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2021/2022

MA (THE IRISH REVOLUTION, 1912-1923) (not on offer in 2021/22)

NFQ Level 9, Major Award

Note: Every effort has been made to ensure that the programme and module content as described in the University's Calendar and Book of Modules for the 2021-22 academic year are accurate. However, due to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, no guarantee is given that programme/module content, delivery and assessment may not be altered, cancelled, replaced, augmented or otherwise amended. Any changes will ensure the same competencies and Learning Outcomes are met. Programme and/or Module Coordinators will communicate any such changes to students.

The MA in the Irish Revolution 1912 - 1923 is a full-time programme taken over 12 months or part-time taken over 24 months from the date of first registration for the programme.

Students take modules to the value of 90 credits comprising taught modules to the value of 45 credits (Part I) and a dissertation to the value of 45 credits (Part II).

Students take 90 credits as follows:

Part I
HI6042 Sources and Debates in the Irish Revolution (15 credits) (not on offer in 2021/22)
HI6049 Historiography of the Irish Revolution (15 credits) (not on offer in 2021/22)
HI6050 Public History, Commemoration, and the Irish Revolution (15 credits) (not on offer in 2021/22)

Part II
HI6100 History Dissertation (45 credits)
A dissertation of a maximum of 20,000 words must be submitted by a specified date in September.


Module Semester Information may be found here. Module Descriptions may be found here.

Examinations
Full details and regulations governing Examinations for each programme will be contained in the Marks and Standards 2021/2022 Book and for each module in the Book of Modules, 2021/2022.

Postgraduate Certificate in the Irish Revolution 1912-1923
Candidates who pass at least 30 credits of taught modules may opt to exit the programme and be awarded a Postgraduate Certificate in the Irish Revolution 1912-1923.

Programme Learning Outcomes for MA in the Irish Revolution, 1912-1923 (NFQ Level 9, Major Award)
On successful completion of this programme, students should be able to:

  • Evaluate the significance of the principal issues and problems of the 'revolutionary decade' in modern Irish history, 1912-23;
  • Summarise the competing interpretations of the significance of the events of the 'revolutionary decade';
  • Compare the relative advantages and disadvantages of public and academic histories of the 'revolutionary decade';
  • Evaluate and incorporate new insights informed by the forefront of the field of learning;
  • Judge the value of the source material available for the study of this period;
  • Assess the contribution of the work of specific historians to our understating of the 'revolutionary decade'.

Programme Learning Outcomes for Postgraduate Certificate in the Irish Revolution, 1912-1923 (NFQ Level 9, Minor award)
On successful completion of this programme, students should be able to:

  • Evaluate the significance of the principal issues and problems of the 'revolutionary decade' in modern Irish history, 1912-23;
  • Summarise the competing interpretations of the significance of the events of the 'revolutionary decade';
  • Compare the relative advantages and disadvantages of public and academic histories of the 'revolutionary decade';
  • Judge the value of the source material available for the study of this period;
  • Assess the contribution of the work of specific historians to our understating of the 'revolutionary decade'.

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