The BA (Hons) in Anthropology is a three-year, full-time, honours degree (NFQ Level 8). To be eligible for the award of this degree a student is required to have achieved 180 credits, by obtaining 60 credits in each of three years of the programme. A student may not register for more than 60 credits in one year.
In order to be admitted to the First University Examination in Anthropology a student must have satisfactorily attended, subsequent to entry to the programme, modules amounting to 60 credits.
Students take 45 credits of core modules:
AR1001 The Archaeology of Ireland in Context (15 credits)
AY1001 Introduction to Anthropology (5 credits)
HI1007 Anti-Semitism in Europe from the Middle Ages to the Holocaust (5 credits)
HI1012 Women in Europe since 1800 (5 credits)
SC1005 Introduction to Sociology (Part 1) (5 credits)
SC1006 Key Issues in Sociology (Part 2) (10 credits)
and one module to the value of 15 credits to be chosen from the following:
FL1004 Irish Folklore and Culture: an Introduction (15 credits)
RG1001 Religions in the Contemporary World: An Introduction to the Study of Religions (15 credits)
Module Semester Information may be found here.
Module
Descriptions may be found here.
Examinations
Full details of regulations governing Examinations for each programme
will be contained in the Marks and Standards 2020/2021 Book, and for
each module in the Book of Modules, 2020/2021.
Three Year Rule
Students must pass the First University Examination in Arts (Anthropology)
within three academic years from the date of first registration for
First Year. Failure to comply with this rule means that the student will
be ineligible to proceed further with his/her studies. Exceptions to
this rule may be granted by the College of Arts, Celtic Studies and
Social Sciences, only for very serious reasons.
No student may register for Second Arts (Anthropology) until the First University Examination in Arts (Anthropology) has been passed.
In order to be admitted to the Second University Examination in Anthropology a student must have satisfactorily attended the following modules amounting to 60 credits:
Core modules:
AY2001 Anthropology Field School (5 credits)
AY2002 Anthropology Research Seminar 1 (5 credits)
Archaeology
AR2050 Archaeological Theory and Anthropology (5 credits)
AR2051 The Archaeology and Anthropology of War in Small-scale Societies (5 credits)
and
AR2038 Human Remains for Archaeologists (5 credits)
or
AR2048 Forensic Archaeology and Anthropology (5 credits)
and one AR module to be chosen from the following:
AR2033 Chalcolithic and Bronze Age Europe (5 credits)
AR2034 The Archaeology of Early Medieval and Viking Britain (5 credits)
AR2042 The Archaeology of Later Medieval Ireland, c.AD 1100–1550 (5 credits)
AR2047 Celts, Germans and Scythians - The People of the European Iron Age (5 credits)
Sociology
SC2001 Foundation in Sociological Theory (5 credits)
SC2018 Sociology of Culture and Art (5 credits)
SC2034 Sociology of the City (5 credits)
Elective modules:
Students choose 10 credits from the following:
(timetable restrictions may apply)
CC2006 Learning and Society in the Celtic Countries (5 credits)
CC2011 Gender, Image and Identity in Medieval Ireland (5 credits)
CC2012 Myths and Beliefs of the Early Celtic Peoples (5 credits)
FL2012 Exploring the Otherworld: Popular Beliefs and Symbols (5 credits)
FL2016 What is Folklore? Paradigms and Theories (5 credits)
HI2014 Women in Early Modern Europe 1500–1800 (5 credits)
HI2017 Geography and Imagination in the Middle Ages (5 credits)
HI2049 The Great Famine: its Making, Meaning and Memory (5 credits)
HI2109 The Global Renaissance: 1300–1600 (5 credits)
MU2006 Musical Cultures of East Asia (10 credits)
MU2041 Gamelan 2 (5 credits)
MU2048 Sitar 2 (5 credits)
MU2060 Sean-nós 2 (5 credits)
MU2065 South Indian Konokol (5 credits)
MU2084 Singing Ideas in Society (5 credits)
MU2092 Introduction to Irish Traditional Music and World Music Studies (5 credits)
PH2023 Chinese Philosophy (5 credits)
PH2028 Applied Ethics (5 credits)
RG2304 Religions of East Asia (10 credits)
RG2307 Indigenous Religions (10 credits)
Module Semester Information may be found here.
Module
here.
Examinations
Full details of regulations governing Examinations for each programme
will be contained in the Marks and Standards 2020/2021 Book, and for
each module in the Book of Modules, 2020/2021.
Three Year Rule
Students must pass the Second University Examination in Arts
(Anthropology) within three academic years from the date of first
registration for Second Year. Failure to comply with this rule means
that the student will be ineligible to proceed further with his/her
studies. Exceptions to this rule may be granted by the College of
Arts, Celtic Studies and Social Sciences, only for very serious
reasons.
No student may register for Third Arts (Anthropology) until the Second University Examination in Arts (Anthropology) has been passed.
In order to be admitted to the Third University Examination in Anthropology a student must have satisfactorily attended the following modules amounting to 60 credits:
Core modules:
AY3001 Anthropology Research Seminar 2 (10 credits)
SC3001 Social Theory II (5 credits)
SC3003 Sociology of Development and Globalization (5 credits)
SC3004 The Sociology of Community (5 credits)
SC3009 Sociology of Religions and Civilisations (5 credits)
Archaeology (20 credits)
AR3040 Health, Diet and Disease in Early Societies (5 credits)
AR3057 Typology to Materiality. Methods and Concepts of material culture studies (5 credits)
AR3058 Museums, Anthropology and Archaeology (5 credits)
and one AR module to be chosen from the following:
AR3037 The Viking World and Ireland (5 credits)
AR3052 Beyond the Celtic World – Iron Age Ireland (5 credits)
AR3055 Transitions in Prehistory: Ireland in the Third Millennium BC (5 credits)
AR3056 The Archaeology of Post-Medieval Ireland, c.1550-1750 (5 credits)
Elective modules:
Students choose 10 credits from the following:
(timetable restrictions may apply)
FL3001 Exploring Material Culture and Folklore (5 credits)
FL3011 The Ethnographic Interview: An Introduction (5 credits)
FL3013 Study Stories: Theory and Method (5 credits)
HI3051 Ireland and the Beginnings of Europe (5 credits)
HI3127 Religion and Magic in Reformation Europe: Witches, Demons, Jews and Heretics (5 credits)
HI3135 The Female Body and British Culture 1800–1918 (5 credits)
MU2034 Music and Cultural Tourism (5 credits)
MU2036 Collectors, Collections and Fieldwork in Irish Traditional Music (5 credits)
MU2065 South Indian Konokol (5 credits)
MU3014 Applied Ethnomusicology (10 credits)
MU3041 Gamelan 3 (5 credits)
MU3048 Sitar 3 (5 credits)
MU3060 Sean-nós 3 (5 credits)
PH3041 Moral Psychology 2 (5 credits)
PH3044 Construction of Social Reality (5 credits)
PH3045 Home, Identity and Displacement (5 credits)
RG2305 Authority and Community in Contemporary Christianities (10 credits)
RG2308 Hinduism and Indian Religions (10 credits)
Module Semester Information may be found here. Module Descriptions may be found here.
Examinations
Full details of regulations governing Examinations for each programme
will be contained in the Marks and Standards 2020/2021 Book, and for
each module in the Book of Modules, 2020/2021.
Three Year Rule
Students must pass the Third University Examination in Arts
(Anthropology) within three academic years from the date of first
registration for Third Year. Failure to comply with this rule means
that the student will be ineligible to proceed further with his/her
studies. Exceptions to this rule may be granted by the College of
Arts, Celtic Studies and Social Sciences, only for very serious
reasons.
Programme Learning Outcomes for BA
(Hons) (Anthropology) (NFQ Level 8, Major Award)
On successful completion of this programme, students should be able
to: