SECTION 7 – HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES SPECIALISED DEGREES
BA Local Studies (part-time, evening) CAO Code: MH803 BLS | CAO Points 2021: Not applicable CAO Code: MH803 BLS CAO Points 2021: Not applicable – mature students only (21 years or more) CAO Points Range 2020: Not applicable – mature students only (21 years or more) Places 2021: 30 (MH803) Duration: 4.5 years (part-time)
Erasmus/Study Abroad Option: No Mature Applicants: Applicants must be 21 years or older on 1 January of the year of entry. Application through the CAO. Selected candidates are invited for interview. See our website for details (link in Contact us). UK, EU & International Applicants: See p. 214 QQI Link: No Placement Option: No
>Local > Studies as a part-time (evening) interdisciplinary degree for mature applicants only (21 years or more). >Departments > involved are History, Geography, Classics, Centre for Irish Cultural Heritage, Adult and Community Education and Anthropology.
Leaving Certificate: Not applicable. Only open to mature applicants aged 21 years or older. OPC: Open Choice Option Up to 4 weeks to decide on MH803 degree stream (entry requirements apply)
Options after graduation? >Develop > research, writing, communication, critical thinking, analysis and interpretation skills to the highest level. >In > some cases students from the Local Studies degree have published their research. >Higher > education, secondary teaching and the tourism,
Why choose this degree? >This > is the only interdisciplinary degree of its kind in Ireland combining the expertise of Ireland’s leading history department for the study of local history, with one of the most well regarded geography departments in the country; study folk traditions, Gaelic Literature and Culture with modules from the Centre for Irish Cultural Heritage and Ancient Classics and deepen this knowledge with classes in Anthropology or Sociology. >Use > previous learning to fast-track to the degree award through our Recognition of Prior Learning system.
hospitality and leisure industries. > >Postgraduate study in fields such as history, geography, archaeology and folklore. >Progression > to the Professional Master of Education for Secondary School teaching or the HDip. in Further Education and Training or the MA in Local History (incorporating Historic Irish Houses and Local History).
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>New > students are catered for in Semester 1 Introduction to
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Course structure >>This flexible degree has been developed for people who are busy with work, family and daily life
>>As MH803 is a completely modular degree based on a 4.5 year cycle students are not divided into years but rather choose modules as they come up on the BA modular carousel
>>Experience a dynamic learning environment where new students mix, learn and gain support from other students who are further along the degree path
Possible topics Examples of modules include: >>Death in Early Ireland >>Climate change: the potential impacts for community and locality >>Introduction to Irish Archaeology >>Latin for Local History 1
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