UNDERGRADUATE COURSES 2012 Welcome from the Provost

UNDERGRADUATE COURSES 2012 Welcome from the Provost

Trinity College Dublin. The University of Dublin. UNDERGRADUATE COURSES, 2012. www.tcd.ie Copies of this publication are available free of charge from The Admissions Office Regent House Trinity College Dublin 2, Ireland Telephone: +353 1 896 4444 Fax: +353 1 872 2853 Email: [email protected] Website: www.tcd.ie/admissions/undergraduate The Board of Trinity College is not bound by errors in or omissions from this publication UNDERGRADUATE COURSES COURSES UNDERGRADUATE 2012 UNDERGRADUATE COURSES 2012 www.tcd.ie Welcome from the Provost programme. You will learn to think for yourself, to learn from your mistakes, and refine your mind to be able to manage whatever the changing world may throw at you. These skills are for life. Located in the heart of Ireland’s busy capital city, TCD students can avail of the many attractions and facilities Dublin has to offer. The campus’s state-of-the-art facilities include a modern Sports Centre, the Science Gallery – which is the first of its kind in the world, and the Trinity College Library, the largest research library in Ireland. In addition to collections gathered over four centuries, the College has had 200 years of legal deposit, allowing Trinity College to claim a copy of every book published in Ireland and the UK. It is also home to an extensive collection of manuscripts, the most famous being the Book of Kells. I hope that you will consider joining us as a student at Trinity The ‘Trinity Experience’ is a chance in a lifetime for personal College Dublin. development in the broadest sense. Trinity College has many diverse and colourful societies and clubs which contribute much Trinity College Dublin is recognised internationally as Ireland’s to the life and fabric of the University and community. There premier university and as one of the top universities in the are some 50 sports clubs and almost 100 student societies world*. Founded in 1592, it is the oldest university in Ireland. to participate in, with something to suit all interests. Today the College has a vibrant community of 16,837 students representing every county in Ireland, 122 nationalities, and a Committed to excellence in teaching, research and innovation, wide range of social backgrounds and age-groups. Some of Trinity College Dublin guarantees a distinctive all-round the most famous people in Irish history have been educated undergraduate experience that will change your life forever. at Trinity College; writers like Oscar Wilde and Samuel Beckett; As a student you feel a great sense of history, of walking in scientists like William Rowan Hamilton and E.T.S. Walton, who the footsteps of famous graduates, many of whom have and won the Nobel Prize for his work on the atom, as well as two are helping shape the history of Ireland and the wider world. Irish presidents and many industry leaders. I hope you will consider joining us to study here and look forward to welcoming you on campus for an exciting new journey that Trinity College has a number of important priorities for its will open your mind to new experiences, ways of thinking and students. Each incoming student is assigned a Tutor, a member friendships, many of which will last for a lifetime. of the academic staff, who is there to advise you and help if any personal problem arises. This tutorial system is unique in Ireland. In addition, a student-to-student mentoring programme for first year students has been initiated. Other high quality student services include the Careers Advisory Service. There are also Patrick Prendergast possibilities of studying abroad in other leading universities Provost through Trinity College’s partnership agreements. July 2011 Students benefit from a scholar-teacher model where you have the opportunity of being taught by world-leading experts in their * Trinity College Dublin is ranked in 52nd position in the top 100 world field. Offering a unique educational experience across a range universities and 15th position in the top European universities by the QS of disciplines in the Arts, Humanities, Engineering, Science, World University Rankings 2010. In the Times Higher Education World Human, Social and Health Sciences, TCD’s curriculum is aimed University Rankings, TCD is ranked 76th in the top 200 world universities and 14th in the top European universities. not just at acquiring knowledge but at developing critical thinking and facilitating research at every stage of the undergraduate Fáilte ón bPropast Tá súil agam go smaoineoidh tú ar theacht go Coláiste na Agus an Coláiste suite i gcroílár phríomhchathair ghnóthach na Tríonóide mar mhac léinn. hÉireann, is féidir le mic léinn teacht ar na háiseanna agus nithe spéise go léir atá ar fáil i mBaile Átha Cliath. I measc áiseanna Tá aitheantas idirnáisiúnta bainte amach ag Coláiste na úrscothacha an champais, tá ionad spóirt nua-aimseartha, an Tríonóide mar an ollscoil is fearr in Éirinn, agus mar cheann tÁiléar Eolaíochta (an chéad tionscnamh dá leithéid ar domhan), de na hollscoileanna is fearr ar domhan*. Bunaíodh Coláiste agus Leabharlann Choláiste na Tríonóide, an leabharlann na Tríonóide sa bhliain 1592. Is é an ollscoil is sine in Éirinn é. taighde is mó in Éirinn. Anuas ar bhailiúcháin éagsúla a cuireadh Tá pobal bríomhar 16,837 mac léinn againn, as gach contae le chéile thar 400 bliain, tá cnuasach dlíthiúil 200 bliain ag an in Éirinn, as 122 tír, agus ó chúlraí sóisialta agus aoisghrúpaí gColáiste, agus an ceart aige cóip a fháil de gach leabhar a éagsúla. Fuair roinnt de na daoine is iomráití i stair na hÉireann fhoilsítear in Éirinn nó sa Ríocht Aontaithe. Tá bailiúchán leathan a gcuid oideachais i gColáiste na Tríonóide – scríbhneoirí cosúil lámhscríbhinní sa Choláiste, ina measc an lámhscríbhinn is le Oscar Wilde agus Samuel Beckett, eolaithe cosúil le William cáiliúla acu, Leabhar Cheanannais. Rowan Hamilton agus E.T.S. Walton (a bhuaigh duais Nobel as an obair a rinne sé ar an adamh), maille le beirt d’Uachtaráin na Soláthraíonn Coláiste na Tríonóide deis iontach don fhorbairt hÉireann agus neart cinnirí tionscail. phearsanta. Tá a lán cumann agus clubanna spleodracha sa Choláiste, a chuireann go mór le saol agus le bríomhaireacht na Tá roinnt tosaíochtaí tábhachtacha againn dár gcuid mac léinn. háite. Tá breis agus 50 club spóirt agus nach mór 100 cumann Ceaptar Oide do gach mac léinn, ball den fhoireann acadúil a againn, agus ábhar spéise do chách iontu. chuirfidh comhairle ort agus a chuideoidh leat má bhíonn aon fhadhb phearsanta agat. Níl a leithéid le fáil in aon ollscoil eile Agus muid tiomnaithe don sár-chleachtas múinte agus taighde in Éirinn. Agus tá córas nua meantóireachta ‘mac léinn go mac araon, cuirtear eachtra fochéime den scoth ar fáil anseo, eachtra léinn’ againn, trína dtugann mic léinn eile treoir agus tacaíocht a athróidh do shaol. Mar mhac léinn sa Choláiste, braithfidh do mhic léinn úra. Tá an tSeirbhís Ghairmthreorach ar cheann tú an stair i do thimpeall agus tú ag leanúint lorg na gcéimithe eile de na seirbhísí ardchaighdeáin a chuirimid ar fáil do mhic cáiliúla a d’imigh romhat; céimithe a chuir (agus a chuireann) léinn. Tá féidearthachtaí ann freisin le staidéar a dhéanamh le stair na tíre seo agus le stair an domhain. Tá súil agam go thar lear i bpríomhollscoileanna eile a bhfuil comhaontú dtiocfaidh tú anseo mar mhac léinn, agus beidh mé ag súil le comhpháirtíochta acu linn. fáilte a chur romhat ar an gcampas agus tú ag cur tús le haistear iontach, a osclóidh d’intinn ar eispéireas nua, bealaí agus An cur chuige atá againn anseo i gColáiste na Tríonóide ná gur modhanna smaointe úra, agus a sholáthróidh deiseanna úra scoláire agus múinteoir gach léachtóir. Sa chaoi seo, bíonn deis cairdis duit, roinnt mhaith acu a rachaidh chun tairbhe duit ar foghlaim ó ard-shaineolaithe domhanda sna réimsí éagsúla. feadh do shaoil. I gColáiste na Tríonóide, cuirimid oideachas den scoth ar fáil thar réimse disciplíní: sna hEalaíona, sa Sruithléann, san Innealtóireacht, san Eolaíocht agus sna hEolaíochtaí Daonna, Sóisialta agus Sláinte. Ní ar bhailiú eolais amháin atá curaclam an Choláiste dírithe, ach ar an smaointeoireacht chriticiúil a Patrick Prendergast fhorbairt agus an taighde a éascú ag gach leibhéal den chlár Propast fochéime chomh maith. Foghlaimeoidh tú conas smaoineamh as do stuaim féin, conas foghlaim ó bhotúin, agus conas d’intinn Iúil 2011 a mhúnlú chun gach rud a thiocfaidh i do threo a láimhseáil. Is scileanna buana iad na scileanna seo. * Tá Coláiste na Tríonóide, Baile Átha Cliath sa 52ú háit i liosta den 100 ollscoil is fearr ar domhan agus sa 15ú háit san Eoraip de réir shraithliosta QS d’ollscoileanna an domhain, 2010. I sraithliosta Times Higher Education den 200 ollscoil is fearr ar domhan, tá TCD ar an 76ú hollscoil is fearr ar domhan agus sa 14ú háit san Eoraip. Contents General information Courses Welcome from the Provost 4 Trinity College’s Location Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences 5 Student Life at Trinity College 5 Student societies 35 Arts courses at Trinity College – an overview 5 Sport at Trinity College 36 Ancient and medieval history and culture 6 Students’ Union 37 Business, economic and social studies (BESS) 6 An Ghaeilge/The Irish language 42 Business studies and a language 7 Trinity Publications (French, German, Russian, Polish or Spanish) 7 Trinity College theatres 44 Classics 7 Gallery 46 Clinical speech and language studies 7 Restaurants and coffee shops 120 Computer science and business 8 Accommodation 48 Deaf studies 9 Student Support Services 51 Drama and theatre studies 9 Orientation for new entrants 53

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