OPEN DAY 2012 Saturday 1st December 2012 The exciting and informative programme of events will include: n Course specific presentations n Individual stands for each course, where you can meet our academic staff and current students to obtain detailed course information UNDERGRADUATE PROSPECTUS UNDERGRADUATE n Demonstrations and laboratory tours n Presentations about student sports, societies and the Students’ Union n Specific sessions for mature students, access students, and parents n Campus tours and tours of College facilities, including the sports centre Full details will be available at www.tcd.ie/Admissions/undergraduate in November. WE LOOK FORWARD TO MEETING YOU AT OUR OPEN DAY! ONLINE INFORMATION Courses: www.tcd.ie/courses Admissions: www.tcd.ie/Admissions/undergraduate 2013 CAO Points: www.tcd.ie/Admissions/undergraduate/requirements/entrypoints Copies of this publication are available Accommodation: www.tcd.ie/accommodation/StudentsandStaff/ free of charge from Students/TrinityHall Main TCD website: www.tcd.ie The Admissions Office Trinity College Virtual tour: www.tcd.ie/virtualtour Dublin 2, Ireland Student life: www.tcdlife.ie Telephone: +353 1 896 4444 Sports clubs: www.ducac.tcdlife.ie Fax: +353 1 872 2853 Sports facilities: www.tcd.ie/sport Email: [email protected] Student societies: www.trinitysocieties.ie Website: www.tcd.ie/admissions/undergraduate www.facebook.com/trinitycollegedublin The Board of Trinity College is not bound www.youtube.com/trinitycollegedublin by errors in or omissions from this publication http://itunes.tcd.ie UNDERGRADUATE http://twitter.com/#!/tcddublin PROSPECTUS 2013 Welcome from the Provost Our safe and friendly campus provides an ideal environment for studying, learning, relaxing and living. Located in the heart of Ireland’s capital city, it has state-of-the-art facilities such as a modern Sports Centre, the Science Gallery and the Trinity College Library, the largest research library in Ireland with almost 5 million books and over 70,000 journals. Trinity has over 112 diverse and colourful societies and 50 sports clubs; the clubs and societies accept new members each year during ‘Orientation Week’ in September. There are also opportunities to take a semester abroad while progressing in your course through Trinity College’s partnership agreements with leading universities in other countries. I hope that you will consider joining us as a student at Trinity Employers worldwide hold Trinity graduates in high esteem. College Dublin. Trinity is recognised as Ireland’s top university.* The College has produced generations of outstanding We are well-known globally for the excellence of our courses graduates. Some of the most famous people in Irish history and the commitment of our staff. have been educated here: writers like Oscar Wilde and Samuel Beckett; scientists like William Rowan Hamilton and E.T.S. Trinity was founded in 1592 and is Ireland’s oldest university. Walton (the winner of the Nobel Prize for splitting the atom), Today the College has a vibrant cosmopolitan community of as well as two Irish presidents and many industry leaders. students representing every county in Ireland and some 122 nationalities. I hope you will consider Trinity as your first choice for undergraduate study for an exciting new journey that will open At Trinity you will learn from professors who are world leaders in your mind to new experiences, ways of thinking and friendships, their fields of study. You can chose from over 400 undergraduate many of which will last for a lifetime. degree courses across a range of disciplines in the Arts, Humanities, Engineering, Science, Business, Technology, Social Sciences, and Health Sciences. The Trinity curriculum is aimed at not just acquiring knowledge but at developing critical faculties of the human mind. Freedom of expression, willingness to engage in debate and express diverse points of view are valued and welcomed. Patrick Prendergast Provost Solid academic and pastoral support is provided throughout your time in the university. Each incoming student is assigned July 2012 a Tutor, a member of the academic staff, who is there to advise * Trinity College Dublin is ranked 1st in Ireland, and in 65th position in the top you and help if any personal problem arises. Our tutorial system 100 world universities and 21st position in the top European universities by is unique in Ireland. There is also a student-to-student mentoring the QS World University Rankings 2011. In the Times Higher Education World programme for first year students. We offer a wide range of high University Rankings, TCD is ranked 1st in Ireland, 117th in the top 200 world quality services to all students such as the Careers Advisory universities and 42nd in the top European universities. Service, the Health Centre and a Counselling Service. Fáilte ón bPropast Tá súil agam go smaoineoidh tú ar theacht go Coláiste na Tá os cionn 112 cumann éagsúil bríomhar i gColáiste na Tríonóide, Baile Átha Cliath, mar mhac léinn. Aithnítear Coláiste Tríonóide chomh maith le os cionn 50 club spóirt. Glacann na na Tríonóide mar an ollscoil is fearr in Éirinn.* Tá cáil ar chúrsaí cumainn agus na clubanna le ballraíocht nua gach bliain le linn Choláiste na Tríonóide agus ar dhíograis na foirne ar fud an Sheachtain na dTosaitheoirí i Meán Fómhair. domhain mhóir. Bíonn deiseanna ann freisin, trí shocruithe comhpháirtíochta I 1592 a bunaíodh Coláiste na Tríonóide, an ollscoil is sine in Choláiste na Tríonóide le hollscoileanna den scoth i dtíortha eile, Éirinn. Tá pobal bríomhar nua-aimseartha mac léinn as gach seimeastar a chaitheamh thar lear le linn duit a bheith i mbun contae ar fud na hÉireann agus as 122 tír ar fud an domhain staidéir. ag freastal air sa lá atá inniu ann. Bíonn an-mheas go deo ag fostóirí ar fud an domhain ar I gColáiste na Tríonóide beidh tú ag foghlaim ó ollúna ar chéimithe Choláiste na Tríonóide. Tá céimithe den scoth tagtha ceannródaithe iad ina réimsí staidéir féin. Tá 400 cúrsa fochéime amach as Coláiste na Tríonóide le blianta fada. D’fhreastail ar fáil ann i réimse disciplíní sna hEalaíona, sna Daonnachtaí, roinnt de na daoine is mó le rá i stair na hÉireann ar an san Innealtóireacht, in Eolaíocht, Gnó agus Teicneolaíocht, gColáiste: na scríbhneoirí Oscar Wilde agus Samuel Beckett; sna hEolaíochtaí Sóisialta agus sna hEolaíochtaí Sláinte. Tá na heolaithe William Rowan Hamilton agus E.T.S. Walton curaclam Choláiste na Tríonóide dírithe ar eolas a thabhairt ach, (a bhuaigh Duais Nobel as an t-adamh a scoilteadh), chomh chomh maith leis sin, ar smaointeoireacht chriticiúil an duine a maith le beirt d’Iar-Uachtaráin na hÉireann agus go leor fhorbairt. Tugtar cead cainte do mhic léinn agus spreagtar iad le ceannairí tionsclaíochta. páirt a ghlacadh sa díospóireacht agus a gcuid tuairimí sainiúla féin a chur in iúl. Tá súil agam go smaoineoidh tú ar Choláiste na Tríonóide a roghnú i dtosach ar choláistí eile le dul i mbun staidéir agus Cuirfear tacaíocht thréadach agus acadúil láidir ar fáil le linn le tabhairt faoi aistear úr i do shaol, aistear a thabharfaidh do thréimhse san ollscoil. Bíonn oide (ball den fhoireann dearcadh nua ar an saol duit, a chuirfidh bealaí úra acadúil) ag gach mac léinn a thagann isteach, a bhíonn ar fáil smaointeoireachta i do láthair agus trína ndéanfaidh tú cairde le comhairle a chur ort agus le cuidiú leat le haon deacrachtaí buana saoil. pearsanta a thiocfadh chun cinn. Níl a leithéid de chóras oidí le fáil in aon choláiste tríú leibhéal eile in Éirinn. Chomh maith leis sin, tá clár meantóireachta le mic léinn níos sine ar fáil do mhic léinn na chéad bhliana. Cuirimid réimse leathan seirbhísí ardchaighdeáin ar fáil do gach mac léinn, mar shampla an Patrick Prendergast tSeirbhís Ghairmthreorach, an tIonad Sláinte agus an tSeirbhís Propast Chomhairleoireachta. Iúil 2012 Is timpeallacht den scoth é an campas – áit chairdiúil shábháilte le dul i mbun léinn, le foghlaim, le bheith ar do chompord agus le * Tá Coláiste na Tríonóide, Baile Átha Cliath rangaithe sa chéad áit in Éirinn, maireachtáil ann. Lonnaithe i lár phríomhchathair na hÉireann, sa 65ú háit i measc an 100 ollscoil is fearr ar domhan agus sa 21ú háit i measc ollscoileanna ceannródaíocha na hEorpa de réir shraithliosta QS um tá saoráidí den scoth againn – ionad spóirt nua-aimseartha, an Rangú Domhanda Ollscoileanna 2011. I sraithliosta um Rangú Domhanda tÁiléar Eolaíochta agus Leabharlann Choláiste na Tríonóide, an Ollscoileanna de cuid Times Higher Education, rangaítear TCD sa chéad áit in leabharlann taighde is mó in Éirinn, ina bhfuil beagnach 5 milliún Éirinn, sa 117ú háit i measc an 200 ollscoil is fearr ar domhan agus sa 42ú háit leabhar agus breis is 70,000 irisleabhar. i measc ollscoileanna ceannródaíocha na hEorpa. CONTENTS General Information Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences Welcome from the Provost 35 Arts courses at Trinity College – an overview 36 Arts: TSM* (Two Subject Moderatorship) 4 Trinity College’s Location 37 Business, economic and social studies (BESS) 5 Student Life at Trinity College 41 Business studies and a language (French, German, 5 Student entertainment & media Russian, Polish or Spanish) 6 Student societies 118 Business: Computer science and business 7 Sports centre and sports clubs 43 Classics 7 Theatres 45 Classics: Classical civilisation (TSM) 7 Gallery & Science Gallery 46 Classics: Greek (TSM) 8 Restaurants and coffee shops 48 Classics: Latin (TSM) 8 Accommodation 49 Clinical speech and language studies 9 An Ghaeilge/The Irish language 52 Deaf studies 55