are required. of equal opportunity in education and to join either the Voluntary Health Disclosure of a disability or specific to ensuring that students with a Insurance Scheme or BUPA when you learning difficulty will not adversely disability have as complete and arrive in Ireland, details are available affect an applicant in any way. Find out equitable access to all facets of College from the Student Health Service. more about the Disability Services at life as can reasonably be provided. www.tcd.ie/disability The service of a professional Student Student Disability Services aim to assist Counsellor on campus is available to all students by arranging and coordinating students on a strictly confidential basis. specific educational supports such as Appointments may be made through providing information in alternative the Student Health Office or directly formats, making available specialist with the Counselling Service itself. tuition for students with dyslexia and offering assistive technologies.

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Postgraduate Study in Trinity College

GENERAL brochure, which details the specific register if their progress has been Introduction requirements and regulations governing satisfactory. Such transfer usually occurs Unlike the situation in some countries, that course. Students must familiarise at the end of two years (more rarely one entry to Irish universities is competitive, themselves with these regulations. year) of full-time study. Progress is and no graduate applicant, from Ireland judged as satisfactory in a number of or any other country has an automatic different ways in different research areas right to admission. Most courses in POSTGRADUATE and students are advised to find out Trinity College have a restricted number CO-ORDINATOR about the system in place in their area of places available for postgraduate There are postgraduate student well in advance. The following research students. coordinators who are responsible degrees are offered: for ensuring that any problems The range of studies on offer is vast and postgraduate students face are M.Litt. the standard set for postgraduate study attended to. For those undertaking M.Sc. is exceptionally high. This combination, a research degree, coordinators offer Ph.D. together with the range of ancillary another line of contact to the College facilities in the immediate vicinity of the administration in addition to their These degrees are by pure research University, offers an almost unparalleled supervisor and for those undertaking or possess only a very small taught learning experience to all a taught course they, similarly, offer component. The desired average postgraduates. another point of contact, apart from duration of the M.Litt. and M.Sc. by the course coordinator. research degrees is two to three years Academic matters of postgraduate full-time, whilst a Ph.D. should take students are the remit of the Graduate from three to four years full-time. Studies Committee, which is a POSTGRADUATE RESEARCH STUDENTS subcommittee of Council and is chaired The following Professional Higher by the Dean of Graduate Studies. Higher degrees by research are normally Degrees are offered: obtained by carrying out a period of Master in Engineering (M.A.I.) UNIVERSTIY COURSE research within the University, under REGULATIONS the supervision of a member of College Master in Obstetrics (M.A.O.) staff, with subsequent submission of a Master in Surgery (M.Ch.) On registration students are given the thesis for examination. University regulations (Calendar Part II), Doctor in Medicine (M.D.) which govern academic progress Virtually all research students are In general these degrees are available through the University. In addition initially placed on the Masters register. only to suitably qualified graduates who students who undertake a postgraduate They may then transfer to the Ph.D. wish to further their career in their taught course will be given a course

20 TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN Postgraduate Courses 2005 Introduction chosen profession by undertaking a Master in Dental Surgery POSTGRADUATE STUDENTS research thesis. Details of these degrees, (M.Dent.Ch.) NOT READING FOR A their duration etc. are given in the M.Phil. – a large variety of taught HIGHER DEGREE alphabetical list of taught courses in the programmes in Arts and Social It is possible to register as a one-year or appropriate sections below. Sciences one-term postgraduate student not All students undertaking a research M.Sc. – a large variety of taught reading for a degree. Students of this status degree are assigned to a single programmes in Science, Engineering are offered all facilities and are free to supervisor, though for some students and Health Sciences continue their own research, and/or to there may also be an additional advisor. M.Sc (Mgmt.) – taught programmes read undergraduate courses of interest to The supervisor’s role is essentially one in Management – in conjunction them. Application for admission should be of mentor and students should make with Irish Management Institute made to the Office of International Student suitable arrangements to contact their Affairs, Trinity College by 1 March. (See the supervisor as often as is practical and The above Masters degrees vary in International Students section below for agreeable to both parties. relation to the length of time they take further details of this office). to complete. Normally they are either one or two years full-time. POSTGRADUATE STUDENTS COMMENCEMENTS UNDERTAKING TAUGHT The sole Practitioner Doctorate offered Degrees are awarded at one of five COURSES in the University at present is the ceremonies in the year (either February, Postgraduate students on taught D.Clin.Psych., which takes three years. June, July, November or December) programmes normally have to pass a in the University Examination Hall. series of examinations in order to make The Bachelor in Divinity (B.D.) is offered Enquiries should be directed to the satisfactory progress. Taught courses are as a postgraduate qualification by Proctor’s Office, House 5, Front Square, available at three levels – either at examination and research thesis. College. Postgraduate Diploma level, Masters level or at Practitioner Doctorate level. Individual taught courses are described under the appropriate faculty. The Masters degrees offered are: Master of Laws (LL.M.) Master in Education (M.Ed.) Master in Studies (In-Service Education) (M.St.) Master in Business Administration (M.B.A.)

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Costs

FEES i) Who is ordinarily resident in the EU iv) certain EU officials as approved by Introduction and who has received full-time the Department of Foreign Affairs An annual fee is payable on enrolment. further or higher education in the are treated as EU applications. This fee covers matriculation, tuition EU for three of the five years and that year’s examinations, including, immediately preceding admission; or All other applications are considered if appropriate, examination of a to be non-EU applications. Students postgraduate thesis or dissertation. ii) Who is ordinarily resident in the EU who have had periods of residence and has worked full-time in the EU outside the EU are required to Fees vary depending on the subject for three of the five years provide documentary evidence to studied and level and year of study immediately preceding admission; or support their claim for EU fee status. involved. All fees are reviewed annually. This evidence must be presented Students must have paid their fees in full, iii) Who holds a passport from an EU with the application. and have no outstanding debts to the state and has received full-time University in order to submit their thesis, further or higher education in the A student’s registered EU/non-EU to sit examinations and to graduate. EU for three of the five years fee paying status cannot be changed immediately preceding admission; or during a programme for which s/he Fee levels are critical in determining has registered. how much it will cost to come and iv) Who has official refugee status or has study in Trinity. One of the most been granted humanitarian leave to Note that full-time education in the important variables in fee level relates remain in the State and has been EU does not by itself constitute to whether students qualify as EU fee resident in the EU for three of the ordinary residence. paying and therefore for a lower annual five years immediately preceding fee, or not. admission. EU degree students who are liable for the full annual tuition fee may take the European Union fees are based Applications from children of: option of paying their annual tuition on residency. A European Union fees in two instalments. Students passport or citizenship does not grant i) EU Government officials living abroad, classified as non-EU fee paying must automatic entitlement to EU fees. pay the full fee before registration. ii) semi-state officials who are on A non-returnable Application Fee of As approved by Board on 3 December assignment in countries outside €42 must be submitted with every 2003, applications for admission are the EU, application. Registration can take place classified as EU applications or non-EU only when fees are fully paid. Please applications. An EU application is one iii) volunteer development workers, and note that cash is not accepted. made by a person who fulfils one or more of the following criteria:

22 TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN Postgraduate Courses 2005 Introduction A list of the major fees payable is given FIELDWORK COSTS, COSTS more numerous. For EU fee paying in the final section of this publication. OF PREPARATIONS OF students they provide a maintenance The University Calendar contains the THESIS/DISSERTATION contribution of €4,000 and full EU fee definitive and full list. coverage: non-EU fee paying students Students are personally responsible for receive fee remission equivalent to the the costs involved if they have to sum of these two components. SUMMARY OF LIVING undertake fieldwork as part of their COSTS degree programme. They are also To be considered for a College award In addition to your fees you must responsible for all costs relating to your complete application for consider living expenses. These costs preparation and submission of their admission, including the separate will vary according to your personal thesis or dissertation (typing, binding, application form for a postgraduate lifestyle. As an estimate, the following photography etc.). College award, must be submitted in guide to essential monthly expenditure one package to the Graduate Studies may be helpful: AWARDS Office. Successful non-EU fee paying applications for the Postgraduate Rent €450 – €1,000 The University offers two classes of postgraduate award which are available Studentship should note that if your Food €400 – €500 only to students registered, or intending fees are not paid by any funding body, to register, for higher research degrees the maintenance component of the € Travel costs 100 full-time (i.e. M.Litt., M.Sc., or Ph.D.). College award will be subsumed into Ussher Awards are open to applicants your fee. Please note that only full-time Electricity/Heating €80 from all countries. These awards are few research students are eligible for these Other costs should be taken into in number, very competitive, provide College awards. All College awards are account such as entertainment, significant maintenance (currently subject to an income limit of less than telephoning home, books, post, €8,508 per year) and fully cover fees. (gross) €12,700 or over after payment stationery, laundry, toiletries, travel Postgraduate Studentships (also open of fees. during holidays etc. to applicants from all countries) are

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International Students

GENERAL Travelcuts in Canada (www.swap.ca), Examination Minimum Level Introduction US students can get a four-month Required The Office of International Students permit from Council Exchanges Affairs has general responsibility for IELTS Grade 6 (www.councilexchanges.org). The overseas students in College: TOEFL 213 – Programme is also available to students www.tcd.ie/ISA/index.htm provides computer based from Jamaica, Ghana, Argentina, and further information. South Africa. To be eligible, you need 550 – paper based The contribution that international to be a full-time student at a third level students make to the intellectual drive institution, or within six months of Cambridge Certificate of the University vastly exceeds their graduation. There are a limited number of Advanced English Grade C current numbers and there is an of places available so early application Cambridge Certificate of intention to attract many more is advisable. Proficiency in English Grade C international students to Trinity. Students from countries within the Non-EU nationals who have permission EU are, of course, free to take up to remain in the State as students are employment under standard EU free entitled to take up casual employment movement of labour regulations. (defined as up to 20 hours part-time However mixing employment with study work per week or full-time work during is not easy, and it is recommended that vacation periods) for the duration of students do not arrive from elsewhere in their permission to remain. The the EU without possessing the financial entitlement to take up employment resources to complete their chosen ceases upon the expiry of their course of study. permission to remain as a student. Such Students whose first language is not students should therefore ensure that English must provide evidence of they have sufficient finance before competency in this language through coming here. one of the well-established international The Work in Ireland Programme (USIT) standard tests: provides a special work permit for students on the programme (www.usitnow.ie). Canadian students are provided with a 12-month permit from

24 TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN Postgraduate Courses 2005 Introduction Climate, Travel, Visas, Accommodation

GENERAL you arrive in Dublin. Most banks offer email [email protected] or two types of accounts; current (or [email protected] Dublin enjoys a relatively mild climate checking) accounts, which usually do but in the winter months (November, not yield interest, and deposit accounts All non-American non-EU students December and January), it is usually that do. A letter from your home bank should contact the nearest Irish somewhat chilly and damp. Summer may be of use in establishing your credit Embassy or Consulate for information temperatures can reach 33.4ºC but are status. Visa and Mastercard (Access) are on visa requirements before arrival and on average 14.5ºC, and average winter widely accepted throughout Ireland. must report to the Aliens’ Office on temperatures are fairly high at 4.9ºC. arrival. Rainfall in Dublin is low, averaging about 750mm per year, but small VISAS All applicants should apply as early as amounts fall regularly. Warm clothes If you are a resident of the European possible, especially if an Irish Visa is and a raincoat are therefore a must. Union, you do not need a visa to enter required. Please note that the Graduate Linen and warm bedclothes are not and live in Ireland. Students from North Studies Office does not normally assist always provided. America may enter the country without in the processing of visa applications. an entry visa. However, they must apply Students who wish to bring electrical for a visa to the Aliens’ Office in Dublin, All students receive a letter of offer appliances with them should note that within 7 days of arrival in the country. confirming their acceptance at Trinity the voltage in Ireland is 220v. The address is: College from the Dean of Graduate Studies. On the 1 January 2002, Ireland, along Aliens’ Office, Garda Headquarters, with eleven other countries (Austria, Dublin Metropolitan Area, Harcourt Please note that ALL non-EU fee Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Square, Harcourt Street, Dublin 2. paying students must pay their full Greece, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Telephone +353-1-873 2222. Further tuition fees prior to registration. Portugal and Spain) adopted a single information can be obtained on-line currency. The Euro was introduced as from www.justice.ie ACCOMMODATION the official currency on 9 February 2002. A limited number of research students For information on entry visa may be accommodated on campus. All of the major Irish banks are close to requirements contact: the University, and there are two Allied However, the modern and comfortable Irish Bank service machines on the Visa Section, Immigration Division, Trinity Hall of Residence owned campus. Department of Justice, Equality and Law by the University offers extensive Reform, 13/14 Burgh Quay, Dublin 2, accommodation opportunities. It is You are recommended to open an Irish Ireland. Telephone +353-1-616 7700, situated in its own grounds about 2.5 bank account as soon as possible after miles from Trinity and is linked to the

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city centre by a fast tramline. Find out Advertisements also appear on the Some estate agents have a letting more about College accommodation many noticeboards around College, service with lists of properties on their and the on-line application facility at especially in Front Arch and the books. Hooke and MacDonald offer www.tcd.ie/Accommodation/student.htm Accommodation Office. These are an online property search, as do Lisney generally looking for people to share and Accommodation Lettings. These Introduction Many postgraduate students find accommodation and if you do not know services are free, allowing you to search accommodation in shared houses or anyone in Dublin, may be a good option. by price, area and number of bedrooms. small self-catering flats and apartments However, the properties are generally at in the inner city. Houses and flats vary in During Freshers’ Week, the the higher end of the market. You can price, depending on size, facilities and Accommodation Office provides a room also call in to the estate agents offices location. The best place to look for with telephones, maps, and adverts for and ask for a list of properties. somewhere to rent is the property pages accommodation, from which you can of Dublin’s daily newspaper, the Evening coordinate your efforts. The telephones For further information see Herald. Available from most newsagents especially are invaluable as you will be www.tcd.ie/Dublin_Life/arrival/ in Dublin, and discounted in the making dozens of calls in reply to accomm_renting.htm. Students’ Union Shop in Trinity, the adverts. For more details on this free Evening Herald has listings of houses, service, contact the Accommodation flats and apartments to rent and share. Office (www.tcd.ie/Accommodation/).

26 TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN Postgraduate Courses 2005 Introduction Academic Year, Registration, Orientation

THE ACADEMIC YEAR REGISTRATION POSTGRADUATE The academic year is divided into three Research students may register either in ORIENTATION DAY terms: Michaelmas term (9 weeks October or in April. However as most During registration week a number of teaching, October – December); Hilary taught postgraduate courses commence formal and informal events are held to term (9 weeks teaching, January – in October, Autumn registration is the introduce newly enrolled students to life March); Trinity term (6 weeks teaching, major registration time and will take in College; these include an orientation April – May). place on 29 and 30 September 2005. In session for the current academic year, 2005 – 2006 Academic Year: April 2006, new entrant and continuing specifically tailored for postgraduate Teaching Terms registration is from 4 April until 15 April. students. Please note that these dates are Michaelmas Term: subject to change. Monday, 10 October 2005 – Friday 16 December 2005 Hilary Term: Monday, 9 January 2006 – Friday, 10 March 2006 Trinity Term: Monday, 3 April 2006 – Friday, 12 May 2006

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Arts (Humanities)

Arts (Humanities) is one of the largest respectively, while Psychology has Centre’s activities include teaching, areas in the University in terms both of specially designed premises in Áras an research, publications, public seminars undergraduate and postgraduate Phiarsaigh. They are within two or three and lectures.

Arts (Humanities) students. The area includes a wide minutes’ walk of each other and of the range of disciplines such as History, main University administrative areas. Postgraduate Programmes Philosophy, Music, the History of Art The Centre’s postgraduate programmes and Architecture, Religions and CENTRE FOR GENDER (M.Phil./P.Grad.Dip., M.Litt. and Ph.D.) Theology, Gender and Women’s Studies; AND WOMEN’S STUDIES address current scholarship on women, and also professional disciplines such as Academic Staff Contact: gender and sexualities. Drawing on Education, Psychology, and Law. Dr Maryann Valiulis insights and perspectives from a number Research leading to a higher degree Telephone: +353-1-608 2225/1975 of academic fields, the programmes (M.Litt., M.Sc., or Ph.D.) can be are both interdisciplinary and undertaken in any of these areas. In Fax: +353-1-608 3997 multidisciplinary. These programmes addition, a variety of Masters degrees Academic Staff Numbers: develop conceptual and research skills including M.Ed., M.Sc., M.St., M.Phil. 1 full-time, 12 part-time that may be used both in further and LL.M. can be taken by a Postgraduate numbers: research and in diverse occupations. combination of taught course and 12 M.Phil.; 7 M.Litt., 2 Ph.D. dissertation. Courses leading to Email: [email protected] Research Unit professional qualifications are available in areas such as Psychology and Internet: www.tcd.ie/Women_Studies The Centre has recently received Education. Law, Education, History and funding to enhance its research capacity The Centre for Gender and Women’s History of Art have particular expertise and formally establish a Research Unit. Studies was established in Trinity in the Irish field but also have wider Its research agenda focuses on College as the Centre for Women’s interests, and there are connections education and equality, change and Studies in July 1988 and has recently with institutions in the UK, Continental diversity in family structures and work- expanded its title to reflect the Europe as well as further afield. life balance. In the most recent past, the increasing diversity of its interests. Centre has undertaken nationally and All areas in Arts (Humanities) are Focusing on gender provides a more internationally funded projects on such situated on campus. Most are in the comparative lens with which to view diverse topics as harmonising work and Arts Building, adjacent to the Ussher issues of equality and difference. It also family life, women and political Library, but Law and Music have allowed the Centre to expand its field of decision-making, gender history, women premises in the older parts of College, feminist inquiry into such areas as entrepreneurs and employment New Square and Parliament Square masculinities and sexualities. The equality.

30 TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN Postgraduate Courses 2005 Arts (Humanities) Research Interests EDUCATION HISTORY OF ART Individual research interests in the Academic Staff Contact: AND ARCHITECTURE Centre are both interdisciplinary and Professor Mona O’Moore Academic Staff Contact: multidisciplinary. Specific research Telephone: +353-1-608 3568 Dr Philip McEvansoneya interests include an analysis of the role Academic staff numbers: 18 full time Telephone: +353-1-608 1012/1995 and representation of women in history Fax: +353-1-677 1438 and contemporary Irish society; women Postgraduate numbers: and employment; gender and leadership; 30 research, 850 taught Academic staff numbers: changing gender role attitudes; Internet: www.tcd.ie/Education 4 full time academic psychological development of women Postgraduate numbers: 17 research Education accepts suitably qualified and girls; women’s writing; gender and Internet: www.tcd.ie/History_of_Art candidates for the degrees of Master in family/household structures; violence Education, Master in Science (Educational against women; feminist theories of law History of Art and Architecture has an Management), Master in Science and legal issues of equality and international reputation as the major (Guidance and Counselling), Master in reproductive rights; masculinities; centre of expertise in the study of Irish Science (Science Education), Master of gender, religion and violence; history of art. Professor Anne Crookshank, (now a Science (I.T. in Education) and Master of the Irish feminist movement; and emeritus), who founded the area, Studies. Also available is a Doctorate in feminist philosophies and theories. is one of the leading authorities on Irish Education (D.Ed.). In each case students painting in the period since 1660. are required to follow a programme of Community Outreach Professor Roger Stalley, who currently coursework and to submit a research holds the Chair, is known for his work The Centre fosters links with the dissertation for the award of the degree. on medieval architecture and sculpture. community through its extra mural and In addition the normal research degrees Dr Edward McParland is recognised as a community outreach courses as well as of M.Litt. and Ph.D. are also offered. Also leading expert on Irish architecture in through its public lectures and seminars. available are the professional primary the 18th and 19th centuries. Recent activities have included an (H.Dip. Primary) and secondary ongoing lecture series, co-sponsored (H.Dip.Ed.) teaching qualifications. In In recent years the area developed with the Department of Education and addition there are a range of in-service expertise in the study of Spanish art and Science, on ‘Boys, Men and postgraduate diploma programmes. its research profile has also extended Masculinities’; a conference on ‘Fathers into the field of British and Irish and Mothers – Dilemmas of the Work- Education provides its professional painting. Many distinguished graduates Life Balance’, 2002; conferences on training in association with the have benefited from supervision, in ‘New Research in Irish Feminism’, in Education Centres in Ireland, the some cases their work forming the basis 2003 and 2001. The Centre also held Christian Brothers, St. Catherine’s of major exhibitions in the National the editorship of the Irish Journal of College of Home Economics, the Gallery of Ireland. With its particular Feminist Studies from 2000-2003. Church of Ireland College of Education, expertise in architectural history, both Coláiste Muire Marino and Froebel state and semi-state organisations have College of Education, Sion Hill.

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looked to the staff for advice on Enquiries are welcome from candidates ISE is located on two campuses, one in architectural matters. interested in Medieval architecture and Dublin at Milltown Park, which is three sculpture; Irish art and architecture; miles from the main Trinity campus and The area has also received a number European architecture in the 18th and the other in Belfast. Students also have of research grants both from the EU 19th centuries; Spanish painting and access to the full range of facilities and the Irish State. A number of sculpture between 1600 and 1800; British available on the main college campus. postgraduates have been awarded and Irish art between 1600 and 1914.

Arts (Humanities) prestigious Government of Ireland The School offers taught postgraduate research scholarships, a member of A one-year taught M.Phil. in Irish Art courses such as the M.Phil in Ecumenical staff and a previous postgraduate have History is also offered on an annual Studies, M.Phil in International Peace been awarded post-doctoral fellowships basis (see separate entry). Studies, M.Phil in Reconciliation Studies under the same scheme. and Postgraduate Diploma in Conflict IRISH SCHOOL OF and Dispute Resolution Studies. The distinguished architecture of the ECUMENICS Research degrees (Ph.D. and M.Litt.) are College provides a fine setting for the also available. Applications for a research Research Coordinator: study of the history of art. It also degree should be submitted to the Professor John D’Arcy May provides an ideal location for Graduate Studies Office, Arts Building, Telephone: +353-1-260 1144 postgraduate research. The National Trinity College, Dublin 2. Gallery of Ireland and the National Fax: +353-1-260 1158 Museum are both less than five minutes Academic staff number: 20 LAW walk away, and the Chester Beatty Postgraduate numbers (research and Library, renowned throughout the world Academic Staff Contact: taught): approximately 100 per year for its collections of Eastern and Near Dr Hilary Delany Eastern art, has premises nearby in Internet: www.tcd.ie/ise Telephone: +353-1-608 1276/1125 Dublin Castle. Another valuable Fax: +353-1-677 0449 The Irish School of Ecumenics resource is the Irish Architectural is an academic institute, Christian Academic staff numbers: archive, situated in Merrion Square. in its inspiration and ethos, 16 full-time, 12 part-time The Archive forms the national repository interdenominational in structure and Postgraduate numbers: for drawings, photographs and other personnel. It exists to promote, through 31 research, 45 taught records of Irish buildings. Particularly research, teaching and outreach important for prospective research Internet: www.tcd.ie/Law/Lawhome.html activities, the unity of Christians, students is the College Library, which dialogue between religions, and work for Law at Trinity College (Ireland’s oldest provides excellent support for research peace and justice in Ireland and abroad. Law School) is strongly committed to into British and Irish art. Research outside Its resources are available to churches the service of society through these fields is more difficult, as holdings and other appropriate bodies committed education, research and public service in continental languages other than to unity, dialogue and peace. activities. An appropriate balance English tend to be limited. between the academic and practical

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Public service is another very important Three of the five staff members Arts (Humanities) aspect of the Law School’s activities. specialise in Irish history, including the Many staff and student members are history, society and culture of Gaelic heavily involved with the governmental, Ireland; archaeology, settlement and commercial and voluntary sectors, both military aspects; and political nationally and internationally, in such developments, government and areas as children’s rights, constitutional relations with England, Scotland and law reform, environmental policy, family Wales. These areas are also well served law reform, legal aid, minority rights, by the resources of Trinity College’s public interest and pro bono litigation, world-famous library, so that the area social welfare policy and women’s rights. is particularly well fitted to accept At graduate level Law admits students to students wishing to prepare theses read for the degrees of M.Litt. and Ph.D. on topics within this range. Other by research and also offers a taught areas of specialisation are ecclesiastical postgraduate course leading to the and intellectual history; the medieval award of the LL.M. degree. papacy and empire; the history of Italy; aspects of law is achieved by virtue of medieval historiography; literary and the fact that most of the staff have MEDIEVAL HISTORY cultural topics; and the history of experience of private practice. Together women. Staff are accessible, ready Academic Staff Contact: the staff and students form a vibrant to listen to students’ ideas and open Professor Christine Meek community inspired by the values of to interdisciplinary approaches. Telephone: +353-1-608 1525/1791 mutual respect and cooperation. Fax: +353-1-608 3995 The area provides training in The area’s commitment to rigorous legal palaeography, diplomatics and Latin. Academic staff numbers: scholarship has placed it at the forefront A regular programme of graduate 5 full-time academic, 2 full-time of legal research in Ireland, with staff seminars are run, which are a major IRCHSS post-doctoral members involved in writing leading focus and meeting point for staff and Postgraduate numbers: textbooks and commentaries on graduate students at all stages of their 25 research, 4 taught administrative law, constitutional law, research. It also provides a valuable European law, environmental law, Email: [email protected] training ground in the presentation of equity, family law, human rights law, Internet: www.tcd.ie/Medieval_History/ academic work. There are opportunities land law, private international law, torts for tutorial teaching, so that graduate and trade union law. In addition, Law is Medieval History accepts suitably students will normally have teaching home to one of Ireland’s leading legal qualified students for the research experience by the time they complete periodicals, the Dublin University Law degrees of M.Litt. and Ph.D., for which their thesis. Journal and to a student law journal, candidates proceed directly to the the Trinity College Law Review. preparation of a thesis, without preliminary coursework.

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The area has a research centre Western European history, especially Trinity’s library resources – manuscript, equipped with computers and a France and Germany in the 16th, 17th, early printed books, the 19th and 20th specialised library of medieval works, 18th and 20th centuries (especially century printed collections – are to which all graduate students have warfare in the 20th century). Research outstanding by any international permanent access, and which is also pursued in other areas, including measure. They have been further contributes to the sense of cohesion the history of science, early modern strengthened by the recent acquisition and the friendly atmosphere among universities, colonial Africa, and of the 19th century newspaper file, of Arts (Humanities) the graduate student body. The staff modern India. key online resources – Early English pride themselves on their ability and Books Online, Eighteenth-Century willingness to give personal attention Modern History regularly sponsors Collections Online, Oireachtas Debates to graduate students and on the international conferences and symposia Online, and the Times Digital Archive. atmosphere of mutual assistance and and runs three major research seminars Trinity is also a unique location at the respect among staff and students that – Irish and British History (1500-1900), hub of the most important libraries and prevails. Contemporary Irish History (post-1921), archives in Ireland. These include the and Modern European History. These National Library of Ireland, the National A taught M.Phil course in Medieval provide a forum for distinguished Archives, Marsh’s Library, the Royal Irish History is also offered. scholars, postgraduates and Academy and the Chester Beatty postdoctoral fellows from throughout Library. Other research centres MODERN HISTORY the world to present papers. The area (especially at the Public Record Office also plays an active role in the activities Academic Staff Contact: and the British Library, London) are of Trinity’s leading humanistic research Professor Jane Ohlmeyer easily and cheaply accessible. centres, the Centre for Irish-Scottish Postgraduate Coordinator: Studies, the Centre for Contemporary Since the 1930s Modern History has Professor Eunan O’Halpin Irish History and the Sutherland Centre played a leading role in the creation of a Telephone: +353-1-608 1020 for Globalisation. Within Ireland, critical school of modern Irish historical Fax: +353-1-608 2291 Modern History has fostered close links scholarship and it produces a growing Academic staff numbers: with the other Dublin universities and number of Ph.D. theses on European 12 full-time academic Queen’s University, Belfast. It also history (since 1500). The area’s enjoys personal and institutional links postgraduates hail from all over the Postgraduate numbers: with a number of other institutions in world and form a well-established and 51 research, 6 taught Belgium (Ghent), France (École des vibrant community. The staff are Internet: www.tcd.ie/Modern_History/ Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, committed to helping postgraduates Centre de Recherches Historiques, prepare for careers within and beyond Modern History enjoys an international Paris; Toulouse, Tours), Germany (Berlin academia. We offer postgraduate research profile in a number of areas: and the Herzog August Bibliothek in training and a variety of career the political, military, social, intellectual Wolfenbüttel), and the UK (Aberdeen, development workshops, together with and cultural history of Ireland from the Edinburgh and Strathclyde). teaching opportunities for senior 16th century to the present day; and postgraduates. 34 TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN Postgraduate Courses 2005

Many of our postgraduates have that they have arrived at a clear Arts (Humanities) secured competitive funding for their definition of their research project, studies from external or College and that it has the potential to fulfil sources. In addition to the College the requirements of a Ph.D. postgraduate awards, the R.B. McDowell Ussher Fellowship enables an PHILOSOPHY exceptionally well-qualified candidate Academic Staff Contact: to pursue research for a Ph.D. in Dr James Levine modern history. The fellowship, in many fields of research and have Telephone: +353-608 1529 awarded triennially for a three-year plenty of experience of supervising € Fax: +353-1-671 5760 period, covers fees plus 8,508 postgraduate degrees in a wide range maintenance a year. The Nesbitt Ussher of subjects. The area benefits from the Academic staff numbers: Fellowship is awarded on the same College Library which is the country’s 8 full-time, 2 part-time terms, in either History or Botany. biggest, and from excellent support Postgraduate numbers: facilities, especially in the domain of 10 research, 6 taught A taught M.Phil. course in Reformation computer technology. Degrees offered and Enlightenment Studies and a taught Internet: www.tcd.ie/Philosophy/ are Ph.D. and M.Litt. and a one-year M.Phil. in Modern Irish History are also taught Diploma or two-year taught Philosophy has always been an available. M.Phil. in Music and Media important part of the College Technologies, which is run jointly with curriculum since Trinity was founded in MUSIC Electronic and Electrical Engineering. 1592. The Chair of Moral Philosophy Academic Staff Contact: was established at Trinity College in Mr Michael Taylor The M.Litt. in Musicology may either be 1837, the School of Mental and Moral taken as an independent degree based Postgraduate Coordinator: Science in 1904 and the Department of on a thesis of 60,000 words or treated Dr Jacqueline Waeber Philosophy in 1962. Undoubtedly, the as a stepping stone to a Ph.D. Those Telephone: +353-1-608 1120 College’s most significant contributions converting to the status of Ph.D. to philosophy to date have come from Fax: +353-1-670 9509 produce a thesis of 100,000 words in George Berkeley (1685-1753) and Academic staff numbers: which an ‘original contribution to Edmund Burke (1729-1797). In the 5 full-time, 2 part-time knowledge’ is made. Candidates wishing 19th and early 20th centuries the major Postgraduate numbers: to transfer to the Ph.D. register from the influences on Trinity philosophy were 15 research, 39 taught M.Litt. register are required to submit a Platonism, German Idealism, Berkeley, chapter of the proposed thesis, Internet: www2.tcd.ie/Music/ and Hume. accompanied by a chapter plan of the Trinity has had a long and active whole, and to attend a viva voce In recent years staff have continued involvement in postgraduate degrees examination. In order to transfer, to maintain a strong interest in these in music by research. The staff are active candidates are expected to demonstrate areas, but has broadened to include

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contemporary analytic and continental PSYCHOLOGY i) Life course psychological change; philosophy, including philosophy of Academic Staff Contact: mind, philosophy of language, ii) Language acquisition and Professor Ruth Byrne metaphysics and epistemology, development, particularly in atypical Postgraduate Co-Ordinator: philosophy of religion, the history of populations; Dr Fiona Newell analytic philosophy, ancient philosophy, iii) Origins, diagnosis and treatment of Kant, phenomenology, connections Telephone: +353-1-608 3914 Dyslexia; Arts (Humanities) among philosophy, psychology, and Fax: +353-1-671 2006 psychoanalysis, and moral and political Academic staff numbers: iv) Human behaviour and accident philosophy. 15 full-time, 2 part-time academic causation;

We have a long and active involvement Postgraduate numbers: v) Organisational safety systems and in postgraduate study. Students receive 55 (approx.) by research alone, culture. close supervision. The area also has 60 on taught programmes. the advantage of the country’s biggest Internet: www.tcd.ie/Psychology/ Three research groups play a large role research library, a copyright library, and in the research of this stream. The excellent support facilities, especially in The research activities of Psychology Children’s Research Centre (joint the domain of computer technology. are organised in three broad streams. initiative of Psychology and Social Philosophy accepts suitably qualified These are entitled ‘Culture, Systems Studies) is concerned with research, students for the degrees of M.Litt. and and Development’, ‘Health, Clinical policy and practice in the service of Irish Ph.D., for which candidates proceed and Counselling’ and ‘Neuroscience children, particularly those who are directly to the preparation of a research and Cognition’. The area considers disadvantaged. The Aerospace thesis, without preliminary coursework. applications for postgraduate research Psychology Research Group undertakes across the wide range of its expertise. research in human and organisational However, intending applicants are factors in aviation safety and the Dyslexia strongly advised to communicate with Research Group carries out basic potential supervisors before submitting research on developmental dyslexia and their application. on the design of diagnostic tools.

Culture, Systems and Development Health, Clinical and Counselling The Culture, Systems and Development The Health, Clinical and Counselling stream focuses on behaviour in its stream is responsible for the provision of cultural, social and technological Psychology’s postgraduate professional context, including the analysis of training courses in Clinical Psychology personal development and and Counselling Psychology, the organisational change. Within this teaching of psychology to Health framework, current programmes of Science students, and the development research concern: of a diverse range of research 36 TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN Postgraduate Courses 2005

programmes. These include studying vestibular representation of the world Psychology staff have ongoing Arts (Humanities) the contribution of environmental and and the neural structures responsible) collaborations with researchers within socio-cultural factors in health, illness and Information Theory (quantitative Trinity College and abroad. Some are and healing, as well as a major principles of information processing). also members of the recently established programme on functional brain imaging Trinity College Institute of Neuroscience of cognitive mechanism in addiction. Members of the Neuroscience and (www.trinityneuroscience.com) Cognition steam are also members of and the Trinity College Children’s The Health Psychology Research Group the Trinity College Institute of Research Centre (www.tcd.ie/ has established two major areas of Neuroscience (TCIN), a unique childrensresearchcentre). Some of the research activity: the influence of interdisciplinary institute conducting many leading international institutions culture on the experience and parallel laboratory and clinical with which we have links are University expression of physical and mental investigations of the mechanisms of College London, UK; Oxford University, health; and the rehabilitation of change to the nervous system. UK; UC Berkeley, USA; NASA Ames, amputees, particularly in relation to USA and Max Planck Institute, phantom experiences and prosthetic General Germany. embodiment. Postgraduate research students are Psychology is well equipped with a expected to attend research seminars, student computer laboratory, multi- Neuroscience and Cognition which take place every week during the media facilities, EEG and behavioural The Neuroscience and Cognition teaching terms. Each postgraduate is neuroscience laboratories, video- Research stream has an active expected to present a research proposal observation suites and sound attenuated programme of research in the area of at an appropriate early point in the experimental testing suites and MRI brain and mind. It is organised in the development of their ideas. A research- analysis capability. There are excellent following groups: Cognitive science of skills course is usually provided in contacts with hospitals and medical thinking (experimental and alternate years. services. Staff receive significant research computational studies of thinking, funding from many sources, including reasoning and problem solving); Psychology runs an annual appraisal the Welcome Trust, the Health Research Behavioural neuroscience (mapping by system for all postgraduate students Board, the European Commission, the brain of the world around us; the role aimed at facilitating and monitoring the US National Institute of Health, of hippocampalcortical connections in their progress throughout the course of the Irish Research Council for Science, memory and in repairing the brain after their research. Two independent Engineering and Technology, the Irish damage); Brain rehabilitation (ways of members of staff are assigned as the Research Council for Humanities and repairing the brain after damage and students appraisal committee at the Social Sciences, Enterprise Ireland, the methods to improve brain function in beginning of their studies. As part of HEA Fund for collaborative research normal brains); Object perception this system each student is required to between Irish Universities and Colleges (recognising common and uncommon present a progress report to their and Media Lab Europe, and the Royal objects through sight and touch); Sensory appraisal committee every year. Society Ireland. systems and perception (visual and

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Three taught postgraduate courses are research. Further particulars can be NAMED DEGREE COURSES also available – Higher Diploma in obtained from the handbook and website. Psychology, Postgraduate Diploma in BACHELOR IN DIVINITY (B.D.) In addition to the various College Clinical Supervision, Master of Science COURSE CODE 157 in Counselling Psychology and postgraduate awards, Religions and Doctorate in Clinical Psychology. Theology has a number of awards at its Course Coordinator: disposal, notably the Elrington Professor Andrew Mayes

Arts (Humanities) Postgraduate Award and the Hincks RELIGIONS AND THEOLOGY Closing Date: 31 March 2005. Prize for research in the area of the Applications should be addressed Academic Staff Contact: Hebrew Bible. These awards are made directly to the Graduate Studies Office, Professor Nigel Biggar either to individuals or may be shared, Arts Building, Trinity College, Dublin 2. Telephone: +353-1-608 1297/3397 based on the consideration of individual Telephone: +353-1-608 1297 Fax: +353-1-677 2694 cases by the internal Graduate Committee. A limited amount of Email: [email protected] Academic staff numbers: funding is also available for travel, either Internet: www.tcd.ie/Bib_Theo/post.htm 6 full-time, 2 part-time for research purposes or to attend a Postgraduate numbers: The degree of Bachelor in Divinity is a conference. 10 research, 1 taught higher degree awarded on the basis of Internet: www.tcd.ie/Bib_Theo In addition Religions and Theology runs examination and thesis. Appropriately the postgraduate Bachelor in Divinity qualified candidates, accepted for the Religions and Theology offers degree. Students holding appropriate degree must complete an examination postgraduate degrees by research. qualifications (detailed in the Calendar in eight papers and a thesis of 40,000 The degrees open to postgraduate Part II) and registered for the B.D. must words within five years. Candidates candidates are the M.Litt. and the Ph.D. undertake an examination based on study independently for the eight papers and submit a thesis of examination, but may obtain advice In the Biblical area, research interests 40,000 words. and a bibliography on each subject deal with the origins of Israel, the Gospels and the history and social world of Second Temple Judaism. A solid knowledge of the biblical languages is presupposed. Where necessary there is the possibility of taking intermediate and advanced level courses at undergraduate level. On the theological side, topics from Historical and Philosophical Theology, Hermeneutics and Theological Ethics can be chosen in accordance with the staff’s areas of

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from Religions and Theological Studies. theory and practice, informed by the Course requirements include Arts (Humanities) Details of admission to the B.D. register scientist/practitioner philosophy of continuous clinical assessment, and of the examination and thesis are integrated training in research, academic examinations and a research portfolio available from the course coordinator. and clinical knowledge and experience. combining reports of clinical activity, small and large scale research projects Within the three years, the course DOCTOR IN CLINICAL and demonstrating research provides an intensive and systematic PSYCHOLOGY (D.Clin. Psych.) competency across a range of programme of training, equipping each methodologies. Progress on the course COURSE CODE 608 student to meet the challenges facing is assessed by an end-of-year review clinical psychology and to make a Course Director: Dr Kevin Tierney which each student must pass. unique contribution to the Irish Health Duration: Three years, full-time Services. Research interests of staff include Closing Date: 28 February 2005 for entry attachment theory, developmental in July 2005. Applications should be The course currently attracts a high psychopathology, health psychology, addressed directly to the Doctoral number of applicants and competition research methods, power and therapy; Programme in Clinical Psychology, for the limited number of places is forensic psychology, discourse analysis, Department of Psychology, Áras an intense. Requirements for selection health psychology, risk perception, Phiarsaigh, Trinity College, Dublin 2. include a primary honors degree in quality of life perception and applied psychology with at least an upper Secretarial email addresses: behaviour analysis. second-class award or equivalent. Good [email protected] and research skills and relevant experience All graduates of the course are required [email protected] are an asset. Candidates are required to to complete an additional three-year Internet: hold graduate basis for registration with contract of employment with one of the www2.tcd.ie/Psychology/clinical.html the Psychological Society of Ireland. The three sponsoring area health boards The D.Clin.Psych. is a three-year course is structured so that the following completion of the course. professional training course in clinical academic teaching typically takes place psychology. This practitioner doctorate in term time for one and a half days per aims to combine effectively the three week. In addition, each placement is components of training – research preceded by a teaching block of expertise, academic knowledge and approximately four weeks duration. clinical experience. Consistent with Students complete six clinical the core philosophy of the course, placements during the course, each of there is a strong developmental focus, approximately five months duration, with particular emphasis on the clinical providing knowledge, skills and application of attachment theory. experience to work with as wide a range A core value in the course is the of clients as possible. Research training emphasis on the importance of linking is continuous across the programme.

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DOCTOR IN EDUCATION (D.Ed) Enhance and deepen professional of the programme and can be seen COURSE CODE 724 knowledge and understanding of as a development of a student’s critical domain specific educational issues; understanding of the taught modules and Course Coordinator: Dr Andrew Loxley an opportunity to explore in substantial Develop expertise in and a critical Duration: Five years part-time depth an area of their own practice. understanding of, the nature, design Teaching will mainly be seminar based Closing Date: 30 April 2005 for entry in and undertaking of empirical and and will usually take place at weekends October 2005. Applications should be Arts (Humanities) non-empirical research; and early evenings. addressed directly to the Graduate Studies Office, Arts Building, Trinity Produce an original study that Entry to the programme will be College, Dublin 2. demonstrates the ability to restricted to students who have already Telephone: +353-1-608-1587 conceptualise, design and undertake completed or are about to complete educational research; Email: [email protected] a masters level qualification. Serious and equal consideration will be given Entrance Requirements: Masters (or Enable students to work to those applicants who may not equivalent) and relevant professional autonomously as well as hold a master level qualification, but experience. collaboratively in professional or nonetheless demonstrate through equivalent environments and; The Doctor in Education is a taught other means the potential to undertake programme that comprises of eight Make an original contribution to doctoral level study. It is also a structured modules and a substantial knowledge. requirement that applicants have at least research thesis component. The D.Ed. a minimum of three years of experience The majority of modules will be presented is aimed at educational and related in an educational or related field. during the first three years of the professionals who wish to study at programme – three of which are devoted a doctoral level. The intention is to MASTER OF LAWS (LL.M.) to critically exploring a range of cognate prepare professionals to meet the COURSE CODE 607 contemporary issues in education from a challenge of working in a changing multidisciplinary perspective within Irish, educational landscape at various levels Course Coordinator: Dr Neville Cox European and global contexts. A further (classroom based, management and Duration: One year, full-time three modules are dedicated to research leadership, policy making) and across methodology, with an additional two Closing Date: 31 March 2005. different sectors. The programme will advanced modules offered in the fourth Applications should be addressed enable students to develop firstly their year of the programme. Assessment for directly to the Graduate Studies Office, critical understanding of a range of six of the eight modules is through Arts Building, Trinity College, Dublin 2. contemporary issues and secondly, their individual written assignments of between Telephone: +353-1-608 1350 capabilities in undertaking research. 5,000 – 5,500 words each. The thesis More specifically the D.Ed. aims to: Fax: +353-1-677 0499 (which will not be more than 80,000 Email: [email protected] words in length), will act as the focal point Internet: www.tcd.ie/Law/LL_M.html

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This programme is delivered over one To obtain a brochure in respect of this with an ability to participate effectively Arts (Humanities) academic year. Students are examined programme, please contact the course in the advancement of knowledge, the in six optional subjects and complete coordinator by email. formulation of policy, the promotion a research dissertation of up to 20,000 of innovation, and the improvement words over the academic year on an MASTER IN EDUCATION (M.Ed.) of practice. Typically the class contains approved theme. Students attend international as well as Irish students, COURSE CODE 111 special seminars designed to encourage and all students learn much from one a high level of research and analysis. Course Coordinators: Ms Elizabeth another. The subjects offered might typically Oldham/Dr Andrew Loxley The degree programme is in two parts. include the following: International Duration: Two or three years Part I, which must be undertaken on Commercial Dispute Resolution; (the first year being full-time) Partnership Law; Legislative Drafting; a full-time basis, involves coursework Closing Date: 28 February Product Liability in Europe; Restitution; extending over one academic year. 2005.Applications should be addressed Medicine and the Law; International Part II, which may be taken on either directly to the Master in Education anti-trust Law; European Human Rights a full-time or a part-time basis, Programme, Room 4048, Department of Law; International Law; Contemporary involves research and the writing of Education, Arts Building, Trinity College, Problems in Irish Constitutional Law; a dissertation. The dissertation may Dublin 2. International Trade Law; Comparative be submitted not earlier than one year Freedom of Expression; International Telephone: +353-1-608 1723/1587 and not later than two years after the Economic Law; European Intellectual Email: [email protected] completion of the coursework. Thus, the total duration of the degree Property Law; European Merger Law; Internet: www.tcd.ie/Education/ programme is either two or three European Telecommunications Law; MasterinEducation.htm EU VAT Laws; Feminism and The Law; years on the register. Equality Law; International Business The graduate course leading to the Since its introduction, the M.Ed. degree Regulation; Alternative Dispute degree of Master in Education is programme at Trinity College has sought Resolution; Distribution Law. The Law organised and administered within to combine a broad theoretical base School retains the right not to offer any Education. The course is intended with specialised study in education. This of these subjects in any given year. for persons who wish to gain a has been reflected in the organisation comprehensive background in the of the coursework, which provides for Applications for admission to the LL.M. basic disciplines relating to the study of a core curriculum complemented by programme are invited from graduates education, together with knowledge of optional courses, chosen in accordance holding a good honors law or law-based contemporary developments in the field with the student’s particular needs and interdisciplinary degree. Admission to of education. It seeks to equip those interests. The specialisation is continued the programme is at the discretion of who aspire to positions of responsibility at the research stage of the degree the LL.M admissions committee. in teaching, teacher education, health through detailed investigation of a sciences education, educational particular topic. administration and educational research

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There are six tracks within the general directly to the Master of Studies post-diploma modules from the Division structure of the programme. The degree Programme, Department of Education, of In-Service programme, achieving of M.Ed. at Trinity College may be taken Arts Building, Trinity College, Dublin 2. normally a second-class honors or with specialisation in one of the Telephone: +353-1-608 1290 higher grade. following areas: Foundation, Curriculum Email: [email protected] and Evaluation Studies; Guidance and M.Sc. COURSES Counselling; Educational Management Internet: www.tcd.ie/Education/ Arts (Humanities) and Administration; Language In_Service/msintro.html COUNSELLING PSYCHOLOGY Education; Mathematics Education; (M.Sc.) The M.St. degree courses are designed Health Sciences Education. It may not to enhance the theoretical and practical COURSE CODE 205 be possible to offer all tracks every year. expertise of teachers in relevant Course Director: Dr Rita Honan curriculum and leadership areas. Candidates for the degree should be Duration: Two years, full-time graduates with a good honors degree or The Master of Studies degree aims to Closing Date: 30 April 2005. hold equivalent qualifications. Good enable teachers and other suitably Applications should be addressed performance in the examination for the qualified persons who are professionally directly to the Graduate Studies Office, Higher Diploma in Education, or other interested in education, to gain a higher Arts Building, Trinity College, Dublin 2. graduate level courses, may be regarded degree whilst continuing in full-time as an indicator of suitability for the Telephone: +353-1-608 1489 employment and possibly residing some course. Candidates should normally Email: [email protected] distance from the university. It requires have at least two years of teaching students to submit a dissertation Internet: www.tcd.ie/Psychology/ experience. However, graduates in fields (30,000 – 40,000 words) based on Counselling.html such as history, philosophy, psychology, research of some element of their administration or health sciences, who This intensive course provides a practice. The precise choice of topic do not have such experience but who professional training in counselling should reflect their pre-Master studies wish to relate their particular fields of psychology for a yearly intake of up within the Division of In-Service competence to the practice of to 20 students. It is accredited by the Education and is made in collaboration education, may also be considered. Psychological Society of Ireland. In the with the academic staff. During the first year the course offers graduates in academic year, individual and group psychology with at least a second class MASTER OF STUDIES (M.St.) supervision and relevant academic honors degree and some related COURSE CODE 232 inputs support the students. experience, academic and practical skills Course Coordinator: Dr Peter Conroy Entry to the degree is normally training in counselling psychology and related research. After five weeks of Duration: One year, part-time restricted to qualified teachers recognised by the Department of concentrated, full time coursework and Closing Date: 31 July 2005. (Late Education and Science, or other personal development work, two full days applications may be considered if places graduates of recognised instiutions who per week are spent on placement and remain available after the closing date.) have completed a diploma and two two to three in classes. The course offers Applications should be addressed 42 TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN Postgraduate Courses 2005 Arts (Humanities) a wide range of placement options in of the course are provided. All EDUCATIONAL GUIDANCE community, health, mental health, components of the course must be AND COUNSELLING (M.Sc.) education and private practice settings, passed, i.e. practical (placement, course COURSE CODE 663 as well as welcoming new, student supervision), academic (multiple written recommended sites, particularly for those reports); research (dissertation), and Course Director: Dr Michael L. O’Rourke students residing outside the greater personal development, as well as Duration: Two years, part-time. Dublin area. At least two different members of the Examination Board Closing date: 30 April 2005. Applications placements are required during the two recommending the student as suitable should be addressed directly to the years of the course. The second year to receiving the M.Sc. in Counselling Educational Guidance and Counselling involves further training in counselling Psychology degree. Programme, Room 4048, Department of theories and practice, and students Education, Arts Building, Trinity College, conduct a research dissertation related Graduates of this course are skilled to Dublin 2. to counselling psychology, initiated during conduct mental health assessments and the summer before entering second year. therapy with adolescents and adults Telephone: +353-1-608 1723 Personal development work, including (there is also one child placement), Email: [email protected] individuals, couples and groups. They individual therapy, is required throughout Internet: www.tcd.ie/Education/ are employed by Health Boards, e.g. the the two years. MScinEducationalGuidanceand National Counselling Service, Refugee Counselling.htm There are three full-time and two part- and Asylum Seekers Service, Autism time core course staff members. Services; Voluntary agencies, e.g. St. In providing the M.Sc. degree in Courses are taught and supervision John of God’s Services, Brothers of Educational Guidance and Counselling provided by both core staff and other Charity Services, National Association for current practitioners in the practitioners from varied theoretical for the Deaf; third level student education system, Education draws on orientations. Humanistic theory counselling services; private practice; its extensive experience in relation to underlies the course. Psychodynamic research settings; and multiple other the M. Ed. degree, and particularly on and systemic perspectives are also locations. They are remunerated on the its experience in relation to Guidance emphasised, and training in cognitive Community Psychologist Post Scale as and Counselling. The overall aim of this behavioural approaches is provided. published by the Department of Health intensive course is to develop the Practical placements may continue and Children. professional capability of guidance through the summer and always follow counsellors, careers and appointments Applicants with good written and the placement site’s calendar, not that officers and other senior professionals in spoken English (due to the nature of this of College. Some students may be second-level schools. required to take a supplementary profession) from other EU and non-EU summer placement and/or do countries are very welcome to apply. Applications for admission are additional prescribed work during considered from guidance counsellors, the summer. Guidelines for all aspects careers and appointments officers and senior teachers with a good honors degree or who hold equivalent

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qualifications. Good performance in the school involving specialist one-day The coursework is assessed by: examination in the Higher Diploma in seminars. Each module comprises 24 Monitoring of attendance and class Education or the Higher Diploma in hours of teaching and there will be a participation Guidance and Counselling may be total of 396 hours of coursework. In the The completion of a satisfactory regarded as an indicator of academic second year students also conduct training exercise in academic writing ability. Candidates should normally have research and complete a dissertation of at least two or three years of experience 40,000 words maximum. The submission of four research Arts (Humanities) as a guidance counsellor, secondary papers of 5,000 words teacher, principal or deputy principal. The coursework is organised on a The completion of certain practical modular basis. Part 1 of the degree exercises. The course involves two years of involves coursework and associated attendance at the university. Teaching is exercises, Part 2 involves the conduct of The topics of the research papers relate scheduled for Fridays and Saturdays. research and the writing of a to the contents of the modules and are Participants attend a range of courses in dissertation. Students are required to agreed by the student with the Course each of the two years. In addition, there satisfy the examiners in relation to both Director. are summer activities and a summer Part 1 and Part 2 of the degree. All students are required to complete certain practical assignments as follows: Students are expected to submit one counselling case study, together with a critical analysis of the interventions used. Students are expected to obtain experience of personal counselling with a counsellor or therapist approved for the course. A minimum of ten counselling sessions over the two years of the course is required. Students are expected to prepare and submit for evaluation a comprehensive plan for Guidance and Counselling in their particular school/college or in other professional areas appropriate to the students’ interests.

44 TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN Postgraduate Courses 2005 Arts (Humanities) Students are expected to submit The psychology of adult children EDUCATIONAL MANAGEMENT a Personal Development Report. of alcoholics (M.Sc.) This should reflect the students’ Evaluation and accountability, COURSE CODE 212 awareness of their personal and practical appraisal systems professional progress during this Course Coordinator: The psychology of entrepreneurship course. Dr Seamus McGuinness Personality typing The practical outcomes of the Duration: Two years, part-time Video case supervision in counselling programme are monitored by the Closing Date: 30 April 2005. Course Director and the Academic Statistics and research methods Applications should be addressed Committee. Attachment theory and directly to the Educational Management intergenerational conflict Programme, Department of Education, The following components are included Room 102, 3-4 Foster Place, Trinity in the programme: Group counselling, group dynamics College Dublin, Dublin 2. Advanced counselling and Racism, interculturalism and Telephone: +353-1-608 2642 psychotherapy theory intercultural counselling Email: [email protected] Vocational guidance: theory and Living systems theory, handling crises practice and self-organisation Internet: www.tcd.ie/Education/ MscinEducationalManagement.htm Micro counselling skills Poetry, literature, psychotherapy and bibliotherapy Advanced counselling skills The M.Sc. degree in Educational Spirituality and counselling Advanced psychometrics and testing Management is designed to provide (BPS Levels A and B) Management and guidance: management personnel in education career paths and work coaching with the knowledge and skills, which Information and communications will enable them to operate efficiently technology Managing the guidance service: practicalities of organising an and effectively in their particular Life-span development, adult effective guidance and counselling institutions. education and adult guidance service. Grief and bereavement counselling Applications for admission are accepted from management personnel in Family systems therapy There are close collaborative links with the Department of Psychology, education who are: The law and the counsellor University of Indiana South Bend and Graduates of the University of Adolescent psychology and in the areas of postgraduate research, Dublin with a first or second-class adolescent suicide programme design and teaching, moderatorship or with a first or Addiction studies which relate to this M.Sc. second-class honors in a professional Alcoholism counselling degree course, or Graduates of recognised universities with first or second-class honors degrees, or 45 TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN Postgraduate Courses 2005

Graduates of the University of I.T. IN EDUCATION (M.Sc.) Graduates of the programme will have Dublin or of other recognised COURSE CODE 641 carried out a substantial piece of universities who hold the Higher research, which might typically involve Diploma in Education with first or (Jointly with Engineering and Systems the development of I.T. based tools, or second-class honors, or Sciences) teaching materials, and their operation Holders of recognised professional and evaluation in a learning situation. Course Director: Mr Brendan Tangney qualifications obtained through Arts (Humanities) Duration: Two years, part-time Admission is normally restricted to examination who have spent at least applicants who have achieved an upper three years in study and who have Closing Date: 30 April 2005. Late second-class honors degree, or better, a been employed for at least two years application may be considered if places primary degree. However equivalent in a senior administrative position in remain available after the closing date. qualifications or experience are taken education, or Applications should be addressed into account. Preference will be given to directly to the Graduate Studies Office, Holders of qualifications which, in applicants who have at least three years Arts Building, Trinity College, Dublin 2. the opinion of the Admissions experience. A qualification in Computer Committee, are the equivalent of a Telephone: +353-1-608 3661 Science is not required but applicants university degree with first or Email: [email protected] are expected to be computer literate. second-class honors. Internet: Applicants meeting the necessary www.cs.tcd.ie/courses/mscitedu/ requirements will normally be The course contains the following interviewed. components: Principles of Management; Computer Science and Education offer a the Law and Education; Educational joint multidisciplinary program leading The course is run on a part-time basis. In Planning; Financial Management; to a Masters Degree in I.T. in Education. the first year there are formal classes on Management of Curriculum; Operations The program is run over two years and Friday afternoons and Saturday mornings. and Marketing Management; Personal the timetable is designed to facilitate The second year is devoted to the and Inter-personal Skills; Human participation by practicing teachers completion of a research dissertation. Resource Management; Management and other professionals. The aim of this Information Services; Strategic Issues in course is to produce a graduate who SCIENCE EDUCATION (M.Sc.) Educational Provision and Educational will be able to play a leadership role COURSE CODE 249 Management; Statistics; Research in the development and use of I.T. for Methodology. educational and training purposes. Course Coordinator: This includes developing instructional Dr Philip Matthews technology and content as well as using Duration: Two years, part-time I.T. in the areas of training, and lifelong Closing Date: 30 April 2005. learning at all levels (1st, 2nd and 3rd) Applications should be addressed of the formal education system. directly to the Graduate Studies Office, Arts Building, Trinity College, Dublin 2.

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Telephone: +353-1-608 1579 honors or holders of professional informed by Christian theology, Arts (Humanities) Email: [email protected] qualifications that the Admissions Ecumenical Studies focuses on three Committee accept as the equivalent key arenas of dialogue in order to Internet: www.tcd.ie/Education/Main/ of a first or second-class honors degree. promote a critical understanding of MScinScienceEducation.htm In addition, applicants who are teachers relationships within and between This M.Sc. is intended for practising should have at least three years’ traditions – within Christian traditions, teachers of science in second level experience of teaching science in one between Christianity and other religious schools, and for others who have a or more second level schools. traditions, and with others committed professional interest in science to global justice and peace-making. education. M.PHIL. COURSES The programme involves taught courses, The principal aim of the course is to ECUMENICAL STUDIES a dissertation and fieldwork. All students enlarge participants’ awareness of the (M.Phil. (Ecum.)/P.Grad.Dip.) are expected to take the core courses in three areas – studies in justice and issues and results of research that bear COURSE CODE 170/172 on the practice of science education – peace, interreligious studies and especially as they relate to the quality Course Coordinator: Dr Andrew Pierce interchurch studies – and to specialise of students’ learning in laboratory and Duration: Taught M.Phil. – one year, by taking the optional courses in one of classroom. full-time; two years, part-time. Teaching these areas. An integral element of this takes place in Dublin over two ten-week programme is participation in fieldwork, The course consists of four main terms, October-December 2005 and both in Dublin and on a programmed components: January-March 2006. visit to Northern Ireland. i) Taught courses focusing on issues in Closing Date: 30 June 2005. Places may The assessment will comprise four 6,000 school science education; be offered after this date, subject to word essays to be submitted no later availability. Applications should be than 1 May 2006, and a 20,000 word ii) Taught courses designed to update addressed directly to Ecumenical dissertation, to be completed by 15 participants’ knowledge in science; Studies Programme, Irish School of September 2006. Ecumenics, Bea House, Milltown, iii) A period of experience related Dublin 6. All students are registered on a to a science-based commercial common Master’s programme and enterprise; Telephone: +353-1-260 1144 follow the same assessment procedures Fax: +353-1-260 1158 iv) Research in an aspect of science for the four essays required. Students Email: [email protected] education. must complete three obligatory units – Internet: www.tcd.ie/ise Areas I, II and III, each of which is Applicants should be graduates with a assessed by an essay. A fourth first or second-class honors degree, or A plurality of religious and ethical assessment essay is based on optional graduates who hold the Higher Diploma traditions shares the one inhabited courses in the student’s chosen area of in Education with first or second-class world or oikoumene. From perspectives specialisation. Subject to satisfactory

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performance in the four essays, students addressed directly to International in the first year for part-time students. may proceed to submission of a Peace Studies Programme, Irish School Students specialising in International dissertation for the M.Phil. Students of Ecumenics, Bea House, Milltown, Peace Studies must also take the who do not reach that standard, but Dublin 6. courses on International Politics and who nonetheless are judged by the Telephone: +353-1-260 1144 either Ethics in International Affairs or Court of Examiners to have reached a The Politics of Development. Students Fax: +353-1-260 1158 satisfactory level of performance, may specialising in Ethics in International Arts (Humanities) on the determination of the Court be E-mail: [email protected] Affairs must take the course of that recommended for the award of a Internet: www.tcd.ie/ise name. Students specialising in Postgraduate Diploma in Ecumenical Peacebuilding and Development This programme is designed to provide Studies, without further assessment. must take either Conflict Resolution students with a deeper understanding and Non-violence or The Politics of of the problems of conflict and its Applicants should normally have an Development. The remaining courses resolution from an interdisciplinary honors degree at second-class level or chosen are optional for each perspective. It offers to students from higher in Theology or Religious Studies, specialisation. The list of courses may different primary disciplines the or an equivalent degree in any subject change from those above. plus three years theological study at a opportunity for mature reflection on satisfactory level. Students not meeting the wide range of issues of peace and Assessment: Students are assessed on these criteria may exceptionally be development, while at the same time the basis of four essays of 6,000 words – considered at the discretion of the Dean affording the opportunity for specialised one from each of the three core courses, of Graduate Studies. study through a research dissertation. and one from an optional course – to be A particular aim of the programme submitted no later than the 1 May, and INTERNATIONAL PEACE is to address the wider ethical and an 20,000 word dissertation, to be STUDIES (M.Phil. (Peace philosophical questions that arise completed by 15 September. Studies)/P.Grad.Dip) concerning problems of peace and war in the context of the social sciences. All students are registered on a COURSE CODE 220/243 common Master’s programme and Students attend five courses over one follow the same assessment procedures Course Coordinator: Dr Iain Atack year (full-time) or over two years (part- for the four essays required. Subject to Duration: Taught M.Phil. – one year, time). The programme is divided into satisfactory performance in the four full-time; two years, part-time. three areas of specialisation: essays, students may proceed to Teaching takes place in Dublin over two International Peace Studies; Ethics in submission of a dissertation for the terms, October-December 2005 and International Affairs; Peacebuilding and M. Phil. degree. Students who do not January-March 2006. Development. Students choose one reach that standard, but who Closing Date: 30 June 2005. Places may area of specialisation. nonetheless are judged by the Court of be offered after this date, subject to Examiners to have reached a All students attend the course on The availability. Applications should be satisfactory level of performance may, Politics of Peace and Conflict, preferably

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on the determination of the Court, be programme comprises a number of Applicants should have a good honors Arts (Humanities) recommended for the award of a courses designed to explore traditions (upper second class or higher) degree Postgraduate Diploma in Peace Studies, and innovations in Irish painting, in an appropriate discipline, such as art without further assessment. sculpture, architecture and other history, architecture, history, literature, visual artefacts in their national philosophy, language studies, politics, Admission requirements: Applicants and international context, and in and social studies, and demonstrate should normally have an honors degree relation to other disciplines. a keen interest in visual art. Not all at second-class level or above. Students qualified applicants can be accepted not meeting these criteria may To achieve its aims, the content due to a restricted quota. exceptionally be considered at the encompasses six key components: a discretion of the Dean of Graduate general survey of developments from MEDIEVAL HISTORY (M.Phil.) Studies. Megalithic to Contemporary Irish art; the detailed study of selected periods COURSE CODE 225 of excellence; engagement with themes IRISH ART HISTORY (M.Phil.) Course Coordinator: and issues of debate; analysis of COURSE CODE 704 Dr Katharine Simms approaches and methodologies of Duration: One year, full-time Course Director: Dr Yvonne Scott research; exposure to current research Closing Date: 30 June 2005. Duration: One year, full-time. interests of staff, guest specialists, and other postgraduate students; experience Applications should be addressed Closing Date: 30 April 2005. of personal research on a relevant directly to Dr Katharine Simms, Applications should be addressed subject chosen by the student. Students Department of Medieval History, Arts directly to the Graduate Studies Office, are assessed on a range of coursework Building, Trinity College, Dublin 2. Arts Building, Trinity College, Dublin 2. assignments, and a dissertation of not Telephone: +353-1-608 1790/1791 Telephone: +353-1-608 2480/3151 more than 20,000 words. Fax: +353-1-608 3995 Email: [email protected] In exploring a visual culture that spans Email: [email protected] Internet: www.tcd.ie/ several millennia, the exceptional Internet: www2.tcd.ie/Medieval_History/ History_of_Art/IARC examples of Irish art and architecture – gradstudy.html The M.Phil. in Irish Art History comes on campus and within easy walking Medieval History has a well-established within the ambit of the newly distance of Trinity College, as well as one-year taught course leading to the established Irish Art Research Centre elsewhere in Ireland – provide an degree of M.Phil. and consisting of a within History of Art and Architecture. invaluable resource enabling the first combination of coursework, the This programme was developed in hand study of Irish art. selection of an area of specialisation response to the growing international and the preparation of a dissertation interest in Irish art, and consequent of some 20,000 words. Courses are demand for research and educational provided for beginners in palaeography opportunities in the discipline. The and in Latin and/or other relevant

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The M.Phil. course is complete in itself, emphasis is on the study of problems, leading to the award of a postgraduate issues and epochs in a broadly degree, but it also provides an comparative context. As well as taking opportunity to obtain in a friendly subject specific modules in various atmosphere, basic training which can aspects of the political, military, social, then be applied to more advanced economic, religious and cultural history graduate work leading to the degrees of modern Ireland, students are exposed Arts (Humanities) of M.Litt. or Ph.D. to a rigorous research training programme. The course is drawing on MODERN IRISH HISTORY the current interests of the staff, on the (M.Phil.) rich resources of Trinity College Dublin’s library and of the adjacent Dublin languages, though it is also possible to Awaiting approval from the University libraries (the National Library of Ireland, cater for students who already have Council at time of going to the printers. some knowledge in these areas. the National Archives and Marsh’s Postgraduate Coordinator: Professor Library). The course may also serve as The classes are small so that personal Eunan O’Halpin an introduction to graduate research for attention can be given and each Duration: One year, full-time students wishing to go on to pursue a student’s study plan can be tailored doctorate in Modern Irish History. Closing Date: 30 March 2005. to his/her own needs and interests. Applications should be addressed All students are allocated a tutor, The course work consists of four directly to the Graduate Studies Office, whom they see on a weekly basis and elements. Arts Building, Trinity College, Dublin 2. who will also be the supervisor of their Late applications may be considered i) First, every student takes two major dissertation. A central part of the course subject to the availability of places. subjects of study from such topics as is the M.Phil. seminar each week, which ‘Kingdom and Colony in sixteenth- contributes greatly to the sense of Telephone: +353-1-608 1020 century Ireland, 1500-1607’; ‘War cohesion and cross-fertilisation of ideas Fax: +353-1-608 2291 and Society in early modern Ireland’; that is a feature of the M.Phil. class. Academic staff numbers: ‘Big house and hidden Ireland: 12 full-time academic M.Phil. students are also free to attend representation and reality in rural the weekly graduate seminar at which Postgraduate numbers: Ireland 1650-1840’; ‘Ireland in crisis, M.Litt. and Ph.D. students read papers, 51 research, 6 taught 1791-1803’; ‘The Famine and Beyond’; and are accorded the same treatment Internet: www.tcd.ie/Modern_History/ ‘Emigration and the Irish Overseas’; as other graduate students, with and ‘Issues in Anglo-Irish relations, The course is intended as an permanent access to the equipment 1920-1973’. It may not be possible to introduction for well-qualified and library in the medieval research offer all the topics every year. Humanities or Social Sciences graduates centre, where they have always been to research in Modern Irish History. The given a warm welcome.

50 TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN Postgraduate Courses 2005 Arts (Humanities) ii) Second, there is an emphasis on PSYCHOANALYTIC STUDIES seminar essays, which are assessed by generic research training. As well (M.Phil./P.Grad.Dip.) the internal examiners. For the as exploring the increasing variety COURSE CODE 214 candidate to proceed to the dissertation and complexity of technical tools this assessment must be positive. In widely available for historical Course Coordinator: Dr Ross Skelton cases where course work is satisfactory research, the M. Phil provides Duration: One year, full-time but the dissertation is either not structured professional training, presented or is not of M.Phil. standard, Closing Date: 30 June 2005. information management skills and a Postgraduate Diploma may be Applications should be addressed the capacity for continued, often awarded. The M.Phil. degree can only directly to the Graduate Studies Office, self-directed, life long learning. be awarded on the basis of the Arts Building, Trinity College, Dublin 2. dissertation. iii) Third, students seeking the M. Phil Telephone: +353-1-608 1528 submit a dissertation of no more Email: [email protected] RECONCILIATION STUDIES than 15,000 words based on primary Internet: (M.Phil./P.Grad.Dip.) sources. This might form the basis for www.tcd.ie/Philosophy/psych.htm further historical research or lead to COURSE CODE 667 publication. The course is intended as an introduction Course Coordinator: Mr David Tombs for well-qualified graduates to the history iv) Fourth, students attend research Duration: Taught M.Phil., one year, and theory of psychoanalysis. The seminars in Irish and British History full-time; two years, part-time. foundation of the course is the two main (1500-1900) and/or in Contemporary readings of the Freudian text and the Teaching takes place in Belfast over two Irish History (post-1921). These subsequent development of Freud’s ideas terms, October-December 2005 and seminars provide a forum for in two main directions. First, the ‘object January-March 2006. distinguished scholars, postgraduates relations’ theory of Melanie Klein and Closing Date: 30 June 2005. Places may and postdoctoral fellows from Wilfred Bion and second, the ‘return to be offered after this date, subject to throughout the world to present Freud’ project of Jacques Lacan which is availability. Applications should be papers. given substantial coverage. There is also addressed directly to Reconciliation an introduction to the thought of Carl Studies Programme, Irish School of MUSIC AND MEDIA Jung. A comparative approach to Ecumenics, 683 Antrim Road, Belfast, TECHNOLOGIES different thinkers is taken using BT15 4EG, Northern Ireland. (M.Phil./P.Grad.Dip.) discussion groups. Telephone: +44-28-9077 0087 COURSE CODES 257/260 Candidates are assessed by a Fax: +44-28-9037 3986 Entry via Diploma. For full details see combination of course papers and a Email: [email protected] P.Grad.Dip section detailed below. short dissertation. Students are required Internet: www.tcd.ie/ise to attend the weekly seminars and lectures and to write satisfactory

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M.Phil in Reconciliation Studies is The assessment will comprise four 6,000 judged by the Court of Examiners to designed to address the challenge word essays to be submitted no later have reached a satisfactory level of of developing a fuller, more complex, than 1 May, and a 20,000 word performance may, on the determination and more systematic understanding dissertation to be completed by 15 of the Court, be recommended for the of theoretical and practical approaches September. award of a Postgraduate Diploma in to reconciliation. The programme grows Reconciliation Studies, without further out of and addresses the needs and All students are registered on a assessment. Arts (Humanities) experiences of people in Northern common Master’s programme and Ireland. Thirty years of violence have follow the same assessment procedures Admission requirements: Applicants taught people some costly wisdom for the four essays required. Subject to should normally have an honors degree about reconciliation, which needs satisfactory performance in the four at second-class level or above. Students both to be consolidated and further essays, students may proceed to not meeting these criteria may applied in Northern Ireland and to be submission of a dissertation for the M. exceptionally be considered at the offered to others who have experienced Phil. degree. Students who do not reach discretion of the Dean of Graduate similar conflicts. Reciprocally, the that standard, but who nonetheless are Studies. Reconciliation Studies programme will also be probing conflicts around the world for lessons to be applied in Northern Ireland and more widely.

Students take five of the eight courses offered and are assessed on four of them. The courses include: Dynamics of Reconciliation; Theology of Reconciliation; Conflict Transformation; Northern Ireland – Conflict and Reconciliation. Hermeneutics and Reconciliation; Resources of Reconciliation in World Religions; When the Fighting Stops: Trauma and Healing in Individuals and Communities; and Conflict and Corporate Identity: Ethnicity, Nationalism and Religion. Students also participate in a one-week summer school in Dublin, which varies in content from year to year. In addition seminars will be organised in support of the programme. 52 TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN Postgraduate Courses 2005 Arts (Humanities) REFORMATION AND Term: (a) War and Society in Early This course is designed to provide a ENLIGHTENMENT STUDIES Modern Europe (b) The Scottish critical understanding of the current (M.Phil./P.Grad.Dip.) Enlightenment. scholarship on the position and COURSE CODES 171/675 ii) A course in ancillary skills extending representation of women in society. over the Michaelmas and Hilary Drawing on insights and perspectives Course Coordinator: terms in Analytical and Historical from a number of academic fields, the Dr Helga Robinson-Hammerstein Bibliography. course is both interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary. The core of the course Duration: One year, full-time iii) A dissertation arising out of one of the is provided by modules in Feminist Closing Date: 30 June 2005. subjects studied, for which preparation Theories and Feminist Research Applications should be addressed will be made in Trinity term. Methodologies. Participants also directly to the Graduate Studies Office, undertake optional courses drawn from Arts Building, Trinity College, Dublin 2. In addition there will be a series of research seminars in Trinity Term, in a range including the following: Creative Telephone: +353-1-608 1045 which members of staff and visiting Writing; Feminism and Law; Feminist Email: [email protected] speakers will present papers on topics Literary Criticism; Gender and Internet: www.tcd.ie/Modern_History/ relevant to the course. Candidates are Globalisation; Gender, Religion and mphilhome.php assessed by a combination of course Representation; Gender and Violence, papers and a short dissertation. Irish Feminism from 1860; Masculinities; The course is intended as an Psychological Development of Girls and introduction for well-qualified arts WOMEN’S STUDIES Women; Social Psychology of Gender graduates to research into problems and (M.Phil./P.Grad.Dip.) Roles; Women and Learning; Women methods in intellectual and religious and the Family; Women in Art; Women COURSE CODE 204/643 history, drawing on the resources of in Modern European History; Women, Dublin libraries (especially Trinity Course Coordinator: Work and Employment (note: not all College and Marsh’s Libraries) and staff Dr Maryann Valiulis courses are available every year). research interests. The course work will Duration: M.Phil.: One year, full-time, consist of three elements. The entry to the course is via the two years, part-time; P.Grad.Dip.: one M.Phil. programme. The award of i) Two major subjects of study in each year, full-time, two years, part-time M.Phil. will depend on the satisfactory of the Michaelmas and Hilary terms, Closing Date: 30 April 2005. completion of four course essays which will be taught by means of a Applications should be addressed and a dissertation. The award of a weekly two-hour seminar in each directly to the Graduate Studies Office, Postgraduate Diploma will depend subject. The subjects available will Arts Building, Trinity College, Dublin 2. on the satisfactory completion of be: Michaelmas Term: (a) Reform Telephone: +353-1-608 2225 five course essays. The Executive and Reformation in Central Europe, Committee reserves the right to make Email: [email protected] 1480-1530; (b) Science and Religion the final decision. in Early Modern England; Hilary Internet: www.tcd.ie/Womens_Studies/ cfws_taught.html

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M.Phil. students are required to write Closing Date: 30 April 2005. (Late There is continuous assessment of both a dissertation of approximately 15,000 – application may be considered if places practical and theoretical work 20,000 words on an approved topic remain available after the closing date). throughout the course. Competence is relating to women or gender. The Applications for admission must be developed through a combination of dissertation is due in September of the secured from and submitted directly to: lectures, workshops, discussions, clinical year of entry for full-time students and Course Administrator, Postgraduate supervision, peer supervision, written September of year two for part-time Diploma in Clinical Supervision assignments and field practice. Arts (Humanities) students. Postgraduate Diploma students (Psychology), Department of Psychology, are required to write a fifth essay which Aras an Phiarsigh, Trinity College, CONFLICT AND DISPUTE is due in July of the year Dublin 2. RESOLUTION STUDIES of entry for full-time students and July of Telephone: +353-1-608 2094/2970 (P.Grad.Dip.) year two for part-time students. Email: [email protected] COURSE CODE 673

POSTGRADUATE DIPLOMAS This professional training course is a one Course Coordinator: Ms Paulyn Marrinan Some Masters courses have the option year part-time course which is offered as Quinn, B.A. (Dubl.), F.C.I.Arb., S.C. of a Postgraduate Diploma in cases a specialised post qualification course. It Duration: Taught Evening Diploma – one where the taught course has been is aimed at experienced and practising year, part-time. Teaching period runs satisfactorily completed but a psychologists and psychotherapists who from October to May with 2 evening dissertation has not been submitted. wish to further their professional sessions (6 hours) per week over 24 Such P.Grad.Dip. courses are not listed development, and train as supervisors. teaching weeks. There are also two below as they are not open to entry as Saturday workshops. Two references are The main areas that have informed the separate options from their parent required upon application. development of this programme include Masters course i.e. students apply for counsellor development, assessment and Closing Date: 30 July 2005. Places may entry to the appropriate Masters course. evaluation, professional responsibility, be offered after this date, subject to management and administration. availability. Applications should be CLINICAL SUPERVISION addressed directly to Conflict and Module 1 – Clinical supervision: (PSYCHOLOGY) (P.Grad.Dip.) Dispute Resolution Studies Programme, theory, process and skills COURSE CODE 712 Irish School of Ecumenics, Bea House, Module 2 – Clinical supervision Milltown, Dublin 6. relationship, roles and tasks Course Director: Dr Rita Honan Telephone: +353-1-260 1144 Module 3 – Clinical supervision Course Coordinator: Ms Mary Creaner Fax: +353-1-260 1158 and contexts Duration: One year part-time – 120 Email: [email protected] hours. There is a further requirement of Module 4 – Clinical supervision: Internet: www.tcd.ie/ise 60 hours field practice and a minimum of legal and ethical Issues 12 hours off-site clinical supervision of Module 5 – Peer and group supervision this practice.

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The Conflict and Dispute Resolution To complete the Diploma satisfactorily groups, comprise an In-Service Diploma Arts (Humanities) Studies programme is designed for a pass mark of 40% must be achieved Course. Single programmes of the half- those for whom Conflict Analysis, in each element of the assessment. day, one-day and weekend type are Management and Resolution may advertised as they occur. be a valuable tool and added skill in Admission requirements: Applicants their area of work. Those who complete should normally have an honors degree A credit system is used within the the programme will have some and three years’ relevant experience, Division to facilitate transfer between understanding of the existing processes or another third level qualification the various Master programmes offered, available and be aware of the new non- and five years’ relevant experience. and also with other recognised adversarial approaches to providing Students not meeting these criteria educational institutions. The number remedy and redress. may exceptionally be considered at of credits is linked to the number of the discretion of the Dean of Graduate contact hours required for an individual Teaching methodologies include lectures, Studies. module. Each module comprises 30 interactive lectures, group discussions, credits, with four modules (120 credits) case studies, and video materials. IN-SERVICE EDUCATION making up a diploma. To obtain credits Students are encouraged to keep a (P.Grad.Dip.) the student must achieve at least a pass reflective journal throughout the course in the designated assignment. Each COURSE CODE 190 and this will be one of the resources module is assessed using a variety of drawn upon for review sessions. Course Coordinator: Dr Peter Conroy methods, including projects, case Closing Date: 31 July 2005. (Late studies, reports, examinations and There are four course units: applications may be considered if places curriculum design. The integration of i) Understanding conflict; remain available after the closing date.) theory and practice is stressed in the ii) Aspects and dynamics of conflict; Applications should be addressed content of the modules and in the assessments. Where possible, iii) Theories and processes of conflict directly to the In-Service Education experiential and active learning and resolution; Programme, Department of Education, teaching strategies are used in the iv) Processes and skills for moving Arts Building, Trinity College, Dublin 2. presentation of modules. beyond conflict. Telephone: +353-1-608 1290 Email: [email protected] A student can begin a programme of The assessment is based on two essays, study at several points during the approximately 8,000 words each, and Internet: www.tcd.ie/Education/ academic year as each module is free a practical skills-based assessment to In_Service/index.html standing and registration is for each be completed by 1st August. One essay There are a variety of in-service separate module. A minimum of 120 will focus on underlying theory and programmes for teachers and those credits is required for the award of a philosophy and the other essay will be with a professional interest in education, diploma that must normally be on an area of specialisation in Unit 4 ranging from half day seminars to completed within three years of the (which may be related to a particular modules which, taken together in date of registration of the first module. work context).

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Modules are normally taught outside are offered. These modules include: Electronic and Electrical Engineering of school working hours to facilitate addiction studies; child protection and and Music initiated Postgraduate teachers continuing in full-time abuse; contemporary issues; co- Diploma and Masters programmes employment. As the Division of In- operative learning; curriculum design in Music and Media Technologies in Service Education collaborates with the and assessment; dance education; Trinity in 1996. Association of Education Centres (in drama in education; information addition to other institutions) modules and communication technologies; A particular feature of these Arts (Humanities) are offered in Education Centres in intercultural education; management programmes is a balanced approach several locations throughout the of change; management of human to musical and technological topics. country in addition to Trinity College. relationships; multiple intelligences; Musically, a strong emphasis is placed social and interpersonal education; on the development of adaptable Students with the requisite special needs; staff development and compositional skills, while technological undergraduate qualifications who selection; subject specialisms. topics are addressed from both a hands- obtain a diploma of second or first class on workstation/studio exposure and honors standard, and who perform to a fundamental mathematical and MUSIC AND MEDIA the same standard in two other post- scientific basis, which focuses on TECHNOLOGIES diploma M.St. Qualifying Modules in musically relevant issues. (P.Grad.Dip./M.Phil.) research methods, may apply for admission to the Master of Studies COURSE CODES 260/257 programme. Students are required to (Jointly with Engineering and Systems complete a module in educational Sciences) research methods before beginning the Master’s programme. Course Coordinator: Dr Dermot Furlong Duration: P.Grad.Dip.: one year, full- Entry qualifications: teachers recognised time; M.Phil.: two years, full-time. by the Department of Education and Applications should be addressed Science, or others who are graduates directly to the Graduate Studies Office, of recognised institutions and have a Arts Building, Trinity College, Dublin 2. professional interest in education. Diploma students need to be aware Closing Date: 30 June 2005 that entry to the postgraduate diploma Telephone: +353-1-608 1864 does not mean that one is automatically Email: [email protected] eligible for entry to the M.St. Internet: www.mee.tcd.ie/mmt/index.php programme. In recognition of a shared interest in Modules, leading to the award of a Information Technology and a growing Diploma in Management in Education, awareness of its relevance for music, and a Diploma in Educational Studies

56 TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN Postgraduate Courses 2005 Arts (Humanities) The first year is a self-contained Musical/compositional/artistic Email: [email protected] Postgraduate Diploma course which and/or technological ability as Internet: www.tcd.ie/Education/ provides the necessary musical and evidenced by a portfolio submission. HigherDiplomainEducation.htm technological skills to allow creative individuals to engage in computer- Formal musical knowledge level The purpose of this course is to prepare assisted composition and production, (an entrance test primarily assessing candidates for teaching in second-level apply software tools for the music and aural and notational abilities is education. The course is in two integral New Media industries and/or enter the scheduled for some applicants). parts, initial and general, and is full- arena of ‘music-on-screen’ production time. Throughout the school year References. for New Media products. students are required to undertake Interview. teaching practice under supervision Continuing to a second year of study while pursuing their academic studies toward a M.Phil. degree is an option, Both programmes cover a wide range at the University. In exceptional which is open to those achieving a of subjects within the general field of circumstances a student may be allowed sufficient standard in their Postgraduate music technology, and provide students to carry over teaching practice or a Diploma exams. The second year with a fully professional qualification. limited number of courses into a second combines first semester taught courses The work is intensive and these year, on payment of the appropriate with project work in the second programmes cannot be undertaken College fee. semester, and generally has a greater part-time. research orientation. The second Courses in Foundation Studies are: semester project can be of a musical or HIGHER DIPLOMAS philosophy of education; educational technological nature. psychology; special education; sociology HIGHER DIPLOMA IN of education; history of education and Acceptance for the course is based on EDUCATION (H.Dip.Ed.) issues in Irish education; curriculum, an overall assessment, which takes into COURSE CODE 120 assessment, evaluation and statistics. account: Course Coordinator: Dr Michael Shevlin Courses in Teaching Studies are: Undergraduate degree qualification. pedagogy of individual disciplines in Duration: One year, full-time (Consideration will be given to two school subjects (major and minor). Closing Date: 14 December of the mature students (over 23 by 1 Students are evaluated by course work previous year to which admission is January of the year of entry) who assessment throughout the year, by sought. Applications should be do not have an undergraduate written examinations and by addressed directly to the Higher qualification but who clearly assessment of teaching practice. demonstrate relevant experience Diploma in Education Programme, over a number of years in a related Department of Education, Arts Building, By arrangement with the school industry or field.) Trinity College, Dublin 2. authorities concerned, candidate Telephone: +353-1-608 1488 teachers undertake practice in Dublin

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schools. In accordance with the Telephone: +353-1-608 1237 opportunity to develop their practical requirements of the University and Email: [email protected] skills of observation and teaching. The the Secondary Teachers’ Registration evaluation of work for the degree Internet: www.tcd.ie/Education/ Council with regard to teaching involves a combination of continuous HigherDiplomainEducationPrimary.htm practice, students should be present assessment and final examinations. in school throughout the entire school The Higher Diploma in Education Graduates of this course are recognised year, as defined by the Department (Primary Teaching) is a professional

Arts (Humanities) by the Department of Education and of Education and Science circular course that is intended to provide for the Science as qualified teachers, following IML/M26/64, and should obtain not academic and professional requirements a successful year of probation, in less than the equivalent of 75 full days of primary school teachers. It is taught accordance with Rule 157 of the Rules of school experience. jointly by the School of Education and of National Schools. two associated Colleges of Education – Candidates should note that, in Coláiste Mhuire, Marino and the Froebel accordance with the requirements of The course is of eighteen months College of Education, Sion Hill, the Secondary Teachers’ Registration duration and is full-time. It commences Blackrock. Students attend the majority Council, a minimum of two-thirds in early February and is divided into of courses within their chosen College of attendance at all components of the three terms, which run from February to Education and attend foundation course is mandatory. June, September to December, and courses, in common with students from from January to June. H.Dip. (Primary) other Colleges of Education, within the students register only with the HIGHER DIPLOMA IN University’s Education area. Associated College of their choice for EDUCATION (PRIMARY the first term of the course. Students TEACHING) Throughout the degree considerable register both with the Associated emphasis is placed on the study of COURSE CODE 601 College and Trinity College for the foundation subjects in education, the second and third terms of the course. Course Coordinator: Irish and English languages, language Graduate students registered with Dr Damian Murchan development and mathematics, with Trinity College have full access to the Duration: 18 months, full-time complementary work in areas such as facilities of the University. arts education, religious studies, Closing Date: These courses are physical education, social, personal and contingent on approval from the Candidates for admission to the health education (SPHE), information Department of Education and Science programme leading to the H.Dip. communication technology (ICT), social, on an annual basis. Please contact the (Primary) must possess an approved environmental and scientific education Colleges of Education for further third-level degree. In addition, (SESE), and inclusive education. School information. Application for admission applicants must also have secured at experience is regarded as central to the must be made directly to the College of least grade C in Higher Level Irish and H.Dip. (Primary) programme and there Education in which enrolment is being at least grade D in Mathematics are three periods of teaching practice sought. (Ordinary or Higher level) and at least designed to give students an grade C (Ordinary level) or grade D

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(Higher level) in English. Candidates The purpose of the course is to provide Arts (Humanities) who sat the Leaving Certificate a pre-professional qualification in examination prior to 1969 must have psychology, which confers eligibility secured honors in Irish and passes in for graduate membership of the English and Mathematics. Similar Psychological Society of Ireland (PSI) requirements apply in the case of and allows a student to proceed to applicants who have sat the Northern postgraduate training, including higher Ireland GCSE and GCE A Level degrees by research, and to specialise examination. in an area of professional psychology. It is a two year full-time course based Further information and application on lectures, tutorials, laboratory classes forms for admission are available from and research projects. Coláiste Mhuire, Marino and the Froebel College of Education, Sion Hill, Candidates for admission to the Higher Blackrock. Applicants who satisfy the Diploma in Psychology must hold a academic requirements are invited to primary degree with at least second- attend an interview and an oral Irish class honors. Application for entry is not examination. via the CAO system.

Students will cover the following areas HIGHER DIPLOMA IN of psychology, as required for PSYCHOLOGY professional accreditation: COURSE CODE 720 Biological basis of behaviour Course Director: Dr Jean Quigley Cognitive psychology Duration: Two years, full-time Research design, quantitative and Closing Date: 30 March 2005. qualitative methods Applications should be addressed Developmental and lifespan directly to the Graduate Studies Office, psychology Arts Building, Trinity College, Dublin 2. Social psychology Telephone: +353-1-608 2697 Personality and individual differences Address: Psychology Department, Room 1.21 Aras an Phiarsaigh, Trinity College, Students are evaluated by course work Dublin 2. assessment throughout the year, by written examination papers at the end of Email: [email protected] each year of the course, and by research Internet: www.tcd.ie/Psychology project in the second year. The student must complete all the work prescribed.

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Arts (Letters), is the focus for research Irish and Celtic Languages has both a specific areas, but interdisciplinary

Arts (Letters) into language and languages, literature Postgraduate Diploma in Old Irish and work is encouraged and some general both ancient and modern, translation an M.Phil. in Early Irish as well as well- courses are given, such as critical and studies, classical archaeology, drama established research fields in language cultural theory, Medieval Latin, classical and theatre studies, and film. and literature, old, medieval and Latin and Greek, and the history of the modern. book. Some areas have connections with The Centre for Language and the other institutions in the city which Communications Studies specialises in The modern language disciplines of enable the research base to be theoretical and applied linguistics, and French, Germanic Studies, Italian, broadened: Drama Studies has a well- has a flourishing area of research in Russian and Hispanic Studies all offer established relationship with the Abbey phonetics, sustained by a well-equipped specialist supervision in a wide range Theatre, and both Drama Studies and phonetics laboratory. of areas. Two offer taught postgraduate English have connections with the Irish courses: French offers an M.Phil. in Film Centre. A number of areas profit Classics has a long tradition of research Textual and Visual Studies concentrating from relationships with universities in the literatures and history of ancient on 19th and 20th century France; outside Ireland. For part of the M.Phil. Greece and Rome, in papyrology, in the German offers a course in German course in Textual and Visual Studies archaeology of the Aegean and the Literature and Language Pedagogy. students attend courses at Université de Roman empire, and philosophy. Recently Paris VII and X. English and Irish (along a Centre for the Study of the Platonic The Samuel Beckett Centre is the focus with History) are involved with the Tradition has been established. The for research in drama and theatre Universities of Aberdeen and Strathclyde Centre is involved with the Religions and studies. The M.Phil. in Irish Film and in the Irish Scottish Academic Initiative, Theology programme in Medieval and Theatre Studies is located there. which promotes collaborative research Near-Eastern Studies. An M.Phil. in Medieval Language, over a broad cultural range. In courses English offers opportunities for research Literature and Culture draws on the involving literature and drama it is quite in medieval, renaissance, and modern medieval expertise of English, French, normal for practitioners to contribute on literature, including American and Germanic, Irish and Italian Studies. an informal and occasional basis. Each Caribbean literatures. A particular year, more formally, English, in feature of this area is the commitment The research community of Arts (Letters) conjunction with the Arts Council of to graduate work in Anglo-Irish comprises approximately 77 full-time Ireland, appoints a writer fellow who literature, partly through research and academic staff, 180 postgraduate contributes classes to its postgraduate partly through a taught M.Phil. Recent students writing theses, and 90 engaged courses. developments include M.Phil courses in in taught courses. The postgraduate creative writing, Anglo-Irish literature body is a very international one. and popular literature. Students are generally registered within 62 TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN Postgraduate Courses 2005 Arts (Letters) CLASSICS All postgraduate students are required In the field of Augustan Latin poetry the Academic Staff Contact: to attend seminars and research staff are involved in a research network, Professor Damien Nelis meetings. A postgraduate work-in- which includes the Universities of progress seminar meets regularly Florence, Heidelberg, Lille III, London, Telephone: +353-1-608 1208 throughout the academic year, and Oxford and Udine. In addition, Classics Fax: +353-1-671 0862 research students are encouraged to has exchange programmes, under the Academic staff numbers: 8 full-time present papers. In addition it is strongly auspices of the European Erasmus/ Postgraduate numbers: 35 research recommended that research students Socrates programme, with the University expose themselves to as wide a range of of Fribourg (Switzerland) and the Internet: www.tcd.ie/Classics/ intellectual stimulation as possible by University of Bordeaux III. Normally an upper second-class (or attending the meetings of the Dublin Classics has special expertise in the international equivalent) primary Classics Seminar (held fortnightly during following areas: Greek Bronze Age; degree is the minimum condition for term), and any other extra-mural Cypriot archaeology; Greek epic; Greek postgraduate registration in Classics. lectures or seminars as advised by their tragedy, especially Euripides; Greek All research students are examined by supervisors. They are also urged to join History; Historiography; Hellenistic thesis only. No taught courses are the Classical Society and attend its poetry; Plutarch; the ‘Goddess’ in Greek offered, but completion of certain guest lectures. religion; Hellenistic history; Jewish components in the undergraduate The most recent research initiative in history; the eastern provinces of the programme may be required as a recent years has been the establishment Roman empire; Latin poetry, especially condition of registration. of the Joint Committee for Virgil, Lucretius and Propertius; Roman The minimum requirement for research Mediterranean and Near Eastern Studies, construction; the city of Rome; Greek into a literary or historical topic is a pass following the award of a Government philosophy, especially Platonism and in the beginners’ course in either Greek research grant made in 1999 for this Neoplatonism; Greek epigraphy; and or Latin, and subsequently a pass at purpose. The Joint Committee brings papyrology. Supervision is also available upper second level in an examination together expertise from Classics and outside these areas. on an author or texts relevant to the Religions and Theology, with the Research students are entitled to apply candidate’s research. The minimum purpose of investigating various aspects for financial assistance in acquiring requirement for research into a topic in of the encounter between the Greek, material on Inter-Library Loan (guidance classical archaeology is a pass in the Roman and Near Eastern worlds. available from supervisors). Applications beginners’ course in either Greek or A number of postgraduate scholars and may also be made for funds towards Latin. Candidates undertaking research two post-doctoral fellows have been attendance at seminars and colloquia in a prehistoric or non-classical area of appointed to work in specific projects. overseas. archaeology are not required to study A regular seminar takes place every two Greek or Latin, but instead they may be weeks during the academic year, and required to gain proficiency in a modern international workshops have been language or relevant technical skill. planned.

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DRAMA Well-known artists and scholars and performance theory; digital culture, Academic Staff Contact: regularly visit for workshops and new media, information arts and Professor Brian Singleton lectures. At the postgraduate level it is performance; Irish film and film possible to study here in two different censorship; film theory; early cinema; Telephone: +353-1-608 1239/2266 ways: in a taught M.Phil. course in Irish and American television.

Arts (Letters) Fax: +353-1-679 3488 Theatre and Film Studies, and by Academic staff numbers: 12 full-time research degrees. Admission to research degrees is based upon an applicant’s record, research Postgraduate numbers: 25 research, In addition to their research work, proposal, and letters of recommendation. 12 taught research students meet regularly in In addition to the details required on the Internet: www.tcd.ie/Drama/ seminars to discuss common theoretical application form, a detailed two-page and methodological concerns and to research proposal and a sample of Trinity College’s Drama programme is read and critique each other’s work academic writing of approximately 20 internationally recognised for the under the guidance of senior academics. pages is required. Please note that for quality and rigour of its study and They also attend advanced courses in those seeking financial awards, the training. It offers a full range of critical and cultural theory. The Trinity deadline for applications for research academic and performance work in Library, which has been a UK copyright degrees is 15 March of each year. theatre, and academic work in film and depository since 1801, is a great performance studies. There are over 200 resource and is supplemented by a students working in the area from all ENGLISH STUDIES number of local libraries for printed over the world in BA programmes and Academic Staff Contact: and manuscript collections. The Irish in a unique actor training course run in Dr Stephen Matterson Film Institute, open to Drama students, collaboration with the Abbey Theatre. Telephone: +353-1-608 1111 holds a large number of Irish . Many research students are hired as Fax: +353-1-671 7114 graduate teaching assistants to lead Academic staff numbers: undergraduate seminars and to teach 19 full-time, 3 part-time both practical and academic courses. Postgraduate numbers: 60 research, 32 taught Drama is particularly strong in the following areas: intercultural, colonial, Internet: www.tcd.ie/English/ post-colonial, and national theatre and English Literature has been taught in performance; Irish drama and theatre Trinity since the 1850s and the Chair of of the 19th and 20th centuries; English was founded in 1867. Research Women in theatre and performance; in English has flourished since the time Shakespeare on stage and on film; 19th of the Victorian Shakespeare scholar and 20th century British theatre history; Edward Dowden. Trinity Library has a French theatre; contemporary theatre

64 TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN Postgraduate Courses 2005 Arts (Letters) famous collection of early manuscripts, FRENCH STUDIES GERMANIC STUDIES the largest research collection of printed Academic Staff Contact: Academic Staff Contact: books in Ireland going back to the Professor Johnnie Gratton Professor Moray McGowan College’s foundation in 1592 (as a Telephone: +353-1-608 1553 Telephone: +353-1-608 1373 copyright library since 1801, it contains very large quantities of books of interest Fax: +353-1-671 7118 Fax: +353-1-608 3762 to students of English) and important Postgraduate Coordinator: Academic staff numbers: collections of modern Anglo-Irish Professor David Scott 7 full-time, 3 Lektors material. Academic staff numbers: Postgraduate numbers: 10-15 research, 12 full-time, 3 language assistants 3-6 taught As well as offering three taught M.Phil. courses, in Anglo-Irish Literature, Postgraduate numbers: Email: [email protected] Popular Literature, and in Creative 15 research, 8 taught Internet: www.tcd.ie/Germanic_Studies/ Writing respectively, there’s also great Internet: www.tcd.ie/French/ activity in a number of areas of The Chair of German (1776) is the research. These include medieval and A thriving postgraduate school exists oldest in the world, and this is reflected renaissance studies, 18th and 19th within French Studies. In addition to in its international reputation in century studies, literary theory, and the taught Masters course (M.Phil.) research. All academic staff are strongly modern literary studies, especially in Textual and Visual Studies, there active in research, and our present Anglo-Irish, American and postcolonial are a number of full-time postgraduate expertise covers most periods of literatures. Postgraduate students are students pursuing M.Litt. or Ph.D. German literature, culture and history introduced to Trinity’s resources and to theses by research. Currently the main of ideas from the earliest times to the the techniques of research by a special areas of research activity are 19th and contemporary, with particular strengths course on ‘Research Methods’. There is 20th century studies; francophone in medieval studies and in literature and also a research seminar series at which studies; French sociolinguistics; the culture since the Enlightenment: students and visiting lecturers present acquisition and teaching of French especially Romanticism, the Viennese papers. as a second or foreign language; and fin-de-siècle, modernism and textual and visual studies. There is an contemporary German literature, Applicants for degrees by research opportunity to pursue research on especially drama and theatre; in should provide, as well as the standard medieval and Renaissance French in the discourse studies, semiotics, cultural application, a brief two-page research Centre for Medieval and Renaissance and literary theory; in intercultural proposal. All postgraduate applications Studies. Throughout the academic business communication; and in are considered in the month of March year there are fortnightly staff and historical, theoretical and applied and should be submitted by 1 March postgraduate research seminars, and linguistics. 2005. where possible, students pursuing doctoral research are involved in Trinity College houses Ireland’s principal teaching at undergraduate level. research library, and the historical collections have many strengths in

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Germanic Studies from the medieval research needs. The regular research HISPANIC STUDIES period onwards. A targeted acquisitions colloquium offers students the Academic Staff Contact: policy, together with frequent donations, opportunity to test their ideas with their Dr Ciaran Cosgrove ensures excellent collections in its peers and engage in critical debate with Telephone: +353-1-608 1257/1981 priority research areas. Currently, staff and with numerous visiting speakers

Arts (Letters) substantial funding has been received from the international German Studies Fax: +353-1-671 0649 to develop a major research collection research community. The staff are also in Academic staff numbers: 5 full-time, in modern and contemporary German close contact with researchers and Spanish language assistant, 3 part-time studies, especially German theatre and research networks in their different fields Postgraduate numbers: 6 research drama. The interdisciplinary approach at a wide range of Irish, British, German Internet: www.tcd.ie/Spanish_and_ of current research is also supported and Austrian universities. Portuguese/index.html by German material in a range of A taught M.Phil. programme in German other disciplines, and there are good Hispanic Studies has a long-established is also offered, for which a separate contacts with staff and students engaged international reputation for outstanding brochure is available. Enquiries about in cognate research in other European research, and can offer expert postgraduate study are welcome and languages, in English Studies, History, supervision in many areas of Peninsular should be made to Professor Moray the Social Sciences, the Centre for and Spanish-American literature and McGowan (contact details listed above). Jewish Studies and the Samuel linguistics. It welcomes in particular Beckett Centre. students who wish to undertake

Germanic Studies can offer M.Litt. and Ph.D. supervision in fields such as: literature, including contemporary drama and theatre; cultural studies; history of ideas; historical, theoretical and applied linguistics. It welcomes interdisciplinary and other unusual research proposals. The postgraduate research community is one of the largest in these islands and has an excellent success record in the award of research scholarships and in securing subsequent academic posts. Suitably qualified postgraduate students can gain teaching experience and additional finance is available for research and conference travel. Some library provision is earmarked to support postgraduates’

66 TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN Postgraduate Courses 2005 Arts (Letters) research in the following fields: Hispanic Irish and Celtic Languages offers ITALIAN linguistics, historical and contemporary, research supervision in a wide area of Academic Staff Contact: encompassing the Peninsula and the study reaching from the early Celtic era Dr Roberto Bertoni New World; the teaching and learning down to the language and literature of Telephone: +353-1-608 2062 of Spanish in conjunction with French, the present day. Teaching and research and of Portuguese in conjunction with interests of the staff include Indo- Academic staff numbers: Spanish; Spanish literature 1250-1500; European linguistics; Celtic linguistics; 3 full-time, 1 emeritus, 1 full-time Golden-Age drama, especially Lope de Primitive Irish; Old, Middle and Early language assistant, 1 full-time Italian Vega; 19th century Spanish fiction, Modern and Modern Irish language, Government sponsored lecturer especially Galdós and Valera; Spanish linguistics and literature; Ogham; Postgraduate numbers: 5 research intellectual life 1868 – 1939, especially Metrics; Bardic verse; Scottish Gaelic Internet: www.tcd.ie/Italian/ the writings of Antonio Machado and literature; and Irish folk literature. Manuel Azaña; contemporary Spanish The research interests of Italian studies history and politics, especially the Trinity Library houses a vast collection are mostly literary, and are concentrated writings of Vázquez Montalbán; of printed material and an extremely in the late Middle Ages and contemporary Spanish drama, especially important collection of Irish Renaissance, in the 19th century and the plays of Buero Vallejo; modern manuscripts, while the area has a small 20th centuries. Supervision can be Spanish-American fiction, especially library holding of research materials, offered for research topics including the the Argentine novel; literary theory including a copy on microfilm of the fields of medieval and Renaissance and its application to modernist and Folklore Institute’s main collection. Two literature, contemporary poetry, 20th postmodernist fiction. It may also be other major libraries in the vicinity of century novelists, translation studies, possible to provide supervision outside Trinity College are the National Library and certain aspects of comparative these areas for suitable applicants. and the Library of the Royal Irish literature. Academy, both having significant collections of both printed and IRISH AND CELTIC CENTRE FOR LANGUAGE AND manuscript material. LANGUAGES COMMUNICATION STUDIES Academic Staff Contact: Candidates for both of the research- Academic Staff Contact: Professor Damian McManus based degrees, M.Litt. and Ph.D., are Professor David Little Telephone: +353-1-608 1105 accepted every year (subject to staff Telephone: +353-1-608 1560 availability), while a taught Fax: +353-1-608 3127 Fax: +353-1-608 2941 Postgraduate Diploma in Old Irish and a Academic staff numbers: Academic staff numbers: taught M.Phil. in Early Irish are run in 9 full-time, 1 full-time research 4 full-time, 7 part-time alternate years (M.Phil. in 2005/06 and Postgraduate numbers: 7 research Diploma in 2006/07). Postgraduate numbers: Internet: www.tcd.ie/Irish 23 research, 29 taught Internet: www.tcd.ie/CLCS/

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The Centre for Language and for models of speech production and Russian emigration); literary theory and Communication Studies has an perception; acoustic and articulatory criticism; Czech literature and culture; international reputation for research in analysis of co-articulation and curriculum and syllabus design for applied linguistics, linguistics, phonetics connected speech processes, with a Russian language programmes. and speech science. Appropriately particular focus on Irish; the analysis Candidates are welcome to apply for

Arts (Letters) qualified graduates are admitted to of voice quality; the human voice M.Litt./Ph.D. supervision for research in pursue individual research leading to source and its dynamic variation; any of the above areas. the M.Litt. or Ph.D. degree in each of text-to-speech synthesis; and these areas. Members of staff have the acoustic theory of speech production Research topics currently being pursued following specific interests: and its implementation in a speech include two projects in modern Russian analysis system. literature, while recently completed Applied linguistics – second theses have been in the areas of language acquisition; language The Centre also offers M.Phil. courses in modern Czech and Polish literature. transfer; the age factor in language Linguistics, Applied Linguistics, and acquisition; the lexicon; Speech and Language Processing. Russian actively promotes research metacognition and metalinguistic seminars for students and staff, teaching opportunities for postgraduate students, awareness in second language RUSSIAN learning; learning strategies; membership of the Irish Association for Academic Staff Contact: Dr Sarah Smyth autonomy in language learning; Russian and East European Studies Telephone: +353-1-608 1819 applications of new technologies to (IAREES), and opportunities for study language learning; psycholinguistics Fax: +353-1-608 2655 and research in Russia and Central/East Europe. and language media; computer- Academic staff numbers: mediated communication; and 5 full-time; 1 language assistant development of virtual environments (Russian); 1 language assistant (Polish); for language learning. 1 part-time teaching assistant. Postgraduate numbers: 2 research Linguistics – grammatical theory; linguistic universals; information Internet: www.tcd.ie/Russian/ structure; Cushitic linguistics; Teaching and research interests of the sociolinguistics; the English language staff include Russian lexicology, the in Ireland; linguistic theory and Russian press, comparative Slavonic language variation; bilingualism; linguistics; 19th century Russian discourse analysis; and language literature (Dostoevsky, the development acquisition. of narrative voice in prose fiction); 20th Phonetics and speech science – century Russian literature and culture experimental investigation of (poetry of the ‘Silver Age’ and avant- linguistic contrasts, and implications garde movements, literature of the

68 TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN Postgraduate Courses 2005 Arts (Letters) M.Phil. COURSES literature is also desirable. Admission to part of the course is based on the course is competitive due to a assessment of a portfolio of the ANGLO IRISH LITERATURE restricted quota. student’s writing, which must be (M.Phil.) submitted before the end of the The course consists of five elements: COURSE CODE 180 Michaelmas term. i) The main authors of Anglo-Irish Course Directors: v) A dissertation (12-15,000 words) literature – Swift, Edgeworth, Yeats, Professor Terence Brown is planned in consultation with a Joyce, Beckett are studied in two and Professor Nicholas Grene Course Director in Hilary term and weekly two-hour seminars in the Duration: One year, full-time is prepared and written under the Michaelmas and Hilary terms. guidance of a supervisor in the Closing Date: 31 March 2005. Trinity term and in the long vacation Applications should be addressed ii) There are a series of lectures on the (July to September). directly to the Graduate Studies Office, contexts of Anglo-Irish literature in Arts Building, Trinity College, Dublin 2. the Michaelmas term. Assessment is a combination of course papers, presented work and Telephone: +353-1-608 1400/1179 iii) There is a course in Research dissertation. Email: [email protected], [email protected] Methods in the Michaelmas and Internet: www.tcd.ie/OWC/courses/ Hilary term. Further information on the course is anglo/index.html provided for incoming students in the iv) A number of special subjects are course handbook and on the website of The course offers graduates in English offered in Michaelmas and Hilary the Oscar Wilde Centre for Irish Writing. or in related disciplines (e.g. history, terms. These special subjects may art history, Irish Studies, a modern vary from year to year according to CREATIVE WRITING (M.Phil.) language) the opportunity to study the staff availability. They have included broad range of authors of Anglo-Irish in the past: Literature and Violence; COURSE CODE 255 literature from the 18th century to the Literary Myths of the Revival; Irish Course Directors: Professor Brendan present. It also addresses thematic Drama and the Metropolitan Theatre; Kennelly and Mr Gerald Dawe aspects of the subject. The course is Modernism and Irish Poetry; Gothic designed to be complete in itself but and Fantasy Literature; Irish Fiction Duration: One year, full-time can also serve as preparation for those after Joyce; Irish Women’s Writing; Closing Date: 01 March 2005. who may wish to proceed to further Cinema and Ireland. Students are Applications should be addressed research in the field. required to select a special subject in directly to the Graduate Studies Office, Michaelmas term. In place of one of Arts Building, Trinity College, Dublin 2. Applicants should have a good honors the special subjects offered in Hilary Telephone: +353-1-608 2885 degree (at least an upper second or Term, students may enrol for a Email: [email protected] equivalent, GPA of at least 3.3). Some Creative Writing workshop which previous knowledge of Anglo-Irish meets in Hilary term. Entry to this Internet: www.tcd.ie/OWC/courses/ creative/index.html

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This course, the first Masters programme EARLY IRISH (M.Phil.) FILM THEORY AND HISTORY in creative writing in an Irish university, COURSE CODE 628 (M.Phil.) was offered for the first time in 1997/98. COURSE CODE 721 It is based in the Oscar Wilde Centre for Course Coordinator: Irish Writing, 21 Westland Row, the Professor Damian McManus Next intake in October 2006 Arts (Letters) birthplace of Oscar Wilde. Duration: One year, full-time Course Director: Dr Paula Quigley

The course is intended for students who Closing Date: 30 June 2005. Duration: One year, full-time are seriously committed to writing, are Applications should be addressed Closing Date: 31 March 2006. practising, or prospective authors and directly to the Graduate Studies Office, Applications should be made directly who wish to develop their writing Arts Building, Trinity College, Dublin 2. to the Graduate Studies Office, Arts within the framework of a university Telephone: +353-1-608 1105 Building, Trinity College Dublin, by 31 course and in the context of an Irish Email: [email protected] March 2006, the first year of admission literary milieu. It involves the close and to the course. Internet: www.tcd.ie/Irish/irww318.htm critical examination of the students’ Telephone: +353-1-608 3512 work in group workshops and under The M.Phil. course builds on the Email: [email protected] guided personal tuition, with the study material presented in the Postgraduate Internet: www.tcd.ie/Drama/ also of the professional techniques of Diploma in Old Irish. Applicants will book editing and publishing, and the therefore normally have successfully The course is designed to equip opportunity to explore the cultural and completed the latter course, though students with a wide-ranging knowledge literary contexts of writing in Ireland. persons with equivalent competence in of film theory and history. It is a one Old Irish but who have not successfully Applicants, who are expected to have year full-time course based on lectures, completed the diploma are also eligible a university degree or equivalent seminars and screenings. Candidates for to apply. All candidates undertake core qualification, are selected on the basis admission to the M.Phil. in Film Theory courses in Old Irish prose and Old Irish of a submitted portfolio of recent and History should have a good honors Poetry. They must also choose an creative work. degree of upper second class or above, optional course from comparative or an equivalent qualification, in a Students are required to take linguistics, early Irish law or Middle Irish. cognate area. workshops, attend courses of lectures, In addition students attend and must and take one special subject or present a paper in the postgraduate The course consists of two core courses, specialist writing workshop, while seminar series and attend a series of two option courses and a dissertation. continuing to develop their own guest lectures. Finally all candidates In addition to lectures/seminars, individual work throughout the year. undertake a dissertation of 20,000 students are required to attend one words. two-hour screening per course each week for each of Michaelmas and Hilary terms. The courses are:

70 TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN Postgraduate Courses 2005 Arts (Letters) Research methodologies core course GERMAN LITERATURE WITH als Fremdsprache studies theories of (Michaelmas and Hilary terms): LANGUAGE PEDAGOGY language acquisition and their practical facilitated discussion sessions (M.Phil.) application, including that of designed to explore current COURSE CODE 248 intercultural contexts. The 25,000 word theoretical approaches to the study dissertation, usually on a literary, of film, to encourage students to Course Coordinator: Dr Gilbert Carr cultural or related topic, is an share research, and to develop oral Duration: One year, full-time; two years, opportunity to explore a chosen topic in presentation skills. part-time depth and a preparation for research.

Film theory and history core course Closing Date: 30 April 2005. IRISH THEATRE AND FILM (Michaelmas and Hilary terms): Applications should be addressed STUDIES (M.Phil.) theories of visual culture/theorising directly to the Graduate Studies Office, film history and historical research Arts Building, Trinity College, Dublin 2. COURSE CODE 247 and archiving methods. Telephone: +353-1-608 1935/1373 Course Coordinator: Email: [email protected] Option courses (students to take Dr Anna McMullan one option in Michaelmas and one Internet: www.tcd.ie/Germanic_Studies/ Duration: One year, full-time postgraduate/taught/mphil.htm option in Hilary term): Available Closing Date: 31 March 2005. options will be confirmed at the Literatur – Kultur – Sprache, a one-year Applications should be addressed beginning of each academic year. taught M.Phil. programme, is specifically directly to the Graduate Studies Office, Arts Building, Trinity College, Dublin 2. A dissertation of 20,000 words on an designed as a preparation for graduates approved aspect of the course will aiming at a career in third-level Telephone: +353-1-608 2407 be supervised by an appropriate teaching, though it is also taken by Email: [email protected] other advanced students interested in member of staff. Internet: www.tcd.ie/Drama/content/ deepening their understanding of 02_courses.html Students are evaluated by course work modern German culture and its assessment and a dissertation. intellectual contexts (current courses The course concentrates on Irish range from Erzählungen vom theatre and film and culminates in a Unbewußten in Aufklärung und dissertation of 15,000 words. The work Romantik through Kunst nach normally takes 12 months, although Auschwitz to Zeitgenössisches students are required to be in residence deutsches Drama). The course trains only from October through the following students in literary critical methodology, June. Visits from Irish practitioners through courses in Critical and Cultural and scholars supplement the regular Theory and Praktikum Textarbeit. It also lectures and seminars in Irish drama provides an introduction to language and film, performance issues, and pedagogy: the course Didaktik Deutsch critical and cultural studies.

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LINGUISTICS/APPLIED Besides following a prescribed a unique programme for practitioners, LINGUISTICS/SPEECH AND programme of study, which is assessed future practitioners and students of the LANGUAGE PROCESSING on the basis of six assignments, students art of translation. The target language (M.Phil.) write a dissertation of 20,000 words. is English, but the following source COURSE CODE 182/181/268 Normally only graduates with language languages are also available: French, Arts (Letters) teaching experience are admitted to the Italian, Spanish, German, Russian, Course Coordinator: course in Applied Linguistics. Czech, Latin and Greek. The Professor David Little programme is taught by experienced Duration: One year full-time; LITERARY TRANSLATION lecturers, and guest translators, and two years part-time (M.Phil.) features a seminar in which students present and discuss their own work. Closing Date: 30 April 2005. COURSE CODE 715 Applications should be addressed A graduate of the course will be well Course Director: Mr David Parris directly to the Graduate Studies equipped to work as a literary translator Duration: One year, full-time Office, Arts Building, Trinity College, and to undertake cultural, academic Dublin 2. Closing Date: 30 June 2005. or philosophical as well as literary Telephone: +353-1-608 1560 Applications should be addressed translation, for employment in any area directly to the Graduate Studies Office, Email: [email protected] demanding intercultural awareness, and Arts Building, Trinity College, Dublin 2. excellent writing and analytical skills. Internet: www.tcd.ie/CLCS/courses/ Telephone: +353-1-608 1979 The aim is to teach translation as an art, mphil.html Email: [email protected] and to form professionals who will have These courses have some elements in learned to work in an ethos of mutual Internet: www.tcd.ie/Arts_Letters/ common. Their aims are: to introduce intellectual and linguistic exchange. translation/ students to techniques of linguistic The M.Phil. combines a core course, description and central concepts in There is a widespread interest in literary which addresses theoretical, linguistic theoretical/applied linguistics/speech translation as a form of literary study, and practical issues common to all, science and language processing: to and as a discipline that extends the or most translation situations, with proceed from this basis to more reading and writing skills gained in an specialised options which are specific advanced study of central topics in Arts degree. Trinity College builds on its to countries and periods. theoretical/applied linguistics/speech large and successful language teaching science and language processing; via experience in creating a programme the dissertation component to specifically designed for the production introduce students to research in and study of literary translations. theoretical/applied linguistics/speech science and language processing. The aim of the course is to bring together in an interdisciplinary framework, the expertise to create

72 TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN Postgraduate Courses 2005 Arts (Letters) MEDIEVAL LANGUAGE, core courses from the following: POPULAR LITERATURE (M.Phil.) LITERATURE AND CULTURE Medieval Thought, Medieval Culture COURSE CODE 709 (M.Phil.) and Society, a language (Medieval Latin; COURSE CODE 671 elementary Classical Latin; Italian; Old Course Directors: English; Middle English; Medieval Dr Nicholas Daly and Dr Darryl Jones Course Director: Dr Tim Jackson German; Medieval French; Old Irish). Duration: One year, full-time Duration: One year, full-time In the Hilary and Trinity terms, students Closing Date: 29 April 2005. Closing date: 30 June 2005. Applications follow two options chosen from the Applications should be addressed should be addressed directly to the following (subject to availability): Sir directly to the Graduate Studies Office, Graduate Studies Office, Arts Building, Gawain and the Green Knight; Chaucer: Arts Building, Trinity College, Dublin 2. Trinity College, Dublin 2. Troilus and Criseyde; 15th Century Telephone: +353-1-608 1878 Telephone: +353-1-608 1501 Allegories of Love; Medieval Outlaws; Email: [email protected] and E-mail: [email protected] Women in Medieval Drama; Language [email protected] and Genre; Varieties of Comedy: Dante, Internet: Internet: www.tcd.ie/English Boccaccio et alia; Old Irish Poetry; www.tcd.ie/Medieval_Renaissance/ Comparative Linguistics from the Celtic This course offers an opportunity for This interdisciplinary course is designed Point of View; Early Irish Law; Middle the advanced study of popular literature. for well-qualified graduates who wish to Irish; Introduction to Early Medieval In recent years a body of theoretical extend their interest in medieval Ireland; Music in European Monasteries, and cultural historical material has studies. The flexible structure of the Cathedrals and Courts; Music and developed that attempts to define what course allows students to construct Liturgy of the Medieval Irish Church; ‘the popular’ means now, and what it their degree around their particular Old English Prose; Epic into Romance; has meant historically. At the same time areas of interest, while acquiring both Arthurian Heroes; Malory’s Morte texts that do not seem to belong to the technical expertise to investigate d’Arthur; Medieval Philosophy; traditional canons increasingly attract primary medieval documents and an Medieval Perceptions of Islam; Late critical attention, and have come to be insight into the complexities of medieval Medieval French Poetry; the Old French taught at university level alongside culture generally. Students will have the ‘récit bref’. more canonical texts. In this light the opportunity to be taught not only by course will cover such popular genres The course concludes with a 20,000- Trinity staff but also by visiting lecturers as adventure fiction, children’s literature, word dissertation to be submitted by 30 from other internationally renowned horror, detective fiction, romance and September 2006. institutions. , as well as offering an Students are encouraged to supplement advanced introduction to such topics In the Michaelmas term, students take their studies by attending the Seminar as the bestseller, genre theory, print three core courses, one of which, Programme organised by the Centre for culture and readership. Research Methodology, is obligatory. Medieval and Renaissance Studies. Students may choose their two other

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Applicants are normally expected to Internet: www.tcd.ie/French/pages/ Coursework is assessed by two have a good honors degree (at least of mphil.php assignments, one oral, and one written, upper second standard) or an in each semester. equivalent qualification. Designed for well-qualified Arts graduates (or those who have attained In the second semester (February – May)

Arts (Letters) The course comprises three elements: an equivalent level in European or other students, now based in Paris, study: institutions) who have a good working i) A core course meeting twice a week knowledge of both French and English, Texte et image: problèmes de for 2 hours over 2 terms; this course is an introduction to the méthodologie; study of the relationship between the ii) Option courses meeting once a week Image et civilisations de l’écriture; textual and visual in literature, the arts for 2 hours – students take one per and other areas. term; l’illustration au XIXe siècle français; The course includes an introduction to iii) The research methods course. Doctoral seminar at Paris 7. historical bibliography and book This creates a total of 7 contact hours production (setting type by hand and During the summer (June – September) per week. Students also spend a printing). Its focus is 19th and 20th students are based in either Paris or substantial amount of time in library century France, but set in a wider Dublin. research. Assessment is a combination perspective. The course, run in Trinity A mémoire in French is submitted and of four 5,000 word essays and a 15,000 College and Universités Paris 7, and defended by Paris-registered students in word dissertation to be supervised by a Paris X, is also associated with Vrije June or September. For the M.Phil., a member of staff. Universiteit Amsterdam. 15,000-word dissertation in French or In the first semester (October – English is submitted to Trinity College TEXTUAL AND VISUAL January) students, based in Trinity by 30 September. STUDIES: 19th AND 20th College, study: CENTURY FRANCE (M.Phil.) POSTGRADUATE DIPLOMAS COURSE CODE 185 Word and image issues in 19th and 20th century France; OLD IRISH (P.Grad.Dip.) Course Coordinator: COURSE CODE 627 Professor David Scott Introduction to the semiotics of Duration: One year, full-time mixed messages; Next intake in October 2006 Course Coordinator: Closing Date: 31 March 2005. Introduction to writing and Professor Damian McManus Applications should be addressed photography in 20th century France; directly to the Graduate Studies Office, Duration: One year, full-time Introduction to analytical and Arts Building, Trinity College, Dublin 2. Closing Date: 30 June 2006 . historical bibliography. Telephone: +353-1-608 1374 Applications should be addressed Email: [email protected] directly to the Graduate Studies Office, Arts Building, Trinity College, Dublin 2. 74 TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN Postgraduate Courses 2005

Telephone: +353-1-608 1105 Arts (Letters) Email: [email protected] Internet: www.tcd.ie/Irish/irww317.htm

This course is intended to provide graduates in related disciplines with a solid grounding in Old Irish language and literature. Applications are normally accepted only from persons with a good honors degree in a cognate subject such as Modern Irish or another Celtic language, medieval languages, literature or history, archaeology.

The course commences with an introduction to Old Irish, proceeds on to Old Irish literature, including readings in lyrical verse, and also covers Old Irish glosses and saga literature.

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Business, Economic and Social Studies Institute for International Integration BUSINESS STUDIES offers attractive research opportunities to Studies (IIIS), located in the Arts Director of Postgraduate Research: well-qualified EU and overseas graduates. Building, conducts rigorous academic Professor Paul Coughlan Graduates may register for the degree of research on the global and regional Telephone: +353-1-608 1027/2688 M.Litt. or Ph.D., a range of postgraduate dimensions of international business, taught courses or vocational courses in economic, political and cultural Director of Executive Education: subjects such as Counselling, Addictions, integration. By developing new Dr Joe McDonagh and Child Welfare. theoretical and empirical perspectives, Telephone: +353-1-608 2330/1024 it seeks to improve understanding about Fax: +353-1-679 9503 Regular research seminars, which are the many dimensions of the integration Academic staff numbers: open to all postgraduate students, process. The Children’s Research Centre Business, Economic and Social Studies 19 full-time; 4 part-time facilitate collaborative work across is another important multidisciplinary Postgraduate numbers: disciplines. A number of funding centre drawing on staff and 53 research, 111 taught possibilities exist for full-time research postgraduates in Social Studies, students in the form of bursaries, Sociology and Psychology. In addition, Internet: www.tcd.ie/Business_Studies/ teaching assistantships, College awards there are smaller but extremely active Business Studies offers a range of and government studentships. research programmes in urban and postgraduate programmes for regional development, employment Business, Economic and Social Studies experienced managers and research and non-profit organisations. has strong working relationships with students. Government departments, industries, Business, Economic and Social Studies business organisations and voluntary is committed to continued development Taught Postgraduate Degrees agencies. Funding attached to contract and expansion of its postgraduate The longest established postgraduate research for these organisations makes programmes. Applications from programme is the M.B.A., which was possible the employment of research graduates interested in pursuing launched in 1964. The M.B.A is a one- assistants and provides opportunities research in any of the areas specified in year full-time programme aimed at for the continuation of research. the accompanying information are young and mid-career managers with a welcome. There are several research centres in strong strategic orientation. Also offered the area. The Policy Institute conducts are five part-time M.Sc.(Mgmt.) interdisciplinary research in public programmes designed for practicing policy and aims to provide an senior executives. Each of these authoritative and critical source of programmes has a specialist orientation public policy analysis in Ireland. The in one of the following areas:

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management practice; organisational expected to serve as teaching and entry requirements for the M.Litt. Business, Economic and Social Studies behaviour; strategic management in the research assistants for a specified programme are an upper second-class private sector; strategic management in number of hours each week. honors degree, preferably with the public sector; and international economics as a major component. business. Each is of two years’ duration Applications for postgraduate research with a schedule that allows senior are invited in areas that match the In their first year, all M.Litt. students managers to combine the demands of interests of staff members. These take courses in research methods. professional life with advanced study. interests include, among others: Depending on the extent of their The alumni of these programmes are to accounting, finance, human resource undergraduate training in economics, be found in the most senior positions in management, international business, they may also be required to take Irish and multinational corporations and management, marketing, operations undergraduate courses in economic in the public sector. management, organisational behaviour theory, introductory econometrics or and organisation studies. Particular mathematical economics, and one areas of interest are: managing change, economics course related to the thesis Postgraduate Research Degrees voluntary organisations and the (to be decided by the local Graduate Business Studies is committed to voluntary sector, interfaces between I.T. Studies Committee). Performance in providing outstanding students with the and management/organisational issues, these courses at high honors level and a opportunity to train for and conduct and international integration. Applicants significant start on the thesis is required serious scholarly research through should consult the Business Studies to progress on to the second year of the Masters and Doctoral research. The website for full information about the programme. Students with sufficient research degree programme is open to programme and how to apply. background training in economics are full-time and part-time students. exempt from this coursework. Admission for part-time study is ECONOMICS generally limited to staff members of Students applying for admission to the third-level educational institutions or Director of Graduate Studies: Ph.D. register must have obtained a those otherwise professionally engaged Professor Alan Matthews high standard in a taught Masters in academic and research-related work. Telephone: +353-1-608 1069 degree in economics with a strong Candidates are generally required to Fax: +353-1-677 2503 theoretical and quantitative content. hold a good honors degree or Students who are currently completing Academic staff numbers: equivalent qualification. their taught Masters degree and who 15 full-time, 3 part-time expect to achieve a high honors Postgraduate numbers: 40 research As part of their training, research standard are also welcome to apply. students submit and present formal Internet: www.tcd.ie/Economics progress reports at specified times, The weekly Graduate Student Seminar attend formal research seminars, and There is an active graduate research is a central element of the programme, complete readings and other studies as programme in Economics, offering both which all postgraduate students attend directed. Full-time students are M.Litt. and Ph.D. degrees. The minimum and to which they contribute at least

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twice while on the graduate register. It Applications for postgraduate research Political Science admits graduate provides them with an opportunity to are invited in any area that matches the students to its integrated M.Phil./Ph.D. keep abreast of recent research. In interests of staff members (please see programme only. This is a creative addition, field seminars may be offered our website for full details). Economics departure from the traditional Ph.D. where there are sufficient numbers of has particular strength in international offered elsewhere in much of Europe students with similar interests. In the economics, economic history, transition and is designed to produce rigorously past, Economics has offered field economics, agricultural economics and trained, widely-read and well-rounded seminars in International Economics, the economics of the arts. political scientists, able to take their Transition Economics and Applied place in the forefront of the profession. Economics. POLITICAL SCIENCE The programme combines an intensive set of courses on the substance and Graduate Director: Dr Raj Chari Economics awards a number of well- methodology of research along with Graduate Admissions: funded Teaching Assistantships each a traditional emphasis on conducting Dr Kenneth Benoit year to students on the M.Litt./Ph.D. original research. register. In addition, a small number of Closing date for Ph.D. in Political Science: Business, Economic and Social Studies sponsored Fellowships are available to 1 April 2005 In the first year students follow a support students writing theses on number of courses in the qualitiative Telephone: +353-1-608 1651 topics of specific interest to the sponsor. and quantitative aspects of research, Fax: +353-1-677 0546 Applicants are notified of these a course in political behaviour and opportunities when their application is Academic staff numbers: 9 full-time comparative politics, which reflects accepted. Research Assistantships may Postgraduate numbers: 32 research the expertise and interests of most also be available on an occasional basis. Internet: www.tcd.ie/Political_Science members of the department, and develops a research proposal for the final thesis. At the end of the first year, students with satisfactory grades on their M.Phil. coursework and who have successfully defended their draft thesis proposal, will be eligible to transfer to the register for the Ph.D. in Political Science. Students who pass only their coursework may instead obtain an M.Phil. degree by submitting a research dissertation of 20,000 words. In the second year of the Ph.D. programme, there are further optional courses and students start work on their thesis.

80 TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN Postgraduate Courses 2005 Business, Economic and Social Studies Successful applicants have a good housing, the voluntary sector and the SOCIOLOGY honors degree in political science or a welfare state. It also aims to make a Academic Staff Contact: related discipline. Political Science seeks significant contribution to research and Professor Robert Holton to recruit a varied mix of students from policy in its fields of interest. Staff Postgraduate Coordinator: different disciplinary, cultural and undertake commissioned research Dr Andrew Finlay educational backgrounds. A limited projects as well as pursuing their own number of departmental postgraduate research interests. Studies have been Telephone: +353-1-608 2701 awards are available and our students completed for many major state and Fax: +353-1-677 1300 have been very successful in attracting voluntary sector agencies. Academic staff numbers: funding from the Irish Research Council 7 full-time, and additional contract staff for the Humanities and Social Sciences In addition to its research students Postgraduate numbers: (IRCHSS) after their first year. registered for the degrees of M.Litt. and Ph.D., the area offers a full-time 36 research, 46 taught Masters in Social Work programme and Internet: www.tcd.ie/Sociology SOCIAL STUDIES three part-time taught programmes: Sociology has a strong record of Academic Staff Contact: Postgraduate Diploma/M.Sc. in Child postgraduate research leading to the Professor Robbie Gilligan Protection and Welfare, M.Sc. in Drug degrees of M.Litt. and Ph.D. There is Telephone: +353-1-608 2001 and Alcohol Policy, and M. Phil. in currently a core of seven full-time and Fax: +353-1-671 2262 Social Work Research. one part-time staff members, who Academic staff Numbers: Social Studies is co-sponsor (with supervise research students with interests 18 (plus 8 researchers in Children’s Psychology) of the Children’s Research in the following areas: globalisation; Research Centre and 2 in Addiction Centre which has eight research staff consumer culture; environmentalism; Research Centre). working on a range of commissioned ethnic and racial studies; reproductive Postgraduate numbers: and other projects. It is also co-sponsor health; Irish identities and conflict; labour 18 research, 70 taught (with Pharmacy) of the Addiction market; popular music; women and equal Email: [email protected] Research Centre, which has a staff of opportunities; food and agriculture; three. In addition, it is committed to narrative analysis; information Internet: www.tcd.ie/Social_Studies/ developing a programme of research in technology; development and aid. Social Studies undertakes teaching and the field of social policy and ageing. Sociology has a strong commitment to research in the broad areas of social Social Studies welcomes applications the teaching of research methodology work and social policy. A particular for postgraduate study from suitably both at undergraduate and at Masters feature of many of its courses is their qualified Irish and overseas students levels. This expertise feeds into the multi-disciplinary intake. It has with relevant interests. supervision of postgraduate research particular research strengths in the students, who often benefit from taking areas of child welfare, addictions, social some taught courses in their first year of security, social policy and ageing, research.

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Sociology runs a weekly seminar at Fax: +353-1-679 9503 On the other hand the mix of which postgraduates are encouraged to Email: [email protected] nationalities, professions and managerial present their work. Recent topics of backgrounds promotes healthy Internet: www.tcd.ie/Business_Studies/ completed Ph.D. theses include: discussion and the discovery of new Mba/index.html ‘Changing Voices: Abortion talk in perspectives. Bolivian Medical Settings’, ‘Towards a The Trinity M.B.A. provides an Graduates of the Trinity M.B.A. Sociology of Art Collection: the Making integrated and integrative view of Programme comprise a network of of a Collection for the Irish Museum of management, and places special creative and strategically oriented Modern Art’, and ‘The Responses of emphasis on the perspective and skills of managers who are making their mark Hospital Nurses in Ireland and Southern the general manager. The programme’s in their chosen fields in all parts of the Italy to the Rationalisation of Public strong general management orientation world. Health Care, 1985-2000’. includes an emphasis on group-based learning. It also emphasises the Sociology also offers two taught Masters application of theory and concepts, MASTER IN MANAGEMENT programmes: the M.Sc. in Applied Social (M.Sc. (Mgmt.))

Business, Economic and Social Studies initially to complex case studies, and Research and the M.Phil. in Ethnic and then to the reality of a major strategic Course Directors: Racial Studies. issue in assigned organisations. Mr Tony Drumgoole, Dr Martin Fellenz, Mr Andrew McLaughlin, Dr Gerard NAMED DEGREE COURSES The fundamental orientation of the McHugh, Mr John Quilliam programme is international. Students Duration: Two years, part-time. MASTER IN BUSINESS are drawn from all over the world and Applications should be addressed ADMINISTRATION (M.B.A.) the staff have wide international directly to the Master in Management COURSE CODE 110 academic and business experience. For Programme, Business Studies, Áras an example, the group typically includes Programme Director: Ms Karen Finigan Phiarsaigh, Trinity College, Dublin 2. students from Ireland, the United Duration: One year, full-time Kingdom, the United States, Australia, Closing Date: 31 July 2005 Closing Date: 31 March 2005. Canada, Mauritius, Indonesia, Japan Internet: www.tcd.ie/Business_Studies/ Applications should be addressed and China. The student and staff profile MSc/ directly to the M.B.A. Programme, ensures a strong global emphasis. There are five two-year, part-time Business Studies, Áras an Phiarsaigh, The small class size and accessible programmes, each catering for senior Trinity College, Dublin 2. teaching staff ensure a unique and very managers working in Ireland. Most Contact Information: Ms Kate Morris, personalised learning experience. The students are sponsored by their Administrative Coordinator, Trinity size of the class enables everyone to employers. M.B.A, Áras an Phiarsaigh, Trinity feature as an individual and encourages College, Dublin 2, Ireland. close relationships between students Telephone: +353-1-608 1024; themselves and with the teaching staff.

82 TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN Postgraduate Courses 2005 Business, Economic and Social Studies MANAGEMENT PRACTICE the two years and must also submit of the major issues facing the company PROGRAMME (M.Sc. (Mgmt.)) a dissertation during the second year. and to make recommendations. The COURSE CODE 119 A detailed brochure can be obtained programme is aimed at experienced from Claire Walsh at +353-1-207 8419. managers who are about to move into Established in 1975, the Management top management teams and general Practice Programme recruits 12 students BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION management. A detailed brochure can each September. The programme is PROGRAMME (M.Sc. (Mgmt.)) be obtained from Ruth Maybury at based on principles of action learning +353-1-207 8522. COURSE CODE 199 and students complete a dissertation based on initiatives they have The Business Administration STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT undertaken in their work. They are Programme recruits 25 students every PROGRAMME (PUBLIC aided by monthly seminars throughout second January on a two-year cycle. SECTOR) (M.Sc. (Mgmt.)) the two years, and their individual tutor. The next intake will be in January 2005. COURSE CODE 207 Dissertations must satisfy internal The first year of the programme examiners drawn from the School of comprises three taught modules in a The programme is designed for senior Business Studies and the Irish range of management subjects, which civil servants at Assistant Secretary level Management Institute, and an external are examined at the end of each who are nominated by their examiner from a leading international module. The second year is devoted to Departments. The programme recruits business school. A detailed brochure a systematic analysis in small groups of 12 students on a two-year cycle. The can be obtained from Denise Connor companies that provide student access next programme commences in January at +353-1-207 8471. and cooperation. Members of the class 2005. The first year of the programme work in groups to produce a diagnosis consists of three taught modules ORGANISATION BEHAVIOUR PROGRAMME (M.Sc. (Mgmt.)) COURSE CODE 146

Established in 1977, the Organisation Behaviour Programme recruits 25 students every second October on a two-year cycle. The next programme will commence in October 2005. The programme comprises a range of lecture courses in which various management and social science disciplines are applied to the practical problems of management. Students must succeed in examinations at the end of each of

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relevant to the strategic management MASTER IN SOCIAL WORK Applicants should hold a primary social of public sector organisations, these COURSE CODE 669 science degree (second-class honors or are examined at the end of each higher), or equivalent, and substantial module. In the second year students Course Director: Dr Trish Walsh relevant practice experience. The course complete a group project based on Duration: Two years, full-time includes two fieldwork placements, one analysis of carefully targeted public of which may be located outside the Closing Date: 28 February 2005. sector organisations overseas. Each Dublin region. There are 23 places on Applications should be addressed student also completes an individual the course each year. directly to the Graduate Studies Office, project concerning a strategic issue Arts Building, Trinity College, Dublin 2. within his or her department. A detailed This is a two-year full-time, programme brochure can be obtained from Ruth Telephone: +353-1-608 2423 consisting of 14 weeks full-time Maybury at +353-1-207 8522. Email: [email protected] academic attendance and 14 weeks full-time practice education attendance Internet: www.tcd.ie/Social_Studies/ each year. INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS Social work is a challenging and a Business, Economic and Social Studies PROGRAMME (M.Sc. (Mgmt.)) The programme is geared towards an rewarding activity and requires a personal COURSE CODE 679 international perspective and the commitment to the ideals and values student group can avail of placement of the social work profession. Those The International Business Programme opportunities in Canada, South Africa, considering social work as a career option is offered in partnership with Enterprise the USA, England and in Ireland. Ireland. The programme recruits 30 should be aware of its ethical and value students on a two-year cycle. The next dimensions and, in particular, the M.Sc. COURSES programme commences in October commitment of practitioners to the promotion of social justice. 2005. The programme is aimed at young APPLIED SOCIAL RESEARCH managers in the small and medium The Master in Social Work course offers (M.Sc.) sized enterprise sector and addresses a route to a professional qualification in COURSE CODE 252 the challenges confronting organisations social work for applicants with a primary competing in highly competitive Course Director: Dr Evelyn Mahon degree in the Social Sciences or international markets. There is a strong equivalent. It combines an academic Duration: One year, full-time emphasis on effective individual and postgraduate award with the National Closing Date: 31 March 2005. team performance and on Qualification in Social Work (NQSW). Applications should be addressed general/strategic management in the The professional qualification is directly to the Graduate Studies Office, global context. The programme draws awarded by the National Social Work Arts Building, Trinity College, Dublin 2. on the expertise of the Business Qualifications Board and the academic Economics and Social Studies area, and Telephone: +353-1-608 2314 qualification is awarded by the its international partner institutions Email: [email protected] University of Dublin. such as IMD (Switzerland). A detailed Internet: www2.tcd.ie/Sociology/ brochure can be obtained from Deirdre msc2.htm Caden at +353-1-608 2338. 84 TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN Postgraduate Courses 2005

The M.Sc. in Applied Social Research is approximately 12 weeks. Over the candidates who achieve an upper Business, Economic and Social Studies a one-year, full-time taught course. It is months of July, August and September, second-class grade in the Postgraduate designed for graduates who wish to students complete their dissertations, Diploma and whose research proposal develop their research skills and gain submitting them in September. for their M.Sc dissertation is accepted. employment in the rapidly expanding The second year comprises a series of area of applied research. Using a Applicants should normally have an lectures/seminars on organisational combination of lectures, workshops and upper second-class honors degree in change and development, evaluation practical assignments, this M.Sc. one of the Social Sciences. Applications research methodology and related programme will train graduates to do from graduates in other disciplines who issues, entailing attendance at College the following: have relevant experience will be approximately two days per month over considered. the academic year. There is also regular Conduct primary research using contact with the student’s assigned surveys, interviews and content CHILD PROTECTION AND academic supervisor. analysis, WELFARE (M.Sc./P.Grad.Dip.)

Analyse the research data collected COURSE CODE 235/229 DRUG AND ALCOHOL POLICY using a variety of computer (M.Sc.) Course Coordinator: programmes and COURSE CODE 625 Professor Robbie Gilligan Write and present research reports. Duration: Two years, part-time Next intake October 2006 Closing Date: 31 July 2005. Applications Course Coordinator: Dr Shane Butler Initiated in 1997, the M.Sc. in Applied should be addressed directly to the Social Research has established an Duration: Two years, part-time Child Protection and Welfare excellent reputation in training students Closing Date: 30 April 2006. Intake Programme, Social Studies, Arts in applied research skills. Graduates of every second year. Applications should Building, Trinity College, Dublin 2. the course are employed in a variety of be addressed directly to the Graduate organisations, including government Telephone: +353-1-608 1331 Studies Office, Arts Building, Trinity departments, semi-state agencies, Email: [email protected] College, Dublin 2. private corporations and companies, Internet: www.tcd.ie/Social_Studies/ Telephone: +353-1-608 2009 and in research institutes and pgtaught.htm Email: [email protected] consultancies. Students interested in registering for the Internet: www.tcd.ie/Social_Studies/ The M.Sc. programme consists of a M.Sc. programme must initially register pgtaught.htm number of integrated courses in for the Postgraduate Diploma (see This course has been designed to offer research design and methods, which separate entry under Postgraduate a broad critical understanding of how run for twenty weeks over Michaelmas Diplomas). Admission to the second society attempts to prevent or respond and Hilary terms. Students then go on year of this two-year part-time in-service to problems associated with the use of paid work placements in Trinity term for M.Sc. programme is confined to

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licit and illicit drugs, as well as a more ECONOMICS (M.Sc./P.Grad.Dip.) degrees with final-year Economics specific opportunity to develop COURSE CODE 716 options, and Maths, Physics or research, management and policy- Engineering graduates. making skills in this area. Course Director: Dr Paul Walsh The programme is of ten months Duration: One year, full-time The course is aimed primarily at those duration, on a full-time basis, with who hold management or policy-making Closing Date: 31 March for non-EU a month-long preliminary training positions in any of the human service students and 30 April for EU students. in mathematics and statistics and organisations which deal with drug and Later applications will be considered nine months on the M.Sc. register. alcohol problems, but it also seeks to provided places are available. The preliminary course commences attract professionals who might play a Applications should be addressed at the beginning of September and leadership role in addictions work directly to the Economics Programme, the M.Sc. concludes with the submission within their own professions. Department of Economics, Arts of a dissertation by the following June. Building, Trinity College, Dublin 2. Students must pass the preliminary Candidates from the first category might Telephone: +353-1-608 1325 course in order to be admitted to the Business, Economic and Social Studies include: middle-ranking or senior civil Email: [email protected] M.Sc. programme proper. servants or health board officials; directors or senior workers from Internet: www.tcd.ie/economics/post_intro The M.Sc. programme consists of voluntary drug and alcohol services; four courses: Microeconomics, The objective of this programme is to senior officials from the Probation and Macroeconomics, Econometrics and provide well qualified graduates with Welfare Service, the Prison Service or a Research Topics course in which the training required to enter Ph.D. the Garda Síochána; members of Local individual members or staff discuss programmes in economics or to work Drugs Tasks Forces. Candidates from their particular research areas. The as economists in government or private- the second category might include: core courses are taught around sector organisations. The programme family doctors, community pharmacists, weekly problem sheets followed by focuses on the technical skills needed teachers, social workers, public health examinations, while the Research Topics to undertake economics research nurses, and other community care course is examined on the basis of a and emphasises active and problem- personnel. Candidates must have number of seminar papers that should based learning to ensure mastery of current or recent experience of either provide a critical analysis of the research the basic skills. direct service provision, administration areas surveyed. In addition, students or policy making relevant to the Candidates should normally hold at are expected to complete a dissertation addictions field. least a second class honors, Grade 1 of 12,000 words. The ability to progress degree that has a significant economic to the dissertation is dependant on theory and/or quantitative component. achieving a satisfactory pass mark in Applications are expected from the coursework components. Students candidates with single or joint honors who are unable to proceed to the Economics degrees, Business or BComm dissertation or who fail to achieve

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a satisfactory mark for the dissertation academic year commencing in October economic policy context. In the second Business, Economic and Social Studies element may be eligible for the award 2005. Staff from Economics, Business year, students must choose to continue of a Diploma in Economics. Studies, Political Science and Statistics, their studies in one of two streams: together with some outside experts competition and regulation, or policy Economics has close links with both the lecture on the programme and the analysis and evaluation. Institute for International Integration Policy Institute handles coordination Studies and the Policy Institute at Trinity and administration. The programme’s The courses on Policy Analysis and College and students on the M.Sc. aim is to provide participants with a Evaluation stream cover Economic programme will have access to the greater understanding of the policy Analysis, Government Intervention and seminar programmes of both Institutes. process. This will enable them to Project Appraisal; Tax Policy; Project contribute more effectively to the Management; New Public Management ECONOMIC POLICY STUDIES processes of policy formulation, change and Delivery; and Programme (M.Sc.) and implementation, using concepts Evaluation. and methodologies from economics and COURSE CODE 195 The courses on the Competition and drawing in elements of other social Regulation stream cover Economic and Next intake October 2005 science disciplines. Policy-making in any Legal Aspects of Competition and Programme Coordinator: Ms Mary Brew field requires a range of skills; while this Regulation. Duration: Two years, part-time programme is designed to develop skills in economic policy, it also seeks to Closing Date: 30 June 2005, intake every M.Phil. COURSES provide the students with additional second year. Applications should be skills from other disciplines that will addressed directly to Graduate Studies ETHNIC AND RACIAL STUDIES allow them to become effective Office, Arts Building, Trinity College, (M.Phil.) economic policy-makers. Dublin 2. COURSE CODE 262 Telephone: +353-1-608 3485 During the two years, students will Course Coordinator: Dr Ronit Lentin Fax: +353-1-677 0546 undertake a number of courses over Duration: One year, full-time three terms (from October of year one Email: [email protected] to December of year two) and spend Closing Date: 30 April 2005. Internet: www.policyinstitute.tcd.ie/ the remainder of the second year Applications should be addressed msc.html working on their dissertations. The five directly to the Graduate Studies Office, Arts Building, Trinity College, Dublin 2. This programme is designed to provide compulsory courses to be taken by all its graduates with the skills to apply students in year one are as follows: Telephone: +353-1-608 2766 economic perspectives, approaches and statistics and research methods; Email: [email protected] modelling for public sector decision- related skills to the study of policy in Internet: www2.tcd.ie/Sociology/mphil/ making; understanding markets; organisations. There is an intake of new mphil.htm students every second year; accordingly domestic and supranational policy- the next student intake will be for the making in Europe; understanding the

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This programme provides specialist Academic references SOCIAL WORK RESEARCH training in the field of Ethnic and Racial (M.Phil.) Work experience relevant to cross- Studies. Candidates should have a good COURSE CODE 615 first degree (preferably upper second- cultural, ethnic and racial issues and class) in one of the social sciences or a human service delivery. Acting Course Coordinator: degree that has included social science Professor Robbie Gilligan The programme has four components. as a component. The following criteria Duration: Two years, part-time will also be taken into account: i) Core courses: ‘race’ and ethnicity, Closing Date: 30 April 2005. theoretical concepts; researching The quality of the academic Applications should be addressed ‘race’ and ethnicity. references directly to the Graduate Studies Office, ii) Seven one-term courses: migration Arts Building, Trinity College, Dublin 2. The quality of the statement of and population movement; ethnicity Telephone: +353-1-608 2065 interest provided by each candidate and social policy; language, ethnicity Email: [email protected] and expressive culture; culture, Business, Economic and Social Studies Relevant work experience may also Internet: www.tcd.ie/Social_Studies/ colonialism and Irishness; human be taken into account. pgtaught.htm rights and international issues; In exceptional cases, applicants without gender and ethnicity; intercultural The M.Phil. in Social Work Research is a first degree may be accepted directly communication (topics can vary from designed for social science graduates into the programme if they can year to year). who are also professionally qualified demonstrate that they possess the social workers, and who seek Masters iii) A 20,000 word dissertation on any equivalent of a good first degree. The level research training in social work. approved topic relating to ethnic and quality of the statement of interest The programme will build on students’ racial issues. provided by each candidate would be academic and professional experience taken into account. Applicants seeking iv) Seminars, lectures and occasional and develop their capacity to admission in this category will, where workshops are also offered during understand, undertake and commission practicable, be called for interview. the academic year. applied social research in areas of current social work concern. In addition the following would typically The programme is ideally suited to be required: public and voluntary sector employees Candidates must have a good honors degree in the social sciences, a Successful recent academic study and has attracted a diverse international social work qualification – National in a relevant area student body. Qualification in Social Work or Publications that demonstrate equivalent, a minimum of one research or analytical capacity year’s employment in a qualified social work post.

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Interested applicants should contact The programme is run on an in-service An Garda Síochána, youth and project Business, Economic and Social Studies Professor Robbie Gilligan prior to basis over one academic year, entailing work. The course is designed to submitting their application. attendance at an induction course and strengthen the capacity of the health, nine block weeks in Trinity College as social service, education and criminal POSTGRADUATE DIPLOMAS well as the completion of course-related justice systems to identify and respond assignments in the workplace. The to the needs of vulnerable and abused Some Masters courses have the option multi-disciplinary intake comprises children and their families. It is of a Postgraduate Diploma in cases experienced and senior personnel from organised in close collaboration with where the taught course has been a range of relevant disciplines, for the Department of Health and Children satisfactorily completed but a example, social work, public health and the health boards. Successful dissertation has not been submitted. nursing, education, community based students may proceed to the Masters Such P.Grad.Dip. courses are not listed and residential child care, psychology, course after completing year one. below as they are not open to entry as separate options from their parent Masters course i.e. students apply for entry to the appropriate Masters course.

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Course Coordinator: Dr Helen Buckley Duration: One year, part-time. Closing Date: 30 April 2005. Applications should be addressed directly to the Child Protection and Welfare Programme, Department of Social Studies, Arts Building, Trinity College, Dublin 2. Telephone: +353-1-608 2065 Email: [email protected] Internet: www.tcd.ie/Social_Studies/ pgtaught.htm

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Engineering and Systems Sciences

Engineering and Systems Sciences The area is at the forefront of The principal areas of interest are comprises the disciplines of Civil, international research with an annual Structural Engineering, Environmental Structural and Environmental research income of over €3 million Engineering, Geotechnics and Highways Engineering, Computer Science, mainly from the European Union, and Transportation. The courses offered Electronic and Electrical Engineering, National Research Programmes and include postgraduate courses leading to Mechanical and Manufacturing industry. These research activities have a Masters degree and seven different Engineering and Statistics. The area spawned a number of very successful Diplomas. There are also many offers a wide range of research companies including Iona Technologies opportunities for research in different opportunities leading to higher degrees and Silicon and Software Systems (S3). areas of civil engineering. The degrees

Engineering and Systems Sciences Engineering and Systems and over 20 postgraduate degree and There is a stimulating and exciting available are Ph.D., M.Sc. (by research diploma programmes, both full and part- environment to prospective and by taught course), M.A.I. (ordinary time, covering the broad range of postgraduate students; all interested and recurrent education) and engineering and statistical disciplines. candidates are advised to make direct Postgraduate Diplomas. Some of the more recently established contact with the relevant academic staff programmes have an interdisciplinary member in the first instance. Financial The M.Sc. taught course may be taken character, e.g. I.T. in Education, while support is often available for well- on a full-time basis over one year, or others are a response to the skills qualified applicants and is generally part-time over two years. It allows shortage in engineering and technology linked to specific research projects. students to gain specialist knowledge e.g. Integrated Systems Design. The in the areas of environmental and transportation engineering. taught postgraduate programmes enable CIVIL, STRUCTURAL students to significantly enhance their AND ENVIRONMENTAL The area has an international research depth of knowledge and to develop ENGINEERING reputation in the environmental, specialist skills at an advanced level. Academic Staff Contact: Dr Roger West geotechnical, structural, transportation Currently, there are nearly 700 Telephone: +353-1-608 2217 and materials engineering. The state-of- the-art laboratories, field units and the postgraduate students and a significant Fax: +353-1-677 3072 number of postdoctoral fellows and wide ranging expertise of both the Academic staff numbers: research associates all combining to academic and the technical staff 15 full-time academic make this area in College a lively and combine to make the area one of the Postgraduate numbers: friendly centre of learning with an most rapidly developing centres of civil 45 research, 30 taught, 220 international outlook. engineering research in Ireland. Postgraduate Diplomas Internet: www.tcd.ie/Civil_engineering/

92 TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN Postgraduate Courses 2005 Engineering and Systems Sciences COMPUTER SCIENCE currently avail of six taught M.Sc. The subject is developing at such a Academic Staff Contact: courses as well as opportunities to rapid pace that new opportunities Dr David Abrahamson undertake research degrees at both constantly arise and we welcome M.Sc. and Ph.D. level. suggestions – both those which are Telephone: +353-1-608 1765 new approaches to existing work and Fax: +353-1-677 2204 There are many research groups, new developments. Academic staff numbers: 45 academic covering a wide range of topics from the theoretical to the applied. Much of the Postgraduate numbers: ELECTRONIC AND ELECTRICAL research is funded by the EU; national 140 research, 137 taught ENGINEERING funding agencies such as the Science Internet: www.cs.tcd.ie Foundation Ireland and the Higher Academic Staff Contact: Dr Alan Moore Education Authority; and both Telephone: +353-1-608 1738/1580 Computer Science is the second largest indigenous and multinational companies. area in Trinity. Its basic aim is to Fax: +353-1-677 2442 educate its students to be designers of Research interests include: distributed Academic staff numbers: 14 academic large complex systems, such as systems including middleware and Postgraduate numbers: hardware, software or a combination of ubiquitous computing; artificial 22 research, 39 taught both, and to prepare them to embrace intelligence, especially logic Internet: www.mee.tcd.ie/ the inevitable developments that will programming, neural networks and occur in Computer Science over time. case-based reasoning; cognitive science; Electronic and Electrical Engineering has Another major objective is to train the computational linguistics; natural a major commitment to the education researchers and academics of the language processing; computer vision of students at both M.Sc. and Ph.D. future, and consequently the area is and Robotics; image processing; aids for levels. Most of these postgraduate very active in research and continues to the disabled; land mine detection; students are engaged on programmes be one of the major focal points for networks and telecommunications of research with the research projects research in the College. including network management, funded from the State, EU and industrial security, electronic commerce and sources. Computers are applied so extensively mobile communications; computer that it is impossible to cover all that can The area aims to produce high-calibre architecture; grid computing; be usefully taught on a single course. researchers for industry and academia multimedia servers; computer graphics; There is a variety of courses both day who have achieved standards of image synthesis and animation; virtual and evening which are oriented towards excellence and are trained to a level of reality; multimedia systems; information different fields such as engineering, proficiency in the methodologies for systems and management; management information systems, ubiquitous carrying out programmes of individual of I.T.; strategic information systems computing, networks and distributed research. management; health informatics; and systems, natural language processing, formal methods. multimedia systems and health The staff are always willing to hear from informatics. Postgraduate students can prospective graduate students.

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Assistance with funding can sometimes SiGe), thin layers of SiC, SiN, SiO x, Si1-x architectures. Application work focuses be provided. The staff are determinedly Gex, and Si 1-x-y Gex Cy as well as SOI on propagation planning and analysis research-focused with a strong and micro-and macro-porous silicon for mobile radio, wireless LAN’s. Work commitment to the development of the structures. The composition and in lies broadly in the discipline of electronic and electrical structure of these layers, as well as the areas of image/video processing, audio engineering over a breadth of topics. associated strain and stress, is currently and acoustic analysis and biomedical, under investigation using advanced adaptive and Bayesian signal processing. There are three main research areas characterisation techniques. A recent that lie within the broad engineering study involved the use of rapid thermal MECHANICAL AND discipline of Information and processing (RTP), combined with the MANUFACTURING Communications Technology, or ICT. use of doped oxides, as a means of ENGINEERING forming ultra-shallow junctions. Academic Staff Contact: Electronic Engineering Materials Professor Henry Rice Engineering and Systems Sciences Engineering and Systems and Microelectronic Technology Electronic Circuit Design Telephone: +353-1-608 1996 This is a well-established research Design activities extend from mapping Fax: +353-1-679 5554 area that includes the design and DSP algorithms onto architectures and development of measurement techniques subsequently onto libraries of standard Academic staff numbers: 15 academic suitable for the measurement of the cells, through to full-custom circuit Postgraduate numbers: 50 research electrical properties of ferroelectric liquid design in CMOS and BiCMOS students and 12 on the taught M.Sc. crystals, glass-forming liquids and technologies with an emphasis on low- in Bioengineering polymers and the magnetic and dielectric power dissipation. Specific work Internet: www.mecheng.tcd.ie/ properties of nano-materials, in particular includes adaptive signal processing magnetic fluids. On the theoretical side, ASICs, power-speed figure of merit Mechanical and Manufacturing much work has been carried out on studies and the implementation of Engineering is located within the developing an understanding of the role medical instrumentation applications in Parsons Building at the East end of the of dipole-dipole interactions and of discrete and integrated form. College and houses excellent research inertia in determining the dielectric and laboratory facilities. Most of its properties of materials. Recently this Communications Engineering research is funded through collaborative work has been directed to the dynamics and Signal Processing projects involving industry, the EU and of ferromagnetic nanoparticles and to national government programmes. liquid crystals. Work in communications is broadly directed towards land mobile radio The area has an international reputation In the microelectronics fabrication and communication and propagation, for excellence in research. Suitably test area, research interest includes the and includes computational qualified candidates can apply for preparation and characterisation of electromagnetics, wave scattering, registration as graduate students different structures formed on silicon. channel identification and modelling, working in the research groups given These include quantum dots (Ge and modulation, and digital receiver below and research funding often

94 TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN Postgraduate Courses 2005 Engineering and Systems Sciences provides scholarships for Masters and STATISTICS chemistry; data mining including record Doctoral students, to cover the Academic Staff Contact: retrieval from multimedia databases; registration, course fees and living costs Mr Eamonn Mullins determination of food authenticity; of research students. reconstruction of past climates; material Telephone: +353-1-608 1062 fatigue in artificial joints; image and The main research activities are Fax: +353-1-661 5046 signal processing; sortware reliability; conducted within the following research Academic staff numbers: finance; sports; ageing; gender studies; groups: 11 full-time, 2 part-time yield management in tourism; government and e-democracy; and Computer aided engineering Postgraduate numbers: 10 research, 78 taught the use of information systems in Sound and vibration management. Computationally intensive Internet: www.tcd.ie/Statistics/ methods include Markov chain Monte Fluid mechanics and heat transfer Statistics was founded in 1966 and is Carlo, Bayesian learning and data mining, applications of the EM algorithm Applied thermodynamics and energy now the largest such research area in Ireland. The research interests of its staff and adaptive regression splines. Trinity centre for bioengineering and graduate students extend well Projects currently supporting research (www.biomechanics.ie) beyond the traditional boundaries of students under funding from national the discipline of Statistics and now Materials engineering and international agencies include: encompass research in Information database projects MOUMIR and Systems, including their impact on Manufacturing technology and MUSCLE, funded by the EU under the management and on society. tribology. ‘Excellence of Networks’ and ‘Training and Mobility’ schemes; projects on new Also on offer is a taught M.Sc. course Within Statistics defined traditionally, statistical methods for the reconstruction in Bioengineering, run jointly with the methodological interests include: modern of the European climate since the last University of Limerick and University computationally intensive tools in both Ice Age and methodological work in of Ulster. This course can be covered in Bayesian and classical statistics, driven by mixtures and classification, both funded one year full-time or over two years as new applications in science and by Science Foundation Ireland; novel a part-time student. The course aims to engineering; theoretical work on modern methods for the analysis of multi- equip engineering graduates with the regression methods; and on specialist spectral data in the assessment of meat, necessary knowledge and skills to work applications of statistics in business, funded by Teagasc; new spatio-temporal in the medical device industry. industry and society as well as on methods for teaching Statistics. Research models for crack growth in metals, Further information, including details in Information Systems includes funded by Enterprise Ireland; and of the latest scholarship opportunities, quantitative methods in database analysis projects involving the statistical analysis can be found on our web page, or by and qualitative work on evaluation. of social data, with a particular emphasis contacting Professor John Fitzpatrick, on gender, funded by Wicklow Chamber our Postgraduate Advisor of Studies Specific applications include: quality of Commerce and the Department of ([email protected]). control and process improvement Education and Science. initiatives particularly in analytical 95 TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN Postgraduate Courses 2005

NAMED DEGREE COURSES MASTER IN ENGINEERING P.Grad.Dip. in Project Management; (M.A.I.) RECURRENT either P.Grad.Dip. in Statistics or MASTER IN ENGINEERING EDUCATION Postgraduate P.Grad.Dip. in Quality (M.A.I.) COURSE CODE 164 Improvement. The successful COURSE CODE 154 completion of the former P.Grad.Dip. Course Coordinator: Dr Eric Farrell in Public Administration for Engineers Course Coordinator: Dr Eric Farrell Closing Date: 31 July 2005. Applications (run by the IPA) will also be considered. Closing Date: 31 July 2005. Applications should be addressed directly to the should be addressed directly to the Graduate Studies Office, Arts Building, M.Sc. COURSES Graduate Studies Office, Arts Building, Trinity College, Dublin 2. Trinity College, Dublin 2. BIOENGINEERING Telephone: +353-1-608 1146 (M.Sc./P.Grad.Dip.) Telephone: +353-1-608 1146 Email: [email protected] COURSE CODES 631/630 Email: [email protected] Engineering and Systems Sciences Engineering and Systems The M.A.I. (Recurrent Education) Course Director: Dr Ciaran Simms There are two possible routes for the is a Masters degree for engineering Duration: P.Grad.Dip.: nine months; Master in Engineering M.A.I degree. graduates. Students for this degree M.Sc.: one year, or part-time over must complete a research project By the first route, for the ‘ordinary’ two years. carried out in his/her professional M.A.I. degree, the candidate must environment or a detailed case history Closing Date: 31 July 2005. Applications already have taken the degree of B.A.I. of a significant industrial project in should be addressed directly to the of the University of Dublin and have design, development or production in Graduate Studies Office, Arts Building, practised for three years as an engineer. an engineering field in which he/she Trinity College, Dublin 2. To qualify for the M.A.I. degree, the has taken part. Telephone: +353-1-608 3768 candidate must present a written thesis, Email: [email protected] which must take the form of either a Before registering for the M.A.I. report on a piece of engineering (Recurrent Education) degree, students Internet: www.tcd.ie/bioengineering research, carried out by the candidate must have completed an approved Bioengineering may be defined as the individually or as one of a group, or else combination of two of the following application of the principles of a description of a substantial project in postgraduate diploma courses: engineering to advancements in design, construction, development or P.Grad.Dip. in Construction Law and healthcare and medicine. It is an production in an engineering field in Contract Administration; P.Grad.Dip. in interdisciplinary field requiring which he or she has taken part. Environmental Engineering; P.Grad.Dip. knowledge of both medicine and in Fire Safety Practice (Buildings and The second route, for the degree known engineering. The primary aim of this Other Structures); P.Grad.Dip. in as the M.A.I. (Recurrent Education) is course is to give engineers the Highway and Geotechnical Engineering; outlined below. knowledge to apply science and P.Grad.Dip. in Physical Planning;

96 TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN Postgraduate Courses 2005 Engineering and Systems Sciences technology to the solution of healthcare CIVIL ENGINEERING (M.Sc.) This course aims to provide graduates problems, particularly through the COURSE CODE 211 from Ireland and abroad with an design, development and manufacture advanced knowledge of various aspects of medical devices. Regulatory issues in Course Director: Mr Laurence Gill of Civil Engineering. The course has a medical device technology are also Applicants’ enquiries: Mr Bruce Misstear modular structure, which allows students addressed. to study subjects in Environmental Duration: One year, full-time; two years, Engineering and Highways and part-time The course is run on an all-Ireland basis, Transportation – or any combination of Closing Date: 31 July 2005. Late with centres in Trinity College Dublin, subjects within these disciplines. applications may be considered if places the University of Limerick and the Students also take a compulsory module remain available after the closing date. University of Ulster. Students will be in Civil Engineering Management and Applications should be addressed based in one centre, where they will Research Methods. carry out a research project. Courses directly to the Graduate Studies Office, will be taught partly in one-week Arts Building, Trinity College, Dublin 2. The M.Sc. Course commences in early intensive modules, for which students Telephone: +353-1-608 1047 October and comprises two terms of will visit the other centres, and partly by lectures, with examinations, followed by Email: [email protected] distance learning using the Internet. a major dissertation. This course may Internet: www.tcd.ie/Civil_engineering/ either be taken full-time over one year The diploma course consists of five courses/msc/index.htm or part-time over two years. The entry modules. The Masters course consists of requirement is a good honors degree in five modules together with an extended Civil Engineering or a related discipline. research project. The course modules cover the following subject areas: COMPUTER SCIENCE biomechanics and implant design, (NETWORKS AND biomaterials, medical electronics, signal DISTRIBUTED SYSTEMS) (M.Sc.) processing and medical informatics. COURSE CODE 619 The entry requirement is a good honors degree or similar qualification in Course Director: Professor Vinny Cahill engineering or a cognate discipline. Duration: One year, full-time Closing Date: 30 April 2005. Applications should be addressed directly to the Graduate Studies Office, Arts Building, Trinity College, Dublin 2. Telephone: +353-1-608 3094 Email: [email protected] Internet: www.cs.tcd.ie/courses/mscnds/

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The M.Sc. programme in Computer Security and management of I.T. IN EDUCATION (M.Sc.) Science equips students with the networks and distributed systems: COURSE CODE 641 theoretical and practical background introduces the fundamentals of necessary to enable them to participate computer and network security and (Jointly with Arts (Humanities)) in the design of complex networked and investigates different approaches to Course Director: Mr Brendan Tangney distributed computing systems, as well network management and the as to undertake research in this area. management of advanced Duration: Two years, part-time information services. The programme is assessed based on a Closing Date: 30 April 2005. Late combination of assigned coursework, This course is open to graduates who applications may be considered if places written examination, and a dissertation. have achieved the equivalent of at least remain available after the closing date. The programme is composed of a an upper second-class honors degree, Applications should be addressed number of modules that are taken by or better, in computing, information directly to the Graduate Studies Office,

Engineering and Systems Sciences Engineering and Systems all students. These modules include: technology, or a related discipline. Well- Arts Building, Trinity College, Dublin 2. Networked applications: covers qualified candidates from disciplines applications of the Internet and such as engineering, mathematics, Telephone: +353-1-608 3625 Intranets ranging from email and the statistics, or physics who have sufficient Email: [email protected] Web to electronic commerce; knowledge of computing (including the ability to program) may also be collaboration and community Internet: www.cs.tcd.ie/courses/mscitedu/ services; distributed artificial accepted. intelligence; and information As I.T. moves centre stage in the retrieval. COMPUTER SCIENCE educational world, it is imperative that people involved in education and Data communications and networks: (UBIQUITOUS COMPUTING) learning have a good understanding of introduces the fundamentals of (M.Sc./P.Grad.Dip.) how the technology can be best computer networks and networking COURSE CODE 702/703 deployed to improve the learning technology. Entry via Diploma. For full details see experience. It is also imperative that Distributed systems: covers the most the P.Grad.Dip section below. computer scientists provide technology, important paradigms for building which has genuine pedagogical distributed applications including HEALTH INFORMATICS advantages, and not just technology for client-server computing, distributed (M.Sc./P.Grad.Dip.) technology’s sake. object technology, and component models. COURSE CODES 617/616 This course is jointly run by Computer Science and Education and its aim is to Software engineering for concurrent Entry via Diploma. For full details see produce graduates who will be able to and distributed systems: covers the P.Grad.Dip section below. object-oriented analysis and design play a leadership role in the use of I.T. techniques and their application to for training and in all levels (1st, 2nd concurrent and distributed systems. and 3rd) of the education system. On

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the educational side graduates of the technology development. A qualification systems design. Furthermore it develops Engineering and Systems Sciences course will have an understanding of in Computer Science is not required the knowledge and understanding the enhancement to the pedagogical but applicants are expected to be needed to approach the design of process that I.T. might facilitate. computer literate. Applicants meeting modern integrated systems. The goal is Graduates will have a familiarity with, the necessary requirements will to produce engineers who can see the and confidence in using, appropriate normally be interviewed. broader picture of the system purpose teaching strategies; a knowledge of and deploy algorithmic developments systems and approaches developed in The course is run on a part-time basis. at the design level appropriate to the other countries; a knowledge of social In the first year there are formal classes target system. and psychological issues relating to I.T. on Friday afternoons and Saturday in education; an ability to utilise I.T. in mornings. The second year is devoted Course contact hours will occupy the teaching and learning process and to the completion of a research approximately one day in each of 30 confidence in introducing I.T. to other dissertation. weeks in the academic calendar colleagues. On the technical side (beginning during October), split into graduates of the course should have a INTEGRATED SYSTEMS DESIGN three sets of 10 week terms. There are good knowledge of the principles of (M.Sc.) three subject areas in the first year: digital communications; digital signal computer operation and computer COURSE CODE 657 networks, the use of the Internet as an and image processing; integrated circuit information storage and retrieval facility Course Coordinator: Dr Anil Kokaram design. All subjects are compulsory. The and multi-media authoring. Duration: Two years, part-time second year consists of a taught portion and a substantial individual research Closing Date: 31 March 2005. Graduates of the programme will have project for which the student submits a Applications should be addressed carried out a substantial piece of dissertation (between 18,000 and 25,000 directly to the Graduate Studies Office, research which might typically involve words) at the end of the year. The Arts Building, Trinity College, Dublin 2. the development of I.T. based tools or taught portion covers advanced topics teaching materials, and their operation Telephone: +353-1-608 2508 in communications; digital video; and evaluation in a learning Email: [email protected] integrated circuit design. environment. Internet: www.mee.tcd.ie/~isd/ Applications will be considered from Admission is normally restricted to This course is targeted at employees of those who: applicants who have achieved an upper I.T. companies principally involved with Hold a good honors degree second-class honors degree (or better) systems design at the chip and general- (at least upper second-class level) in a primary degree. Equivalent purpose hardware and software level. in a professional (computing/ qualifications or experience are taken The main aim of the course is to engineering) discipline, or into account. Preference will be given to educate students in the foundations Hold an equivalent qualification with applicants who have at least three years that drive the development of tools and relevant professional experience. in teaching, training or instructional solutions for the future of integrated

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Applicants meeting the necessary social impact of information systems; This course is sponsored by the requirements may be interviewed. The managing the I.T. supplier environment; Erasmus Mundus programme of the EU, course will only run provided there are managing the I.T. customer environment, and includes half of the options a sufficient number of suitable innovation and entrepreneurship in IS/IT available under the partnership applicants. and research methods. agreement. (see www.emmme.com). It is intended for holders of suitable Applicants for this course must normally MANAGEMENT OF Engineering or Scientific qualifications hold a good honors degree (at least INFORMATION SYSTEMS who wish to acquire Engineering upper second-class level) in computer (M.Sc./P.Grad.Dip.) degrees recognised in two member science, information systems, states of the European Union. It is COURSE CODES 701/700 information technology, business and tailored primarily for students from information technology, computer Course Coordinator: Mr Alan Mullally outside the EU, who may apply for engineering or a cognate discipline. Duration: Two years, part-time scholarships to cover their fees and Engineering and Systems Sciences Engineering and Systems Relevant professional experience is also living expenses. Students from within Closing date: 31 July 2005. Applications desirable. Applicants meeting the the EU may also enrol, but are not should be addressed directly to the necessary requirements may be eligible for scholarships. To comply with Graduate Studies Office, Arts Building, interviewed. EU rules, students holding Irish third Trinity College, Dublin 2. level qualifications should not enrol for Telephone: +353-1-608 1785 MECHANICAL AND the options described here, but for the Email: [email protected] MANUFACTURING options run entirely by the other ENGINEERING (M.Sc.) Internet: www.cs.tcd.ie/courses/smscmis/ partners. ERASMUS MUNDUS The course is spread over two calendar This course aims to provide students Awaiting approval from the University years from the beginning of October, with the knowledge and skills to Council at the time of going to the and requires full-time study. The first undertake senior professional managerial printers. roles within the I.T. sector. It brings year is spent in Trinity College, and the together the latest research coupled with Postgraduate Coordinator: Professor second in one of the partner best internationally accepted Andrew Torrance to whom all enquiries institutions: the INSA de Lyon and the management practice and relates these should be directed. Escola Tècnica Superior d’Enginyeria to the needs of today’s organisation. Telephone: +353-1-608 1383 Industrial de Barcelona (E.T.S.E.I.B). To qualify for the award of the degree, Fax: +353-1-679 5554 The course consists of a taught students must pass the appropriate component and a substantial research Academic staff numbers: course modules offered by the partner project resulting in a dissertation of 15 full-time academic institutions. The language of instruction 20,000 words. The taught component Postgraduate numbers: for these courses is the language of the covers the following areas: strategic 49 research, 10 taught country. systems planning for information systems; Internet: www.mecheng.tcd.ie/

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In Trinity College, in the first year, the Structural Analysis. Students will also This M.Sc. course provides a foundation Engineering and Systems Sciences following courses are taken by all take one further module from the in all the technologies and media students: Management for Engineers, following group of options: Noise relevant to the digital media sector. Mechanics of Solids and Materials, of Mechanical Systems; Numerical It runs full-time over a twelve-month Thermodynamics and Heat Transfer, Modelling of Mechanical Systems; period. Formal teaching is divided into Manufacturing Technology and Systems, and Automation Engineering. two twelve-week semesters. Between Control, Vibration and Acoustics; six and eight lecture courses are given Students then take one subject from the Applications, including applications each semester. following three options: Fluid for scholarships, are made in the first Mechanics, Biomechanics, Tribology; instance to the coordinating partner Each student selects and commences Students must also submit an original by 28th February in the year in which a research project, which must be dissertation of around 30,000 words. admission is sought: submitted in the form of a dissertation of 12,000 words by the end of April. If applicants choose the E.T.S.E.I.B., they INSA LYON They will also complete a final project, will take the following compulsory Direction de la Scolarité which can be a collaborative modules: Diseño de máquinas II, 20, avenue Albert Einstein development with a number of students Tecnologías de fabricación II, 69621 Villeurbanne cedex (France) from the class and will be exhibited Fabricación asistida por ordenador, in a public area in late September. Late applications for places (but not Tecnología energética, Simulación de There is significant emphasis on theory scholarships) may be considered subject sistemas mecánicos I, Proyectos. rather than on media and software to availability. Students will also take one further applications. A special laboratory is module from the following group of available to the students of this M.Sc. MULTIMEDIA SYSTEMS (M.Sc.) options: Fabricación flexible, Ensayo de programme in order to become familiar máquinas, Ingeniería de producto y COURSE CODE 263 with multimedia applications. sistemas técnicos II. Course Director: If applicants choose the I.N.S.A., they Professor Marie Redmond will take the following compulsory Duration: One year, full-time modules: Heat Engines and Practical Closing Date: 30 June 2005. Works THERTP51; CAM and Practical Applications should be addressed Works PRODTP51; Advanced Automatic directly to the Graduate Studies Office, Control and Practical Works AUTOTP41; Arts Building, Trinity College, Dublin 2. Project, Statistics, Discrete Events Telephone: +353-1-608 2704 System and Practical Works AUTOTP41; Email: [email protected] Practical Works Vibrations of Continuous Structure; Industrial Internet: www.cs.tcd.ie/courses/mscmm Acoustics; Finite Element Method; and

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The courses include: introduction to dissertation has not been submitted. and laboratories. These will take place computers; interactive authoring; Such P.Grad.Dip. courses are not listed on Friday evenings and Saturday technology and culture; Java below as they are not open to entry as mornings throughout the three teaching programming; wearable computers; separate options from their parent terms (October to May). Two three-hour aesthetic design; video capture and Masters course i.e. students apply for examination papers will be held in editing; MIDI technologies; HTML/XML entry to the appropriate Masters course. May/June. All three components, workshop; interactive design; interactive course work, project and examination narrative; information architecture; Some diploma courses may not be must be passed. image processing; client and server offered if, for example, the number of applicants is insufficient or adequate technologies; legal issues in digital COMPUTER SCIENCE resources are not available. publishing; and project management. (UBIQUITOUS COMPUTING) (M.Sc./P.Grad.Dip.) This course is especially appropriate to APPLIED BUILDING REPAIR COURSE CODE 702/703 Engineering and Systems Sciences Engineering and Systems graduates either with a primary degree CONSERVATION (P.Grad.Dip.) in Humanities or in Computer Science, COURSE CODE 706 Course Director: Professor Vinny Cahill as both disciplines are important to the Duration: P.Grad.Dip – one year digital media sector. Applications will be Course Director: Dr Sara Pavía full-time; M.Sc. – one year full-time accepted from good honors graduates Duration: One year, part-time in any discipline or from mature Closing Date: 30 April 2005. Closing Date: 31 July 2005* Applications students with relevant industry Applications must be addressed to the must be addressed to Ms Debbie Walsh, experience. Graduate Studies Office, Arts Building, Engineering Studies, O’Reilly Institute, Trinity College, Dublin 2. Trinity College, Dublin 2. M.Phil. COURSES Telephone: +353-1-608 3094 Telephone: +353-1-608 2516/1457 Email: [email protected] MUSIC AND MEDIA Email: [email protected] TECHNOLOGIES Internet: www.cs.tcd.ie/courses/ (P.Grad.Dip./M.Phil.) This is a one-year postgraduate course mscubicom/ designed to provide civil engineers and COURSE CODES 260/257 In the ubiquitous computing vision, other suitably qualified professionals interconnected computers are For more information, see entry in Arts with a good understanding of materials embedded unobtrusively in everyday (Humanities). and built fabrics, both modern and appliances and environments and co- traditional; the causes and mechanisms operate to provide information and of weathering and corrosion; and the POSTGRADUATE DIPLOMAS services on behalf of their human users. traditional as well as the most advanced Some Masters courses have the option This emerging field is likely to drive the ways to repair and preserve them. of a Postgraduate Diploma in cases deployment of the next generation of where the taught course has been The Diploma will comprise lectures and Information Technology and has been satisfactorily completed but a a research project as well as site visits an active research area at Trinity College

102 TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN Postgraduate Courses 2005 Engineering and Systems Sciences Dublin in recent years. The Ubiquitous CONSTRUCTION LAW AND ENVIRONMENTAL Computing programme provides a CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION ENGINEERING (P.Grad.Dip.) comprehensive grounding in advanced (P.Grad.Dip.) COURSE CODE 201 distributed systems engineering together COURSE CODE 614 with an in-depth understanding of the Course Director: Mr Paul Johnston technologies and development Course Director: Mr Brian Bromwich Duration: One year, part-time strategies used in building wireless and Duration: One year, part-time Closing Date: 31 July 2005* Applications ubiquitous computing systems. Closing Date: 31 July 2005* Applications must be addressed to Ms Debbie Walsh, Topics include: must be addressed to Ms Debbie Walsh, Engineering Studies, O’Reilly Institute, Engineering Studies, O’Reilly Institute, Trinity College, Dublin 2. Communications technologies Trinity College, Dublin 2. Telephone: +353-1-608 1372/1457 including wireless mobile networking Telephone: +353-1-608 1302 Email: [email protected] Devices and systems Email: [email protected] Internet: www.tcd.ie/Civil_engineering/ Internet: www.tcd.ie/Civil_engineering/ courses/diploma/environmental.htm Middleware courses/diploma/construction.htm This is a one-year postgraduate course Software engineering and This is a one-year postgraduate course designed to provide civil engineers and applications development to enable graduate engineers and other other suitably qualified professionals Real time and embedded systems suitably qualified professionals (such with a sound knowledge of present day as architects and quantity surveyors), theories and practices in environmental Sensors and vision to obtain knowledge of construction engineering. The course has been law equivalent to that required by developed to have special relevance Information architecture a competent arbitrator, adjudicator to the work of the Local Authority Product and environmental design or administrator. and State Sector engineers.

Image processing and synthesis The topics covered include an Amongst the topics covered are: air introduction to the Irish legal system; the quality; noise; water and wastewater This programme is open to graduates Irish litigation process; relations of law treatment; solid and toxic waste; water who have achieved the equivalent of and construction; EU law and private quality monitoring and control; at least an upper second-class honors international law; statutory duties and development of contaminated land; degree, or better, in computing, construction projects; and methods of radiation in the environment; and information technology, or a related dispute resolution. Lectures are normally environmental control for water-borne discipline, humanities or a creative held on Friday evening and Saturday diseases. Environmental impact discipline such as fine art, design, morning each week throughout the assessments/studies and legal aspects literature, film or drama. Consideration three teaching terms. are also included. Lectures are normally will also be given to mature students held on Friday evening and Saturday with relevant industrial experience. morning each week throughout the three teaching terms. 103 TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN Postgraduate Courses 2005

FIRE SAFETY PRACTICE HEALTH AND SAFETY IN HEALTH INFORMATICS (BUILDINGS AND OTHER CONSTRUCTION (P.Grad.Dip.) (P.Grad.Dip/M.Sc.) STRUCTURES) (P.Grad.Dip.) COURSE CODE 705 COURSE CODES 617/616 COURSE CODE 637 (with Health Sciences) Course Director: Mr Brian Bromwich Course Director: Dr Trevor L.L. Orr Duration: One year, part-time Course Coordinator: Ms Gaye Stephens Duration: One year, part-time Closing Date: 31 July 2005* Applications Duration: P.Grad.Dip.: one year, part- Closing Date: 31 July 2005* Applications must be addressed to Ms Debbie Walsh, time; M.Sc.: one additional year must be addressed to Ms Debbie Walsh, Engineering Studies, O’Reilly Institute, Closing Date: 30 June 2005. Engineering Studies, O’Reilly Institute, Trinity College, Dublin 2. Applications must be addressed to the Trinity College, Dublin 2. Telephone: +353-1-608 1302/1457 Graduate Studies Office, Arts Building, Trinity College, Dublin 2. Telephone: +353-1-608 1204 Email: [email protected]

Engineering and Systems Sciences Engineering and Systems Internet: www.cs.tcd.ie/chi/ Email: [email protected] Internet: www.tcd.ie/Civil_Engineering/ Internet: www.tcd.ie/Civil_engineering/ courses/diploma/ Health Sciences and Engineering courses/diplom/fire.htm and Systems Sciences offer a joint This is a one-year postgraduate course programme in Health Informatics. This is a one-year postgraduate diploma designed to provide civil engineers and Health Informatics is broadly concerned course designed to enable engineers, other construction professionals with with the application of Information architects, fire safety officers and other the knowledge necessary to perform Technology in the health sector. It is suitably qualified professionals to obtain a the roles of Project Supervisor and a truly interdisciplinary field in which thorough knowledge and understanding Site Safety Representative and carry medicine, computer science, of fire in buildings, the safety out Health and Safety Training in management science, statistics and requirements in the design of buildings accordance with current legislation. engineering are all represented. and the various options available for Course modules include: health and minimising the risk of fire in buildings. The main aim of the programme is to safety legislation; construction give students a broad understanding of Among the topics covered are: the regulations; FÁS Safe Pass health and both the principles underlying the field fundamentals of fire science; fire safety training; health and safety of health informatics and of its practical engineering; structural design code management; risk assessment; COSSH applications. The course is intended for requirements; fire control systems; legal regulations; first aid; disease and injury; suitably qualified applicants currently and insurance aspects; the legislative environmental impact assessment. working or aspiring to work in a position environment; fire safety management; Lectures are held on Friday evenings in the health sector which requires the and the preparation of fire safety and Saturday mornings each week efficient and cost effective application certificates. Lectures are normally held throughout the three teaching terms of information technology. on Friday evening and Saturday morning (October to May). each week throughout the three teaching terms.

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The Postgraduate Diploma will be run relevant professional experience, or The topics covered include: economic Engineering and Systems Sciences over one academic year (October – hold other appropriate qualifications aspects of highway planning and June) on a part-time basis, on Friday with at least three years relevant programming; structural and geometric afternoons and Saturday mornings to professional experience, or otherwise design; earthworks; laboratory testing; facilitate those in full-time employment. satisfy the course admission committee. bearing capacity; embankments on soft The M.Sc. extends for one further year. Applicants meeting these requirements soils; ground improvement methods; will be interviewed. maintenance and rehabilitation; traffic The Diploma incorporates both taught management; and construction and practical components with a strong HIGHWAY AND management with particular reference emphasis on practical team-based GEOTECHNICAL to cost control and quality assurance. continuous assessment. M.Sc. students ENGINEERING (P.Grad.Dip.) Lectures are normally held on Friday receive instruction in research evening and Saturday morning each week COURSE CODE 186 methodology and undertake an throughout the three teaching terms. independent research project. Course Director: Dr Eric Farrell Students take a total of six modules Duration: One-year, part-time PHYSICAL PLANNING (P.Grad.Dip.) covering the following topics: Closing Date: 31 July 2005* Applications introduction to health informatics; must be addressed to Ms Debbie Walsh, COURSE CODE 210 introduction to computing (for those Engineering Studies, O’Reilly Institute, Course Director: Dr Trevor L.L. Orr from a health science background); Trinity College, Dublin 2. introduction to health sciences (for those Duration: One year, part-time Telephone: +353-1-608 1146 from a computing background); health Closing Date: 31 July 2005* Applications Email: [email protected] information systems; telemedicine; must be addressed to Ms Debbie Walsh, knowledge-based and decision support Internet: www.tcd.ie/Civil_engineering/ Engineering Studies, O’Reilly Institute, systems; medical imaging; multimedia courses/diploma/highway.htm Trinity College, Dublin 2. systems; and statistics. This is a one-year postgraduate course Telephone: +353-1-608 1204 Not all modules will be offered each to enable graduate engineers to obtain Email: [email protected] year; insofar as it is feasible, the range a sound knowledge of important Internet: www.tcd.ie/Civil_engineering/ available will be adapted each year to aspects of highway and geotechnical courses/diploma/physical.htm suit the interests and skills of the engineering. In particular, the course is particular cohort of students. suitable for engineers involved in the This is a one-year postgraduate course provision, maintenance and operation designed to provide graduate engineers Applications may be accepted from of highways, but it is open to all those and other suitably qualified graduates those who hold a good honors degree holding a degree or equivalent in civil with a sound basic knowledge and in a professional health sciences or engineering or any other relevant awareness of the role of all professional computer engineering discipline, or branch of engineering. bodies involved in planning the physical hold an equivalent qualification with infrastructure. In particular this course is

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suitable for civil engineers in local This is a one-year postgraduate course This is a part-time course leading to authorities, planning offices and designed to provide graduate engineers the Postgraduate Diploma in Quality consultancies, but is open to all those and other suitably qualified graduates Improvement. The principal focus of holding other relevant qualifications. with a sound knowledge and the course is on the development of understanding of all aspects of project analytical skills for problem solving and The topics covered include: planning management in civil engineering and quality improvement in an industrial theory and practice; legal aspects construction. environment. The statistical ideas and and planning legislation; rural and methods which provide the foundation urban planning; economic planning; The topics covered include: project for the analytical skills are developed transportation and land use planning; planning and control; legal aspects; in the management context in which environmental aspects including contracts and tendering procedures; the problems arise. The quality environmental impact assessments the computer in project control; project management systems that support and studies; geographical information accounting and cost control; industrial modern industrial management are Engineering and Systems Sciences Engineering and Systems systems; sociology and psychology in relations; human resources management formally developed both at a theoretical planning. Lectures are normally held on and motivation; health and safety; and a practical level. Friday evening and Saturday morning insurance and claims. Lectures are each week throughout the three normally held on Friday evening and The course is intended for graduates teaching terms. Saturday morning each week throughout working in industry who want to the three teaching terms. develop and deepen their knowledge PROJECT MANAGEMENT of statistical methods for product and (P.Grad.Dip.) QUALITY IMPROVEMENT process improvement, while receiving an introduction to modern quality COURSE CODE 136 (P.Grad.Dip.) management systems. While some COURSE CODE 277 Course Director: Dr Trevor L.L. Orr participants from service industries have Duration: One year, part-time Course Coordinator: Dr Michael Stuart taken the course, the focus is very much on manufacturing. Applications will be Closing Date: 31 July 2005* Applications Duration: One year, part-time considered from degree level graduates, must be addressed to Ms Debbie Walsh, Closing Date: 31 July 2005* Applications preferably with industrial experience. Engineering Studies, O’Reilly Institute, must be addressed to Dr Michael While the mathematical level is kept to Trinity College, Dublin 2. Stuart, Department of Statistics, Trinity a minimum, some background in College, Dublin 2. Telephone: +353-1-608 1204 mathematics is essential. Email: [email protected] Telephone: +353-1-608 1768 The intention is to provide participants Internet: Email: [email protected] with a practical grasp of quality www2.tcd.ie/Civil_engineering/ Internet: www.tcd.ie/Statistics/courses/ improvement methods based on a courses/diploma/project.htm diploma/qualintro.shtml sound knowledge of the underlying ideas and concepts. Graduates of the

106 TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN Postgraduate Courses 2005 Engineering and Systems Sciences course should be well placed to adapt STATISTICS (P.Grad.Dip.) such textbooks is placed on the idea of the ideas and methods to which they COURSE CODE 129 an underlying statistical model. It is have been introduced for use in their hoped that this emphasis will develop own work. To this end, all the material Course Coordinator: Dr Myra O’Regan insight into the essential unity of the is presented in the context of practical Duration: One/two years, part-time methods and avoid the all-too-common examples from a wide range of impression of there being a cookbook Closing Date: 31 July 2005* Applications industries. In particular, the emphasis full of different statistical recipes for must be addressed to Dr Myra O’Regan, within the statistical material is on every possible occasion. Department of Statistics, Trinity College, statistical thinking rather than Dublin 2. mathematical techniques. The closing date is 31 July. However, as Telephone: +353-1-608 1768 the course fills up quickly, it is advisable The statistical content is presented Email: [email protected] to apply early in the year. Applications in two courses: Statistical Process may be made at any time throughout Internet: www.tcd.ie/Statistics/diploma/ Improvement and Industrial the year. Experimentation, with lectures, seminars This is a part-time modular course and supporting computer laboratory leading to the Postgraduate Diploma in NOTE exercises. Quality management is Statistics. The course provides a broad *The closing date for applications for presented through courses of lectures introduction to the statistical ideas and the courses in this section is 31 July of from two leading practitioners, methods relevant to data gathering and the proposed year of entry. In most supplemented by a series of case studies analysis in a wide variety of research cases applications are considered as mainly given by graduates of the course areas as well as business and they are received therefore early who have moved into senior administration. The intention is to application is recommended. Late management positions. provide participants with a practical applications may be considered if places grasp of statistics based on a sound Lectures are given for two hours on remain available after the closing date knowledge of the underlying ideas and each of two evenings per week during concepts. Graduates of the course lecture term for one year. Software should be well placed to apply the ideas laboratories and tutorials are conducted and methods to which they have been on Saturday mornings. Students are introduced in their own work. To this required to prepare a report on a end, all the material is presented in the practical project during the summer context of practical examples from a months, ideally, projects will be related wide range of applications. to students’ normal work. The course covers most of the usual topics included in any of the standard elementary texts. In dealing with these, however, more emphasis than is usual in

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Academic Staff Contact for Research: programmes, while others, such as Applicants can apply for research places Professor Dermot Kelleher the M.Sc. courses in Physical Sciences to work towards the degrees of M.Sc. Health Sciences Academic Staff Contact for Taught in Medicine, in Health Services and Ph.D. by research, either on a full- Programmes: Dr Frederick Falkiner Management or in Molecular Pathology, time or part-time basis. Such students provide for the higher training needs of will be assigned a supervisor who will Telephone: +353-1-608 1476 other health professions. Many are be a designated member of the College Fax: +353-1-671 3956 delivered in a part-time format to allow staff and will prepare a thesis on the Email: [email protected] students to continue in their place of chosen topic. In addition, there are four Internet: www.tcd.ie/Health_Sciences/ employment while some may also be higher professional degrees, M.A.O., taken as full-time courses. M.Ch., M.D. and M.Dent.Sc. Health Sciences is comprised of various areas, which provide professionally Recently the College has, in collaboration The area of Health Sciences has active accredited education and training for with its two major teaching hospitals, research programmes – scientific, a wide range of health professions: established the Haughton Institute for clinical and professional. The fact that Clinical Speech and Language, postgraduate education and research in most staff members are also active Dental Science, Medicine, Nursing, the health sciences. Its aim is to bring clinicians fosters close links between Occupational Therapy, Physiotherapy, together the expertise and facilities of the clinical work and research. This ensures Therapeutic Radiography as well as College and its teaching hospitals in order that the continuing relevance of a unit in Dietetics in Clinical Medicine. to focus them on education and research, research to clinical practice is not lost. A strong multi-professional ethos and develop appropriate facilities. encourages mutual respect and There are major teaching and research understanding between professionals facilities at the Trinity Centre at St. and the sharing of knowledge and skills James’s Hospital and at the Adelaide facilitates efficient teamwork and and Meath Hospital, incorporating the develops healthy professional National Children’s Hospital at Tallaght. relationships. By developing academic facilities at There is a wide range of taught these hospitals and providing a postgraduate courses at diploma and structure for cooperation it is possible to Masters level. Some, such as the M.Sc. support a wide range of academic courses in Occupational Therapy, activity and to utilise fully its clinical and Nursing and Midwifery, lead directly intellectual resources. on from the related undergraduate

110 TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN Postgraduate Courses 2005 Health Sciences ANATOMY Research in osteoporosis is supported bioengineering, nutrition). There is also by a clinic with full facilities for patient a Centre for Medical Gerontology and Academic Staff Contact: Mr Paul Glacken assessment including bone densiometry. a Unit of Nutrition and Dietetic Studies. Telephone: +353-1-608 1182 The staff are also involved in the study Fax: +353-1-679 0119 of prehistoric human remains from a A wide variety of research includes laboratory-based scientific studies, Academic staff numbers: 9 variety of sources in Ireland. metabolic observations using healthy Postgraduate numbers: volunteers, clinical research in hospital 5 research, 4 taught CLINICAL MEDICINE patients and epidemiological work. Email: [email protected] Academic Staff Contact: Some of the major research directions Professor Dermot Kelleher Internet: www.tcd.ie/Anatomy/ are organised into groups as follows: Telephone: +353-1-608 2100 Medicine for the Elderly; Cell Signalling; The main research interests of this Fax: +353-1-454 2043 Chronic Inflammatory Bowel Disease; discipline lie in applied anatomy, Clinical Nutrition; Coeliac Disease; Academic staff numbers: sports medicine, osteoporosis and Folate and Vitamin B12; Helicobacter 11 full-time, 44 part-time anthropological anatomy. Pylori Immunology; Helicobacter Pylori Postgraduate numbers: Mucosal Interaction; Hepatitis C Research in applied anatomy is primarily 45 research, 105 taught Research; Adhesion Molecules in directed towards the detailed study of Internet: www.tcd.ie/Clinical_Medicine/ Cardiovascular Disease; Homocysteine the anatomy involved in various surgical and Cardiovascular Disease; Lipid procedures such as pericardiocentesis Clinical Medicine is the largest research Metabolism; ‘Medical Fitness to Drive’; and arthroscopy, and forms the basis of and clinical area in Health Sciences. Its Non-Ulcer Dyspepsia; Medical Physics the M.Sc. in Anatomy. principal administrative unit is located and Bioengineering. in the Trinity Centre for Health Sciences The Human Performance Laboratory at St. James’s Hospital and there is also Research groups are based in the Trinity (HPL), conjointly administered with an academic medical unit at the Centre for Health Sciences, the Sir Physiology, contains a variety of medical Adelaide and Meath Hospital, Patrick Dun’s Research Laboratory, the and physiological equipment for incorporating the National Children’s Mercer’s Institute for Research in the monitoring athletic performance. Hospital at Tallaght. Aged at St. James’s Hospital, and the The HPL is a major resource for the Adelaide and Meath Hospital, Dublin, M.Sc. course in Sports Medicine; it also The area spans a range of specialities incorporating the National Children’s contributes to the Sports Council- within medicine (cardiology, Hospital at Tallaght. funded sports science and medical gastroenterology, gerontology, support network for Player Athlete haematology, nephrology, neurology, Research funding has been obtained Card for Excellence (PACE). oncology, palliative care, respiratory from national, international and medicine) and some affiliated to commercial sources. Sponsors include medicine (medical physics and the National Institutes of Health (USA),

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the EU, the Wellcome Trust, Cancer establish a four year integrated Ph.D. CLINICAL SPEECH AND Research Advancement Board, the programme in Molecular Medicine, LANGUAGE STUDIES Health Research Board of Ireland, IPP which links with the European Ph.D. Academic Staff Contact: Medical Trust and a variety of industrial, programme of Eurolife. Dr Martine M. Smith pharmaceutical and nutritional Telephone: +353-1-608 1588/1496 companies. The staff are actively CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY Health Sciences participating in the Eurolife network of Fax: +353-1-671 2152 Academic Staff Contact: European universities, which comprises Academic staff numbers: Professor Tom Rogers Edinburgh, Karolinska, Leiden, 7 full-time, 4 part-time Telephone: +353-1-608 2138 Innsbruck, Goettingen, Montpelier and Postgraduate numbers: 9 research Trinity College. Fax: +353-1-608 2138 Internet: www.tcd.ie/Clinical_Speech Academic staff numbers: Collaborative links exist with colleagues 2 full-time, 4 part-time Postgraduate opportunities offered in other research areas in College and Postgraduate numbers: include a postgraduate diploma taught in other institutions in Ireland, the UK, 32 research, 43 taught course and a taught M.Sc. course in continental Europe and the USA. Dysphagia, and postgraduate Internet: www.tcd.ie/Clinical_Microbiology The Unit of Nutrition and Dietetic programmes by research alone leading Studies has close ties with the Dublin Current research interests in this area to M.Sc., M.Litt., and Ph.D. degrees. Institute of Technology (D.I.T.). Research include molecular mycology, hospital- The taught courses are designed to activity from this unit has spawned the acquired infection, its control and provide qualified practitioners with campus companies Nutriscan Ltd. and prevention; clinical pharmacology of opportunities to advance their the Institute for European Food Studies. antimicrobial agents with particular academic knowledge and professional Research collaborations with other reference to the avoidance of toxicity practice skills with specialist clinical nutrition departments in Ireland have and improved efficacy; respiratory populations. Students wishing to resulted in the Irish Universities infection in patients with cystic fibrosis register for M.Sc. taught courses will Nutrition Alliance, which is a focus for and Helicobacter pylori infection. All build upon professional and practical collaboration in research between Trinity necessary facilities for research into expertise gained from the courses College, University College Cork and the resistance transfer, phenotypic offered during the first year at University of Ulster at Coleraine. expression in micro-organisms and the postgraduate diploma level, and have investigation of hospital-acquired research opportunities within their In addition there are postgraduate infection are available. chosen specialist field. Those opting taught courses in Cardiology, Magnetic to graduate after the first year will be Resonance Imaging Technology, The staff also jointly run a M.Sc. course eligible on successfully completing Molecular Medicine, Physical Sciences in in Molecular Pathology with the Dublin assignments for a postgraduate Medicine, Medical Imaging and Clinical Institute of Technology in Kevin Street. diploma. Programmes for higher Engineering (Equipment Management). degrees by research alone will not Recently funding has been secured to

112 TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN Postgraduate Courses 2005 Health Sciences necessarily involve a clinical DENTAL SCIENCE aimed at general dental practitioners. requirement. Graduates from all Academic Staff Contact: There is an active research output in programmes are expected to promote Professor Brian O’Connell excellence in their practice settings, and Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine and Oral Telephone: +353-1-612 7316/7319 to contribute to the development of the Pathology; Public and Child Dental profession’s knowledge base. Fax: +353-1-671 1255 Health; Restorative Dentistry and Academic staff numbers: Periodontology. In recent years, focus Research interests of the staff include 28 full-time, 60 part-time has been increasingly on infections augmentative and alternative associated with HIV and AIDS patients, Postgraduate numbers: communication systems; clinical on fungal diseases, salivary disorders, 14 research, 22 taught linguistics; development of language; oral cancer and biofilms – sources of fluency; voice; disorders of language Internet: www.global.dental.tcd.ie infection in dental water lines, and (including written language); discourse dental implants. Recently, the staff have Dental Science is based in, and closely issues; language and psychiatry; developed a collaborative interest in the linked with, the Dublin Dental Hospital. Hiberno-English; sociolinguistics; life- Trinity Centre for Bioengineering The Hospital completed a programme of span psychological development; (T.C.B.E.) The staff have also initiated a extensive refurbishment and expansion gender issues; programme evaluation. very strong educational development in 1998. It is currently expanding its and research base in collaboration with research, postgraduate and office Analytical and technical facilities include dental schools in European countries facilities. It has modern clinical facilities clinical evaluation procedures: video- and the USA Recent senior and a wide-ranging programme of recording equipment, computer facilities, appointments in Restorative Dentistry, dental education at undergraduate and and a range of technical equipment for Oral and Maxillo-Facial Surgery and postgraduate level as well as an analytical and clinical work. Special Care Dentistry are expected to innovative programme of continuing increase research output and training in Applications for admission to the education for dental practitioners. these areas. M.Sc., M.Litt., or Ph.D. research programmes are invited from graduates There are specialist training programmes holding at least a second-class honors in Oral Surgery, Orthodontics, degree. Exceptions may be permitted, Periodontics, Prosthodontics and particularly for graduates of professional Paediatric Dentistry, supported by diploma programmes who have relevant consultant training programmes in most experience. On application, prospective areas of dentistry, and research degrees students are interviewed to assess the at Masters and Ph.D. level. student’s suitability and potential as There are training programmes for a graduate student, and to consider dental hygienists, dental nurses and whether the appropriate supervision dental technicians, and a Postgraduate is available. Diploma course in Clinical Dentistry

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HAEMATOLOGY manipulation in leukaemia, breast and Research interests include: molecular Academic Staff Contact: prostate cancer, apoptosis in cancer, biomarkers in cervical cancer, foeto- Professor Shaun McCann the role of protein C in the prevention maternal trafficking in pregnancy; of meningococcal meningitis, aspects proteome patterns in pregnancy and Telephone: +353-1-453 7941/2975 of stem cell manipulation and associated disorders; inflammatory bowel Fax: +353-1-453 0557 development of molecular diagnostics. disease and receptor analysis in thyroid, Health Sciences Academic staff numbers: 7 There is a specific interest in non- breast and prostate tumours; altered gene Postgraduate numbers: 11 research Hodgkins Lymphoma and Chronic expression in oesophageal carcinoma and Lymphatic Leukaemia. Current research Barrett’s mucosa and in papillary thyroid Internet: www.tcd.ie/Haematology/ is aimed at developing prognostic cancer; head and neck tumours and Trinity College’s area of Haematology is markers in these diseases and lymphomas. Studies are also being the largest of its kind in Ireland actively evaluating new therapies including conducted into the role of HIV, HCV, and engaged in clinical and basic research. reduced intensity allografting. HHV 8 in liver disease, myeloma and in It includes the National Bone Marrow International collaborations with groups Kaposi’s sarcoma as well as chemotherapy Transplant Unit, the National in the UK, France, the Netherlands, resistance transcriptome pathways in Haemophilia Unit, the National Centre Germany and Italy have proved highly oesophageal, endometrial and ovarian for Haemostasis and Thrombosis and fruitful. Postgraduate research is actively carcinoma, apoptosis in soft tissue Paediatric Haematology. It is located in encouraged in our M.Sc./Ph.D. and sarcomas and immunophenotyping of St. James’s Hospital and the newly M.D. programmes. In addition, staff are lymphoma FNA samples. Research topics opened Adelaide and Meath Hospital, closely linked to the taught M.Sc. in in oral pathology include aberrant incorporating the National Children’s Molecular Medicine and there is a short oncogene expression in head and neck Hospital at Tallaght. Research course in Genetics and Molecular tumours, the role of EBV in salivary gland laboratories are located in the Durkan Biology in Clinical/Laboratory Medicine. tumours and enamel defects in foetal Building, Trinity Centre, St James’ teeth. Aspects of neuropathology research Hospital, and are fully equipped for HISTOPATHOLOGY AND include neuromuscular disease, molecular and cellular biology research MORBID ANATOMY degenerative disorders and demyelination in CNS and PNS as well as transcriptome and form an integral part of the T.C.D. Academic Staff Contact: analysis of multiple sclerosis. research community. Professor John J O’Leary

There is an active research programme Telephone: +353-1-608 2471 The area has excellent equipment in both malignant and non-malignant Fax: +353-1-454 1929 including facilities for Quantitative TaqMan PCR (DNA and RT-PCR), in-cell haematology. Research areas include Academic staff numbers: PCR, fluorescent DNA sequencing, chimeric status following stem cell 3 full-time, 14 part-time transplantation; minimal residual disease automated immunocytochemistry, Research technicians: 2 full-time detection in leukaemia and cancer; automated in-situ hybridisation, hybrid molecular aspects of haemostasis/ Postgraduate numbers: 16 research capture, flow cytometry, electron thrombosis; gene therapy and gene Internet: www.tcd.ie/Histopathology/ microscopy, laser capture microdissection

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and DNA chip facilities, including CGH The staff are currently developing Immunology research incorporates: Health Sciences and cDNA array technology and the new diagnostic and screening biochips/ investigation into the diagnosis and 1700 cDNA gene analysis platform from biosensors in cervical, prostate, thyroid pathogenesis of autoimmune disorders Applera (Celera/Applied Biosystems) and colorectal cancer and have such as coeliac disease, systemic lupus and the Affymetrix gene platform and published over 110 papers, in excess of erythematosus, the anti-phospholipid bioanalyser technology. I.T. and imaging 150 abstracts and two books in the last syndrome, Wegener’s granulomatosus; 1 equipment is ‘state of the art’, including 2 /2 years. study of primary immunodeficiency robotic artificial intelligence microscopy. syndromes and the role of inflammatory IMMUNOLOGY mechanisms in disease states. The area There is excellent access to a large is equipped to perform a wide range of Academic Staff Contact: volume and variety of tissues from St. research activities including flow Professor Conleth Feighery James’s Hospital, Tallaght Hospital cytometry, cell culture and molecular Telephone: +353-1-608 2541 (AMNCH), the Coombe Women’s technology. Hospital and Rotunda Hospital, covering Fax: +353-1-411-3008 almost all clinical specialties. Major Academic staff numbers: NURSING AND MIDWIFERY collaborative links exist with industry 1 full-time, 6 part-time including Applera (Celera Genomics Academic Staff Contact: Postgraduate numbers: 6 research and Applied Biosystems), Dako- Professor Cecily Begley Cytomation, Cytyc Corp, Perkin Elmer Internet: www.tcd.ie/Immunology Telephone: +353-1-608 3979 Life Sciences, Affymetrix, Digene, VYSIS- Fax: +353-1-608 3001 Abbott to mention a few. Academic staff numbers: 50 full-time, 40 part-time Postgraduate numbers: 304 taught, 16 research Internet: www.tcd.ie/Nursing_Midwifery/ The School of Nursing and Midwifery was established in 1996 at a time of great change in nursing education in Ireland. Subsequently a rapid expansion followed to a point where undergraduate and postgraduate programmes are offered in almost all branches of nursing and midwifery. The area has a definite research profile and has formed many national and international links.

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There are taught M.Sc. programmes in student and research supervisor at OBSTETRICS AND nursing and in midwifery and an M.Sc. Masters level; the long-term GYNAECOLOGY course in Gerontological Nursing, as psychosocial effects of a diagnosis of Academic Staff Contact: well as Postgraduate Diplomas in cancer on the child and family; and the Professor Brian L. Sheppard Gerontological Nursing, Professional sociology of mental illness and mental Telephone: +353-1-453 1888 Nursing and Midwifery Studies. health in Ireland. Health Sciences Postgraduate Diploma programmes are Fax: +353-1-453 1614 also offered, in partnership with various In partnership with Queen’s University Academic staff numbers: hospitals, in the following disciplines: Belfast, the staff assist the School of 2 full-time, 8 part-time Nursing in Jordan University of Science midwifery, paediatric nursing, oncology Postgraduate numbers: and Technology to develop two existing nursing and specialist nursing. Clinical 4 research, 12 taught skills laboratories are accommodated M.Sc. programmes and to institute a Internet: www.tcd.ie/Obstetrics_ in the Trinity College campus at St. third. This work is funded by an EU Gynaecology James’s Hospital and Tallaght Hospital. TEMPUS grant. The staff are also working with universities in five Obstetrics and Gynaecology has a The research interests of the staff countries including Charles and strong tradition of research relative include: midwifery-led care; the Pardubice Universities in the Czech to female health and pregnancy. physiology of childbirth; cardiac Republic; Turku and Stadia Polytechnics Ongoing studies include investigations rehabilitation; midwifery student in Finland; Murcia University in Spain into uteroplacental haemostatic education; self-esteem and and Dundee and Paisley Universities in changes in hypertensive pregnancy assertiveness in nursing and midwifery Scotland on a study investigating the and intrauterine growth restriction; students; clinicians’ experiences of development of ethical reasoning in blood coagulation and oral breaking bad news; palliative care; student nurses as a care skill. The contraceptives; mechanisms and leadership effectiveness in nursing; School has also been granted support treatment of excessive uterine quality in education; sociology of by the Leonardo Da Vinci Programme bleeding; cardiovascular risk factors development; sociology of health; for an exchange project aiming at and hormone replacement therapy sociology of medical knowledge and exploring educational issues relating to after the menopause; role of medical technologies; gender and the training of professionals to care for oestrogens in age-related urogenital health, especially men’s health; gender people with intellectual disability with diseases and gynaecological oncology. and reproductive healthcare; curriculum Akershus University College in Norway. The staff are collaborating in this evaluation; assessment strategies for research with universities and clinical competence; quality indicators industries throughout Europe. in education; the effect of cold on Laboratories at the Trinity Centre for brown adipose tissue metabolism; Health Sciences at St. James’s Hospital fitness testing for athletes; spirituality are fully equipped with facilities for in nursing care; relationships between cell culture immunohistochemistry and

116 TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN Postgraduate Courses 2005 Health Sciences specialised assays of blood coagulation, OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY The expertise of all staff members and fibrinolysis and platelet function. Academic Staff Contact: indeed that of the wider University Electron Microscopy is available for Ms Deirdre Connolly community is available to research research and diagnostic procedures. students. Research interests of the staff Telephone: +353-1-608 3210 Research staff have long-standing include assisting students with special experience in the knowledge and skills Fax: +353-1-454 6363 needs to participate in third level required for these studies. Research Academic Staff Members: 9 full-time education, the role of play in inclusive funding is derived from national, Postgraduate Numbers: education, driving and the elderly, international and commercial sources. 2 research, 7 taught human occupation and health, This supports research nurses, functional aspects and attitudes to Internet: www.tcd.ie/Occupational laboratory assistants and postgraduate health, personal and professional _Therapy/ research students. development, physical dysfunction, Occupational Therapy is situated adult neurology, quality of life and Applications are welcome from at the Trinity Centre for Health Sciences disability, child development, austic postgraduates wishing to undertake the at St. James’s Hospital, alongside spectrum disorders, sensory integration, higher degrees of M.A.O., M.D., M.Sc. or Physiotherapy, Therapeutic Radiography, social marginalisation and health issues Ph.D. in the above areas. In conjunction and Pharmacology and Therapeutics. in the criminal justice system. with the Rotunda Hospital the staff also The area offers a two-year taught M.Sc. run the Postgraduate Diploma in in Occupational Therapy, and welcomes PAEDIATRICS Gynaecology and Obstetrics, one of the applications from postgraduates wishing longest running postgraduate diplomas Academic Staff Contact: to undertake higher degrees of M.Sc (by in College. Professor Hilary Hoey research alone) or Ph.D. Secretary: Ms Meadhbh O’Leary and Ms Sandra Kenny Telephone: +353-1-608 3747/3763 Fax: +353-1-462 6593 Academic Staff Numbers: 4 full-time, 8 part-time Postgraduate numbers: 6 research students Internet: www.tcd.ie/faculties/ summ_hs.html

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(M.D. or Ph.D.) degrees by research or Current research areas are: clinical Research interests in Physiology include choose to pursue a full-time taught pharmacology; drugs used in cellular neuroscience (especially Masters programme in Paediatrics cardiovascular including lipid disorders; development, plasticity and ageing (M.Sc.). Current research includes: a pharmacoepidemiology and of the nervous system), exercise major international study of metabolic pharmacoeconomics; neurotoxicology; physiology (especially skeletal muscle control and quality of life in children electron donor and acceptor agents in function and metabolic stress, Health Sciences and adolescents with Type 1 diabetes; nervous systems; environmental studies biomechanics and cardiovascular epidemiological studies of Type 1 on toxicant levels in man and other regulation) and hypertension. Further diabetes in Ireland; growth, psychosocial marker species; rodent control; details and a list of recent publications issues and molecular aspects of Turner prostaglandins; cyclic nucleotides and may be found on the website. Syndrome; growth, cardiac, endocrine, histamine in inflammatory responses; development and psychosocial disorders neuropharmacology; electrophysiological The facilities are located on Trinity’s of Down’s Syndrome; studies of obesity studies of chemicals on insect and main campus and are equipped for and Praeder-Willi syndrome. Other mammalian central nervous systems; molecular biology; light and fluorescence areas of research include: pulmonary antidepressants; Alzheimer’s disease; microscopy; confocal imaging; function in childhood and adolescence; pharmacy practice and drug information; neurochemistry; tissue culture; response to asthma therapy; growth in formulary development; sleep disorders. intracellular ion measurement; children with asthma; endocrine The area has facilities to perform these electrophysiology; membrane patch- management of those with post-bone research activities, and has installed a clamping; human biomechanics and marrow transplantation; toxocariasis; mass spectrometer in the Equine electromyography; and analysis of adolescent medicine; the management Forensic Research Laboratory. Further cardiovascular, respiratory and metabolic of obesity; medical education. facilities exist at St. James’s Hospital, functions. There are ongoing research Dublin. collaborations with Anatomy, Biochemistry, Computer Science, PHARMACOLOGY AND Mechanical and Manufacturing THERAPEUTICS PHYSIOLOGY Engineering, Pharmacology and Academic Staff Contact: Academic Staff Contact: Therapeutics and Psychology, providing Professor John Feely Professor Christopher Bell for joint supervision in appropriate areas. Telephone: +353-1-608 1563 Telephone: +353-1-608 2723 Informal links with staff at both St. Fax: +353-1-671 3507 Fax: +353-1-679 3545 James’s Hospital and Tallaght Hospital offer opportunities for conjoint Academic staff numbers: Academic staff numbers: postgraduate projects in a range of 6 full-time, 8 part-time 10 full-time, 4 part-time clinical fields. There is also involvement in Postgraduate numbers: 11 research Postgraduate numbers: development of multimedia teaching aids 17 research, 14 taught Internet: www.tcd.ie/Pharmacology_ for medical sciences. Research projects in Therapeutics/ Email: [email protected] this area are available for graduates in Internet: www.tcd.ie/Physiology computer science and informatics.

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In addition to the varied opportunities the staff provides shared opportunities Staff research interests are focused on the Health Sciences for postgraduate students enrolled for for research into aspects of rehabilitation above areas and also include topics such higher degrees by research, there are of older people. as moving and handling; assessment of part-time taught M.Sc. and P.Grad.Dip. posture in the workplace; outcome courses in Exercise Physiology and a Collaboration with Cardiology and measures in physiotherapy; normal range full-time taught M.Sc. course in Physiology in the area of exercise in the of movement; muscle dysfunction in Mammalian Cell Physiology. prevention and treatment of disease has chronic pain; women’s health; paediatric enabled the development of an M.Sc. in respiratory care and educational Cardiac Rehabilitation. There are many PHYSIOTHERAPY /practice/professional issues. ongoing studies in the area of exercise Academic Staff Contact: in the prevention and treatment of The area has access to the clinical Ms Juliette Hussey disease including identification of facilities at St. James’s Hospital, Dublin Telephone: +353-1-608 2110 cardiovascular risk factors in adults and and the Adelaide and Meath Hospital, Fax: +353-1-453 1915 children and the effect of exercise on incorporating the National Children’s risk profiles. Strategies to improve Hospital at Tallaght. There is biofeedback Academic staff numbers: adherence to prescribed exercise and apparatus, an electrogoniometer, a cycle 8 full-time, 2 clinical the validation of varying methods of ergonometer, a treadmill, and an Postgraduate numbers: measuring physical activity are also isokinetic dynamometer and two rowing 5 research, 14 taught being investigated. ergometers. Internet: www.tcd.ie/Physiotherapy In the area of biomechanics and human PSYCHIATRY Physiotherapy is located at the Trinity movement there are ongoing studies on College campus at St. James’s Hospital. biomechanical factors related to Academic Staff Contact: In addition to delivering the M.Sc. in incidence, prevention and management Professor Michael Gill Cardiac Rehabilitation, applicants are of low back pain in adult, paediatric and Telephone: +353-1-608 2463 accepted for the degrees of M.Sc. and athletic populations. As a result of an Fax: +353-1-679 8865 Ph.D. by research. ongoing multi-centered trial in the Academic staff numbers: management of whiplash-associated The staff have a growing record in 4 full-time, 10 part-time disorder the area has well-established attracting EU research funding in the Postgraduate numbers: links for those wishing to pursue further area of technology and rehabilitation. 16 research, 23 taught work. The area is involved in an This research profile provides interdisciplinary project on ‘Ergonomics Email: [email protected] opportunities for links with established in Schools’ with particular emphasis on Internet: www.tcd.ie/Psychiatry/ research groups throughout the EU and the ergonomics of schoolchildren’s opportunities for full-time research posts. computer use and the associated health Postgraduate registered doctors may ‘Physiotherapy Research and Older risks. The effects of carrying schoolbags apply to the Dublin University People’, a national joint academic and are further areas of research. Psychiatric Rotational Training Scheme clinical research group co-coordinated by at St. Patrick’s Hospital (Dr Jim Lucey,

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Programme Director, St. Patrick’s neuroendocrine studies are often M.Sc. in Psychoanalytic Hospital, Dublin 8 Telephone: 2493437 undertaken. Clinical studies have Psychotherapy: Ms Nessa Childers, email: [email protected]) for commenced into cognitive-behavioural 73 Quinns Road, Shankill, Co. Dublin. training in Clinical Psychiatry, in treatment for social phobia, while email: www.tcd.ie/psychiatry/ association with the Irish Psychiatric research related to the needs for care, psychotherapy, telephone number Training Committee. 72 posts are quality of life and rehabilitation of +353-1-272 2928. Health Sciences accredited by the Royal College of patients with long term psychosis is Psychiatrists. Some places are available ongoing. Recent grants have been M.Sc. in Cognitive Psychotherapy: for postgraduate experience in obtained from the Wellcome Trust, EU, Dr Tony Bates, Jonathan Swift Clinic, psychiatry for intending general NIMH, SFI, the Governors of St. Patrick’s St. James’s Hospital, Dublin 8. practitioners. Trainees move at six Hospital, and the Health Research Board. monthly intervals to placements with PUBLIC HEALTH AND consultants at the services associated Please visit our research website at PRIMARY CARE www.tcd.ie/Psychiatry/Neuropsychiatry/ with St. James’s, St. Patrick’s, The Academic Staff Contact: Adelaide and Meath Hospital, Dublin, The staff can provide a rich and diverse Professor Thomas O’Dowd incorporating the National Children’s range of clinical experience through its Telephone: +353-1-608 1087/2293 Hospital, Tallaght and Naas Hospital association with a large independent Fax: +353-1-403 1211/1212 and St. Canice’s Hospital, Kilkenny and psychiatric hospital, two major general at special services in child and Academic staff numbers: 3 full-time, teaching hospitals, four district adolescent psychiatry, forensic 8 part-time, 100 clinical tutors psychiatric services and four special psychiatry and learning disabilities. Postgraduate numbers: 6 research services. Clinical staff in these Other speciality experience is available institutions hold academic appointments Internet: www.tcd.ie/Community_Health/ in old age psychiatry, liaison psychiatry in Trinity College and engage in teaching and substance abuse, with supervision Research interests include drugs, and research. Close collaboration is available in behavioural-cognitive and alcohol and tobacco; diabetes; men’s maintained with a large number of dynamic psychotherapies. health; small area health studies; public institutes in Ireland and abroad. health; inequalities in health and health Research programmes are ongoing in There are three taught postgraduate service delivery and/or access. several psychiatric specialities, programmes at Masters level, Cognitive particularly genetic studies of Bi-polar The facilities are located in the Trinity Psychotherapy, Child and Adolescent affective disorder, schizophrenia, autism, College Centre for Health Sciences at Analytic Psychotherapy and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, the Adelaide and Meath Hospital Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy. Contact Down’s syndrome and Alzheimer’s Dublin, incorporating the National details are as follows: disease. Epidemiological studies into Childrens’ Hospital Tallaght, Dublin 24. psychiatric disorders of old age, autism M.Sc. in Child and Adolescent and affective disorders are in progress, Analytic Psychotherapy: Dr Mary while psychopharmacological and Smith, 45 Ailesbury Road, Dublin 4.

120 TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN Postgraduate Courses 2005 Health Sciences RADIATION THERAPY radiotherapy treatment planning, study. At the hospital at Tallaght, Academic Staff Contact: Mrs Mary Coffey palliative care, psychosocial aspects of research facilities are being developed cancer care, curriculum development in gastroenterology, which will include Telephone: +353-1-608 3248 and clinical education. colo-rectal surgery. On the College Fax: +353-1-608 3249 Green campus there is an animal facility, Executive Officer: Mrs Dalene Dougall SURGERY which is used to develop new surgical techniques and provides courses for Telephone: +353-1-608 3234 Academic Staff Contact: surgeons in training. Surgeons in Fax: +353-1-608 3246 Professor John Reynolds training are encouraged to study for Academic staff numbers: Telephone: +353-1-453 7479 higher degrees (M.D., M.Ch.) by 5 full-time and 1 part-time Fax: +353-1-454 6534 research. A limited number of places Internet: www.tcd.ie/Radiation_Therapy Academic staff numbers: are available for basic science graduates 5 full-time, 18 part-time to study for a M.Sc. or Ph.D. Radiation Therapy (previously Therapeutic Radiography) is situated in Postgraduate numbers: 3 the Trinity Centre for Health Science, St Internet: www.tcd.ie/Surgery/ James’s Hospital. It is a key member of Surgery is based on the Trinity College the newly formed Academic Unit of campus at St. James’s Hospital and at Clinical and Molecular Oncology. the Adelaide and Meath Hospital The staff have clinical links with the Dublin, incorporating the National Radiotherapy Departments of St. Luke’s Children’s Hospital at Tallaght. At St. Hospital, which is the largest James’s, research facilities include two Radiotherapy Department in the laboratories in the Trinity Centre and country and has recently undergone an facilities in the nearby Sir Patrick Dun’s extensive refurbishment and upgrading Research Laboratories. The staff also of its facilities; Cork University Hospital have close associations with the GI which has also undergone a significant Function Unit and Vascular Laboratory refurbishment; St. Vincent’s Private in St. James’s. The principal focus is on Hospital and the Mater Private Hospital. molecular understanding of Strong links also exist with Physics in oesophageal cancer and Barrett’s Trinity College and with several oesophagus, and the prediction of international professional organisations. chemosensitivity and chemoresistance in oesophageal adenocarcinoma. The Research interests are related to the immunology of the gastrointestinal tract, professional background of the staff particularly the response to major members and include error reduction, surgery or trauma, is also an area of incident or near-incident registration,

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NAMED DEGREE of cell biology, genetics and the is the interaction of the genome, the PROGRAMMES integration of these processes in the proteome and the environment in the function of the host at cell, tissue and causation of human disease. INTEGRATED DOCTORATE organism levels. Traditionally, the IN MOLECULAR MEDICINE teaching of science has tended to take a The programme takes place in the (M.Sc./Ph.D.) specialised disciplinary approach that is Trinity College Institute of Molecular

Health Sciences Medicine (IMM), a state-of-the-art COURSE CODE 729/730 increasingly viewed as sub-optimal in explaining disease at the functional level. facility dedicated to research into the Programme Coordinator: This programme provides a composite molecular basis of human disease on St Dr Ross McManus and integrated approach, which James’s Hospital campus. The institute Duration: Four years, full-time incorporates teaching and self-directed and collaborating partners are equipped to the highest standards with molecular Closing Date: 28 February 2005. learning into the molecular basis of and cell biology technologies including Applications and enquiries should be disease combined with a programme of gene mapping transcriptomics, addressed directly to Ms Sheila Walshe, laboratory research incorporating both proteomics, real-time imaging and Clinical Medicine, Trinity Centre for genetics and cell biology. The concepts including confocal microscopy and high Health Sciences, St. James’s Hospital, underlying molecular medicine are throughput cell screening, featuring a Dublin 8, Ireland. introduced through taught modules, self and group-directed learning and project Cellomics Kineticscan work station – Telephone: +353-1-608 3157 work, to provide the analytical skills and the only one of its kind in academic Email: [email protected] intellectual tools to analyse the literature setting in Europe. The programme is Internet: and assess and assimilate information. based in the IMM, and brings together http://oscar.gen.tcd.ie/molmed/phd or The course also provides candidates with world-class scientists from the IMM, the www.bioinf.org/molmed/phd experience of a wide range of Smurfit Institute of Genetics and the technologies throughout the programme. area of Biochemistry in TCD, in a This programme aims to provide Candidates may choose from a menu of multidisciplinary research environment. participants with an in-depth basic and advanced taught modules in The IMM is a component of the understanding of the emerging field of the first year. This ensures that students prestigious Dublin Molecular Medicine molecular medicine, which draws from specialised undergraduate and Centre and the EuroLife consortium of together developments in molecular clinical degrees can broaden their leading European universities. and cellular biology to describe disease knowledge base and creates and processes at a functional level – that is, The course consists of a first year educational platform that provides the at the level of molecular interactions. comprising taught modules and concepts necessary to successfully laboratory rotations. Students are complete a Ph.D. Students are High quality research into the causes of assessed at the end of the first year and encouraged to interact collectively to disease relies on a multi-disciplinary must have achieved a satisfactory level maximise information dissemination. The approach incorporating a thorough in order to progress to the remainder of central focus of this research programme understanding of fundamental processes the programme, which consists of a

122 TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN Postgraduate Courses 2005 Health Sciences three-year laboratory training INTEGRATED DOCTORATE IN explicitly interdisciplinary context, programme leading to a doctoral NEUROSCIENCE (M.Sc./Ph.D.) where fundamental, problem-orientated degree. This is one of two programmes COURSE CODE 727/728 research is conducted in the context of of its kind in Ireland. It is fully funded a desire to contribute to human health over four years by the Health Research Next entry October 2005 – to be and welfare. Students initially register Board in Ireland including an annual confirmed for a Masters degree and on successful € stipend of 18,000. The programme Programme Directors: completion of the academic training aims to train scientists to the highest Professor Marina Lynch, requirements, transfer to the Ph.D. levels internationally in a broad range Professor Shane O’Mara register at the end of the first year. of disciplines. Intake is limited to Students who do not satisfy the Programme Coordinator: Dr Maria six individuals per year with a requirements, or for their own reasons Fitzgibbon – all enquiries must be demonstrated level of excellence choose to do so, may be awarded the directed to the Course Coordinator and achievement. degree of M.Sc. in Neuroscience after Duration: Four years, full-time successfully completing the first year’s Applications are sought from high Closing Date: 30 June 2005. coursework and achieving a pass mark calibre applicants with backgrounds Applications should be addressed in the M.Sc. dissertation. The entry to in biological, medical, dental and directly to Dr Maria Fitzgibbon, TCD the programme in October 2004 was pharmaceutical sciences. Applicants Institute of Neuroscience, Trinity funded by the Health Research Board from other appropriate backgrounds College, Dublin 2. as a pilot evaluation of a 4-year Ph.D. may also be considered. Applications Telephone: +353-1-608 2962 programme. for this programme should be made in the form of a detailed CV, personal Email: [email protected] PROFESSIONAL HIGHER statement and the names of at least Internet: www.neuroscience.tcd.ie DEGREE PROGRAMMES two academic referees. Trinity College Institute of Neuroscience DOCTOR IN MEDICINE (M.D.) (TCIN) is an interdisciplinary research and teaching institute, which is the COURSE CODE 161 focal point for an integrated four-year Candidates for the M.D. degree must M.Sc./Ph.D. programme in be M.B. graduates (or acceptable Neuroscience. The structure of the equivalent) of at least three years programme is tailored to ensure a standing. A candidate must either be broad, interdisciplinary experience of a graduate of the University of Dublin laboratory techniques, clinical methods or have been for at least one year prior and coursework. Research and training to registration a full-time or part-time is conducted within custom-designed member of staff of the College, or a laboratories, interaction spaces, seminar formally appointed Research Fellow of rooms and write-up spaces, in an the College or a Registrar in one of the

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teaching hospitals with which the MASTER IN OBSTETRICS Applications should be addressed College has a formal association. (M.A.O.) directly to the Graduate Studies Office, Application must be made on the COURSE CODE 155 Arts Building, Trinity College, Dublin 2. official form, which may be obtained from the Graduate Studies Office. Candidates for the M.A.O. degree must MASTER IN SURGERY (M.Ch.) be M.B. graduates (or acceptable COURSE CODE 156 Health Sciences Work for this degree may be carried out equivalent) of at least three years elsewhere than in the College itself save standing. A candidate must either be Candidates for the M.Ch. degree must that in the case of candidates who are a graduate of the University of Dublin be M.B. graduates (or acceptable not graduates of the University of or have been for at least one year prior equivalent) of at least three years Dublin, the bulk of the research work to registration a full-time or part-time standing. A candidate must either be eventually submitted must be carried member of staff of the College, or a a graduate of the University of Dublin out while they are on the staff of the formally appointed Research Fellow of or have been for at least one year prior College or Hospital. A thesis for the College or a Registrar in one of the to registration a full-time or part-time examination must be presented not less teaching hospitals with which the member of staff of the College, or a than twelve months or not more than College has a formal association. formally appointed Research Fellow five years after the date of registration. Application must be made on the of the College or a Registrar in one Advice to applicants is contained in the official form which may be obtained of the teaching hospitals with which document “Doctor in Medicine (M.D.), from the Graduate Studies Office. the College has a formal association. Guidelines for Candidates “. Application must be made on the Applications to the M.D. register must Work for this degree may be carried out official form, which may be obtained first be assessed for acceptance by the elsewhere than in the College itself save from the Graduate Studies Office. internal Professional Higher Degrees that in the case of candidates who are Committee. Distinguished graduates of not graduates of the University of Work for this degree may be carried out the University of Dublin may submit a Dublin, the bulk of the research work elsewhere than in the College itself save thesis for the degree of M.D., which is eventually submitted must be carried that in the case of candidates who are based solely on published work relating out while they are on the staff of the not graduates of the University of Dublin, to a single theme. In such cases the College or Hospital, as the case may the bulk of the research work eventually normal regulations concerning be. A thesis for examination must be submitted must be carried out while they admission to the postgraduate register presented not less than twelve months are on the staff of the College or Hospital. and minimum time between registration or not more than five years after the A thesis for examination must be and submission will not apply. date of registration. Applications to the presented not less than twelve months or M.A.O. register must first be assessed not more than five years after the date of Applications should be addressed for acceptance by the internal registration. Applications to the M.Ch. directly to the Graduate Studies Office, Professional Higher Degrees Committee register must first be assessed for Arts Building, Trinity College, Dublin 2. acceptance by the internal Professional Higher Degrees Committee of the

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Medical School. Distinguished graduates National University of Ireland or the The postgraduate course in oral Health Sciences of the University of Dublin may submit Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland), medicine prepares the student for the a thesis for the degree of M.Ch., which must carry out the greater part of the practice of oral medicine at specialist is based solely on published work relating research while on the staff of the level and provides the student with a to a single theme. In such cases the College or Dental Hospital. The working knowledge of oral pathology normal regulations concerning admission completed thesis must be presented short of the ability independently to to the postgraduate register and not less than one year and not more report specimens. The course provides minimum time between registration than five years following registration. a basis for continuing dental education and submission will not apply. Application must be made on the in later professional life. On completion official form, which may be obtained of the degree the graduate should be Applications should be addressed from the Graduate Admissions Office. competent to teach clinical oral directly to the Graduate Studies Office, medicine and oral pathology. In addition, Arts Building, Trinity College, Dublin 2. Applications should be addressed the student will attend a core course directly to the Graduate Studies Office, common to all of the postgraduate MASTER IN DENTAL SCIENCE Arts Building, Trinity College, Dublin 2. clinical dental disciplines. The core (M.Dent.Sc.) course provides a wide postgraduate COURSE CODE 153 PROFESSIONAL RESEARCH background in biology, clinical PROGRAMMES management, epidemiology and statistics Candidates for the degree of M.Dent.Sc. and in science related to dentistry. The MASTER IN DENTAL SURGERY must hold the degree of Bachelor in student will also undertake a research (M.Dent.Ch.) Dental Science of the University of project leading to a thesis. The findings Dublin or the National University of Oral Medicine with Oral should be suitable for publication in peer Ireland, having trained at UCD, or hold Pathology (M.Dent.Ch.) reviewed international journals. The the Licentiate in Dental Surgery of the division of time is approximately ten COURSE CODE 622 Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, or percent to the core course, forty percent Course Director: Dr Bernard McCartan have been the holder of a primary oral medicine, twenty percent oral dental qualification and for at least one Duration: three years, full-time pathology, twenty percent management year prior to registration have been a Closing Date: 31 March 2005. of medically compromised patients and full-time or part-time member of staff of Applications should be addressed ten percent research. The course leads to the College, or a formally appointed directly to the Graduate Studies Office, the award of Master in Dental Surgery Research Fellow of the College or have Arts Building, Trinity College, Dublin 2. (M.Dent.Ch) and fulfils the criteria for held an appointment in one of the Telephone: +353-1-612 7261/7314 specialist recognition by the Dental teaching hospitals with which College Council of Ireland. has a formal association. Email: [email protected] Internet: http://global.dental.tcd.ie/ A candidate who is not a graduate of Education/ the University of Dublin (or of the

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Oral Surgery (M.Dent.Ch.) a research project leading to a thesis. disciplines. The core course provides a COURSE CODE 622 The findings should be suitable for wide postgraduate background in publication in peer reviewed biology, clinical management, Course Director: Mr David Ryan international journals. The course leads epidemiology and statistics and in Duration: Three years, full-time to the award of Master in Dental science related to dentistry. Students Surgery (M.Dent.Ch) and fulfils the are expected to design, perform and

Health Sciences Closing Date: 31 March 2005. criteria for specialist recognition by the write up a research study leading to a Applications should be addressed Dental Council of Ireland. thesis. This research activity should also directly to the Graduate Studies Office, provide the basis for a refereed Arts Building, Trinity College, Dublin 2. Orthodontics (M.Dent.Ch.) publication. Telephone: +353-1-612 7207/7314 COURSE CODE 622 Internet: www.global.dental.tcd.ie/ Paediatric Dentistry Education Course Director: Dr Paul Dowling (M.Dent.Ch.)

The Masters course held over a three Duration: Three years, full-time COURSE CODE 622 year period prepares the student for the Closing Date: 31 March 2005. Course Director: Dr Anne O’ Connell practice of oral surgery at specialist Applications should be addressed level. The course has been developed directly to the Graduate Studies Office, Duration: Three years, full-time with the intention of fulfilling the Arts Building, Trinity College, Dublin 2. Closing Date: 31 March 2005. criteria for specialist recognition. On Telephone: +353-1-612 7312/7303 Applications should be addressed completion of the degree the graduate directly to the Graduate Studies Office, Email: [email protected] should be competent in a wide-range of Arts Building, Trinity College, Dublin 2. Internet: http://global.dental.tcd.ie/ oral surgical procedures. The graduate Telephone: +353-1-612 7210/7303 Education should also be capable of teaching the Email: [email protected] practice of oral surgery at postgraduate This taught postgraduate programme Internet: http://global.dental.tcd.ie/ level. In addition, students will attend provides training for dentists who wish Education a core course common to all of the to specialise in orthodontics. The course postgraduate clinical dental disciplines. runs for three years leading to the Paediatric dentistry is an age-defined The core course provides a wide award of Master in Dental Surgery specialty that provides both primary and postgraduate background in biology, (M.Dent.Ch.), and fulfils the criteria for comprehensive preventive and clinical management, epidemiology specialist recognition by the Dental therapeutic oral health care to children, and statistics and in science related to Council of Ireland. It is the intention of including those with special needs, from dentistry. In the remaining years this course to develop students’ clinical birth to adolescence. The programme is students will have a wide and varied skills in the light of currently available based on the knowledge and expertise exposure to the practice of oral surgery scientific knowledge. In addition, gained through clinical practice, research (including oral medicine and oral students attend a core course common and teaching. The course has been pathology). Students will also undertake to all of the postgraduate clinical dental developed with the intention of fulfilling

126 TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN Postgraduate Courses 2005 Health Sciences the criteria for specialist recognition The course in periodontics has the Prosthodontics (M.Dent.Ch.) identified by the Dental Council of following clinical emphasis: the COURSE CODE 622 Ireland. Students attend a core course management of periodontal conditions common to all of the postgraduate and the planning and execution of oral Course Director: Professor Brian O’Connell clinical dental disciplines, which provides implant therapy. The course includes Duration: Three years, full-time a background in biology, clinical didactic and clinical components and Closing Date: 31 March 2005. management, epidemiology and statistics provides the basis for continuing Applications should be addressed and in science related to dentistry. professional development after directly to the Graduate Studies Office, Academic courses related specifically to completion of the programme. The Arts Building, Trinity College, Dublin 2. Paediatric Dentistry occur throughout course has been developed with the the programme. Clinical experience is intention of fulfilling the criteria for Telephone: +353-1-612 7312 provided in the Dublin Dental Hospital specialist recognition identified by the Email: [email protected] and the associated Paediatric Hospitals. Dental Council of Ireland. In addition, Internet: http://global.dental.tcd.ie/ Students are required to complete a students attend a core course common Education research project leading to a thesis, and to all of the postgraduate clinical dental at least one publication in a peer disciplines. The core course provides a The postgraduate prosthodontics reviewed international journal. The wide postgraduate background in programme prepares students for the course leads to the award of Master in biology, clinical management, clinical practice of prosthodontics at Dental Surgery (M.Dent.Ch). epidemiology and statistics and in specialist level and provides the basis for science related to dentistry. The clinical continuing professional development after Periodontics (M.Dent.Ch.) teaching is based in the scientific completion of the programme. The course literature. The research emphasis centres has been developed to fulfill the criteria COURSE CODE 622 on assessment of periodontal treatment for specialist recognition by the Joint Course Director: Professor Noel Claffey modalities, regeneration of periodontal Committee for Specialist Training in Dentistry. Approximately sixty per cent of Duration: Three years full-time tissue components and bone augmentation around implants in areas of the training programme centres on clinical Closing Date: 31 March 2005. deficient bone. Student also undertake a fixed and removable prosthodontics, Applications should be addressed research project leading to a thesis. The management of the edentulous state, and directly to the Graduate Studies Office, findings should be suitable for publication implant dentistry. In addition, students Arts Building, Trinity College, Dublin 2. in peer reviewed international journals. attend a core course common to all of the Telephone: +353-1-612 7302/7305 The course leads to the award of Master postgraduate clinical dental disciplines, Email: [email protected] in Dental Surgery (M.Dent.Ch) literature reviews in prosthodontics and clinical case presentations. Each student will Internet: http://global.dental.tcd.ie/ also undertake a research project leading to Education a thesis. The findings should be suitable for publication in peer reviewed international journals. This course leads to the award of Master in Dental Surgery (M.Dent.Ch). 127 TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN Postgraduate Courses 2005

M.Sc. COURSES occur at the end of the Trinity term in Email: [email protected] year one and the start of year two. Internet: www.tcd.ie/Clinical_Medicine/ CARDIAC REHABILITATION courses/cmpgc1.html (M.Sc.) In year two the dissertation is undertaken, which involves regular COURSE CODE 676 This course is two to three years, meetings between the student and depending on experience, and is Health Sciences Course Director: Dr John Gormley supervisor. designed to provide a high level of Course Coordinator: Ms Juliette Hussey postgraduate training for doctors The course is intended for those wishing to become trained in non- Duration: Two years, part-time currently working in or about to develop invasive and invasive cardiology. Closing Date: 30 April 2005. cardiac rehabilitation programmes Applicants will have a M.R.C.P.I. or Applications should be addressed either within Cardiology Departments equivalent qualification. directly to Ms Dara O’Mahony, School or Primary Care units. Candidates of Research and Postgraduate suitable for entry to the course will be The course aims to provide the Education, Trinity Centre for Health recognised health care professionals, theoretical knowledge, technical skills Sciences, St. James’s Hospital, Dublin 8. e.g. Chartered Physiotherapists, Bord and research skills necessary to run Telephone: +353-1-608 3556/3557, Altranais Physicians. a comprehensive cardiac service. It Email: [email protected] consists of lectures, clinically supervised CARDIOLOGY (M.Sc.) practical procedures in the management Telephone: +353-1-608 2121 COURSE CODE 223 of the cardiac patient, and a research Fax: +353-1-453 1915 project or dissertation. The course is Email: [email protected] Course Coordinator: Dr Niall Mulvihill assessed by examination, continual Email: [email protected] assessment and assessment of the This course aims to provide health Course Secretary: Ms Teresa Lawlor research project or dissertation. professionals with an understanding of cardiac rehabilitation, prepare health Email: [email protected] CHILD AND ADOLESCENT professionals to provide an effective Telephone: +353-1-416 2981 PSYCHOANALYTIC cardiac rehabilitation service and to Duration: Two years full-time, three PSYCHOTHERAPY (M.Sc.) objectively evaluate their clinical years part-time practice through research. COURSE CODE 224 Closing Date: 30 June 2005. The course requires attendance on a Applications should be addressed Course Directors: part-time basis over two years. In year directly to Ms Dara O’Mahony, School Professor Michael Fitzgerald, one students normally attend three days of Research and Postgraduate Dr Mary Smith per month during academic term. In Education, Trinity Centre for Health Duration: Three years, part-time addition a four-week block of practical Sciences, St. James’s Hospital, Dublin 8. Closing Date: 31 March 2005. experience (138 hours) is timetabled to Telephone: +353-1-608 3556/3557, Applications should be addressed

128 TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN Postgraduate Courses 2005 Health Sciences directly to Ms Dara O’Mahony, School CLINICAL SPEECH AND GERONTOLOGICAL NURSING of Research and Postgraduate LANGUAGE STUDIES (M.Sc.) Education, Trinity Centre for Health (DYSPHAGIA) COURSE CODE 241 Sciences, St. James’s Hospital, Dublin 8. (M.Sc./P.Grad.Dip.) Telephone: +353-1-608 3556/3557, COURSE CODES 723/722 Course Coordinator: Ms Marie Therese Cooney Email: [email protected] Course Director: Dr Margaret Walshe to Duration: Two years, part-time, one Telephone: +353-1-626 7512/269 3883 whom all enquiries should be directed. year, full-time Internet: www.tcd.ie/Psychiatry/ Duration: One year, part-time Closing Date: 31 March 2005. postgrad.htm (P.Grad.Dip.); two years, part-time Applications should be addressed (M.Sc.) The aim of this course is to provide in- directly to the Graduate Studies Office, depth training to mental health Closing Date: 30 June 2005. Arts Building, Trinity College, Dublin 2. professionals working with emotionally Applications should be addressed Telephone: +353-1-608 3021 directly to the Graduate Studies Office, and behaviourally disturbed children Fax: +353-1-473 2984 and adolescents. Arts Building, Trinity College, Dublin 2. Late applications may be considered Email: [email protected] The course is part-time over three years subject to the availability of places Internet: www.tcd.ie/Nursing_Midwifery/ and has an intake every three years. Entry both via P.Grad.Dip. and M.Sc. For courses/postgrad/mscgrntlgy.html There are four components: lectures/ further details contact the course seminars one day per week for the The aim of this course is to strengthen director at [email protected]. academic year; supervised treatment of and develop the knowledge, skills and children and adolescents; observation of attitudes of nurses caring for the older COGNITIVE PSYCHOTHERAPY normal infant at home weekly for two adult. The course provides an advanced (M.Sc./P.Grad.Dip.) years; and personal psychotherapy. grounding in methods of research, in COURSE CODES 609/612 addition to developing the theoretical Assessment is based on evaluation by and practical aspects of management, case supervisor, written examination, Entry via P.Grad.Dip. For details see clinical practice and education in infant observation paper, dissertation course description in the Diploma gerontological nursing. This is a taught and viva voce. section below. Masters programme with a major dissertation. The programme EXERCISE PHYSIOLOGY commences with one full study week (M.Sc./P.Grad.Dip.) followed by one to two study days COURSE CODES 253/600 per week or the equivalent throughout the academic year. A combination of Entry via P.Grad.Dip. For details see assessment strategies is used to course description in the Diploma evaluate the learning outcomes for section below. the programme. A research dissertation will also have to be completed. 129 TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN Postgraduate Courses 2005

Candidates for the course will be circumstances and experiences in other aspects of the previous International registered as a nurse with An Bord countries, and are best addressed by Health programme there is an Altranais, or eligible for such co-operative actions and solutions. additional stronger emphasis on the registration, and will have a minimum The underlying assumption is that the influence of socio-cultural, economic of two years full-time or equivalent world’s health problems are shared and health policy issues. Students are recent clinical nursing practice since problems and are therefore best tackled provided with a greater appreciation of Health Sciences first registration and hold the by shared solutions. The course is run the global interconnectedness of health Postgraduate Diploma course in in the interdisciplinary area of Health problems and the range and depth of Gerontological Nursing or equivalent. Sciences and Psychology. research methodology that can be used Applicants without these qualifications to work through these challenges. must satisfy the course committee that The course builds on the past experiences of the Masters in Public they have the ability to complete and HEALTH INFORMATICS Health/International Health. It aims to benefit from the course. (M.Sc./P.Grad.Dip.) attract applicants from a wide range of disciplines and professions who wish to COURSE CODES 617/616 GLOBAL HEALTH (M.Sc.) develop an understanding of health (See entry in Engineering Sciences and Course Coordinator: Professor Charles issues that integrate health and social Systems) Normand, Professor Malcolm science prospective in a global context. MacLachlan Within this programme, practitioners, HEALTH SERVICES Duration: One year full-time planners, managers and analysts are MANAGEMENT (M.Sc.) Closing Date: 31 May 2005. Applications encouraged to critically reflect on the COURSE CODE 254 should be addressed directly to Ms Dara interplay between global and local issues and their impact on health. O’Mahony, School of Research and Course Director: Ms Eilish McAuliffe Postgraduate Education, Trinity Centre Taking cognisance of the programme’s Course Administrator: for Health Sciences, St. James’s location in Ireland the course Donna Carter-Leay Hospital, Dublin 8. emphasises some of the Irish “local” experience that resonates globally. Course Coordinator: Ms Mandy Lee Telephone: +353-1-608 3556/3557 This includes the influence of poverty Email: [email protected] Duration: two years, part-time and the rapid social changes on health Email: [email protected] Closing Date: 31 March 2005. and identity in Ireland; migration and Applications should be addressed Telephone: +353-1-608 3075 refugee welfare, the consequences of directly to Ms Dara O’Mahony, School Internet: www.tcd.ie/Clinical_Medicine/ ethnic conflict, the peace process and of Research and Postgraduate courses/cmpgc1.html the challenges of reconciliation for Education, Trinity Centre for Health creating inclusive health services. The Sciences, St. James’s Hospital, Dublin 8. M.Sc. in Global Health aims to address strongest emphasis within the course Telephone: +353-1-608 3556/3557, health problems that transcend national is however on health in developing boundaries, may be influenced by countries. While this incorporates some Email: [email protected]

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Telephone: +353-1-608 2201/3986 The programme offers a comprehensive Research and Postgraduate Education, Health Sciences Fax: +353-1-677 4956 coverage of subjects relevant to health Trinity Centre for Health Sciences, services management. Modules include St. James’s Hospital, Dublin 8. Email: [email protected] management and organisational Telephone: +353-1-608 3556/3557, Internet: www.tcd.ie/Health_Sciences/ behaviour; population health; financial Email: [email protected] hsm.php management; health economics; human resources management; law; health Telephone: +353-1-608 1192 This course prepares students for middle policy; information management; Email: [email protected] and senior management positions in the comparative healthcare; marketing; health services. It is intended for suitably Internet: www.tcd.ie/Physiology/text/ ethics; strategic management (includes qualified applicants currently working in courses/cellphysiology.html strategic planning, change management, positions with planning or management quality management, risk management) This course aims to provide a solid responsibility in health service and management research. basis of understanding in physiological organisations. The course is aspects of cell function together multidisciplinary and open to all Applications will be considered from with practical experience in modern professions. The course harnesses the those with health service management methodologies that are used for core values of commitment, caring and experience. In addition, applicants manipulation and monitoring of cell cooperation in professional clinical should hold a good honors degree in a function. The course will suit those who practice with management principles professional discipline or an equivalent wish to pursue a career in biomedical and methods relevant to the healthcare qualification. Shortlisted applicants may research and drug development. To setting. be requested to attend for interview. be eligible for admission, candidates Particular emphasis is placed on the should normally possess a good degree importance of interdisciplinary exchange HOSPITAL PHARMACY (M.Sc.) in a life sciences discipline, medicine or within small group settings. Teaching is COURSE CODE 222 pharmacy. Applications from chemists delivered through interactive sessions. and engineers with an interest in Case studies, class discussion and online (See entry in Science) biotechnology will also be considered. discussions facilitate the application of The first half of the course consists of learning and ensure that the programme MAMMALIAN CELL lectures, student-based seminars and imparts a theoretical framework of PHYSIOLOGY (M.Sc.) workshops based on the following understanding whilst maintaining COURSE CODE 655 topics: signal transduction, neurobiology, a practical focus. The programme physiological pharmacology, apoptosis, is continually updated to reflect Course Director: Dr Veronica Campbell molecular physiology, data acquisition developments occurring within our Duration: One year, full-time and analysis. Training is given in rapidly changing healthcare environment. Closing Date: 30 June 2005. Places strictly techniques used for manipulation and A key feature within the programme is a limited. Applications should be addressed monitoring of cell function and in relatively small class size, which optimises directly to Ms Dara O’Mahony, School of procedures used to record in vitro learning for individual students.

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and in vivo responses of the respiratory, O’Mahony, School of Research and MIDWIFERY (M.Sc.) cardiovascular and gastrointestinal Postgraduate Education, Trinity Centre COURSE CODE 605 systems to pharmacological agents. for Health Sciences, St. James’s At the end of this formal teaching Hospital, Dublin 8. Course Coordinators: Ms Patricia Cronin period, students undertake a five-month Telephone: +353-1-608 3556/3557, Duration: One year, full-time; two years, research project on some novel aspect part-time

Health Sciences Email: [email protected] of cell physiology, in consultation with Closing Date: 31 March 2005. an expert supervisor. Potential research Telephone: +353-1-809 2798 Applications should be addressed areas include neurobiology, apoptosis, Fax: +353-1-809 2943 directly to the Graduate Studies Office, inflammation, neuro-immunology, Email: [email protected] Arts Building, Trinity College, Dublin 2. pulmonary physiology, tissue Internet: www.tcd.ie/Clinical_Medicine/ engineering, muscle physiology Telephone: +353-1-608 3735/2692 courses/cmpgc4.html and cell signalling. Fax: +353-1-473 2984 This course provides an opportunity for Email: [email protected] or Students are assessed on the basis of those candidates who have successfully [email protected] their course performance, by written completed either the Postgraduate examinations related to principal Internet: www.tcd.ie/Nursing_Midwifery/ Diploma in Nuclear Medicine or the components of the course and by a courses/postgrad/mscmdwfry.html Postgraduate Diploma in Magnetic research dissertation of 25,000 words. Resonance Imaging to carry out a The aim of this course is to strengthen The course staff have strong research substantial piece of research work and and develop the knowledge, skills and links with the Trinity College Institute to present this in the form of a attitudes of participants. The course of Neuroscience and the Trinity Centre dissertation for the M.Sc. in Medical covers clinical practice, education, for Bioengineering; and a Socrates Imaging. administration and research, and exchange with the University of the commences with one full study week Admission is only via one or other of Saarlandes, Germany. followed by one study day per week or the Postgraduate Diploma courses the equivalent throughout the academic named above and eligible candidates year. There is continuous assessment of MEDICAL IMAGING (M.Sc.) will either have achieved a distinction in each module of the course, as well as COURSE CODE 259 their Postgraduate Diploma year or written examinations. A research otherwise satisfied the Course dissertation also have to be completed. Course Director: Dr Lesley Malone Admission Committee that they have Course Coordinator: the ability to complete and benefit from Candidates for the course will be Mrs Bernadette Moran the course. registered as a midwife with An Bord Duration: One year following successful Altranais, or eligible for such registration, The course will incorporate a short completion of Postgraduate Diploma. and will have at least two years’ relevant taught component in the form of the experience and will have an honors Closing Date: 31 July 2005. Applications common modules in Research degree in nursing, midwifery, or a should be addressed directly to Ms Dara Methodology, Statistics and Ethics. related discipline, or equivalent 132 TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN Postgraduate Courses 2005

professional qualification. Applicants together developments in molecular basic science modules (of seventeen) are Health Sciences without a degree must satisfy the course and cellular biology to describe disease replaced by business modules dealing committee that they have the ability to processes at a functional level – that of with organisational management, complete and benefit from the course. molecular interactions. strategic management and innovation. The integrated nanoscience course is Students undertaking this programme The course aims to provide students taught in conjunction with a number of may do a Clinical Health Sciences with an understanding of the molecular research and academic areas. It is aimed Education Strand. Successful completion basis of human disease and its to provide students with an overview of of this strand entitles these students to implications for the practice of clinical basic nanotechnology principles, apply for registration as a Midwifery medicine and research in the life properties of nanomaterials and related Tutor with An Bord Altranais. sciences. The course will ensure that physical and chemical techniques; as students from all disciplines have the well as with the knowledge of advanced MOLECULAR MEDICINE (M.Sc.) skills necessary to conduct research and applications of nanoscience and novel critically evaluate the scientific and COURSE CODE 258 emerging technologies in molecular medical literature. medicine and therapeutic drug Course Coordinators: Dr Ross McManus, development. Similarly to the enhanced The course includes lectures on cellular Dr Mark Lawler, Dr Aideen Long, business format, two basic science biology and molecular genetics as they Dr Yuri Volkov modules in this course will be replaced apply generally to normal cell and tissue Duration: by modules dealing with nanoscience function and to disease processes. One year, full-time, two years, part-time and nanotechnology in molecular Modules on molecular signalling and medicine. Closing Date: 30 April 2005. therapeutics, bioinformatics and ethical- Applications should be addressed legal aspects of the discipline are The student is examined on the basis directly to Ms Dara O’Mahony, School included, as well as literature reviews, of a submitted critical literature of Research and Postgraduate laboratory practicals and a laboratory review essay, a written examination, Education, Trinity Centre for Health project. assessment of laboratory practicals and Sciences, St. James’s Hospital, Dublin 8. the writing of a dissertation based on a The programme is offered in three Telephone: +353-1-608 3556/3557, research project. formats: the molecular course and two Email: [email protected] enhanced courses – business and Candidates from health science Telephone: +353-1-608 2093 integrated nanoscience. The business (medical, dental, veterinary), biological Email: [email protected] format allows students to undertake science and other science disciplines Internet: a number of business modules in (e.g. chemical or pharmacy), are invited http://acer.gen.tcd.ie/molmed/ or conjunction with the Business, to apply. The course is normally www.bioinf.org/molmed/ Economics and Social Sciences area. available as a one-year full-time course This aims to provide participants with and is available as a part-time option in This course aims to give participants an an overview of important concepts exceptional circumstances only. in-depth understanding of the emerging pertinent to the life sciences, industries field of molecular medicine which draws and innovation. In this format, three 133 TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN Postgraduate Courses 2005

MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY specialisation. administration and research, and (M.Sc.) (with Dublin commences with one full study week The course is available on a block- Institute of Technology) followed by one study day per week or release basis and on a full-time basis. COURSE CODE 267 the equivalent throughout the academic Applicants must hold at least a second- year. There is continuous assessment of Course Coordinators: Dr Frederick class honors degree in Biomedical each module of the course, as well as Health Sciences Falkiner (TCD), Dr Jacinta Kelly (DIT) Science or equivalent, or have passed written examinations. A research the Part I Fellowship examination of the Duration: Two years, part-time dissertation will also have to be Institute of Biomedical Science or the completed. Closing Date: 30 April 2005. Fellowship examinations of the Institute Applications should be addressed of Biomedical Science. Candidates Candidates for the course will be directly to Ms Dara O’Mahony, School applying for the part-time course must registered as a nurse with An Bord of Research and Postgraduate be employed in an appropriate post in Altranais, or eligible for such registration, Education, Trinity Centre for Health either an approved medical or will have at least two years’ relevant Sciences, St. James’s Hospital, Dublin 8. veterinary laboratory. Applicants may experience and will have an honors Telephone: +353-1-608 3556/3557, be interviewed. degree in nursing, midwifery, or a Email: [email protected] Telephone: +353-1-608 3791 NURSING (M.Sc.) Email: [email protected] COURSE CODE 604

Internet: Course Coordinator: Ms Patricia Cronin www.tcd.ie/Clinical_Microbiology/ Duration: One year (full-time), The aim of this course, run jointly with two years (part-time) Dublin Institute of Technology in Kevin Closing Date: 31 March 2005. Street, is to provide postgraduate Applications should be addressed education in medical laboratory science directly to the Graduate Studies Office, for those wishing to pursue a career in this Arts Building, Trinity College, Dublin 2. field. It provides an advanced programme Telephone: +353-1-608 3735/2692 in the molecular basis of disease Email: [email protected] including the etiology, pathogenesis and Internet: www.tcd.ie/Nursing_Midwifery/ investigation of the disease process. I.T. courses/postgrad/mscnrsing.html and management as applied to Medical Laboratories are also covered. The aim of this course is to strengthen and develop the knowledge, skills and Students develop research skills by attitudes of participants. The course partaking in an advanced practical covers clinical practice, education, project in their chosen area of

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related discipline, or equivalent improve research skills. The first year Telephone: +353-1-608 3556/3557, Health Sciences professional qualification. Applicants of the course includes the following Email: [email protected] without a degree must satisfy the course three compulsory modules: (a) research Telephone: +353-1-414 3747 committee that they have the ability to methods and statistics; (b) occupational complete and benefit from the course. therapy theory and professional Email: [email protected] development; (c) independent learning Internet: http://acer.gen.tcd.ie/molmed/ Students undertaking this programme unit. Students may choose two of the paediatrics/ may do a Clinical Health Sciences following: (a) health care economics This course provides higher clinical Education Strand. Successful completion (b) health psychology (c) health services training in Paediatrics with a focus on of this strand entitles these students management (d) social policy (e) clinical examination. It also equips to apply for registration as a Nurse medico-legal issues. The second year participants with management skills and Tutor with An Bord Altranais. of the course is largely devoted to the research opportunities. The course is dissertation (30,000 words), which is ideally suited to those wishing to pursue OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY supervised by a member of the staff. a specialist career in paediatrics and to (M.Sc.) Students are assessed by written those doctors in related specialities who COURSE CODE 618 examinations, which are held in June of have significant paediatric involvement. the first year and by assignments and It is a full-time taught programme with a Course Director: Ms Clodagh Nolan project work set by the tutors of the modular format, and is assessed by two Duration: Two years, part-time various modules within the course. three-hour written papers, clinical Closing Date: 30 June 2005. Places Candidates for this course must be assessment and dissertation. strictly limited. Applications should occupational therapists that hold either be addressed directly to Ms Dara Candidates for admission require a a recognised degree or diploma in O’Mahony, School of Research and medical degree, M.B., B.Ch., B.A.O., or Occupational Therapy. Postgraduate Education, Trinity Centre equivalent qualification from another for Health Sciences, St. James’s university. Candidates will normally PAEDIATRICS (M.Sc.) Hospital, Dublin 8. have been in paediatric training in an COURSE CODE 264 Telephone: +353-1-608 3556/3557, approved institution or have passed the Membership of the Royal College of Email: [email protected] Course Director: Dr Judith Meehan Physicians Part II examination or have Telephone: +353-1-608 3218 Duration: One year, full-time equivalent experience. For those in Fax: +353-1-454 6363 Closing Date: 30 April 2005 – places related specialities, in addition to a Internet: www.tcd.ie/Occupational_ limited. Applications should be medical qualification, a Diploma in Child Therapy/MSc.htm addressed directly to Ms Dara Health or Membership of the Faculty of O’Mahony, School of Research and Public Health Medicine or experience The main aim of this course is to Postgraduate Education, Trinity Centre deemed equivalent will be required. advance the link between the theory for Health Sciences, St. James’s and practice of occupational therapy Hospital, Dublin 8. and to promote reflective practice and 135 TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN Postgraduate Courses 2005

PHARMACEUTICAL MEDICINE New drug development and the The course will be run in the William (M.Sc.) regulatory environment Stokes Postgraduate Centre/Trinity College Health Sciences Building, COURSE CODE 708 Pharmacoeconomics and rational St. James’s Hospital, Dublin 8. Course Director: Dr Mary Teeling use of drugs

Course Coordinator: Dr Mary Jo McAvin Pharmacovigilance and drug PHYSICAL SCIENCES IN Health Sciences Duration: Two years, part-time information MEDICINE (M.Sc./P.Grad.Dip.) Closing Date: 30 June 2005. COURSE CODES 650/178 The course involves completion of Applications should be addressed taught modules and the additional Course Director: Dr Neil O’Hare directly to Ms Dara O’Mahony, School undertaking of a research project. Duration: Two years, full-time of Research and Postgraduate The modules consist of formal teaching (Entry is via the M.Sc. only.) Education, Trinity Centre for Health and personal assignments and are run Sciences, St. James’s Hospital, Dublin 8. Closing Date: 31 July 2005. Applications over five terms on a part-time basis should be addressed directly to Ms Dara Telephone: +353-1-608 3556/3557, (approximately two modules per term). O’Mahony, School of Research and Email: [email protected] Some of the modules are undertaken Postgraduate Education, Trinity Centre by way of distance learning. In addition, Telephone: +353-1-410 3671 for Health Sciences, St. James’s the students are assigned a research Fax: +353-1-473 0596 Hospital, Dublin 8. project (including field work), to be Email: [email protected], [email protected] submitted as a dissertation for the Telephone: +353-1-608 3556/3557, Internet: www.tcd.ie/Pharmacology_ degree of M.Sc. only. Email: [email protected] Therapeutics Telephone: +353-1-416 2769/2645/2648 Students are assessed by way of This course is administered by continuous assessment and are required Fax: +353-1-410 3487/3478 Pharmacology and Therapeutics, to pass written and oral examinations at Email: [email protected] in association with the Centre for the end of their course. In addition, they Internet: www2.tcd.ie/Clinical_Medicine/ Advanced Clinical Therapeutics, are required to submit a written courses/cmpgc2.html St James’s Hospital, Dublin. It has dissertation on their research project been developed to provide medical (with the possibility of an oral This course covers areas frequently and science graduates with specialist examination) by the end of the second known as clinical engineering and knowledge and skills in the area of year of the course. medical physics. It is designed for clinical pharmacology and students who have a good honors pharmaceutical medicine. Intake Prospective students for this course degree in one of the Physical Sciences is on an annual basis. must hold a primary degree in either (physics, electronic or mechanical medicine or another relevant health engineering, computer science, Components of the course include or science subject. Candidates mathematics) and builds on this principles of: should have a minimum of two years’ knowledge to present the academic practical experience in their area of foundation for the application of the Pharmacology and biostatistics qualification/pharmaceutical industry. Physical Sciences in Medicine. Taught by 136 TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN Postgraduate Courses 2005 Health Sciences formal lectures, clinical demonstrations, PSYCHOANALYTIC or second-class honors degree in practicals and workshops, the subjects PSYCHOTHERAPY (M.Sc.) Psychology, Social Studies, some covered in the course include medical COURSE CODE 620 aspect of mental health or equivalent. imaging, physiological measurement, Individuals whose training may not radiotherapy, radiation protection, basic Course Coordinator: Ms Nessa Childers meet the above criteria but who are medical sciences, medical electronics Duration: Three years, part-time deemed by the Selection Committee and instrumentation, signal and image to possess exceptional potential for Closing date: 28 February 2005. processing, medical computing, training in the area of psychotherapy Applications should be addressed rehabilitation engineering, hospital may also be considered. directly to Ms Dara O’Mahony, School organisation and medico-legal topics. of Research and Postgraduate Students taking the course as a Diploma Course Structure: the course extends Education, Trinity Centre for Health must pass all examinations and over three years. The formal teaching Sciences, St. James’s Hospital, Dublin 8. assignments for these modules. Students schedule takes place on one evening taking the course as an M.Sc. must, in Telephone: +353-1-608 3556/3557, and one full day per week during the addition, engage in original research and Email: [email protected] academic year. The course components include: report their findings in a dissertation. Telephone: +353-1-272 2928 Topics for the dissertation have spanned Lectures and seminars on Email: [email protected] a wide range, including radiotherapy psychoanalytic theory, clinical Internet: www.tcd.ie/psychiatry/ treatment planning, biomechanics of the practice and developmental theory psychotherapy artery, radiation dosimetry, analysis of Psychopathology, Psychiatry and information in medical images, This course was developed to meet the related subjects measurement of standing posture, UV growing need for specialised training in Infant Observation safety, evoked potentials in the brain psychotherapy for health professionals Group Experience and many others. already in possession of a core training in Personal Therapy the area of mental health. It provides a The course extends over two academic structured and comprehensive Supervised Clinical Work. years and is timetabled to facilitate postgraduate training in the practice of students in full-time employment. Academic Assessment will be based on: psychoanalytic psychotherapy with adults. Students who are not already employed The aim of the programme is to provide a A dissertation of 12,000-15,000 words in the field must complete a three- thorough training in psychoanalytic theory A final written examination month practical placement in a hospital from Freud through Klein, Bion, or other institution. The course is Oral examination Winnicott, and the Independent Tradition, internationally accredited for education Term Essays and an Infant while strongly emphasising the aspect of of new recruits to the profession of Observation paper clinical training. Medical Physics/Engineering. Clinical work is assessed on a Admission requirements: applications continuous basis, and students must be are invited from candidates who hold classed as satisfactory by their clinical a degree in Medicine or a first class 137 TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN Postgraduate Courses 2005

supervisor. Progress through the course participants to prescribe training advice CLINICAL DENTISTRY is conditional on the yearly assessment. for different age groups; and to expose (P.Grad.Dip.) Students who perform at a satisfactory participants to a wide range of COURSE CODE 621 level in all course components are specialities relevant to sport and exercise. eligible for the award of M.Sc. in Course Director: Dr Stephen Flint An M.Sc. degree is awarded following Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy. Duration: Two/three years, part-time Health Sciences the passing of written, oral and clinical examinations and the acceptance of a Closing Date: 30 November 2005 for SPORTS MEDICINE (M.Sc.) dissertation based on practical research admission in January 2006, admission COURSE CODE 208 work. Marks are allocated on the basis every second year. Applications should of 60% examination and 40% be addressed directly to the Graduate Course Director: Professor Moira O’Brien dissertation. Studies Office, Arts Building, Trinity Course Coordinators: Dr Nick Mahony College, Dublin 2. and Mr Bernard Donne Those eligible to apply for this course Telephone: +353-1-612 7264 Duration: One year, full-time will be well-qualified medical graduates Internet: http://global.dental.tcd.ie/ and chartered physiotherapists Closing Date: 30 April 2005. Education/ (upper second-class honors degree or Applications should be addressed higher), with minimum one-year post directly to Ms Dara O’Mahony, School This course is designed to fill the need, qualification experience. Preference is of Research and Postgraduate identified by the Dental Council, for a given to applicants with a strong sporting Education, Trinity Centre for Health continuing education programme for the background (personal involvement or Sciences, St. James’s Hospital, Dublin 8. Dental Profession. The course aims to recognised service provision). combine a ‘hands-on’ approach with Telephone: +353-1-608 3556/3557 theory. Students have a choice of nine Email: [email protected] POSTGRADUATE DIPLOMAS modules, of which they must successfully Telephone: +353-1-608 1182 Some Masters courses have the option complete six in order to obtain their Fax: +353-1-679 9011 of a Postgraduate Diploma in cases Postgraduate Diploma. Students have to Email: [email protected] where the taught course has been provide their own nursing care (where satisfactorily completed but a 1:1 assistance is required) and patients Internet: www.tcd.ie/Anatomy/ dissertation has not been submitted. on some modules. msccourse.htm Such P.Grad.Dip. courses are not listed The course aims to give insight into the The course includes lectures, practical below as they are not open to entry as theory and scientific rationale of various and clinical work. It aims to present a separate options from their parent aspects of dental practice, develop scientific basis for the study of all aspects Masters course i.e. students apply for clinical ability in the relevant areas, of sports medicine; to outline a entry to the appropriate Masters course. and develop confidence in the use of comprehensive programme for injury new skills. prevention and treatment; to define guidelines for the scientific monitoring The modules offered are: adhesive and training of athletes; to enable dentistry, removable prosthodontics, 138 fixed prosthodontics, periodontal TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN Postgraduate Courses 2005

therapy, endodontics, oral medicine, Telephone: +353-1-416 2246 This course is a joint venture between Health Sciences orthodontics, dento-alveolar surgery Email: [email protected] the School of Nursing and Midwifery and paediatric dentistry. In addition a and Education. The course is intended core course covering cross-control of This Postgraduate Diploma in Clinical to facilitate health service professionals infection, medical emergencies in dental Engineering (Equipment Management) who hold an honors degree to develop practice, ethics, malpractice and risk is concerned with the training and their skills in teaching, assessment, management and other issues will be education of scientists, engineers and curriculum design, development and taken by all participants. technicians who will provide clinical evaluation. The course comprises five engineering/equipment management modules: the theory and practice of The course is assessed by a services to hospitals, either through health sciences education; facilitating combination of objective structured direct employment or employment in learning in a practice setting; the clinical examinations, completion of companies selling their services to psychology of education; curriculum clinical competency and continuous hospitals. It avails of the framework of issues in health sciences education and assessment. the Haughton Institute to facilitate a quality improvement in education. The rich mixture of in-service elements with programme starts with one full study CLINICAL ENGINEERING a well- developed academic basis. week and continues with one to two (EQUIPMENT MANAGEMENT) days per week for the academic year. The programme focuses on the (P.Grad.Dip.) Students must undertake a minimum vocational needs of those who intend to COURSE CODE 632 of 135 hours of classroom and clinical follow a career in clinical engineering/ teaching throughout the course. equipment management and is offered Course Director: Professor Jim Malone The assessment process used is a by Health Sciences, with support from Course Coordinator: Mr Fran Hegarty combination of written and practical Engineering and Systems Science. Duration: One year, part-time assignments. Students must pass independently the assessed teaching Closing Date: 30 June 2005. Two CLINICAL HEALTH SCIENCES practice and the written assignments. references are required upon EDUCATION (P.Grad.Dip.) The pass grade is 50%. Students who do application; one from the last academic COURSE CODE 656 not undertake the required amount of institution attended and one from the teaching practice will not be eligible to place of employment supporting the Course Coordinator: Ms Naomi Elliott receive the Postgraduate Diploma in applicant in this study. Applications Duration: One year, part-time Clinical Health Sciences Education. should be addressed directly to Ms Dara Closing date: 31 March 2005. O’Mahony, School of Research and Candidates for the course must be Applications should be addressed Postgraduate Education, Trinity Centre currently registered as a health sciences directly to the Graduate Studies Office, for Health Sciences, St. James’s professional (e.g. physiotherapist, Arts Building, Trinity College, Dublin 2. Hospital, Dublin 8. doctor, nurse, midwife) with the Telephone: +353-1-608 3106 Telephone: +353-1-608 3556/3557, appropriate body and working in a Email: [email protected] Internet: www.tcd.ie/Nursing_Midwifery/ relevant area, have two years’ clinical courses/postgrad/pgdipchse.html experience since first registration 139 TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN Postgraduate Courses 2005

(excluding postgraduate study), hold an COGNITIVE PSYCHOTHERAPY Candidates must be employed in a honors degree in a relevant discipline or (P.Grad.Dip./M.Sc.) health care setting and using equivalent professional and academic COURSE CODES 612/609 counselling and psychotherapy as part qualifications. Candidates for the course of their work. They will normally be must also satisfy the course committee Course Director: Dr Anthony Bates graduates of recognised university that they have the ability to complete Duration: One/two years. courses or have equivalent professional Health Sciences all the requirements of the course Bi-annual intake, entry via diploma qualifications. including the stated teaching hours. Closing Date: 30 April 2005. Students who satisfy the requirements In order to be eligible to apply to the Applications should be addressed of the Postgraduate Diploma course, Tutor’s Division of the Register held by directly to Ms Dara O’Mahony, School and who satisfy the admissions An Bord Altranais, nurses and midwives of Research and Postgraduate committee that they have the ability to who are successful on this course are Education, Trinity Centre for Health complete a research dissertation, may also required to have a Masters degree. Sciences, St. James’s Hospital, Dublin 8. elect to study for a further year to Telephone: +353-1-608 3556/3557, achieve an M.Sc. Successful students CLINICAL SPEECH AND Email: [email protected] who elect to be awarded the Postgraduate Diploma may not LANGUAGE STUDIES Telephone: +353-1-416 2626 (DYSPHAGIA) subsequently enrol for the M.Sc. Email: [email protected] (P.Grad.Dip./M.Sc.) Internet: www.tcd.ie/Psychiatry/ COURSE CODES 722/723 EXERCISE PHYSIOLOGY postgrad.htm (P.Grad.Dip./M.Sc.) Course Director: Dr Margaret Walshe The course aims to explore in depth the COURSE CODES 600/253 to whom enquiries should be directed. theory and practice of Cognitive Course Director: Dr Stuart Warmington Duration: One year, part-time Psychotherapy. Students are supervised (P.Grad.Dip.); two years, part-time (M.Sc.) treating a minimum of three cases, and Duration: P.Grad.Dip: one year, part- Closing Date: 30 June 2005. are taught the use of Cognitive time; M.Sc: two years, part-time Applications should be addressed Psychotherapy in relation to a variety of Closing Date: 30 April 2005, places directly to the Graduate Studies Office, different areas and disorders. Teaching strictly limited. Applications should be Arts Building, Trinity College, Dublin 2. takes place one full day per week addressed directly to Ms Dara Late applications may be considered (Friday) during academic term. O’Mahony, School of Research and subject to the availability of places Assessment is based on evaluation of Postgraduate Education, Trinity Centre Entry both via P.Grad.Dip. and M.Sc. the student’s clinical performance using for Health Sciences, St. James’s For further details contact the course the Cognitive Therapy Scale and four Hospital, Dublin 8. director at [email protected]. written assignments (Diploma year), Telephone: +353-1-608 3556/3557 and on a dissertation in the M.Sc. year. Email: [email protected] Telephone: +353-1-608 2723

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Fax: +353-1-679 3545 Current taught course timetables and Academic content consists of eight Health Sciences Email: [email protected] assessment procedures, together with weeks distributed over the academic information on course content and year. The formal teaching component Internet: www2.tcd.ie/Physiology/text/ career paths of previous graduates, may covers three broad themes: nursing courses/exscience.html be viewed on the College website. theory including personal and This course aims to provide training for professional development, age related professional development of physical GERONTOLOGICAL NURSING issues and research issues. Some of the educators and health care workers who (P.Grad.Dip.) teaching is shared with the Postgraduate Diploma in Professional employ exercise therapy. Applicants COURSE CODE 240 are expected to hold a good primary Nursing/Midwifery Studies and the degree with some grounding in biology. Course Coordinator: Postgraduate Diploma in Specialist Preference may be given to candidates Ms Marie Therese Cooney Nursing. Throughout the course, who are employed in a relevant field. Duration: One year, full-time emphasis is placed on the application There is an initial common year of taught and integration of theory and practice. Closing Date: 31 March 2005. courses for both Postgraduate Diploma There is continuous assessment of each Applications should be addressed and Masters programmes, representing module of the course and will include a directly to the Graduate Studies Office, around 260 contact hours over the year. written examination. Arts Building, Trinity College, Dublin 2. As far as possible courses are Telephone: +353-1-608 3005 Applications for admission will be programmed to take place on only two accepted, subject to places being days per week (Mondays and Fridays). Fax: +353-1-473 2984 available, from nurses on the general, Email: [email protected] In the first year, students are psychiatric and/or mental handicap Internet: www.tcd.ie/Nursing_Midwifery/ continuously assessed on laboratory and division of An Bord Altranais Live courses/postgrad/pgdipgrntlgy.html project work and sit two final written Register, who have a minimum of two years’ post-registration experience, and examination papers during May with The course aims to develop the who satisfy the Course Admission a viva voce examination in early June. knowledge, skills and attitudes of nurses Committee that they have the ability to towards older people to the highest Students who have received an honors complete and benefit from the course. professional standards. Participants grading in the first year may elect to must be employed in the Department undertake a second research-based of Medicine for Older People, St. year to achieve an M.Sc. This research James’s Hospital, or in other approved is expected to involve a commitment Care of the Older Person facilities for of around 300 hours over the year the duration of the programme. During and assessment is a dissertation of this time, specialist experience must be approximately 20,000 words. Students obtained in the approved clinical who elect to be awarded the locations in each of the following areas: Postgraduate Diploma may not acute admission and assessment, subsequently enrol for the M.Sc. rehabilitation and continuing care. 141 TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN Postgraduate Courses 2005

GYNAECOLOGY AND Applications for admission are invited Email: [email protected] OBSTETRICS (P.Grad.Dip.) from medical practitioners who have Internet: www2.tcd.ie/Clinical_Medicine/ COURSE CODE 126 completed at least one year in the courses/cmpgc4.html speciality of Obstetrics and Course Director: Gynaecology. Preference is given to This course is aimed at qualified Professor Brian Sheppard applicants from developing countries radiographers and it is intended to Health Sciences Duration: Six months, full-time who have not previously had the provide a general education in the opportunity of external postgraduate practice of magnetic resonance imaging. Closing Date: 31 January for admission study or experience. It is designed to give a solid academic in the following October, limited places basis in the understanding of imaging available. Applications should be theory and a high level of practical addressed directly to the Graduate HEALTH INFORMATICS experience in MRI techniques and in Studies Office, Arts Building, Trinity (P.Grad.Dip/M.Sc) safe use of imaging and associated College, Dublin 2. COURSE CODES 617/616 equipment. Telephone: +353-1-608 2190 For further information, see entry in The course incorporates both taught Email: [email protected] Engineering and System Sciences. and practical components, with the Internet: www.tcd.ie/Obstetrics/ taught component forming a substantial courses.htm MAGNETIC RESONANCE part of the course. Practical clinical IMAGING TECHNOLOGY The Postgraduate Diploma in experience is gained either in the (P.Grad.Dip.) Gynaecology and Obstetrics is an candidate’s own department or via a COURSE CODE 644 internationally recognised specialists clinical placement. qualification, known as the DGO. It has Course Coordinator: To be eligible for consideration been awarded by Trinity College for Mrs Bernadette Moran applicants must have a degree in over 80 years. The course is based in Duration: One year, part-time (Fridays) Radiography or the Diploma of College the Rotunda Hospital and begins on of Radiographers (London) in 1st October each year. Closing Date: 31 July 2005. Two references are required upon Diagnostic or Therapeutic Radiography, The course provides up-to-date application. Applications should be or hold professional qualifications information on clinical management addressed directly to Ms Dara obtained by examination which are in obstetrics and gynaecology and O’Mahony, School of Research and recognised to be equivalent to those set scientific knowledge on female health Postgraduate Education, Trinity Centre out above or otherwise satisfy the Dean care. It combines clinical and theoretical for Health Sciences, St. James’s of Graduate Studies and Course instruction in obstetrics, gynaecology, Hospital, Dublin 8. Admissions Committee that they have the ability to complete and benefit from neo-natal paediatrics, anatomy of the Telephone: +353-1-608 3556/3557, female pelvis, embryology, physiology of the course. Email: [email protected] reproduction and obstetric and An associated M.Sc. in Medical Imaging gynaecological pathology. Examination Telephone: +353-1-809 2798 is available to candidates who have takes place at the end of March. Fax: +353-1-809 2943 142 TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN Postgraduate Courses 2005

achieved distinction in the postgraduate Drogheda, both in association with directly to Ms Dara O’Mahony, School Health Sciences diploma year or who otherwise satisfy the School of Nursing and Midwifery. of Research and Postgraduate the course committee. Students who The programmes are designed to Education, Trinity Centre for Health are interested in this option forego the develop midwives with the knowledge, Sciences, St. James’s Hospital, Dublin 8. award of the diploma and proceed to skills and attitudes necessary to become Telephone: +353-1-608 3556/3557 perform research on a chosen topic to competent, analytical and reflective Email: [email protected] be presented as a dissertation for practitioners, thus enabling them to examination for the degree of M.Sc. provide care in a manner that benefits Telephone: +353-1-608 3157 women and their families. Email: [email protected] MIDWIFERY (P.Grad.Dip.) Internet: http://oscar.gen.tcd.ie/molmed Enquiries should be directed to Deirdre or www.bioinf.org/molmed/ COURSE CODE 648 Daly, Principal Midwife Teacher, School of Midwifery, The Rotunda Hospital, Course Coordinator: Margaret Carroll This programme aims to provide Telephone: +353-1-873 0700, participants with an in-depth Duration: Two years, full-time Email: [email protected] or understanding of the emerging field of Application: Application should be molecular medicine, which draws Patricia Larkin or Jean McMahon, made to the Director of Midwifery, together developments in molecular and Principal Midwife Teachers, School the Rotunda Hospital, cellular biology to describe disease of Midwifery, Our Lady of Lourdes, Telephone: +353-1-873 0700 processes at a functional level – that is, Louth/Meath Hospital Group, (NEHB), or to Ann O’Neill, Recruitment Section, at the level of molecular interactions. Drogheda, Human Resource Department, The Diploma in Molecular Medicine is Telephone: +353-41-983 7601, Our Lady of Lourdes, Louth/Meath designed to make available a high Ext 2197/2198, Hospital Group, (NEHB), Drogheda, quality course to those individuals who Email: [email protected] or cannot avail of a full-time programme, Telephone: +353-41-987 4738 [email protected]. due to the high demands it makes on a Telephone: +353-1-608 3553 candidate’s time. The diploma may Internet: www.tcd.ie/Nursing_Midwifery/ MOLECULAR MEDICINE therefore be an attractive option for, courses/postgrad/pgdipmdwfry.html, (P.Grad.Dip) among others, people working in or www.rotunda.ie/information/ business, clinical industry, or other COURSE CODE 725 training.html, or www.nehb.ie disciplines, who wish to gain a Course Coordinators: comprehensive knowledge in this area Two programmes are available. One Dr Ross McManus, Dr Mark Lawler, with a view to progressing professionally, programme is taught by the School of Dr Aideen Long, Dr Henry Windle & Dr or going on to do a higher degree. Midwifery, the Rotunda Hospital, Dublin Yuri Volkov. and the other by the Regional School This programme offers a comprehensive Duration: One year, part-time of Midwifery, Our Lady of Lourdes, and thoroughly up-to-date overview of Louth/Meath Hospital Group, North Closing Date: 30 April 2005. the area, which provides participants Eastern Health Board (NEHB), Applications should be addressed with the skills necessary to critically

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evaluate the literature and understand pharmaceutical science such as developed to ensure that students the central concepts of molecular pharmacy, or related area. However attain an appropriate level of knowledge medicine, such as the molecular basis individuals with other appropriate or and experience in the following areas of of human disease and its implications industrial experience (for example those nuclear medicine imaging: (a) academic for the practice of clinical medicine working in the life sciences sector) will and theoretical knowledge, (b) clinical and research in the life sciences. The also be considered. The candidate may and practical experience and (c) Health Sciences course includes lectures on cellular be interviewed to establish his/her organisational and management biology and molecular genetics as they suitability for the course. experience. The radiographer would apply generally to normal cell and tissue thus be able to adapt and change as function and to disease processes. NUCLEAR MEDICINE knowledge inevitably develops in this Advanced modules cover topics (P.Grad.Dip.) progressing field. such as molecular oncology, signalling, COURSE CODE 261 development and therapeutics, The Diploma course incorporates both taught and practical components with immunology and infectious agents Course Director: Dr Patrick Freyne the taught component forming a among others. A selection of modules Course Coordinator: substantial part of the course. on issues such as bioinformatics, Ms Bernadette Moran research methodology, statistics and Duration: One year An associated M.Sc. in Medical Imaging ethical-legal aspects of the discipline is available to candidates who have may be undertaken on an optional basis. Closing Date: 31 July 2005. Two achieved distinction in the postgraduate references are required upon diploma year or who otherwise satisfy Students choose a minimum of 10 units application. Applications should be the course committee. Students who totalling a minimum of one hundred addressed directly to Ms Dara are interested in this option forego the contact hours teaching. Students are O’Mahony, School of Research and award of the diploma and proceed to also required to complete a written Postgraduate Education, Trinity Centre perform research on a chosen topic to review of a relevant part of the for Health Sciences, St. James’s be presented as a dissertation for literature. Hospital, Dublin 8. examination for the degree of M.Sc. Telephone: +353-1-608 3556/3557, Students are examined on the basis of the submitted critical literature review Email: [email protected] ONCOLOGICAL NURSING essay, and written examinations of the Internet: www2.tcd.ie/Clinical_Medicine/ (P.Grad.Dip.) modules taken. Examinations are courses/cmpgc4.html COURSE CODE 665 undertaken at the end of each term. The course is designed to train qualified Course Coordinator: Ms Mary Mooney Candidates should normally have a radiographers in the practice of nuclear Course Leader: minimum of a 2.1 honors degree or medicine imaging and to provide Ms Mary MacMahon, St Luke’s Hospital equivalent in a biological science; a patients and healthcare services with clinical science such as medicine, an ongoing source of excellence in this Duration: One year, full-time dentistry or veterinary; a specialty. The course curriculum is Closing Date: 28 February 2005.

144 TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN Postgraduate Courses 2005 Health Sciences Applications and enquiries should be PAEDIATRIC NURSING and have 6 month’s post registration made to Ms Mary MacMahon, Nurse (P.Grad.Dip.) experience since initial registration. Education Coordinator, St. Luke’s COURSE CODE 646 Hospital, Highfield Road, Rathgar, PHARMACEUTICAL MEDICINE Dublin 6. Course Coordinator: Ms Mary Mooney (P.Grad.Dip) Telephone: +353-1-4065223 Duration: 18 months, full-time COURSE CODE 707 Email: [email protected] Closing Date: 28 February for April Course Director: Dr Mary Teeling Telephone: +353-1-608 3105 entry and 31 July for October entry each year. Applications should be made Course Coordinator: Dr Mary Jo McAvin Email: [email protected], to the Matron, the Adelaide and Meath Duration: 18 months, part-time. [email protected] Hospital, Dublin, incorporating the Closing Date: 30 June. Applications This programme which is taught by the National Children’s Hospital at Tallaght. should be addressed directly to Ms Dara School of Nursing, St. Luke’s Hospital, in Enquiries should be directed to O’Mahony, School of Research and association with the School of Nursing Ms Carole King, College of Nursing, Postgraduate Education, Trinity Centre and Midwifery Studies and St. James’s Tallaght Hospital, for Health Sciences, St. James’s Hospital aims to: Telephone: +353-1-414 2856 Hospital, Dublin 8. Develop a competent proactive Email: [email protected], Telephone: +353-1-608 3556/3557, professional with a heightened [email protected] Email: [email protected] sensitivity to the many physical Telephone: +353-1-608 3938/3901 Telephone: +353-1-410 3671 and psychological components Internet: of individual reactions to health, Fax: +353-1-473 0596 www.tcd.ie/Nursing_Midwifery/courses illness and particularly cancer Email: [email protected], [email protected] /postgrad/conjnt/pgdippaed.rscn.html Provide the registered nurse with Internet: www.tcd.ie/Pharmacology_ the knowledge, skills and attitudes This programme aims to develop and Therapeutics necessary to provide an holistic expand knowledge, skills and attitudes approach to caring for the patient in nurses towards infants, children, their This course is administered by diagnosed with cancer parents and family. The course is designed Pharmacology and Therapeutics, in association with the Centre for Facilitate the registered nurse to to equip nurses to deliver primary health Advanced Clinical Therapeutics, develop into a more caring, reflective care, acute, rehabilitative and palliative St James’s Hospital, Dublin. It has been and enquiring practitioner, capable care as required and to foster the process developed to provide medical graduates of planning, implementing and of continuing education and research in with specialist knowledge and skills in evaluating care based on researched, paediatric nursing practice. the area of clinical pharmacology and scientific theory. Students must be registered in one of pharmaceutical medicine. Intake is on the three disciplines in nursing- general, an annual basis. psychiatry, intellectual disability nursing

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Components of the course include PROFESSIONAL NURSING PROFESSIONAL MIDWIFERY principles of: STUDIES (P.Grad.Dip) STUDIES (P.Grad.Dip) Pharmacology and biostatistics COURSE CODE 717 COURSE CODE 718 New drug development and the Course Coordinator: Margarita Corry Course Coordinator: Margarita Corry regulatory environment Duration: One year, part-time Duration: One year, part-time Health Sciences Pharmacoeconomics and rational use of drugs Closing date: 31 March 2005. Closing date: 31 March 2005. Applications should be addressed Applications should be addressed Pharmacovigilance and drug directly to the Graduate Studies Office, directly to the Graduate Studies Office, information Arts Building, Trinity College, Dublin 2. Arts Building, Trinity College, Dublin 2. The course has a modular format and Telephone: +353-1-608-3008 Telephone +353-1-608-3008 runs over five terms on a part-time basis Fax: +353-1-473 2984 Fax: +353-1-473 2984 (approximately two modules per term). Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] The course consists of formal teaching and personal assignments. Some of the Internet: www.tcd.ie/Nursing_Midwifery/ Internet: www.tcd.ie/Nursing_Midwifery/ modules are undertaken by way of pgdiploma.html pgdiploma.html distance learning. Students are assessed This course is intended to facilitate This course is intended to facilitate by way of continuous assessment and registered nurses to enhance their skills registered midwives to enhance their are required to pass written and oral in assessing, planning, implementing and skills in assessing, planning, examinations at the end of their course. evaluating care, which is, where possible, implementing and evaluating care, Prospective students for the evidence based. Nurses who have which is, where possible, evidence postgraduate diploma must hold a studied to degree level or equivalent based. Midwives who have studied to primary degree in medicine and must are supported to further develop their degree level or equivalent are have a minimum of two years’ general theoretical knowledge base and apply supported to further develop their medicine experience post-registration. this to the practice setting. The theoretical knowledge base and apply Ideally, candidates should have practical programme content provides the this to the practice setting. The experience in pharmaceutical medicine participants with the knowledge and programme content provides the (via employment in the pharmaceutical academic skills required to develop an participants with the knowledge and industry/contract research organisation, improved quality of service through academic skills required to develop an regulatory authority or academia). caring, reflection and enquiry. The programme is a part-time modular improved quality of service through The course will be run in the William programme consisting of six modules. caring, reflection and enquiry. The Stokes Postgraduate Centre/Trinity Classes are mainly held in the School of programme is a part-time modular College Health Sciences Building, Nursing and Midwifery, D’Olier Street programme consisting of six modules. St. James’s Hospital, Dublin 8. and Trinity College campus. Classes are mainly held in the School of Nursing and Midwifery, D’Olier Street and the Trinity College campus. 146 TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN Postgraduate Courses 2005 Health Sciences SPECIALIST NURSING Students must also complete a clinical Candidates must fulfil one of the (P.Grad.Dip.) component relevant to their speciality following entry criteria: COURSE CODE 649 strand. All students must pass the Diploma in Nursing Studies or required clinical competencies in order equivalent Nursing Diploma, or Course Coordinator: Ms Louise Nolan to achieve the post graduate award. Have successfully completed the Duration: One year full-time The admission requirements are as TCD Access to Nursing Degree Closing Date: 28 February 2005. follows: programme of equivalent, or Application forms should be requested Registration as a nurse on the Evidence of study to Diploma from and applications should be made General Division of An Bord Level equivalent in a subject to the Specialist Nursing P.Grad.Dip. Altranais, or eligible for such allied to Health Care, or Programme, The School of Nursing and registration for all general nursing Satisfy the selection committee Midwifery, 24 D’Olier Street, Dublin 2. specialists programmes. that they have the academic Telephone: +353-1-608 3892/3005 Current registration on the General ability to successfully complete Email: [email protected] or Nurses Division of An Bord Altranais the programme. [email protected] Live Register or the RSCN Division of These programmes are taught in An Bord Altranais Live Register for Telephone: +353-1-608 3931 partnership between the School of paediatric accident and emergency Email: [email protected] Nursing & Midwifery and the associated nursing strand. Internet: www.tcd.ie/Nursing_Midwifery/ hospitals. Current registration on the RMHN courses/postgrad/conjnt/pgdipsn.html Division of An Bord Altranais Live The following are the names of the The aim of these programmes is to Register is required for the dementia Specialist strands currently being facilitate the qualified nurse working care for persons with intellectual provided and the names of the in specialist areas to become a more disability strand. associated hospitals: knowledgeable, analytical, reflective Current registration on the Accident and emergency (St James’s and caring nurse, capable of assessing, Registered Psychiatric Nurses and AMNCH) planning, implementing and evaluating Division of An Bord Altranais Live Promoting enablement in persons specialist nursing care based on Register is required for the care of with physical disability (St Mary’s researched scientific theory. the client with severe and enduring Hospital Phoenix Park) mental illness strand. These programmes consists of two core Burns plastics and oro-maxillofacial Two years post-registration modules: Audit and Research in Clinical (St James’s) experience since first registration Practice, and Professional Issues for Dementia care for persons with Specialist Nurses, and four specialists 12 month’s experience in the intellectual disability (St Michael’s modules. All students must pass the appropriate speciality at the time of House Organisation, Daughters of core and specialists component. application Charity Service, Stewarts Hospital

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and Peamount Intellectual Disability General nursing specialists strands Promoting enablement in persons Services.) in Adelaide & Meath Hospital, with physical disability (St. Mary’s Coronary care (St James’s and Dublin, incorporating the National Hospital Phoenix Park) AMNCH) Children’s Hospital (AMNCH), Annie-Marie Payne, Nurse Tutor, St. www.amnch.ie Mary’s Hospital, Phoenix Park, Dublin 20. High dependency nursing (St James’s) Ms Mary Cotter, Acting Principal Nurse Telephone: +353-1-677 8132

Health Sciences Intensive care (St James’s and Tutor, College of Nursing AMNCH. AMNCH) Telephone: +353-1-414 2857 Severe and enduring mental illness Orthopaedic nursing (AMNCH) (St. Patrick’s Hospital, South Dementia care for persons with Western Area Health Board, Eastern Paediatric accident and emergency intellectual disability Regional Health Authority) nursing (AMNCH) Ms Kay Downey Ennis, St Vincent’s Sinead Frain, Clinical Facilitator, Renal (AMNCH and Waterford Hospital, Navan Road, Dublin 7. SWAHB, Block E, Westland Park, Regional Hospital) Telephone: +353-1-824 5409 or Nangor Road, Dublin 12. Per-operative nursing (St James’s +353-1-824 5419 Telephone: +353-1-460 9690 and AMNCH) Email: [email protected] Care of persons with severe and Haematology nursing, promoting enduring mental illness (St Patrick’s enablement in persons with physical Hospital and the South Western disability, severe and enduring Area Healthboard) mental illness Haematology nursing Anne-Marie Corroon, Course Coordinator, Midwifery Studies, Enquiries should be made to the 24 D’Olier Street, Dublin 2. following: Telephone: +353-1-608 3974 General nursing specialist strands in Email: [email protected] St James’s Hospital, www.stjames.ie Ms Barbara Garrigan, Principal Nurse Tutor, School of Nursing, St. James’s Hospital, Dublin 8. Telephone: +353-1-416 2202

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Science is comprised of areas of Science has a world-class reputation for BIOCHEMISTRY Biochemistry, Botany, Chemistry, research, and research income last year Academic Staff Contact: € Environmental Sciences, Geography, was in excess of 30 million. This Professor Clive Williams Geology, Genetics, Mathematics, provides all students with an excellent Telephone: +353-1-608 1608 Microbiology, Pharmacy, Physics and teaching environment, state-of-the-art Zoology. Science has a wide range of equipment and support facilities. Fax: +353-1-677 2400 facilities that are available to all research Academic staff numbers: students including the Electron The area is engaged in extensive research 18 and 3 independent research groups networks throughout the world and there Microscope Unit, NMR spectrometers Postgraduate numbers: 40 by research and the Confocal Microscope. 1998 is a continual flow of visiting researchers Internet: www.tcd.ie/Biochemistry/ saw the opening of the new East-End to the College. There is also collaboration in research with other institutions in Development, which houses the Biochemistry is well equipped to perform Ireland. Important relationships with Pharmacy area and the Smurfit Institute research in biochemistry, cell and industry are in place and entrepreneurial of Genetics. In 2000, the Institute of molecular biology, structural biology, talents are supported. Research activities Advanced Materials Science Building immunology and neurochemistry. have given rise to a number of successful was completed. This building facilitates Through its extensive involvement in campus companies including Magnetic substantial expansion of research in international and other European Solutions and Horcom. Enquiries from Physics and Chemistry. programmes, there is also a steady prospective research students are stream of visiting research workers from The postgraduate student population welcome. Applicants are advised to make EU and Eastern European countries. of the whole area is approximately direct contact with the academic staff There are extensive international 600. In addition there is a substantial contact of the subject area of their choice collaborative links with universities, number of postdoctoral fellows and in the first instance. research institutes and industry. research associates, all combining to make it an international, friendly and The main research areas are vibrant centre of learning. Postgraduate immunology, neurobiology and courses leading to the degree of structural biology. Information on M.Sc. are offered in the areas of specific research projects, vacancies Environmental Sciences, High and studentships can be found on Performance Computation, Hospital the Biochemistry website. Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Analysis and Pharmaceutical Technology.

150 TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN Postgraduate Courses 2005 Science BOTANY world and has strong links with the RBG CENTRE FOR THE Academic Staff Contact: Dr John Parnell (Kew), RGB (Edinburgh), Leiden, Arrhus ENVIRONMENT and Harvard. Telephone: +353-1-608 1269 Postgraduate Contact: Dr Kenneth Irvine Fax: +353-1-608 1147 Botany has close links with the Centre Telephone: +353-1-608 1638 Academic staff numbers: 8 for Environmental Science analytical laboratory, the Centre for Microscopy Fax: +353-1-671 8047 Postgraduate numbers: 25 research and Analysis, the National Botanic Internet: www.tcd.ie/Centre_for_the_ Internet: www.tcd.ie/Botany/ Garden Glasnevin, Teagasc (The Environment/ Agricultural Institute) and the National Botany is well equipped for research in Parks and Wildlife Service. Its The popularity and importance of several areas of plant biology with three international links and research income Environmental Science as a discipline of major research groups specialising in largely derive from the EU and study is due to its holistic approach; an ecology, systematics and whole plant nationally funded R&D programmes. integration of knowledge from a wide physiology. As well as a plant molecular range of subject areas in order to best laboratory, focussing on systematic work, Specific research projects are available equip the student to confront questions and a new palynological laboratory in the following areas: impacts of of pollution, conservation and resource there are extensive facilities for growing climate change on vegetation, management. Such multi-disciplined plants on campus (controlled greenhouse gas fluxes from grassland awareness is seen increasingly as environment chambers, greenhouses and arable crops, assimilate partitioning; important particularly with regard to and tissue-culture growth-room) and at vegetation/climate history of the last career opportunity. the newly refurbished Trinity College 150,000 years, grazing ecology, upland Botanic Garden (laboratory, extensive land use; forest vegetation, vegetation Trinity College has an outstanding greenhouse, growth-rooms and outdoor of the Caribbean and northern South record in both teaching and research experimental areas). America; higher plant taxonomy into environmental issues, particularly (especially European and Thai floras), over the last twenty years from the The College Herbarium, the second Asian Myrtaceae; pollination, invasive establishment of the Environmental largest in Ireland, is very well equipped species biology; plant genetic resources Science Unit in 1979 to the creation of and has its own extensive library. It (especially in Ireland), genetic variation, the Centre for Environmental Science in contains over 300,000 specimens population differentiation, island 2000. One reflection of this is the highly including Harvey’s type collection of variation (especially in the Pacific) and successful graduate course in algae, an extensive collection of conservation. Environmental Science. reference pollen from Europe and North America and large collections from Europe, Africa, Australia and Thailand. The Herbarium’s research is focused on SE Asia and Ireland. It is visited by taxonomists from every part of the

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CHEMISTRY Research income is earned from Research in Genetics has its origins in Academic Staff Contact: national, international and commercial molecular, quantitative and population sources and the area has held grants in genetics; and the advent of molecular

Science Professor John Corish all of the relevant research programmes biological technology has opened up Telephone: +353-1-608 1726 funded by the EU. Research work is also many new avenues of genetical Fax: +353-1-671 2826 supported through Science Foundation research. Research interests can be Academic staff numbers: 20 Ireland funded initiatives. Several groups categorised into the following broad Postgraduate numbers: 61 research are involved in networks of European areas: medical genetics, bioinformatics, laboratories, often as coordinators. The molecular cell biology, molecular Internet: www.tcd.ie/Chemistry College also fosters an interdisciplinary evolution, population genetics, bacterial Experimental research areas include approach to research and there are genetics and plant genetics. Precise organic synthesis, medicinal chemistry, strong links with colleagues in the details of the research interests of each coordination and organometallic physical, technological and biological staff member can be obtained on the chemistry, electrochemistry, sciences throughout the College. For Genetics website. photochemistry, surface chemistry example there is an extensive overlap of The Wellcome Ocular Genetics Unit and supramolecular chemistry. interests with the area of Physics, was established in 1992 and has an Several research teams are active in especially in surface and solid-state international reputation for its research the area of computational chemistry science, polymeric and optical on hereditary blindness, especially and in materials chemistry including materials, and with the Institute of retinitis pigmentosa (RP). It has polymer science and nanomaterials. Molecular Medicine on Anti-tumour Drugs. Collaboration with the area of identified genes involved in many forms A number of research groups are based in Pharmacy has resulted in the of hereditary blindness including a gene the main building and others are housed development of novel drug delivery for an autosomal dominant form of RP. within the Sami Nasr Institute of systems that have been commercialised. It has a research staff of about 20 Advanced Materials (SNIAM). A state-of- people and includes a dedicated specific pathogen free (SPF) facility for the-art CCD single crystal diffractometer GENETICS and a Jasco circular dichroism transgenic mouse research. One of the Academic Staff Contact: spectrometer are also located in SNIAM. research aims is to develop novel Professor Tony Kavanagh The area possesses a high-resolution therapies for forms of inherited electrospray mass spectrometer and two Telephone: +353-1-608 1140 blindness. high-field NMR spectrometers (300 and Fax: +353-1-671 4968 There is a research group investigating 400 MHz). The Computational Chemists Academic staff numbers: 16 apoptosis and its association with are moving to the Institute for Information Postgraduate numbers: 41 research disease. Interests lie in identifying the Technology and Advanced Computation signals responsible for inducing the (IITAC) which will also house the College’s Internet: www.tcd.ie/Genetics apoptotic pathway and identifying the High Performance Computing (HPC) proteases and other factors that Centre and facilities in the INS Building.

152 TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN Postgraduate Courses 2005 Science participate in the activation cascade. GEOGRAPHY Africa and Tongj University, Shanghai. A particular focus is to identify how Academic Staff Contact: All postgraduates have their own office lesions in this process lead to human Professor David Taylor space and, if required, access to disease. specialised laboratory facilities. Telephone: +353-1-608 1581 Postgraduate students also enjoy easy The area has been investigating cattle Fax: +353-1-671 3397 access to other facilities on campus, genetics for more than 30 years; a study Academic staff numbers: 10 including the recently upgraded main recently extended to the structure and Postgraduate numbers: 42 research College libraries, high performance origins of the cattle of Europe, Asia and analytical and computing laboratories Internet: www.tcd.ie/Geography Africa. Related studies are being carried and the Sports Centre. out on the thoroughbred horse and the Geography is located within the same DNA techniques are now being Those interested in following a architecturally impressive Museum applied to a study of the origins of the postgraduate degree by research should Building at the centre of the main peoples of Ireland. first discuss their proposed research topic campus. In addition to its teaching and with an appropriate member of staff. laboratory facilities, it houses the Staff and students have participated in Information on the research interests of Freeman Library and the Computational whole genome sequencing projects staff is available at on the Geography Earth and Environmental Sciences including those of the yeast, Bacillus website. Especially welcome are enquiries Facility. A significant number of research subtilis, Arabidopsis and human. The from those with a research interest in one projects are funded from external area has developed expertise in of the following areas: cultural and sources, including the Irish Research bioinformatics and molecular evolution, historical geography; environmental Council for Science, Engineering and especially yeast evolution. In addition, archaeology; environmental attitudes and Technology, the Irish Research Council there is a major research effort in values; environmental change, including for the Humanities and Social Sciences, understanding genome structure and its human dimensions and the Combat Poverty and the Environmental evolution. There are also major projects reconstruction, impacts and implications Protection Agency. Geography also on functional genomics of Bacillus of past variability in sea-levels; hosts a research seminar series involving subtilis and Arabdopsis. environmental planning; geographical invited speakers from Irish and UK information systems; geomorphology and universities. hydrology of limestone terrains; glacial There is a large and active group of geomorphology; groundwater and postgraduate research students who are surface water hydrology; remote sensing; involved in research based in Ireland, sand dunes and coastal conservation; Britain, continental Europe, the transportation; and urban economic Mediterranean Islands, North America, restructuring, housing and inner-city Africa and Asia. Often this research is in regeneration. collaboration with institutions overseas, such as the British Institute in Eastern

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GEOLOGY Elucidation of thermal histories: Staff are actively involved in the editing Academic Staff Contact: computer modelling of the cooling of national and international journals, histories of meteorites and igneous serve on the editorial boards of a

Science Dr John R Graham dykes, experimental heating projects number of other journals, and routinely Telephone: +353-1-608 1074 and maturation studies based on review manuscripts submitted for Fax: +353-1-671 1199 vitrinite reflectance, clay publication in a wide range of Earth Academic staff numbers: 9 mineralogy/geochemistry and Science publications. Important Postgraduate numbers: 19 colour/fluorescence changes in accounts of the history of Geology in palynomorphs and other microfossils. Ireland have been published by staff, Internet: www.tcd.ie/Geology Groundwater quality and water and there is ongoing historical research Research in the area of Geology is resource management. with special reference to geology and funded by a number of bodies including geologists in the College. Fault growth and fluid flow: fault Trinity College, the EU, government zone structural and permeability agencies such as Enterprise Ireland and architecture, fluid flow in fault zones PURE AND APPLIED the Marine Institute, and the private and regional fracture networks, MATHEMATICS sector, especially the hydrocarbon fault growth processes in porous Academic Staff Contact: industry. There is considerable research sandstones, earthquake structural Professor Samson Shatashvili activity in diverse fields. Much of the geology. Telephone: +353-1-608 1949 current research involves staff and Igneous petrology, volcanology and research students working in the Fax: +353-1-608 2282 geochemistry: magmatic evolution of following broad areas: Academic staff numbers: 19 full-time igneous rock suites and their Basin analysis, sedimentology, Postgraduate numbers: phenocrysts; crystal isotope stratigraphy and mineralisation: 21 research, 19 taught stratiography; age dating of igneous studies of Palaeozoic and Mesozoic successions in the British/Irish Internet: www.maths.tcd.ie successions in Ireland and adjacent Territory Province; volcanotectonics; offshore areas, porosity and Mathematics accepts suitably qualified analogue modelling of volcano permeability evolution of Irish students to read for the degree of structures and magma chamber carboniferous rocks and its bearing M.Sc. or Ph.D. by research. There processes. on the emplacement of zinc-lead is also a taught M.Sc. course in High Modelling modern and fossil aquatic mineralisation, vertebrate-bearing Performance Computing. ecosystems using nitrogen and fluvial systems in the Japan Alps. carbon isotopes. The petroleum Areas of research which are open to Palaeontology and biostratigraphy: geology of coastal Tanzania and study include computation: theoretical Upper Palaeozoic biostratigraphy evolution of the East African passive computing, numerical computing; pure and palaeobiogeography based on margin since the Cretaceous. Field mathematics: complex and functional palynology and micropalaeontology, and historical geology of the Isle of analysis, differential geometry, operator and taxonomic studies of bryozoa, Arran, Scotland. theory and operator algebras, spectral crinoids and nautiloids.

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theory; theoretical physics: quantum host, and how this information can be self confidence and develop critical skills Science field theory, string theory, lattice QCD, used to identify microbial targets which in dealing with the literature, and to monopoles. might be exploited to prevent or cure foster an awareness of developments in infection, either through rational design areas of biology distinct from their Students reading for the degrees of of drugs or vaccine development. potential as scientists to the maximum M.Sc. or Ph.D. are required to take such extent possible. courses as are laid down by their Housed in the Moyne Institute of supervisor. All students are required to Preventive Medicine, a building funded PHARMACY discuss their research proposals with a privately by the Normanby Trust, the area relevant member of staff before is fully equipped to support research in Academic Staff Contact: Ms Ingrid Hook submitting their application form. modern molecular microbiology. Telephone: +353-1-608 2802 Research is funded by the Wellcome Fax: +353-1-608 2804 MICROBIOLOGY Trust and other medical charities, the EU, the Health Research Board, Enterprise The area of Pharmacy at Trinity College Academic Staff Contact: Ireland, and by industry. There is a large Dublin was the first centre for Professor Cyril Smyth and very active research community of pharmaceutical education in Ireland. It Telephone: +353-1-608 1195 academic staff, senior research fellows, was established in 1977 and moved Fax: +353-1-679 9294 postdoctoral fellows and graduate onto the main campus in 1997. Ms Academic staff numbers: 11 students. Also offered is a seminar Ingrid Hook is the acting Head of the School. Postgraduate numbers: 32 research programme of international speakers. The student Microbiological Society also Internet: www.tcd.ie/Microbiology/ The area consists of Pharmaceutics and organises a series of lectures by visiting Pharmaceutical Technology; speakers each year. Microbiology carries out basic and Pharmaceutical Chemistry; applied research in the area of Graduate students intending to pursue a Pharmacognosy; Pharmacology; and molecular and cell biology of infectious Ph.D. first serve a probationary period on Practice of Pharmacy. diseases caused by bacteria, viruses, the M.Sc. register, and are transferred to fungi and parasites. The work aims to the Ph.D. register following satisfactory Pharmaceutics and elucidate the mechanisms by which performance in the graduate education Pharmaceutical Technology pathogenic agents infect the host and programme. The progress of each evade host defences. Fax: +353-1-608 2783 student is monitored by a committee of Email: [email protected] Current research programmes three academic staff members with Internet: www.tcd.ie/Pharmaceutics/ investigate how prokaryotic, eukaryotic whom the student meets every six and viral pathogens regulate the months. Students are strongly In addition to a large undergraduate expression of virulence factors required encouraged to join learned societies teaching laboratory and model for successful infection, how they relevant to their field of research and a pharmacy dispensary, the division has a colonise different niches within the departmental journal club to promote purpose built unit operations facility for

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pharmaceutical technology and an release technology based on Outside the University, the division has aseptic suite for sterile product microencapsulation, tablet, implant, links with University College Dublin, production, TPN and cytotoxic drug transdermal systems and University of London UK, University of Science preparation. There are specific research bioadhesive products; aerosol Bath UK, University of Saarland Germany laboratories for formulation science, systems and characterisation and University of Michigan, USA. biopharmaceutics, cell culture, thermal Pharmacy practice. analysis and micromeritics. Pharmaceutical Chemistry The division has ongoing collaborative Fax: +353-1-608 2793 The division provides courses on research in a number of the above areas formulation science, dosage form within Pharmacy and with Science and Internet: www.tcd.ie/Pharmaceutical_ design, pharmaceutical technology, Health Sciences. It has extensive contacts chemistry/ pharmaceutical microbiology and with the pharmaceutical industry with The area is fully equipped with a biopharmaceutics. which it also undertakes collaborative number of laboratories for specialised projects and this represents a source of Research is directed primarily at purposes e.g. drug synthesis, considerable funding for research. Some the design of drug delivery systems chromatography and spectroscopy. of these contacts are with Materials in order to improve the transport of Equipment for undergraduate and Ireland (MI) through the polymer drugs to target sites in the body, with postgraduate teaching and research research unit in College and also BRI the consequent enhancement in includes the following spectroscopic and through the National Pharmaceutical therapeutic effectiveness and reduction chromatographic instrumentation: IR, Biotechnology Centre. Some research in side effects. This necessitates UV, N.M.R., Fluorescence, G.C., M.P.L.C., products have been commercialised and both basic and applied research. H.P.L.C., Ion Chromatography, Atomic some have been patented and thus are a The division’s research interests may Absorption, Capillary Electrophoresis, source of revenue for College. be summarised as follows: GC-MS. Access to other facilities i.e. Prediction of drug release from solid dosage forms for human and veterinary use Mechanisms of drug transport across biological membranes including the gastrointestinal tract; biological barriers to peptide absorption Transdermal drug delivery mechanisms of drug transport; local and systemic delivery Technological aspects of drug delivery system design/sustained

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High Resolution Mass Spectrometry, Research is funded by Enterprise The area is fully equipped for the Science N.M.R., (400MHz) and X-Ray is available Ireland, the Health Research Board, cultivation of algal and plant cell cultures in the University and collaborating BioResearch Ireland, the Wellcome Trust as well as intact and micro-propagated institutions. and the pharmaceutical industry. plants. It is equipped with up-to-date extraction and solvent handling facilities as The area has ongoing collaborative Pharmacognosy well as a wide range of chromatographic research in a number of fields within the equipment including GC, GC-MS, HPLC, Fax: +353-1-608 2804 College, other Universities and industry, and MPLC. Standard spectroscopic Internet: www.tcd.ie/Pharmacognosy/ for example Queen’s University Belfast, techniques are available within the area University of Limerick, and overseas The major research orientations of the and University (3002 400MHz NMR) or in institutions including the University of division are in the phytochemical and collaborating institutions (400 MHz NMR Siena, Italy, and the University of biological evaluation of medicinal plants. and High Resolution Mass Spectrometry). Regensburg, Germany. Both native (Taxus, Drosera, Ajuga, Research links exist with other areas Centranthus) and foreign plants (Papaver, The area is engaged in research in the within the University and third level Dionaea, Leontopodium) are being following areas: analysis of pharmaceutical institutions both in Ireland and Europe. examined as potential sources of novel materials; impurity profiling of In addition there are research links with bio-active compounds, especially with pharmaceuticals e.g. cardiovasculars; Arboreta in Ireland, UK and Europe, as anti-inflammatory, anti-cancer, anti- design of stability studies for product well as industrial sponsors. registration; drug design and malarial and anti-acetylcholine esterase development; methodologies for the activities. Compounds of research interest Research funding has been obtained synthesis, characterisation and chemical include alkaloids, flavanoids, peptides, nationally from Enterprise Ireland, the transformations of pharmacologically terpenes and naphthoquinones. In its Royal Irish Academy and internationally active heterocycles with antidepressant drug discovery programmes, the area is from the EU, as well as industry. activity; design, synthesis, evaluation and also involved in the chemical computer modelling of novel modification and bioactivity evaluation of Pharmacology antiestrogens; impurity profiling of these compounds. Biotechnological areas Fax: +353-1-608 2821 amphetamine type drugs of abuse; of study include cell suspension and Internet: www2.tcd.ie/Pharmacology/ mechanism of action of anti-inflammatory transformed root cultures. Collaboration with Botany allows the molecular drugs; computer modelling of platelet The area has excellent facilities for investigation (i.e. DNA profiling) of activating agents; liquid chromatographic teaching and research and a new base medicinal plants. Method validation and method development for cardiovascular for expansion of postgraduate research quality control procedures for herbal drugs; the application of molecular orbital activity. It contributes to taught medicines as well as natural and studies to the conformations of Postgraduate M.Sc. courses in synthetic drugs of abuse are also of muscarinic agonists. Pharmaceutical Analysis, Hospital interest. Practice related areas of research Pharmacy and to the Diploma/M.Sc. in involve aspects dealing with the Community Pharmacy and to the M.Sc. pharmaceutical care of drug addicts. in Sports Medicine.

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There are two active research groups. Applications for postgraduate studies service institutions such as health The Polyamine Research Group is (M.Sc. or Ph.D. by research) are boards and Trinity teaching hospitals concerned with the functional role of particularly welcome. and these links are continually being Science polyamines in the central nervous developed. Health Research Board system and with the development of Practice of Pharmacy funding for some of these projects was novel polyamine antagonists as novel obtained. Collaboration with other The division is housed in the School of therapies for epilepsy and stroke. research areas within Trinity College Pharmacy buildings in College. It also occurs on a project by project basis. The Immunomodulator Research Group, contributes to the Pharmaceutical is commercially sponsored and is Technician Diploma, M.Sc. in Applications to undertake full-time of concerned with the development of Community Pharmacy and M.Sc. in part-time pharmacy practice research novel immunosuppressants from lead Hospital Pharmacy. Students from the at either Masters of doctoral level are molecules of fungal origin. M.Sc. in Community Pharmacy invited. Approximately 200 NCE’s have been undertake a research project in the area and are often supervised by staff from synthesised by this group and promising PHYSICS novel agents with potential role in the the division. Academic Staff Contact: treatment of diseases of auto-immune Access to support in data processing Professor Denis Weaire origin have been identified. and statistical analysis is available in the Telephone: +353-1-608 1675 division and in the College; tools such There are close associations with the Fax: +353-1-671 1759 Centre for the Practice of Pharmacy. as SPSS and other software packages are available. Academic staff numbers: 26 The division is particularly well Postgraduate numbers: 80 research Postgraduate research in the areas of equipped to carry out studies on Internet: www.tcd.ie/Physics/ centrally acting drugs and on the novel pharmaceutical care, drug utilisation entities devised by the and compliance/concordance, health Trinity College’s Physics area is the immunomodulator group. It has a wide promotion, medication safety and most research-active in Ireland. Annual range of pharmacological recording health policy is ongoing. Collaborative research funding is in excess of millions equipment for measurement of blood projects relating to the pharmaceutical of Euro and typical annual publications pressure, ECG, EEG and smooth muscle care of the elderly and to medication exceed 130 peer-reviewed papers, with contraction, electrophysiological patch review have been carried out; the high attendant citations and patent clamp recording equipment and former was an EU collaborative project production. It hosts three Fellows of the modern automated high pressure liquid and links established with other EU Royal Society, namely John chromatography systems. universities and research institutes are Coey, Denis Weaire and John Pethica, being developed through evaluation of recipients of the Charles Chree Medal Collaborative work currently involves other projects and through of the Institute of Physics, the Cecil University Departments in Canada, the memberships of Pharmaceutical Care Powell Medal of the European Physical USA and Brazil and several research Network Europe. Research has been Society, the Hughes Medal of the Royal areas within College. carried out in collaboration with health 158 TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN Postgraduate Courses 2005 Science Society and the Holweck Medal of the collaboration with researchers at the ZOOLOGY Institute of Physics, respectively. University of Texas, Dallas (UTD), has Academic Staff Contact: developed a new process for the Professor Celia Holland Physics has a long and distinguished continuous spinning of composite fibres Telephone: +353-1-608 1063 history of teaching and research. Richard of carbon nanotubes. The toughness of Helsham, appointed in 1724 as the the new fibres is more than four times Fax: +353-1-677 8094 original Erasmus Smith’s Professor of that of spider silk and seventeen times Academic staff numbers: 9 full-time Natural and Experimental Philosophy, that of the Kevlar used in bullet-proof Postgraduate numbers: 37 research was the first to lay out Newton’s methods vests. Following his discovery of excess Internet: www.tcd.ie/Zoology/ in a form suitable for the undergraduate. magnetisation in meteoritic graphite, More recent holders of the Chair include Professor Coey has demonstrated Zoology provides comprehensive George Francis Fitzgerald, famous for the contact-induced magnetisation in graduate training in animal biology Lorentz-Fitzgerald contraction, and Ernest carbon nanotubes, also confirmed through M.Sc. (by research) and Ph.D. Thomas Sinton Walton, the only Irish theoretically by Drs Sanvito and degrees. It is also actively involved in recipient of a Nobel Prize in Science. This Ferreira. the taught M.Sc. in Environmental tradition is maintained today through a Sciences. Research is organised into very successful research program and Research has spawned a number of Environmental and Medical Zoology highly respected degree courses. campus companies and contributes to divisions. The former concentrates on the technology-transfer Programmes in interactions of animals and their Located in the Fitzgerald Building Advanced Technology (PATs), e.g. environment and involves freshwater (1905) and the Sami Nasr Institute of Optronics Ireland and Materials Ireland. biology, marine biology, wildlife and Advanced Materials Science (opened in More recently, the area is host to the behavioural ecology groups. The 2001), it is also host to the prestigious prestigious first phase of Science research of the Medical Zoology first phase of Science Foundation Foundation Ireland Nanotechnology division is concerned with pathogenic Ireland Nanotechnology projects, projects. attracting world-class researchers and animals or uses animal models for the establishing internationally competitive Graduate students in Physics join an study of general biological phenomena. facilities; additional laboratories are area that is both academic and Three groups – molecular neurobiology, planned for the hi-tech CRANN building enterprising; the student body is developmental biology, and parasitology to be opened in 2006. international, reflecting the contacts – constitute this division, while between Physics and an extensive emphasis on evolutionary biology Research is largely focused in the area network of external collaborations. It overlaps all groups. Staff research of new materials. A recent research provides both educational and financial interests and activities are described highlight is Professor Donegan’s work support to graduate students. on the Zoology website. on high efficiency quantum dot light emitters, with potential applications as The Zoology Building contains suites of “optical tweezers” and elements of laboratories equipped appropriately for quantum computers. Dr Coleman, in the main research specialisations, and

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houses a small museum, with a wide M.Sc. COURSES The course provides students with a range of teaching material, and wide range of knowledge and skills important reference collections. COMMUNITY PHARMACY to apply to the expanding subject of Science Constant temperature rooms and an (P.Grad.Dip./ M.Sc.) Environmental Science. The course aquarium, with freshwater and seawater COURSE CODES 659/658 aims to provide a firm scientific supplies, enable some animals to be understanding in order to provide the held in the building, while birds and Entry via P.Grad.Dip. For further details capability to respond to Environmental mammals are housed in the specialised see Diploma section below. Regulations and work effectively within animal facility of the Bio Resources the complex discipline of Environmental Centre. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES Management. The course provides a (M.Sc./P.Grad.Dip.) foundation of understanding of current A wide variety of research equipment is COURSE CODE 169/651 environmental policies and legislation, available, including facilities for tissue and builds upon this with practical and culture, biochemical, molecular Course Coordinator: Dr Kenneth Irvine theoretical courses that include air biological, genetic and chemical Duration: One year, full-time pollution, land use, ocean and coastal analyses, immunohistochemistry at light Closing Date: 30 June 2005. management, water resources and and electron microscopical levels, image Applications should be addressed pollution, conservation management, analysis and quantification in light and directly to the Graduate Studies Office, waste management and environmental electron microscopy. General fieldwork Arts Building, Trinity College, Dublin 2. sustainability. Theory and practice are on terrestrial vertebrates is supported closely related to develop field, Telephone: +353-1-608 1638 by specialist equipment used for analytical, and presentation skills. tracking. Electrofishing gear, boats and Email: [email protected] The course provides the opportunity SCUBA are available for aquatic studies. Internet: www.tcd.ie/Centre_for_the_ to develop interests in particular areas Transportation for fieldwork is provided Environment/esmsc.html of environmental sciences through by three departmental vehicles. tutorial-type teaching and an extended This full-time, intensive degree course is desk study. Zoology has close links with many of honors standard and is intended for external bodies including the Irish Sea established administrative and scientific Following successful completion of Fisheries Board (BIM), the Marine workers and new graduates with an the taught part of the course students Institute’s Aquaculture and Catchment appropriate biological/earth science continue on to a closely supervised Management Services (Newport, Co. background. It is divided into two research project intended to expand on Mayo), the EPA, the Heritage Council, parts; a program of 16 taught modules the skills and knowledge base acquired Coillte, the National Parks and Wildlife followed by a five-month research earlier. Service and Dublin Zoo. The research project. There is also the possibility group based at the Zoo carries out to opt for a diploma course in Previous research projects include: an mostly behavioural studies on a range of Environmental Sciences, consisting assessment of the toxicity of acid mine species relating to environmental of the taught modules only. drainage; a review of causes of enrichment. deforestation of African tropical rain

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forests; atmospheric heavy metal The M.Sc. course provides practical management. The techniques covered Science deposition in Ireland: estimation based training in the emerging high during the year will allow students on moss analysis; environmental performance computing technology to work in advanced software education in the Irish second level sector. The core modules of the course development, including parallel and school system; the application of cover the hardware and software concurrent software applications, settleability tests for the control of technology used in large-scale scientific, using the MPI, OpenMP and pthread activated sludge plants; vulnerability numerical and technical computation programming libraries. Technical mapping of two Karsitic spring including hardware and software computing methods are widely used catchments in County Clare with technology, processors, memory and in research into mathematics, physics, the aid of geographical information cache, code optimisation, parallel chemistry, engineering and finance, systems (GIS); the sustainability of architectures and programming parallel providing a wide range of options for a car-dependant settlement pattern: computers. The skills learnt in these the student wishing to go on to Ph.D. an evaluation of rural housing in the lectures will be applied in a continually studies and pursue an academic career. Dublin region. assessed programming laboratory. Optional modules include classical This course may be of interest to science, engineering and mathematics HIGH PERFORMANCE simulation techniques, stochastic graduates who have a good COMPUTING (M.Sc.) methods and financial applications. mathematical background together with COURSE CODE 626 The course includes a strong practical element. Students have unlimited use of Course Coordinator: a dedicated computing laboratory and Dr Michael Peardon access to the facilities of the Trinity Duration: One year, full-time College Centre for High Performance Closing Date: 31 July 2005, (late Computing (TCHPC). These resources applications may be considered if places are being upgraded shortly to a very remain available after the closing date.) large-scale system with a state-of-the-art Applications should be addressed data visualisation suite. The TCHPC directly to the Graduate Studies Office, presently maintains a Linux parallel Arts Building, Trinity College, Dublin 2 computing cluster, which consists of 64 Telephone: +353-1-608 1485 processors on 32 two-way SMP nodes, Fax: +353-1-608 2282 connected by a dedicated high-speed network. Email: [email protected] Internet: www.maths.tcd.ie/hpcmsc The successful graduate will have career opportunities in mathematical modelling, simulation and forecasting, data-base mining and resource

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some computing experience. Enquiries pharmacy. Subjects covered include Society of Ireland. All students are are also welcome from mathematically therapeutics, pharmacoeconomics, based as full-time pharmacists in trained technical staff in business and purchasing skills, good manufacturing dedicated teaching hospitals in Ireland. Science industry who wish to develop expertise practice and aseptics, immunology and in modern high performance computing biotechnology. Management issues as PHARMACEUTICAL ANALYSIS technology. A primary degree at upper they relate to hospital pharmacy and (M.Sc./P.Grad.Dip.) second class level or higher is normally the broader context of healthcare COURSE CODE 633/634 required. systems are also addressed. Course Director: Dr John M. Clancy Coursework is underpinned by a HOSPITAL PHARMACY (M.Sc.) Closing Date: 31 July 2005. Applications comprehensive practice-based element should be addressed directly to the COURSE CODE 222 where students rotate through a variety Graduate Studies Office, Arts Building, of specialist areas to ensure that broad, Next entry January 2006 Trinity College, Dublin 2. practical experience is obtained in such (with Health Sciences) areas as drug information, dispensary, Telephone: +353-1-608 2790 Course Coordinator: Dr Aisling O’Leary, compounding and clinical specialities. Fax: +353-1-608 2793 B.Sc.(Pharm.), M.P.S.I. Email: [email protected] Duration: Two years, part-time Assessment is on a continual basis through formal examinations, written Internet: www2.tcd.ie/Pharmaceutical_ Closing Date: 1 September 2005, for assignments, oral presentations and chemistry/chmm.htm admission in the following January. clinical progress reports. Students Applications should be addressed The course involves a comprehensive are required to undertake a research directly to the Graduate Studies Office, treatment of the science and project and must demonstrate Arts Building, Trinity College, Dublin 2. technology of pharmaceutical analysis research competency. Research and Telephone: +353-1-416 2586; with particular emphasis on the methodological skills are addressed Secretary: +353-1-416 2467 regulatory environment in which the in a dedicated module that also pharmaceutical industry operates. It is Fax: +353-1-473 0596; encompasses statistical evaluation. intended for suitably qualified graduates Email: [email protected] This is a two-year, part-time course with currently working in or aspiring to work Internet: www.tcd.ie/Pharmacy/msc.htm lectures and tutorials taking place on one in the pharmaceutical industry – in particular non-pharmacy graduates The M.Sc. in Hospital Pharmacy half day per week in central locations. employed in quality control or quality programme consists of a practice-based Courses are conducted on a bi-annual assurance roles requiring specialised teaching programme complemented basis and the next entry for students training, retraining or upgrading of skills. by lectures, tutorials and workshops. will be in January 2006. Eligible The course may also be attractive to The course provides students with the candidates must hold a first or second- technical managers in regulatory affairs, knowledge and skills necessary to class honors degree in pharmacy and be product development and other related undertake all aspects of hospital registered with the Pharmaceutical areas. The objective is to equip

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graduates with the appropriate analysis The course consists of eight basic is available for a supplemental Science skills required by the pharmaceutical modules: regulatory aspects of examination in September each and veterinary manufacturing industries. pharmaceutical analysis, statistics, GLP year if required. A reasonable chromatographic analysis, spectroscopic attempt is required in all aspects Applicants are accepted, subject to the and physical methods of analysis, of the examination process. A pass availability of places, from holders of pharmacopoeial methods of drug mark of 40% is normally required honors degrees in a relevant Science analysis, analysis of low level drug but compensation is applied where discipline (e.g. Pharmacy, Chemistry, analysis, specialised pharmaceutical appropriate. Analytical Chemistry, Microbiology, methods of analysis, biological and Biochemistry, Pharmacology and other pharmacological methods and PHARMACEUTICAL appropriate primary honors degrees e.g. pharmaceutical formulation. MANUFACTURING I.T., Medicine or Veterinary). Equivalent TECHNOLOGY primary and/or postgraduate The taught modules are supported by (P.Grad.Dip./M.Sc.) qualifications are considered, lectures and workshops on presentation particularly with relevant professional and research skills and visits to COURSE CODE 202 experience. Applications will be industrial laboratories. The course is Entry via P.Grad.Dip. For details see evaluated by the Course Director in taught mainly by College staff, although entry in Diploma section below. consultation with the Course there is a contribution from specialist Committee and Dean of Graduate visiting lecturers. The research project PHARMACEUTICAL Studies as appropriate. may be conducted either in the School TECHNOLOGY of Pharmacy or at the student’s place of (M.Sc./P.Grad.Dip.) The course is available for full-time employment but in either case study over one calendar year or part- supervision is exercised by a member of COURSE CODES 635/636 time over two years and consists of the School of Pharmacy academic staff. lectures, workshop and laboratory Course Coordinator: Dr Majella Lane work. Part-time teaching is normally Overall assessment of candidates is Duration: scheduled for Fridays during academic based on tutor marked assignments One year, full-time, two years, part-time terms. The course comprises lectures, (TMAs) during the course work and Closing Date: 30 June 2005. workshops, seminars, laboratory work, written examinations in May/June Applications should be addressed written assignments and factory visits. each year. Credits are available for directly to the Graduate Studies Office, In addition each student must write a all assignments including laboratory Arts Building, Trinity College, Dublin 2. major essay on a designated topic in the reports. The M.Sc. project report should Telephone: +353-1-608 2785 area of pharmaceutical analysis. be of 20,000 words and is examined Fax: +353-1-608 2783 in September. Candidates must Students proceeding to a M.Sc. degree successfully complete the taught Email: [email protected] will be required to undertake a research component of the course at the Trinity Internet: www.tcd.ie/Pharmaceutics/ project and present a detailed scientific term examinations, before proceeding mscpt.html report at the end of the course. to the M.Sc. project. Provision

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The main aim of the course is to give COMMUNITY PHARMACY This course is intended to help students currently working or intending (P.Grad.Dip./M.Sc.) community pharmacists to develop their to work in the human and veterinary clinical, managerial and research skills,

Science COURSE CODES 659/658 pharmaceutical industries an meet duties imposed by Clause 9 of understanding of the fundamentals of Course Coordinator: Dr Sheila Ryder the Community Pharmacy Contractor pharmaceutical technology relevant to Duration: P.Grad.Dip. two years part- Agreement, extend their professional product formulation, development and time; M.Sc. additional year, part-time. role and contribute to patient care as production. In addition to theoretical part of the primary health care team. Closing Date: 1 October 2005, for entry knowledge, graduates are equipped Because of their distance-learning format, January 2006. Two references are with practical experience and research participants can continue in full-time required upon application – either two methodology that enables them to employment throughout the course. academic references or one academic become involved in research and and one work-related reference. development in these areas. Participants initially enter at diploma Applications should be addressed level, and on successful completion of Applications are accepted from directly to the Graduate Studies Office, core material may choose either to graduates who hold a good honors Arts Building, Trinity College, Dublin 2. graduate with a Postgraduate Diploma degree in a relevant science discipline, Telephone: +353-1-608 2786 in Community Pharmacy or to apply to hold an equivalent qualification with Fax: +353-1-608 2524 transfer to the M.Sc. in Community relevant professional experience or Pharmacy. Email: [email protected] otherwise satisfy the course admission committee that they have the ability to Internet: www.tcd.ie/Pharmacy/ succeed and benefit from the course. dipmsc.htm

POSTGRADUATE DIPLOMAS Some Masters courses have the option of a Postgraduate Diploma in cases where the taught course has been satisfactorily completed but a dissertation has not been submitted. Such P.Grad.Dip. courses are not listed below as they are not open to entry as separate options from their parent Masters course i.e. students apply for entry to the appropriate Masters course.

164 TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN Postgraduate Courses 2005 Science Core material comprises a series of Email: [email protected] POLYMER SCIENCE AND modules covering clinical, social and Internet: www.tcd.ie/Pharmacy/crsd.htm TECHNOLOGY (P.Grad.Dip.) business aspects of pharmacy practice, COURSE CODE 642 with opportunities for specialisation in The Postgraudate Diploma course is particular fields. Pharmacists who presented in a distance learning form Course Coordinator: Dr Valerie Barron advance to M.Sc. level undertake an and extends over two years. Participants Duration: M.Sc. one year, part-time; additional module on research methods should be in full-time employment P.Grad.Dip. six months and perform a research project relevant either in the pharmaceutical industry or Closing Date: 30 June 2005. to community pharmacy practice. with the pharmaceutical regulatory Applications should be addressed authority at the time of application and directly to the Graduate Studies Office, for the duration of the course. PHARMACEUTICAL ANALYSIS Arts Building, Trinity College, Dublin 2. (P.Grad.Dip./M.Sc.) Course content is specified in Human Telephone: +353-1-608 3595 COURSE CODE 634/633 and Veterinary Directives 2001/83/EC Fax: +353-1-671 1759 and 2001/82/EC. Participants receive Participants initially enter at diploma Email: [email protected] nine module books in each year of the level. For more details see entry on course. The general areas covered are: Internet: www.tcd.ie/Physics/Courses/ M.Sc. above. pharmaceutical, medicinal and PolymerMSc/ analytical chemistry; pharmaceutical PHARMACEUTICAL This program is aimed at developing processing and drug action, uses and MANUFACTURING skills in polymer science and technology, assessment. Participants must also TECHNOLOGY providing graduates with an advanced undertake a number of manufacturing (P.Grad.Dip./M.Sc.) technological management qualification facility visits. COURSE CODE 202 required for high level technical and/or The Postgraduate Diploma is recognised management positions within the Course Coordinator: Ms Lorna Loughrey by the Irish Medicines Board as fulfilling polymer and plastics industry. – all enquiries should be made to the the educational requirements related to Course Coordinator at +353-608 2811 The course will cover the following key registration as a ‘Qualified Person’. Duration: Two years, part-time areas: polymer chemistry and physics; structure property relationships; Closing Date: 31 July for admission in Students who are eligible to progress to polymer characterisation techniques; the following January. Applications an M.Sc. Degree, generally undertake a polymer additives technology; polymer should be addressed directly to the dissertation in the second year of the processing and business management. Graduate Studies Office, Arts Building, course. Trinity College, Dublin 2. Telephone: +353-1-608 2812/2811 Fax: +353-1-608 2813

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The College Calendar Part 1 contains Sciences, Health Sciences, Science and the general regulations applicable to all in Psychology: €4,948 for EU or College charges. The following list of €14,739 for non-EU One-term students fees is extracted from that publication admitted to any faculty will be required and is given for reference purposes only. to pay a term fee as follows: €1,480 for (Applicants should note that there are a EU or €4,574 for non-EU number of other charges which may be levied in certain circumstances). All The fees must be paid before students must pay a students’ union 1 September or by the date requested levy each year in addition to the fees if later.

ostgraduate Degree and Diploma Fees scheduled below. The College Calendar Students may be admitted to attend P Part 1, College Charges section is to be one specific course of lectures for a taken as definitive in the event of any term on payment of a fee of €510. To discrepancy or conflict with the material attend more than one course of lectures reproduced below. The Board of Trinity students must register and pay the fee College, Dublin, is not bound by any prescribed for one-term students. All error in, or omission from the following. fees mentioned in this paragraph must be paid before 1 September for SUMMARY OF Michaelmas term, before 1st December POSTGRADUATE for Hilary term and before 1 March for DEGREE FEES Trinity term. Postgraduate students not registered for € higher degrees but admitted for one There is a conferring fee of 85 payable year or one term in accordance with by all students when they apply for admission requirements, pay the fees Commencements. appropriate to the area in which they Please note that all fees quoted are are working: One year students based in for the academic session 2004/05 the Arts (excluding the Department of and are likely to rise in the academic Psychology) and Business, Economic year 2005/06. and Social Studies: €3,661 for EU or €11,252 for non-EU One year students based in Engineering and Systems

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POSTGRADUATE DEGREE FEES ostgraduate Degree and Diploma Fees EU Non-EU Euro € Euro € B.D. qualifying test fee (when applicable) 200 examination fee (for six divisions) 900 payable on registration dissertation or special examination fee 714 D.D. examination and degree fee 2,000 LL.D. examination and degree fee 2,000 Litt.D. examination and degree fee 2,000 Mus.D. examination and degree fee 2,000 Sc.D. examination and degree fee 2,000 M.Ch., M.A.O., and M.D. examination and degree fee 2,889 re-registration fee (see note 1) 302 M.Dent.Sc. examination and degree fee 2,889 re-registration fee (see note 1) 302 M.Dent.Ch. in Orthodontics annual fee 15,596 30,012 M.Dent.Ch. (taught) annual fee 15,596 30,012 M.A.I. (excluding course) examination and degree fee 2,889 re-registration fee (see note 1) 302 M.A.I. (course) annual fee (see note 2) 4,364 15,587 M.B.A. annual fee (see note 2) 20,515 20,515 M.Ed. annual fee (1st year) 3,504 11,984 annual fee (2nd year) 3,504 7,441 annual fee (subsequent years) (see note 3) 1,854 3,728 M.Litt. annual fee (1st and 2nd years) 3,466 7,425 annual fee (subsequent years) (see note 3) 1,837 3,712 LL.M. annual fee (see note 2) 5,510 13,962 M.Phil. in Anglo-Irish Literature annual fee (see note 2) 4,468 12,035 M.Phil. in Creative Writing annual fee (see note 2) 5,408 12,335

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EU Non-EU Euro € Euro € M.Phil. in Early Irish annual fee (see note 2) 5,006 11,868 M.Phil. in Ethnic and Racial Studies annual fee (see note 2) 5,733 13,616 M.Phil. in German Literature and annual fee (full-time) (see note 2) 4,152 10,919 Language Pedagogy annual fee (part-time) (see note 2) 2,570 6,712

M.Phil. in Irish Art History annual fee (see note 2) 3,692 9,167 M.Phil. in Irish Theatre and Film annual fee (see note 2) 4,549 11,769 M.Phil. in Linguistics and annual fee (see note 2) 4,468 12,035 Applied Linguistics annual fee (2nd year part-time) (see note 2) 1,651 3,834 M.Phil. in Literary Translation annual fee (see note 2) 4,366 11,760 M.Phil. in Medieval History annual fee (see note 2) 5,028 11,681 ostgraduate Degree and Diploma Fees

P M.Phil. in Medieval Language, annual fee (see note 2) 4,475 10,821 Literature and Culture M.Phil. in Music and Media annual fee (see note 2) 5,613 13,484 Technologies M.Phil. in Popular Literature annual fee (see note 2) 5,392 M.Phil. in Psychoanalytic Studies annual fee (see note 2) 5,617 12,035 M.Phil. in Reconciliation Studies annual fee (full-time) 4,795 11,276 annual fee (part-time) 2,782 6,372 M.Phil. in Reformation and annual fee (see note 2) 4,570 12,035 Enlightenment Studies M.Phil. in Social Work Research annual fee (see note 2) 4,416 15,587 M.Phil. in Speech and annual fee (see note 2) 4,468 12,035 Language Processing annual fee (2nd year part-time) (see note 2) 1,651 3,834 M.Phil. in Textual and Visual Studies annual fee (see note 2) 3,883 11,575 M.Phil. in Women’s Studies annual fee (see note 2) 5,257 10,723 M.Phil. (Ecum.) annual fee (full-time) 4,795 11,276 annual fee (part-time) 2,782 6,372 M.Phil. (Peace Studies) annual fee (full-time) 4,795 11,276 annual fee (part-time) 2,782 6,372

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EU Non-EU ostgraduate Degree and Diploma Fees Euro € Euro € M.Sc. annual fee (1st and 2nd years) 4,114 8,840 annual fee (subsequent years) (see note 3) 2,160 4,418 M.Sc. (courses) annual fee (see note 2) 4,364 15,587 M.Sc. in Applied Social Research annual fee (see note 2) 6,000 12,000 M.Sc. in Bioengineering annual fee (1st, 2nd and 3rd years) 5,498 13,431 M.Sc. in Cardiac Rehabilitation annual fee (see note 2) 5,880 M.Sc. in Cardiology annual fee (see note 2) 5,034 27,953 M.Sc. in Child and Adolescent annual fee (see note 2) 3,155 13,225 Analytic Psychotherapy M.Sc. in Child Protection and Welfare annual fee (see note 2) 4,362 15,587 M.Sc. in Civil Engineering annual fee (see note 2) 4,364 15,587 M.Sc. in Clinical annual fee 4,205 15,587 Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences annual fee (3rd year part-time) 3,990 15,587 M.Sc. in Cognitive Psychotherapy annual fee (see note 2) 8,229 14,998 M.Sc. in Community Pharmacy annual fee (see note 2) 4,114 8,840 M.Sc. in Computer Science annual fee (see note 2) 4,362 15,587 (Networks and Distributed Systems) M.Sc. in Computer Science annual fee (see note 2) 4,187 12,562 (Ubiquitous Computing) M.Sc. in Counselling Psychology annual fee (1st year) 9,875 14,661 annual fee (2nd year) 8,635 14,378 M.Sc. in Drug and Alcohol Policy annual fee (see note 2) 4,024 15,587 M.Sc. in Economic Policy Studies annual fee (see note 2) 9,007 17,952 M.Sc. in Economics annual fee (see note 2) 4,800 9,600 M.Sc. in Educational Guidance annual fee (see note 2) 4,194 and Counselling M.Sc. in Educational Management annual fee (see note 2) 4,298 11,805 M.Sc. in Environmental Sciences annual fee (see note 2) 4,364 15,587 M.Sc. in Exercise Physiology annual fee (see note 2) 5,624 10,690

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EU Non-EU Euro € Euro € M.Sc. in Gerontological Nursing annual fee (full-time) (see note 2) 6,900 13,506 annual fee (part-time) (see note 2) 3,600 10,015 M.Sc. in Health Informatics annual fee (see note 2) 4,365 9,616 M.Sc. in Health Services Management annual fee (1st year) (see note 2) 7,259 15,473 annual fee (2nd year) (see note 2) 6,756 M.Sc. in High Performance Computing annual fee (see note 2) 4,767 10,245 M.Sc. in Hospital Pharmacy annual fee (see note 2) 3,646 13,360 M.Sc. in Integrated Systems Design annual fee (see note 2) 7,646 M.Sc. in I.T. in Education annual fee (see note 2) 4,365 9,616 M.Sc. in Mammalian Cell Physiology annual fee (see note 2) 6,888 9,919 ostgraduate Degree and Diploma Fees

P M.Sc. in Management of annual fee (see note 2) 4,271 7,000 Information Systems M.Sc. in Midwifery annual fee (full-time) (see note 2) 6,900 13,500 annual fee (part-time) (see note 2) 3,600 10,015 M.Sc. in Molecular Medicine annual fee (full-time) (see note 2) 5,751 16,181 annual fee (part-time) (see note 2) 3,860 10,810 M.Sc. in Molecular Pathology annual fee (full-time) (see note 2) 4,841 13,449 annual fee (part-time) (see note 2) 3,604 9,825 M.Sc. in Multimedia Systems annual fee (see note 2) 8,917 17,772 M.Sc. in Nuclear Medicine annual fee (see note 2) 3,831 11,459 M.Sc. in Nursing annual fee (full-time) (see note 2) 6,900 13,500 annual fee (part-time) (see note 2) 3,600 10,015 M.Sc. in Occupational Therapy annual fee (see note 2) 4,181 11,575 M.Sc. in Paediatrics annual fee (see note 2) 5,240 22,314 M.Sc. in Pharmaceutical Analysis annual fee (full-time) (see note 2) 6,942 17,744 annual fee (part-time) (see note 2) 5,305 13,325 M.Sc. in Pharmaceutical annual fee (see note 2) 8,500 Manufacturing Technology

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EU Non-EU ostgraduate Degree and Diploma Fees Euro € Euro € M.Sc. in Pharmaceutical Medicine annual fee 3,942 10,752 M.Sc. in Pharmaceutical Technology annual fee (full-time) (see note 2) 7,956 18,947 annual fee (part-time) (see note 2) 5,006 11,868 M.Sc. in Physical Sciences in Medicine annual fee (1st and 2nd years) 4,825 15,571 annual fee (subsequent years) 2,160 4,418 M.Sc. in Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy annual fee (see note 2) 5,830 14,467 M.Sc. in Public Sector Analysis annual fee (see note 2) 11,206 M.Sc. in Science Education annual fee (see note 2) 3,356 M.Sc. in Sports Medicine annual fee (see note 2) 8,684 12,140 M.Sc. in Water Science and Technology annual fee (see note 2) 5,408 14,386 M.Sc. (Mgmt) in Business Administration annual fee (see note 4) 10,266 M.Sc. (Mgmt) in International Business annual fee (see note 4) 23,050 23,050 M.Sc. (Mgmt) in Management Practice annual fee (see note 4) 17,935 M.Sc. (Mgmt) in Organisation Behaviour annual fee (see note 4) 10,130 M.Sc. (Mgmt) in Strategic annual fee (see note 4) 10,266 Management (Public Sector) M.St. in Curriculum Studies annual fee (see note 2) 4,468 M.St. in School Leadership annual fee (see note 2) 4,468 M.S.W. annual fee 4,552 Ph.D. in the Faculties of annual fee (1st, 2nd and 3rd years) 3,466 7,425 Arts (excluding the Department of annual fee (subsequent years) (see note 3) 1,837 3,712 Psychology) and in the Faculty of Business, Economic and Social Studies Ph.D. in the Faculties of Engineering annual fee (1st, 2nd and 3rd years) 4,114 8,840 and Systems Sciences, Health Sciences, annual fee (subsequent years) (see note 3) 2,160 4,418 Science and in the Department of Psychology Ph.D. in Political Science annual fee (see note 2) 6,170 11,753 D.Clin.Psych. annual fee (see note 2) 12,192

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EU Non-EU Euro € Euro € Thesis revision fee (Arts/Business, one year (see note 5) 1,379 1,379 Economic and Social Studies) Thesis revision fee (Engineering and one year (see note 5) 1,618 1,618 Systems Sciences/Science)

Notes: 1. The fee applies to students registered for professional higher degrees from their third year onwards, i.e. the examination and degree fee covers the first two years of registration. However, students who are in full-time attendance at Trinity College are liable for the same reduced annual fee as applies for degrees by research (see note 3 below).

2. Students who do not complete their master’s degree course in the required time will have to re-register and pay the same

ostgraduate Degree and Diploma Fees reduced annual fee as applies for degrees by research (see note 3 below). P 3. Students entering the third and subsequent years on the M.Sc. (by research), M.Litt. and M.Ed. registers and the fourth and subsequent years on the Ph.D. register will be required to pay this reduced continuation fee.

4. This course is organised jointly with the Irish Management Institute.

5. Where the revised thesis is submitted within six months of the original thesis submission date a reduced fee of €864 will be payable.

174 TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN Postgraduate Courses 2005 P 4 POSTGRADUATE DIPLOMA AND CERTIFICATE FEES ostgraduate Degree and Diploma Fees Euro € Applied building repair and conservation annual fee 4,360 Bioengineering annual fee 5,449 Certificate in French for applied scientists annual fee 3,066 Child protection and welfare annual fee (See Note 1) 4,995 Clinical dentistry annual fee 3,121 Clinical engineering (equipment management) annual fee 4,632 Clinical health sciences education annual fee 3,700 Clinical speech and language studies (dysphagia) annual fee 3,780 Clinical supervision (psychology) annual fee 5,750 Cognitive psychotherapy annual fee 7,681 Community pharmacy annual fee 8,353 Computers for engineers annual fee 3,092 Conflict and dispute resolution studies annual fee 4,568 Construction law and contract administration annual fee 5,414 Dental health annual fee (See note 2) 7,047 Ecumenics annual fee (full-time) 4,795 annual fee (part-time) 2,782 Environmental engineering annual fee 4,599 Exercise physiology annual fee 5,624 Fire safety practice (buildings and other structures) annual fee 4,599 Gerontological nursing annual fee 3,165 Gynaecology and obstetrics annual fee (See note 3) 7,903 Health and safety in construction annual fee 4,360 Health informatics annual fee 4,365 Higher diploma in education annual fee 3,698 annual fee 1,383 (2nd year when applicable) Highway and geotechnical engineering annual fee 4,599 Magnetic resonance imaging technology annual fee 3,831

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Euro € Midwifery annual fee 1,802 Molecular medicine annual fee 3,700 Music and media technologies annual fee 5,562 Nuclear medicine annual fee 3,831 Old Irish annual fee 4,337 Oncological nursing annual fee 2,450 Paediatric nursing annual fee (1st year) 1,802 annual fee (2nd year) 945 Peace studies annual fee (full-time) 4,795 annual fee (part-time) 2,782 Pharmaceutical analysis annual fee (full-time) 6,942 annual fee (part-time) 5,305 Postgraduate Degree and Diploma Fees Postgraduate Pharmaceutical manufacturing technology annual fee 8,761 Pharmaceutical technology annual fee (full-time) 7,884 annual fee (part-time) 4,961 Physical planning annual fee 4,599 Polymer science and technology annual fee 6,197 Primary health care annual fee 6,652 Project management annual fee 4,356 Professional midwifery studies annual fee 3,165 Professional nursing studies annual fee 3,165 Quality improvement annual fee 4,359 Specialist nursing annual fee 2,450 Statistics annual fee (1st year) 3,092 annual fee (2nd year) 574 Note: 1. There will be a 33 per cent reduction for students employed by an agency funded by the Department of Health and Children. 2. This is a standard tuition fee for all students irrespective of country of residence or nationality. 3. This is a standard tuition fee for all students irrespective of country of residence or nationality and includes the fees for the Rotunda Hospital. Accommodation costs are not included. 4. All non-E.U. diploma/certificate students (other than dental health, and gynaecology and obstetrics) will be liable for an annual fee of three times the annual E.U. fee or €12,321 whichever is the lower. The only exception to this will be where 176 a specific fee has been set for the course. Please check with the Treasurer’s Office for details. TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN Postgraduate Courses 2005 Alphabetical Index to Postgraduate Courses Alphabetical Index to Postgraduate Courses

Named Degree Courses Professional Research Programmes Bachelor in Divinity (B.D.) 38 Master in Dental Surgery (M.Dent.Ch.) 125 Doctor in Clinical Psychology (D.Clin.Psych) 39 - Oral Medicine with Oral Pathology 125 Doctor in Education (D.Ed.) 40 - Oral Surgery 126 Integrated Doctorate in Molecular Medicine - Orthodontics 126 (M.Sc./Ph.D.) 122 - Paediatric Dentistry 126 Integrated Doctorate in Neuroscience (M.Sc./Ph.D.) 123 - Periodontics 127 Master in Education (M.Ed.) 41 - Prosthodontics 127 Master in Engineering (M.A.I.) 96 M.Sc. Courses Master in Engineering (M.A.I.) Recurrent Education 96 Applied Social Research 84 Master in Social Work (M.S.W.) 84 Bioengineering 2 96 Master in Studies (M.St.) 42 Cardiac Rehabilitation 128 Master of Laws (LL.M.) 40 Cardiology 128 Master in Business Administration (M.B.A.) 82 Child and Adolescent Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy 128 Master in Management (M.Sc.) (Mgnt.) programmes: Child Protection and Welfare 85 Management Practice 83 Civil Engineering 97 Organisational Behaviour 83 Clinical Speech and Language Studies (Dysphagia) 129 Business Administration 83 Cognitive Psychotherapy 129 Strategic Management Programme 83 Community Pharmacy 160 International Business 84 Computer Science (Networks and Distributed Systems) 97 Professional Higher Degree Programmes Computer Science (Ubiquitous Computing) 98 Doctor in Medicine (M.D.) 123 Counselling Psychology 42 Master in Obstetrics (M.A.O.) 124 Drug and Alcohol Policy 85 Master in Surgery (M.Ch.) 124 Economic Policy Studies 87 Master in Dental Science (M.Dent.Sc.) 125 Economics 86 Educational Guidance and Counselling 43 Educational Management 45

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Environmental Sciences 160 M.Phil. Courses Exercise Physiology 129 Anglo Irish Literature 69 Gerontological Nursing 129 Creative Writing 69 Global Health 130 Early Irish 70 Health Informatics (entry in Engineering Ecumenical Studies 1 47 and Systems Sciences) 98, 130 Ethnic and Racial Studies 87 Health Services Management 130 Film Theory and History 70 High Performance Computing 161 German Literature with Language Pedagogy 71 Hospital Pharmacy (entry in Science) 131, 162 International Peace Studies 1 48 I.T. in Education 46, 98 Irish Art History 49 Integrated Systems Design 99 Irish Theatre and Film Studies 71 Mammalian Cell Physiology 131 Linguistics/Applied Linguistics/ Management of Information Systems 100 Speech and Language Processing 72 Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering 100 Literary Translation 72 Alphabetical Index to Postgraduate Courses to Postgraduate Alphabetical Index Medical Imaging 132 Medieval History 49 Midwifery 132 Medieval Language, Literature and Culture 73 Molecular Medicine 133 Modern Irish History 50 Molecular Pathology 134 Music and Media Technologies Multimedia Systems 101 (entry in Arts (Humanaties)) 51, 102 Nursing 134 Popular Literature 73 Occupational Therapy 135 Psychoanalytic Studies 51 Paediatrics 135 Reconciliation Studies 1 51 Pharmaceutical Analysis 162 Reformation and Enlightenment Studies 53 Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Technology 163 Social Work Research 88 Pharmaceutical Medicine 136 Textual and Visual Studies: 19th and 20th Century France 74 Pharmaceutical Technology 163 Women’s Studies 53 Physical Sciences in Medicine 136 Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy 137 Science Education 46 Sports Medicine 138

178 TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN Postgraduate Courses 2005 Alphabetical Index to Postgraduate Courses Postgraduate Diplomas Pharmaceutical Analysis 165 Applied Building Repair and Conservation 102 Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Technology 165 Child Protection and Welfare 89 Pharmaceutical Medicine 145 Clinical Dentistry 138 Physical Planning 105 Clinical Engineering (Equipment Management) 139 Polymer Science and Technology 165 Clinical Health Sciences Education 139 Professional Midwifery Studies 146 Clinical Speech and Language Studies (Dysphagia) 140 Professional Nursing Studies 146 Clinical Supervision 54 Project Management 106 Cognitive Psychotherapy 140 Quality Improvement 106 Community Pharmacy 164 Specialist Nursing 5 147 Computer Science (Ubiquitous Computing) 102 Statistics 107 Conflict and Dispute Resolution Studies 1 54 Higher Diplomas Construction Law and Contract Administration 103 Higher Diploma in Education (Secondary level) 57 Environmental Engineering 103 Higher Diploma in Education (Primary level) 58 Exercise Physiology 140 Higher Diploma in Psychology 59 Fire Safety Practice (Buildings and Other Structures) 104 Gerontological Nursing 141 Notes: Gynaecology and Obstetrics 142 1Taught in the Irish School of Ecumenics. Health and Safety in Construction 104 2 Jointly taught with the University of Limerick and the Health Informatics 104, 142 University of Ulster. Highway and Geotechnical Engineering 105 In-Service Education 55 3 Jointly taught with the Rotunda Hospital and Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda. Magnetic Resonance Imaging Technology 142 Midwifery 3 143 4 Jointly taught with St. Luke’s and St. Anne’s Hospital and Molecular Medicine 143 St. James’s Hospital (School of Nursing)

Music and Media Technologies 56 6 Jointly taught with St. James’s Hospital and the Adelaide Nuclear Medicine 144 and Meath Hospital, Dublin, incorporating the National Old Irish 75 Children’s Hospital. Oncological Nursing 4 144 Paediatric Nursing 5 145

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