We Are UCC

UCC IS HOME TO...

24,000

SOCIETIES

IRELAND’S FIRST THIRD-LEVEL GREEN CAMPUS

A PROUD TRADITION OF INDEPENDENT AND CREATIVE THINKING

A UNIQUE GRADUATE ATTRIBUTES PROGRAMME

GEORGE BOOLE

OUR FIRST PROFESSOR OF MATHEMATICS AND FATHER OF THE INFORMATION AGE

DEDICATED TO SUPPORTING STUDENT TRANSITIONS

UCC OPEN DAY

Day Your Checklist

At UCC, our Open Day is all about you and making sure you get an opportunity to experience everything UCC has to offer. You will be able to meet with academic and support staff and attend course talks and you’ll also be able to chat with our current students who can give you the lowdown on life and learning at UCC. Here is a handy checklist to make sure you are fully prepped to get the most out of Your UCC Open Day.

Before you go:

Establish your interests - what do you enjoy learning about most, either inside or outside of school? Not sure? Check out Nurturing Bright Futures for some help with this.

Check out the Open Day itinerary on www.ucc.ie/openday and mark the events that are most relevant to you. Use your calendar on your phone for key reminders.

Research which workshops/ events require pre-registration and sign up for the ones of interest to you.

Build your Open Day Agenda and download the Campus Map onto your phone.

Make a list of questions you’d like answered – get advice on what questions to ask from your family and friends.

Ask a friend, parent, guardian or sibling to come with you.

Ahead of travelling, check out the transport options to get to campus and the parking options available.

WHEN YOU GET HOME

Make some notes about the UCC Open Day and follow up if you have extra questions. Follow UCC on our social channels to keep up to date with what’s going on.

On the Day:

Get there early to make the most of your day.

Wear comfortable, practical clothes and shoes and bring an umbrella (just in case!)

Make sure your phone is fully charged so you can use it to take notes/record voice notes or take photos on the day. Remember to take a pen and notebook to jot down ideas and contact details.

Try and make all of the events you have earmarked. Chat with lecturers, current students and staff, ask them your questions or just find out what they have to say.

Also take time to find out about our award-winning student support services. Do one of the many campus tours to explore the sights and sounds of UCC and to get a feel for the facilities including the libraries, Mardyke Arena, Skills Centre, Shops, Bookshops, etc. Ask about accommodation options nearby and check them out, if you have time.

Experience what student societies and clubs are available. Bring a bag for any freebies and swag!

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VOTED BEST STUDENT CAMPUS IN IRELAND IN 2021 AND 2022. EMPLOYABILITY RANKINGS UCC IS ONE OF THE - SUNDAY TIMES LEAGUE TABLE.

RANKED IN THE TOP OF UNIVERSITIESWORLDWIDE ACCORDING TO QS RANKING WINNER! 3RD TOP LEVEL INSTITUTIONS IN IRELAND FOR GRADUATE EMPLOYABILITY

Overall Excellence in Education Award 2021 & 2022, Why UCC? 8 We Are UCC

SUSTAINABILITY

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IN RELATION TO GREEN CAMPUS AND SUSTAINABILITY UI GREEN METRIC RANKING (SUSTAINABILITY)

and Winners of Best Green Campus at The Education Awards in 2021

62ND In the world

1ST

FIRST UNIVERSITY CAMPUS IN THE WORLD TO RECEIVE GREEN FLAG

FOR IMPACT ACROSS THE SDGS BY THE TIMES HIGHER EDUCATION IMPACT RANKINGS.

RESEARCH-LED EDUCATION

RANKED 1ST FOR RESEARCH INCOME FROM INDUSTRY SOURCES

RANKED 13TH GLOBALLY Responsible Consumption and Production

RANKED 17TH GLOBALLY Life on Land

RANKED 24TH GLOBALLY Life Below Water

UCC IS THE TOP IRISH UNIVERSITY FOR HIGHLY CITED RESEARCHERS AS MEASURED BY THE PRESTIGIOUS SHANGHAI RANKING OF GLOBAL UNIVERSITIES

13 OF THE 32 OF THE WORLD’S HIGHEST CITED RESEARCHERS IN IRELAND ARE BASED AT UCC - WEB OF SCIENCE / CLARIVATE

UCC RESEARCHERS COLLABORATE WITH OVER 5,000 RESEARCH-PERFORMING ENTITIES ACROSS 140 COUNTRIES, GENERATING OVER 9,500 PUBLICATIONS

Welcome to UCC

The next chapter in your story starts right here...

When you begin your journey at UCC you will belong to a vibrant and diverse community of over 24,000 students from over 100 countries, from all over the world. You will become part of a global family which is united by shared experiences, shared values and shared ambition. UCC is more than the sum of its many parts and, together, we are many things.

We are connected, to each other, to learning, to employment, to local and global communities, and to the wider world.

We are active, with world-class sporting facilities and resources, we demonstrate resilience, ambition, and integrity both on and off the field.

We are creative, across and between all disciplines. We promote creative and independent thinking to push boundaries to pioneer new ways of creating, evaluating and communicating knowledge. We provide opportunities for creative collisions within and across programmes and the wider learning experience. At UCC you will be equipped with the ability and agility to think differently, to challenge and disrupt the status-quo and to create and add value.

We are socially responsible, being a university in the community we will support you to seize and embrace opportunities to collaborate, and to identify, devise and implement just and sustainable solutions to reallife problems in our communities and at a global level.

We are agile, as a research-led institution we provide cutting-edge innovative answers to key societal questions, and have the ability to pivot and adopt the best technologies for world-class learning and teaching. We will equip you with the skills to innovate

and we will nurture your digital fluency to ensure that you are poised to fully leverage opportunities to live, learn and lead in a digital society.

We are sustainable, and we are one of the leading universities internationally working towards a sustainable future. The United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and Agenda 2030 are a critical part of our mission and academic strategy, enabling you to shape a better, more respectful and more compassionate world. At UCC, we embrace the SDGs and we commit to Leaving No One Behind.

We are global, with an extensive network of industry and university partners and alumni all over the world. We will foster your ability to have a growth mindset and a truly global outlook. Through your studies and extracurricular activities, you will have varied opportunities to grow and develop as an effective global citizen and to cultivate an ethical world and work-ready approach in your intellectual, professional and personal pursuits.

We are living through extraordinary times and the COVID-19 crisis, along with the war in Ukraine, has changed the world we live in. These events have also afforded us the opportunity to actively turn adversity into opportunity, to grow and learn in new and more agile ways, and to stand up and be counted, for our world, for each other and our shared future, because we are community.

Welcome to UCC, welcome to the next chapter in your story.

PROF. JOHN O’HALLORAN, President

Fáilte romhat go Coláiste na hOllscoile Corcaigh!

Welcome to UCC!

Once you enrol in UCC and register as a student, you automatically become a member of UCC's Students’ Union (UCCSU).

Everything we do is led by the student body and our role is to represent students in every aspect of university life. UCCSU is led by six sabbatical officers and we have a 19-person executive committee, made up of a council chair, college reps, campaign reps, special reps, and the societies’ and clubs’ presidents. We are here to help in any way we can and to promote and defend the rights of our students.

We help with any and all queries you have on your academic affairs, whether that be lectures and timetables, assignments and deadlines, or exams and repeats.

We are here to support your well-being, whether that be mental, physical or sexual, and also assist you with issues related to finance, accommodation and access. We run welfare weeks during the year such as Sexual Health and Guidance Week, Mental Health and Wellbeing Week, Addiction Awareness and Harm Reduction Week and more. In UCC you can get involved in supporting the welfare of your fellow students by joining the Welfare Crew!

We organise a range of fun, interesting and diverse events for all students and provide the most enjoyable college experience possible. Some of the big events you can look forward to are Freshers Week, Raise and Give (RAG) Week, Halloween, Arts Ball and much more! If you want to get involved in UCCSU Ents you can run to be your Class Ents Rep or apply to join the Ents Crew where you will gain invaluable experience, make amazing friends, and be rewarded with some free tickets and merch!

We organise RAG every year where we pick three deserving charities to raise money for, and band together as a community to fundraise with fantastic events across the week. We also provide Freshers’ Packs and get vendors on campus so students can get some free stuff during the year.

We have a proud history of campaigning on student issues, such as protesting against the increasing cost of living, having the highest student fees in the EU, unaffordable accommodation, climate change and much more. If you are passionate about these issues you can get involved by joining the UCCSU Campaigns Crew. We also work alongside Green Campus and the Equality Working Group to raise awareness on campus and bring issues to the attention of university management. We want to keep you engaged with your Union, and ensure we represent your interests!

You can keep up to date with us by following our instagram @uccsu or find our contact details on our website: uccsu.ie

We look forwarding to welcoming you to our campus community!

ASHA WOODHOUSE UCC Students' Union President 2022/2023

WHAT CONNECTS US?

SINCE LAUNCHING THE PEER TO PEER APP CAMPUSCONNECT IN 2021, there have been over 14,000 messages between incoming students and student ambassadors

UCC IS A FOUNDING SIGNATORY to the Irish Universities Assiociation Campus Engage Charter for Civic and Community Engagement (2014)

UCC ALUMNI COMMUNITY is a global network numbering more than 200,000

WE HAVE OVER 81 NON-EU EXCHANGE PARTNERSHIPS IN 13 COUNTRIES across North, South and Central America, Australia and Asia

ENTERPRISE INVESTMENT IN UCC RESEARCH HAS GROWN BY 150% over the last 10 years, exceeding €11 million per annum

SUPPORTED BY ACCESS UCC and funded by the SOAR Project, a Leadership in the Community programme was co-created by the Southern Traveller Health Network (STHN) and UCC's Adult and Continuing Education (ACE)

UCC, TOGETHER WITH 7 OTHER EUROPEAN UNIVERSITIES is developing a European University and this alliance is creating a European inter-university ‘campus’, where students, staff and researchers enjoy seamless mobility (physical, virtual or blended) to study, train, teach, do research, work or share services at cooperating partner institutions

THE GLUCKSMAN GALLERY AT UCC WON EUROPEAN ART MUSEUM 2022 for their excellence in curatorial practice, collections care and audience engagement

IN 2021, UCC'S VIRTUAL RECRUITMENT FAIR ATTRACTED 125 EMPLOYERS and was one of the best-attended University recruitment fairs hosted in Europe. 6,150 conversations led to 3,231 job applications being made on the day

WE HAVE 201 ERASMUS PARTNER UNVERSITIES across 26 Countries and there have been 5,440 student Erasmus exchanges since 2015

UCC LAUNCHED ITS FIRST DIGITAL MASTER PLAN IN 2021 to support the learning, teaching and the research journeys of our students and staff by connecting people with technology via a 21st century campus

THE ONLY IRISH UNIVERSITY to have a Civic and Community Engagement Plan

COMMUNITY ACADEMIC RESEARCH LINKS (CARL) supports student engaged research partnerships with leading civil society organisations and NGOs

AS PART OF THE UNESCO GLOBAL NETWORK OF LEARNING CITIES, our learning neighbourhoods programme is building a culture of lifelong learning across Cork City

CREATOR, EVALUATOR AND COMMUNICATOR OF KNOWLEDGE COMPASSION

CONNECTEDWE ARE...

CHECK OUT JOEL DOING THE JERUSALEMA CHALLENGE with his Civil Defence colleagues!

JOEL RAJESH (HE/HIM) (SÉ/É) MB, BCH, BAO (HONS) MEDICINE

Member of the Search & Rescue Personnel for Civil Defence Ireland, UCC Peer Support Leader and Community First Responder for the National Ambulance Service

Our Location

UCC is based in Cork City in the County of Cork, which is the southernmost county in the Republic of Ireland.

We have fantastic connections via rail, road and air. The train station is only 15 minutes away by bus from main campus (the number 205 will take you straight there) and we are only a 15-minute drive away from Cork International Airport.

You will find there are so many amenities for you to enjoy here in Cork. You’ll be spoilt for choice with amazing places to visit in your free time. Here’s just a flavour of what you can do: explore the majestic star-shaped Charles Fort in Kinsale or take a trip along the Wild Atlantic Way (which starts in Kinsale) and explore West Cork towns such as Clonakilty, Schull and Baltimore. Experience Atlantic Sea Kayaking, you can even do night kayaking under the stars in Castlehaven Bay and Lough Hyne and see luminescent plankton! Or head east to Cobh, which is famous for being the Titanic’s last port of call in 1912.

About an hour away from Cork, you can soak up the scenery around the world-famous lakes of Killarney and take a tour of the Ring of Kerry. You may also decide to take a day trip to the Viking city of Waterford or visit the impressive Kilkenny Castle and Parklands. There are loads of options, all right here, on your doorstep.

If you fancy an international city break, Cork Airport is a gateway to Europe and to some amazing cities such as Amsterdam, Barcelona, Edinburgh, Lisbon and London, to mention just a few.

DISCOVER COUNTY CORK: www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1ei_u769xQ

Travel Tips...

The Quadrangle

Brookfield Health Sciences Campus

Giant Redwood outside Boole Library

Our Campus

Here, old limestone buildings blend seamlessly with amazing new modern, award-winning architecture. Our main campus is set on 42 acres of wooded grounds and yet you can still walk to Cork’s vibrant city centre in just 15 minutes! UCC has three campuses: Main Campus, Western Campus and North Mall Campus, which are all located within a 15-minute walk of each other. In total, our campus covers over 210 acres, including our sports pitches. It’s very easy to get around on foot and on wheels (bike, scooter or skateboard) and we even have a number of short looped campus walks that you can do in between lectures to help you keep well and get those all-important steps in!

Originally established as Queen’s College Cork in 1845, UCC has a stunning campus with the River Lee flowing through it.

Our amazing campus is student-friendly in every sense of the word. You’ll conveniently find everything you need right at your fingertips: lecture halls and study rooms, unrivalled green open spaces in the lush Lower Grounds and the beautifully maintained President’s Garden, state-of-the-art sports facilities, creative MakerSpaces and world-class, award-winning student services. Our compact, connected campus is a mini city within a city, with a close-knit community feel. From shops, bars, cafés, restaurants, banks, a hairdresser, gym, medical centre, chapel and

multi-faith prayer rooms, a farmer’s market and community gardens, campus life is all about convenience, connectivity and community. In UCC, we are many tribes but one team, and that sense of meitheal or community spirit, and the bond between students and staff, is the reason why we have been recognised as the #1 Institution for Student Experience in Ireland. Together, we put the ‘us’ in campus. It’s the perfect environment to make new friends, have fun and embrace new experiences and to begin, belong, and become the person you want to be.

UCC'S HONAN CHAPEL WON the 2022 RIAI (Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland) Public Vote Award for conservation work

GLUCKSMAN GALLERY voted best Arts and Cultural Centre in Ireland at the 2021 Irish Enterprise Awards

THE CALM ZONE (AN CEANTAR CIÚIN) featured as an example of autismfriendly design in the prestigious 2021 Venice Architecture Biennale

Calm Zone

Calm Zone

UCC’s Green Campus has over 2,500 trees and around 120 different species. If you are a nature lover, then you will feel right at home here in UCC. Our campus was the first university in the world to be awarded a Green Flag. In fact, the global Green Campus Programme, which is now active in 21 countries, is a movement that was started by UCC students over 10 years ago. We take our sustainability citizenship very seriously here!

GREEN CAMPUS INFORMATION: greencampus.ucc.ie

8TH MOST SUSTAINABLE UNIVERSITY IN THE WORLD

(UI GreenMetric World University Rankings)

WINNER

BEST GREEN CAMPUS

The Education Awards 2021

12 BEEHIVES, OVER 700,000 HONEYBEE POLLINATORS producing 200kg of awardwinning Alma Nectar honey

Western Gateway Building

The Hawthorn Garden, sponsored by Bank of Ireland

Check out

Our 360-degree immersive campus experience videos where you can virtually explore and learn more about the magnificent campus, award-winning student services, and the myriad of diverse learning and teaching places and spaces that await you.

https://youtu.be/47reFDbCAY8

Funded by the Higher Education Authority Innovation and Transformation Programme

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5. BRIGHTON VILLAS

4. ROSELEIGH INTERNATIONAL OFFICE

6. WESTERN GATEWAY BUILDING

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8. BEAUFORT BUILDING

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3. ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE

11. THE HUB

Peer Support

Disability Support Service

Mature Student Office

PLUS Programme

Student Assistance Fund

Budgetary Advisor Service

Career Services

Clubs

Student Societies

8. BEAUFORT BUILDING

- MaREI Research Centre - LIR Ocean Test Facility

9. DEPARTMENT OF MUSIC

10. NORTH MALL CAMPUS

- Schools of BEES and Applied Psychology

3. ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE

4. ROSELEIGH INTERNATIONAL OFFICE

5. BRIGHTON VILLAS - Student Counselling

6. WESTERN GATEWAY BUILDING

7. BROOKFIELD HEALTH SCIENCES BUILDING

1. MARDYKE SPORTS GROUNDS & 2. FERRY LODGE - Sport & Physical Activity - Clubs

18. O’RAHILLY BUILDING

22. ARDPATRICK 23. IONA

21. STUDENTS’ UNION

19. LAPPS QUAY - Centre for Executive Education

14. HONAN CHAPEL & 23. IONA - Chaplaincy

12. THE GLUCKSMAN

13. THE QUAD

15. TYNDALL NATIONAL INSTITUTE

16. CRAWFORD OBSERVATORY

17. BOOLE LIBRARY

18. O'RAHILLY BUILDING

20. SOUTH LODGE

Health & Safety for Student Activities

22. ARDPATRICK

Cork Our Home, Your Home

Our campus has all the ingredients for an amazing student experience. But, if you want to explore our home town, Cork’s vibrant city centre is right on your doorstep and is only a 15-minute walk or 5-minute cycle away. With a huge selection of bars, pubs, clubs, live music venues, theatres, cafés, museums, galleries, parks, greenways, and restaurants serving cuisine from all over the world, there is something for everyone. As Ireland’s foodie capital, you will be spoilt for choice with the best of local and international produce available in the iconic English Market which is a covered food market that has been in operation since 1788. Farmers’ markets are hosted practically every day of the week all over the city, including one on our main campus.

The main shopping thoroughfare, St. Patrick’s Street, is home to numerous national and international high street brands but you will also find smaller artisan, vintage and independent boutiques. You can check out the Cork cultural scene on www.WhazOn.com which is a monthly publication that features information on live music, gigs, festivals and other cultural events.

Cork city is a hub of culture and business and is home to over 150 multinational companies. Just over two hours to Dublin, and served by Cork Airport with routes to all major European cities, we are well connected. It is the perfect place to live, learn and have fun!

County Cork is the largest and most southerly county of Ireland. It is a place of great wit and culture, it has a proud tradition of independent thinking and is known as the 'Rebel County'. Sport has long been the social language and currency of Cork and the province of Munster, and we are extremely proud of our long sporting tradition. With a diverse range of sports on offer from GAA, soccer, rugby, athletics, boxing, hockey, cricket, rowing, road bowling, to name but a few. Cork is blessed with excellent stadia - Páirc Uí Chaoimh (GAA), Turners Cross (Soccer), Irish Independent Park (Rugby) and lots of running tracks, including one at our own Mardyke Arena in UCC.

If you like the great outdoors, you will not be disappointed. Cork boasts some of Ireland’s most magnificent and incredible natural amenities, including beaches on the highly acclaimed Wild Atlantic Way, greenways and trails, hillwalking, river sports and much, much more...

WE ARE CORK: www.wearecork.ie

YAY CORK: www.yaycork.ie

PURE CORK: www.purecork.ie

Inchydoney Strand

St Fin Barre's Cathedral

Castletownbere, Co Cork

Cork Street Art

Glandore, Co. Cork

City view from Shandon Bell Tower Cobh, Co. Cork

Crookhaven, Co. Cork

Cork Home to...

the longest street in Ireland (Blarney Street)

the oldest Yacht Club in the world located in Crosshaven (1720) over 1,000 kilometres of coastline

the start of the Wild Atlantic Way (Kinsale)

a great mix of cultures, with over 40% of people living in Cork city centre being born outside Ireland.

the English Market, one of the best and oldest food markets in the world over 30 bridges that cross the River Lee

the Blarney Stone and the ‘Gift of the Gab’

the second largest natural harbour in the world (after Sydney)

10 Blue Flag beaches

(2022 Stats)

76 All-Ireland Senior Hurling, Camogie and Football Championship Titles!

24 festivals per year including the Guinness Cork Jazz Festival, Cork International Film Festival and the Cork Midsummer Festival

the People’s Republic of Cork and the ‘Real Capital’ of Ireland!

culinary delights such as drisheen, tripe, Tanora and spiced beef everyone!

OUR HOME, YOUR HOME CORK

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Accommodation & Community Life

ACCOMMODATION

Cork is a really compact, friendly, safe and secure city to live in. It’s easy to find your way around and easy to make friends. In fact, the locals are so friendly that Cork was voted third friendliest city in the world in 2018 (Source: Condé Nast Traveller). Unlike students in some other university cities, most UCC students are able to live within walking distance of each other which really adds to the sense of community.

We know how important it is for you to find the right accommodation, a place where you can feel safe and at home. There are plenty of options to choose from, most of which are located within walking distance of campus or on a public bus route, and we are here to support you every step of the way.

Your options include:

UCC Campus Accommodation

Privately Owned Student Apartment Complexes

House Shares

Digs (Owner-Occupied Rentals)

UCC CAMPUS ACCOMMODATION

There are 5 student apartment complexes which are managed by UCC, and all are located within very short walking distances of campus. These include:

Victoria Lodge

Victoria Mills

Castlewhite Apartments

University Hall (including Áras Uí Thuama)

Mardyke Hall

UCC Campus Accommodation allocate places based on a random lottery. You must apply for the lottery each year to be in with a chance of securing one of these beds. The lottery normally takes place between February and March each year and is open for a one-month period only.

You can compare the campus accommodation complexes, take virtual tours and learn how to apply at: www.ucc.ie/en/campusaccom/student-accom

ACCOMMODATION INFORMATION: www.ucc.ie/en/accommodation

Victoria Mills

PRIVATELY-OWNED STUDENT APARTMENT COMPLEXES

The majority of privately-owned student apartment complexes take bookings based on a first-come, first-served basis. Bookings normally open in January/ February each year and we recommend that you put your name down for a place as soon as possible.

HOUSE SHARES AND DIGS (OWNER-OCCUPIED RENTALS)

UCC StudentPad is an online accommodation search engine that can help you find your ideal home in Cork. Register with StudentPad for alternative accommodation options, such as house shares or digs. This is an exclusive service available to UCC students, as landlords and home owners post available properties to rent throughout the year.

ACCOMMODATION INFORMATION: www.ucc.ie/en/accommodation

THE OFFICE OF ACCOMMODATION AND COMMUNITY LIFE

We provide an advice and advocacy service for all prospective and current UCC students throughout their search for safe and affordable accommodation. We will provide you with up-to-date information on all the various accommodation types available, details on your rights as a tenant, potential pitfalls and how best to optimise your search. We are here to help, so please make sure to contact us!

COMMUNITY LIFE AT UCC

When you come to UCC you will be part of the university community but also part of the local community and it is really important to acknowledge that your local community will invariably comprise a diverse and vibrant variety of residents and students, all sharing the same neighbourhood. This creates an exciting community in which to both live and study. Community life is all about mutual respect and taking individual and shared responsibility.

WE DIDN’T MAKE MUCH NOISE ON THE WALK HOME AND ALL GOOD WITH THE NEIGHBOURS...

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LAST NIGHT’S PARTY WAS FUN! IT WAS GREAT TO SEE EVERYONE AGAIN... EVERYONE GOT HOME NICE AND EARLY TOO!

“ CLOSING THE WINDOWS AND DOORS REALLY HELPED TO KEEP THE NOISE LEVELS DOWN...

Graduate Attributes and Values

UCC’s unique Graduate Attributes Programme is a highly transformative, student-centric suite of initiatives which will help you to successfully navigate your transition in to, through and out of UCC, enabling you to begin, belong and become the person you want to be! This programme will optimise your student journey and will prepare you to live, learn and lead in a shared, co-created future. It will enable you to take an active role in contributing to society as well as to the economy. It will empower you to create more value than you consume and will facilitate your acquisition of five key graduate attributes and five core values (see next page) through curricular, co-curricular and extra-curricular channels.

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As you transition in, our 360 degree immersive Virtual Reality Videos and unique Nurturing Bright Futures online course for pre-entry students, will help you make informed choices at application stage, to ensure you choose the right course for you and that you are fully prepared for thirdlevel learning and life.

BECOME

As you prepare to transition out of UCC, you will receive best-in-class support from our award-winning Career Services team and you will be able to leverage the potential of cutting-edge Artificial Intelligence powered tools (CV optimisation platform and interview simulation) to ensure you are world and work ready.

Funded by the Higher Education Authority Innovation and Transformation Programme and the Tomar Trust

SOME EXAMPLES OF PROJECTS

WE ARE WORKING ON: BELONG

As you transition through, our unique online self-assessment tool, Your UCC Graduate Attributes and Values Compass, will create a space for reflection on your ongoing development of graduate attributes and values. It will also signpost to carefully curated and co-created resources to enhance and support your personal development journey.

Check it out on Spotify!

For more information on the UCC Graduate Attributes Programme and how it relates to you, please scan the QR code or tune into the graduate attributes Podcast

ATTRIBUTES VALUES

UCC's core values and graduate attributes are the bedrock of our student experience. Graduate attributes refer to the skills, knowledge and abilities of our graduates beyond disciplinary knowledge, that are applicable in a range of contexts in their lives.

UCC graduates will be recognised for their distinct core values and graduate attributes. As well-rounded, curious, self-aware individuals, they will be known for their appetite to continually learn new skills, embrace new ideas and make things happen.

CREATORS, EVALUATORS AND COMMUNICATORS OF KNOWLEDGE

INDEPENDENT AND CREATIVE THINKERS

RESPECT: For self, others and the environment

AMBITION: Aims high, displays exemplary work ethic and strives to succeed

DIGITALLY FLUENT SOCIALLY RESPONSIBLE

COMPASSION: Empathetic, demonstrates care for self and others

RESILIENCE: Perseveres, shows capacity for problem-solving and personal well-being

EFFECTIVE, GLOBAL CITIZENS WHO RECOGNISE AND CHALLENGE INEQUALITY

INTEGRITY: Trustworthy, ethical and dependable

BRIGHT FUTURES Nurturing

The next chapter in your story starts right here

Nurturing Bright Futures is an innovative, free, online programme which has been designed for all pre-entry students who may be considering third-level education as their next step. UCC has developed this six-module programme to be a self-empowerment, self-reflective, self-paced tool, which will guide you in making your future degree decisions and career choices

Through the use of articles, podcasts, interactive worksheets, reflective exercises, and other helpful resources, this course will give you the opportunity to understand more about yourself and to get to know more about higher education and more about UCC. It will also provide a forum for you to engage with UCC on a variety oflevels and will help prepare you for the journey ahead.

This course is also a resource for Guidance Counsellors, teachers, and parents/guardians, and will help them to help you with this transition. It is designed to provide information and stimulate conversations with you, and to get you thinking in a structured way so that you can consult and make informed decisions about your post-secondary school options. Regardless of whether you are considering coming to UCC or elsewhere, Nurturing Bright Futures will give you insights, skills, and knowledge that you can apply in any third-level context. www.ucc.ie/nbf

The programme will take an average of eight hours to complete and can be done at your own pace and in the order that works best for you.

Module one

PICKING A COURSE THAT IS RIGHT FOR YOU

In Module One, we take a closer look at the different stages of the process that will guide you in finding and picking the right course for you and your future. You will learn what it means to have a growth mindset, what your own learning preferences are and what your own personality has to do with your decision-making process.

Module three

DECISION-MAKING STYLES

In Module Three, you will learn more about decision-making styles. People make choices and decisions every day, based on their own personality, their support network, and external and internal influences. How do you approach making an informed decision and what are the steps to take before you make big decisions?

Module five

REALITIES OF UNIVERSITY LIFE

In the Realities of University Life module, we shed light on some of the challenging aspects of university life such as money matters, mental health and goal setting. We have created resources to help you navigate the first few weeks and months and successfully negotiate the realities of university life. Knowing what to expect and what to do, can really prepare you for what lies ahead.

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Module two

DEGREE CHOICES & FUTURE CAREERS

In Module Two, we focus on different degree choices and career options. What are you interested in doing as a profession when you graduate? By thinking about the influences around you and the ideas you have about your own career, you will be one step closer to choosing your college degree.

Module four

TRANSITIONING TO HIGHER EDUCATION

Module Four will talk in detail about what you can expect when you get to college. We focus specifically on the experience of transitioning in to college and on learning how to find your feet at university. You will learn about the tools and skills you will need - and how to acquire them - to have a successful and enjoyable university experience.

Module Six

GRADUATE ATTRIBUTES AND VALUES

In Module Six of the Nurturing Bright Futures programme, we take a closer look at the graduate attributes and values we celebrate and cultivate here at UCC. We will introduce you to the core values that are the bedrock of the student experience at our university and share our knowledge and experience with you so that you can get ready to join our wonderful connected community of learners and researchers.

Graduate Attributes

Funded by the Higher Education Authority Innovation and Transformation Programme and the Tomar Trust.

Student Experience

Here at UCC our mission is to facilitate a world-class student experience and to empower and support you to achieve your goals, every step of the way. The key services of the Student Experience Office include:

ACCESS UCC

Disability Support

Mature Student

PLUS Programme

Student Financial Support & Advice

QQI/FET Students

CAREER SERVICES

Employability

Placement

Advice

SPORT AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY

UCC Clubs

BACK TO BACK WINS

Best Student Experience

The Education Awards 2020 & 2021

STUDENT HEALTH AND WELLBEING

Chaplaincy

Student Counselling and Development

Student Health

STUDENT LIFE

Accommodation and Community Life (including Campus Watch)

Health and Safety for Student Activity

Peer Support

Student Societies

Students’ Union

UCC 98.3 FM and Student Media

Many of these services are located in the new Hub which is a state-of-the-art, sustainable building and a technology-rich, inclusive and fully accessible learning, teaching and meeting space!

OVERALL EXCELLENCE

IN EDUCATION, Education Awards 2021 & 2022

STUDENT EXPERIENCE

INFORMATION:

www.ucc.ie/en/studentexperience/

Peer Support

Students

The Hub

Our new Hub is the beating heart of our campus. In its former life as the Windle Medical Building, it was the location of the Department of Anatomy (see what we did there with the heart metaphor!). The Hub is home to a whole range of student activities and student services, all designed to optimise your transition in to, through, and out of UCC. Student Central, which is based on the ground floor, will be your first port of call for any queries relating to academic administration. Our friendly student advisors offer a triage service, answering many administrative and practical questions, whilst also signposting you to the right services for your query. In addition to having a multitude of student activities and services under its green roof (yes, it has a green roof!), the Hub also has some really eclectic and interesting social spaces to check out:

The Atrium

The Atrium is an open, flexible space that you can use to do collaborative work, peer learning, have a meeting or grab lunch in between lectures. It’s also used for careers fairs, open days, pop-up desks, events, talks and concerts. You can get great coffee and service with a smile at Roots Café.

Global Lounge

The Global Lounge is an informal learning space with a really comfortable café-style seating layout in an open area. It is a creative learning and study space where you can do group and individual work. Its unique lighting, with low ceilings, gives the lounge a ‘living room’ feel and it has a lovely, chilled and laid-back atmosphere.

The Shtepps

The Shtepps is an auditorium-styled hall with tiered timber seating. It has world-class audio and video facilities and you can book it for performances, guest speakers, or even to watch a movie! Don’t forget the popcorn!

Viewing Window

Check out amazing views of the campus and the city from the 4th floor!

THE HUB INFORMATION: ucc.ie/en/thehub/

THE HUB WON THE BEST BUILDING CATEGORY in the 39th Irish Concrete Society Awards in 2022

17 SERVICES under the one roof!

THE STUDENT HUB WAS AWARDED TOP PRIZE FOR REUSABLE DESIGN Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland (RIAI) Awards for 2021

Students outside the Hub

Hub Exterior

Student Experience Staff

The Shtepps Auditorium

Money Matters

Fees

In UCC, your student fees are broken into three parts:

Tuition Fee

Student Contribution

Capitation Fee

TUITION FEES

Under the Government's Free Fees Initiative, the tuition fees for certain full-time undergraduate students are paid by the State to UCC.

To be eligible, you must:

be a first-time undergraduate student

be of EU nationality or have official refugee status

have been resident in an EU member state for at least three years before entry to an approved course be studying a full-time undergraduate course of at least two years' duration for the first time.

For further information and to see which fees schedule applies to your circumstances, please see: www.ucc.ie/en/financeoffice/fees

STUDENT CONTRIBUTION CHARGE

The 2022 Student Contribution Charge was ¤3,000. This is an annual fee, which is subject to change, and must be paid by all students. If you qualify for a Student Universal Support Ireland (SUSI), all or part of your student contribution charge may be paid by SUSI. Check out the SUSI section further below. If you are classified as a non-EU student, this will be included in your consolidated fee. If you are coming from other countries than Ireland, the EU, EEA, Switzerland, and the UK, then check www.ucc. ie/fees and there you will see a document outlining the criteria for determining eligibility for Free Tuition Fees.

CAPITATION FEE

The capitation fee covers membership of the Union of Students of Ireland (USI) and of the Mardyke Sports Arena. The arena has some fantastic facilities to offer, no matter what your sports interest might be. The capitation fee is not covered by the Higher Education Grant Scheme. All students must pay this fee. In 2022 this fee was €138. If you are classified as a non-EU student, this will be included in your consolidated fee. All students should check the latest information online before applying, as changes may apply in future years.

FEES INFORMATION: www.ucc.ie/fees

Grants

STUDENT UNIVERSAL SUPPORT IRELAND (SUSI)

SUSI is Ireland’s single national awarding authority for all higher and further education funding. SUSI offers support to all types of students, from school leavers to mature students returning to education.

Visit SUSI’s website www.susi.ie, and check out the Eligibility Reckoner to see if you might be eligible for funding. And then apply as soon as possible. You do not need to wait until you receive an offer of a place. Only when your SUSI application has been completed in full and submitted to SUSI, can your eligibility be determined. When your registration for an approved course at UCC has been confirmed, SUSI will arrange to pay your student grant into your Irish bank account on a monthly basis

STUDENT BUDGETING ADVICE SERVICE

Your time in UCC will be some of the best years of your life. To maximise your student experience in UCC, you can apply some of our practical advice and good money management skills. The Student Budgetary Advisor is available to meet with you to discuss available supports, potential funding sources and practical ways to manage your money. The service also runs regular information sessions regarding student finances throughout the academic year.

We are including some helpful tips, calculators, and planners for you here and if you have any questions, then our UCC Budgetary Advisor will be happy to assist you.

STUDENT BUDGETING INFORMATION: www.ucc.ie/en/sfsa/budgeting

TIPS FOR SAVING

MAKE A SHOPPING LIST

Before you hit the shops, prepare a shopping list and stick to it!

PLAN YOUR WEEKLY MEALS

REFILL AND REUSE

THINK OF THE BIG PICTURE

GET EVERYONE INVOLVED

Tell your friends and family that you're trying to save money and plan cheap activities with them.

Get organised ahead of time with cheap cuts of meat, pasta or different vegies! NEEDS VS. WANTS

Think before you buy treats, is this a need or a want? Could this money be put towards your goal?

Use a refillable water bottle or fill a thermos with your favourite hot beverage!

GO BARGAIN HUNTING

Check out op shops for those bargain buys on things like furniture, clothes, white goods and accessories!

Are you trying to save money for something big? It'll help keep you motivated ASK FOR HELP

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Scholarships

Here at UCC we want you to reach your full potential and to achieve your life and career goals. Available to exceptional prospective and current students, our wide range of undergraduate scholarships will assist with tuition fees and other costs and can help you manage the new challenges of university life. Our scholarships encourage personal development, intellectual growth, and academic excellence in our diverse student body. Some awards are based on academic merit or community engagement, while other bursaries and scholarships assist students facing financial hardship and unique challenges and experiences. UCC offers scholarships for students from a variety of backgrounds, cultures and abilities and, in partnership with our generous donors, we provide substantial academic and financial support to enable, facilitate and enhance our students’ academic, co-curricular and extra-curricular achievements.

UNDERGRAD SCHOLARSHIP INFORMATION: www.ucc.ie/en/scholarships/undergrad

QUERCUS TALENTED STUDENTS' PROGRAMME SCHOLARSHIPS

UCC's flagship scholarship programme, the Quercus Talented Students' Programme, awards scholarships in recognition of achievement and to promote excellence in the following fields:

Academic

Creative and Performing Arts

Innovation and Entrepreneurship

Active Citizenship

Sport

Did you know that Quercus is the Latin for oak - or Arabic for cork - the cork that is derived from the cork oak in Iberia? At UCC we use the symbolism ‘from acorn to mighty oak’ to represent the growth that arises from nurturing talent through support, challenge and mentoring both academically and in other areas of talent.

Scholarships and Prizes offered by UCC:

Entrance Scholarships

Sport Scholarships (see sport.ucc.ie)

International Scholarships, Fee-Waivers and Discounts

Language and Music Scholarships and Prizes

STEM-related Scholarships

Sanctuary Scholarships

Check our dedicated scholarship website to look at the broad range of university, government and privately funded scholarships on offer!

Details are correct at the time of printing but may be subject to subsequent changes. We recommend visiting our website for full details and the latest information.

UCC AWARDS 1,000 SCHOLARSHIPS AND BURSARIES ANNUALLY to both domestic and international students, across all areas of study

QUERCUS SCHOLARSHIP INFORMATION: www.ucc.ie/quercus

VIEW THE UCC QUERCUS SCHOLARSHIPS VIDEO HERE

Some of UCC's 2021 Quercus Scholars

WHAT mAKES US ACTIVE?

OVER 50 CLUBS IN UCC, higher than the national average on a pro-rata basis

OVER 60% OF STUDENTS train recreationally rather than competitively

17% OF STUDENTS PARTICIPATE IN A CLUB SPORT IN UCC compared to a national average of 15%

6,401 RECORDED EVENTS IN 2021/22, once COVID-19 restrictions were lifted

IN 2021/2022, THE TOTAL CLUB membership was 17,396

UCC STUDENTS & ALUMNI WON 2 Gold and 3 Bronze medals at the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympic Games (Rowing)

IN 2021/2022, 518 STUDENTS took on committee roles, 215 female, 303 male

KEY PARTNER IN GLOBAL DESIGN CHALLENGE FOR SPORT AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY (supported by UNESCO and Devpost)

150 STUDENTS VOLUNTEER/ COACH IN A CLUB outside of their usual committee roles

IN 2022, UCC RECEIVED THE SPORT IRELAND INSTITUTE ACCREDITATION FOR STUDENT ATHLETE SUPPORT (ASAS)

PROUD SUPPORTER OF THE 20X20 CAMPAIGN

OVER 70 SPORTS SCHOLARSHIPS were awarded in 2021/2022

IN 2021, OLYMPIAN AND WORLD CHAMPION SANITA PUSPURE was appointed UCC Head Rowing Coach

PRIDE ON OUR CHEST, belief in our hearts and sport in our bones

Sport in our Bones

UCC has a deep and proud history of sporting achievement, and we have ambitious plans for the future. The importance of sport goes far beyond empowering people with health and wellbeing –sport teaches life lessons of confidence, teamwork, resilience, respect, ambition, discipline, integrity which are some of our core values here at UCC. Our ambitious Sports Strategy is dedicated to unlocking the power of sport and physical activity across all areas of participation, representation and achievement. Regardless of your ability or experience, we have something to suit you.

At UCC we aim to promote participation in sport by all our students and staff, and to support competitive and high-performance athletes. The UCC community of sport wears its red and black shirts and jerseys with passion and pride. With heads held high, its tribe of warriors stands just that little bit taller for the badge of honour it has worn on its chests since 1872: the Skull and Crossbones. It is more than a logo, it is a call to participate, it is a shout-out to get active, it is a battle cry for success. Perhaps most importantly, it is a symbol of unity.

We are many tribes but one team, with pride on our chest, belief in our heart and sport in our bones.

FACILITIES

The Mardyke has been home to UCC sport and club activities since 1911. If you like going to the gym before or after class, check out this amazing stateof-the-art facility which includes: Fitness and Weight Gyms, Sauna and Steam Rooms, 3 Sports Halls, a 25m Swimming Pool, 2 Squash Courts, a Climbing Wall, Aerobics and Dance Studios, a Rehabilitation Clinic and the UCC Performance Laboratory. The outdoor grounds consist of a GAA Pitch, rugby and soccer pitch with spectator stand, and water-based synthetic pitch for Hockey and many other multi-sport uses. You can also test your personal best on our Sonia O’Sullivan athletics track! Once you register as a full-time student, you will automatically be enrolled as a member!

UCC also has 52 acres of additional sports facilities at Curraheen (known as 'the Farm') where many team sports take place.

UCC SPORT INFORMATION: https://sport.ucc.ie

MARDYKE ARENA UCC INFORMATION: www.mardykearena.com

200 INDIVIDUAL AND TEAM MEDALS

in 2021/2022 despite a reduced programme of activities due to COVID-19

THE UCC MARDYKE ARENA hosts the annual Emerging Talent Programme for 15-18 year old athletes

WORLD-CLASS SPORTS FACILITIES AND PLAYING FIELDS across 69 acres

PERFORMANCE PROGRAMMES

UCC offers enhanced high-performance programmes in a range of sports and all UCC clubs provide for High Performing athletes whilst at UCC. Sports Clubs such as rugby, soccer, hockey, rowing and GAA provide opportunities for you to compete at the highest levels. The UCC Rugby Club plays in the All-Ireland Premier Division. The UCC Soccer Club competes in National Cup competitions, Intervarsity, and Munster and Cork Leagues. The UCC Hockey Club plays at National League and Cup levels, in addition to Intervarsity level and Munster Leagues, whilst the UCC Rowing Club competes at National and International levels. Students on Quercus and UCC Sports Scholarships receive support in strength and conditioning, physiology testing and support, video analysis support and academic support too. Academic flexibility is built into the Quercus Scholarship Programme, if required, and other UCC Sports Scholarship athletes can also avail of this flexibility.

SOCIAL AND RECREATIONAL SPORT

UCC currently has over 50 active sports clubs. These clubs are organised for students, by students. Clubs are all encompassing – they cater for the beginner, the recreational athlete and the elite athlete. These activities include team sports, martial arts, water sports and adventure sports. This is an amazing opportunity to make lifelong friendships, develop valuable life skills and keep fit. It’s a win win!

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Students can also participate in a range of fitness classes organised at our indoor sports centre and several clubs run interclub competitions to keep students engaged – squash leagues, intramural soccer leagues, etc. The UCC soccer club organises recreational soccer leagues for male and female students throughout the academic year. Several societies in UCC also organise interfaculty soccer competitions on the synthetic pitch to cater for the recreational soccer player.

COACHING AND VOLUNTEERING OPPORTUNITIES

All UCC Sports Clubs are student-led. Taking up a coaching or committee position gives you a unique opportunity to learn vital transferable lifelong skills and graduate attributes and values, whilst at UCC. Students are elected by their peers onto the committee and must coordinate and organise their club throughout the year. Many of the clubs have student coaches. The Clubs Executive, the student body which oversees sport in UCC, assists students financially to engage in coaching courses to upskill whilst at the university. The UCC Mardyke Arena hosts the Emerging Talent Programme for 15-18 year old athletes.

UCC Sub Aqua

In UCC, we are many tribes but one team! There are over 50 student-led clubs to choose from and if you want to keep fit, socialise and make friends, joining a club is a great way to do just that!

HERE ARE SOME OF IN 2021/2022... OUR KEY ACHIEVEMENTS

UCC win the Lydon Cup (Soccer)

Aussie Rules –Women’s team joint captains - Gallia Cup winners in Paris

UCC's Caoimhe Perdue, member of the qualifying Ireland team for EuroHockey 2023

Powerlifter Adam Duane, one of the UCC students selected for Irish team at Junior World and European Championships

Clodagh Hayes & Tan Yee Shik win at the Munster Close (Badminton)

Mary Fitzgerald won European bronze at the World Para Athletics European Championships 2021 & competed at the Tokyo Paralympics 2020 (Shot Putt)

Paul O'Donovan and his partner, Fintan McCarthy, won Gold at the European Championships

Edwin Edogbo and Alex Kellenden, both Quercus scholars, play with Munster Rugby

Annaliese Murphy and Amy Dooley (UCC & Glanmire) were crowned Superleague champions, National Senior Cup winners & WSL Champions Trophy winners.

Tara Hanlon, won Silver at the European Rowing Championships (Women's Four)

Maeve Gallagher | won both the 2021 Standard Olympic Distance National Championships and the 2021 Sprint Distance National Championships.

Mags Cremen and Lydia Heaphy competed in the Final of the Women's Lightweight Double Sculls at the European Championships in Munich.

Mardyke Arena

Squash Courts

Basketball Court

25 metre Swimming Pool

Fitness Gymnasiums

Climbing Wall

CLUBS AT UCC! STUDENT

TO GET A FLAVOUR OF WHAT UCC CLUBS HAVE TO OFFER CHECK OUT OUR PROMOTIONAL VIDEO...

Aikido

Archery

Athletics

Aussie Rules

Badminton

Basketball

Boxing

Camogie

Canoe

Chess

Cricket

Dance

Darts

Equestrian

Fencing

Flag Football

Futsal

Gaelic FootballMen and Women

Golf

Handball

Hockey - Men and Women

Hurling

Inline Hockey

Judo

Karate

Kickboxing

Kung Fu

Made2Move

Mountaineering

Olympic Handball

Olympic Weightlifting

Orienteering

Powerlifting

Rovers Scouts

Rowing

Rugby - Men and Women

Sailing

Snowsports

Soccer – Men and Women

Squash

Sub Aqua

Surf

Swimming & Waterpolo

Table Tennis

Taekwon-Do

Tennis

Trampoline and Tumbling

Ultimate Frisbee

Volleyball

SURF CLUB TRIP!

UCC MOUNTAINEERING CLUB TRIP!

WHAT mAKES US CREATIVE?

HOME TO THE GREAT BOOK OF IRELAND AND THE BOOK OF LISMORE

CREATING TOGETHER

STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP with the Cork Opera House

669 INVENTIONS DISCLOSED AND 175 PATENTS FILED (Last 10 Years)

UCC'S SCHOOL OF FILM, MUSIC AND THEATRE is home to a Film Artist in Residence (Screenwriter), Traditional Artist in Residence and Theatre Artist in Residence

UCC PARTNERED WITH THE B!G IDEA IN 2022, an exciting transition year programme that aims to put creative thinking at the centre of Ireland's second level education system

UCC & LITERATURE IRELAND SUPPORT A TRANSLATOR IN RESIDENCE, based in the School of Languages, Literatures and Cultures

THE COASTAL ATLAS OF IRELAND, PUBLISHED BY CORK UNIVERSITY PRESS, won TheJournal.ie Best Irish Published Book of the Year 2021

UCC IS HOME TO THE CIPHER PROJECT, the world's first global study of hip hop music and culture, and it featured on RTÉ's Change Makers series

UCC IS INVOLVED IN THE RE-WIND PROJECT which is repurposing decommissioned wind farm blades to build a 'blade bridge' that crosses the greenway between Youghal and Midleton

WINNERS OF 4 SMEDIA AWARDS IN 2021

CORK OPERA HOUSE AND UCC'S DEPARTMENT OF THEATRE APPOINTED PLAYWRIGHT JODY O’NEILL as the new 2022 Theatre Artist in Residence, following the search for a professional theatre artist who identifies as autistic/person with autism

GLUCKSMAN GALLERY AWARDED BEST INTERNATIONAL MUSEUM BY UK KIDS IN MUSEUMS for its 'Creativity At Home' digital resources created for communities in COVID lockdown

WRITER IN RESIDENCE School of English

SADHBH GOODWIN (HE/THEY) (SÉ/SIAD)

BA (HONS) ENGLISH

Poet and Performer and Quercus Creative and Performing Arts Scholar INTEGRITY

EFFECTIVE, GLOBAL CITIZEN

CREATIVEWE ARE...

FOLLOW SADHBH ON TWITTER @THEHAGSTONEPOET

Campus Culture

The School of Film, Music and Theatre is the powerhouse of performing arts at UCC and an international centre of excellence.

Our community of students, academics, artist-scholars, practitioners and researchers work with the contemporary and experimental as well as the traditional and historical. We ask questions of our students and ourselves about embodied performance, sound, music, voice, theatre and movement.

FILM

The Department of Film and Screen Media at UCC is made up of a vibrant community of lecturers, researchers and graduate students. In addition to the BA in Film and Screen Media, there is a really active Film Society in UCC, which is solely dedicated to the appreciation and making of you guessed it films! Regular film screenings and workshops give you the opportunity to explore and expand your creativity and digital fluency graduate attributes. Check out our students’ films on: www.youtube.com/channel/ UC8n5glTHtBpxrW5YsUV7Q6Q

MUSIC

UCC’s Department of Music promotes an annual series of public recitals and concerts as part of UCC’s cultural service to the community. Known as Fuaim, the Irish word for sound or noise, you can enjoy weekly lunchtime recitals, for free. Sounds good!

THEATRE

UCC’s Department of Theatre has a strategic partnership with the Cork Opera House. Working together, this unique collaboration offers student internship opportunities, ranging from arts management to performance. A perfect way to hone your talents as a creator, evaluator and communicator of knowledge!

ART

The Visual Arts have a really vibrant presence on campus, the most visible sign of which is the Lewis Glucksman Gallery. The Glucksman was named the Best Public Building in 2005 by the Royal Institute of Architects in Ireland and made the shortlist of 1001 Buildings You Must See Before You Die: Architectural Masterpieces. It houses four impressive gallery spaces, a riverside restaurant and shop. As an undergraduate student, you can get involved directly with the work of the gallery through an internship programme which will stimulate and cultivate your independent and creative thinking.

It has something for everyone but is an absolute must-see if you are an art-lover.

CHECK OUT 360 DEGREE VIEWS HERE!

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AN GHAEILGE

Cuireann COC clár fairsing agus cuimsitheach d’imeachtaí Gaeilge agus cultúrtha ar fáil. Orthu seo tá:

Cúrsaí sa Ghaeilge labhartha agus cúrsaí deireadh seachtaine

Seisiúin ceoil thraidisiúnta agus amhránaíochta ar an sean-nós, arna n-eagrú ag Cumann an Cheoil Thraidisiúnta

Ar an iliomad gníomhaíochtaí a eagraíonn An Chuallacht (Cumann Gaelach na hOllscoile) agus An Cumann Drámaíochta tá drámaí, céilithe agus díospóireachtaí

CLICEÁIL AR AN NASC SEO CHUN TRÉITHE AN CHÉIMÍ A FHEICEÁIL I NGAEILGE!

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Begin, Belong, Become

TAKE A WHIRLWIND TOUR OF THE DEPARTMENT OF MUSIC: www.ucc.ie/en/fmt/music

GLUCKSMAN GALLERY INFORMATION: www.glucksman.org

UCC’S GLUCKSMAN GALLERY IS LEADING THE INTERNATIONAL FIELD of arts engaged practice and is a cornerstone of community engagement in the region.

TAKE YOUR OWN DIRECTION AND FIND OUT MORE ABOUT OUR DEPARTMENT OF THEATRE AT: www.ucc.ie/en/fmt/theatre

AN GHAEILGE INFORMATION: www.ucc.ie/ga/igl

GLUCKSMAN AWARDED MOST INNOVATIVE ARTS PROMOTION INSTITUTION at 2022 Irish Enterprise Awards.

GLUCKSMAN GALLERY WINNER OF 2020 Best International Museum Award

The Glucksman

Hip Hop in the Hub

Cork Opera House

Ceremonial Front Gates

CREATIVE SOCIETIES

There are 13 creative societies to choose from, including: the Scribble Society, the Choral Society, the DJ Society and even the Knitting Society. Dust off those knitting needles! Getting involved in a creative society is a really fun and sociable way of exploring your creative side. Try something different, spark new interests! You can check out all of the societies and speak to members at the Societies Day which usually takes place during Freshers’ Week.

BOOLE LIBRARY

There are really creative spaces in the Boole Library such as the Creative Zone, the Library Studio and the Virtual Reality room, where you will be able to experience interactive learning and new and different ways of creating and communicating knowledge. The News Commons Area and the Group Research rooms allow for a more collaborative, sociable learning environment while the reading rooms on the upper floors are more traditional spaces. These study spaces are invaluable for your self-reflective learning, giving you space to become an independent and creative thinker.

CREATIVE SOCIETIES INFORMATION: societies.ucc.ie

BOOLE LIBRARY INFORMATION: libguides.ucc.ie/library

Boole Library

Orchestra Society

Student Media

Here in UCC, we want to help you to write your own story but also to capture and share the stories that impact all of our lives. If you have storytelling in your bones, then there are loads of opportunities in UCC Student Media for you to put your hand up and get involved. UCC Student Media provides an opportunity for students to get involved in active learning and connect their academic learning with wider learning skills such as technology, leadership skills, project management and be creative in how this connection is made and in turn develop their critical thinking. Famous alumni who were involved in Student Media during their time at UCC include New York based Samantha Barry, current Editor-in-Chief for Glamour Magazine and Dyane Connor who works as a reporter with RTÉ News. Now, that’s some story!

Student media in UCC is comprised of three main outlets, all of which are run by UCC students:

UCC 98.3FM

The station has been broadcasting to the students and wider community of Cork since 1995. The station has an average of 80 volunteers each year during term time. Volunteers broadcasters come from students, staff, graduates of UCC and a small number from our local community of learners. The station works closely with students helping them develop soft skills around communication and interpersonal skills such as public speaking, empathy, teamwork, leadership and problem-solving. UCC 98.3FM produces social themed documentaries, enabling the volunteers to experiment with production techniques, all the while researching the subject of their choice.

TUNE IN HERE!

UCC EXPRESS

The UCC Express is the student newspaper of University College Cork. The paper has moved to an online version to reflect our green campus goals and the requirements of the student body.

CHECK OUT THE LATEST DIGITAL VERSION HERE

MOTLEY

Motley Magazine is the official student magazine of University College Cork. Motley is vibrant, eclectic and diverse and covers anything and everything from the light-hearted to the serious.

VISIT MOTLEY MAGAZINE'S WEBSITE HERE

SO, WHAT'S THE “ “ STORY?

STUDENT MEDIA INFORMATION:

www.ucc.ie/en/students/activities/media

UNIVERSITY EXPRESS- 2020 STUDENT Newspaper of the Year –National Student Media Awards

Creativity and creative problem-solving are muchneeded skills to build and bolster a robust economy, a sustainable and resilient society and connected communities. The B!G iDEA is a unique multi-awardwinning, free, creative focused programme for 15 to 19 year olds which seeks to bridge the creativity gap at second level between industry and education. UCC is very proud to partner with the B!G iDEA as a B!G Believer to mentor, nurture and empower the next generation of independent and creative thinkers. There are huge synergies between the B!G iDEA and UCC’s Graduate Attributes Programme which is actively supporting our students to become creators, evaluators and communicators of knowledge, who are socially responsible, digitally fluent, effective global citizens who challenge inequality and who think, act and create with ambition, resilience, integrity, compassion and ambition.

Developed by creative experts from a broad cross-section of private and public sector companies, as well as educators, the programme caters for all learning styles and abilities and empowers students to:

Gain new skills and advice from mentors drawn from right across industry and education (including UCC)

Connect learning from other subjects

Build confidence in tackling the biggest challenges in the world

In 2022, it was delivered to around 2,000 students from Transition Year, Leaving Certificate Applied and YouthReach. Students from schools and learning centres across Ireland were tasked with coming up with B!G ideas to tackle five of Ireland’s biggest issues – climate change, mental health, the housing crisis, healthcare and equality. Trash Scan by St Leo’s College in Carlow won The B!G iDEA overall prize, thanks to the students’ clever idea of rewarding recycling through the use of QR codes and offering recycling instructions on products. It looks at the issue of fast fashion, the circular economy and links local sustainability and recycling services through an app. It also rewards users when they reduce, reuse and recycle! Portable wind turbines, sustainable housing domes, a disease tracker app, and reward schemes for recycling are just some of the other award-winning ideas that Irish second level students generated as part of this year’s B!G iDEA programme.

CHECK OUT WHAT STUDENTS HAD TO SAY ABOUT THE 2022 PROGRAMME thebigidea.ie/

For us at UCC, it’s really exciting to see initiatives like the B!G iDEA nurturing creativity and innovation at second level and in Youthreach. We look forward to being able to support students to further develop these skills and challenge change with confidence and creativity at third level.

Kilkenny Youthreach

St. Leo's College, Carlow

St. Joseph's College, Tipperary

Student Societies

University life is so much more than your academic development and achievements. It’s every bit as much about your personal and social development, and student societies are the bedrock of this part of your college experience. As a member of a student society, you will gain lots of transferable skills including the ability to create, evaluate and communicate knowledge. With over 100 societies to get involved in outside of your studies, you’ll be spoilt for choice. Societies are student-run groups that offer opportunities to co-create, to refine your skills, spark new interests and make lifelong friends. They give you a unique opportunity to develop graduate attributes and values – from cultivating your creative side (creative and social societies), to nurturing your ability to be socially responsible (charitable and religious), to becoming an effective global citizen. Student Societies embody and embrace an incredible sense of community and there really is something for everyone to enjoy. You can even start your own, if you feel there is a gap in the market!

SOCIETIES INFORMATION: societies.ucc.ie

WINNER OF SEVEN

NATIONAL SOCIETY AWARDS 2022 BICS21 Awards WINNER

UCC STUDENT SOCIETIES WON SEVEN BICS AWARDS in 2022 - biggest winners nationally

SURGEON NOONAN SOCIETY WON Charity Champions at the USI Student Achievement Awards Ireland (SAAI)

WHAT mAKES US SOCIALLY RESPONSIBLE?

UCC STUDENT SOCIETIES MOBILISE A WIDE RANGE of Community Engagement Programmes, including: School Mentoring, Traveller Literacy and Schools Debating Programmes

UCC’S INSTITUTE FOR SOCIAL SCIENCE IN THE 21ST CENTURY (ISS21) is committed to building inclusive societies and co-creating knowledge with society

IN 2022, A MAJOR NEW STRATEGIC INITIATIVE - UCC FUTURES - WAS LAUNCHED, with the goal of connecting research across disciplinary boundaries, providing an environment of creativity, curiosity and critical thinking that generates knowledge and translates research into sustainable benefits and value for society

UCC STUDENT, REUBAN MURRAY, WON THE EUROPEAN CHARLEMAGNE YOUTH PRIZE, that highlights work by young people across Europe to strengthen European democracy and supports their active participation in writing the future of Europe

UCC HAD THE HIGHEST PARTICIPATION RATES IN THE UNICOV PROJECT, designed to assist with the early identification of asymptomatic COVID-19 on higher education campuses across Ireland

UCC’S PEER SUPPORT PROGRAMME, IS THE BIGGEST OF ITS KIND IN IRELAND, and engages over 300 student volunteers in mentoring nearly 5,000 students

UCC IS A UNIVERSITY OF SANCTUARY, providing scholarships for asylum seekers

MEMBER OF THE TALLOIRES NETWORK collaborating with a global coalition of 402 community-engaged universities, across 78 countries, with a combined enrolment of over 6 million students

50% OF OUR STUDENTS VOLUNTEER with community organisations, clubs and campus groups on an ongoing basis

UCC HAS BEEN AWARDED €1M IN FUNDING to develop new initiatives to provide high value education and employment pathways for people with intellectual disabilities

AIN 2021, UCC LAUNCHED a Digital Badge in Autism Awareness for staff

OUR GROUND-BREAKING DINGLE 2030 PARTNERSHIP, led by our MaREI Centre, is developing innovative ways to build capacity and empower communities around climate action

UCC PLUS HOMEWORK CLUB IS AN INNOVATIVE AND AWARD WINNING PROGRAMME that links UCC students with secondary school students from non-traditional backgrounds

UCC BYSTANDER INTERVENTION HAS LAUNCHED a second-level programme to develop awareness of the dangers of inappropriate inter-personal behaviours

Student Support

As a UCC student, you will have access to a variety of support services to help you to settle into life at university. The services available to our students are extensive and our personal touch is what makes all the difference – whether you're missing home, unsure of your course, worried about money matters, feeling overwhelmed, or have a disability or ongoing mental health issues, we get you and we've got your back.

FIRST YEAR EXPERIENCE CO-ORDINATOR

UCC was the first university in Ireland to appoint a First Year Experience Co-ordinator to ensure that a unified approach is taken by the university community to support our first year students. Our First Year Experience Co-ordinator takes a leadership role in organising your transition to university life and ensures that you successfully complete your first year. As you embark on your university journey, you may experience various challenges along the way that you did not expect. You may find it hard to adjust to university life or to settle into your degree programme. Whatever the issue may be, our First Year Experience Co-ordinator is here to support you. In partnership with academic staff and student support professionals, our First Year Experience Co-ordinator offers career guidance and life coaching, in order to prepare you to achieve your academic and personal career goals.

ORIENTATION INFORMATION: www.ucc.ie/en/study/undergrad/orientation

University College Cork welcomes over 3,000 international students every year

INTERNATIONAL OFFICE

The UCC International Office provides support to incoming international students and to students doing an Erasmus exchange. With a dedicated Student Support Team, you will be supported from pre-departure all the way through to graduation. Whether you have queries about registering with immigration or how to open a bank account, or if you experience difficulties when you are here, the quality of pastoral care and individualised student support you will receive is second to none. Our team is committed to optimising your transition in to and through UCC and to making you feel right at home.

NÓIRÍN DEADY

First Year Experience

Co-ordinator

UCC HAS THE HIGHEST PROGESSION RATE (consistently over 90%) from first year to second year of all Higher Education Institutions nationally!

INTERNATIONAL OFFICE INFORMATION: www.ucc.ie/en/international/studentinfohub

OUR 'SERVICE LEARNING' PARTNERSHIP WITH CORK CITY COUNCIL provides international students with community engaged learning experiences throughout the city

"Your success is central to our mission at UCC."

SUZANNE BUCKLEY International Student Support Officer

"We hope that your time at UCC will be everything you hoped for and more. Remember we are here to support you. Wishing you every success."

Through our civic and community engagement activities, community becomes our classroom, our teacher and our research partner - where we collaborate with people, to inquire and learn, and to engage in transformative action and reflection.

SKILLS CENTRE

The transition from secondary school to third level can be really exciting but can also be daunting. The academic challenges you will face can be quite demanding as you will be expected to take responsibility for your own learning, manage your own workload and complete assignments to strict deadlines. The Skills Centre will guide you in your transition to higher level learning through the provision of a broad range of workshops and one-to-one sessions, all designed to unlock your potential.

SKILLS CENTRE INFORMATION: www.ucc.ie/en/skillscentre

STUDENT COUNSELLING AND DEVELOPMENT

College is an exciting time where you will be presented with lots of opportunities to grow, develop and experience new things. For the most part, you will cope well and embrace and enjoy these challenges and opportunities. But, there may be times when you feel stressed or overwhelmed and need to talk to someone in confidence. Don’t worry, we’ve got your back and our experienced Student Counselling and Development team will be here to help and support you through the ups and downs of university life.

STUDENT COUNSELLING INFORMATION: www.ucc.ie/en/studentcounselling

STUDENT HEALTH AND WELLBEING

At the Student Health Department in UCC, our multidisciplinary team is committed to supporting your health and wellbeing journey. We aim to deliver safe and effective care to you over the coming year. Student Health provide a blended mix of consultation options, including telephone consultations, consultations over video using Microsoft Teams as well as face-to-face on-site attendance where one of our clinicians recommend that this is required. We continue to offer the full range of student health services including STI screening and diagnosis, Contraception including Implanon and Coil insertion, as well as a range of supports for those of you who have a mental illness or significant mental distress.

"We cannot wait to meet you. Here, in the Skills Centre, my team are ready to help you to succeed. Our Success Zone and study coaching will really let you unlock your potential. Study something you love, reach for the stars, dare to dream and make UCC your number one choice. See you soon!" Unlock

KATHY BRADLEY Skills Centre Co-ordinator

INFORMATION: www.ucc.ie/en/studenthealth/

Access UCC is committed to creating an accessible, inclusive, and supportive learning environment for students. Access UCC is here to support students on their journey through college. Please see further details of the services provided below.

STUDENT BUDGETARY ADVISOR

Your time in UCC will be some of the best years of your life and, by managing your money well, you will give yourself the best chance to make the most of your student experience. In UCC, we have a dedicated Student Budgetary Advisor to help you look after your finances, give you information and advice on available supports and grants, as well as really practical tips on how to manage your money.

BUDGETARY INFORMATION:

www.ucc.ie/en/sfsa/

MATURE & QQI STUDENTS

Our office supports all Mature and QQI/FE students in UCC studying full-time undergraduate degrees, as well as those of you considering full-time study. We offer a wide range of supports and initiatives specifically designed for enhancing your experience.

Our office is a place where prospective and registered students can come to be listened to, ask questions, and all within an open, honest, non-judgemental and empathetic environment. Whether you are beginning your journey or well on your way, please don’t hesitate to contact us with any question, at any stage of your academic journey.

We look forward to meeting you and welcoming you to UCC!

MATURE STUDENTS INFORMATION:

www.ucc.ie/en/mature

Making the decision to go to university is so exciting. The Mature & QQI Support Team are here to let you know that the Leaving Certificate is not the only route to UCC. We would like to invite you to explore the Mature Student entry route and the QQI/FE Student entry route. Please click on our website to get more information on the entry requirements for each route.

MATURE STUDENT ENTRY ROUTE

www.ucc.ie/en/mature/matureprospective/

QQI STUDENT ENTRY ROUTE

www.ucc.ie/en/mature/perspective-qqi-fe-students/

Some of our Access UCC staff

DISABILITY SUPPORT

Disability Support provides a wide range of supports for students who have a disability, specific learning difficulty or who enter UCC through the DARE (Disability Access Route to Education) scheme. By providing tailored supports to meet your individual needs, our expert team will work with you and will empower you to achieve your full potential. Disability Support engages with the full UCC community to promote and deliver a fully inclusive learning environment. For advice and information from both staff and students on making the most of college life visit our Student Toolkit.

DISABILITY SUPPORT INFORMATION: www.ucc.ie/en/dss

UCC AUTISM&UNI STUDENT TOOLKIT: www.ucc.autism-uni.org/

AUTISM FRIENDLY UNIVERSITY INITIATIVE: www.ucc.ie/en/autismfriendly/

PLUS PROGRAMME

The PLUS Programme provides support to HEAR (Higher Education Access Route) students. As a HEAR student at UCC you will receive a variety of academic, personal and financial supports during your time with us to enable and empower you to maximise your potential and engage fully in student life. You will also have access to a dedicated Support Officer to facilitate your transition to college life and onward progression to finishing your degree.

PLUS PROGRAMMME INFORMATION

www.ucc.ie/en/uccplus/

THE CALM ZONE (AN CEANTAR CIÚIN)

The Calm Zone is laid out across two levels, and every facet of the space - including acoustics and accessibility - has been considered to maximise autism-friendliness and designed to global design guidelines for built environments to be used by individuals with autism.

CALM ZONE INFORMATION: www.ucc.ie/en/autismfriendly/thecalmzone/

#BeginBelongBecome

Disability Support Team LINDA DORAN Disability Advisor and Manager Of Disability Support

PEER SUPPORT LEADERS

UCC Peer Support is a student-led initiative which was created to harness the first-hand knowledge and lived experience of students to inform and enhance the student journey. With over 300 amazing student volunteers from a diverse range of backgrounds, interests and life experiences, we aim to be as inclusive as possible, providing you with the information you need from a source you can relate to and rely on. Every first year and international student is automatically assigned a Peer Support Leader. Your Peer Support Leader will greet you at orientation, give you a tour of the campus and show you what life at UCC is all about. They're there to listen to your concerns, provide information on resources available to you, and link you to professional services, if needed. Your Peer Support Leader is available to contact at any point during the academic year, should you have any questions or worries relating to life in UCC.

Check out our welcome video: https://youtu.be/BR8ukFYlpcU

PEER SUPPORT INFORMATION: www.ucc.ie/en/peersupport

PEER SUPPORT LEADERS (PSL)

TOTAL PSLs NUMBER IN 2021/2022: 252

TOTAL 1ST YEARS LINKED TO A PSL 2021/22:

3,412

TOTAL VOLUNTEER HOURS 2021/2022: 10,340

NITELINE

UCC Niteline is a listening service for students run by students. It is a non-judgemental, non-directive and confidential listening service that operates via free phone and instant messaging. Niteline volunteers are UCC students trained by the Cork Samaritans and are there for any UCC student who need somebody to talk to.

NITELINE INFORMATION: www.ucc.ie/en/peersupport/niteline/

A Home Away from home!

CHAPLAINCY

The Chaplaincy at UCC is a service that offers friendship and support to all within the UCC community. Through the Chaplaincy you can meet new friends, unwind between classes, and just be yourself. It is a place where you can socialise in the warm and welcoming environment of the tea room or just take some time out for quiet reflection and prayer, away from the busy hustle and bustle of campus. Irrespective of your religious or spiritual

CHAPLAINCY INFORMATION: www.ucc.ie/en/chaplaincy

QUERCUS TALENTED STUDENTS’ PROGRAMME

At UCC we believe in creating an environment where you can excel academically and seize opportunities for personal development. We are committed to supporting your intellectual growth, social formation and wellbeing, and we recognise the strength and benefits that are derived from student diversity. We nurture talent to enable our students to do more and go further. Our Quercus Talented Students’ Programme is aimed at supporting and promoting excellence in academia, sport, creative and performing arts, active citizenship and innovation/ entrepreneurship, for both prospective and registered students. The future is now and the future is yours.

QUERCUS INFORMATION: www.ucc.ie/en/quercus/

CAREER SERVICES

As a UCC student you will have access to information, support and guidance from our professional team of expert Career Consultants throughout your time at UCC. You will be supported with career planning, options with your degree and further study. We will also help you find out how to get work experience while you study and how to prepare for life after graduation. As a UCC graduate, you will be able to continue to avail of the career services we offer for one year after graduation!

CAREER SERVICES INFORMATION: www.ucc.ie/careers

We are the difference!

"The UCC Career Services team would like to extend a warm welcome to all our incoming students. Our mission is to help you achieve your career objectives by providing access to a wide range of employability supports. We look forward to meeting you and supporting your career development as you transition in to, through and out of UCC."

CAREER SERVICES TEAM

The Future is Yours!

"Excellence underpins everything we do here in UCC and we believe in creating an environment in which academic excellence can be combined with opportunities for personal development. Through the Quercus Talented Students' Programme we recognise exceptional students when they join, as well as those who develop their talents while studying here."

LANGUAGE CENTRE

At the Language Centre we always say, ‘Academic English is nobody’s first language’. Starting your degree at UCC might be the first time you have needed to write research reports or participate in seminars in English, and you won’t be alone: many students benefit from some additional English language support as they study for a degree. We have over 25 years’ experience of working with international students and those who do not speak English as a first language. We understand your concerns and we can help you improve your language skills and better understand the academic conventions and culture at UCC to give you the best chance of success. We are situated right next to the library in the O’Rahilly Building and you will receive a warm welcome if you visit our offices. LANGUAGE

https://www.ucc.ie/en/esol/courses/parttimeucc/

MICHÈLE POWER Manager, Quercus Talented Students' Programme

Inclusive UCC

Through its commitment to digital inclusion, UCC hopes to provide a more digitally inclusive experience for the diverse student population that passes through its gates.

Inclusive UCC is intended as the 'first step' in helping UCC ensure that its digital content is inclusive, ensuring equal access to course content and student life for all learners. Digital Inclusion advocates teaching practices that are based on empathy and flexibility, using technology to cater to as many needs and circumstances as possible. Ensuring equality of access requires intuitional investment, collaboration across disciplines, and a willingness to do things differently, to put ourselves in the shoes of students so that we can better understand how the needs of different learners might be better accommodated.

WATCH OUR VIDEO TO LEARN MORE ABOUT INCLUSIVE UCC HERE

HEAR WHAT OUR STUDENTS HAVE TO SAY ABOUT UCC’S INCLUSIVE APPROACH TO EXAMS AND ASSIGNMENTS HERE

BALANCING COLLEGE AND HOME LIFE INCLUSIVITY WITH ONLINE LEARNING

Please log on to the Inclusive UCC website to access more resources including an Accessibility Skills Guide www.ucc.ie/inclusiveucc

Gaisce

The UCC Gaisce Project is an exciting student led initiative that supports students in University College Cork undertaking their Gaisce Award.

WHAT IS GAISCE?

Gaisce - the President’s Award is a self-development programme aimed at young people between the ages of 15-26. There are three awards: Bronze, Silver and Gold.

WHAT DOES THE UCC GAISCE PROJECT DO?

The UCC Gaisce Project provides a support network for students to connect with fellow Gaisce participants and President’s Award Leaders (PALs). We are currently supported by the Civic and Community Engagement Committee, Clubs, Societies, the Students’ Union, the Career Services, the Graduate Attributes Programme and the International Office. Our mission is to ensure that every UCC student has the opportunity to partake in Gaisce and to reach their full potential.

HOW CAN I GET INVOLVED?

Take the first step on your Gaisce journey today by contacting us directly via our social media channels.

If you would like to undertake an Award, we will pair you with a PAL who will support you through your Gaisce journey. Alternatively, if you would like to become a PAL, we will assist you with the application and training process!

WHY SHOULD I GET INVOLVED?

The UCC Gaisce Project promotes the development of lifelong friendships, the learning of key skills, and the development of the Graduate Attributes. Participation in Gaisce allows students to achieve both their Gaisce Award and one or more UCC EmployAgility Awards. Gaisce promotes positive mental health, and offers students an invaluable experience.

FOLLOW UCC GAISCE ON TWITTER: @UCCGaisceProj

FOLLOW UCC GAISCE ON FACEBOOK: @UCCGaisceProject

FOLLOW UCC GAISCE ON INSTAGRAM: @UCCGaisceProject

FOLLOW UCC GAISCE ON INSTAGRAM: @GaisceAward

FIND OUT MORE ABOUT GAISCE @UCC www.ucc.ie/en/civic/initiatives/gasice-project/

Volunteering at UCC

Volunteering is a great way to make a difference and increase your social responsibility. It provides you with an opportunity to give back to the community whilst also facilitating your own personal and professional development. As well as being fun, it can really enhance your CV and your career opportunities, as employers look very favourably on volunteering experience. It is tangible evidence of your ability to develop transferable skills that employers need such as the ability to work well as part of a team and project management and communication skills. Many organisations also have Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) programmes where they integrate social and environmental concerns into their mainstream business operations on a voluntary basis. Having volunteering experience under your belt will allow you to demonstrate how you can share an organisation's ethos and outlook, how you can align your values to theirs and how you can identify with their company culture, using a real life example.

To gain volunteering experience during your time at UCC you can undertake a Volunteering Pathway, as part of the UCC EmployAgility Award. This involves completing a period of unpaid volunteering on or off campus and dedicating a minimum of forty hours of your time to the project. An annual Volunteering Fair is held on campus and gives you a chance to learn about volunteering opportunities.

The www.studentvolunteer.ie platform is a web-based, one-stop-shop portal connecting higher education students with civil society organisations and volunteering opportunities. You can check out UCC volunteering opportunities at www.studentvolunteer. ie/ucc or why not take a look at our recently published ‘Making a Difference – A Research Report on Student Volunteering in UCC’ represents the most comprehensive study of student volunteering in Ireland to date - https://www.ucc.ie/en/civic/ governance/researchreportonstudentvolunteering/

VOLUNTEERING INFORMATION: www.ucc.ie/en/careers/ areyouacurrentstudent/getexperience/ volunteering/

ALMOST 1,000 VOLUNTEERING OPPORTUNITIES advertised since 2019

OVER 25700 VOLUNTARY HOURS logged by UCC students in the last 4 years

VOLUNTEER Volunteering at UCC

UCC STUDENTS CAN EARN AN EMPLOYAGILITY AWARD through Volunteering and Community Engagement

Students’ Union

Right at the very heart of our award winning student experience is the UCC Students’ Union (UCCSU) which is run for our students, for our students. UCCSU is the chief representative body for UCC Students, located on 54 College Road. UCCSU consists of 6 sabbatical officers who work for you full-time all year and then a 19 person executive that contains part time officers in several areas.

The role of your SU is to represent and support student needs. We provide academic assistance, financial and wellbeing support, top class entertainments and events. We lobby the University and government on issues directly affecting the student body. We also run campaigns to help students stay engaged and informed. The nature of our

campaigns varies massively from raising awareness on alcohol and drug abuse to sexual and mental health issues. We are always available to have a chat or help out in any way we can.

We help with any and all queries you have on your academic affairs, whether that be lectures and timetables, assignments and deadlines, or exams and repeats. Once you are a UCC student you can get more involved in representing the academic interests of your peers by becoming an Academic Rep for your course.

We are always open to new campaign ideas from the students of UCC so, if you have an idea, put up your hand and get involved! Bringing an idea to the table and actively campaigning to bring about positive change is a great way to develop your graduate attributes and values, especially your ability to be socially responsible and compassionate!

UCC' STUDENTS' UNION WAS NAMED 2022 ACCESS CHAMPION OF THE YEAR in the USI Student Achievement Awards Ireland (SAAI)

ASHA WOODHOUSE

President

T: +353 86 855 4031

E: president@uccsu.ie

SINÉAD ROCHE

Communications and Engagement

T: +353 86 184 2658

E: engagement@uccsu.ie

STEPHEN O’RIORDAN Education Officer

T: +353 86 184 2699

E: education@uccsu.ie

ALANNAH O’CONNOR Welfare Officer

T: +353 86 184 2697

E: welfare@uccsu.ie

SAM GALVIN

Commercial and Fundraising Officer

T: +353 86 184 2700

E: comms@uccsu.ie

MARY O’CONNELL Entertainments Officer

T: +353 86 184 2701

E: ents@uccsu.ie

Here to Help! Keep Well

At UCC we want you to do well but we also want you to keep well. Your mental, physical and social wellbeing are as important to us as your academic and extracurricular achievements. That's why we have developed a new online resource called Keep Well which will give you lots of helpful information, strategies and advice on how to mind your mental and physical health, as well as key points of contact, if you need to reach out. This resource will provide you with a broad range of tips and tools to successfully manage stress, eat healthily, get enough sleep and exercise and stay connected. Check out the Keep Well website to learn more about how to look after your wellbeing.

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion at UCC

At UCC, equality, diversity and inclusion are at the heart of everything we do and have been a core focus of teaching, research and policy activity for a wide range of UCC staff and students for decades. A dedicated Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Unit was launched in UCC on International Women's Day, March 8, 2017 and some key EDI initiatives at UCC include:

our UCC Equality Committee which is made up of both students and staff

our Race Equality Forum

our Gender Identity and Expression policy

our Athena Swan Accreditation which supports impactful and sustainable gender equality work

our University of Sanctuary status and embedding a culture of welcome for students and staff who are seeking sanctuary

our Sexual Violence and Harassment Framework Action Plan and the Speak Out tool

On October 11 2021, UCC President John O’ Halloran unveiled the UCC Rainbow Walkway on campus to mark National Coming Out Day and as part of UCC Community Week. The UCC Rainbow Walkway was installed to celebrate and recognise the diversity of the UCC community and to express UCC’s firm commitment to the creation of a campus that is inclusive, where the whole of the UCC community can feel a sense of welcome and belonging. In July 2022, UCC was proud to join as an official sponsor of the annual Cork LGBT+ Pride Festival.

MORE INFORMATION: www.ucc.ie/en/edi

UCC HAS HELD AN INSTITUTIONAL BRONZE ATHENA SWAN AWARD

SINCE 2016 and 9 Schools and Departments hold departmental-level awards at bronze level

UCC's Rainbow Walkway is the first institution-led rainbow walkway on an Irish university campus.

Bystander

College life is challenging, it is difficult to speak up as a perceived lone objector to the uncomfortable behaviour of others. The UCC Bystander Intervention Programme, which is modelled on the work of Dr Rachel Fenton, seeks to effect cultural change through educating and empowering the student body, collectively demanding a zero-tolerance approach to all forms of sexual harassment and abuse. It forms part of UCC’s strategic response to the issues of sexual misconduct and violence among student populations and it seeks to not only enhance knowledge and understanding of these issues, but also to lead to attitudinal and behavioural change across our university and wider community. The programme, led by Professor Louise Crowley of the UCC School of Law, is available to all students and staff at UCC comprises 6 workshops. The Bystander Intervention Programme aims to provide you with an understanding of key issues related to consent and the boundaries surrounding sexual assault, rape and abusive relationships and will also enable you to develop key intervention skills which can be utilised in any setting.

including equality, respect and integrity, and serves to empower and upskill students to safely intervene and demand a safer campus and society with zero tolerance for verbal and physical sexual harassment. Recent findings of the National Surveys of Student and Staff Experiences of Sexual Violence and Sexual Harassment in Higher Education, as well as the heightened attention on gender-based violence following the death of Ashling Murphy in January 2022, led to huge public interest in UCC’s Bystander Intervention programme. UCC’s Bystander Intervention Week 2022 ran from Monday 14 – 18 February and included an exhibition of reflections submitted by those who have completed the Bystander Intervention Programme. Bystander intervention at UCC, accessible through Canvas is delivered over 4 online and one in person workshops. The online training is self-directed and taken by students in their own time.

A second-level version of the Bystander Intervention Programme has been developed by Prof Crowley and has been rolled out in a number of schools. Check out the Quick Guide Video to Bystander Intervention with some key concepts on how to become an active bystander.

The programme connects to UCC’s Strategic plan, premised upon the core values of the university, MORE INFORMATION:

WHAT mAKES US AGILE?

QUERCUS INNOVATION/ ENTREPRENEURSHIP SCHOLARS, EMMA COFFEY AND NICK COTTER won the eCommerce and Retail Start-Up award and the Product and Manufacturing Start-Up at the National Start-Up Awards 2021

NURTURING BRIGHT FUTURES, a free online programme for all preentry students was launched in 2021 to help support the transition to third level learning and life

SINCE 2016, UCC HAS AWARDED 87 digital badges to 4,428 earners

40+ SPIN OUT COMPANIES CREATED

175 PATENTS FILED between 2011-2020

ENACTUS UCC WON THE 2022 Enactus Ireland National Competition for their projects Ceangal and ReFRAME

IN 2022, UCC CAREER SERVICES ACHIEVED THE AGCAS QUALITY STANDARD - Association of Graduate Careers Advisory Services in the UK and Ireland

370+ JOBS CREATED by GatewayUCC companies

UCC WON THE 2022 EFFECTIVE PARTNERSHIPS AWARDAssociation of Graduate Careers Advisory Services in Ireland (AHECS)

UCC IS THE LEADING UNIVERSITY IN IRELAND FOR RESEARCH IMPACT as measured by citation performance (THE World University Ranking 2022)

UCC CAREER SERVICES WON Best Career Impact Strategy Award at the 2022 Education Awards

BUSINESS AND LAW STUDENT

Nick Cotter was crowned Global Champion of the 2022 Global Student Entrepreneur Awards (GSEA)

71 RESEARCH CENTRES AND INSTITUTES

UCC PARTNERING WITH MTU AND INDUSTRY on the iEd Hub project to produce a new generation of graduates, in line with the European Commission's Skills for Industry Strategy 2030

DIGITALLY FLUENT INDEPENDENT AND CREATIVE THINKER

MAKE YOUR MARK!

Learning and Teaching at UCC

At UCC we are committed to delivering world-class teaching so that you can enjoy the best learning experience possible! Our mission is to collectively build and sustain a university where effective, innovative and best-in-class learning and teaching practices are fostered, enhanced and supported, and where a student-centered approach to research-led teaching is deeply embedded into our DNA and into our culture. Our international reputation as a researchintensive institution attracts leading academic talent from all over the world, many of whom are globally renowned and respected specialists in their fields. This allows us to offer you amazing opportunities to access, and learn with and from passionate subject matter experts who are pioneering research in their disciplines. We promote learning and teaching in an environment that provides and prioritises space for independent and creative thinking. We have a wealth of innovative learning and teaching spaces in UCC to cultivate your growth mindset. Inspired spaces for inspired minds.

1,413 UCC STAFF have taken Teaching and Learning in Higher Education Programme since 2005

IN AUGUST 2022, THE UCC SKILLS CENTRE ran a 1-week digital passport programme for second level students to learn more about using digital technology and tech skills in academia

Sustainable Futures Lab

Project Room, The Hub

Study Pod, Boole Library

On-Air Studio, UCC 98.3FM

FLAME Lab, Department of Anatomy and Neuroscience

Creative Zone, Boole Library

Atrium, The Hub

VR Lounge

CONNECTED CURRICULUM

The first priority of our Academic Strategy is to develop a Connected Curriculum which will emphasise the holistic development of our students and staff through researchbased, collaborative enquiry. Our Connected Curriculum is designed to prepare you for your future, combining academic with professional, community-based, field-based and interprofessional learning to develop values, skills, graduate attributes and aptitudes that promote civic participation, social inclusion, sustainability and impactful, global citizenship. We are creating opportunities for our students to be co-creators and we want you to partner in curriculum design and development to maximise your learning potential. UCC’s Connected Curriculum framework has six distinct interconnected components as shown on our honeycomb diagram here:

CONNECTED CURRICULUM INFORMATION: www.ucc.ie/en/registrar/theconnecteduniversity/ academicstrategy/

The UN's Sustainable Development Goals inform and shape our curriculum, research and student services

UCC LIBRARY

UCC has two libraries: the main Boole Library and the Boston Scientific Health Sciences Library in the Brookfield Health Sciences Complex. The Main Library is known as the Boole Library which is named after Professor George Boole. Boole was the first professor of Mathematics in UCC and the inventor of Boolean algebra. We are super proud that the father of the digital age is part of our rich history and heritage! This 5-storey library is located at the heart of the campus on the south-side of the historic quadrangle. With an extensive collection of books, journals and access to research databases, you will have a world of knowledge at your fingertips.

The Boole Library is one of the busiest buildings on campus with an average of over 5,000 daily visits in semester time and 1.5 million visitors each year! It is a meeting place for students and staff alike and offers a diverse range of study and research environments including a Creative Zone, Exhibition Area, the Skills Centre and Library Studio, as well as an Assistive

Technology Lab. It also has some really exciting and innovative technologies and services to enhance your learning: The Library Studio (one-touch recording studio), a VR Digital Environment Lounge, 3D printing service as well as AV and conferencing equipment in select locations.

You will receive a tour of the library and guidance on how to avail of all the services during orientation. Library Staff are also available to help you with your research and study queries and will run classes to support you throughout the year. On Q floor (ground floor), you will find the Library Services and Ask Us desks along with the IT Help Desk. The Ask Us desk provides drop-in and appointment sessions to help with all of your library and research needs.

UCC LIBRARY INFORMATION: libguides.ucc.ie/library

ZONED STUDY SPACES on all floors for 2,950 users

ACCESS TO OVER 90,000 E-JOURNALS, over 300,000 eBooks and 180+ research databases

72 CHROMEBOOK LAPTOPS TO BORROW within the UCC Boole Library and 24 are available for use within Brookfield Library

Green Screen

STUDENT IT SERVICES

As a registered student you will be able to use a number of open access IT Centres on and off campus. Our Student IT Services provide a wide range of IT and communication facilities and supports to students, including:

Umail (student email provided by Google)

Canvas (Virtual Learning Environment)

MyStudentAdmin (Student Record)

Microsoft Office 365

Microsoft Office 365 delivers a variety of cloud-based services including a free copy of Microsoft Office that you can install on your own personal device. You will have unlimited data storage with OneDrive for business for as long as you are a registered UCC student. Our open access computer labs give you access to free specialist software and online teaching facilities and recorded lectures, as well as the ability to print on campus printers from your laptop. You will also have access to free ICDL training via Canvas. You are encouraged to BYOD (bring your own device) to campus and connect to Eduroam (our WiFi Network). 72 Chromebook laptops are available for you to borrow within the Boole Library and 24 from the Boston Scientific Health Sciences Library.

PEER ASSISTED LEARNING (PAL)

The Peer Assisted Learning (PAL) scheme is a student support scheme for first year students taking Physics and Chemistry in the College of Science, Engineering and Food Science. The PAL scheme provides a student-friendly support system for our first year students, and PAL sessions are offered in addition to your lectures, practicals and tutorials. As a student of one of these disciplines, these PAL sessions will greatly enhance your understanding of these subjects and will help you to prepare for assignments and exams. PAL sessions are available to any Chemistry and Physics student who may need extra help. These sessions will also help ease your transition from secondary school to university as they provide an opportunity for you to get to know others on your course and make some,ahem, pals!

PAL INFORMATION: www.ucc.ie/en/sefs/currentstudents/ importantinfoforfirstyears/ peerassistedlearning/

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SKILLS CENTRE

Writing at third level can be scary. Being unsure of proper grammar, or not knowing exactly what you are being asked to do, can leave you unsure of yourself. Not to worry! Our amazing Skills Centre has got you covered and will support you every step of the way! The Skills Centre provides a dedicated, responsive and active learning space for the enhancement of your academic learning, study and writing skills, through the provision of customised workshops, sessions and online resources. They offer a free, friendly and nonjudgmental service for you to come and improve your study and writing techniques and presentation skills. But don’t take our word for it. See how our students have followed the yellow footprints and voted with their feet!

www.ucc.ie/en/skillscentre/

Some of our workshops and services

Undergraduate

Note taking

Study Strategies

A guide to cite-seeing

How to write an Essay

Building an academic argument

Online

Canvas - The Student Success Zone

Website for downloadable handouts

Gimme 2 Minutes

Write Here

postgraduate

Write Now Podcast

Planning your dissertation

Virtual Writing Clinic

Incorporating your research Literature review

FOLLOW THE YELLOW FOOTPRINTS IN THE BOOLE LIBRARY TO THE SKILLS CENTRE!

Career Services

In UCC’s Career Services our focus is on you and on supporting you to become world and workready. When it comes to your career, we are the difference. We will help you stand out from the crowd and our multidisciplinary team of professionals will guide you through every transition on your employability journey, from understanding your career interests, to helping you evaluate and assess your career opportunities, right through to realising your career ambitions. We will help you develop the graduate attributes, skills and values you need to reach your career goals. We will enhance your ''employagility'', enabling you to pivot and compete in a hyperconnected, rapidly changing, increasingly globalised economy.

PROFESSIONAL SERVICES

Our professional services can be grouped into three distinct areas:

Employability

Placement

Advice

We provide a broad range of dedicated support services, including:

Individual one-to-one career advisory consultations

Discipline-specific careers advice, talks and support

Open talks, bespoke talks and workshops on career planning, networking, job search, LinkedIn profiles

Graduate Attributes Workshops to prepare you to transition in to the world of work

Psychometric Testing - Profiling for Success

Self-help resources and individual advice on CVs, applications and interview tips

Practice interviews and mock assessment centres

Work placements, internships and graduate recruitment

Connect vacancy portal on graduate vacancies and volunteering opportunities

Delivery of the UCC EmployAgility Awards professional skills development programme

DIGITAL TOOLS TO SUPPORT OUR STUDENTS

CAREER SET

The first of these digital tools is the Career Set CV Review tool. Career Set’s Artificial Intelligence algorithms have been configured to generate personalised CV feedback and the tool has been designed using recognised best practices, applicable across industries and academic disciplines. All current students and recent graduates of UCC can access the tool to score the impact, style and brevity of their CV. The tool can also help applicants target their CV to a specific job description.

SHORTLIST.ME

As a UCC student you will have exclusive access to Shortlist.me video interviewing software. This allows you to practice the type of pre-recorded, one-way video interviews that employers are increasingly using as a screening method, before inviting candidates to a live interview. Whether you are applying to be an accountant or a zoologist, the opportunity to enhance your interview performance is now at your fingertips!

Shortlist.me is the leading platform used by graduate employers. Shortlist.me work alongside industry professionals to ensure that the questions within each interview reflect the skills assessed by employers in each sector.

CONNECTING YOU TO EMPLOYERS

UCC hosts one of the largest recruitment fairs in Ireland. The 2021 UCC Recruitment Fair attracted 125 organisations. We also run a comprehensive range of employer-led careers events such as jobs roadshows, employer presentations and volunteering to create opportunities for you to meet, connect and engage with employers. Watch our recruitment fair video to get a flavour of what to expect.

MEET, CONNECT AND ENGAGE WITH INDUSTRY AT OUR ANNUAL UCC RECRUITMENT FAIR

2021/2022

ACACEMIC YEAR:

1,328 ... GRADUATE JOBS AND INTERNSHIPS WERE ADVERTISED ON OUR CAREERS PORTAL

https://youtu.be/Qj8GOgXj1vs

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5,700 UCC EMPLOYAGILITY AWARDS AND DIGITAL BADGES DISTRIBUTED FOR VOLUNTARY HOURS DEDICATED TO THE PROGRAMME

FOCUS ON YOU!

400 Unique Placement model UCC Career Services Check out the Career Services Podcast here 92 We Are UCC

30 PLACEMENT PROGRAMMES ACROSS 3 COLLEGES

OVER 90% OF UNDERGRADUATES consistently enter employment or continue onto further study

have engaged in and developed graduate attributes and values as well as professional skills through extra-curricular activities and work experience. These will help you to differentiate yourself and stand out from the crowd when applying for

THROUGHOUT THE YEAR

WE HOST INSTAGRAM TAKEOVERS by top employers

OVER 90% OF PROGRAMMES offer placements internationally and nationally

ENTREPRENEURSHIP PATHWAY

Develop your entrepreneurial skills

By advancing your research skills

Combine participation in

STUDENT LIFE PATHWAY

Through involvement in clubs, societies and other campus initiatives

PATHWAY

Through volunteering or community engagement on or off campus

INTERNSHIP PATHWAY

By working with a department

Agility Award by participating in an approved activity through any of out more about how to get involved, scan this QR code.

ANNUAL RECRUITMENT FAIR and bespoke fairs

250 CAREER WORKSHOPS,TALKS AND SKILLS SESSIONS facilitated in 2020/2021 academic year

IGNITE YOUR FUTURE

After you graduate you may wish to become your own boss and pursue an entrepreneurial path. At IGNITE, our start-up incubation programme, we will help you turn your good idea into a great business. So, if you are a recent graduate with a business idea or an interest in starting your own venture, this programme will provide you with excellent supports and expertise to innovate, validate and commercialise your business idea. You will have access to coaches, experienced mentors, a shared workspace and early seed funding offered on a flexible basis. We'll make sure you get the skills and knowledge, advice and guidance you need, when you need it.

WHAT IS IGNITE?

An international award winning start-up programme for recent graduates.

A 12 month programme providing supports and knowhow to innovate, validate and commercialise your business idea.

Based at University College Cork, Irish Times University of the Year 2017.

Open to recent graduates of any discipline from any third level institution in ireland.

Combines workshops, seminars and guest entrepreneur speakers, the support of coaches, mentors and industry contacts with shared workspace and early seed funding.

IGNITE OUTCOMES

WHAT IS IGNITE?

Our Start-Ups are Successful IGNITE start-up companies are active in Irish and export markets including the UK, Europe and North America.

Our Start-Ups are Winners IGNITE start-up companies win awards such as EU Young Innovator of the Year, Cork Chamber Emerging Company of the Year, National Start-Up Awards, Ireland’s Best Young Entrepreneur Awards, US Ireland Research Innovation Awards, Technology and Innovation Awards, Blog Awards Ireland and Digital Marketing Awards.

Our Founders are In uencers

COMBINES WORKSHOPS, SEMINARS AND GUEST ENTREPRENEUR SPEAKERS, the support of coaches, mentors and industry contacts with shared workspace and early seed funding

Our founders are listed in the press as ‘Top 30 Under 30’, ‘One’s to Watch’, ‘Tech In uencers’, ‘20 Top Start-Ups’ and Ireland’s Best Young Entrepreneur Awards.

OPEN TO RECENT GRADUATES of any discipline from any third level institution in Ireland

Our Research: Reach, Relevance and Impact

Our research plays an essential role in terms of achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) on a national and global scale by 2030 and we are intentionally mapping our research to the SDGs. As part of a global research community, we are actively resolving complex social, environmental and economic challenges by combining different knowledge and disciplines in research projects.

PIONEERING RESEARCH AT UCC

Our strategic research priorities include the following global themes: Health and Wellbeing, Food and Nutrition, Future and Emerging Technologies, Sustainability and Climate Action, Culture, Society, Rights and Identities, and Financial and Business Services. We understand the importance of working

in a collaborative way between and across disciplines and geographical borders to change lives and futures. We tackle the world’s greatest challenges with innovation, agility, imagination and creativity, and our research has global reach, relevance and impact. We are addressing global inequalities and promoting the appreciation and recognition of sociocultural diversity. We are at the forefront of research into food and nutrition, including ingredient development and the role diet has in nourishing the body and mind. With synergistic partnerships between researchers from information and communication technology (ICT), physics, biology, chemistry, engineering, environmental sciences and social sciences, we are delving into new and unknown territories, releasing untapped potential for future industrial strategy and competitiveness. We are developing and applying technological solutions to the wide range of health and wellbeing challenges in modern society. We are leading research into the creation of new jobs, the support of industries and shaping regional and national economic development. We are showing leadership in developing sustainable agriculture and food, climate, marine and renewable energy and energy policy. We are thought leaders and pioneers, pushing boundaries, charting new waters and breaking new ground.

INDUSTRY PARTNERSHIPS

Industry partnerships keep our research relevant and responsive to emerging and evolving economic and societal trends and needs.

Here are just a few of our pioneering research projects with industry partners:

Dell/EMC - cloud computing, big data and data centre research programmes

UCC and Eli Lilly - enhancing capability in Pharmaceutical Process Development

Tyndall National Institute and Intel - next generation materials, devices and photonics technologies

DISCOVER THE IMPACT UCC RESEARCH IS MAKING AT www.ucc.ie/research

YOUR RESEARCH JOURNEY

When you join UCC, you’ll embark on a journey of discovery and belong to an active research community that is internationally connected and fully committed to providing practical, scalable and sustainable solutions to local and global issues. Our Connected Curriculum framework for research-based teaching ensures that you will be able to learn through participating in research and enquiry, right throughout your degree programme, and our dynamic, vibrant and collaborative research culture will enhance and enrich your learning experience. Our rich and diverse research ecosystem ensures that you will have plenty of opportunities to co-create, evaluate and communicate knowledge, to think creatively and independently and to apply your learnings. You will inspire and be inspired by the breadth and quality of the research happening all around you and its range, reach, relevance and impact on our local and global communities. Research also underpins many of our partnerships with industry and with public and voluntary organisations, providing you with unparalleled placement and graduate career opportunities. Here at UCC you will be supported and encouraged to share our research journey and become part of the solution to real-life issues.

IN 2021, UCC RESEARCHERS SECURED 6 AWARDS

worth over €11 million from Europe's most prestigous research funding programme, the European Research Council (ERC)

ENTERPRISE

INVESTMENT IN UCC RESEARCH HAS GROWN by 99% over the last 10 years, exceeding €10 million per annum

96 MILLION RESEARCH INCOME IN 2020/2021

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The Boolean is an online postgraduate journal whose aim is to highlight the exciting and diverse range of doctoral research carried out at University College Cork for a general audience.

There are over 1000 doctoral students registered at UCC, conducting research in almost every field of academia. The Boolean provides these students with a forum to describe their research and share their passion and curiosity with the general public and wider university community.

Journal submissions are in the form of short papers, which are evaluated according to intelligibility and coherence for non-technical readers during the peer-review process.

Meet the Researcher:

Emmet Taylor is a PhD student in the Department of Early and Medieval Irish in the College of Arts, Celtic Studies and Social Sciences. Originally from Canada, Emmet completed their Masters degree in Celtic Studies at Saint Francis Xavier before moving to Ireland for their PhD program. They have a passion for public outreach, having worked as a historical consultant for tabletop roleplaying games, audio dramas, and education programs, currently giving a series of public lectures focused on introducing a non-scholarly audience to medieval Irish literature, and being a guest on Twitch streams discussing Celtic historical content in popular video games. Outside of academia, they play Dungeons & Dragons every week with their friends back in Canada where they rely heavily on the one engineer in their group to make up for their sheer inability to do math, work with the UCC LGBTQ Society, and continue their quest to find the best sourdough bread in Cork!

Meet the Research:

PAST ARTICLES

Constructed Wetlands in Ireland.

Fergus Mc Auliffe

Daylight Saving for the Brain.

James Cully

I Am Going Abroad to Study English: Language Learning Beyond Words and Grammar.

Annarita Magliacane

Tired of Slow Internet?

Lasers to the Rescue.

Joveria Baig

Why do Skeletons Lie About their Age?

Ian Magee

Emmet studies heroes in medieval Irish literature, characters such as Cú Chulainn and Fionn mac Cumhaill. Drawing on nearly three hundred tales from between the 7th and 15th centuries, their research has focused on establishing common trends in how these characters are represented, discussing notable changes, and discussing how and why these trends might have emerged. Their research offers a new approach to heroism in medieval Irish literature that prioritizes the historical contexts that shaped these heroes across the centuries and focuses on understanding the Irish heroes in their own unique cultural context. This research has identified six major trends that in heroic characters in medieval Irish literature: (1) these characters are predominantly members of the warrior-aristocracy, (2) these characters operate in groups, ‘warrior bands’, within which (3) these heroes struggle for social dominance as the ‘supreme warrior’. As part of this, these heroes (4) prioritize these struggles for status among their fellow warriors over broader social norms, pushing them to behave improperly, (5) collect the severed heads of their rivals to use as definitive proof of their superiority to defeated warriors, and (6) were imagined to practice special martial arts called clis, ‘feats’.

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Meet the Researcher:

Gaston is originally from France and is doing his PhD research in the Centre for Research in Vascular Biology, APC Microbiome Ireland (College of Medicine and Health). He graduated from Biotechnology in Bordeaux in 2019 and moved directly to Ireland to continue his academic career. His main motive was to find a PhD project with implications for human health. Later, he enrolled with the Boolean team with the idea of promoting scientific communication across UCC, while trying to make his passion more accessible and engaging for a wider audience. Eventually, he would like public communications to be a significant part of his career. In his free time, he likes exercising, cooking delicious French dishes and obviously enjoying the Cork city!

Meet the Research:

Gaston’s project is about cardiovascular disease development during obesity, and how this can be influenced by diet and gut microbes. Obesity prevalence has tripled in the last 50 years and has now reached worryingly epidemic proportions. The disease does not only affect patients’ quality of life but also presents a major risk factor for developing potentially fatal cardiovascular diseases. For these reasons, obesity constitutes one of the greatest challenges humanity has to face in the next century. The gut microbiota - the community of microorganisms that resides within our intestines - has recently emerged as a major player in the development of obesity. Obese patients present alterations in their gut microbiota that are believed to promote disease progression and complications. The gut microbiota is directly exposed to our dietary habits, which will influence its activity and thus its involvement in health and disease. Gaston’s project specifically focuses on the cellular and molecular mechanisms of cardiac disease during obesity, and determining which ones are related to the microbiota. Moreover, his research team also investigates whether the regeneration of a healthy microbiota during obesity could halt disease progression. Eventually, this project aims at improving our understanding of the interactions between our body and its gut microbes, and how to harness them for fighting obesity and its cardiovascular complications.

Meet the Researcher:

Amel is a PhD student in the School of Microbiology in the College of Science, Engineering and Food Science. She was born in Sudan but grew up in Cork and feels really lucky to live in a city and society that is kind, happy, smart and full of life! Amel studied Dentistry in UCC and enjoyed the campus, the lush green sites of UCC and the many facilities and activities available to students. As an only child, her parents taught her the importance of being responsible and, now as a mother of two, as well as postgraduate UCC doctoral student, that responsibility is so vitally important!

Meet the Research:

Amel’s research is focused in the areas of microbiology and metagenomics, specifically based on her family’s native Sudan, and using such data for the benefit of the population in areas of health, food, culture and future research. In Sudan, a smokeless tobacco product (Toombak) is extensively used which is known to harm health, especially oral health, so part of her research is to analyse this product and understand how it may affect oral health such as saliva or body cortisol levels. Another part of her research has focused on fermented foods in Sudan. These foods are traditionally made and have been conserved for centuries; however, they are often exposed to environmental contamination. Therefore, Amel’s pioneering research has investigated what is healthy in these foods and what could be improved through better manufacturing protocols in the future. Her research is also investigating how migration from Africa to Europe can affect gut health and allow for changes that may set the landscape for both disease health and susceptibility to ailments. This research has allowed for new and important collaborations to take place between Sudan and Ireland and has created new channels through which future research partnerships, alliances and clusters can be explored and developed. Furthermore, it has involved many participants from two continents and brought together many cultures, languages, ages and backgrounds.

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LORRAINE DILLON

Meet the Researcher:

Lorraine moved to Cork City from County Meath to pursue her PhD within UCC’s College of Business and Law. Doing a PhD has been challenging but also rewarding in many ways for example, learning from accomplished researchers, meeting likeminded people from around the world and making lots of memories throughout the four years.

Meet the Research:

Lorraine’s research is an investigation into how team resilience emerges within the workplace. In light of the significant focus on how individuals and organisations cope with and adapt to the urgency of change in the business landscape, a growing number of researchers are now exploring how teams can develop resilience in the face of adversity. However, in spite of the burgeoning research in this area, the antecedents of team resilience require further attention from scholars. Building on the existing literature in this developing field, Lorraine’s PhD draws on the job demands-resources theory as a conceptual lens to help explain how team resilience emerges within the workplace. A mixed methods approach was used which consisted of an online anonymous questionnaire and semi-structured interviews. The first phase identified what factors impacted and contributed to the emergence of team resilience. This was followed by the second phase which went beneath the surface and explored these factors in more detail and provided a sense of context into how team resilience emerges within a higher educational institute.

Meet the Researcher:

Sinéad Kelleher is a PhD candidate in the College of Arts, Celtic Studies and Social Sciences and her journey in UCC began as an undergraduate student where she studied Applied Psychology. Upon enrolling in UCC, she was struck by the vibrant campus, sense of community, as well as the various resources and facilities. The principles of learning within UCC instilled in her a capacity for independent thinking and later motivated her to pursue a postgraduate degree in research. This has afforded Sinéad the opportunity to work with and learn from the dedicated staff of UCC and develop skills for both academia and industry.

Meet the Research:

Asexuality is best defined as a lack of sexual attraction towards other people that is not explained by a physical or psychological disorder. Like homosexuality and bisexuality, asexuality is recognised as a minority sexual orientation, with approximately 1.05% of the global population (70 million) believed to be asexual. Recent research suggests that asexual people experience heightened levels of anxiety and depression when compared to both their heterosexual (i.e., straight) and nonheterosexual (i.e., lesbian, gay and bisexual) peers. This may be as a result of negative attitudes held towards asexual people, and a lack of recognition of asexuality as a legitimate sexual orientation. As part of Sinéad’s PhD research and as an ally to the asexual community, she is developing a psychometric tool to successfully identify aspects of asexual identity development and internalisation. This involves a series of completed and ongoing studies that outline the major challenges faced within the asexual population. This research will provide a theoretical foundation to inform sex education as well as the application of theory and knowledge within clinical settings to better evaluate the processes contributing to such heightened levels of depression and anxiety amongst asexual individuals. Her studies are at the heart of societal change and will continue to promote a growing openness towards diversity and varied human sexualities.

NOREEN KANE

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Meet the Researcher:

After visiting Italy as a teenager, Noreen decided to study Italian at UCD, where she fell in love with the language and culture. As soon as she finished her BA, she worked in Venice as an English teacher, and later returned to UCD to do an MA. She then started working in Centre of English Studies in Dublin, where she stayed for almost ten years, teaching all levels of English and preparing students for academic study. In September 2021, she finally made the decision to do a PhD in contemporary Italian postcolonial literature in the College of Arts, Celtic Studies and Social Sciences at UCC. As a PhD student, she has had the opportunity to share her research both at events at UCC and at international conferences, as well as to assist as a translator in the film festival.

Meet the Research:

Noreen’s PhD is entitled “Trauma and the Gendered Body in Postcolonial Women’s Writing in Italy” and explores how women writers with origins in Italy’s former colonies in East Africa have rewritten the colonial period from the female, colonised perspective. Over the last three decades these literary depictions have provided a corrective to the cultural amnesia over colonialism that has persisted in mainstream Italian culture. The body is presented as an archive of the violence of the colonial past, but also as a site of resistance and agency. To reflect the dual African and Western heritage of the writers and their protagonists, she is analysing the texts through the lens of both Western trauma theory and African feminist writing on trauma and reconciliation. Her research examines how these literary works offer a way forward in dealing with the colonial past by demonstrating how they embody the pan-African philosophy of Ubuntu, which is often translated as “I am because you are”. These novels open a dialogue between former colonised and coloniser and, in the words of Ubuntu scholar Michael Onyebuchi Eze, allow for the creation of a new “creative subjectivity”, which recognizes shared histories and how we are mutually constituted by each other.

Tyndall National Institute

WHAT mAKES US SUSTAINABLE?

ONLY IRISH UNIVERSITY TO HAVE OBSERVER STATUS at COP26 Glasgow

FIRST INSTITUTION OUTSIDE OF NORTH AMERICA to achieve a Gold Star Rating for excellence in sustainability, AASHE

INTERNATIONAL OFFICE SWAP SHOPS, 95% of donated items reused by students, 5% donated to charity

THE LIVING GREEN ROOF OF THE HUB creates a natural habitat for flora and fauna and reduces our carbon footprint through lowering building running costs

RANKED 8TH IN THE WORLD for Impact across the Sustainable Development Goals as measured by Times Higher Education

UCC WON BEST MEDIUM-LARGE BUSINESS AWARD at the 2022 PwC Sustainable Business Awards

UCC IS LEADING OUT ON SUSTAINABLE FUTURES, an inter-university initiative that will bring together science and enterprise, academia and industry, to drive sustainability and decarbonisation

OUR ENVIRONMENTAL SOCIETY SECURED THE FIRST EVER GREEN FLAG for a 3rd level institute in 2010. We are also the first university campus to receive 4 green flags

FIRST UNIVERSITY WORLDWIDE to achieve the ISO 50001 (energy management standard)

AS SIGNATORIES OF THE ALL IRELAND POLLINATOR PLAN we manage our grounds for biodiversity

THE UCC WATER STEWARDSHIP CHARTER SAVED 3.74 MILLION LITRES of water in a single year

UCC HAS LAUNCHED a Digital Badge on Learning and Teaching with the UN SDGs

90% INCREASE in cycling rates and racks for an additional 72 bikes (for students and staff) were added in 2022

112,000 DISPOSABLE ITEMS avoided per annum in BioGreen Café, Ireland's first singleuse plastic free café

DEARBHLA RICHARDSON (SHE/HER) (SÍ/Í) BSC (HONS) INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT 2021 Co-Chairperson Green Campus, ViceChairperson Environmental Society, Committee for Fridays for Future and Cobh Zero Waste SUSTAINABLE

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INTEGRITY SOCIALLY RESPONSIBLE

The Education Awards 2021

UCC Green Campus

In March 2020, UCC celebrated 10 years since becoming the first university in the world to be awarded a Green Flag from the Foundation for Environmental Education and we have successfully renewed our Green Flag a record-breaking four times!

In fact, the global Green Campus Programme, which is active in 21 countries, is a movement that was started by UCC students. How cool is that? Green Campus was the brainchild of our very own Environmental Society (Envirosoc) Students, and the president of that society now serves as co-chair of our Green Campus Committee. The Deputy President of our Students’ Union is the other co-chair. Green Campus is student-led and is strongly supported by the UCC Societies Guild and Clubs Executive. Our students also engage on a national stage, for example representing UCC Green Campus at the national Green Campus Ireland summits. We take our sustainability citizenship very seriously here!

Each of us, individually, plays an integral part in the wider environment and should act as socially responsible, global citizens. Here at UCC our community of students and staff is fully united and committed to supporting and promoting sustainability citizenship and we see the Green Campus programme as a significant component of our collective sustainability efforts.

So, where do you come in? There are lots of ways to get involved and make a difference. Each year, Green Campus takes on a number of student interns through the UCC EmployAgility Awards. Through this programme, you will be given a specific project, for example calculating the carbon footprint of UCC, or running a marketing campaign. You can also join the Envirosoc and be an active voice and agent for change. You can support the farmers’ markets on campus and participate in Swap Shops where pre-loved lightly-used items are exchanged. You can invest in a KeepCup for your caffeine hit and ditch the plastic by topping up your water bottle at one of the water fountains around campus. You can sign up to the TFI Bike Share Scheme. You can register for the university-wide module on sustainability. Everything matters. Everything counts. Be part of the solution, not the pollution!

GREEN CAMPUS INFORMATION: greencampus.ucc.ie

UCC WAS COMMENDED by the Association for the Advancement of Sustainabilty in Higher Education (AASHE) in its 2021 Sustainable Campus Index

UCC at COP26

As international leaders in sustainability, UCC was the only Irish university with official observer status at the recent UN COP26 global climate change summit and sent a delegation of nine researchers and students to Glasgow to engage, participate and contribute to the conversation with delegates from 197 states. 120 world leaders and as many as 30,000 delegates over the two weeks are estimated to have been in

attendance. The UCC delegation consisted of experts in carbon emissions and budgets, transport, societal change, sustainable cities, air and water pollution and energy efficiency. To coincide with the COP26, UCC commissioned a special sustainability mural at one of the main entrances to campus, to raise awareness of the global climate crisis and the need to think and act in a sustainable and responsible way.

Success, it’s in your nature

Success, it’s in your nature is a new free open access module, hosted on UCC’s Virtual Learning Environment, Canvas. It has been designed to raise awareness of the natural amenities on our green campus and how they can be leveraged to promote our physical and mental health and wellbeing

Created by Green Campus, the Graduate Attributes Programme, Envirosoc, and the School of Applied Psychology, in collaboration with many staff and students, is it based on the strong evidence that opportunities for meaningful nature contact are really beneficial for our wellbeing.

SDGs

At UCC, we firmly commit to Leave No One Behind and the United Nation’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals inform and influence what we do and who we are at UCC. Sustainability is a core element of our connected curriculum and have been woven into our academic programmes but we also consciously align co-curricular and extra-curricular activities such as student volunteering, clubs and societies with these SDGs. The 17 UN SDGs are proudly on display (in both English and Irish) in the Hub, a place of intersection and interconnections, much like the very SDGs themselves.

The Green Campus Podcast

This module showcases these opportunities, including the Open Arboretum, the looped walks around campus, how to walk mindfully, how to look for art in nature, and more. Success is not just about achieving good grades or academic accolades, it’s all about being creative, thinking independently, carving out time for ourselves and for self-care, and being socially responsible citizens; nature in UCC can help us achieve all of that.

SUCCESS, IT’S IN YOUR NATURE

See the video here.

ACCESS THE MODULE

By clicking here.

ONLY UNIVERSITY TO HAVE OUR OWN “FARM TO FORK” PROGRAMME, where vegetables served in campus restaurants are grown on university land

Our Green Campus colleagues have started a podcast to give you an insight into our Green Campus and those working tirelessly to make UCC, and the planet, a better place. They have interviewed a broad range of people and will be releasing a new episode every 3 weeks so be sure to tune in. For any students interested in climate action, climate justice and sustainability this is a must!

UCC STUDENTS' ZERO WASTE GUIDE TO

CORK

WHERE YOU CAN FIND YOUR ZERO WASTE ESSENTIALS

BEAUTY PRODUCTS

BAMBOO TOOTHBRUSH

The Good Food Shop, English Market

SHAMPOO BARS

Lush, Oliver Plunkett Street

SOLID DEODORANT Lush

BAMBOO COTTON BUDS

Natural Choices

SOLID/POWER TOOTHPASTE

Lush, Natural Choices

BITS AND BOBS

REFILLABLE PENS

Easons, St. Patrick’s Street

REFILLABLE DRAWING PADS

Cork Art Supplies, Princes Street

BEESWAX WRAPS

The Good Food Shop

100% RECYCLABLE DIARY PLANNER

Easons

HOME & KITCHEN

WE'RE GLOBAL BECAUSE...

ALMOST 17% OF OUR STUDENT POPULATION AND 31% of academic staff originate from overseas

WE HAVE 81 NON EU EXCHANGE PARTNERSHIPS

THE CENTRE FOR ADVANCED STUDIES IN LANGUAGES AND CULTURES (CASiLaC) is based in the UCC School of Languages, Literatures and Cultures

UCC RESEARCHERS COLLABORATE WITH OVER 5,000 RESEARCH-PERFORMING entities across 140 countries, generating over 9,500 publications

WE ARE HOME TO THE IRISH INSTITUTE OF KOREAN STUDIES AND THE IRISH INSTITUTE OF JAPANESE STUDIES

UCC RANKED 1ST IN IRELAND FOR OVERALL SATISFACTION, CAREER GOAL PREPARATION, OVERALL SUPPORT, OVERALL HAPPINESS in the 2021 International Student Barometer

UCC ALUMNI COMMUNITY is a global network numbering more than 200,000

4,047 STUDENTS COME FROM 132 COUNTRIES

IN 2021-2022 WE HAD 315 VISITING NON EU STUDENTS

OVER 30 NATIONALITIES supported by our Language Centre in 2020

98.3FM ENCOURAGES INCLUSION OF OTHER LANGUAGES IN THEIR OUTPUT. The station broadcasts a number of programmes as Gaeilge, and also has international students get involved during the year to broadcast in their native tongue

UCC, TOGETHER WITH 7 OTHER EUROPEAN UNIVERSITIES is developing a European University and this alliance is creating a European inter-university ‘campus’, where students, staff and researchers enjoy seamless mobility (physical, virtual or blended) to study, train, teach, do research, work or share services at cooperating partner institutions

WE ARE HOME TO THE IRISH CENTRE FOR GALICIAN STUDIES

WE HAVE A CENTRE FOR MEXICAN STUDIES

LISTEN TO FIDAA SPEAK AT AN EUROPEAN CONFERENCE ON TACKLING DISCRIMINATION IN EUROPE (skip to minute 51)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vlfEW3JVdi0

FIDAA MAROUF (HE/HIM) (SÉ/É) BDS (HONS) DENTISTRY

Board Member of The University of Sanctuary Ireland and member of the UCC University of Sanctuary Working Group, and Quercus Active Citizenship Scholar

INTEGRITY EFFECTIVE GLOBAL CITIZEN WHO RECOGNISES AND CHALLENGES INEQUALITY

International Students at UCC

The UCC family is made up of students and staff from all over the world. We have over 22,000 students including nearly 4,000 international students from over 100 countries. Plus, a third or our staff come from overseas. We pride ourselves on our diverse population and global mindset and it’s part of what makes our campus community so welcoming, vibrant and inclusive.

A HOME FROM HOME

The minute you land on campus you’ll feel it - that sense of being home. Our super dedicated and friendly staff in the International Office will be in touch pre-departure to tell you what you need to know before you go. When you arrive, they will be there to support your transition in to UCC and help you settle in to life in Ireland and at UCC. An excellent Welcome Programme is organised by the International Office for newly arrived international students and it is jam-packed with social events and activities. These events provide a great opportunity to make new friends, with both Irish and international students. The range of activities includes a familiarisation tour of UCC campus, a practical guided walking tour of Cork city and day trips, as well as Irish music and Irish dancing.

COME MEET US!

Our friendly and knowledgeable team travel to locations all over the world to meet prospective students and their families during school visits, recruitment fairs, exhibitions and events. They also support a worldwide network of representatives who can provide assistance and advice to guide you through the application process. If you are in Cork on holiday, be sure to come and pay us a visit. We’ll be delighted to walk you through the application process, tell you about life at UCC and in Cork, and we’ll also organise a campus tour for you! Check out our Family and Prospective Students’ Tours at www.ucc.ie/opendays.

SOCIETIES

There are 104 societies to choose from including the Indian Society, the French Society, the Italian Society and the Chinese Society, if you fancy meeting people from home or getting to know a new culture. If you want to immerse yourself in Irish culture, there are plenty of options too, including the Irish Traditional Music Society and Cumann Dramaíochta, our Irish Language Drama Society!

INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS INFORMATION: www.ucc.ie/international

9 UCC STUDENTS in Education in Ireland's Student Ambassador Programme in 2021/2022

NEARLY 4,000 INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS from over 100 countries!

International Experience

Adding an international dimension to your studies will greatly enhance your experience of student life and, potentially, your career prospects. It will broaden your perspective and your horizons, and it will enrich you personally and academically. Here at UCC we have key partnerships with universities all over the world and with options in over 100 countries across five continents, you will have a fantastic range of options to choose from!

Study abroad is open to students during the third year of a four-year degree programme and you may study abroad for a semester or for a full academic year.

The Erasmus programme will enable you to undertake up to one year of study at a European continental university. The programmes at UCC which offer a year abroad include:

Anthropology

Arts-International

Arts-Music - European Pathway

Theatre and Performative PracticesInternational Pathway

Film and Screen Media

World Languages

Criminology

English

Economics (through Transformational Learning)

Digital Humanities and Information Technology

International Business with Languages

Law - International Pathway

Law and French

Social Science

As an Erasmus student, you will pay no extra fees at the partner university and you’ll also receive a modest grant to go towards your living expenses. Under the Erasmus programme, you can also avail of work placement opportunities abroad which will greatly expand your global outlook and mobility mindset and your career opportunities postgraduation.

Be sure to avail of the opportunity to study or work in an overseas country and immerse yourself in a different culture as that will really develop your global citizenship skills and will make you world and work ready!

INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE

INFORMATION:

www.ucc.ie/en/international/ goabroadwithucc

MICHAEL O'BRIENFisherman’s Bastion, Budapest.

IRENE FLYNN John Lennon Wall, Prague

SARA MEAGHER Sunset in Valencia

A graffitied Qormi, Malta

Celebrations for the Tour de France in

Annecy, Southeast France Charles Bridge, Prague

AOIFE MCSWEENEY

BRONAGH WALSH

NIAMH COUGHLAN Le Recrutement Cafe, Paris

Grenoble.

Santiago de Compostela’s old town.

KYMLEE SHORTEN

Our Graduates: World and Work Ready

Long graduated with a MPharm degree in Pharmacy in 2021 and is originally from Vietnam. He is now working as a Community Pharmacist in McCabes Pharmacy in Dublin. His role entails covering a wide variety of shops in the McCabes chain to provide a safe and efficient healthcare service to all customers in accordance with the pharmacy guidelines.

“My five years studying Pharmacy at UCC equipped me with sufficient skills to succeed, not only in my current field of community pharmacy, but also in other fields like pharmaceutical industry, hospital pharmacy, pharmaceutical and healthcare regulation. Throughout the duration of my degree, not only was I provided with a tremendous amount of medicinal knowledge, I also gained really useful soft skills like presentation, team working and research skills. This combination of skills and knowledge went a long way to help impressing recruiters, which gave me the best opportunity to find the most suitable job to start my career. UCC is also where my badminton journey was nurtured and started to blossom. I took the sport seriously when I started to compete for UCC in the Cork league and intervarsity tournaments. Most of my best memories with UCC would probably be connected to the UCC Badminton Club, where I met many people and made many life-long friends while competing for the highest honours for UCC!”

UCC Law graduate Lauren Foley is a feminist digital communications consultant, YouTuber, writer, and speaker. Lauren did the three-year Law degree and graduated in 2016. In her current role she designs executive digital communications strategies for various feminist organisations. This involves drafting copy and designing graphics for multiple social media channels all focusing on gender equality in different realms, whether that’s women’s health or funding for women.

"My time at UCC was the start of a long list of experiences that have all connected to get me to where I am now and to where I will be in the future. The degree taught me about some of the serious issues in the world and opened up my eyes to injustice which is something I fight every day now. Also, it taught me the importance of sourcing information and always making sure that what I’m saying is backed up by fact or not distorted from the original context, again something that is incredibly important in my work now. I was really lucky in the summer of my second year to be selected by the Law Department to intern in LA and that was amazing. I loved attending all the brilliant talks put on every week by various societies. Overall, my time at UCC was instrumental in showing me what I wanted to do, but also what I didn’t want to do, which is as beneficial as the former, if not more so. I’m genuinely super proud to say I went to UCC!"

LAUREN FOLEY Feminist Digital Communications Consultant www.laurenfoley.com

UCC Arts graduate Louise Quill is the founder and voluntary director of Tír na nÓg Orphanage in Tanzania. Tír na nÓg was created to provide a home where orphaned and abandoned children would be cared for in a safe and supportive environment. Louise and her team now run a children's home providing shelter and accommodation to over 60 children, a kindergarten, a primary school with 200 children in attendance, and a farm to create sustainability. An award-winning documentary about her work, 'Kilimanjaro Mama' was released in 2019.

"I graduated from UCC in 2006 with an Arts degree, majoring in Geography. My favourite area of study was Human Geography and I feel I learned many things that I was able to put into practice throughout my years in Tanzania. We learned about the importance of sustainability and the creation of sustainable projects. I was lucky enough to be able to implement these in our Tír na nÓg projects. My best memories of UCC would have to be our Geography field trip to Montpellier in the South of France. I made friends for life on that trip and the memories of it will last a lifetime. My advice for other students would be to remember that we are not all born to do the same things and to follow the same current. If there is a passion that is calling to you from within, listen to it and answer it. If you believe something will work out, you will see opportunity."

Ronan Wall is the CEO and Co-Founder of Dosen. io, the community platform for learning. With 15 years of experience in building digital businesses, from founding start-ups to holding senior executive positions in Paddy Power and Ticketmaster, he has led large teams and built industry-defining products. He now lives in Los Angeles where he is President of LA's most successful, and only, Gaelic football team (www.cougars.la). He graduated from UCC in 2004 with a BSc in Maths and Statistics.

"My time at UCC impacted my career immeasurably. I feel like my Maths and Statistics degree was like my 'trade' in numbers. It allowed me to understand numbers in a way that made it easy to develop Excel, presentation, data, and process skills later in life. Academia aside, my time at UCC allowed me to grow into myself. I met some incredible people, expanded my view of the world and had life experiences that to this day I cherish. College is an environment unlike any other in life. It provides endless, and mostly free, learning opportunities (academic and otherwise), smart, positive people, and the time to explore. Use these to find out who you are and to become yourself. Put yourself out there. Many of the friends you'll meet in college will become friends for life, so don't miss the chance to meet them. Statistically speaking, by the time you leave college the mobile number of the person you're going to spend the rest of your life with will be in your phone!"

LOUISE QUILL Primary School Teacher and Voluntary Director, Tír na nÓg Orphanage

RONAN WALL CEO and Co-Founder, Dosen.io

UCC’s Global Community

When you start in UCC you will join a global community and start a lifelong relationship. Our Alumni and Development Office helps our graduates stay connected with UCC, whatever they do and wherever they go. We are growing alumni chapters in Cork, Dublin, London, Boston, New York and China and creating networks in places and industries all across the globe.

The UCC Alumni Community is a global network numbering more than 200,000 (and growing!). Famous alumni include rugby legend Ronan O’Gara (pictured), actors Fiona Shaw and Cillian Murphy, comedian Des Bishop, writer Stefanie Preissner, our

Taoiseach Micheál Martin, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Defence Simon Coveney, Minister for Education Norma Foley, Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform Michael McGrath and celebrity GP Dr. Pixie McKenna, to name but a few! We like to keep in touch with all of our alumni and we support our alumni to stay in touch with one another through class reunions, professional networking events and other social events, here in Ireland and in the various locations where our alumni live and work around the world. When you begin your UCC journey you become part of this global community and that’s a place where you will always belong.

UCC'S ICONIC ALUMNI BRIDGE AT ITS CEREMONIAL GATES symbolises UCC’s commitment to building lifelong relationships with its graduates

UCC ALUMNI AND DEVELOPMENT - SILVER AWARD WINNER at the prestigious CASE Circle of Excellence Awards 2020

10 CHAPTERS/ ASSOCIATIONS/ INTERNATIONAL REPRESENTATIVES across 7 countries

"We love the English language and we love working with people from different cultures. To borrow a phrase from Irish, we will give you ‘a hundred thousand welcomes’ when you come to the Language Centre."

ROB MCCAUL Irish Culture Co-Ordinator

Language Centre

Based in the O’Rahilly Building, the Language Centre is a welcoming, inclusive and multicultural space offering English language and other supports to international students. We are a global team, with staff from Korea, South Africa, New Zealand, Morocco, England, Spain and Ireland.

Interested in English and travel and want to train as a teacher yourself?

You can gain an internationally recognised TEFL (Teaching English as a Foreign Language) qualification at the Language Centre with a CELTA (Cambridge Certificate in Teaching English to Adults).

Why not come along to one of our regular open evenings to find out more?

TEACHER TRAINING COURSES: www.ucc.ie/en/esol/teach-train/

HELPING YOU TO REACH YOUR GOALS IN ENGLISH

"We can help you improve your English and prepare for university life, developing the key skills you need for success for your degree programme. If you are in receipt of a conditional offer from UCC, our presessional courses can enable you to meet your English language requirements without the need to take another external exam."

KERRY PLATTS Pre-sessional Co-Ordinator

PRE-SESSIONAL COURSE INFORMATION: www.ucc.ie/en/esol/courses/presessional/

Continue to develop your communication skills with one of our digital badges, designed to improve your academic language skills, or even take one of our part-time courses and connect with a wide range of other language learners on campus and online. You can also take one of our elective or compulsory LC credit modules.

Or, just drop in to the Centre to check out our self-study language lab or ask about Conversation Exchange and pair up with an English-speaking student who wants to practise your language.

SANAA KHABBAR Credit Module Co-Ordinator

PART-TIME COURSE INFORMATION: www.ucc.ie/en/esol/courses/parttimeucc/

Before you start your degree

Once you have started your degree programme

NOW THAT YOU’VE READ ABOUT WHAT’S ON OFFER HERE AT UCC, TAKE SOME TIME OUT FOR YOU:

WHAT IS ONE ASPECT OF UCC THAT HAS CAUGHT MY ATTENTION?

WHAT DO I NEED TO EXPLORE MORE?

WHAT CLUBS AM I INTERESTED IN?

WHAT SOCIETIES HAVE SPARKED MY INTEREST?

WHAT CAO AND OTHER APPLICATION DATES DO I NEED TO KEEP IN MIND?

NOTES:

MAKING AN APPLICATION

The National Framework of Qualifications

Quality and Qualifications Ireland (QQI) is the body responsible for the external quality assurance of further and higher education and training. QQI is also responsible for the maintenance, development and review of the National Framework of Qualifications (NFQ). At third level, the Framework describes and links all the qualifications awarded by universities and institutes of technology.

The third level major award types (Level 6 to Level 10) are as follows:

Level 6 = Higher Certificate

Level 7 = Bachelor’s Degree

Level 8 = Honours Bachelor’s Degree/Higher Diploma

Level 9 = Master’s Degree/Postgraduate Diploma

Level 10 = Doctoral Degree (PhD)

The vast majority of full-time undergraduate courses featured in our prospectus, are Level 8 Honours Bachelor Degrees.

University Jargon

BACHELOR’S DEGREE

is a primary degree, usually called an undergraduate degree This normally requires at least three years of fulltime study The most typical degrees are BA (Bachelor of Arts) and BSc (Bachelor of Science). All UCC undergraduate degrees are honours programmes, Level 8 NFQ.

VIRTUAL LEARNING ENVIRONMENT (VLE)

is an online area where tutors and lecturers upload notes, materials, etc. for you to download.

THE CALENDAR

dates, regulations and degree schedules for each academic year

DEADLINE

is a date by which assignments/ essays must be submitted. Marks are deducted for late submissions.

JOINT DEGREE OR JOINT HONOURS DEGREE

is a course where you spend equal time studying two disciplines, e.g. History and English

THE BOOK OF MODULES

contains descriptions of all modules offered in the University’s programmes.

COURSE COORDINATOR

is an academic staff member responsible for the academic management of a course

TURNITIN

is a system used for submitting assignments via your VLE, designed to detect plagiarised materials.

PROGRAMME/COURSE OF STUDY

In UCC, we use the terms programme and course interchangeably to reference the degree you will register to study in UCC.

BLENDED LEARNING

is a style of education in which students learn via electronic and online media as well as traditional face-to-face teaching.

LECTURE Credits

is a type of class where an academic Credits are the value allocated to modules to describe the student workload required to complete them. A module may equal 5, 10, 15 or 20 credits. Each academic year (9 months) of an undergraduate programme is worth 60 credits.

presents to a group of students. Lectures are, funnily enough, taught by lecturers !

is a component of your course Your course is made up of modules which are different topics that are essential to your learning. Each module accounts for a percentage of your degree

ELECTIVE

is a module of your choice, as opposed to required or mandatory (core) modules.

WORK PLACEMENTS

are offered on certain courses and involve working in an industry relevant to your course for a period of time

TUTORIALS

are small group discussions that complement lectures.

PREREQUISITE

A prerequisite is a module that must be completed before you can take another module

is a day of talks, workshops international students. It is also an opportunity to meet your Peer Support Leader, academic mentors and staff members from your department.

STUDENTS’ UNION (SU)

is run by students, for students. The SU provides academic assistance to students, support to students in need, lobbies the University and the government on issues affecting students, and provides entertainment on campus.

ORIENTATION PLAGIARISM

is to pass off the work or ideas of another as your own (without crediting the author).

SEMESTER

is a division of the academic year, 15 weeks in length. In UCC, the year is divided into two semesters, September-December and January-May

FRESHER

STUDENT SOCIETIES

are where people with similar interests can get together and are a great way of meeting new friends. UCC has over 100 societies!

SCHOOL

is an operational unit of the University that carries out teaching, research and scholarship functions e g. School of Medicine

DEPARTMENT

is a branch of a school concerned

i e. Speech and Hearing Sciences is a department within the School of Clinical Therapies.

First Class Honours (1H)

Second Class Honours, Grade 1 (2H1)

Second Class Honours, Grade 2 (2H2)

Third Class Honours (3H)

PASS FAIL Note:

Admissions Offices

UCC’s admissions staff are here to help you with queries relating to your application and admissions.

At UCC we have two Admissions Offices for undergraduate students.

Admissions for Irish, European (EU/EEA/ Swiss) applicants and students

Questions: www.ucc.ie/en/ask/prospective www.ucc.ie/admissions

Admissions for international applicants and students

Roseleigh, Western Road, Cork, T12 R229

Questions: www.ucc.ie/en/ask/prospective www.ucc.ie/international

General Entry Requirements

MINIMUM AGE

CAO applicants for full-time degrees must normally have reached 17 years of age by the 15 January of the year following entry to UCC. If you are younger than this, you can make a special application for exemption from the age requirement. Applications must be made in writing to the UCC Admissions Officer and should be accompanied by a letter of support from the School Principal and a parent/guardian.

MINIMUM ENTRY REQUIREMENTS

There are minimum entry requirements that all applicants must meet. These are known as matriculation requirements and these are available at www.ucc.ie/ugentryreqs.

IRISH LANGUAGE REQUIREMENT

A pass in Irish (O6/H7) in the Leaving Certificate is required for admission to all courses in UCC. However, certain applicants may be eligible for an exemption from this requirement from the NUI (for example, those born outside the Republic of Ireland).Detailed information is available on the NUI website at www.nui.ie.

THIRD LANGUAGE REQUIREMENT

A third language is a requirement for all programmes with the exception of Science, Engineering and Food Science, Nursing programmes and the BSc Medical and Health Sciences. If you are from the EU, EEA or Switzerland and your first language is not english you must attain an advanced level in English in your School Leaving Examination or present one of the recognised advanced English Language qualifications (e.g IELTS, TOEFL). Further information on recognised English Language qualifications are available online at www.ucc.ie/ugentryreqs.

OTHER SUBJECT REQUIREMENTS

As English is the teaching language of the University, all applicants must have a pass (O6/ H7) in English in the Irish Leaving Certificate. EU/ EEA Applicants whose first language is not English must provide evidence of equivalent competence in English Language, through their school leaving examination or by achieving the minimum standard in a recognised English language test. Mathematics is required for many courses. In addition, some courses require a laboratory science subject. Further details are available at www.ucc.ie/ugentryreqs.

NON EU APPLICANTS

University College Cork welcomes applications form Non EU applicants. Further information on application and entry requirements is available on page 131.

Student Garda Vetting

A condition of enrolment on the following courses is that all incoming students have cleared the vetting process in accordance with university policy and the National Vetting Bureau (Children and Vulnerable Persons) Act 2012:

CK111 Early Years and Childhood Studies

CK114 Youth and Community Work

CK115 Social Work

CK124 Education Gaeilge

CK125 Physical Education, Sports Studies and Arts

CK413 Science Education

All programmes in the College of Medicine and Health except CK707

Up-to-date information can be found on our website www.ucc.ie/ugadmissionspolicies.

Fitness To Practice

These undergraduate degree programmes require students to meet the guidelines of UCC's 'Fitness to Practice' policy:

CK114 Youth and Community Work

CK115 Social Work

CK124 Education Gaeilge

CK125 Physical Education, Sports Studies and Arts

CK413 Science Education

CK701 Medicine

CK791 Medicine (Graduate Entry)

CK702 Dentistry

Diploma in Dental Hygiene

Diploma in Dental Nursing

CK703 Pharmacy

CK704 Occupational Therapy

CK705 Speech and Language Therapy

All Nursing and Midwifery Degrees

Infectious Disease Policy

Students enrolled on certain courses in the College of Medicine and Health are at increased risk of contracting and transmitting certain infectious diseases, as a result of being in a clinical environment as part of their course. It is important, therefore, that healthcare students are screened for certain infectious illnesses and immunised against these illnesses, in order to protect both our students and their patients. If you enrol in the School of Nursing and Midwifery, you will be screened and immunized by the Health Service Executive Occupational Health Service and you will be subject to the HSE policies in this regard. All other undergraduate students in the College of Medicine and Health are subject to the UCC Infectious Disease Screening and Blood Borne Virus Policy. This policy requires applicants to forward details of their immunisation and medical history to the Student Health Department once they have received an offer of a place on their course.

Further information is available on the Student Health Department website www. ucc.ie/en/studenthealth/healthcare including a series of Frequently Asked Questions.

How To Apply

Irish and European Applicants

If you are from Ireland or EU/EEA/Switzerland, you can apply through the Central Applications Office (CAO) www.cao.ie. You may also apply through the CAO if you are from outside EU/EEA/ Switzerland, but living in an EU or EEA country or Switzerland, and meet certain criteria. If you think this might apply to you, you will find further information at www.ucc.ie/freefees.

Further information for EU/EEA applicants and for those who are presenting school leaving examinations other than the Irish Leaving Certificate is available on the online CAO Handbook, page 9 of the 2022 Handbook’ under ‘Other School Leaving Examinations’ at https:// flipbook.proactive.ie/view/959938320/8/'

IMPORTANT DATES

Completed applications must be received in the CAO normally on or before 1 February of the proposed year of entry. The CAO application system usually opens in November and the earlier you create an application the better, as there is a discount for applying before a certain date, usually in January.

Keep an eye on the www.cao.ie home page as that is where the important calendar dates are posted.

The CAO is for the following category of applicants:

All EU applicants

Irish Leaving Certificate school leavers, including those who have also applied through the HEAR or DARE access routes

QQI FE applicants

Mature student applicants

Irish Leaving Certificate School Leavers

If you present the Irish Leaving Certificate you need to present six recognised subjects, selected according to course requirements, you must obtain a minimum grade H5 in two subjects and minimum grade O6/ H7 in the remaining four subjects, in order to meet matriculation requirements. For all courses in UCC this must include Irish (unless exempt) and English. To compete for a place on a programme, you must meet the minimum entry requirements as well as any specific/additional requirements, and then compete based on results obtained, e.g. points. You can combine results achieved in different sittings for the purpose of meeting the minimum entry requirements for programmes (except for Medicine, CK701). However, results achieved in separate years may not be combined for the purpose of scoring points. You will compete based on a points scheme outlined in the Table 1 below:

LCVP can be counted for points scoring purposes only and cannot be counted as one of the six subjects to satisfy minimum entry requirements.

For specific subjects and grades required for individual programmes, please see www.ucc.ie/ leavingcertificate.

ACCEPTABLE SUBJECTS

All subjects of the current Leaving Certificate examination are accepted for matriculation purposes, with the following exceptions:

Gaeilge–Bonnleibhéal (Irish, Foundation Level) will not be accepted for matriculation or points purposes.

Mathematics (Ordinary Alternative/Foundation Level) will be accepted for matriculation purposes, but not as a substitute for the subject Mathematics in programmes for which the subject Mathematics is currently an entry requirement. Neither will a score be awarded for a grade in this subject.

The combining of the following subjects is not permitted:

Physics with Chemistry (joint) may not be presented with either Physics or Chemistry

Only two of History, Economic History and Economics may be presented

Agricultural Economics may not be presented with Economics

Classical Studies may not be presented with Latin or Greek.

The following subjects in the Irish Leaving Certificate are recognised laboratory science subjects:

Agricultural Science Biology

Chemistry

Physics and Chemistry (joint) Physics.

For CK600 Engineering, Technology may be accepted in lieu of a Laboratory Science subject.

POINTS CALCULATION

Points are calculated based on the six best recognised subjects taken at one examination sitting. The one examination sitting restriction is applicable for points purposes only and does not affect the separate minimum entry requirements of the National University of Ireland i.e. it is still possible to satisfy the minimum entry and additional programme requirements over more than one year, except in the case of undergraduate entry to Medicine (CK701).

RESULTS

EUROPEAN APPLICANTS

If you are from the EU, EEA or Switzerland, and have a school-leaving qualification other than the Irish Leaving Certificate, you will make your application via the CAO by 1 February.

You can find details about matriculation and course requirements, as well as English language requirements on our website here https://www.ucc.ie/en/study/undergrad/ entryreqs/.

The CAO website also contains useful information in their Entry Requirements Criteria for EU/EFTA Applicants online brochure.

Other Entry Routes

Higher Education Access Routes (HEAR)

The Higher Education Access Route (HEAR) is a college and university scheme which offers places on reduced points as well as extra supports to school leavers from socio-economically disadvantaged backgrounds who are resident in the Republic of Ireland. We are proud to participate in this programme and welcome students to UCC who may not have applied without it.

To qualify you must be under the age of 23 as of 1 January 2023. You will need to provide satisfactory evidence relating to your socio-economic circumstances and will then compete for a quota of places allocated to HEAR applicants. As the minimum entry and subject entry requirements may differ between colleges and courses, you should check the requirements of each preference listed on the CAO form.

How to apply to HEAR?

By 1 February: apply online at www.cao.ie.

By 1 March: you must indicate in your CAO application that you wish to apply for the HEAR scheme and must fully and correctly complete all elements of the HEAR form.

By 15 March: ensure all your evidence in support of your application is with the CAO.

If you receive a HEAR offer, you will then attend a bespoke PLUS Programme Orientation before you start. Students who accept places in UCC via HEAR are offered a variety of academic, financial, personal and social supports while studying at third level and we will be here to help you succeed.

More information on HEAR, including details of postadmission supports, is available from your Guidance Counsellor, from the Access UCC Plus Programme team and online at www.accesscollege.ie and www.ucc.ie/uccplus.

Disability Access Route To Education (DARE)

The Disability Access Route to Education (DARE) is a third level alternative admissions route for school leavers whose disabilities have had a negative impact on their second level education. UCC hosts DARE clinics during the months of October through to January.

To qualify, you must be a school leaver under the age of 23 as of 1 January 2023. You will need to provide the relevant documentation to verify your disability. Information on accepted documentation can be found at https://accesscollege.ie/dare/ providing-evidence-of-your-disability/. You will then compete for a quota of places allocated to DARE applicants. As the minimum entry and subject entry requirements may differ between colleges and courses, you should check the requirements of each preference listed on the CAO form.

Before applying for DARE, you should read the DARE Application Guide & Workbook and discuss this with your parents, guardians or Guidance Counsellor. You can download a copy from the www.accesscollege.ie website.

How to apply to DARE?

By 1 February: apply online at www.cao.ie.

By 1 March: disclose your disability and or specific learning difficulty and fully complete Section A of the Supplementary Information Form (SIF).

By 15 March: download Section B of the SIF (Educational Impact Statement), get it completed by your school and returned to CAO to arrive by this deadline.

By 15 March: download Section C of the SIF (Evidence of Disability), get it completed by the appropriate medical professional (only if you do not already have a report verifying your disability) and return to CAO to arrive by this deadline. If you have a specific learning difficulty/dyspraxia, you do not need to complete Section C but will be required to present relevant documentation.

DARE guidelines specify that if you receive a DARE offer, you must register with the Disability Support in Access UCC and agree a schedule of meetings with your assigned Disability Advisor. This is to help you to succeed in your course!

See www.accesscollege.ie for more information

Further information can be found at www.ucc.ie/dss

MATURE STUDENT APPLICANTS

To be eligible to compete for a place as a mature student, you must be 23 years of age on or before 1 January 2023 and apply via www.cao.ie by 1 February. Please check out the CAO website for more information on the application process as a mature student. Some programmes require specific tests e.g MSAP and others have specific educational requirements so it is essential that you check the UCC Mature Student Office website www.ucc.ie/en/mature or contact our Mature Student Advisor for further details at mso@ucc.ie.

If you are a mature applicant, please note that you can also apply to UCC based on Leaving Certificate (LC) or QQI FE results. You may apply under all three pathways, if applicable (LC, QQI FE, Mature). Just ensure to tick boxes 1, 2 & 8, on the Qualifications and Assessment Summary section on the CAO application form, to be assessed under all three pathways.

DIRECT ENTRY

You can apply for the following course/routes by requesting an application form directly from the Admissions Office in UCC:

BCL Evening

Diploma Dental Hygiene

QQI FE

We are committed to providing entry to the first year of many of our degree programmes to students who have been awarded recognised QQI (FET/ FETAC) Level 5 and Level 6 qualifications. There are approximately 300 places available across all our undergraduate programmes open to entrants through this route. The way to apply is via the www.cao.ie portal. Entry to degree programmes is available on a competitive basis to recognised QQI award holders. The CAO system counts the best eight modules from a full Level 5/6 Award. The scores from these eight modules, taken at a single sitting, are added up to give a tally which is used to rank students and reserved places are then offered in order of merit. Please visit the Student Resources section called QQI FET/FETAC qualifications on the CAO website for details of the scoring scheme.

You can also find more information on our pages at www.ucc.ie/qqi.

Diploma Dental Nursing

BSc Nursing Studies

BSc Paramedic Studies - Practitioner Entry

BSc Science Education - Direct Entry into Year 3

APPLICATION SUCCESSFUL

CERTIFICATE IN ARTS AND CERTIFICATE IN LANGUAGES

If you have successfully completed the Certificate in Arts or Certificate in Languages (from UCC’s Centre for Adult Continuing Education) and achieved an overall minimum result of 50%, you may apply before 1 February 2023, through the CAO website (www.cao. ie), for a first-year place in the BA Arts programme (CK101). If successful in your application to the programme, you will be granted exemption from one first year subject (15 credits) and will automatically receive exemptions for any modules taken and passed in the Certificate in Languages, provided that entry to the BA programme is undertaken within 5 years of completing the Certificate and the relevant modules are still being offered within your chosen programme of study. Contact the College of Arts, Celtic Studies and Social Sciences for more information cacsss@ucc.ie.

Mature students (those who are 23 and over) who have completed the Certificate in Arts or Certificate in Languages may apply for a place in CK101 Arts without having sat the MSAP test.

ADVANCED ENTRY

Advanced Entry refers to transfers to a year beyond first year from another third level institution. To be considered for Advanced Entry, there must be a vacancy on the UCC programme of interest, there must be compatibility between your current programme and the UCC programme and you must have passed all component modules of your programme in your host institution. You may contact the Admissions Office before making an Advanced Entry application by emailing admissions@ucc.ie. Check the details on the UCC web page for Advanced Entry applications: www.ucc.ie/ugtransfers.

LATE APPLICATION

A late application may be usually made to the CAO up to the 1 May. Late applications from mature students applying through the mature student entry route are not accepted. Late applications are also not accepted for restricted programmes, which are:

CK104 Arts-Music

CK112 Theatre and Performative Practices

CK114 Social Science - Youth and Community Work

CK115 Social Work (Mature applicants only)

EXCEPTIONAL LATE

APPLICATION PROCESS

An EU/EEA/Swiss student registered in any year of an Irish third level programme that they accessed via CAO, who is competing on the basis of school leaving results, may make a late application to the CAO from 1 June up to 22 July for the first year of another programme (apart from Restricted Application programmes). These late applications must be verified by the Admissions Office of the currently registered institution.

ALLOCATION/ACCEPTANCE OF PLACES

The CAO will inform all applicants (who are applying based on School Leaving results) of the outcome of their application as soon as possible after the Irish Leaving Certificate results have been published. When you receive a CAO offer, you will be asked to accept the offer in the CAO system by a specified date. If you don’t accept the offer by the specified date, the offer will lapse and the place will be offered to the candidate next in order of merit, other than in exceptional circumstances.

DEFERRED ENTRY POLICY

Students who have been offered a place in UCC through the CAO may be permitted, on application to the UCC Admissions Officer, to defer first year entry for one year.

It is not always possible to defer entry. Deferred Entry requests are considered on a case-by-case basis and a range of factors are considered, including programme quota, the nature of the offer and the reasons set out by the applicant. Any application for Deferred Entry being made on medical grounds should be accompanied by a letter or certificate from a doctor. There is no guarantee that a Deferred Entry application will be approved in any circumstance.

Should you receive an offer and then be seeking a deferral, it is important to follow the CAO’s guidelines and not accept the offered place in the CAO system. Complete and submit the UCC’s Deferred Entry Request Form immediately but no later than two days before the reply date shown on the CAO Offer Notice.

Applicants From Outside Europe

If you are from outside the EU/EEA/Switzerland, you will make your application via an online application system ‘UCCApply’ which can be accessed on the UCC’s International Office website. Applications open in early December and traditionally close at the end of May. You will be able to apply for a maximum of two programmes using the UCC online application system. You will need to provide supporting documents as outlined in the Supporting Documents Checklist section online.

Completed applications are reviewed on a rolling basis and places are given on a first-come, first-served basis.

Applications are reviewed by the International Office Undergraduate Admissions Team.

A decision is made on individual assessment of each application. The International Office will send a Letter of Acceptance or Conditional Letter of Acceptance to successful applicants. This process takes approximately 3-5 weeks from the date of receipt of your completed application.

Note: Applications for Medicine and Dentistry can only be made through designated UCC Agents. Each Agent has a specific closing date. You will need to contact the relevant Agent for information on the application procedure and closing dates.

Visit www.ucc.ie/ugi for the most up-to-date information on how to apply and important dates.

ENTRY REQUIREMENTS

We accept a wide range of qualifications for entry. Applications will be considered from applicants whose qualifications are equivalent to the Irish Leaving Certificate and will be considered on a case-by-case basis. For Non-EU admission to undergraduate studies at UCC, our programmes are categorised into 3 bands of competitiveness. Please visit our website www.ucc.ie/ugi and consult the Entry Requirements section as that contains region-specific information. The Entry Requirements section also explains the Cambridge GCE A Levels and International Baccalaureate qualification requirements.

ENGLISH LANGUAGE REQUIREMENTS

If you are an international applicant whose first language is not English, you must provide evidence of equivalent competence in the English language.

Please visit www.ucc.ie/en/study/comparison/ english/undergraduate/ for more information about the recognised English language tests and the minimum required scores for your selected academic programme.

If you have any questions, please check out our webpages ucc.ie/international and in the Ask A Question section you can see Hot Topics and FAQs or you can submit your own question. Looking forward to hearing from you!

PRE-SESSIONAL LANGUAGE COURSES

Pre-Sessional English programmes not only boost English skills, but allow you to gain confidence in a setting very similar to that of your degree, while at the same time settling into campus life and studying alongside new friends. You may wish to take a Pre-Sessional English programme to meet the requirements of your UCC offer or to further improve your English for study. The course you need to take depends on your current English level, and the English language requirements for the degree you wish to study.

The courses vary in length and you will find full details at www.ucc.ie/ugpresessional.

When you begin your UCC journey, you’ll become part of our warm and welcoming community and UCC is somewhere you will always belong, because we are community

Check out our Welcome Video to meet just some of our UCC student and staff community members:

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Community Life at UCC

Transitioning into a new community:

We want you to experience positive ways of living while transitioning into your new community. It is an adjustment period with lots of opportunities to connect with more people and places outside UCC.

We have outlined some tips for you on how to settle in your new community:

• Look after you: you are the most important person in this transition. Making informed decisions will help you settle into your new life

• Establish positive relationships: it is a time of meeting new housemates and neighbours. Start on the right foot! Explore what works best for everyone and come to an agreement

• Develop local supports: there is an abundance of key people at your doorstep. Developing a circle of support in addition to your college ‘tribe’ is a great way to feel connected to where you live

• Maintain communication: communication creates a connected household and community

• Become aware: a lot of feelings will be experienced during this time. This is ok and is a very normal part of transitioning

• Give yourself time: allow yourself the time and space to settle

• Reach out: be sure to ask for help and avail of support either from the college or in the community

Joining a neighbourhood:

Joining your neighbourhood is the first step as you begin your journey of becoming a neighbour. UCC promotes respect and responsibility in the community. We encourage you to respect yourself and others and to be responsible. Choose to belong to your neighbourhood positively and productively. Aiming to become a good neighbour is key to living a successful life off-campus.

Becoming a good neighbour:

• Become aware: your neighbours may have very different lifestyles and timetables. It’s important that you recognise the needs of those who make up the neighbourhood

• Introduce yourself: get to know your neighbours: Saying ‘hello’, smiling or acknowledging your neighbours as they come and go. There is power in being friendly

• Interact with your neighbours: be curious about people living, studying, and working in the area

• Explore the space: What is the history of my neighbourhood? What are the local amenities? Who can form part of my community circle?

Kindness matters:

A united community is a thriving community. Behaviours rooted in empathy, compassion and kindness are the foundation for building a successful future and connected communities. Bring in your neighbours’ bins, take a deep breath when you are next stuck in traffic and ask someone if they are doing ok. Carrying out acts of kindness for each other in the community can positively affect our mental health and in turn, inspire more people around us to carry out their acts of kindness.

NeighbourGOOD approaches:

Every neighbourhood is unique so there’s no “right” way to be. There are, however, a few universal principles that help us nurture and sustain healthy, thriving relationships with our neighbours and the wider community.

• Connection

• Exploring

• Growth

• Respect

• Responsibility

Become the best version of a neighbour by treating others as you would like to be treated.

Find Your Tribe

Starting university can be an incredibly exciting experience but it may also be somewhat daunting. For many of you, entering university will mean getting to grips with a new environment, new processes, a new programme of study and, most importantly, LOTS of new people. Most people find moving away from the structures and supports offered by family, friends and familiar surroundings both liberating and challenging. You might be moving to a new city or even to a new country but no matter what your story is, everyone wants to fit in, everyone wants to belong. Part of the challenge and excitement of settling into life at third level is finding your tribe, your gang, your people. No matter what your interests, passions or goals are, you will can find somewhat like minded in UCC. And one of the best ways to do this is through joining Clubs and Societies.

Here at UCC, we are many tribes and one team. Joining a club is a great way of keeping fit, making friends and becoming part of a community of sport. UCC Clubs have pride on their chest, belief in their hearts and sport in their bones. UCC’s skull and crossbones is more than just a symbol on our sports jerseys: it is a call to belong, a battle cry for success and, more importantly, it is a symbol of unity and community.

Our Societies celebrate everything arts and culture, from political to debating, religious to charitable

and creative to academic. University is a great time to try new things and spark new interests and, with societies, you will be able to find your real social network and meet like-minded peers who share your passions and pursuits. Try to be brave, take the first step and join in. Your fellow students will help you grow and learn with each new event and activity. They will be your go-to people and will help you belong and become who you want to be.

It’s important to be you and to be true to yourself. We believe every student deserves a university experience that fits them as an individual. So, if you can't find the club or society for you, you can always start a new one and be the spark that ignites new experiences for others.

Finding your tribe could mean forming friendships that last long beyond your years at UCC, they may last a lifetime! Remember: be here, be open to new experiences, be brave and be you.

Do your thing. Find your place. You’ve got this and we’ve got your back.

WE ARE...

THE COLLEGE OF ARTS, CELTIC STUDIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES

“The College of Arts, Celtic Studies and Social Sciences offers an outstanding range of exciting programmes for those interested in human societies past, present and future. Whether you want to explore the beginnings of civilisation or the future of work, the treasure trove of literature in many languages or how political decisions are made, our academic staff are field-leading experts who can help guide you on your journey of intellectual discovery and achievement. Our excellent degrees lay the foundations for many careers including social work and teaching and the creative arts of music, theatre and film. More generally, through our degree courses, you will acquire a broad range of transferable skills that will equip you superbly to tackle the many societal challenges of the twenty-first century, enabling you to start here and go anywhere!”

PROFESSOR CHRIS WILLIAMS, HEAD OF COLLEGE

MEET OUR RECRUITMENT TEAM!

LORETTA BRADY RECRUITMENT PROJECTS OFFICER l.brady@ucc.ie

19 undergrad programmes, 30 Arts Subjects, 100+ postgrad options

A Ghost in the Throat by UCC Alumna and Arts Graduate, Doireann Ní Ghríofa, was named as An Post Irish Book of the Year 2020

COLETTE COUGHLAN

INTERNATIONAL STUDENT RECRUITMENT MANAGER colette.coughan@ucc.ie

UCC is ranked in the top 150 universities worldwide for English Language and Literature and in the top 200 for Modern Languages and Politics - QS World University Rankings 2022

COLLEGE OF ARTS, CELTIC STUDIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES

CK101 Arts

CK102 Social Science

CK104* Arts-Music

CK105 Film and Screen Media

CK108 Arts International

CK109 English

CK110 World Languages

CK111 Early Years and Childhood Studies

CK112* Theatre & Performative Practices (includes option to do a joint Theatre & Music pathway*)

CK113 Criminology

CK114** Social Science (Youth and Community Work)

CK115*** Social Work

CK118 Digital Humanities and Information Technology

CK120 Applied Psychology

CK121 Psychology and Computing

CK122 Government and Political Science

CK123 Anthropology

CK124 Education - Gaeilge

CK125 Physical Education, Sports Studies and Arts

ARTS SUBJECT Applied Mathematics

ARTS SUBJECT Archaeology

ARTS SUBJECT Asian Studies

ARTS SUBJECT Béaloideas

ARTS SUBJECT Celtic Civilisation

*Restricted Entry/Entrance Exam

**Restricted Mature and QQI/FE applicants over 21 years only

***Restricted Mature Entry only

ARTS SUBJECT Chinese Studies

ARTS SUBJECT Computer Science

ARTS SUBJECT Economics

ARTS SUBJECT English

ARTS SUBJECT European Studies

ARTS SUBJECT Folklore

ARTS SUBJECT French

ARTS SUBJECT Gaeilge/Irish

ARTS SUBJECT Geography

ARTS SUBJECT German

ARTS SUBJECT Greek

ARTS SUBJECT Greek and Roman Civilisation

ARTS SUBJECT History

ARTS SUBJECT History of Art

ARTS SUBJECT Italian

ARTS SUBJECT Latin

ARTS SUBJECT Mathematical Studies

ARTS SUBJECT Mathematics

ARTS SUBJECT Philosophy

ARTS SUBJECT Politics

ARTS SUBJECT Portuguese

ARTS SUBJECT Religions and Global Diversity

ARTS SUBJECT Spanish

ARTS SUBJECT Sociology

ARTS SUBJECT Studies in Music

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ARTS

& SUBJECT GROUPS TABLES

The College of Arts, Celtic Studies and Social Sciences at UCC offers a wide range of subjects. Depending on the course, you will be able to choose one or more subjects.

Table 1 opposite, shows the full choice of subjects available to you within each group. No more than one subject may be chosen from any individual group. Subjects within the same group cannot be combined. If you study CK101 Arts or CK108 Arts International, all subject groups will be available to you in choosing your subjects. If you study another Arts course certain groups/subjects will be available to you but not all.

In Table 2 below, you can see what subject groups or individual subjects are on offer within each course. Remember, you can only pick one subject from each group as shown in Table 1. For example If you want to study Music with Maths; Film with Philosophy; Criminology with Irish and many other combinations, then you will have the flexibility to do so. Refer to the individual course pages and subject pages for more details.

GROUP 1

GROUP 2

GROUP 3

GROUP 4

GROUP 5

GROUP 6

You will study all four subjects in first year, two of which will be carried forward.

GROUP 1

GROUP 2

GROUP 3 -

GROUP 5

GROUP 6(a)

-

GROUP 2

GROUP 3

GROUP 4

GROUP 5

GROUP 6

GROUP 1

GROUP 2

GROUP 3

GROUP 4

GROUP 5

GROUP 6

GROUP 1

GROUP 2

GROUP 3

GROUP 4 -

GROUP 6

Chinese Studies

English as a

Second or Other Language

French

Gaeilge/Irish

German

Italian

Japanese

Korean

Latin

Portuguese

Spanish

You will study both subjects in first year, one of which will be carried forward.

You will study both subjects in first year, one of which will be carried forward.

You will study all four subjects in first year, two of which will be carried forward.

You will study both subjects in first year only.

You will study these three languages in first year only. A variety of language combinations are offered in subsequent years.

CK101 ARTS

CK104 ARTS - MUSIC

CK105 FILM & SCREEN MEDIA

CK108 ARTS INTERNATIONAL

CK109 ENGLISH

CK110 WORLD LANGUAGES

History

Gaeilge/Irish

GROUPS 2(a) & 2(b): Students can combine Group 2(a) History of Art with any subject from Group 2(b) in first year only. Students can only study one subject from Groups 2(a) & 2(b) in second and third year.

GROUPS 6(a) & 6(b): From second year, students may combine Italian with Spanish. Students may not combine Italian with Celtic Civilisation or Philosophy. Students may not combine Geography with Celtic Civilisation, Philosophy or Spanish in second year.

GROUP

You will study both subjects in first year, one of which will be carried forward.

CK113 CRIMINOLOGY

CK118 DIGITAL HUMANITIES & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

Archaeology

Béaloideas

Celtic Civilisation

Chinese Studies

German Greek Italian Latin Philosophy

Politics

Religions & Global Diversity Sociology

CK124 EDUCATIONGAEILGE

CK125 PHYSICAL EDUCATION, SPORTS STUDIES AND ARTS-

Italian

French Gaeilge/Irish History

Studies Spanish

Mathematical Studies

You will study one subject in first year. You will then have the option to continue with this subject in second and subsequent years.

You will study this subject during all years of this course.

You will continue with this subject in second and subsequent years.

You will continue with this subject in second and subsequent years.

CK112 THEATRE & PERFORMATIVE PRACTICES

GROUP 3

GROUP 4

GROUP 5

6

DURATION 3 Years

MINIMUM CAO POINTS REQUIRED 2022 300

CAO POINTS RANGE 2022 300-620

APPROXIMATE AVAILABLE PLACES 600

LEAVING CERTIFICATE ENTRY REQUIREMENTS

Minimum grade H5 in two subjects and minimum grade O6/H7 in four other subjects. Subjects must include Irish, English, another language and three other subjects recognised for entry purposes.

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS

There are further subject specific entry requirements for subjects on offer through the BA. Some subjects are only offered at a minor level. Please check our ‘points to note’ www.ucc.ie/admin/registrar/calendar/arts/ art002.html for a full list of subject entry requirements and subject specific information.

APPROXIMATE MATURE STUDENT PLACES 51

APPROXIMATE QQI/FE STUDENT PLACES 36

INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS

www.ucc.ie/ugi

QQI/FE STUDENTS

www.ucc.ie/qqi/cacsss

COURSE PAGE ONLINE

www.ucc.ie/en/ck101

CONTACT INFORMATION

Loretta Brady

l.brady@ucc.ie

www.ucc.ie/en/cacsss

ARTS BA (Honours)

WHAT IS ARTS?

Arts (often referred to as the Humanities) is the study of human beings, our origins, our existence, and our cultures through subjects such as literature, philosophy, languages, history, politics, archaeology, the classics and many more. Arts allows you to look at what it means to be human in society through a variety of different subject lenses. As a student of Arts you will learn to interpret human experience, communicate complex ideas, be a critical and independent thinker, solve problems creatively, make positive change, ask questions and imagine and re-imagine the future.

WHY UCC?

Arts in UCC is student-focused and led by excellence in teaching and learning. Within Arts you can choose from 30 subjects and study four of them in first year. The subject choices you make are guaranteed, although in order to make sure you have made an informed decision you are welcome to attend any lectures during your first four weeks, and you can make changes to your final subject choice during that same period.

English in UCC is among the top 150 subjects in the world in the QS world university subject rankings. UCC also has the largest number of languages to choose from in Ireland and you can choose from 11 in total. We have an extensive suite of entrance and college scholarships, including the Mary Ryan Language Scholarship and the Eoin Murray Memorial Scholarship in Creative Writing, amongst others. Regardless of what subjects you study you can avail of free workshops from our Writer in Residence, Film Artist in Residence and Musician in Residence. Choose choice, choose UCC!

WHAT WILL HELP YOU?

While many of our students fall in love with a subject that they studied in school and want to continue with that subject in college, don’t forget that there are many new and exciting subjects to choose from in Arts which do not require any prior knowledge. These include philosophy, sociology, archaeology and many more. There are also Leaving Certificate subjects on offer in Arts which do not require you to have studied them to Leaving Certificate level including history, geography and economics.

COURSE STRUCTURE

With such a wide choice of subjects on offer you will experience many exciting and challenging modules throughout your degree. In first year each subject is made up of three to four lectures per week plus a one-hour tutorial. Even though you will take only two subjects after first year, the workload is broadly similar. Each 5 credit module has about 24 one hour lectures associated with it, with students taking 60 credits worth of modules each year. If you study a language you will have additional language laboratory work and practical sessions, or if you study Geography and Archaeology you will be required to attend field trips. Assessments can be quite varied and can include formal exams, in-class tests, oral presentations, essays, assignments and more. Don’t worry, we will be there to help and support you along the way!

FIRST YEAR SUBJECT CHOICE

You will have different modules for each of your subject choices. Select four subjects from the Arts Subject Groups table on page 139. Select one subject from each group only. Please go to the individual subject pages for a list of first year modules to find out more details.

SUBJECT GROUPS

GRADUATE PROFILE

LYNN HARDING

Senior Content Designer With Fjord

At The Dock (Accenture’s Global Research & Innovation Centre)

Ba English And History

“Arts can take you anywhere. I’ve worked in tech, in communications, in publishing and content creation. Today, I work in design for the global R&D and innovation hub of one of the world’s biggest consulting firms.”

WORK PLACEMENT

The College of Arts, Celtic Studies and Social Sciences (CACSSS) will support you in developing your career interests through a workplace engagement. This Professional Work Experience module (PX3001) may be taken in any year of your undergraduate studies.

CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

As an Arts graduate you will make significant contributions to our society, culture and economy. The cultural and intellectual enrichment, derived from the process of your learning, will extend to your future work environment, community and culture. Our graduates have pursued careers in a wide range of areas, including administration; archaeology; curation; digital content creation; diplomatic service; editing; finance & banking; heritage & tourism; journalism; museum & gallery management; planning & sustainable development; primary & secondary teaching; public relations; publishing; research; television & radio work.

GRADUATE STUDY OPTIONS

Due to the extensive range of subject choices on offer, you will have a vast range of opportunities for postgraduate study in UCC and in other institutions. Our graduates have gone on to postgraduate study in a diverse range of areas including: MA Editing, MA GIS Systems, MA Global Gallery Studies, MA Criminology, MA Digital Arts & Humanities, MA Education, MA Management & Marketing, MA Planning & Sustainable Development, MA Journalism, MA Museum Studies, MA Translation Studies. For more information please see our postgraduate study page at: www.ucc.ie/en/study/postgrad/.

Question Time...

Can I do a postgraduate course in Marketing with an Arts degree?

Yes. Many of our graduates have been accepted on to the MSc Management & Marketing programme at UCC, even though they did not study marketing or business as one of their Arts subjects. This is the case for many postgraduate courses so you can broaden your knowledge-base and widen your skills, through a postgraduate course of your choice, once you have completed an undergraduate degree.

Fun and interesting fact…

Did you know that our current Taoiseach, Micheál Martin, is a UCC Arts graduate?!

DURATION 3 or 4 Years

MINIMUM CAO POINTS REQUIRED 2022 441

CAO POINTS RANGE 2022 441-625

APPROXIMATE AVAILABLE PLACES 101

LEAVING CERTIFICATE ENTRY REQUIREMENTS

Minimum grade H5 in two subjects and minimum grade O6/H7 in four other subjects. Subjects must include Irish, English, another language and three other subjects recognised for entry purposes.

APPROXIMATE MATURE STUDENT PLACES 10

APPROXIMATE QQI/FE STUDENT PLACES 10

INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS

www.ucc.ie/ugi

QQI/FE STUDENTS

www.ucc.ie/qqi/cacsss

COURSE PAGE ONLINE

www.ucc.ie/en/ck102

CONTACT INFORMATION

Fiona Dukelow

f.dukelow@ucc.ie

Phil O’Sullivan

phil.osullivan@ucc.ie

www.ucc.ie/en/appsoc

GRADUATE PROFILE HILLARY GROGAN

“Social Science in UCC was the best decision I ever made! It was the perfect undergraduate degree for me, as it provided me with invaluable experience, skills and comprehensive knowledge, which I utilise daily. It opened a pathway for my career development in Oxford, where I completed a Masters in Occupational Therapy (OT). I am currently working as an OT and have Social Science in UCC to thank for this.”

SOCIAL SCIENCE BSocSc (Honours)

WHAT IS SOCIAL SCIENCE?

Social Science involves the study of society. Social scientists investigate the social, cultural, psychological, political, and economic influences that shape the world we live in. Our studies are concerned with advancing social justice and improving individual and social well-being. This includes analysing policies produced by governments, local authorities, nongovernmental organisations, and others who work with social groups and communities that impact on people’s lives. Social scientists as activists look for ways to subvert and challenge power relations that produce systems of oppression and inequality. If you embrace thinking about complicated and multilayered social issues - such as mental health, children’s rights, education, disability, drugs and alcohol use, racism, sexual identity, housing and homelessness, equality, sustainability and criminal justice – and if you want to make a positive difference to people’s lives and the world we live in, then Social Science is for you!

WHY UCC?

Our Social Science degree is a highly-regarded academic degree with an excellent national and international reputation for its teaching and learning. Many of us hold postgraduate qualifications in higher level education and have been recognised with awards for our innovative pedagogical approaches. Our teaching methods draw on digital technologies to support your learning by using fun, creative, and formative methods that will enhance your IT skills. Our staff have won the highest number of President’s Awards for Excellence in Teaching and Learning in UCC, so you will be taught by the best in the field. External examiners regularly commend the degree for being at the cutting edge of social science thinking and for the imaginative and interesting ways it is taught.

@CACSSS1 COLLEGE OF ARTS, CELTIC STUDIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES

WHAT WILL HELP YOU?

We don’t recommend any particular Leaving Certificate subjects for this course but if you come to college with curiosity and an open mind then this course is for you. We embrace thinking about complex social issues, so if you would like to pursue a career that promotes people’s wellbeing and social change then you will enjoy and thrive in this course.

COURSE STRUCTURE

The degree course is delivered in a student-centred way, based on a strong commitment to supporting you to flourish intellectually and professionally. You will attend small group tutorials, seminars on study and writing skills, and you will have ongoing tutor and staff availability throughout the year. You will get the opportunity to examine social issues from many perspectives and study several subjects including social policy, sociology, psychology, philosophy and economics. You will not be expected to have prior knowledge of the various subjects and the first year is focused on introducing you to key concepts and theories. And, if you are interested in languages, you can also study French, German, Spanish, Italian or Irish/Gaeilge. This flexibility in design allows you to shape the degree to fit your own specialist interests and career plans.

FIRST YEAR MODULES

All modules are 5 credits unless otherwise stated.

CORE: AP1022 Social Psychology, AP1023 Lifespan Development, EC1117 & EC1118 Markets & Government: An Introduction to Economics, SS1017 Politics & Social Policy (Part 1) (10 credits), SS1018 Politics & Social Policy (Part 2), SC1012 Introduction to Sociology, SC1013 Key Issues in Sociology (10 credits).

ELECTIVES: PH1005 An Introduction to Philosophy & Social Science (10 credits) or SS1012 Social Practice & the Social Professions (10 credits).

Question Time...

What’s the difference between studying Social Science and Social Work?

Social Science involves the study of required areas such as sociology, social policy and psychology at undergraduate level which will qualify you to move into many postgraduate courses and careers in the social professions, including the professional Master of Social Work (MSW).

Social Work is a professional qualification through which you are trained and accredited to work as a social worker. Social work courses are usually postgraduate courses that you take after your Social Science degree, unless you are a mature student.

WORK PLACEMENT

Our degree offers you the opportunity to take two optional placement modules. They consist of a minimum 150 hours work in an organisation of your choice relevant to your studies. Work placements normally take place during the summer months in a diverse range of local community settings and social services agencies. Many of our students choose to complete these placements abroad. You also have the option of taking the CACSSS Professional Work Experience module.

CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

Social Science encompasses a varied range of career options and if you are interested in working with people in a community, social or therapeutic environment then this course is ideally suited to you. For graduates who progress with the professional social work qualification there are numerous opportunities to practice social work in statutory and voluntary settings.

Our graduates also work as policy officers and social researchers with statutory, voluntary and campaigning organisations. The public and civil service employ social science graduates in administration and essential provision services such as housing, youth services, and family support services. For those graduates who branch out to other areas of professional development, employment destinations include teaching, occupational therapy, speech and language therapy, town planning and sustainable development, public health, human resource management, journalism and broadcasting.

STUDY ABROAD

Our Social Science degree offers an International Pathway for students who wish to study abroad. This allows you to spend third year in an approved foreign university where you will study approved courses and modules. We currently have opportunities to study in Sweden, Malta and the Netherlands.

GRADUATE STUDY OPTIONS

Social Science graduates can access a broad range of postgraduate courses in diverse fields in Ireland and abroad. Many of our graduates pursue a career in social work and progress to the Master of Social Work (MSW) in UCC. Other options in UCC and elsewhere include professional qualifications and further study in occupational therapy, speech and language therapy, audiology, planning and sustainable development, community and youth work, social policy and social research, criminology, teaching, marketing and management and counselling studies.

ARTS-MUSIC BA/BMus (Honours) CK104

DURATION 3 or 4 Years

MINIMUM CAO POINTS REQUIRED 2022 367

CAO POINTS RANGE 2022 367-613

APPROXIMATE AVAILABLE PLACES 41

LEAVING CERTIFICATE ENTRY REQUIREMENTS

Minimum grade H5 in two subjects and minimum grade O6/H7 in four other subjects. Subjects must include Irish, English, another language and three other subjects recognised for entry purposes.

ADDITIONAL ENTRY REQUIREMENTS

Applicants are also required to pass a music entrance exam.

APPROXIMATE MATURE STUDENT PLACES 4

APPROXIMATE QQI/FE STUDENT PLACES 3

INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS www.ucc.ie/ugi

QQI/FE STUDENTS www.ucc.ie/qqi/cacsss

COURSE PAGE ONLINE www.ucc.ie/en/ck104

CONTACT INFORMATION

Department of Music music@ucc.ie

www.music.ucc.ie

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WHAT IS ARTS-MUSIC?

This Arts-Music degree allows you to combine the study of two subjects – Music and an Arts subject of your choice. Studying Music helps you to understand the historical and cultural development of different genres of music throughout time as well as exploring your creative and practical skills through composition and performance. You will create music through solo and ensemble performance, improvisation, composition, aural training, applied work in education and the community, and in the computer music studio.

WHY UCC?

If you study Music in UCC you will be choosing the most musically diverse BA or BMus degree programme on offer in Ireland. Our BA/BMus/BA Arts-Music International degrees are in tune with current international trends and needs in music, and rich in transferrable skills. UCC’s Music Department, with its new recording studio and performing spaces, provide a unique environment for you to foster your musical interests. The department is large enough to be exciting and surprising, but still small enough to offer you a friendly and supportive environment, one where you’ll quickly feel at home. We are exceptionally proud of our exciting collaboration with Cork Opera House, which uniquely allows us to offer you learning experiences and internships in a national theatre as part of your course.

WHAT WILL HELP YOU?

We welcome students from a wide range of backgrounds and different kinds of experience of music. You may not have had the opportunity to take Music at the Leaving Certificate level or to have taken advanced performance grades, but you are just as welcome to apply as those who have passed such exams. While we do not ask for any specific requirements at the Music Entrance test, we are naturally looking for you to have a strong interest in studying music and possess skills in using music notation and in performance to a level sufficient for you to cope with the demands of our degree programme.

COURSE STRUCTURE

Our BA (Arts-Music) programme now offers three pathways after first year. You can study for the threeyear BA Arts-Music, four-year BMus or the four-year Arts-Music International degree course. Regardless of which pathway you wish to pursue, in first year you will take courses providing key foundational skills in music and two further Arts subjects offered through the College of Arts, Celtic Studies and Social Sciences.

In first year, you will study a range of Music modules

and two Arts subjects from Groups 1, 2, 3, 5 and 6(a). In second year, you will study Music as a single subject (50 credits) or a major subject (40 credits) or a joint subject (30 credits) with one of your Arts subjects continued from first year so there are lots of choices for you as you design your own pathway after first year. You may also apply to transfer to the BMus to take 60 credits of Music if you wish. You will attend approximately two hours of lectures for each module per week along with tutorials, seminars, practical work, rehearsals and performance. As far as possible, you will spend time in the Department practicing your instrument or voice. Additionally, there are widespread opportunities for you to take part in extra-curricular music making. Theoretical courses typically require up to four hours a week of reading, researching, or other investigative work.

FIRST YEAR MODULES

All modules are 5 credits unless otherwise stated.

CORE: MU1020 Western Music, Culture & Media, MU1021 ITM Studies & Introduction to World Music, MU1022 Gamelan & Solo Recital, MU1023 Ensemble, MU1024 Composition & Music Theory, MU1025 Music Theory & Aural Skills.

FIRST YEAR SUBJECT CHOICE

Choose two subjects from Groups 1, 2(a), 2(b), 3, 5 and 6(a) from the Subject Groups table on page 139. Select one subject from each group only. Please go to the individual subject pages for a list of first year modules to find out more details.

SUBJECT GROUPS

GRADUATE PROFILE

NYALA GRUNWALD

“Undertaking a double degree in History and Music was first a way for me to keep my options open, to complete an Arts degree in two fields that allowed me to branch out or specialise in either, in further professional undertakings. Upon doing the programme itself, balancing different Humanities fields and subjects was a useful way to improve academic and interactive techniques across the board, become more flexible, adaptable and pluralistic (capable of several skills and management approaches) in professional environments.”

WORK PLACEMENT

The College of Arts, Celtic Studies and Social Sciences (CACSSS) will support you in developing your career interests through a workplace engagement. This Professional Work Experience module (PX3001) may be taken in any year of your undergraduate studies. We also offer Summer Internship opportunities with a number of organisations, including the Cork Opera House.

CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

Our graduates have a great record for finding employment. Employers recognise Music degrees as being particularly rich in transferable skills, and varied in breadth of learning, a facet reinforced by inclusion of a second subject area taken to graduate level. Our BMus graduates are highly trained and self-reliant specialists, with the strength of an additional year’s maturation and expertise. They are in much demand professionally. Our graduates work in a variety of settings including areas such as performing musicians; music teachers; music business; arts and cultural heritage management; and in film, television, and radio.

STUDY ABROAD

You can choose the BA Arts-Music International Pathway after first year. This will allow you to build a year overseas into your degree. You can then study Music and/or an Arts subject with an approved university in Asia, Canada, Europe, South America and the US.

GRADUATE STUDY OPTIONS

Graduates of the BA Arts-Music and BMus degrees have a broad range of post-graduate study pathways available to them both in UCC and in other universities, both nationally and internationally. In UCC options include: MA Ethnomusicology, MA Arts Management & Creative Producing, MA Experimental Sound Practice, MA Music &Cultural History.

Question Time...

What required equipment do I need for the course?

You will have to provide your own musical instruments, particularly your primary instruments. Access to upright and grand pianos is provided in the Music Building. We have a number of instruments, some of which can be rented at a very reasonable rate, and others which remain in the building and can be used free of charge. We also provide storage facilities in the Music Department for large instruments.

FILM AND SCREEN MEDIA BA (Honours) CK105

DURATION 3 or 4 Years

MINIMUM CAO POINTS REQUIRED 2022 414

CAO POINTS RANGE 2022 414-589

APPROXIMATE AVAILABLE PLACES 43

LEAVING CERTIFICATE ENTRY REQUIREMENTS

Minimum grade H5 in two subjects and minimum grade O6/H7 in four other subjects. Subjects must include Irish, English, another language and three other subjects recognised for entry purposes.

APPROXIMATE MATURE STUDENT PLACES 4

APPROXIMATE QQI/FE STUDENT PLACES 3

INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS

www.ucc.ie/qqi/cacsss

QQI/FE STUDENTS

www.ucc.ie/qqi/cacsss

COURSE PAGE ONLINE

www.ucc.ie/en/ck105

CONTACT INFORMATION

Linda Murphy

film@ucc.ie

www.ucc.ie/en/filmstudies

WHAT IS FILM AND SCREEN MEDIA?

Film and Screen Media immerses you in the history, aesthetics and practice of the moving image – one of the most important cultural forms in existence today. Nowadays, more than ever before, national and international cultures operate, communicate, entertain and celebrate their identities in powerful and important visual ways. As a contemporary citizen of the world you interact with others in visually complex ways and the media that you use work by projecting, merging, distributing, enhancing and displaying images. Film and Screen Media is unique in its combination of film studies and screen media (internet, mobile social media, e-publishing), with digital filmmaking and screenwriting (theory and practice).

WHY UCC?

UCC is one of Ireland’s most beautiful university campuses in a city with a thriving hub of filmmaking and film festivals. With internationally-celebrated festivals such as the Cork French Film Festival and the Cork International Film Festival, as well as the Fastnet Film Festival in Schull, the area boasts a vibrant active film and media making and viewing community in which you will take part. Many of our students have won awards in journalism, for their films, and have had their work shown on national television and in international film festivals. Our programme is unique and innovative and combines training in the practice of digital filmmaking with courses on the theories, history and styles of film and other screen media, such as mobile technologies, the internet and cyberspace, video games and many others. During your degree, you will have the opportunity of getting first-rate guidance and instruction on screenwriting and film production from our Film Artist in Residence. Our state-of-the-art film studio and our dedicated editing labs, which are equipped with a full range of filmmaking applications, can be added to this wonderful mix to make Film and Screen Media at UCC the place to come to study cinema if you love the art form as much as we do.

WHAT WILL HELP YOU?

You will not need any specific Leaving Certificate subject to study Film and Screen Media aside from NUI entry requirements. All of the experience that you will need for our discipline will be built up on-site from day one of the programme. All we ask is that you love film in all of its forms!

COURSE STRUCTURE

Each year you will take core courses in the theories, history and aesthetics of film and screen media, and in practical filmmaking. In addition, there are optional modules in specific topics in film history, and courses on national cinemas. The BA in Film and Screen Media is a Major degree that lasts three years. Students take 60 credits each year, as follows: First Year: BA Film & Screen Media (30 credits) + two other subjects (15 credits each); Second Year: BA Film & Screen Media (40 credits) + one other subject (20 credits) and Third Year: BA Film & Screen Media (40 credits) + one other subject (20 credits). Modules are taught by expert practitioners and professionals, who will give you up-to-date knowledge about how various aspects of the industry work. There will also be occasional visiting lecturers and seminars and workshops given by some of the best-known creative talents in the field. You will get a comprehensive training in the use of cameras, lighting and post-production work that will give you competence in several aspects of film production. You will also learn about script structuring and screenwriting, camera operation, lighting, direction and editing.

FIRST YEAR MODULES

All modules are 5 credits unless otherwise stated.

CORE: FX1001 Introduction to Film Studies (10 credits), FX1002 Introduction to Screen Media & Culture, FX1003 Early Cinema: From the Magic Lantern to the Pioneers, FX1004 Introduction to Digital Media (10 credits).

FIRST YEAR SUBJECT CHOICE

Choose two subjects from Groups 2(a), 2(b), 3, 4, 5, 6(a) and 6(b) from the Arts Subject Groups table on page 139. Select one subject from each group only. Please go to the individual subject pages for a list of first year modules to find out more details.

WORK PLACEMENT

The College of Arts, Celtic Studies and Social Sciences (CACSSS) will support you in developing your career interests through a workplace engagement. This Professional Work Experience module (PX3001) may be taken in any year of your undergraduate studies.

CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

As well as having obtained a keen awareness of the ways in which contemporary society constructs itself around a highly visualised culture of images – something that will enable you to contribute to several areas of present-day industry and commerce –you will be prepared for work in various related fields within advertising, audio-visual production, design, journalism, television, various culture industries, visual technologies and, of course, cinema. With Drama, Film and Theatre studies set to become part of the Leaving Cert Curriculum from 2024, the BA also opens up pathways into teaching and/or film education.

STUDY ABROAD

Students on the BA in Film and Screen Media course can opt to take an International Pathway and study in one of our partner universities in the UK, France, Spain, Italy, the Netherlands and Portugal in third year.

GRADUATE STUDY OPTIONS

Our Film and Screen Media course will give you a solid knowledge of the practical and theoretical areas in the wide field of film and screen media, and a concrete foundation that will facilitate your progress to more advanced studies at MA and PhD level. You will have acquired refined technical skills and research methodologies that will complement your knowledge base, and will enable your transition to higher levels of university study or practical filmmaking. Some of the further study options at UCC include: MA Arts Management & Creative Producing, MA Experimental Sound Practice, MA in Film & Screen Media, MRes (Masters by Research), as well as PhD programmes, including PhD in Film & Screen Media and PhD in Film & Screen Media (Creative Practice). For more information please see the postgraduate study page at: www.ucc.ie/en/study/postgrad/.

GRADUATE EMMA O’BYRNE

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“This BA has a wonderful balance of practical work that helps us to explore our creative sides and theoretical work that keeps us engaged in our academic studies. The lecturers are approachable and friendly and always willing to help.”

CK108

DURATION 4 Years

MINIMUM CAO POINTS REQUIRED 2022 452

CAO POINTS RANGE 2022 452-625

APPROXIMATE AVAILABLE PLACES 131

LEAVING CERTIFICATE ENTRY REQUIREMENTS

Minimum grade H5 in two subjects and minimum grade O6/H7 in four other subjects. Subjects must include Irish, English, another language and three other subjects recognised for entry purposes.

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS

There are further subject specific entry requirements for subjects on offer through the BA. Some subjects are only offered at a minor level. Please check our ‘points to note’ at www.ucc.ie/admin/registrar/calendar/ arts/art002.html for a full list of subject entry requirements and subject specific information.

APPROXIMATE MATURE STUDENT PLACES 13

APPROXIMATE QQI/FE STUDENT PLACES 9

INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS

www.ucc.ie/ugi

QQI/FE STUDENTS

www.ucc.ie/qqi/cacsss

COURSE PAGE ONLINE

www.ucc.ie/en/ck108

CONTACT INFORMATION

Ms Siobhán Mortell

Dr Elisa Serra Porteiro

bainternational@ucc.ie

www.ucc.ie/en/cacsss

ARTS INTERNATIONAL BA (Honours)

WHAT IS ARTS INTERNATIONAL?

Arts (often referred to as the Humanities) is the study of human beings, our origins, our existence and our cultures through subjects such as literature, philosophy, languages, history, politics, archaeology, the classics and many more. Arts allows you to look at what it means to be human in society through a variety of different subject lenses. As a student of the Arts International programme you will learn to interpret human experience, communicate complex ideas, be a critical and independent thinker, solve problems creatively, make positive change, ask questions and imagine and re-imagine the future.

In today’s global world, where international experience is crucial, Arts International will give you the opportunity to enhance your international learning experience and increase your cultural awareness by living and studying in another country during your third year.

WHY UCC?

Arts International is student-focused and led by excellence in teaching and learning. Within Arts you can choose from 30 subjects and study four of them in first year. The subject choices you make are guaranteed, although in order to make sure you have made an informed decision you are welcome to attend any lectures during your first four weeks, and you can make changes to your final subject choice during that same period.

English in UCC is among the top 150 subjects in the world in the QS World University Subject Rankings. UCC also has the largest number of languages to choose from in Ireland and you can choose from 11 in total. We have an extensive suite of entrance and college scholarships, including the Mary Ryan Language Scholarship and the Eoin Murray Memorial Scholarship in Creative Writing, amongst others. Regardless of what subjects you study you can avail of free workshops from our Writer in Residence, Film Artist in Residence and Musician in Residence. Arts International students studying in Europe receive Erasmus funding, but we also offer some International Scholarships for students thinking beyond Europe.

WHAT WILL HELP YOU?

While many of our students fall in love with a subject that they studied in school and want to continue with that subject in college, don’t forget that there are

many new and exciting subjects to choose from in Arts which do not require any prior knowledge. These include Philosophy, Sociology, Archaeology and many more. There are also Leaving Certificate subjects on offer in Arts which do not require you to have studied them to Leaving Certificate level including History, Geography and Economics.

COURSE STRUCTURE

Arts International allows you to spend a year abroad at one of our partner institutions, whether you are studying language or non-language subjects. In first year you choose four subjects from our extensive list of options and from second year onwards you will study two of these subjects to degree level. In Arts International you will do a unique module in second year – Crossing Borders: Cultures and Societies – so that you can develop an awareness and understanding of the societal and cultural impact of internationalisation and globalisation from a world perspective. In first year, each subject has three to four lectures per week plus a one hour tutorial. Language subjects have additional weekly language laboratories. Even though you only take two subjects after first year, the workload is broadly similar. If you study Archaeology and Geography you will be required to attend field trips.

FIRST YEAR SUBJECT CHOICE

You will have different modules for each of your subject choices. Select four subjects from the Subject Groups table on page 139. Select one subject from each group only. Please go to the individual subject pages for a list of first year modules to find out more details.

SUBJECT GROUPS

Question Time...

If I can’t travel in third year can I transfer to CK101? What are my options?

That is no problem, and should you find that you cannot travel you can apply to transfer into CK101 Arts and complete your degree in three years.

WORK PLACEMENT

The College of Arts, Celtic Studies and Social Sciences (CACSSS) will support you in developing your career interests through a workplace engagement. This Professional Work Experience module (PX3001) may be taken in any year of your undergraduate studies except during your year abroad.

CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

Today’s market requires graduates whose education has equipped them to be flexible, innovative and imaginative. Adjusting to life in another country and its university system enhances your independence and maturity and will be a crucial formative experience for you. It will demonstrate your commitment, adaptability, cultural understanding and global outlook to employers. You will have an opportunity to choose the career that best suits you in many different employment areas such as: administration, archaeology, arts management, digital content creation, diplomatic service, finance & banking, heritage & tourism, journalism, planning & sustainable development, primary & secondary teaching, public relations, publishing & editing, research, and television & radio.

STUDY ABROAD

As an Arts International student you spend third year at one of our international partner-universities in Europe, Asia, or North and South America. If you are studying language you will spend third year in the country where that language is spoken.

GRADUATE STUDY OPTIONS

Due to the extensive range of subject choices on offer, you will have a vast range of opportunities for postgraduate study in UCC, nationally, and internationally. Our Arts International graduates have gone on to postgraduate study in a diverse range of areas including: Professional Master of Education (PME), Diploma/MA Editing, MA GIS Systems, MA Global Gallery Studies, MA Criminology, MA Digital Arts & Humanities, MA Management & Marketing, MA Journalism, MA Museum Studies, MA Translation Studies, and MPlan Planning & Sustainable Development. For more information please see our postgraduate study page at: www.ucc.ie/en/study/postgrad/.

@CACSSS1

DURATION 3 or 4 Years

MINIMUM CAO POINTS REQUIRED 2022 402

CAO POINTS RANGE 2022 402-613

APPROXIMATE AVAILABLE PLACES 59

LEAVING CERTIFICATE ENTRY REQUIREMENTS

Minimum grade H5 in two subjects and minimum grade O6/H7 in four other subjects. Subjects must include Irish, English, another language and three other subjects recognised for entry purposes.

APPROXIMATE MATURE STUDENT PLACES 6

APPROXIMATE QQI/FE STUDENT PLACES 4

INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS

www.ucc.ie/ugi

QQI/FE STUDENTS

www.ucc.ie/qqi/cacsss

COURSE PAGE ONLINE

www.ucc.ie/en/ck109

CONTACT INFORMATION

Dr Edel Semple

e.semple@ucc.ie

www.ucc.ie/en/english

ENGLISH BA (Honours)

WHAT IS ENGLISH?

A passion for reading, thinking about and understanding literature lies at the heart of the study of English. In pursuing a degree in English, you will discover literature in all its varieties. You will learn how to analyse and discuss it, whilst developing your own insights into the creative arts that shape our world. As a subject English is about exploring literature across time, from diverse social and historical contexts and in a variety of forms. Through intensive study you will unearth and enjoy the richness of the literary arts, from the era of Old English to the 21st century, from poetry, plays, novels, to film, comic books and beyond. Through reading, writing, discussion and group and independent research, you will learn about literary genres, movements and historical periods, and develop a deep understanding of critical theories and current debates. As a student of English you will become a critical writer, creative thinker and an effective communicator, capable of contributing to Ireland’s vibrant cultural and intellectual life.

WHY UCC?

UCC’s Department of English is ranked among the top 150 Universities for English in the QS World University Rankings. In our internationally renowned department, you’ll be taught by staff that include leading scholars as well as prominent poets, novelists, and creative practitioners. Visiting scholars and our Writer in Residence offer talks and workshops, as well as one-to-one consultations. You will also benefit from unique, programme-specific courses on creative writing, digital literacy and problem-based learning, which together foster a lifelong love of literature and enable you to develop marketable skills vital in a range of professions. Our BA in English allows you to choose from a range of course options to shape your degree according to your interests.

WHAT WILL HELP YOU?

Helpful Leaving Certificate subjects include: English, History, Art, Classical Studies, Politics and a language.

COURSE STRUCTURE

Our BA in English degree is taught in a blended fashion through lectures, small-group tutorials and workshops. During the course of your studies, you may also participate in group projects, online discussions, visit significant cultural sites and conduct independent research. You will encounter a range of assessments from essays to oral presentations to team projects to creative and online productions. Individual study

is essential in an English degree. You will often have the opportunity to follow your interests, choosing which texts to study for assignments, while learning to articulate what it is about them that interests you. You will also gain knowledge and transferable skills vital in any future career or programme of study. In exploring literature, you will learn to communicate clearly and persuasively; to analyse logically and think creatively; to engage in independent research; to evaluate and formulate arguments and theories; and to understand key developments in society, politics, and culture.

FIRST YEAR MODULES

All modules are 5 credits unless otherwise stated.

EN1002 Literature & Society: Medieval to Renaissance, EN1003 Introduction to Modern Literature, EN1004 Theories and Contexts in Literature, EN1101 Contexts: The Production & Reception of Literature & Film, EN1103 Problems in Literature (10 credits).

FIRST YEAR SUBJECT CHOICE

Choose two subjects from Groups 1, 2(a), 2(b), 3, 4, 6(a) and 6(b) from the Subject Groups table on page 139. Select one subject from each group only. Please go to the individual subject pages for a list of first year modules to find out more details.

WORK PLACEMENT

The College of Arts, Celtic Studies and Social Sciences will support you in developing your career interests through a workplace engagement. This professional work experience module (PX3001) is optional and may be taken in any year of your undergraduate studies.

CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

Studying English provides you with the skills and knowledge to succeed in a range of professions. English fosters skills in communication, creativity, analysis and independent research, and our graduates work in a range of areas and industries. Past graduates have gone on to further study and to careers in broadcasting & journalism, business, creative arts & heritage industries, education, IT & digital media, law, marketing and publishing.

STUDY ABROAD

If you would like to spend a year studying abroad you have the option to add a year on to this threeyear degree course via the BA English International Pathway. The International Pathway allows you to spend third year studying at one of our partner universities in Europe and North America, before returning to UCC for fourth year to continue your studies.

GRADUATE STUDY OPTIONS

English discipline-specific postgraduate options at UCC include: MA Creative Writing, MA Digital Arts & Humanities, MA English: Irish Writing & Film, MA English: Modernities: Literature, Theory & Culture from the Romantics to the Present; MA English: Texts & Contexts: Medieval to Renaissance. For more information on other postgraduate options please see the postgraduate study page at: www.ucc.ie/en/study/postgrad/.

GRADUATE PROFILE LIA CURTIN

“The BA English degree provided me with the practical knowledge and transferable skills which have proven very attractive to employers, while the variety of academic modules covered by the degree opened up a wealth of potential avenues for postgraduate study.”

Question Time...

What is the difference between doing the BA English (CK109) and studying English through the Arts degree?

If you study English through the BA English (CK109) degree you will take twice as many English credits as students taking English as an option through the general Arts degree. The study of English for CK109 is in-depth and intensive, with graduates having a degree purely in the subject of English. You will also have the option to take several unique courses and options that are only available to students of this CK109 course, including creative writing, project work, and a dissertation based on your own independent research.

WORLD LANGUAGES BA (Honours) CK110

DURATION 4 Years

MINIMUM CAO POINTS REQUIRED 2022 484

CAO POINTS RANGE 2022 484-613

APPROXIMATE AVAILABLE PLACES 63

LEAVING CERTIFICATE ENTRY REQUIREMENTS

Minimum grade H5 in two subjects and minimum grade O6/H7 in four other subjects. Subjects must include Irish, English, another language and three other subjects recognised for entry purposes. A H3 in a language other than English is required. There are also further specific requirements for specific languages within the programme which can be found at www.ucc.ie/admin/registrar/calendar/arts/ art043.html

APPROXIMATE MATURE STUDENT PLACES 6

APPROXIMATE QQI/FE STUDENT PLACES 4

INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS

www.ucc.ie/ugi

QQI/FE STUDENTS

www.ucc.ie/qqi/cacsss

COURSE PAGE ONLINE

www.ucc.ie/en/ck110

CONTACT INFORMATION

Dr Caroline Williamson Sinalo worldlanguages@ucc.ie www.ucc.ie/en/sllc/

WHAT IS WORLD LANGUAGES?

BA (World Languages) is a four-year specialist language programme, which includes study and an optional work placement abroad. Studying World Languages allows you to understand language as a system as well as the cultures of the languages you study. When you study languages you learn to communicate with people from other cultural backgrounds which means that you develop an appreciation for the traditions, religions, arts and history of the people associated with that language. This deeper cultural understanding fosters greater tolerance, empathy and acceptance of others. In today’s global world, proficiency in other languages is an essential skill that allows you to succeed and become a work-ready, world-ready global citizen.

WHY UCC?

We are one of the top universities in the world for the study of languages. You will be taught by highly qualified staff, many of whom are native speakers of their subject language. You will also be eligible for the Mary Ryan Language Scholarship, awarded to the top five Leaving Certificate students who choose to study two languages. The scholarship is named after the first female professor in Ireland and Britain, appointed to the Chair of Romance Languages in 1910, and marks our commitment to excellence in languages. World Languages offers you the largest number of language choices in Ireland, including English as a Second or Other Language (ESOL), Irish and Latin.

WHAT WILL HELP YOU?

Most languages offered (except French or Irish) can be taken without having been studied previously, but all students must have a minimum grade H3 in a language other than English.

COURSE STRUCTURE

In each year of the course, you will take intensive language courses in small groups and should expect to do additional exercises for each of the languages studied. Independent study is an important part of the programme. You will be given guidance on how to make the best use of the wide range of additional online resources available for language learning. You will also have additional lectures and readings on the cultures of the languages studied, but this will vary in quantity according to the language combinations chosen. We assess your language skills through assignments and/or written and listening tests, which provide you with regular feedback on your progress. Most language modules also involve you taking

written examinations at the end of the module, and all include oral examinations.

FIRST YEAR MODULES

WL1101 Language: Sounds and Structures (10 credits), WL1103 Becoming Multilingual (5 credits).

FIRST YEAR SUBJECT CHOICE

You will choose three languages from the list of languages on offer (15 credits each) as follows: Chinese, English as a Second or Other Language (ESOL), French, Gaeilge/Irish, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Latin, Portuguese, and Spanish. Note: ESOL is not available to native speakers of English.

Please go to the individual subject pages for a list of first year modules to find out more details.

GRADUATE PROFILE DAVINA MUNTJEWERFF

“I always loved learning languages and had a strong interest in learning Chinese. World Languages was a new course and everything about it appealed to me, from being able to study three languages, which I did for the first two years of my degree, to being able to split my year abroad, as well as the cultural element to the course. I had a great experience with my degree at UCC. All the language teachers were very helpful, and the classes were always beneficial due to the small classroom environment. The year abroad in Shanghai was one of the best experiences of my entire degree and was a fantastic way to improve the language and learn more about the culture. My degree has been a major plus to my career. In my final year of college I was unsure of what my next step would be but, due to languages being so broad, I had a lot of options, something that always appealed to me about the degree. One of the main things my current employer was looking for at the time I applied was people who studied languages. Now I get to use my languages in the workplace, as well as learn more about the world of business, which is something I never had any prior exposure to.”

WORK PLACEMENT

The College of Arts, Celtic Studies and Social Sciences (CACSSS) will support you in developing your career interests through workplace engagement. This International Work Placement module (LL3901) may be taken in any year of your undergraduate studies except during your year abroad.

CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

Government and private bodies worldwide (e.g. IBEC, PayPal, Google) testify to shortages of graduates with language skills. Employers of UCC language graduates include: Apple, Bank of Ireland, Bord Bía, Department of Education & Skills, Emc2, Enterprise Ireland, Google, Lidl, Musgraves, the European Parliament, European Commission and the European Central Bank.

STUDY ABROAD

Study abroad is an integral part of this degree programme and you will spend third year in either one or two of the countries of the languages studied. You can choose to do a work placement as part of your study abroad year also. We have well-established links with leading universities across the globe.

GRADUATE STUDY OPTIONS

Our World Languages graduates have gone on to postgraduate study in a diverse range of areas, at home and abroad, including: MA Applied Linguistics, MA Asian Studies, MA Global Cultures and Languages, MA Translation Studies, MA International Relations, MSc International Public Policy and Diplomacy, MSc Audiology, Professional Master of Education (PME) and MRes/MPhil/PhD.

For more information please see our postgraduate study page at: www.ucc.ie/en/study/postgrad/.

Question Time...

Would I have enough credits in languages to do a Professional Master of Education (PME) on graduation from World Languages?

Yes, you will have enough credits to pursue a PME. You would need to ensure when you are choosing your language modules that you comply with the requirements for languages outlined by the Teaching Council of Ireland.

DURATION 4 years

MINIMUM CAO POINTS REQUIRED 2022 415

CAO POINTS RANGE 2022 415-601

APPROXIMATE AVAILABLE PLACES 101

LEAVING CERTIFICATE ENTRY REQUIREMENTS

Minimum grade H5 in two subjects and minimum grade O6/H7 in four other subjects. Subjects must include Irish, English, another language and three other subjects recognised for entry purposes.

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENT

Students are subject to Garda vetting, see page 125.

APPROXIMATE MATURE STUDENT PLACES 10

APPROXIMATE QQI/FE STUDENT PLACES 7

INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS www.ucc.ie/ugi

QQI/FE STUDENTS www.ucc.ie/qqi/cacsss

COURSE PAGE ONLINE www.ucc.ie/en/ck111

CONTACT INFORMATION

Marie O’Donovan eycs@ucc.ie

www.ucc.ie/en/education/learn/#earlyyears-and-childhood-studies

EARLY YEARS AND CHILDHOOD STUDIES BA (Honours)

WHAT IS EARLY YEARS AND CHILDHOOD STUDIES?

Early Years and Childhood Studies involves developing your understanding of childhood, discovering how children develop, learn and think. This course explores the importance of meeting children’s needs and how these needs can be met. You will consider the challenges and opportunities in children’s services and look at childhood from a range of perspectives including psychology, applied social studies and education. We will encourage you to use your own childhood experiences to enhance your knowledge and develop your understanding of early childhood.

WHY UCC?

Our course was one of the first degree courses of its kind in Ireland and pioneered the development of Early Years and Childhood Studies as a distinct speciality with distinctive career paths. A new and unique outdoor learning and teaching space, as well as a new indoor professional practice facility for first year student workshops have been developed, which ensures that you will be prepared for various teaching practice styles. We employ innovative learning and teaching methods which are discursive and highly participatory, where you will engage with play materials, use of dedicated outdoor play areas, observation, art gallery visits, fieldtrips to children’s cultural and social spaces and places (conditions permitting), case studies and much more. Our course team includes lecturers and researchers who are strongly committed to enabling, empowering, and entrusting you to make transformational changes to your own life and to the lives of children, families, and communities.

This programme is on the Department of Education and Skills list of Approved Programmes for Adherence to the Professional Award Criteria and Guidelines (PACG) and is deemed to have met the requirements of the PACG.

WHAT WILL HELP YOU?

All we expect is that you have an interest in children, their development, learning and well-being. Those of you who would like to have a career as a primary school teacher, or to work in an Irish-medium pre-school (Naíonra), should ensure that you have taken Irish at honours level.

COURSE STRUCTURE

You will experience content that includes academic theory, research skills, and professional and reflective practice as part of this course. You will focus on a broad range of perspectives on childhood, the child in society, child development, child psychology, early years care and education, and child health. A key feature of this course is its emphasis on practical knowledge and the development of professional skills. During first year, you will attend professional workshops on early years care and education. Supervised work-based placements in diverse childhood-related settings form an integral part of this course. You will also undertake supervised placements in second, third and fourth year.

FIRST YEAR MODULES

All modules are 5 credits unless otherwise stated.

AP1022 Social Psychology, AP1023 Lifespan Development, AP1123 Introduction to Biological & Cognitive Perspectives on Psychology, AP1504 Research Methods for Evidence-Informed Professionals, ED1010 Historical Developments in the Irish Education Sector, ED1012 Early Years & Childhood Studies: Pedagogical Principles & Practices, ED1015 Early Years and Childhood Play and Pedagogy, ED1016 Infant, Toddler and Childhood Health, Development and Safety, MU1012 Creative Practice in Music in Early Years Childcare Settings, SS1019 Children’s Social and Cultural Worlds, SS1020 Social Policy and Society (10 credits).

GRADUATE PROFILE CAOIMHE

DUGGAN Manager of Cheeky Cherubs in Ballincollig, Cork

“Since graduating from UCC, I have worked in the field of Early Years with an amazing company and my career has gone from strength to strength. In a relative short space of time I progressed from Educator to Childcare Centre Manager. Managing a centre has taught me the power of effective communication with the team, the children and families and creating positive relationships which has been crucial to my advancement in the company. Continued Professional Development in all areas of the Early Years programme and in leadership has proven invaluable and has armed me with resilience and self-belief.”

WORK PLACEMENT

You will undertake a 13 week placement in both second and third year and a 2 week placement in fourth year. The professional practice placements take place in various settings, for example childcare settings, primary school settings and special needs settings. These placements provide you with the opportunity to apply the theories you have learned, and to experience working with children under the guidance of expert practitioners.

CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

A number of pathways from the degree provide opportunities in the following fields: early years care and education, national school teaching, social work, youth and community work, speech and language therapy, play specialist and guidance counselling. Recent employers include: ABC Childcare, Blackwater Childcare, Coláiste na Rinne, Cope Foundation, Cork City Council, Pathways Childcare, Shanakiel Childcare, and the Department of Education and Skills.

GRADUATE STUDY OPTIONS

Our Early Years and Childhood Studies graduates have gone on to postgraduate study in a diverse range of areas including: Higher Diploma in Arts in Early Childhood Montessori Education, Higher Diploma Psychology, MA Child, Family & Community Studies, M.Ed. in Education, MA Guidance Counselling, MA Social Policy, MA Social Work, MA Teaching Visual Arts in Primary Early Years Education, MA Women’s Studies, MSc Audiology, MSc Occupational Therapy, MSc Speech & Language Therapy, Professional Masters of Education (PME) (Primary Teaching Qualification) and MPhil/PhD in Education.

For more information please see our postgraduate study page at: www.ucc.ie/en/study/postgrad/.

Interesting fact:

Students have an opportunity to explore their artistic talents for example in the creation of story sacks in the first year of the programme. You also get a chance to revisit your childhood! We explore lots of ways of playing with children using Lego, playdough, and puppets, etc.

DURATION 3 or 4 Years

MINIMUM CAO POINTS REQUIRED 2022 370

CAO POINTS RANGE 2022 370-694*

APPROXIMATE AVAILABLE PLACES 23

LEAVING CERTIFICATE ENTRY REQUIREMENTS

Minimum grade H5 in two subjects and minimum grade O6/H7 in four other subjects. Subjects must include Irish, English, another language and three other subjects recognised for entry purposes.

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENT

All applicants are required to pass a special drama workshop/interview. *This workshop/ interview is marked out of 100 and these points will be added to the Leaving Certificate points to make up a final score.

APPROXIMATE MATURE STUDENT PLACES 2

APPROXIMATE QQI/FE STUDENT PLACES 2

INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS www.ucc.ie/ugi

QQI/FE STUDENTS www.ucc.ie/qqi/cacsss

COURSE PAGE ONLINE www.ucc.ie/en/ck112

CONTACT INFORMATION

Department of Theatre theatre@ucc.ie www.ucc.ie/theatre

THEATRE & PERFORMATIVE PRACTICES BA (Honours)

WHAT IS THEATRE & PERFORMATIVE PRACTICES?

Theatre at UCC takes you on an exciting adventure that explores theatre and the wide spectrum of performance: such as dance, outdoor performance, and music theatre. Our teaching focuses on three key themes: 1. Making theatre 2. Theatre for change 3. The business of theatre and performance production. You make work: indeed, you usually devise, perform and evaluate your own material, rather than putting on existing plays. You gain deep understandings of how theatre can engage with and respond to the world around us. You can also learn about the business of theatre, production, and the wider performance world, through study and internships.

These core strands of teaching are supported by an exciting voyage into the history of theatre, the kinds of ideas and theories that underpin theatre, and what theatre can do for you, for society, and for culture. This is a broad-based, wide-ranging degree, that seeks to leverage your creativity and entrepreneurial spirit, is taught by researchers, makers and practitioners. Practical workshops and classes, alongside academic study and passionate argument, are at the core of your learning. You will have the chance to perform, create work, direct, and be involved in the technical development of productions as well as debate and examine ideas and theories.

WHY UCC?

Here at UCC we believe in your artistic potential. Our teaching encourages you to explore, to expand and to refine your skills, knowledge, tastes and critical thinking. UCC’s heritage as a top global university, and its courageous stance toward the future, form the perfect integrated backdrop for how we teach and research, and for how you will navigate your time with us and imagine new futures for us all. Our faculty includes prolific performance and interdisciplinary artists; experienced project managers; casting directors and producers; applied, youth and educational theatre specialists; deep-thinking theorists; and refined skills teachers. We have close links with leading theatres abroad, and at the local level with the Everyman Theatre, Triskel Arts Centre and Firkin Crane, among others. The Granary Theatre is located right beside the department and our unique partnership with the Cork Opera House provides a range of dynamic performance opportunities and learning and internship possibilities. We are also an unusually interdisciplinary department where you will be able to study from a range of arts subjects to degree level.

WHAT WILL HELP YOU?

There are no subject requirements however we do suggest some experience of performance – on stage, online, music, debating, etc. This course nurtures your creative spark so an interest in creating, making and/ or performing, is important.

COURSE STRUCTURE

There are four possible pathways from this programme:

Theatre and Performative Practices (Single Subject)

Theatre and Performative Practices (Joint Subject)

Theatre and Performative Practices (International)

Theatre and Performative Practices (with Music)

In first year all incoming CK112 Theatre and Performative Practice students take a Joint Honours pathway. This means students take 50% Theatre modules and 50% other Arts subjects. In second year students can either continue with the Joint Honours pathway or move to a Single Honours pathway. In the Joint Honours pathway students keep 50% Theatre modules and 50% modules from another Arts subject. In the Single Honours pathway students complete 80% Theatre modules and 20% modules from another Arts subjects. For students who select the International pathway the third year of the programme is spent abroad at a partner university.

FIRST YEAR MODULES

All modules are 5 credits unless otherwise stated.

DR1005 Performative Writing: Dramaturgy (Part I), DR1006 Performative Writing: Dramaturgy (Part II), DR1007 Introduction: Theatre and Performative Practice (10 credits), DR1009 Performance in Culture, DR1010 Cultures of Performance Practice.

FIRST YEAR SUBJECT CHOICE

Choose two subjects from Groups 3, 4, 5, 6(a) and 6(b) from the Subject Groups table on page 139 . Select one subject from each group only. Please go to the individual subject pages for a list of first year modules to find out more details.

SUBJECT GROUPS

WORK PLACEMENT

Following completion of second year, you will have the option of partaking in an approved practical internship/work placement, amounting to four weeks full-time, or equivalent, with an approved theatre company, performing arts organisation or theatre performance group in Ireland or abroad. In your final year you will also have the option of taking a Research Placement or an in-semester internship. UCC’s partnership with the Cork Opera House provides a range of dynamic internship possibilities.

The College of Arts, Celtic Studies and Social Sciences (CACSSS) will support you in developing your career interests through a workplace engagement. This Professional Work Experience module may be taken in any year of your undergraduate studies except during your year abroad should you wish to follow the International Pathway.

CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

Graduates can move directly into careers such as: actors/performers, directors, producers, teachers, technicians and writers. Career sectors include cultural management, education and arts, film, television communications and theatre. Others use their transferable skills moving to a broad range of corporate and arts sectors including television, film, and radio; arts therapy; business communications training; community work and arts cultural management portfolios.

STUDY ABROAD

If you choose the International Pathway after first year, you will spend third year at one of our partneruniversities abroad.

GRADUATE STUDY OPTIONS

Graduates can further specialise through training and apprenticeships, or choose to continue their studies through the range of postgraduate courses on offer in UCC. Our graduates have gone on to postgraduate study in a diverse range of areas including: HDip/ MA in Theatre Performative Practices, Masters by Research, MPhil/PhD in Drama Theatre Studies, and MA in Arts Management & Creative Producing in partnership with the Cork Opera House. For more information please see our postgraduate study page at: www.ucc.ie/en/study/postgrad/.

Question Time...

When can I choose the International Pathway?

This may be chosen before you enter the course in first year, or you also have the option to change at the beginning of second year in the case of a change of heart about your course.

DURATION 3 or 4 Years

MINIMUM CAO POINTS REQUIRED 2022 462

CAO POINTS RANGE 2022 462-578

APPROXIMATE AVAILABLE PLACES 77

LEAVING CERTIFICATE ENTRY REQUIREMENTS

Minimum grade H5 in two subjects and minimum grade O6/H7 in four other subjects. Subjects must include Irish, English, another language and three other subjects recognised for entry purposes.

APPROXIMATE MATURE STUDENT PLACES 8

APPROXIMATE QQI/FE STUDENT PLACES 5

INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS

www.ucc.ie/ugi

QQI/FE STUDENTS

www.ucc.ie/qqi/cacsss

COURSE PAGE ONLINE

www.ucc.ie/en/CK113

CONTACT INFORMATION

Dr James Windle

james.windle@ucc.ie

www.ucc.ie/en/criminology

CRIMINOLOGY BA (Honours)

WHAT IS CRIMINOLOGY?

Criminology is the study of crime in society. It helps us to gain insight into crime, deviance, transgression, social harm and social justice as well as the effects of crime on individuals, groups and societies. You will gain a critical understanding of the social construction of crime and deviance, the differing theoretical approaches and practical applications, how criminal justice institutions function and the complexity of tackling criminal activity. You will also explore the extent of crime, the causes of crime, how crime is represented in the media, how the public perceives crime and the impact of crime on victims. The study of criminology enables us to challenge taken-for-granted opinions about the nature of crime by evaluating evidence about human diversity in complex societies.

WHY UCC?

Our Criminology degree was Ireland’s first undergraduate degree in criminology. This contemporary course combines criminology with sociology, social policy, criminal law, philosophy, politics and psychology. You will have an extensive choice of elective modules to choose from. Uniquely, you can also study a language, including Irish, to degree level if you wish. The result is an exceptional breadth and depth of perspective and context. The BA Criminology course is a research-driven, interdisciplinary programme that delivers an international body of knowledge, as well as research skills and critical thinking, whilst maintain a close eye on Irish issues and history. You will learn from internationally recognised academics and practitioners with professional experience.

WHAT WILL HELP YOU?

An interest in crime and social justice, and an inquisitive mind, are most important. As Criminology is a rendezvous discipline – meaning that it is a meeting place for ideas from a range of disciplines – then most subjects can be helpful.

COURSE STRUCTURE

Our BA (Hons) Criminology degree follows a three-year, full-time, interdisciplinary programme. Students have the option of extending their degree by studying abroad for one year. The International Pathway is a four-year programme which enables students to study abroad for a year in an approved university outside Ireland.

In first year, students take a number of foundational subjects (core modules) that will enable them to understand and fully benefit from the specialist modules in second and third year. Core modules

include introductions to criminology, law, and sociology. You can also choose to study a language, philosophy or government and politics. During second and third year you will have a wide choice of options to choose from. Assessment will include a blend of exams, in-class tests, and coursework. You will have the option in your final year of writing a dissertation on a topic of your choice and this will give you the opportunity to undertake a substantial piece of research.

FIRST YEAR MODULES

All modules are 5 credits unless otherwise stated.

CR1001 Criminology: A History & Introduction, CR1002 Criminology: Key Concepts, Studies & Issues (10 credits),

CR1003 Introduction to the Psychology of Crime, CR1004 Introduction to Law & Social Control, SC1013 Key Issues in Sociology (A) (10 credits), SC1012 Introduction to Sociology (A), LW1169 Introduction to the Legal System.

FIRST YEAR SUBJECT CHOICE

Students choose one 15-credit option from the following:

• French, German, Italian, Spanish or Irish (15 credits)

• Philosophy (15 credits) [PH1001]

• Government and Politics (15 credits) [GV1217, GV1204 and GV1207]

Please go to the individual subject pages for a list of first year modules to find out more details.

GRADUATE PROFILE KEVIN HOSFORD

“I am currently pursuing a PhD and the benefits of having done a degree in Criminology continually present themselves. The multidisciplinary nature of the degree has allowed me to approach an issue such as cybercrime from a multitude of perspectives such as criminology, sociology, law and psychology, which is invaluable when attempting to understand such a complex multi-dimensional phenomenon. Further, the teaching staff within the degree have provided a rich variety of lecture styles, skills, and experiences that make studying their courses both interesting and engaging.”

WORK PLACEMENT

The College of Arts, Celtic Studies and Social Sciences (CACSSS) will support you in developing your career interests through a workplace engagement. This Professional Work Experience module (PX3001) may be taken in any year of your undergraduate studies (except during your year abroad if you are taking the International Pathway).

CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

Our Criminology graduates have high-level transferable skills that make them attractive to employers in a wide variety of occupational fields. Criminology graduates are employed in the following professional roles and areas both inside and outside the criminal justice sector, including academia, addiction services, An Garda Síochána, charity work, civil service (e.g. Tusla, HSE), civilian member of An Garda Síochána (e.g. researcher), community development, journalism, NGO – aid work (e.g. Amnesty International, Red Cross etc.), prison officer, probation work, reintegration support work, victim liaison work, and youth advocacy support.

STUDY ABROAD

You will have the option of adding a year to this threeyear degree by studying abroad in third year. We currently have links with universities in the following countries: Canada, Denmark, Italy, Poland, Sweden, USA and the UK.

GRADUATE STUDY OPTIONS

Due to the extensive range of subject choices on offer, you will have a vast range of opportunities for postgraduate study in UCC, nationally and internationally. Criminology graduates have undertaken postgraduate study in: Postgraduate Diploma in Youth Work, MA Addiction Studies, MA Anthropology, MA Criminology, MA Journalism, MA Sociology, MSc Psychology (Conversion), and PhD Criminology. For more information please see our postgraduate study page at: www.ucc.ie/en/study/postgrad/.

INTERESTING FACT...

The word ‘criminology’ is believed to have first been used in the 1880s by either Paul Topinard, a French anthropologist, or Raffaele Garofalo, an Italian lawyer. The first specialist criminology conference – the International Congress of Criminal Anthropology – was convened in Rome as far back as 1885!

CK114

DURATION 3 Years

ENTRY REQUIREMENTS This programme is open to Mature and QQI/FE applicants. All applications are made through the CAO.

MATURE applicants must be 23 years of age on or before 1st January of the year of proposed entry. Mature applicants may be shortlisted for interview based on MSAP results, CAO Application and a Personal Statement. Applicants should have the equivalent of at least one year of experience in the youth/community/ voluntary sector. Further information on Mature entry can be found at www.ucc.ie/mature.

QQI/FE applicants must be 21 years of age on or before 1st January of the year of proposed entry. Applicants should have the equivalent of at least one year of experience in the youth/community/ voluntary sector as well as Distinctions in four modules in a linked Level 5 programme. Applicants may be called for interview.

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS

Students are subject to Garda vetting and Fitness to Practice, see page 125.

APPROXIMATE AVAILABLE PLACES 16

APPROXIMATE QQI/FE STUDENT PLACES 5

INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS

www.ucc.ie/ugi

QQI/FE STUDENTS

www.ucc.ie/qqi/cacsss

COURSE PAGE ONLINE

www.ucc.ie/en/ck114

CONTACT INFORMATION

Sinéad O’Neill

sineadoneill@ucc.ie

www.ucc.ie/en/appsoc

YOUTH AND COMMUNITY WORK BSocSc

(Honours)

WHAT IS YOUTH AND COMMUNITY WORK?

Our course combines an academic social science programme with a professionally accredited qualification in youth and community work. This course is suitable for you if you are concerned with social justice and are interested in working with people, particularly those who experience marginalisation and social exclusion. Your life experience also contributes to the learning on this course, which prepares you to work as a professional with a sense of vocation, in the challenging but rewarding field of youth and community work.

WHY UCC?

The School of Applied Social Studies has the highest number of President’s Awards for Excellence in Teaching and Learning in UCC. We collaborate with our students in order to provide a professional qualification which is accessible. Our department has a long and proud tradition of creative pathways for mature students and students from non-traditional pathways to study at university level and we endeavor to structure course time to accommodate mature students with commitments. This professional qualification is endorsed by the North/South Education and Training Standards in Youth Work and by employers in Ireland, Northern Ireland and across the UK.

COURSE STRUCTURE

You will generally be required to attend lectures, tutorials and supervisions on two consecutive days per week (with occasional other days) as well as completing two days of supervised practice placement weekly in a recognised agency, over the course of the academic year. Over the three years your studies will include an emphasis on both the academic and practice elements of the programme, always striving to build and develop the ‘theory to practice’ connection and understanding. You will be assessed in a variety of ways including examination and continuous assessment. Continuous assessment is based on written assignments which are part of the course and consist of projects, case studies, presentations and essays. The practice placement module is assessed on a pass/fail basis.

FIRST YEAR MODULES

SS1101 Introduction to Youth Community Work (10 credits), SS1102 Social Analysis 1 (10 credits), SS1104 Principles and Practice of Youth and Community Work (10 credits), SS1105 Social Policy 1 (10 credits), SS1107 Level 1 Professional Placement (10 credits), SS1110 Informal/Non-Formal Learning in a Community Youth Work Setting (10 credits).

GRADUATE PROFILE NOELLA NGENWIE

“Going into university for the first time as a mature student was challenging but the support I got, particularly from my tutors, was unbelievable. They understood that we had other commitments outside college. Ireland has become so multicultural it would be wonderful if this was reflected in youth and community initiatives across society.”

WORK PLACEMENT

You will undertake a supervised practice placement in each year of the programme. In first and second year the placement is 16 hours per week, while in third year there is a 10-week block-placement. You are encouraged to identify your own placements, in consultation with staff on the course. Placements can be facilitated locally, nationally and internationally. Students undertake their practice placement in a wide range of agencies and settings across the youth, community and voluntary sector. They provide a unique opportunity to gain practice experience and to build your reputation as a practitioner whilst still a student, thereby enhancing your employability when you graduate. During placement you will be provided with support from both your college placement supervisor and your practice teacher/worker in the placement agency/organisation.

CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

You will have access to a wide range of employment opportunities in the youth, community and voluntary sectors, including community arts organisations, community development, family resource centres, garda youth diversion projects, HSE health promotion/mental health awareness programmes, mainstream youth work, organisations working with homelessness (e.g. Simon, Society of St Vincent de Paul), special project youth work (e.g. Drugs Task Force projects, Special Projects for Youth [SPY]), and SOLAS local training initiatives.

STUDY ABROAD

You can choose to do a placement abroad if you wish and you will be supported to do so. BYCW students have undertaken final year placements in New Zealand, South Africa, Spain, India and Denmark.

GRADUATE STUDY OPTIONS

The BSocSc (Youth and Community Work) degree provides graduates with access to a wide range of postgraduate courses. Recent graduates have undertaken postgraduate study in: LLM (Master of Law), MA in Positive and Coaching Psychology, MA Criminology, MA Sociology, MA Women’s Studies, MSc Government, MSocSc Social Policy, MSocSc Voluntary & Community Sector Management, MSocSc Youth Work with Community Arts & Sports Studies, MSW Social Work. For more information please see our postgraduate study page at: www.ucc.ie/en/study/postgrad/.

DURATION 4 Years

APPROXIMATE AVAILABLE PLACES 17 ENTRY REQUIREMENTS

Open to Mature applicants aged 23 years of age or more on 1st January of the year of entry. Applicants are shortlisted for interview based on MSAP results, CAO Application, Personal Statement, relevant life and work experience and knowledge of social issues/social work. Application is made through the CAO.

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENT

Students are subject to Garda vetting and Fitness to Practise, see page 125.

APPROXIMATE QQI/FE STUDENT PLACES

N/A

INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS www.ucc.ie/ugi

QQI/FE STUDENTS w ww.ucc.ie/qqi/cacsss

COURSE PAGE ONLINE www.ucc.ie/en/ck115

CONTACT INFORMATION

Margaret O’Leary

bachelorofsocialwork@ucc.ie www.ucc.ie/en/appsoc

SOCIAL WORK BSW (Honours)

WHAT IS SOCIAL WORK?

Social work is a profession that is primarily concerned with supporting and helping people in a variety of situations and settings. It is also about working in solidarity with socially excluded people and groups in meeting the challenges that their social exclusion creates. Social workers work in a diverse range of settings and with different groups of people. Social workers work with individuals, families, groups and communities. Their work can span a wide variety of roles including counselling, group work, lobbying, advocacy, community and political activism. Social workers often have to network with other professions such as gardaí, doctors, public health nurses and schools, as well as service-user and advocacy networks. Ultimately, social work aims to support people to live more successfully within their local communities by helping them to find solutions to their problems.

WHY UCC?

Our course will provide you with a vibrant, dynamic, and supportive learning environment and has the benefit of a small class size (approximately 25), with an emphasis on participative and interactive styles of teaching and learning, so that you will get the most from your time in UCC. We have a long and proud tradition of creative pathways for mature students and students from non-traditional pathways to study with us. We have particular interest in trying to support you if you are returning to education after a lengthy absence and this is reflected in the orientation of the course and how it is run. The BSW team is located in the School of Applied Social Studies at UCC and has a dedicated student support officer, together with a support team, which is renowned for providing students with a high level of support over their years of study. The School itself has gained a strong reputation for promoting social justice, equality, diversity and equity in the local communities and broader society and has built this commitment into their ethos.

COURSE STRUCTURE

The BSW has an intake of approximately 25 students per year. The programme is designed exclusively for mature non-traditional learners, age 23 or more in their year of entry. On successful completion of the programme graduates will be eligible to register with CORU, the professional accreditation body for social workers in Ireland.

In first year you will be college-based, and lectures take place over two 12-week semesters. During the

year you will study exciting modules in a variety of areas as listed below under Modules. In second year you will be introduced to a more reflective model of learning and teaching which includes interactive methods such as groupwork and role-play. Third and fourth year incorporate a 14-week professional placement alongside your college-based work culminating in your placement, personal portfolio and social research project. Our BSW course is assessed through a variety of methods, including continuous assessment, exams and practice placements.

FIRST YEAR MODULES

All modules are 5 credits unless otherwise stated.

AP1022 Social Psychology, AP1023 Lifespan Development, EC1121 Markets, Governments & the Economics of Social Issues (Semester 1), EC1122 Markets, Governments & the Economics of Social Issues (Semester 2), SS1017 Politics & Social Policy (Part 1) (10 credits), SS1018 Politics & Social Policy (Part 2), SS1202 Introduction to Social Work Theory, Methods & Skills (10 credits), SC1012 Introduction to Sociology (Part A), SC1013 Key Issues in Sociology (Part B) (10 credits).

CURRENT STUDENT JENNIFER CONROY

“Compassion underpins everything here in University College Cork. I am so privileged to have the opportunity to study on the BSW course and learn from such amazing staff, support staff and fellow students, all of whom have incredible passion and compassion. One of the core values for a social worker is compassion and I am honoured to be here with my classmates developing and enhancing our skills to be the best we can be in order to help others.”

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WORK PLACEMENT

Practice placements are an integral part of the course. You are required to complete two 14-week fieldwork placements, at least one of which might involve you moving outside of Cork (consideration is given to students with children and other caring responsibilities). The course has a wide range of placements within both voluntary organisations and statutory agencies in Ireland and abroad.

CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

The BSW leads to very good job prospects in a wide range of settings such as: adoption services, child protection, disability services, fostering, hospitals, mental health services and the probation services.

STUDY ABROAD

While we do not have an international study abroad pathway, we offer a wide range of placements within both voluntary organisations and statutory agencies abroad. We have strong links with agencies in Chicago (US), India and South Africa, and several students have completed placements with these organisations.

GRADUATE STUDY OPTIONS

Graduates of the BSW have undertaken further studies at Master and PhD levels including: MA Criminology, MA Sociology, MSocSc Social Policy, MSocSc Voluntary & Community Sector Management, & PhD Social Work. For more information on our postgraduate options please see the postgraduate study page at: www.ucc.ie/en/study/postgrad/.

Question Time...

Can students choose their own placements??

No. The School has a dedicated placement co-ordinator whose role is to source fieldwork placements.

Do I need to attend all classes?

Due to the fact that the BSW is a professionally accredited course, students are required to attend all classes and a record of attendance is kept.

DURATION 3 or 4 Years

MINIMUM CAO POINTS REQUIRED 2022 334

CAO POINTS RANGE 2022 334-597

APPROXIMATE AVAILABLE PLACES 50

LEAVING CERTIFICATE ENTRY REQUIREMENTS

Minimum grade H5 in two subjects and minimum grade O6/H7 in four other subjects. Subjects must include Irish, English, another language and three other subjects recognised for entry purposes.

APPROXIMATE MATURE STUDENT PLACES 3

APPROXIMATE QQI/FE STUDENT PLACES 2

INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS

www.ucc.ie/ugi

QQI/FE STUDENTS

www.ucc.ie/qqi/cacsss

COURSE PAGE ONLINE

www.ucc.ie/en/ck118

CONTACT INFORMATION

Dr Orla Murphy

o.murphy@ucc.ie

www.ucc.ie/en/dah

CURRENT STUDENT FIONA KEELEY

“I came to UCC to study Digital Humanities, but the university has offered me much more in the past three years. Saying yes to opportunities and actively pursuing them has led me to extraordinary places. I spent part of my third year of college in Dublin on work placement. The ambition instilled in me while at UCC had taught me to work competently and it allowed me to develop new skills in the workplace throughout the year. Moving to the capital also presented the chance to become involved in many different communities, and I wanted to make the most of my time in Dublin. I became a member of my local Toastmasters club; completed a diploma in radio journalism and became involved in a community radio station. This aspiration to further my skills while on my placement year grew from the ambition I had seen around me while at UCC.”

DIGITAL HUMANITIES AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY BA (Honours)

WHAT IS DIGITAL HUMANITIES AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY?

Digital Humanities and Information Technology is a ground-breaking course in which you will engage in the exploration of a broad range of Arts and Humanities topics, while also studying the principles of information technology and digital media. If you are interested in applying digital technologies to arts and humanities research, be it in language, literature, philosophy, politics, geography or similar, then we will take you on a journey which will allow you to explore how computers can be used to study culture and society, and what it means to be a human in the age of machines. You will develop the practical technical skills necessary to succeed in the digital age, while also seeking to discover what it is to be human in the digital age, and how we might see ourselves and others as humanity becomes ever more connected by digital technology. You will learn to interrogate and explore digital and cultural practices, while also using professional industry-standard tools in content development, knowledge representation, computerassisted analysis and digital narrative.

WHY UCC?

UCC is a pioneer in the field of Digital Humanities (DH) in Ireland – its unique programme allows you to take a mix of modules from across Arts, Digital Humanities, and Computer Science. The DH faculty comprises internationally recognised experts in their respective fields, all of whom are experienced in teaching and research. We have a specially designed state-of-the art Digital Humanities Active Learning Space which is a student-centred, high-tech, flexible space used for the delivery of lectures, workshops and seminars. It also offers dedicated digitisation facilities, as well as a variety of tools and technologies that will provide you, as a student in the arts and humanities, with an opportunity to ‘learn by doing’. These include 3D scanners and 3D printers, virtual reality kits, gaming systems and high-end photo equipment. You will have continual access to the DH room, meaning you will have your own dedicated space in which to collaborate, study and socialise.

WHAT WILL HELP YOU?

If you are interested in applying digital technologies to arts and humanities research, be it in language, literature, philosophy, politics, geography or similar, this may be the course for you.

COURSE STRUCTURE

You will attend lectures offered by a diverse and experienced team from across Arts, Digital Humanities, and Computer Science. We will support your learning with a mix of technical and theoretical subjects, engaging with key tools, technologies, issues, and debates. You will develop an understanding of key concepts in computing, as well as digital tools and techniques used for cultural understanding and sharing, such as text analysis, geospatial analysis, social network analysis, data visualisation for the arts and humanities, and digital curation. In addition to lectures, there are tutorials to support the course material, as well as workshops and lab sessions, which will help you to reinforce your learning and provide you with effective direct instruction in digital skills and tools.

FIRST YEAR MODULES

All modules are 5 credits unless otherwise stated.

CS1201 Introduction to Computer Systems (15 credits), CS1202 Programming for Digital Humanities I, CS1204 Databases for Digital Humanities, CS1203 Programming for Digital Humanities II, DH1001 Digital Humanities: Theories & Concepts I, DH1002 Digital Tools & Methods I, DH1003 Research Methods & Practices.

FIRST YEAR SUBJECT CHOICE

You will take one other subject (15 credits) from the following arts subjects and continue with this subject for the duration of your degree: Archaeology, Béaloideas, Celtic Civilisation, Chinese Studies, English, Geography, German, Greek, Italian, Latin, Philosophy, Politics, Religions & Global Diversity, Sociology, Spanish.

Please go to the individual subject pages for a list of first year modules to find out more details.

WORK PLACEMENT

Students may choose to undertake a work placement (optional) in their third year. Supported by a work placement specialist, students develop their résumés and learn interview techniques to prepare them for a range of placement opportunities. Students are supervised by UCC staff for the duration of their placement. Most placements are paid. You may also choose to study abroad (optional) for third year and you can avail of international partnerships with universities across the world.

CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

Graduate career opportunities exist across a range of sectors, both in the creative industries and tech sector: business intelligence, social engineering, cultural heritage & curation, customer experience, data analysis, digital content creation & management, digital publishing, education, software engineering development, UI & UX design, web design & development.

STUDY ABROAD

Students may also choose to study abroad (optional) during year three of the course through international partnerships with universities across the world as part of the Erasmus programme.

GRADUATE STUDY OPTIONS

Our Digital Humanities degree course will give you a solid knowledge of the practical and theoretical areas in the wide field of Arts and Information Technology. It will provide you with a concrete foundation that will facilitate your progress to more advanced studies at MA and PhD levels across many disciplines. DH discipline-specific options at UCC include: MA Digital Arts & Humanities, MA Digital Cultures (Online), PhD in Digital Arts & Humanities. For more information on other postgraduate options please see the postgraduate study page at: www.ucc.ie/en/study/postgrad/.

DURATION 3 Years

MINIMUM CAO POINTS REQUIRED 2022 566

CAO POINTS RANGE 2022 566-625

APPROXIMATE AVAILABLE PLACES 58

LEAVING CERTIFICATE ENTRY REQUIREMENTS

Minimum grade H5 in two subjects and minimum grade O6/H7 in four other subjects. Subjects must include Irish, English, another language and three other subjects recognised for entry purposes.

APPROXIMATE MATURE STUDENT PLACES 5

APPROXIMATE QQI/FE STUDENT PLACES 4

INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS

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COURSE PAGE ONLINE

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CONTACT INFORMATION

Bronagh Clarke

b.clarke@ucc.ie

www.ucc.ie/en/apsych

APPLIED PSYCHOLOGY BA (Honours)

WHAT IS APPLIED PSYCHOLOGY?

Psychology is of interest to a broad range of people, for an equally broad range of reasons. It is the subject that studies how people, who depend on each other for their sense of themselves as persons, think, feel, make sense of their experience and act. It also provides you with professional education in the use of psychological knowledge and skills in a variety of settings. You are probably interested in psychology for many reasons, from an interest in people and what makes them ‘tick’, to a fascination with the role the brain plays in the way people think and act, or a sense that you would like to train to be a Clinical Psychologist.

WHY UCC?

We aim to provide you with an education in psychology which meets the highest world standards, while recognising our established and on-going commitment to the application and use of that knowledge. We are accredited by the Psychological Society of Ireland (PSI) and graduates, with a Second Class Honours or above, are eligible for graduate membership of the PSI on completion of this course.

If you study with us you will also have access to specialised creative learning spaces, such as our Design Lab, where you will learn how to apply psychology to solving real-world problems. You will have the opportunity to collate data such as brain activity, cardiovascular stress, hormone levels and behaviour in our psychology research laboratories. The scope of psychology we offer can be seen in the variety of research areas that our staff are involved in such as: examining how children learn and develop; considering sensorimotor processes such as those involved in falling; examining the interpersonal processes involved in caring which may lead to healthier, experientially richer ageing; and the study of people’s engagement with social media and games and how such technology could be designed to give people a chance for a richer life, and much more.

WHAT WILL HELP YOU?

Biology is useful but not essential.

COURSE STRUCTURE

As a student on our course, you get a chance to engage with a wide breadth of topics which follows a rich, varied and challenging curriculum, from history to neuroscience, from culture to biology, from children to the elderly, from professional skills to statistical

and laboratory skills. You will complete courses that examine psychology from a philosophical and cultural perspective, enhance your critical thinking and scientific communication skills and help you to develop a strong understanding of the main modern fields of psychology.

We endeavour to provide you with a high level of contact with lecturers, tutors, and demonstrators. Classes are timetabled over the week, with compulsory attendance for practical sessions. In second year you will experience a shift towards more self-directed learning, although this is augmented by lectures and practical sessions. In your final year you will attend 8-10 hours of lectures on average, and focus your time more heavily on your independent research project. As with all undergraduate degrees, there is an expectation that you will devote time before and after lectures, and practical work, to reading, research and developing your knowledge across all courses in the degree.

FIRST YEAR MODULES

All modules are 5 credits unless otherwise stated.

AP1025 Applying Psychology to Personal & Professional Development, AP1030 Critical Skills for Psychologists, AP1031 Biological Psychology, AP1032 Lifespan Development, AP1033 Individual Differences, AP1035 Introduction to Neuroscience, Perception and Attention, AP1036 Learning & Behaviour, AP1037 Social Psychology, AP1038 Digital Literacy for Psychologists, AP1039 Research Methods in Psychology I (10 credits), AP1040 Research Design & Statistical Analyses I.

GRADUATE PROFILE

ALAN MEEHAN

Postdoctoral Researcher at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience (IoPPN) at King’s College London.

“The Applied Psychology course at SoAP provides students with an incredibly strong foundation in psychological research methods. Over the three years, I learned how to plan and conduct pieces of independent research, analyse data and write up my findings in a scientific way.”

CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

As a graduate of Applied Psychology, you will have the required foundation to follow a career in psychology including clinical practice and research. You will also use your knowledge of psychology in a wide range of careers, including advertising & marketing, clinical psychologist, the criminal justice system, human resource management, and social and health services. Recent graduates are working in a variety of positions, including for ABP, Alpha Ireland, Barretstown Children’s Charity, Department of Education & Skills, GlobeTech, and the National Health Service (NHS) in the UK.

GRADUATE STUDY OPTIONS

Taught postgraduate options at UCC include: HDip Psychology, MA Applied Psychology, MA Applied Psychology (Mental Health), MA Applied Psychology (Positive & Coaching Psychology), MA Work & Organisational Behaviour, MSc Neuroscience, PhD Applied Psychology, and PhD Arts (Track). For more information on our postgraduate options please see the postgraduate study page at: www.ucc.ie/en/study/postgrad/.

Question Time...

What’s the difference between Psychology and Applied Psychology?

There is no difference between an accredited Psychology degree and our accredited Applied Psychology degree. The School of Applied Psychology in UCC is thus named because we have a particular focus on applying psychology to real-world issues. This focus is also evident in our undergraduate degree, with modules in final year often centered on real-world applications.

Will this degree just teach me to be a therapist?

No, this degree will give you a broad grounding across all areas of psychology. There is a particular focus on research methods, data analysis (including statistics) and critical thinking.

Interesting fact:

Did you know that how we phrase questions has a significant impact on eyewitness memory? A witness is twice as likely to mistakenly remember seeing a gun if they are asked ‘Did you see the gun?’ vs. ‘Did you see a gun?’

DURATION 3 or 4 Years

MINIMUM CAO POINTS REQUIRED 2022 478

CAO POINTS RANGE 2022 478-625

APPROXIMATE AVAILABLE PLACES 30

LEAVING CERTIFICATE ENTRY REQUIREMENTS

Minimum grade H5 in two subjects and minimum grade O6/H7 in four other subjects. Subjects must include Irish, English, Mathematics, another language and any two other subjects recognised for entry purposes. Minimum grade O2/H6 in Mathematics.

APPROXIMATE MATURE STUDENT PLACES 3

APPROXIMATE QQI/FE STUDENT PLACES 2

INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS www.ucc.ie/ugi

QQI/FE STUDENTS

www.ucc.ie/qqi/cacsss

COURSE PAGE ONLINE

www.ucc.ie/en/ck121

CONTACT INFORMATION

Stephen Cullen

Stephen.cullen@ucc.ie www.ucc.ie/en/apsych

PSYCHOLOGY AND COMPUTING BA (Honours)

WHAT IS PSYCHOLOGY AND COMPUTING?

Our BA Psychology and Computing degree considers how psychological research, theory and knowledge is of increasing importance to the modern world, and addresses the engagement of psychology with the technology and systems that increasingly surround us. This is a degree that provides high-level technical skills training that will be of benefit to psychologists and software designers of the future, who will find themselves working with data science, big data analytics, AI, physiological sensing, online behaviour, neuroscience and experimental psychophysics. The programme is fully accredited as a psychology degree by the Psychological Society of Ireland.

Our programme draws on core computing and psychology modules and contains a strand of shared modules that explore the intersection between these disciplines. This combination makes for a unique undergraduate experience. You will be exposed to an interdisciplinary way of thinking and working from the very first day of the degree programme. By graduation you will have developed a skillset that will be attractive to employers in IT companies, increasingly bringing psychology research, values and methods to the forefront in professions of user experience (UX) design, user interface (UI) design, ergonomics, data science and user research.

WHY UCC?

Our course is the first of its kind in Ireland, and amongst the first internationally. For many years, UCC has had leading research groups, in both the School of Applied Psychology and the School of Computer Science and Information Technology, that study Human Computer Interaction (HCI), which is a field that brings together psychology and computing. HCIbased research includes, for example, the needs of children using social media, the educational potential of VR and computer games, how to support people with disabilities in using technology and the potential of e-health and m-health.

George Boole, UCC’s famous mathematician, whose Boolean algebra provided an ideal foundation for designing the electronic structure of computers, taught here in the 19th century and his legacy lives on in our Computer Science department, and among our staff who are among the best in their field. We also offer you the opportunity to take a fully paid work placement in third year if you wish, as well as

an option to specialise in psychology or computer science via a Psychology Conversion Course (HDip) or a Computing Conversion Course (HDip or MSc in Interactive Media) after graduation.

WHAT WILL HELP YOU?

Mathematics, physics, chemistry and biology are helpful subjects.

COURSE STRUCTURE

You will study an equal number of modules in both psychology and computing each year, with approximately 12 hours of lectures per week and additional laboratory work and tutorials. In first year you will benefit from contact with lecturers, tutors and demonstrators, and by second year you will shift towards more self-directed learning, although this is augmented by scheduled lectures and practical sessions. In your final year you will attend some lectures and focus your time more heavily on your team research project. This project, which will involve technology prototype design and evaluation, will be people-focused, and is led by staff from both Applied Psychology and Computer Science. You also have the opportunity of undertaking an optional work placement in third year, before completing your degree in fourth year.

While you will have some formal exams, many modules use other types of assessment such as examination-based assessment, essays and practical laboratory reports that describe your research. Other modules incorporate reflective journals, case studies, and class presentations into the assessment strategy. We also use online learning technologies, and some modules have assessments that involve participation in online discussion forums and other online assessments.

FIRST YEAR MODULES

All modules are 5 credits unless otherwise stated. AP1046 People & Technology, CS1023 Introduction to Human-Centred Computing, AP1107 User Experience (UX) Design, AP1035

Introduction to Neuroscience, Perception & Attention, AP1022 Social Psychology, AP1104 Research Methods in Psychology I, AP1040 Research Design & Statistical Analyses I, CS1111 Systems Organisation, CS1021

Introduction to Relational Databases I, CS1022 Introduction to Programming Problem-Solving (15 credits).

WORK PLACEMENT

Students will have the opportunity of undertaking an optional industry-based work placement in third year. At the end of second year, each student has the option of taking a nine-month work placement on an agreed work programme. The work programme will be jointly monitored by a member of the programme team and an employee of the placement organisation. Students are provided with learning opportunities in work settings relevant to the programme of study, and assessed on the basis of a reflective portfolio maintained by the students in conjunction with the placement provider and their academic supervisor. By the end of the placement, students are required to demonstrate a basic level of competence in the theory and practice from the course. They are also expected to be able to reflect on their experience and demonstrate personal development. Preparation for the placement pathway commences in second year, with weekly workshops extending across both semesters and students will benefit from extensive mentoring from UCC Careers Service.

CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

As a graduate of this degree, you will be well prepared for careers in a wide range of areas. Firstly, the degree can function as the first step in a professional psychology career, which would require subsequent masters-level qualifications. Secondly, graduates may pursue computing and IT career pathways. Thirdly graduates may be particularly well suited for positions in which you will develop an understanding of the requirements for technology, improve the design of technology, or evaluate the effectiveness of technology. Finally, graduates will be ideally suited for roles in which they creatively apply the most engaging user interface design ideas and work practices with multidisciplinary teams to design and develop products and services. These roles include: user experience (UX) design, user interface (UI) design, interaction design, usability, user research, service design and accessibility design.

GRADUATE STUDY OPTIONS

Graduates who wish to pursue a career in the psychology professions can do so via further study in professionally accredited Masters programmes. Since the BA Psychology and Computing is accredited by the Psychological Society of Ireland as a psychology degree, graduates achieving a 2.1 or higher will be eligible to enter MA programmes on clinical psychology, educational psychology, forensic psychology, work and organisational psychology, applied psychology, or any of the other psychologyrelated professions.

Graduates who wish to pursue a career in Software Development, IT, Software Engineering, Web Development, or any of the computing professions will be well placed to do so, through further study or direct routes. For more information on our postgraduate options please see the postgraduate study page at: www.ucc.ie/en/study/postgrad/.

GOVERNMENT AND POLITICAL SCIENCE

DURATION 4 Years

MINIMUM CAO POINTS REQUIRED 2022 423

CAO POINTS RANGE 2022 423-589

APPROXIMATE AVAILABLE PLACES 48

LEAVING CERTIFICATE ENTRY REQUIREMENTS

Minimum grade H5 in two subjects and minimum grade O6/H7 in four other subjects. Subjects must include Irish, English, another language and three other subjects recognised for entry purposes.

APPROXIMATE MATURE STUDENT PLACES 5

APPROXIMATE QQI/FE STUDENT PLACES 3

INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS

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COURSE PAGE ONLINE

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Department of Government and Politics

government@ucc.ie

www.ucc.ie/en/government-and-politics

WHAT WILL HELP YOU?

All we ask is that you are interested in current affairs, politics and the world around you. Civic, Social and Political Education (CSPE), which is offered on the Junior Certificate curriculum, provides a useful taster of some of the topics and issues which are addressed in our course. Leaving Certificate subjects which have some relevance include Politics and Society, History, Economics and Geography. But remember that you do not need to have studied any of these subjects to take the BSc Government and Political Science.

Now more than ever the study of government and politics is crucial. Politics affects everyone. Aristotle called politics the ‘master science’ for a reason – he understood that through politics, the future of the world is shaped. It is the activity through which people make, preserve and amend the rules under which we live. These rules govern our lives – when and where we can smoke, how much tax we pay on our wages, how many students will attend higher education every year, the age at which a person can retire. Political science is the study of governments, public policies and political processes, systems and political behaviour. There is no single reason to study politics. You may have an interest in the workings of government, or some questions about the civic nature of our society. Or some event – either domestic or international – may arouse your interest, making you want to know more than you can learn through television or newspapers. If you study politics, you will study the real world and develop the skills to make sense of that world!

WHY UCC?

The BSc Government and Political Science is one of an exciting suite of multidisciplinary UCC degrees, combining political science with a range of other subjects in business, law, social sciences and information technology. We will provide you with an energetic and supportive learning environment and are known for our student-friendly approach to education. We continually renew our offerings so that we can translate the opportunities of a new age into quality teaching for you. In third year you can avail of a work placement. These include a prestigious internship in the New York State Legislature as well as other highly prized placements in international and national institutions such as the European Parliament, Scottish Parliament, the Revenue Commissioners, local authorities and with political parties and political representatives.

You will be automatically registered as a member of the Government and Politics Society, which is the Department’s student society. It organises events throughout the year, including social outings, debates, guest speakers and the annual Government and Politics Society Ball. The Department hosts an annual Philip Monahan Lecture, a Jean Monnet Visiting Speaker Series and multiple workshops and seminars every year.

FOLLOW US

WHAT IS GOVERNMENT AND POLITICAL SCIENCE?

COURSE STRUCTURE

As part of our course you will study a range of modules in first year in politics and government, as well as public law, public and private management, and social policy. You will have approximately 12 hours of lectures each week, as well as tutorials, field trips and guest lectures throughout your degree. In second and third year you will take modules in key areas including Conflict and Conflict Resolution; Political Economy – Trade and Finance; European Government and Politics; Politics of the United States of America and much more. In third year you will undertake your work placement, either at home or abroad. The work placement component is developed from the moment you start the degree with introductory classes to the placement in first year. While you will have formal exams not all modules will have formal examinations. Many modules use other types of assessment including essays, oral presentations, submissions to government, letters to editors and poster design.

FIRST YEAR MODULES

All modules are 5 credits unless otherwise stated.

GV1102 Introduction to Government and Politics, GV1202 Politics of the European Union, GV1204 Democracy, Ideology & Utopia, GV1207 Politics & Government of Ireland, GV1215 Local Government & Politics of Ireland, GV1216 Analytical Thinking Skills in Political Science, GV1218 International Politics, LW1316 Public Law, MG1010 Public & Private Management, SS1302 Social Policy Analysis.

Students select modules to the value of 10 credits from the following:

FIRST YEAR ELECTIVE MODULES

AC1100 Introduction to Accounting, CH1001

Chinese Language (Mandarin) I (10 credits), EC1203 Macroeconomic Context & Business, FE1400 Local Development and Public Health (5 credits), FR0105 Introduction to French, FR1005 French for Near Beginners, FR1105 Threshold French, FR1107 French for Reading Purposes I, GA1002 Ceart na Gaeilge idir Scríobh agus Labhairt (10 credits), GE0005 German Language (CEFR-Level A2.1), GE0008 German Language (CEFR-Level A2.2), HS0028

Spanish Language (Beginner Level) (10 credits), HS0128

Spanish Language (Improver Level) (10 credits), IS1106 Introduction to Information Systems, IS1107 Information Systems for the Networked Enterprise, IT1109 Introduction to Written & Spoken Italian (10 credits), MG1004 Introduction to Management & Organisation.

WORK PLACEMENT

Work Placements are an integral part of this degree programme and you will undertake a 14-week work placement in third year, at home or abroad. Recent student placements have included the civil service, government agencies including the Revenue Commissioners and the Standards in Public Office Commission, the New York State Assembly, the Scottish Parliament, the European Parliament, lobbying organisations in Ireland and abroad, banks, insurance companies, media organisations, political parties and political representatives, PR companies, humanitarian groups and local government. The programme has a dedicated work placement manager who works with students on selecting placements and on their preparation. We also have strong links with the Washington-Ireland Programme (WIP) and the George Mitchell Scholarship Programme.

CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

The BSc Government and Political Science has a strong employment track record with graduates taking up opportunities in both the public and private sectors. Our students have gone on to a variety of careers which include: Civil Service (e.g. Government Departments, Revenue Commissioners); International organisations (e.g. United Nations, Wellcome Trust, Mine Action Service); Journalism (e.g. Irish Examiner, Evening Echo); Political adviser (e.g. Spokesperson to the Mayor of London, Deputy Spokesperson to the British Prime Minister, political staff of Ministers, TDs, and Senators); Private sector (e.g. Bank of Ireland, KPMG, LinkedIn, Musgrave, Allianz Technology); Public service, (e.g. Central Bank of Ireland, HSE, Cork City Council, second and third level education); and Television (e.g. BBC).

GRADUATE STUDY OPTIONS

Government and Political Science discipline-specific options at UCC include: MRes Government & Politics, MRes Government & Public Policy, MSc Government & Politics, MSc International Public Policy & Diplomacy. For more information on other postgraduate options please see the postgraduate study page at: www.ucc.ie/en/study/postgrad/.

Note: The following conditions apply to Language modules:

Students may not select a Language module where there is a timetable clash with core modules.

GA (Irish) and Language modules: The level at which a student is permitted to take a particular GA or language module will be determined by an assessment carried out at the start of the first Semester, by Roinn na Nua-Ghaeilge in the case of GA coded modules, and the relevant Department in the case of other language modules.

Italian: Students wishing to take IT1109 are recommended to have a minimum of Grade H4 in another modern continental language, or Irish, Latin or Greek in the Leaving Certificate Examination (or equivalent).

ANTHROPOLOGY BA (Honours) CK123

DURATION 3 or 4 Years

MINIMUM CAO POINTS REQUIRED 2022 318

CAO POINTS RANGE 2022 318-566

APPROXIMATE AVAILABLE PLACES 28

LEAVING CERTIFICATE ENTRY REQUIREMENTS

Minimum grade H5 in two subjects and minimum grade O6/H7 in four other subjects. Subjects must include Irish, English, another language and three other subjects recognised for entry purposes.

APPROXIMATE MATURE STUDENT PLACES 3

APPROXIMATE QQI/FE STUDENT PLACES 2

INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS www.ucc.ie/ugi

QQI/FE STUDENTS www.ucc.ie/qqi/cacsss

COURSE PAGE ONLINE www.ucc.ie/en/ck123

CONTACT INFORMATION

Professor William O’Brien

w.obrien@ucc.ie

www.ucc.ie/en/anthropology

ANTHROPOLOGY

WHERE WILL YOUR DEGREE TAKE YOU?

WHAT IS ANTHROPOLOGY?

Anthropology is the comparative study of humankind in the cultures of the world, both past and present. This exciting subject brings many academic disciplines together to examine what defines us as humans and explain how we came to be the way we are. It is a unique way of looking at the world, offering a greater understanding of the human experience and a strong sense of global citizenship to meet the challenges of the future.

WHY UCC?

This is the first full degree in Anthropology in the Irish university system. The interdisciplinary nature of this degree, modeled on the North American approach, is unique in a European context. The course will provide you with academic learning and applied skills in anthropology and in the major sub-fields of archaeology and sociology. Our teaching staff are leading researchers in different fields of anthropology so you will benefit by learning from staff who are among the best in their field. You will have the option to spend your third year in a university abroad should you wish to widen your cultural experience. We will provide you with a solid foundation for graduate training that will lead to direct and indirect employment in professional areas of social science and archaeology, with work opportunities in a variety of government and non-government agencies, community groups, and in areas of industry such as market research, human resources and public services.

WHAT WILL HELP YOU?

While we don’t require you to have any specific Leaving Certificate subject you should have a broad interest in the study of humankind in different societies of the world.

COURSE STRUCTURE

During your time with us you will explore exciting areas of archaeology and sociology, as well as disciplines such as Celtic civilization, ethnography and folklore, ethnomusicology, history, philosophy, and religions and global diversity. We will provide you with the intellectual and practical means to understand cultural diversity around the world, and with an ability to view our own culture in a critical manner. While your timetable will vary depending on the subjects you choose, you can expect to have contact time of around 16 hours per week in first year, with each subject having three lectures per week plus a onehour tutorial. Class contact time in second and third

year is broadly similar but will vary depending on which module options you choose.

Your first year provides a strong foundation in important disciplines that span the broader field of Anthropology. An introductory module will provide a broad overview of the aims, approaches and transdisciplinary nature of Anthropology. Students then take four subjects at introductory level, with no prior knowledge required. Archaeology (to include Physical Anthropology) and Sociology (to include Cultural Anthropology) are offered as core disciplines. A third subject, History, is important to the study of Anthropology, because in human affairs the present is always closely linked to the past. The fourth subject in first year is a choice between Religions & Global Diversity or Folklore & Ethnology.

FIELD TRIPS

You may be required to attend field trips in some modules, generally involving one or two weekend days each year. You will also attend an Anthropology field school in second year, where a residential course is held during the Easter period.

FIRST YEAR MODULES

All modules are 5 credits unless otherwise stated.

AY1001 Introduction to Anthropology, AR1001

The Archaeology of Ireland in Context (15 credits), SC1005 Introduction to Sociology, SC1006 Key Issues in Sociology (10 credits), HI1007 Anti-Semitism in Europe from the Middle Ages to the Holocaust, HI1012 Women in Europe since 1800.

Plus one 15 credit module from the following:

FIRST YEAR ELECTIVE MODULES

RG1001 Religions in the Contemporary World (15 credits), FL1004 Introduction to Irish Folklore & Ethnology (15 credits).

WORK PLACEMENT

The College of Arts, Celtic Studies and Social Sciences (CACSSS) will support you in developing your career interests through a workplace engagement. PX3001 is an accredited Professional Work Experience module that allows CACSSS students to explore and develop their career interests. This module, which may be taken in any year of your undergraduate studies, allows you to explore an interest in a particular area of professional employment, while also acquiring experience and skills that will support your broader career development.

CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

The employability of anthropologists has expanded as the world becomes more globalised. Anthropologists are trained together and interpret data about human societies, skills that can lead to employment with government and non-government agencies, academia, industry and community bodies. Career options include working as an archaeologist and forensic anthropologist, in arts administration and creative industries, social media organisations, community work, museums and heritage centres, journalism, librarianship, market research, human resources and the media. Anthropology graduates work in State Bodies providing public services, and with international agencies and non-governmental organisations in development, human rights and environmental areas.

STUDY ABROAD

You can study abroad for one year if you select the International Pathway option in this degree. You will be placed in universities in Europe and North America that have leading courses in anthropology.

GRADUATE STUDY OPTIONS

On graduation you have several career training options in UCC and in other Irish and overseas universities. UCC offers a one-year taught MA Anthropology, as well as more specialised MA courses in areas such as sociology, criminology, ethnomusicology, archaeology, human remains analysis, museum studies, among others. For more information on our postgraduate options please see the postgraduate study page at: www.ucc.ie/en/study/postgrad/.

Interesting Facts:

Anthropology is the ultimate ‘science of humanity’. It is essential knowledge for the 21st century and is crucial in our attempt to come to terms with a globalised world, and to promote understanding and respect across real or imagined cultural divides.

@CACSSS1 COLLEGE OF ARTS, CELTIC STUDIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES

EDUCATION - GAEILGE BEd (Honours) CK124

DURATION 4 Years

MINIMUM CAO POINTS REQUIRED 2022 408

CAO POINTS RANGE 2022 408-625

APPROXIMATE AVAILABLE PLACES 40

LEAVING CERTIFICATE ENTRY REQUIREMENTS

At least six subjects must be presented, Minimum grade H3 in Irish, minimum grade H5 in one subject and minimum grade O6/H7 in four other subjects. Subjects must include Irish, English, another language and three other subjects recognised for entry purposes. The following requirements apply depending on what second subject you choose:

Mathematical Studies: a minimum Leaving Certificate grade H4 in Mathematics is required.

Language chosen with Irish: French: a minimum Leaving Certificate grade H3 in French is required. Note: There is no Beginners option in French.

Non-Beginners German: a minimum Leaving Certificate grade H4 in German is required.

Non-Beginners Italian: a minimum Leaving Certificate grade H4 in Italian is required.

Non-Beginners Spanish: a minimum Leaving Certificate grade H4 in Spanish is required.

Please note: All students qualify for beginner’s language options on the basis of the H3 Irish entry requirement.

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS

Students are subject to Garda vetting and Fitness to Practise, see page 125.

APPROXIMATE MATURE STUDENT PLACES 4

APPROXIMATE QQI/FE STUDENT PLACES 2

INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS www.ucc.ie/ugi

QQI/FE STUDENTS www.ucc.ie/qqi/cacsss

COURSE PAGE ONLINE www.ucc.ie/en/ck124

CONTACT INFORMATION

Ms. Jennifer Crowley

j.crowley@ucc.ie

www.ucc.ie/en/modern-irish

WHAT IS EDUCATION - GAEILGE?

Fochéim ceithre bliana í seo do dhaoine ar mhian leo bheith ina múinteoirí dara leibhéil sa Ghaeilge agus in ábhar eile (Mata, Fraincis, Gearmáinis, Spáinnis, nó Iodáilis).

Our course allows you to qualify as a secondary school teacher of Irish in combination with a second subject from French, Spanish, German, Italian and Mathematical Studies. You will be introduced to best practice in teaching, learning and educational research with special emphasis on meeting the diverse needs of learners, on the curriculum and on current issues in education. Your studies in Gaeilge immerse you in Irish language and literature. Delivered through Irish, you can expect to develop informed opinions on Irish life and civilization, through forming a thorough acquaintance with the primary sources for this central element of Irish heritage. If you choose to study a language as your second teaching subject, you will engage in intensive language teaching, accompanied by teaching in literature and other aspects of the culture and history of the countries where those languages are spoken.

WHY UCC?

Tá cáil ar Choláiste na hOllscoile, Corcaigh, maidir le léann na Gaeilge agus léann an Oideachais. Tá caidreamh láidir againn leis an bpobal lasmuigh den Ollscoil - sna Gaeltachtaí agus sna scoileanna.

We are committed to serving the Irish Education Community through our provision of quality teacher education and our education work-placements, with UCC’s network of school affiliations, will position you strongly for employment in the education sector. Irish in UCC has an international reputation and the importance of Irish Studies and of Irish language and literature within UCC and in Irish life in general continues to be of the highest importance to us. Longestablished and ever-growing links between UCC and the Gaeltacht areas on its doorstep provide you with ready-made centres of excellence for teaching and learning of Gaeilge. We have ensured that you have access to Gaeltacht and Erasmus residencies so that when you graduate you will have completed all The Teaching Council requirements. We are employmentfocused and will provide you with the subject knowledge and professional skills you need to fulfill your teaching dreams.

WHAT WILL HELP YOU?

Subjects: Gaeilge, Fraincis, Iodáilis, Spáinnis, Gearmáinis, Matamaitic.

COURSE STRUCTURE

Cúrsa ilghnéitheach é seo ó thosach deireadh. Beidh béim go háirithe ar shaol an lae inniu, ar an dteanga bheo, ar an litríocht chomhaimseartha, agus ar chultúr agus dhúchas na n-ábhar go léir.

During your time with us you will have a range of learning experiences including lectures and smallgroup classes such as tutorials and seminars. Conversation classes and language laboratory work will also feature in your learning journey. Modules are generally assessed by a combination of written examination and continuous assessments (essays, journals, projects, and presentations). The Education component of your degree will begin in second year and continue to your final year, and will contain lectures on subject-specific teaching methodologies as well as school-based work placements. To practice in Ireland, you will need to comply with subjectspecific Teaching Council requirements. In the languages, this refers particularly to modular content, residency in the area where the language is spoken, and overall linguistic ability. In our degree, a threemonth Gaeltacht residency will be accommodated within the course, as will a three-month Erasmus residency for those students taking a second language, to ensure that you meet all the necessary requirements for a teaching career.

FIRST YEAR MODULES

Irish/Gaeilge

GA1003 Bunstaidéar ar Theanga agus ar Chultúr na Gaeilge (15 credits), GA1008 An Nualitríocht (10 credits), GA1009 An Ghaeilge Bheo (5 credits).

FIRST YEAR SUBJECT CHOICE

Plus 30 credits from one of the following subjects: Mathematical Studies, French, German, Spanish or Italian.

WORK PLACEMENT & STUDY ABROAD

The elements of the degree completed in the four years include Erasmus/Gaeltacht semesters. You will have school placements throughout Years 2, 3 and 4 of the degree. The first semester (September to November) of second year will be spent entirely in a Gaeltacht location. Where another language is chosen as the second subject, the second semester of third year will be spent entirely in a country where that language is spoken

CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

Eascraíonn an chéim seo as ráiteas Rialtais inar aithníodh an phráinn a bhain le tabhairt faoi ghanntanas na múinteoirí Gaeilge le hábhair eile san earnáil dara leibhéil. Is é toradh an ghanntanais sin ná raidhse deiseanna fostaíochta do chéimithe sa BEd Gaeilge.

In the Irish educational system at present there is a shortage of teachers of Irish and of the other subjects offered in this degree. This is recognised by the Department of Education and Skills in the Teacher Supply Action Plan 2018, which encourages teachertraining degrees ‘which qualify teachers in two subject areas’ including those subjects offered by this degree: Irish, Mathematics, French, German, Spanish, and Italian. Teachers of these subjects are in demand in both Irish- and English-speaking schools. Gaelcholáistí are experiencing shortages of teachers qualified to teach second subjects through Irish. Both shortages are addressed through this BEd, and graduates can expect a high employability profile.

GRADUATE STUDY OPTIONS

Discipline-specific postgraduation study options at UCC include: MEd Education, MA Modern Irish (Nua-Ghaeilge), MA Languages & Cultures, and MA Translation Studies. For more information on other postgraduate options please see the postgraduate study page at: www.ucc.ie/en/study/postgrad/.

Question Time...

For a list of subject choice modules please refer to https://www.ucc.ie/en/ck124/.

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If

If you change your mind you will still have a full undergraduate degree in Irish and a second subject.

I change my mind about teaching after my degree what is the nature of my degree?

DURATION 4 Years

MINIMUM CAO POINTS REQUIRED 2022 532

CAO POINTS RANGE 2022 532-613

APPROXIMATE AVAILABLE PLACES 50

LEAVING CERTIFICATE ENTRY REQUIREMENTS

Minimum grade H5 in two subjects and minimum grade O6/H7 in four other subjects. Subjects must include Irish, English, another language and three other subjects recognised for entry purposes.

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENT

Students are subject to Garda vetting and Fitness to Practise, see page 125.

APPROXIMATE MATURE STUDENT PLACES 5

APPROXIMATE QQI/FE STUDENT PLACES 9

INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS

www.ucc.ie/ugi

QQI/FE STUDENTS

www.ucc.ie/qqi/cacsss

COURSE PAGE ONLINE

www.ucc.ie/en/ck125

CONTACT INFORMATION

sportsstudiesandphysicaleducation@ucc.ie

www.ucc.ie/en/education

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PHYSICAL EDUCATION, SPORTS STUDIES AND ARTS BEd (Honours)

WHAT IS SPORTS STUDIES AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION?

The Physical Education, Sports Studies and Arts degree is a dynamic course that allows you to become a fully qualified secondary school Physical Education teacher with an additional subject from English, Gaeilge/Irish, Mathematics, French or History. You will become an agent of change in the areas of physical education, sport, and physical activity settings and explore exciting and innovative subjects such as methods and practices of teaching, health, psychology, biomechanics, motor competence and exercise physiology. You will learn to teach a range of curricular based sports such as dance, gymnastics, athletics, games, and adventure education, so that you can become a creative educator in a range of settings.

WHY UCC?

John F. Kennedy once stated that ‘Intelligence and skill can only function at the peak of their capacity when the body is healthy and strong’. Within our degree programme, we seek to educate our future student teachers on the associated mind and body connection within our subject of Physical Education.

Our course is very fortunate to have state-of-theart facilities within UCC, including unique outdoor learning spaces and the beautiful Mardyke Arena. The Mardyke Arena’s premium standards and exceptional facilities allow our staff and students to use this space for meaningful teaching and learning – examples include our aquatics module in the swimming pool, our exercise physiology module on the outdoor track, our coaching science module in the sports hall, and many of our sports pedagogy modules in the lecture rooms and dance studios. As our staff are experts and leading researchers in their discipline, you have access to the best available knowledge throughout the course. We have several teaching, coaching and community placements throughout your time with us. We continue to work in partnership with schools, clubs, and the community to ensure that all our students obtain a meaningful educational experience in their four-year degree.

WHAT WILL HELP YOU?

One of the most important considerations for you if you are interested in studying our course is that you are encouraged to possess a true passion for working with children and young people within school settings. While it is important that you enjoy

participating or promoting sports and physical activities for optimal health and wellbeing, our degree is not a ‘sports only’ degree.

COURSE STRUCTURE

During your time with us, you will study a wide variety of content areas, including curriculum; teaching, coaching and learning; assessment; a range of sport and physical education activities; coaching science; health and wellness; disability and more. You will have several teaching, coaching, and community placements throughout your time on this degree programme, through which you will gain significant practical experiences. While you will have formal exams during the winter and summer months, many modules use continuous and formative types of assessment, including in-class tests, oral presentations, end-of-semester assessments, digital portfolios, online learning tasks, reflections and micro-teaching/micro-coaching. During this process you will acquire invaluable transferable skills of independent, critical thinking which will stand to you for the rest of your career in teaching and outside teaching. To support you while on this programme we also operate a comprehensive wellbeing mentoring programme involving buddy mentoring, tutor mentoring and teacher/coach mentors.

FIRST YEAR MODULES

All modules are 5 credits unless otherwise stated.

AN1063 Anatomy of Exercise, DH1001 Digital Humanities: Theories & Concepts I, ED1308 Sport Psychology: Fundamentals and Application, ED1309 Motor Development and Learning for Skill Competence, ED1310 Introduction to Exercise Physiology, Diet and Nutrition, ED1314 CurriculumBased Physical Activities 1 (Ad. Ed., Athletics, Swimming), ED1323 Curriculum-Based Physical Activities 2 (Badminton, Rounders/Cricket, Combat), ED1324 Pedagogical Foundations, ED1325

Curriculum and Pedagogical Coherence in Junior Cycle

FIRST YEAR SUBJECT CHOICE

One Arts subject (15 credits) from the following: English, French (a student will not normally be allowed to select French unless (s)he has attained a pass standard in French in the Leaving Certificate Examination [or equivalent]), Gaeilge/Irish, History and Mathematics.

Please go to the individual subject pages for a list of first year modules to find out more details.

WORK PLACEMENT

We have broken down our compulsory work placement requirements over the four-year duration of your course as follows:

Year 2: School Placement teaching Physical Education;

Year 3: School Placement teaching chosen Arts;

Year 4: School Placement teaching Physical Education and Arts subject (entire school year).

CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

This course equips graduates to work in areas such as: coaching settings, education at secondary school level (Ireland and abroad), health and wellbeing settings (Ireland and abroad), physical activity and inclusion environments, sport promotion in the community. A sample of recent workplaces for our graduates include: Ardscoil na Mara, Belvedere College, Carrigaline Community School, Coláiste an Phiarsaigh, Cork Education & Training Board, Regina Mundi College, Scoil Mhuire, St Colman’s Community College, The King’s Hospital School, and the Department of Education & Skills.

GRADUATE STUDY OPTIONS

Some of the sectors in which past students have undertaken further study and postgraduate studies include: coaching education, curriculum policy, medicine, physical literacy, public health, sport economics, sport inclusion and teacher education. Recent graduates have undertaken HDip in ArtsEnglish, MEd Education, and MPB Public Health. For more information on other postgraduate options please see the postgraduate study page at: www.ucc.ie/en/study/postgrad/.

STUDY ABROAD

Note for Irish and French students: the Teaching Council require that students must have verifiable residential experience (in France or Gaeltacht). In order to fulfill this requirement, students may opt to register for an additional 5 credit module, ED2319, which is available to students taking this programme. The module is taken in addition to the prescribed programme requirements. Work towards this module can be undertaken in part in Semester 3 of years 1, 2 or 3 but must be completed in full in time for examination at the Summer Examination Board in the Fourth Year of the programme. Students who wish to take this module will register for it in Fourth Year.

Alternatively, students who choose not to register for ED2319 will be expected to provide the Teaching Council with proof of their residency (such as a letter from their landlord/employer) upon application to register as a Newly Qualified teacher.

APPLIED MATHEMATICS

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WHAT IS APPLIED MATHEMATICS?

Applied Mathematics is the application of mathematics to the modelling and solving of practical, real-world problems. Today, we can see how mathematics is at the very heart of many disciplines including business, economics, engineering, finance, geography & geology, and the sciences. Applied mathematicians develop analytical and numerical techniques and use them in the construction of mathematical models capable of describing a wide range of physical and related phenomenon. Fundamentally we are looking at the practical application of mathematics to real world and physical problems. So, if you have a good feel for puzzles, games, and mathematical conundrums, and you have an aptitude for mathematics and mathematical problems, Applied Mathematics could be a fantastic choice for you.

POINTS TO NOTE

• Students who wish to take Applied Mathematics must have achieved at least a H3 in Mathematics in the Leaving Certificate (or equivalent).

• This is a Group 2(b) subject listed in the Arts Subject Groups table (page 119). Students can only study one subject from Group 2(a) and 2(b) in second and third year.

CONTACT INFORMATION

School of Mathematical Sciences

sms@ucc.ie

www.ucc.ie/en/matsci

WHY UCC?

The primary mission of the School of Mathematical Sciences at UCC is to provide you with the highest quality education in mathematics, applied mathematics, and statistics. Our tradition of excellence dates to George Boole (1815-1864), the first Professor of Mathematics at UCC who is renowned for transforming mathematics as a discipline. The emphasis throughout this three-year course is on developing and enhancing your problem-solving skills. Computers play a central role in Applied Mathematics, as many problems can be solved by making use of computers to perform immense numerical computations far beyond the power of human beings. Numerical computation encompasses scientific programming, the use of sophisticated mathematical software libraries, computer laboratory experiments and numerical analysis. The course content at UCC reflects this and the School of Mathematical Sciences has dedicated computer laboratories for this purpose.

Question Time...

Do you need to study Mathematics as well as Applied Mathematics?

Yes – in first year you must also take Mathematics, and that means that you need a H3 in Leaving Certificate Mathematics. However, you don’t have to continue with Mathematics after first year if you want to combine Applied Mathematics with another Arts subject. Please note though that Applied Mathematics cannot be combined with Mathematical Studies in any year.

WHAT WILL HELP YOU?

Whilst prior knowledge of Applied Mathematics at Leaving Certificate level is helpful, it is not an essential requirement for this course. However, you must have achieved at least a H3 in Mathematics in the Leaving Certificate (or equivalent).

WORK PLACEMENT

The College of Arts, Celtic Studies and Social Sciences (CACSSS), where the School of Mathematical Sciences is located, will support you in developing your career interests through a workplace engagement. This Professional Work Experience module (PX3001) may be taken in any year of your undergraduate studies.

CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

As a graduate, your technical, computational and numeracy skills will prepare you for a range of employment opportunities. Your soft skills, such as oral and written presentation skills and experience of working in a team, will also be attractive to employers. A degree that includes mathematics will be seen by employers as evidence that you are able to think independently and quickly learn new skills. Recent graduates have embarked on career paths such as: accountancy & banking, civil service, data analytics, insurance, management services, pharmaceutical & biotechnological industries, software & computing, and teaching/academia.

COURSE STRUCTURE

As a student of Applied Mathematics you will study a variety of mathematical modules from aspects of classical applied mathematics, to the use of applied mathematics in modern computer programming, and elements of the modern areas of chaos, and dynamical systems, for example. Lectures are usually scheduled Monday to Friday and your timetable will differ depending on the subjects selected. In first year, each subject entails three to four lectures per week plus a one-hour tutorial. Tutorials are student-centred, supportive learning environments, in which any issues can be discussed in more detail. Even though students take only two Arts subjects after first year, the workload is broadly similar. Each 5-credit module comprises approximately 24 one-hour lectures per semester, plus additional language laboratories for languages.

FIRST YEAR MODULES

All modules are 5 credits unless otherwise stated.

AM1052 Introduction to Mechanics, AM1053

Introduction to Mathematical Modelling, AM1054 Mathematical Software.

STUDY ABROAD

If you study Applied Mathematics through CK108 Arts International, or any International Pathway, you will spend third year abroad, studying in an approved university. After your year abroad you will return to UCC to complete your final year of studies. The programme currently has links with universities in Belgium, Canada, China, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Mexico, and the USA, among others.

GRADUATE STUDY OPTIONS

Further study options for students who graduate with Applied Mathematics as part of their degree include: MSc Actuarial Science; MSc Data Science & Analytics; MSc Financial & Computational Mathematics; MSc Mathematical Modelling & Self-Learning Systems; MPhil Applied Mathematics; and PhD in Applied Mathematics. For more information on our postgraduate options please see the postgraduate study page at: www.ucc.ie/en/study/postgrad/

GRADUATE PROFILE

DANIEL MERRICK

“I enjoyed studying Applied Mathematics and I’ve always revelled in being challenged and savour the satisfaction of solving problems. The programme explores diverse and interesting subjects such as chaos and dynamical systems. The learning experience is comprised of formal lectures, tutorials, computer labs, group work, presentations as well as guided but independent research.”

Interesting Fact:

Applied Mathematics was initially focused on solving problems in physics, such as the motion of the projectiles used in warfare for example. These days mathematical models are used in all walks of life. For example, the mathematical study of networks can be applied to look at the spread of messages through social media.

POINTS TO NOTE: Students taking Applied Mathematics in first year must also take Mathematics (MA1055). Applied Mathematics may not be combined with modules from Mathematical Studies (MS1002, MS1003, MS1004).

ARCHAEOLOGY

SUBJECT OFFERED THROUGH:

The Department is known for its innovative fieldwork, going back to the Lough Gur excavations by Professor Sean P. Ó Riordáin, and the excavation and restoration of Newgrange with Professor Michael O’Kelly. Our teaching continues to be delivered by expert researchers who are leading knowledge creators in their different fields of interest. The Department has excellent teaching and research facilities, including dedicated project rooms for research groups, as well as laboratory facilities, computer/GIS rooms, and fieldwork equipment.

WHAT WILL HELP YOU?

While we do not require you to have specific subjects in your Leaving Certificate, if you are considering Archaeology you should have a broad interest in subjects like history and geography.

COURSE STRUCTURE

CONTACT INFORMATION

Professor William O’Brien

archaeology@ucc.ie

www.ucc.ie/en/archaeology

WHAT IS ARCHAEOLOGY?

Archaeology is the study of the human past, where material evidence is used to understand how people and societies lived in the ancient and recent times. This involves looking at why human cultures emerged and changed over time. The subject investigates many important developments in the human story, such as the evolution of Homo Sapiens, the adoption of farming, early urbanism, and the origins of social complexity. Archaeologists collaborate with scientists in other disciplines to discover, record and date ancient objects, sites, and landscapes, and to analyse human and environmental remains. That record is part of our cultural heritage, and archaeologists play an important role protecting this resource for future generations.

WHY UCC?

UCC has been a centre for the study of Archaeology since the first professor, Sir Bertram Windle, was appointed in 1909. The Department of Archaeology has a reputation for excellence in teaching and research, and offers one of the most diverse range of undergraduate courses on offer in the Irish University system. Our research strengths include physical anthropology and bioarchaeology, architectural heritage, prehistory, and early medieval studies.

You can take Archaeology as one of four subjects in the Arts programme. Our first year course provides a broad introduction to the discipline and to the work of the archaeologist in different types of employment. The course includes a general introduction to the archaeology of Ireland, spanning some ten millennia, from the earliest human settlement of the island to the early modern era. In second and third year advanced training in Irish and European archaeology is provided, as well as skills-orientated courses necessary for career development. The degree seeks to balance teaching on archaeological theory and culture history with courses dealing with fieldwork and scientific approaches to the past.

FIRST YEAR MODULE

AR1001 The Archaeology of Ireland in Context (15 credits).

Interesting Fact:

Archaeologists are ‘detectives of the past’, using forensic methods to understand how people lived and died at different times. Archaeology in UCC is the leading centre for research excavation in Ireland, including such famous sites as Newgrange. Our staff have also been central to the development of rescue excavation in urban and rural settings.

WORK PLACEMENT

There may be opportunities to work on archaeological excavations during the summer with department staff, commercial companies, and other bodies. The College of Arts, Celtic Studies and Social Sciences, where our Department is located, will support you in developing your career interests through a workplace engagement. Our Professional Work Experience Module (PX3001) may be taken in any year of your undergraduate studies. This is designed to prepare students for transition to the workplace on graduation.

CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

Archaeology is a professional career qualification, with employment opportunities in Ireland and abroad. Archaeologists work for various State heritage bodies in central and local government, such as the National Monuments Service and the National Museum of Ireland. Commercial archeologists service the requirements of State agencies such as the National Roads Authority, and developers in the private sector. Archaeologists are necessary for survey and excavation oversight, environmental impact assessment, heritage conservation projects, and media and tourism initiatives. If you study Archaeology you will acquire important skills that are transferable to other areas of employment, including the ability to think critically, to problem-solve and to carry out research, as well as practical skills in fieldwork and computer applications.

GRADUATE PROFILE COLM MOLONEY

“I am managing director of Rubicon Heritage Services, a leading archaeology consultancy serving the Irish and UK markets. Since graduating from UCC I have worked in commercial archaeology in Scotland, France, England and Ireland. I love my job, enjoying the outdoor lifestyle, as well as the academic challenge of making sense of sites and monuments we excavate and survey. My days can involve business meetings in the office, excavation and survey in the field, writing or being interviewed for radio and television. My time at UCC provided me with a solid foundation for work as a professional archaeologist in Ireland and abroad.”

STUDY ABROAD & FIELD TRIPS

If you study Archaeology through CK108 Arts International you will spend your third year abroad, studying in an approved university of the major language or subject. After your year abroad you will return to UCC to complete the final year of your study. The programme currently has links with universities in Belgium, Canada, China, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Mexico, and the USA among others.

There is a strong fieldwork element in our BA Archaeology programme. Many of our course modules have field excursions, where students are introduced to the rich archaeological heritage of Ireland and receive field survey training. Students also undertake project work on archaeological sites and landscapes.

GRADUATE STUDY OPTIONS

Further study options for students who graduate with Archaeology as part of their degree include: MA Human Osteoarchaeology, MA Museum Studies, MPhil Archaeology, PhD Archaeology. For more information on our postgraduate options please see the postgraduate study page at: www. ucc.ie/en/study/postgrad/

ASIAN STUDIES

SUBJECT OFFERED THROUGH:

a background in Asian Studies also find it easier to differentiate themselves from other candidates on the job market. The degree year in Asia, which most students take up, equips them with a wide array of cross-cultural and communication skills easily marketable in a wide range of job seeking environments. It also sets them apart in demonstrating a capacity for tolerance and resilience.

COURSE STRUCTURE

CONTACT INFORMATION

Kiri Paramore

kiri.paramore@ucc.ie www.ucc.ie/en/asian

WHAT IS ASIAN STUDIES?

Asia is the fastest growing economic centre in the world, home to more than half the world’s population, and many of the world’s great philosophical and religious traditions. Asian studies involves the study of the political, economic, societal and cultural factors and ideas shaping international politics, economy and culture in East Asia. This will prepare you for a career in foreign relations and global policy, or with Asia-Pacific oriented multinational corporations and international organisations.

WHY UCC?

The 21st century has been dubbed the ‘Asian century’ because of the rapidly rising economic, cultural, and political importance, on the world stage, of Asian countries, especially China, Korea, and Japan. We offer the only comprehensive undergraduate programme in Asian Studies on the island of Ireland. If you study with us you will benefit from our committed Asian Studies department which houses a number of exceptional Asian Studies institutes, including the Irish Institute of Chinese Studies, Irish Institute of Japanese Studies, Irish Institute of Korean Studies, and UCC Confucius Institute, all of which are managed by Asian Studies faculty members and are closely linked with the Asian Studies programme.

Graduates of Asian Studies often go on to careers in the Department of Foreign Affairs, multi-national companies based in Ireland or other EU countries, as well as a variety of careers in Asia. Students with

The course focuses on contemporary Asia, beginning with an overview of the entire region, including Asian diasporas worldwide. You will choose modules from a variety of disciplines focusing on Asia, allowing you to study countries or regions in more depth, and to study one or more Asian language, if you wish. Lectures are usually scheduled Monday to Friday and in first year you will have three to four lectures per week plus a one-hour tutorial. Language subjects will have additional weekly language laboratories.

FIRST YEAR MODULE

AS1001 Introduction to Modern Asia (15 credits).

Question Time...

How many languages can I study?

You can study up to a maximum of three languages but usually students study just one Asian language.

Do I have to study a language as part of this course?

No, but you can, and most students do.

What languages are offered as part of Asian Studies?

Chinese, Japanese and Korean are offered as language options within Asian Studies.

WORK PLACEMENT

The College of Arts, Celtic Studies and Social Sciences (CACSSS), which is home to the Department of Asian Studies, will support you in developing your career interests through a workplace engagement. This Professional Work Experience module (PX3001) may be taken in any year of your undergraduate studies.

CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

As Asia plays an ever more important role in the world, the number of domestic and international companies and institutions that are doing business, or working with, Asia is increasing. All of these organisations are increasingly recruiting graduates with good Asian language skills and an in-depth understanding of Asia, its peoples, politics, business, culture and society. Examples of existing and future employers and careers include: governmental agencies and departments, including trade, import/export organisations such as Enterprise Ireland and IDA Ireland; translation/ interpreting agencies; diplomatic services; multinational companies across every sector, particularly pharmaceuticals; and with Chinese, Japanese, and Korean acquired/owned companies located in Ireland and the rest of the EU.

STUDY ABROAD

If you study Asian Studies through Arts International (CK108), or any other International Pathway, you will spend third year abroad, studying in an approved university. After your study abroad programme ends you then return to UCC to complete your final year. We currently have links with universities in Japan, China and South Korea.

GRADUATE STUDY OPTIONS

Further study options for students who graduate with Asian Studies as part of their degree include: HDip Advanced Languages & Global Communication, MA Applied Linguistics, MA in Asian Studies, MA Languages & Cultures, MA Translation Studies, as well as MRes, MPhil and PhD programmes. For more information on postgraduate courses at UCC please see: www.ucc.ie/en/study/postgrad/

BÉALOIDEAS

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CONTACT INFORMATION

Dr Clíona O’Carroll

c.ocarroll@ucc.ie

Bláthnaid Begley

b.begley@ucc.ie

www.ucc.ie/en/bealoideas

CAD IS BÉALOIDEAS ANN?

POINTS TO NOTE

• Students wishing to select Béaloideas should normally have a minimum grade H4 in Irish in the Leaving Certificate examination (or equivalent). Lectures are through the medium of Irish.

• Students may not take both Béaloideas and Folklore.

• Students intending to apply to transfer to the Arts International programme and take Chinese Studies, or continental languages as a single, major, or joint subject in second year, should note that they cannot register for Béaloideas in second year.

Riachtanais an Ábhair - pointí le tabhairt faoi ndeara: De ghnáth bheadh mic léinn a bhfuil fonn orthu Béaloideas a dhéanamh tar éis grád H4 ins an Ardteist a bhaint amach (nó a leithéid chéanna), ní mór a bheith ar do chompord ag éisteacht léi agus á scríobh. Tré mheán na Gaeilge a bhíonn na léachtaí. Ní féidir Béaloideas agus Folklore a dhéanamh i dteannta a chéile. Mic léinn a mbíonn sé i gceist acu aistriú isteach go dtí BA (International) agus Chinese Studies a dhéanamh, nó teangacha na Mór-roinne mar ábhar Singil, Príomhábhar nó Comhábhar sa tarna bliain, tá sé tábhachtach a fhios a bheith acu nach féidir leo clárú do Bhéaloideas sa tarna bliain.

Cuireann léann an bhéaloidis suim fé leith i dtraidisiúin agus in seanchas na ndaoine. Is é atá i gceist le béaloideas, nó ‘folklore’ as Béarla, ach léann agus eolas atá neamhfhoirmiúil, neamhoifigiúil, dúchasach nó ailtéarnach. Dírítear isteach go speisialta ar léann an dúchais, an tseanchais agus an bhéaloidis, i bhfocail eile ar an gcultúr, ar chruthaitheacht agus ar ealaíona an duine ó bhreith go bás, agus ó bhás amach; ar an saol seo agus ar an saol eile, ó inné go dtí inniu. Mar ábhar leis an léann so go bunúsach tá scéalta, seanchas, nósanna, deasghnátha, féiltí, creideamh, piseoga, teicneolaíocht agus tithíocht na muintire.

CÉN FÁTH COC?

Tá cúis mhór amháin, is é sin nach féidir staidéar a dhéanamh ar bhéaloideas na tíre as Gaeilge aon áit eile. Is liosta le háireamh na buanna sin a bhíonn le roinnt ag céimithe sa Bhéaloideas lena bhfostóirí. Mar chuid den gcéim, saothraítear réimse leathan scileanna i gcúrsaí taighde, anailíse agus scríbhneoireachta, a chuireann ar chumas an chéimí tionscadail ilchineálacha a thabhairt chun cinn agus a chur i gcrích go slachtmhar. Beidh an céimí oilte sna réimsí seo a leanas:

1. Dearadh tionscadal.

2. Beidh sé/sí in ann taighde bunaidh a chur i gcrích.

3. Beidh scileanna inoiriúnaithe eitneagrafacha foghlamtha (taifeadadh, agallóireacht, scríbhneoireacht eitneagrafach, eolas curtha ar threalamh digiteach).

4. Beidh an céimí in ann saothrú go héifeachtach mar chuid de mheitheal oibre.

5. Sásta ceannaireacht a ghlacadh ar phleanáil.

6. Beidh bunachar eolais agus scileanna láithreoireachta inoiriúnaithe sealbhaithe.

7. Beidh taithí foilsitheoireachta agus eagarthóireachta faighte.

8. Beidh ar chumas an chéimí anailís neamhspleách a dhéanamh ar fhaisnéis ilchineálach, tré lionsa cultúrtha.

CAD A CHABHRÓIDH LEAT?

Gaeilge, Béarla, Stair.

OSCAILTÍ GAIRMIÚLA

Tá céimithe ag obair i réimsí éagsúla: na meáin chumarsáide (fís agus fuaim); mar mhúinteoirí bunscoile agus meánscoile; mar léachtóirí ar an 3ú léibhéal; mar chúntóirí/bainisteoirí cartlainne agus mar chartlannaithe digiteacha; i rannóg na hoidhreachta; i músaeim; mar scríbhneoirí, eagarthóirí agus aistritheoirí; mar oifigigh ealaíne; mar iriseoirí agus léiritheoirí teilfíse agus raidió; i bpleanáil cathrach is tuaithe.

• léachtóireacht ollscoile

• na meáin chumarsáide (fís agus fuaim)

• múinteoireacht bunscoile agus meánscoile

• cúntóirí agus bainisteoirí cartlainne

• rannóg na hoidhreachta

• músaeim

• An Chomhairle Oidhreachta

• aistritheoirí, scríbhneoirí

• oifigeach ealaíne

• iriseoireacht

• léiritheoireacht theilfíse

• pleanáil chathrach is tuaithe.

STRUCHTÚR AN CHÚRSA

Mar chuid lárnach de léann an bhéaloidis tá: (a) scéalta agus seanchas, mar shampla finscéalta, seanscéalta, Fiannaíocht, scéalta grinn, miotais, seanfhocail nó tomhaiseanna; (b) féile, creideamh agus leigheas, mar shampla crá agus creideamh tíre, reiligiún dúchais, deasghnátha, féilte, féilire agus iompar agus (c) an cultúrtha ábhartha, saorgáin agus slí bheatha na ndaoine, mar shampla cultúr fisiciúil nó ábhartha, ealaín, ailtireacht dhúchais, déantúsaíocht atá lámhdhéanta nó táirgthe

MÓDÚL SA GCÉAD BHLIAIN

BD1001 Béaloideas: Scéal, Nós is Ealaín (15 creidiúint).

PRÓIFÍL IARCHÉIMÍ PÁDRAIG Ó DÁLAIGH

Léiritheoir neamhspleách, ceamaradóir, físeagarthóir TG4, RTÉ

“Bhíos ana-thógtha lem chuid staidéir, go háirithe in Roinn an Bhéaloidis!”

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ROGHANNA IARCHÉIME

Cos i dtaca is ea an chéim sa Bhéaloideas a chuirfidh ar chumas an chéimí dul chun cinn agus a thuilleadh taighde agus traenála a dhéanamh sa ngné seo de na daonnachtaí ar leibhéal níos airde. Is é Coláiste na hOllscoile Corcaigh an t-aon choláiste tríú leibhéal in Éirinn a dhéanann speisialtóireacht de bhéaloideas na Gaeilge ar gach aon leibhéal acadúil ón bhfochéim go leibhéal PhD. Cruthaíonn Bealoideas i gCOC deiseanna nua taighde i léann an bhéaloidis, na Gaeilge agus an chultúir dúchais atá eisceachtúil amach is amach.

Higher Diploma in Television Production & Media Production, Nemeton TV; An Rinn, fostaíocht in RTÉ, TG4 stiúraitheoireacht, scannánaíocht, margántaíocht dhigiteach, poiblíocht; Postgraduate Diploma in Education – PGDE (oideachas); MPhil, Béaloideas/Folklore (UCC); MPlan Planning & Sustainable Development (UCC); MSc Library & Information Studies; MSC (Ollscoil Aberdeen); PhD Béaloideas; PhD Ethnology (Lund University, Sweden); PhD Folklore (Memorial University, Newfoundland); PhD Folklore & Ethnology (UCC).

For more information on postgraduate courses at UCC please see: www.ucc.ie/en/study/postgrad/.

Fírící Fánacha:

Tugtar ‘folklore’ ar bhéaloideas sa Bhéarla le céad go leith bliain. Is nuafhocal ‘folk-lore’ a chum an Sasanach William Thoms sa bhliain 1846. Tá an focal ‘béaloideas’ níos aosta.

We are fortunate at UCC to be the new custodians for the Book of Lismore which was donated to the university in 2020 by the Chatsworth Estate. Created in the late 15th century, the medieval manuscript, consisting of 198 vellum folios, contains some of medieval Irish literature’s greatest masterpieces, including the lives of Irish saints, the adventures of the hero Fionn mac Cumhaill, and the translation of the travels of Marco Polo. Once known as the Leabhar Mhic Cárthaigh Riabhaigh – it is one of the Great Books of Ireland. See more at: www.libguides.ucc.ie/ the-book-of-lismore.

CELTIC CIVILISATION

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WHY UCC?

UCC was the first university to offer a course in Celtic Civilisation and has gained international recognition as a pioneer in the area. The course is run by the Department of Early and Medieval Irish, one of only two such departments in the world. Our academic staff include some of the foremost experts who are currently active in such fields as Celtic mythology, tales of the Irish hero Finn and his companions, saints, the lore of places, the poetic voice, early Irish Christianity and the Arthurian legend. Our Department is also the centre in UCC for the larger subject area of Celtic Studies, including the medieval history and literature of Wales and Scotland, the deeper past of the Celtic-speaking peoples and the origins and interrelationships of the Celtic languages. This places our students at the very heart of Celtic Civilisation studies in all its permutations.

COURSE STRUCTURE

POINTS TO NOTE

This is a Group 6(b) subject listed in the Arts Subject Groups table (page 119). From second year, students may combine Italian with Spanish. Students may not combine Italian with Celtic Civilisation or Philosophy. Students may not combine Geography with Celtic Civilisation, Philosophy, or Spanish in second year.

CONTACT INFORMATION

j.carey@ucc.ie www.ucc.ie/en/smg

WHAT IS CELTIC CIVILISATION?

Celtic Civilisation offers an innovative perspective on early Irish culture and opens a rich world of myth, legend, poetry and tradition, revealing Ireland’s place in early Europe as well as its links with other Celtic regions. As a student of Celtic Civilisation you will learn about the history of the Celtic peoples of Europe; fascinating legends; Ireland’s longstanding contacts with neighbouring traditions; issues of gender and identity in medieval Irish society; and how Ireland assimilated European culture while in turn influencing it. If you are passionate about Ireland’s rich cultural heritage, if you are fascinated by history, or if you are gifted with a curious mind and a strong imagination, a love of story, and a willingness to delve into the tales and lore of a many-sided and ancient tradition, then Celtic Civilisation might be the course for you.

The course provides a comprehensive overview of the origins, ideology, society and history of the medieval Celtic peoples, together with their interactions among themselves and their influence farther afield. Extensive enrolment by mature and international students adds to the diversity of the learning experience.

Our lectures are scheduled Monday to Friday and your timetable will differ depending on the subjects selected. In first year, each subject entails three to four lectures per week plus tutorials. Even though students take only two subjects after first year, the workload is broadly similar. Each 5-credit module has approximately 24 one-hour lectures per semester. Material presented in lectures, together with supplementary reading, are made available on each module’s Canvas (UCC’s virtual learning system) site. You will be provided with reading lists. Recommended books, as well as course-specific sourcebooks, are placed in the Boole Library’s High Demand Collection for you. All courses also have extensive online and digital materials supplied through the individual Canvas sites and other online databases such as the Celtic Digital Initiative (CDI) at www.sulis.ucc.ie/cdi/

FIRST YEAR MODULES

All modules are 5 credits unless otherwise stated.

CC1111 The Ancient Celts, CC1112 Celtic Religion & Mythology, CC1113 Celtic Literature.

Professor John Carey

WORK PLACEMENT

The College of Arts, Celtic Studies and Social Sciences (CACSSS), which is home to the Department of Early & Medieval Irish, will support you in developing your career interests through a workplace engagement. This Professional Work Experience module (PX3001) may be taken in any year of your undergraduate studies.

CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

Celtic Civilisation is an excellent qualification for careers involving familiarity with the Irish past, and with Irish tradition and culture, or as a preparation for further study in this and related fields. Graduates are employed in a range of sectors, including: archivism, community work, conservation, development, heritage management, journalism, librarianship, public service, research, tourism and teaching/academia.

GRADUATE PROFILE MICHELLE DORAN

Michelle Doran studied Celtic Civilisation, and went on to earn a PhD in Early and Medieval Irish while working in the banking sector. She is now a postdoctoral Research Fellow at Trinity Long Room Hub, where she is contributing to the CHIST-ERA PROVIDEDH (PROgressive VIsual Decision-making in Digital Humanities) project and is Project Officer for the Centre of Digital Humanities. She is module coordinator of the Digital Scholarship and Skills workshop and facilitates workshops on the subjects of Digital Humanities, Data Management Planning and Digital Scholarly Editing.

Question Time:

Does Celtic Civilisation cover other Celtic peoples besides the Irish?

Most of our modules focus on the literature and culture of medieval Ireland. But you can also learn about the ancient Celts of Europe, about medieval Scotland and Wales, and about the Celtic language family as a whole.

STUDY ABROAD

If you study Celtic Civilisation through CK108 Arts International you will spend third year abroad studying at an approved university. After your year abroad you will return to UCC to complete your final year. We currently have links with universities in: Belgium, Canada, China, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Norway, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Mexico and the US.

GRADUATE STUDY OPTIONS

Further study options for students who graduate with Celtic Civilisation as part of their degree include: MA Celtic Civilisation, MA Early & Medieval Irish, MA Beginnings of Irish Christianity, MA Irish Mythology & Folklore, MPhil Celtic Civilisation, PhD Celtic Civilisation and PhD Early and Medieval Irish. For more information on our department-led postgraduate courses please see our postgraduate page at www.ucc.ie/en/smg/postgrad/.

CHINESE STUDIES

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WHAT IS CHINESE STUDIES?

Chinese Studies combines the study of Chinese language with various disciplines to develop your interest in, and knowledge of, the history, culture, society, economy, politics, religion and philosophy of China. It will provide you with exciting opportunities in study, research and career paths.

WHY UCC?

Chinese Studies modules are taught by staff members of the Department of Asian Studies at UCC. Our diverse research areas feed directly into our teaching; this means that you will be taught on a wide range of topics related to China and East Asia and benefit directly from our committed Department.

POINTS TO NOTE

CK101: This subject is available as a 10-credit subject in the single subject programme, or as a 20-credit subject in the major subject programme only. If you wish to continue with Chinese Studies as a 30- or 40-credit subject you must make an application to CACSSS to transfer to CK108 Arts (International) at the end of first year. All such applications are subject to examination results and availability of places. If you choose this route you will spend the third year of your degree studying at an approved university in China and return to UCC to complete your degree programme in fourth year.

CONTACT INFORMATION

Julia Schneider

Julia.schneider@ucc.ie

www.ucc.ie/en/asian

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We house a number of exceptional Asian Studies institutes, including the Irish Institute of Chinese Studies and UCC Confucius Institute and have affiliations with the Irish Association for Asian Studies which promotes Asian Studies in Ireland. In 2015, our Asian Studies Department launched the Irish Journal of Asian Studies (IJAS), the first international online journal devoted to Asian Studies. Who knows, maybe you will get an opportunity to submit your work to this prestigious journal one day!

WHAT WILL HELP YOU?

While not essential a flair for languages and an interest in learning about Chinese culture will contribute greatly to your enjoyment of this course.

Question Time...

Do I need to know Chinese before I begin this course?

No. Most of our students have no previous knowledge of the Chinese language and our Chinese language modules are for beginners. If you do have knowledge of Chinese, you might be able to start with one of the advanced Chinese language modules.

WORK PLACEMENT

The College of Arts, Celtic Studies and Social Sciences (CACSSS), which is home to the Department of Asian Studies, will support you in developing your career interests through a workplace engagement. This Professional Work Experience module (PX3001) may be taken in any year of your undergraduate studies.

CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

Our students undertake varied and successful careers across Europe, China and East Asia. Graduates have found work in a diverse range of career paths, including: academia, business ventures, cultural exchange and communications, cultural foundations, the Foreign Office, government bodies, library sector, publishing houses, media enterprises, tourism and teaching.

STUDY ABROAD

If you study Chinese Studies through Arts International (CK108), or any other International Pathway, you will spend third year abroad studying in an approved Chinese university. At the moment, we have three partner universities, two in China, Shanghai University and Xiamen University of Technology, and one in Taiwan, National Chengchi University.

GRADUATE STUDY OPTIONS

Further study options for students who graduate with Chinese Studies as part of their degree include: HDip Advanced Languages & Global Communication, MA Applied Linguistics, MA Asian Studies, MA Languages & Cultures, MA Translation Studies, MA Teaching Chinese to Speakers of Other Languages (MATCSOL), as well as MRes/MPhil/ PhD Chinese Studies. For more information on postgraduate courses at UCC please see: www.ucc.ie/en/study/postgrad/

COURSE STRUCTURE

In first year, you will be introduced to Chinese culture and society, as well as the Chinese language (Mandarin). Lecturers timetable dedicated consultation times throughout the year so you can meet and discuss any issues you may have with them. In second year, you will continue studying Chinese language and you can take modules on Chinese history, society and economy, for example. In your final year, you will continue with Chinese language and take elective modules on a variety of Chinarelated topics, including contemporary Chinese culture and society, business and globalisation, as well as ethnicity, class and gender.

FIRST YEAR MODULES

CH1000 An Introduction to Chinese Culture & Society (5 credits), CH1001 Chinese Language (Mandarin) I (10 credits).

Interesting Fact:

WHAT IS COMPUTER SCIENCE?

COMPUTER SCIENCE

POINTS TO NOTE

CONTACT INFORMATION

Gavin Russell g.russell@ucc.ie www.cs.ucc.ie

Interesting Fact:

By classifying thought and codifying it using algebraic language, George Boole invented a new kind of mathematics. A century later, Boolean algebra would provide an ideal foundation for designing the electronic structure of computers, and for manipulating information within computers. Not only is Boolean algebra named after him, there is a lunar impact crater on the Moon called Boole too!

Computer Science is available in the above degree programmes as a 15-credit subject in first year Arts and thereafter only as a 10-credit minor subject. www.ucc.ie/en/ck101/computers

Computer Science is the study of computers, computational systems, software and hardware, our relationships with computers, information, and communications technology. Computer scientists design new software, solve computing problems, and develop different ways to use technology, and you can see the resultant technologies all around us. Computer scientists rely on ‘computational thinking’ which involves looking at a problem and working out a way a computer might be able to help you solve it. To do this, you need to understand how a computer processes information; if you analyse a problem and plan out the solutions, you are using computational thinking. The principal areas of study within our Computer Science course include computer systems and networks, security, database systems, humancomputer interaction, web programming, and the role of computing in society.

WHY UCC?

UCC has played a pivotal role in the development of computing. The legacy of the 19th century mathematician and philosopher, George Boole, who was the first professor of mathematics at UCC, permeates our department. Boole developed the formal foundations of propositional logic, which underpins the hardware and software of all modern digital computers. The school’s ethos reflects this tradition, emphasising scientific development and exploitation of knowledge, fully integrated with teaching, public engagement, and practical application for the benefit of society and the wider economy.

Our School of Computer Science and Information Technology is located in the newly constructed Western Gateway Building. This ultra-modern building is situated at the heart of a student’s college life, and most lectures, laboratory sessions, and facilities used by our students are located in this state-of-the-art facility.

WHAT WILL HELP YOU?

Any combination of Applied Mathematics, Computer Science, and Mathematics are all helpful subjects.

WORK PLACEMENT

The College of Arts, Celtic Studies and Social Sciences (CACSSS) will support you in developing your career interests through a workplace engagement. This Professional Work Experience module (PX3001) may be taken in any year of your undergraduate studies.

CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

According to the Association of Computing Machinery (ACM), the world’s largest educational and scientific society, computing jobs are among the highest paid and have the highest job satisfaction. It says: “Computing is very often associated with innovation, and developments in computing tend to drive it. This in turn is the key to national competitiveness. The possibilities for future developments are expected to be even greater than they have been in the past.” On the back of these possibilities our graduates have entered a diverse range of careers, including computer application development, computer engineering, IT support, quality assurance, software development and academia.

COURSE STRUCTURE

Computer Science is available as a 15-credit module in first year Arts and thereafter only as a 10-credit minor subject module within the single-subject degree programme. We normally schedule lectures from Monday to Friday and your timetable will vary depending on the subjects selected. In first year, each subject entails three to four lectures per week plus one-hour tutorials. Even though students take only two subjects after first year, the workload is broadly similar. Each 5-credit module has approximately 24 one-hour lectures per semester, plus additional language laboratories for languages.

FIRST YEAR MODULE

CS1201 Introduction to Computer Systems (15 credits).

Question Time...

Can I do a BA in Computer Science?

No. Computer Science is available as a 15-credit option in first year Arts and thereafter only as a 10-credit minor subject within the single-subject degree programme. You need to apply for the BSc Computer Science (CK401) to attain a degree in Computer Science.

STUDY ABROAD

If you study Computer Science through CK108 Arts International, or any other International Pathway, you will spend third year abroad, studying in an approved university. After your year abroad you will return to UCC to complete your final year. We currently have links with universities in: Belgium, Canada, China, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Norway, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Mexico, and the US.

GRADUATE STUDY OPTIONS

Further study options for students who graduate with Computer Science as part of their degree include: MA Digital Arts & Humanities, MSc Interactive Media. For more information on our postgraduate options please see the postgraduate study page at: www.ucc.ie/en/study/postgrad/

ECONOMICS

Choosing Economics as a subject will give you an excellent foundation for a career in business, finance, government, teaching, and the media, and for doing further study in business courses such as marketing, management and computing. The teaching approach that we use will prepare you for working in the knowledge economy.

WHAT WILL HELP YOU?

Studying Economics at Leaving Certificate level is an advantage. However, it is not required, and the delivery assumes students have not taken Economics before entering UCC. A good understanding of Mathematics, and the ability to communicate effectively in English are distinct advantages.

COURSE STRUCTURE

CONTACT INFORMATION

John Considine

j.considine@ucc.ie

www.ucc.ie/en/economics

WHAT IS ECONOMICS?

When we are asked about the nature of Economics, we like to say that, “Economics is what economists do.” This captures the dynamic and diverse nature of economics. A much older definition, from the great economist Alfred Marshall in 1890, notes that economics is best described as the “study of mankind in the ordinary business of life.” Fundamentally, economics is the study of people’s motives, expectations, decisions, hopes, disappointments, and uncertainties. It can be used to examine a variety of issues, from social media to poverty. The language of work, business, government and the media is increasingly drawn from economics.

WHY UCC?

Economics is a subject with over a century of tradition in UCC. Our teaching approach, with its emphasis on transformative education, will prepare you for employment, the need for continual change, and for life-long learning. Graduates with economics are needed to address the problems and challenges that face businesses, government, and society today.

Lectures are scheduled Monday to Friday, and in first year each subject has from 3 to 4 lectures per week. In second year you can decide how many Economics credits you wish to study, ranging from 10 to 50 credits. This allows you to combine Economics with another subject from an extensive array of available subjects. Economics becomes more quantitative in second year with a greater use of mathematics, statistics, and diagrams.

FIRST YEAR MODULES

All modules are 5 credits unless otherwise stated.

EC1106 Introductory Microeconomics, EC1116 Introductory Macroeconomics, EC1131 Economic Decision Making.

GRADUATE PROFILE SEÁN O’CONNOR

“A degree in economics enables students to develop a range of skills for both the working world and in further studies. Exploring theories relating to public finance, corporate strategy, innovation and competitiveness and applying them to real life scenarios can improve a student’s critical thinking and data analytical skills.”

WORK PLACEMENT

The College of Arts, Celtic Studies and Social Sciences (CACSSS) will support you in developing your career interests through a workplace engagement. This professional work experience module (PX3001) may be taken in any year of your undergraduate studies.

CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

Economics provides a whole range of skills (analytical, problem-solving, computers, data handling, presentation and communication) and knowledge required by employers. Our graduates have traditionally gone into a wide variety of jobs including: finance, business, civil service, teaching and journalism.

STUDY ABROAD

If you study Economics through CK108 Arts International, you will spend third year abroad studying in an approved university. After your year abroad you will return to UCC to complete your final year. We currently have links with

universities in: Belgium, Canada, China, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Norway, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Mexico, and the US.

GRADUATE STUDY OPTIONS

Our graduates are well equipped to undertake graduate study in Economics both nationally and internationally. Students who take 30 credits of Economics in second and third year meet the Teaching Council of Ireland requirement to teaching Economics with a Masters in Education. Further study options for students who graduate with Economics as part of their degree include: MSc Finance (Banking & Risk Management), MSc Business Economics. For more information on our postgraduate options please see the postgraduate study page at: www.ucc.ie/en/study/postgrad/

Fun Fact:

Economics may not keep you from the breadline but at least you’ll know why you are there!

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ENGLISH

SUBJECT OFFERED THROUGH:

WHY UCC?

UCC’s Department of English was ranked among the top 150 Universities for English in the QS World University Rankings in 2017 and has a strong tradition of creativity and independent thinking. In our internationally renowned department, you’ll be taught by staff that include leading scholars as well as prominent poets, novelists, and creative practitioners. Visiting scholars, and our Writer in Residence, offer talks and workshops, and you will join this community of learning where you can develop your ideas and knowledge and shape your skills. You will also benefit from unique, programme-specific courses on creative writing, digital literacy, and problem-based learning, which together foster a lifelong love of literature and enable you to develop marketable skills that are vital in a range of professions. You can also access film and drama modules as part of the course. If you’re a keen reader and interested in technology, we can help you hone your digital and literary skills with courses on digital media and through technologyenabled learning.

COURSE STRUCTURE

CONTACT INFORMATION

Professor Claire Connolly englishdepartment@ucc.ie www.ucc.ie/en/english

WHAT IS ENGLISH?

English is the study of literature from the earliest writing in English to the present, across the genres of fiction, poetry, drama, the short story, and film. Learning how to read literature critically means learning how to think clearly. That, and being able to write articulately, are core practices in English. Do you enjoy discussing books, films, song, theatre? By studying English you will develop your knowledge and writing skills, and in the process, get more from the books and films you love. Each great novel, poem or play is an encounter with ideas, forms, and experiences that shape our understanding of the world. A degree in English also supports and sustains a lifelong relationship with books and with literature, and equips you to become a critical thinker, an elegant writer, and a creative person.

English at UCC involves lectures and small-group tutorials and workshops; you may also participate in online discussions, group projects, visit significant cultural sites, or even research manuscripts. Individual study is essential, and you will have the opportunity to follow your interests, choosing which texts to study for major assignments, while learning to articulate what it is about them that interests you. Lectures are scheduled Monday to Friday and your timetable will vary depending on the subjects selected. In first year, each subject entails three to four lectures per week plus a one-hour tutorial. Even though students take only two subjects after first year, the workload is broadly similar. Each 5-credit module has approximately 24 one-hour lectures per semester.

FIRST YEAR MODULES

All modules are 5 credits unless otherwise stated.

EN1002 Literature & Society: Medieval to Renaissance, EN1003 Introduction to Modern Literature, EN1004 Theories and Contexts in Literature.

WORK PLACEMENT

The College of Arts, Celtic Studies and Social Sciences (CACSSS), which is home to the Department of English, will support you in developing your career interests through a workplace engagement. This Professional Work Experience module (PX3001) may be taken in any year of your undergraduate studies.

CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

English is a flexible and attractive subject and provides a wide range of transferable skills. The courses you will study impart skills that can help you achieve success in such professions as: journalism, teaching, publishing, editing, theatre/film, public relations, public affairs, arts management, marketing, law, and information sciences.

STUDY ABROAD

If you study English through CK108 Arts International, or any other International Pathway, you will spend third year abroad studying in an approved university. After your year abroad you will return to UCC to complete your final year.

GRADUATE PROFILE

LYNN HARDING

Senior Content Designer

“My first jobs were in communications and publishing, before I moved to my current role as a Senior Content Designer in Fjord, the design studio at Accenture’s global R&D hub. My job now is something that didn’t exist when I graduated, and I wouldn’t have got here without having pursued such an open-ended degree. English is a passion; don’t avoid a module on medieval poetry or a seminar in children’s literature because you worry no one will give you a job in those areas. There is a huge commercial need for people with expertise in English.”

GRADUATE PROFILE

AMY MARTIN

Content Marketing Manager, Eventbrite

“Studying English at UCC has helped me to get to where I am today in so many ways. It taught me to analyse copy and formulate my opinions in a coherent and convincing way. It broadened my horizons, encouraged me to seek and accept feedback, and not shy away from revising and revising to make sure that the final output was as good as it could possibly be. Creative thinking, an editorial eye for detail, and content planning skills come into my role on a daily basis.”

We currently have links with universities in: Belgium, Canada, China, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Norway, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Mexico, and the US.

GRADUATE STUDY OPTIONS

English discipline-specific postgraduate options at UCC include: MA Creative Writing, MA Digital Arts & Humanities, MA English: Irish Writing & Film, MA English: Modernities: Literature, Theory & Culture from the Romantics to the Present; MA English: Texts & Contexts: Medieval to Renaissance. For more information on other UCC postgraduate options please see: www.ucc.ie/en/study/ postgrad/

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EUROPEAN STUDIES

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POINTS TO NOTE

• This is a Group 2(b) subject listed in the Arts Subject Groups table (page 119). Students can only study one subject from Group 2(a) and 2(b) in second and third year.

• European Studies is available in CK101 Arts in first year, and thereafter as part of the CK108 Arts International programme. European Studies students wishing to transfer to the fouryear International programme must make an application seeking the approval of the College of Arts, Celtic Studies and Social Sciences. All such applications are subject to examination results and availability of places.

CONTACT INFORMATION

Katherine McGarry

k.mcgarry@ucc.ie

www.ucc.ie/en/ck101/eurostudies

WHAT IS EUROPEAN STUDIES?

European Studies (ES) is a unique multidisciplinary subject anchored by the School of History. In this course, you will analyse key institutions, policies, treaties, and political-historical developments of the European Union since 1945, as well as its impact on the human and physical landscape. We look at the EU in the context of international relations and its role in shaping the global system; we also explore national level policies and politics in individual EU member states. European Studies prepares you for the challenges associated with a more interdependent and enlarged European Union.

WHY UCC?

European Studies offers an integrated programme of study at UCC on contemporary Europe. It explores the processes and consequences of political, diplomatic, administrative, planning, and economic decisionmaking in Europe. Drawing on a distinctive and valuable multidisciplinary approach, it provides you with great insight into the EU as a system of multilevel governance and a critical understanding of contemporary developments within the Union.

WHAT WILL HELP YOU?

As a multidisciplinary subject, European Studies is open and accessible to students interested in a wide variety of subjects, including history, geography, civics, politics, legal or development studies. If you have an interest in Europe and the European Union, that is a good starting point. Naturally an affinity for languages would complement these interests. However, it is not necessary to have studied any of these subjects before taking on European Studies at UCC, as we welcome students who are enthusiastic about a variety of disciplines.

COURSE STRUCTURE

The multidisciplinary nature of this subject is a major advantage and you can choose from a wide range of modules in history, geography, law, political science, food business and development. European Studies is available through Arts (CK101), Arts International (CK108), and Film & Screen Media (CK105). European Studies is available in CK101 Arts in first year, and thereafter as part of the CK108 Arts International programme. In addition, you can major in another subject permitted by the Arts table (preferably one of the following: French, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese or English). You can also opt to minor in a second language. You will spend third year studying at one of our partner universities in a country appropriate to your studies and/or the major language studied.

Teaching takes place via lectures, tutorials, small group work, projects, and dissertation research. In first year, each subject entails three to four lectures per week plus a one-hour tutorial. The contact hours, lectures, small group work and research required will vary, depending on your chosen modules.

WORK PLACEMENT

The College of Arts, Celtic Studies and Social Sciences (CACSSS), will support you in developing your career interests through a workplace engagement. This Professional Work Experience module (PX3001) may be taken in any year of your undergraduate studies.

CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

Possible career paths are as varied as individual interests. ES graduates have pursued careers in academia and teaching; consultancy and administration; EU institutions and agencies; European public and private sectors; foreign affairs; Government Departments; international organisations; marketing, communications, and PR; media and journalism; NGOs and charities; research and policy analysis; and tourism. See our official page for the promotion of EU careers within UCC at: www.ucc.ie/en/eurostudies/careers/

STUDY ABROAD

As part of BA (International) and BA Film & Screen Media (International), you will spend third year studying at a university in a country appropriate to your studies and/or

FIRST YEAR MODULES

All modules are 5 credits unless otherwise stated.

ES1002 Introduction to Europe & the European Union, ES1003 The Nature & Political Evolution of the EC/EU, ES1004 Europe: Rural Societies, Economies & Policies.

GRADUATE PROFILE LAURA CUESTA

Laura is currently Policy Officer in the Strategy Unit for Energy at the European Commission, Brussels. Before this, she worked in a variety of roles in: the European Political Strategy Centre & DG Research & Innovation; the Common Foreign and Security Policy Operations Unit of the European Commission; the EU Political and Security Committee, European Commission; the Office for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation, United Nations; and the Permanent Mission of Spain to the United Nations, Geneva. She holds an MA from the College of Europe, Bruges.

your major language subject. Our partner universities are located across Europe, for example: Austria (Innsbruck); France (IEP Aix-en-Provence, Sciences Po Paris, Jean Moulin University Lyon 3, University of Rennes I & II); Germany (Munich, Bonn and Konstanz); Italy (Bologna, Siena, Florence and Perugia); Spain (Barcelona, Seville, Santiago, Salamanca and Cadiz); and Sweden (Lund). UCC also enjoys partnerships with English language speaking institutions in other European countries, as well as Asia, Canada, North and South America.

GRADUATE STUDY OPTIONS

The School of History at UCC is a leading international centre for postgraduate research in History, International Relations and European Studies. ES contributes to the MSc Government & Politics and the MPhil/PhD in European Studies. For more information, please refer to our School of History postgraduate study page at: www.ucc.ie/en/history/ graduatestudies/ and the UCC postgraduate study page at: www.ucc.ie/en/study/postgrad/

FOLKLORE

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WHY UCC?

UCC is one of only two Irish universities where you can study Folklore comprehensively. Our Department of Folklore and Ethnology, is a leading research and teaching department for Folklore nationally and internationally. Our Folklore course is one of very few courses that places culture at its core and is unique among those that do so. By studying Folklore, you can add the rich tapestry of ancestral tradition, knowledge, culture, and everyday life to other disciplines that consider everything else except these. This cultural context and background will fill in the gap in your knowledge like nothing else will. It also helps you to understand the significance and meaning of cultures in both past and present societies.

WHAT WILL HELP YOU?

POINTS TO NOTE

• This is a Group 2(b) subject listed in the Arts

Subject Groups table (page 119). Students can only study one subject from Group 2(a) and 2(b) in second and third year.

• Students may not take both Béaloideas and Folklore.

CONTACT INFORMATION

Dr Clíona O’Carroll

c.ocarroll@ucc.ie

Bláthnaid Begley

b.begley@ucc.ie

www.ucc.ie/en/bealoideas

WHAT IS FOLKLORE?

Folklore focuses on key aspects of informal, unofficial, popular, ancestral, indigenous, or alternative knowledges or ways of knowing and experiencing the world. It specifically looks at ‘ordinary’, or everyday life, over time from birth to death and beyond, including the past and the present. Folklore focuses on the full and diverse range of human activity, creativity, imagination, existence, s ubsistence, and expression.

Ireland has one of the world’s largest Folklore archives, and Folklore has been a vital aspect of Irish identity for hundreds of years, contributing immensely to literature, history, and popular culture. It is not just in the past or in the countryside, however, but also in the present and in cities. It remains a significant and important element in the ongoing cultural process of ancestral, popular experience and expression.

History, Irish and English are useful subjects.

COURSE STRUCTURE

The subject begins by introducing the main areas of the discipline: narratives, stories, festivals, rituals, tools, technologies and material culture, before going on to explore the theories, ideas and methods of the discipline, including the theories of folklore, culture, fieldwork, original research, archives and community identity.

Interesting Facts:

• The English word ‘folklore’ was coined in 1846, just a year after UCC was built in 1845, and the earliest lectures on folklore in Ireland were given in UCC.

• We are fortunate at UCC to be the new custodians for the Book of Lismore which was donated to the University in 2020 by the Chatsworth Estate. Created in the late 15th century, the medieval manuscript consisting of 198 vellum folios, contains some of medieval Irish literature’s greatest masterpieces, including the lives of Irish saints, the adventures of the hero Fionn mac Cumhaill, and the translation of the travels of Marco Polo. Once known as the Leabhar Mhic Cárthaigh Riabhaigh – it is one of the Great Books of Ireland. See more at: www.libguides.ucc.ie/thebook-of-lismore.

WORK PLACEMENT

The College of Arts, Celtic Studies and Social Sciences (CACSSS) will support you in developing your career interests through a workplace engagement. This professional work experience module (PX3001) may be taken in any year of your undergraduate studies.

CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

The study of Folklore adds a unique educational element to your degree in terms of the humanities. It provides an original and increasingly scarce fluency and competency across a range of keywords and key ideas involving arts, heritage, tradition, culture and society. It also touches upon community engagement, locality, identity, in the crucial practical terms of description, initiative, leadership, application and implementation of those ideas.

Our Folklore graduates gain a broad range of skills including original archival and fieldwork methods. Folklorists work in a variety of settings such as: academic departments in colleges and universities, archives, arts council, culture & heritage sectors, federal government, funding agencies, historical associations, libraries, media & journalism, museums & cultural bodies, oral history projects, publishing industry, teaching & lecturing.

FIRST YEAR MODULE

FL1004 Introduction to Irish Folklore & Ethnology (15 credits).

GRADUATE PROFILE JAMES

FUREY

“I work as a Digital Archivist and Oral Historian supporting groups doing high quality oral history and digital cultural heritage projects. I give training and advice on best practice in oral history collection and archiving, and on a wide range of digital dissemination practices. My degree gave me a wide range of skills in ethnographic fieldwork and cultural heritage archiving, and an understanding of cultural knowledge systems, traditional and modern. From this base, I was able to confidently undertake a Masters in Digital Arts and Humanities, which is highly relevant to the contemporary world of cultural heritage.”

STUDY ABROAD & FIELD TRIPS

If you study through CK108 Arts International, or another International Pathway, you will spend third year abroad, studying in an approved university. We currently have links with universities in: Belgium, Canada, China, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Norway, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Mexico, and the US.

When practicable or possible field trips are part of the course. Students may be requested to contribute to the cost of field trips as they arise.

GRADUATE STUDY OPTIONS

Further study options for students who graduate with Folklore as part of their degree include: postgraduate degrees in folklore and ethnology and cognate ones like MA Digital Arts & Humanities. For more information on our postgraduate options please see the postgraduate study page at: www.ucc.ie/en/study/postgrad/.

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FRENCH

SUBJECT OFFERED THROUGH:

WHY UCC?

The Department of French at UCC is the largest in the State in terms of student numbers, and this means we have a huge community of French speakers at all stages, and vibrant connections to French culture. Our staff are heavily involved within the cultural sector, a key employer of our language graduates. We specialise in France’s place in the world and in history, and for this reason we try to encourage you to study abroad on an Erasmus year if possible.

WHAT WILL HELP YOU?

You must have attained a pass standard in French in the Leaving Certificate examination (or equivalent) to study French.

COURSE STRUCTURE

POINTS TO NOTE

A Student will not normally be allowed to select French unless they have attained a pass standard in French in the Leaving Certificate Examination (or equivalent).

* For a list of first year modules go to https://www.ucc.ie/en/ck124/

Dr Martin Howard

m.howard@ucc.ie www.ucc.ie/french

WHAT IS FRENCH?

French at UCC will not only expand your knowledge and use of the language, it will introduce you to modern French culture and the cultures of Frenchspeaking countries worldwide. Along with translation, philosophy, visual culture, and linguistics, you will study a wide range of topics, including history, literature, music, theatre, politics, and the connection France has to other countries. The course brings together a sense of French culture, its role in the world, and the value of the language – one of the two working languages of many institutions, such as within the European Union. French at UCC opens the door to a vast range of opportunities on a global scale.

In first year you will study three hours of language and two hours of French culture per week. In second and final year, you have your core modules (always three hours of language, usually two more core culture hours), plus optional modules in specific areas of French studies. You will be expected to do reading, some of which is in French. You can take whichever optional modules your timetable allows. You can take options from art, linguistics, writings from North Africa and beyond, politics, theatre, fiction, and philosophy. Up to now you will probably have read only short texts in French, and as your study and skills develop in French, you will be reading books, articles, websites, and watching media in the original language. As well as learning about these areas of French culture, the idea is that such work will help you get a feel for the language so that you can use it creatively in wideranging contexts of use. Some classes take place in the French language (including all language classes), but we will ease you into this.

FIRST YEAR MODULES

FR1101 Foundation Course in Written & Oral French (10 credits), FR1201 Introduction to French Studies (5 credits).

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WORK PLACEMENT

The College of Arts, Celtic Studies and Social Sciences (CACSSS), which is home to the Department of French, will support you in developing your career interests through a workplace engagement. This Professional Work Experience module (PX3001) may be taken in any year of your undergraduate studies.

CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

Our graduates’ employability skills are well documented and show that a degree with French will put you in a strong position to enter the job market in an increasingly globalised world. You will graduate as an independent individual with excellent attention to detail and wide-ranging skills that employers look for when recruiting. Some of the areas our graduates work in are: the Department of Foreign Affairs & Trade; the European Commission; international companies and organisations (Google, Facebook); journalism (BBC Radio Four, Irish Examiner, Bloomberg, RTE); legal divisions of multinational organisations; legal researchers and human

GRADUATE PROFILE

JULIA JENSEN

“My studies in French were a highly rewarding experience that provided me with a thorough and fundamental academic knowledge. Studying in the French Department was a great experience as I always felt the staff to be very approachable, encouraging and helpful.”

Question Time...

Are all classes taught through French?

Language classes will be taught in French at a level appropriate for your language development as you advance through your studies with us.

Will my essays and exams have to be written in French?

Language exams are completed in French as they assess your language skills.

rights consultants; museum and heritage sector; publishing; teaching in Ireland and abroad; translation companies across Ireland and Europe; and for the United Nations.

STUDY ABROAD

If you study French through Arts International (CK108), you will spend third year abroad, studying at one of our partner universities in France or Belgium. After your year abroad you will return to UCC to complete your final year. A year abroad is also available on the BA World Languages (CK110) programme.

GRADUATE STUDY OPTIONS

Further study options for students who graduate with French as part of their degree include: MA Applied Linguistics, MA Languages & Cultures, MA Translation Studies. For more information on postgraduate courses at UCC please see: www.ucc.ie/en/study/postgrad/.

GAEILGE/IRISH

SUBJECT OFFERED THROUGH:

to the Gaeltacht areas in the immediate vicinity of the University, and on the modern poetry, prose, and journalism that is published and broadcast through different and exciting media in modern Ireland.

WHY UCC?

D’fhéadfaí a rá gur Ollscoil Ghaeltachta an ollscoil seo, agus Gaeltachtaí cáiliúla na Mumhan i mbéal an dorais di. Ó Bhaile an Fheirtéaraigh thiar go Rinn Ó gCuanach thoir, tairbhíonn ár gcuid mac léinn de bhéim faoi leith ar an nGaeilge bheo, agus ar gach aon ghné den dúchas liteartha agus cultúrtha a ghabhann léi.

POINTS TO NOTE

This is a Group 2(b) subject listed in the Arts Subject Groups table (page 139). Students can only study one subject from Group 2(a) and 2(b) in second and third year.

* For a list of first year modules go to https://www.ucc.ie/en/ck124/

CONTACT INFORMATION

Professor Pádraig Ó Macháin

p.omachain@ucc.ie

www.ucc.ie/en/modern-irish

WHAT IS GAEILGE/IRISH?

Staidéar ar theanga agus ar litríocht na Gaeilge, ón gcianaimsir go dtí an lá inniu, atá i gceist le cúrsa na Gaeilge i gColáiste na hOllscoile, Corcaigh.

Gaeilge/Irish involves the study of the Irish language and literature, from early times to the present day. As well as acquiring the oral and written skills essential to any language degree, if you choose Gaeilge/ Irish as part of your Arts programme you will enjoy unique insights into Ireland’s culture past and present. You will develop informed opinions on Irish life and civilisation, and will be knowledgeable about the linguistic and literary background to the landscape and history of Ireland. Equal emphasis is placed on the contemporary spoken language with special reference

With its strong connections to the different Gaeltachtaí of Cork, Waterford and Kerry, the Department of Modern Irish is uniquely positioned to maximise student potential in the spoken language. The range of research and teaching interests of the staff of the Department of Modern Irish, from medieval to modern times, from early Irish manuscripts to modern literature, is unique in Irish third-level education. Trips during term to Dún Chíomháin, UCC’s house near Ballyferriter in the West Kerry Gaeltacht, add a special social and cultural aspect to the students’ academic course. UCC has a special relationship with the Gaeltacht of An Rinn in Co. Waterford, and many courses and events are organised there also. Scholarships are available to students to enable them to spend longer periods in the Gaeltacht. Vital to the student experience is the vibrant Irish-language student society, An Chuallacht. Together with the Irish-language drama society, An Cumann Drámaíochta, both societies organise dramas, debates and various social activities. Among the annual highlights are Spraoi Cois Laoi and Seachtain na Gaeilge.

WHAT WILL HELP YOU?

Níl ábhar ar bith Ardteiste nach dtagann, ar shlí amháin nó ar shlí eile, le staidéar na Gaeilge.

All Leaving Certificate subjects have something to offer the study of Irish. English will offer insights in literature. Continental languages will enrich with different linguistic, literary and cultural experiences. History and geography will provide contexts for the background and the landscape in which language functions. The study of mathematics or physics is of great help in analysing language or the rhythm of poetry.

WORK PLACEMENT

The College of Arts, Celtic Studies and Social Sciences (CACSSS) will support you in developing your career interests through a workplace engagement. This Professional Work Experience module (PX3001) may be taken in any year of your undergraduate studies. Formal work placements occur as part of our education and commerce degrees. Gaeltacht placements are also a feature of some of our Gaeltacht courses.

CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

Our graduates find work in a broad range of careers. Recent graduates currently work in academia, broadcasting, creative writing, heritage planning and research, language planning, lawyer-linguist with the European Union, print and online journalism, teaching, and translation in domestic and EU contexts.

STUDY ABROAD & FIELD TRIPS

Tá ceangal láidir ag Roinn na Nua-Ghaeilge le hollscoileanna ar fud an domhain.

If you study Gaeilge/Irish through CK108 Arts International, or any other International Pathway, you will spend third year abroad studying in an approved university. Study abroad

COURSE STRUCTURE

Beidh ar chumas an mhic léinn staidéar a dhéanamh ar gach aon ghné de dhúchas na Gaeilge.

You will have opportunities to study all facets of the Irish Language, from the spoken language of the modern Gaeltacht, to the ancient written records of the Irish manuscript tradition. Such experience is augmented by tutorial and language-laboratory teaching, to ensure that the resulting degree is of the highest possible standard. Lectures are scheduled during the week from Monday to Friday and each student’s timetable will differ depending on the subjects selected. In first year, each subject entails three to four lectures per week plus a tutorial and conversation class. Tutorials are student-centred, supportive learning environments in which particular issues can be discussed in more detail. Even though students take only two subjects after first year, the workload is broadly similar. Each 5-credit module has approximately 24 one-hour lectures per semester, plus additional language laboratories for languages. Written exams normally take place before Christmas and in May. Other forms of assessment include essays, presentations and oral exams.

is also a feature of the BA World Languages, BComm (International) with Irish, and the BEd Gaeilge (with another language or mathematics). Favourite locations for study abroad for students of Irish include Rennes and Edinburgh. After your year abroad you will return to UCC to complete your final year. We currently have links with universities in: Belgium, Canada, China, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Lithuania, Slovakia, the Netherlands, Norway, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Mexico, and the US.

Baineann turasanna Gaeltachta - turasanna lae agus turasanna cónaithe - le croí ár dteagmhála leis na ceantair iontacha sin.

Day trips and longer residential visits to Gaeltacht areas form a core part of undergraduate activity. Trips are organised to the Gaeltachtaí of Co. Cork, Co. Waterford and Co. Kerry.

GRADUATE STUDY OPTIONS

Further study options for students who graduate with Gaelic/Irish as part of their degree include: Higher Diploma in Arts (Modern Irish); MA (taught masters); MPhil (masters by research); MA Irish & European Law; MA Gaelic Literature (online MA taught through English); MA Translation Studies, and MPhil/PhD in related fields. For more information on our postgraduate options please see the postgraduate study page at: www.ucc.ie/en/study/postgrad/

FIRST YEAR MODULE

GA1003 Bunstaidéar ar Theanga agus ar Chultúr na Gaeilge (15 Credits).

GRADUATE PROFILE

JOHN PRENDERGAST

Oifigeach Pleanála Teanga, Ciarraí Thiar

“Thug Roinn na Nua-Gaeilge sárdheiseanna dom agus mé im mhac léinn. Dá bharr sin, is cinnte go bhfuil taithí agam a sheasann amach in aon iarratas nó agallamh a dheinimse. Chuireas snas ar na scileanna luachmhara inaistrithe seo le pobal iontach Roinn na NuaGaeilge, a bhí léannta, tuisceanach, nuálach agus cabhrach ón gcéad lá riamh.

Táim ag féidhmniú anois mar Oifigeach Pleanála Teanga Chiarraí Thiar, agus mé lonnaithe i gCorca Dhuibhne. Táim an-bhuíoch go deo den oiliúint agus den tacaíocht a fuaireas ó Roinn na NuaGhaeilge in UCC.”

GEOGRAPHY

SUBJECT OFFERED THROUGH:

culture, development, economy, environment, food, geomorphology, heritage, landscape, migration, and tourism. You will also develop your digital skills such as computer cartography, remote sensing, and Geographic Information Systems (GIS) which are an important component of Geography.

WHY UCC?

POINTS TO NOTE

This is a Group 6(a) subject listed in the Arts Subject Groups table (page 139). From second year, students may combine Italian with Spanish. Students may not combine Italian with Celtic Civilisation or Philosophy. Students may not combine Geography with Celtic Civilisation, Philosophy, or Spanish in second year.

CONTACT INFORMATION

Dr Kieran Hickey

Kieran.Hickey@ucc.ie www.ucc.ie/en/geography

WHAT IS GEOGRAPHY?

“Geography is the study of earth as the home of people.” Yi-Fu Tuan

Geographers examine the cultures, economies, societies, physical landscapes, and environments of the Earth using a unique combination of the humanities, social and natural sciences. We view the Earth, its inhabitants and the processes that form and transform the world we live in by looking at the world through space and place, and as a student of Geography, you will learn to view the world through this geographical lens. Geographers examine geographical processes in a variety of thematic areas within geography including cities, climate,

Geography is one of the most popular subjects in the College of Arts, Celtic Studies and Social Sciences (CACSSS). Our Geography Department is also a core department with Geology for the Earth Science programme, so you will benefit from expertise across a wide range of complementary specialisms within the school. In line with the research strategies at UCC, the research conducted in the Department is truly interdisciplinary and focused on 21st century issues. Research is broadly concerned with the environment, migration, climate change, economy, food and cultural identity, and particularly how these complex issues shape natural habitats, regional development, the landscape experience, rural change and urban growth. The Department is committed to being research-led in its many different activities, particularly in terms of bringing research directly into our undergraduate and postgraduate teaching programmes.

WHAT WILL HELP YOU?

While useful, no prior knowledge of Geography is necessary to take this Arts subject.

COURSE STRUCTURE

Geography lectures are scheduled Monday to Friday and your timetable will vary depending on the subjects selected. In first year, each subject entails three to four lectures per week plus a one-hour tutorial; your lectures will take place three days per week, with additional tutorials, practical work, field work and essays. In second year you will focus on research skills, with project work, and data analysis in addition to your geographical modules. You will also take a second obligatory module in the form of a weeklong residential field trip. A core module in third year is on the philosophy of geography and you may select a research dissertation module where you develop your own research interests (under staff supervision). Opportunities are also available to develop your advanced software training via our Geographical Information Systems (GIS) and remote sensing (RS) classes.

WORK PLACEMENT

The College of Arts, Celtic Studies and Social Sciences (CACSSS), which is home to the Department of Geography, will support you in developing your career interests through a workplace engagement. This Professional Work Experience module (PX3001) may be taken in any year of your undergraduate studies.

CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

Geography in UCC will allow you to develop skills such as spatial analysis, problem-solving, critical thinking, independent learning, self-directed research, report writing, and public presentations – all these skills are highly valued by potential employers. Geography graduates are employed in a wide variety of careers, both related to their areas of interest, and following on from further studies.

Our graduates currently work in: coastal and marine consultancy; computing and IT; environmental consultancy; Geographical Information Systems (GIS) and remote sensing (RS); journalism and broadcasting; planning consultants in the private sector; public sector (central and local government, semi-state agencies); research and administration; sustainable development; and in the education sector at primary, secondary and third levels.

FIRST YEAR MODULES

All modules are 5 credits unless otherwise stated.

GG1013 Environmental Geography, GG1014 Society and Space: Geographies of Globalisation, Difference, & Inequality, GG1015 Applied Geography.

STUDY ABROAD & FIELD TRIPS

If you study Geography through CK108 Arts International, or any other International Pathway, you will spend third year abroad, studying in an approved university. After your year abroad you will return to UCC to complete your final year. We currently have links with universities in: Belgium, Canada, China, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Norway, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Mexico, and the US.

In addition to classroom lectures, Geography students are required to spend time on field trips. In second year, you will attend a week-long field trip in Ireland or Western Europe. Costs for each destination vary but on average range from €80 to €450. In third year, some modules include a field component, currently subject to COVID-19 restrictions.

GRADUATE STUDY OPTIONS

Further study options for students who graduate with Geography as part of their degree include: HDip ArtsGeography; HDip Geographical Information Systems (GIS); MSc Applied Coastal & Marine Management; MSc Geoinformatics. In addition, the Geography Department offers a variety of research-based further study options including Masters in Research (MRes) and a four-year structured PhD. For more information, please see our postgraduate study page at: www.ucc.ie/en/study/postgrad/

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GRADUATE PROFILE AISLING FINN

“A degree in Geography and Gaeilge gave me a great foundation to continue into a Professional Masters in Primary Education. I am currently working as a 4th and 5th Class Teacher in Cork City. My final year dissertation in Geography focused on map work and I have been able to transfer my mapping skills to enhance activities I organise as Active Schools Coordinator. This B.A. and the guidance I received from my lecturers have enabled me to be an engaging and effective educator.”

GERMAN

SUBJECT OFFERED THROUGH:

Knowledge of German language and culture not only gives you an employability edge on the European job market, it also provides unparalleled access to some of the most significant thinkers and writers of recent centuries, allowing you to understand movements and ideologies that have shaped our modern world. By studying language against such a backdrop of literature, history, culture, and film you will develop the critical thinking, analytical and intercultural communication skills that will enable you to flourish in a range of careers. We believe that gaining such a profound understanding of another language and culture is increasingly important in the context of globalisation today.

WHY UCC?

POINTS TO NOTE

Students wishing to select Non-Beginners’ German should have a minimum grade H4 in German in the Leaving Certificate Examination (or equivalent). Students wishing to take Beginners’ German are recommended to have a minimum of grade H3 in another modern continental language, or Irish, or Latin, or Greek, in the Leaving Certificate Examination (or equivalent). Students will be accepted to the Beginners group only if they have no prior German, or if they have reached a level no higher than Junior Certificate German.

* For a list of first year modules go to https://www.ucc.ie/en/ck124/

CONTACT INFORMATION

Caitríona Ní Dhúill caitriona.nidhuill@ucc.ie www.ucc.ie/en/german

WHAT IS GERMAN?

German at UCC is the study of the language, culture, literature, and society of German-speaking countries. German is the language of Europe’s largest economy and is spoken by over 100 million people. Studying German opens the gate to the intellectual, economic, and cultural riches of Germany, Austria, and Switzerland and allows unrivalled understanding of contempoary Europe and its turbulent recent history.

www.ucc.ie/en/ck101/german

The UCC Department of German offers intensive language teaching in small groups alongside a wide range of themed research-led courses on various cultural topics. We have excellent staff-student ratios, allowing intensive engagement with all our students, as well as a collegiate atmosphere that puts the needs of the language-learner to the fore. Our department offers an exciting suite of courses aimed at both beginners and non-beginners and you will have the unique opportunity to learn German from scratch, or to build on your prior knowledge.

While studying German to a high level (C1 in the Common European Framework of Reference) with the aim of using it professionally, you will also learn about the language within its cultural and historical context. To this end you can spend an academic year abroad, deepening your language proficiency while gaining experience, maturity, independence, and adaptability along the way.

COURSE STRUCTURE

UCC trains students to become linguistically proficient, interculturally competent, and equipped with key transferable critical and analytical skills. Our course focuses on aspects of German literature, history, business, philosophy, theatre, and film. German as a joint honours subject can also be combined with Music and with Drama and Theatre Studies. Assessment varies according to the module and usually includes a combination of end-of-semester written exams, essays, presentations, in-class tests, learner journals, practical assignments, and written and oral end-of-semester examinations.

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WORK PLACEMENT

The College of Arts, Celtic Studies and Social Sciences (CACSSS), which is home to the Department of German, will support you in developing your career interests through a workplace engagement. This Professional Work Experience module (PX3001) may be taken in any year of your undergraduate studies.

CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

The German economy is among the strongest in the world, and our German graduates are constantly in high demand. A thorough knowledge of the language, history, politics, economics, society, and culture opens many professional doors. Graduates with language skills are in high demand and our graduates have found work in a variety of professions, including: business and industry, the cultural sector, education, financial services sector, the diplomatic corps, and translation and interpreting.

FIRST YEAR MODULES

All modules are 5 credits unless otherwise stated.

BEGINNER LEVEL: GE1103 Integrated Written & Oral German Language Course for Beginners (10 credits), GE1104 Introduction to German Culture & Literature for Beginners.

NON-BEGINNER LEVEL: GE1101 Integrated Written & Oral Language Course for German (10 credits), GE1102 Introduction to Literature.

GRADUATE PROFILE RICHARD MURPHY

“My undergraduate History and German skills enabled me to receive a full scholarship for my MA. I subsequently found work in Vienna at the world’s largest regional security organisation, the OSCE, where I initially worked on combating human trafficking before now working at the OSCE Conflict Prevention Centre, predominantly on South-Eastern Europe, Eastern Ukraine, and the South Caucasus.”

STUDY ABROAD

If you study German through Arts International (CK108), or any other International Pathway, you will spend third year studying at one of our partner universities abroad. The Department of German has a wide range of partner institutions in Germany, including the Universities of Bochum, Bonn, Cologne, Erlangen-Nürnberg, Hanover, Konstanz, Leipzig, Regensburg, Marburg, Munich, Potsdam, Rostock, and Vienna and Klagenfurt in Austria. Your stay will be organised by the UCC International Education Office, academically supervised by the German department, and supported by the EU’s Erasmus scheme. The year abroad is always perceived as an exciting and beneficial experience.

GRADUATE STUDY OPTIONS

Further study options for students who graduate with German as part of their degree include: MA Applied Linguistics, MA Languages & Cultures, MA Translation Studies, Professional Master of Education (PME), as well as PhD programmes in various topics in modern German Studies (post 1750). For more information on postgraduate courses at UCC please see: www.ucc.ie/en/study/postgrad/

Fun Fact:

UCC’s German Society is a very active and vibrant social club which organises a regular ‘Stammtisch’ where you can meet fellow German students and Erasmus students from Germany. The society organises many activities such as film evenings, a little ‘Oktoberfest’, a ‘Weihnachtsmarkt’ bake sale, as well as trips to Germany.

GREEK

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WHY UCC?

Classes are small and students receive close personal attention and support. In first year, you will be taught by a specialist College Language Teacher. We are fortunate at UCC to have one of the best classical collections in Ireland housed in the Boole Library, providing a marvellous resource for both undergraduate and postgraduate students.

WHAT WILL HELP YOU?

While Classical Studies, Greek, and Latin are all useful, these subjects are taught in first year assuming no prior knowledge.

COURSE STRUCTURE

POINTS TO NOTE

Greek is available in first year and thereafter only as a 10-credit subject in subsequent

CONTACT INFORMATION

Dr David Woods

d.woods@ucc.ie

www.ucc.ie/en/classics

WHAT IS GREEK?

Greek has been a written language for over 3,000 years. Ancient Greek was the form of Greek used during the period from c.800 BC to c.AD 700, originating in the area of modern Greece, but spreading throughout Eastern Mediterranean and Near East as far as Afghanistan. A reading knowledge of Greek is a key skill for anyone considering pursuing postgraduate studies in any aspect of the history and culture of the eastern Mediterranean during the ancient and medieval periods, and so complements the study of Archaeology, History, History of Art, and Religions and Global Diversity. A knowledge of Ancient Greek is essential for the study of early Christianity but also finds a home in law, medicine, and even computers, where the language of the Greeks is also evident in the language of the humanities and the sciences.

This course teaches ancient classical Greek, to those with no previous experience of the language, until one is familiar with the language and can read texts in classical Greek with the assistance of a dictionary. Teaching is normally scheduled from Monday to Friday, and each student’s timetable will differ depending on their selected subjects.

In first year, each subject entails three to four lectures per week plus a one-hour tutorial. Even though students take only two subjects after first year, the workload is broadly similar. Each 5-credit module has approximately 24 one-hour lectures per semester, plus additional language laboratories for languages. Our Greek course is intensive, because the classes are relatively small, both in first year (approximately five students in a class), but especially in second and third year (up to three students in a class). Written exams normally take place at the end of semester, but some modules use other types of assessment such as inclass presentations, project work, written assignments, etc.

FIRST YEAR MODULE

GK1001 Beginners’ Ancient Greek (15 credits).

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WORK PLACEMENT

The College of Arts, Celtic Studies and Social Sciences (CACSSS), which is home to the Department of Classics, will support you in developing your career interests through a workplace engagement. This Professional Work Experience module (PX3001) may be taken in any year of your undergraduate studies.

CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

Greek is an important complementary skill for a range of administrative, research and teaching jobs, involving knowledge of the history and culture of the ancient and medieval worlds. These include: archaeologists, archivists, heritage industry, museum posts, numismatists (coin/ currency specialist), teaching posts and academia.

STUDY ABROAD

If you study Greek through CK108 Arts International, or any other International Pathway, you will spend third year abroad, studying in an approved university. After your year abroad you will return to UCC to complete your final year. We currently have links with universities in: Belgium, Canada, China, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Norway, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Mexico, and the US.

GRADUATE STUDY OPTIONS

Further study options at UCC for students who graduate with Greek as part of their degree include: Postgraduate Diploma in Ancient & Medieval Languages, MA Roman Studies, and suitably qualified students may also choose to pursue a PhD in Greek & Roman Civilisation. Note that as Greek is only offered as a minor subject (10 credits) to degree level at UCC, you will not necessarily qualify to pursue postgraduate work in Greek specifically at other institutions. For more information on our postgraduate options at UCC please see the postgraduate study page at: www.ucc.ie/en/study/postgrad/.

Interesting Fact:

Ancient or Classical Greek is not the same as Modern Greek, but they remain very similar languages and a knowledge of one will prove of considerable help when learning the other. Knowing some Ancient Greek can even help you reading menus, road-signs, and other simple texts while on holiday in Greece!

GREEK AND ROMAN CIVILISATION

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WHY UCC?

In UCC, you will be given the opportunity to learn some Greek or Latin if you wish to do so. The classes are small after first year, which means you will get far more personal attention and discussion than is possible in larger disciplines. Since 1999, the Department of Classics runs an International Greek & Latin Summer School which offers beginners the opportunity to acquire the skills necessary for reading original Ancient Greek or Latin texts. The Summer School was awarded the European Label for Innovative and Creative Language Teaching and Learning in 2004 by the Linguistics Institute of Ireland on behalf of the European Commission.

POINTS TO NOTE

This is a Group 2(b) subject listed in the Arts Subject Groupings table (page 139). Students can only study one subject from Group 2(a) and 2(b) in second and third year.

CONTACT INFORMATION

Dr David Woods

d.woods@ucc.ie

www.ucc.ie/en/classics

WHAT IS GREEK AND ROMAN CIVILISATION?

Our Greek and Roman Civilisation course will introduce you to the history and culture of ancient Greece and Rome, from Rome’s foundation, c.753 BC, until the eclipse of Greek and Roman culture in the East, c.AD 750. This includes the study of all aspects of civilisation, including archaeology, mythology, philosophy, literature (poetry, prose, drama), art, architecture, and military and political history. We also study the ancient Greek and Latin languages which contributes to your understanding of these great civilisations. Greek and Roman Civilisation has exercised a profound influence on the development of European culture, and the study of Classics was a key part of the education system throughout the Western world until the mid-20th century, which strongly influenced art and literature throughout this period.

Our staff are highly published experts in the particular subjects that they teach – with a particular strength in the study of Roman history and numismatics (the study of currency including coins). We are fortunate at UCC to have one of the best classical collections in Ireland housed in the Boole Library, providing a marvellous resource for both undergraduate and postgraduate students.

WHAT WILL HELP YOU?

While Classical Studies, Greek, and Latin are all useful, these subjects are taught in first year assuming no prior knowledge.

COURSE STRUCTURE

Lectures are scheduled Monday to Friday, and each student’s timetable will differ depending on the subjects selected. In first year, each subject entails three to four lectures per week plus a one-hour tutorial. Even though students take only two subjects after first year, the workload is broadly similar. Each 5-credit module has approximately 24 one-hour lectures per semester, plus additional language laboratories for languages. Written exams will take place at the end of each semester. Not all modules will have formal examinations and many modules use other types of assessment. First year is assessed by a class test at the end of each semester, as well as a three-hour examination at the end of the year. Assessment varies from module to module in second and third year, but usually includes an examination at the end of the year.

There are no compulsory modules after first year. Students are free to pick from a wide range of 5-credit modules dealing with the history, literature, philosophy, religion, and so forth, of the ancient Greco-Roman world, entirely according to their own particular interests.

WORK PLACEMENT

The College of Arts, Celtic Studies and Social Sciences (CACSSS), which is home to the Department of Classics, will support you in developing your career interests through a workplace engagement. This Professional Work Experience module (PX3001) may be taken in any year of your undergraduate studies.

CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

A degree in Classics is not regarded as a vocational degree in that it does not usually prepare one for a specific career. Most graduates pursue careers that rely on the skills that they have acquired while studying Classics rather than their actual knowledge of Classics. Many of our graduates take conversion courses, often of a year’s duration, after their initial degree in order to pursue further training or careers in areas such as technical writing, accountancy, or law.

Greek and Roman Civilisation is an important complementary skill for a broad range of research and teaching jobs, involving knowledge of the history and culture of the ancient and medieval worlds. Our graduates find work in a diverse range of fields, including academia, accountancy, archaeology, heritage industry, museums, numismatics, religious life, teaching, writing, and publishing.

FIRST YEAR MODULE

GR1001 Greek and Roman Civilisation (15 credits).

GRADUATE PROFILE

PADRAIC MORAN

“I studied Classics as an undergraduate at UCC and was fascinated by the variety of topics and approaches. Through my studies, I developed my research and writing skills very significantly. By studying Latin, I sharpened my command of English grammar and vocabulary. After graduating, I put all of these skills to good use in a varied career, working in media research, reference publishing, web development and project management. Eventually I returned to postgraduate study and continued on an academic path. I am currently a lecturer and head of Classics at NUI Galway.”

STUDY ABROAD

If you study Greek and Roman Civilisation through CK108 Arts International, or any other International Pathway, you will spend third year abroad, studying in an approved university. After your year abroad you will return to UCC to complete your final year. We currently have links with universities in: Belgium, Canada, China, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Norway, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Mexico, and the US.

GRADUATE STUDY OPTIONS

Interesting Fact:

Modern film and literature continue to draw upon Greek and Roman Civilisation for inspiration. In the 2013 film Oblivion, Tom Cruise’s character, Jack Harper, takes courage from Macaulay’s ballad of the Roman hero Horatius, just before he sacrifices himself to kill the alien that was destroying Earth. Cruise quotes Horatius: “And how can a man die better, than facing fearful odds, for the ashes of his fathers, and the temples of his Gods”.

Further study options for students who graduate with Greek and Roman Civilisation as part of their degree include: Postgraduate Diploma in Ancient & Medieval Languages, MA Roman Studies, and suitably qualified students may also choose to pursue a PhD under the close supervision of a member of the department. For more information on our postgraduate options at UCC please see the postgraduate study page at: www.ucc.ie/en/study/postgrad/. FOLLOW

HISTORY

to the present; in place from Europe to Asia and the Americas; and in theme from economic development and international relations to ideologies, cultures, social structures, politics, and religion. You will learn the basic skills of a historian and have access to a broad choice of specialist studies, as well as gaining a range of sought-after transferable work skills and attributes. Our world is a product of historical forces. Become a history detective! Join us to explore the past, understand the present, and shape the future.

WHAT WILL HELP YOU?

Studying History means studying lives, events and ideas in times and places often very different from our own. It offers an enormous diversity of subjects to explore, questions to ponder and problems to resolve. If this interests you, this may be a subject for you.

COURSE STRUCTURE

CONTACT INFORMATION

Colette Pettit

c.pettit@ucc.ie www.ucc.ie/en/history

WHAT IS HISTORY?

History is universal and unavoidable. It defines both humanity and society. The discipline of History is the branch of knowledge that deals with the study of the past and the record of previous events. As a History student you will become proficient at gathering, interpreting, and evaluating a wide range of evidence. History is ‘alive’ – it connects things and people through time from the past to the present and enables us to take the long view. Interpretations of the past must be persuasive and agree with the evidence and the wider context. Historical skills are prized in all walks of life because History values the ability to deal with complex issues, both big and small.

WHY UCC?

History at UCC provides an exciting exploration of the past, tracing historical developments from medieval times to the present. Our School of History offers an impressive variety of courses to suit all and an opportunity to work with staff who have a recognised reputation for teaching excellence and a strong publication record. We provide coverage of Irish, European, American, Asian and World History including International Relations and European Studies. You can choose from a variety of specialist options ranging in time from the pre-Viking period

As a History student you will experience a variety of teaching formats, including lectures, seminars, small group work, project, and dissertation research as well as online learning options. Beyond the first and second-year core and option modules, a key feature of second year History is the Case Study in Research Skills module where you will be offered an extensive menu of case studies related to staff research specialisms, including Medieval, Early Modern, and Modern History. By third year, you will continue to tailor your options to suit your interests as well as participating in a seminar and having the opportunity to write an extended piece of research in the form of a dissertation. We use a variety of assessment methods, depending on the module, including written exams, essays, presentations, project work, dissertation writing, book reviews, document analysis, and various online methods.

FIRST YEAR MODULES

All modules are 5 credits unless otherwise stated.

CORE: HI1002 Modern Ireland: Culture, Politics & Society, HI1003 East & West: The Origins of European Identity.

Plus 5 credits from the following:

FIRST YEAR ELECTIVES: HI1005 Pilgrims & Crusaders, HI1006 US History since 1865, HI1007 Anti-Semitism in Europe from the Middle Ages to the Holocaust, HI1012 Women in Europe since 1800, HI1013 The British Empire & the Making of our Globalised World.

WORK PLACEMENT

The College of Arts, Celtic Studies and Social Sciences (CACSSS), which is home to the School of History, will support you in developing your career interests through a workplace engagement. This Professional Work Experience module (PX3001) may be taken in any year of your undergraduate studies.

CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

Our graduates are valued by potential employers because of their enquiring minds, strong compositional skills, and attention to detail. Since History places a premium on wide reading and balancing frequently conflicting sources it is not surprising that those with a History education are highly regarded. Employers in the modern fast-moving and smart economy need these creative and analytical graduates. Many Historians work in the following fields: academia, accountancy firms, administration, advertising, archives and records offices, arts, banking and finance, business, civil service and diplomacy, European Union, heritage management and tourism, information management, international agencies, journalism, media and PR, law, librarianship, management/consultancy, public service, publishing and editing, research and teaching.

GRADUATE PROFILE LAURA CASHMAN

Laura worked with various NGOs, UN agencies and government bodies in the US, the UK, Ireland and Zambia supporting projects that explored teaching and learning practices for marginalised groups. She is undertaking postgraduate studies at the University of Cambridge focusing on parental engagement in education in India. She won the National University of Ireland Traveling Studentship, the National University of Ireland Denis Phelan Award and the Lucy Cavendish College Simms Studentship in 2018 enabling her to do this and work towards her MPhil and PhD.

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STUDY ABROAD & FIELD TRIPS

If you study History through CK108 Arts International, or via the International Pathway of another programme, you will spend third year abroad, studying in an approved university. We currently have links with universities in: Belgium, Canada, China, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Norway, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Mexico, and the US.

Field trips are offered as part of some optional modules in History.

GRADUATE STUDY OPTIONS

The School of History at UCC is a leading international centre for postgraduate research in history, International Relations and European Studies. Further study options for students who graduate with History as part of their degree include: MA History, MA Digital Arts & Humanities, MA International Relations, MA Irish Revolution, MA Local History, MA Medieval History, MA Renaissance Latin Culture, MA Strategic Studies (online only), and MPhil/PhD options. For more information please refer to our School of History postgraduate study page at: http://www.ucc.ie/en/history/ graduatestudies/ and the UCC postgraduate study page at: www.ucc.ie/en/study/postgrad/

Question Time....

Can I become a History teacher if I study this subject?

Yes, we offer all the required History modules for secondary school teaching. You must check with the Teaching Council of Ireland and make sure that you choose the required modules from our list of modules.

HISTORY OF ART

SUBJECT OFFERED THROUGH:

students contribute to national and international scholarly debate through the publication of highquality books, peer-reviewed articles, and other outputs. In short, we offer a rich, lively and pluralist research environment. Our teaching is supported by the award-winning facilities of the Glucksman art gallery on campus and the Crawford Art Gallery in the city centre.

WHAT WILL HELP YOU?

Art, History, English, Classical Studies, Politics and Society are all useful subjects. While a keen interest in the visual is a distinct advantage, no prior knowledge of the History of Art is necessary to take this subject.

POINTS TO NOTE

This is a Group 2(a) subject listed in the Arts

Subject Groups table (page 139). Students can combine this subject with any subject from Group 2(b) (Applied Maths, European Studies, Folklore, Gaeilge-Irish, Greek & Roman Civilisation) in first year only.

CONTACT INFORMATION

Dr Flavio Boggi

f.boggi@ucc.ie

www.ucc.ie/en/arthistory

WHAT IS HISTORY OF ART?

History of Art is the study of human visual representation, from prehistory to the digital age. It is an exciting, interdisciplinary field of study that incorporates history, philosophy, literature, psychology, politics, social theory, and aesthetics in understanding global visual cultures. Art History offers you an adaptable, dynamic basis for careers in education, museums and galleries, arts event management, design, media, and PR. The study of History of Art will enable you to: think analytically and write persuasively; build your own criteria for making value judgements; and understand that art intervenes in the social, political, psychological, and philosophical contexts from which it emerges.

WHY UCC?

History of Art at UCC is committed to the pursuit of research excellence across a range of artistic media drawn from different historical periods and geographical areas. Our academic staff and research

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COURSE STRUCTURE

The course will provide you with a firm foundation on which to build an understanding of the visual culture and physical environment of modern-day Ireland, set within the local, European, and wider global context. In first year, you will cover the history and theory associated with the major phases of western art and architecture – from classical antiquity to the present – and examine the critical concepts that underpin the culture of the visual arts in the west. It is an exciting and stimulating course that teaches you to use your eyes, ask questions, and to have confidence in your critical judgments. In second and third year, you will build on that knowledge with a series of historically and thematically specific classes, allowing you to consider material in more detail and to perfect your skills in visual literacy.

Your timetable will depend on the subjects selected but usually each subject entails three to four lectures per week, plus a one-hour tutorial. Tutorials are student-centred, supportive learning environments in which any issues can be discussed in more detail. Even though students take only two subjects after first year, the workload is broadly similar. Each 5-credit module has approximately 24 one-hour lectures per semester, plus additional language laboratories for languages. Depending on your chosen modules, assessment methods can vary but normally comprise written exams, project-work, class presentations, etc.

Interesting Fact:

Images are always the focus of our teaching, so join us to explore the perceptions and intentions behind works of art and their history!

WORK PLACEMENT

The College of Arts, Celtic Studies and Social Sciences (CACSSS), which is home to the History of Art Department, will support you in developing your career interests through a workplace engagement. This Professional Work Experience module (PX3001) may be taken in any year of your undergraduate studies.

CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

We help you to realise your full potential at university by equipping you with skills for a wide range of exciting careers. We can offer you constant encouragement through personal tutoring, with specific advice on internships and jobs in auction houses, museums, galleries, and many other fields.

Graduates from our History of Art course leave with strong communication, analytical, and contextual skills, geared to contributing to a variety of commercial and non-profit sectors including the cultural industry, the media sector, museums and galleries, auction houses, education, law, and journalism.

Our students have developed national and international careers in a diverse range of arenas, notably as: curators and curatorial assistants; directors and managers of museums and galleries, including the Hayward Gallery in London and the Queensland College of Art, Brisbane; invigilators in national and international institutions, including local galleries and museums in Cork, the National Gallery of

FIRST YEAR MODULE

HA1001 An Introduction to Art History (15 credits).

GRADUATE PROFILE

NICOLA HOLLY

“I enjoyed the degree so much that I returned to complete a Masters in Modern and Contemporary Art History. My current role as Galleries Manager of the Queensland College of Art, Griffith University involves managing six distinct gallery spaces and implementing over 70 individual exhibitions and events per year. At 26, I became the youngest public Gallery Director in Queensland when I took up the position at the Stanthorpe Regional Art Gallery. I have no doubt that my time at UCC greatly contributed to my success in the arts industry abroad.”

Ireland, and the Irish Pavilion at the Venice Biennale; public education coordinators; scholars who research, teach, and publish actively in their respective fields; and senior writers and publicists for Auction Houses such as Adams Auction House in Dublin, Christie’s, and Sotheby’s with locations in Europe, Asia, and the Middle East.

STUDY ABROAD

If you study through CK108 Arts International, or any other International Pathway, you will spend third year abroad, studying in an approved university. After your year abroad, you will return to UCC to complete your final year. Our History of Art Department has two universities with which it has a formal Erasmus exchange agreement for study abroad: University of Siena, in Italy, and the Technical University of Dresden, in Germany. For more information, please see our information guide on partner universities at: www.ucc.ie/en/ international/goabroadwithucc/

GRADUATE STUDY OPTIONS

Further study options for students who graduate with History of Art as part of their degree include: MA Art History - Modern & Contemporary Art History, MA Global Gallery Studies, MA Digital Arts & Humanities. Students interested in contributing to scholarly and museum research can embark on supervised independent study in MPhil and PhD programmes. For more information please see our postgraduate study page at: www.ucc.ie/en/study/postgrad/

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ITALIAN

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WHAT IS ITALIAN?

Italian is not only a beautiful language, but it also opens the door to a rich and significant culture, dating back to the Middle Ages and Renaissance. Great Italian artists, architects, thinkers, musicians, and writers such as Michelangelo, Botticelli, Leonardo da Vinci, Machiavelli, Montessori, Vivaldi, and Dante, have all made their mark on European culture and beyond. But Italy’s importance is also highly contemporary. As a G8 country, Italy has an important economy: it is the third largest within Europe and the ninth largest globally. A degree in Italian provides access to a vibrant and influential culture and to the language and society of a country that offers exciting career opportunities in fields such as translating and interpreting, cinema, fashion, design, engineering, the agri-food sector, and the IT and business sectors.

WHY UCC?

POINTS TO NOTE

• This is a Group 6(a) subject listed in the Arts Subject Groups table (page 139). From second year, students may combine Italian with Spanish. Students may not combine Italian with Celtic Civilisation or Philosophy. Students may not combine Geography with Celtic Civilisation, Philosophy, or Spanish in second year.

• Students wishing to take Beginners’ Italian are recommended to have a minimum of grade H4 in another modern continental language, or Irish, or Latin, or Greek in the Leaving Certificate examination (or equivalent). Students wishing to take Non-Beginners’ Italian are recommended to have a minimum of grade H4 in Italian in the Leaving Certificate examination (or equivalent). Students who do not have H4 in a language as above should contact the Department of Italian to request permission.

* For a list of first year modules go to https://www.ucc.ie/en/ck124/

CONTACT INFORMATION

Dr Daragh O’Connell

Daragh.OConnell@ucc.ie

www.ucc.ie/en/ck101/italian

Italian at UCC has an excellent reputation both nationally and internationally. The Department of Italian is a small unit that punches above its weight. This means that you get the individual attention needed to help you progress from beginners’ level to degree standard. Learning takes place in small groups, allowing you to reach a high level of linguistic proficiency and to develop important critical and analytical skills. Staff know their students, and our graduates say that it is easy to make friends given the small class sizes. When studying Italian at UCC you can choose from a range of modules on literature and art, film and music, politics, food and culinary traditions, and the media. Our culture modules range from Medieval poetry to Renaissance drama to contemporary crime fiction and women’s writing.

Our Staff are either native speakers of Italian or have a near-native knowledge of the language. Staff adopt innovative teaching methodologies, including the use of digital technologies, and teaching is informed by their research, making the unit a leading Italian Department in Ireland, and beyond. Our students have an excellent record in the NUI Scholarship & Prizes Programme for the best performance in first-year Italian, winning awards every year, and have placed first on at least 12 out of 21 occasions since 1999.

WHAT WILL HELP YOU?

Irish, Latin, and Greek as well as modern Continental Languages are useful subjects. But it is not necessary to have Italian as a subject to take this course.

WORK PLACEMENT

The College of Arts, Celtic Studies and Social Sciences (CACSSS), which is home to the Department of Italian, will support you in developing your career interests through a workplace engagement. This Professional Work Experience module (PX3001) may be taken in any year of your undergraduate studies. Students of BA World Languages (CK110) also have the option to spend one semester of their third year abroad on a work placement in Italy. This can include, for instance, teaching English in primary or secondary schools, among other possibilities.

CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

The skills acquired in a degree with Italian open the door to a wide variety of careers, whether at home in Ireland, in Italy or further abroad. Careers are in such diverse areas as the financial sector, teaching (primary and second level), as well as teaching of English in Italy, publishing, IT, sales, translating and interpreting, the agri-food business, tourism, and hospitality, among others. Some of the companies where our graduates have found employment include the following: AM Ireland, American Express, Anima, Apple, Bord Bía, Central Bank of Ireland, Cork Chamber of Commerce, Danone, DellEMC, Editoriale, Europe translation.ie, European Parliament, Google, IBEC, Libraries Archives, VMware, and Voxpro.

To find out more about employment opportunities for our graduates of Italian, see www.ucc.ie/en/italian/jobs/. You can read about our graduates’ career paths here: www.ucc.ie/en/ italian/ourgraduates/

COURSE STRUCTURE

Most of our students are beginners, but we also provide for the growing numbers of non-beginners taking Italian. In each year of the course, students have four hours of contact per week with language tutors, in small-group work, and receive feedback on the exercises done outside class. Face-to-face language classes are supplemented by digital technologies, with students learning, for example, to make podcasts or short videos in the Italian language.

Assessment is by a variety of means including assignments, and/or listening tests and endof-semester written and oral examinations. We place a great emphasis on guiding students in the development of writing skills, and you are encouraged to engage in dialogue with lecturers during the drafting of essays and projects. The department also fosters communication and presentation skills, with many modules containing individual or group presentations as part of the assessment. The adoption of innovative assessment methods not only aids student learning, but it also serves to prepare graduates for the world of work.

STUDY ABROAD

If you study Italian through Arts International (CK108), or any other International Pathway, you will spend third year abroad, studying in an approved university in Italy, or where appropriate (in the country of your other language or subject). Currently, our partner universities in Italy include Bologna, Florence, Genova, Milan, Padova, Palermo, Rome, Venice, as well as other universities. Students taking Italian, or other subjects in the BA programme, may apply to transfer into the study-abroad pathway of the BA International programme (CK108), at the end of first year.

GRADUATE STUDY OPTIONS

Further study options for students who graduate with Italian as part of their degree include: HDip Advanced Languages & Global Communication, MA Applied Linguistics, MA Languages & Cultures, MA Translation Studies, Professional Master of Education (PME), as well as MRes and PhD programmes. Our Department has a vibrant research culture for postgraduates, and a strong track-record in obtaining funding for PhD students. For more information on postgraduate courses at UCC please see: www.ucc.ie/en/ study/postgrad/

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FIRST YEAR MODULES

All modules are 5 credits unless otherwise stated.

BEGINNER LEVEL: IT1101 Introduction to Written & Spoken Italian (10 credits), IT1201 Post-Unification Italian Culture & Society.

NON-BEGINNER LEVEL: IT1102 Non-Beginners’ Written & Spoken Italian (10 credits), IT1201 PostUnification Italian Culture & Society.

GRADUATE PROFILE CLAIRE CREEDON

“After graduation I was offered a job through the IBEC Export Orientation Programme, with Bord Bia in Milan, where I get to use both aspects of my degree. Italian is a huge resource when looking for jobs, and complements commerce subjects, with many businesses focusing on export markets.”

LATIN

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WHY UCC?

Studying Latin in UCC will allow you to be part of small class groups and enable you to receive individual attention and support from our specialist staff including Vicky Janssens in first year and Dr David Woods, Head of Department, in second and third year. We are fortunate at UCC to have one of the best classical collections in Ireland housed in the Boole Library, providing a marvellous resource for both undergraduate and postgraduate students. Our students frequently win the Dr Henry Hutchinson Stewart Scholarship and Prizes in Latin from the National University of Ireland.

WHAT WILL HELP YOU?

While Classical Studies, Greek, and Latin are all useful, these subjects are taught in first year assuming no prior knowledge.

COURSE STRUCTURE

POINTS TO NOTE

Latin is available in first year and thereafter only as a 10-credit subject in subsequent years.

CONTACT INFORMATION

Dr David Woods

d.woods@ucc.ie

www.ucc.ie/en/classics

WHAT IS LATIN?

Latin was the dominant language throughout Europe, North Africa and the near East, by the 2nd century AD, because of the spread of the Roman Empire, and remained the main language of science, law, and diplomacy in most of Europe until c.AD 1700. To this day it remains the language of law, government, logic, and theology. It is an excellent preparation for learning a Romance language, or any language. It also complements the study of Archaeology, Celtic Civilisation, Greek & Roman Civilization, History, History of Art, and Religions and Global Diversity – all of which are offered in the College of Arts, Celtic Studies and Social Sciences (CACSSS).

The course is intensive, because the classes are relatively small, both in first year (approximately 30 students in a class), and especially second and third year (up to eight students in a class). You do not need any previous experience of the language and you will be taught to the point where you can read texts in classical Latin, with the assistance of a dictionary. Assessment, depending on the module, is usually by written exams, in-class tests, essays and so on.

In first year you will study beginners’ Latin and during the year you will work your way through the basic grammar book and associated reader. We currently have six modules available in second year, and along with grammar, you will focus on reading authors such as Julius Caesar, Sallust, and Cicero. In third year, you will continue with your reading of works by authors such as Livy, Ovid, and Tacitus. Additionally, you may take an advanced Latin Language module.

FIRST YEAR MODULE

LT1001 Beginners’ Latin (15 credits).

WORK PLACEMENT

The College of Arts, Celtic Studies and Social Sciences (CACSSS), which is home to the Department of Classics, will support you in developing your career interests through a workplace engagement. This Professional Work Experience module (PX3001) may be taken in any year of your undergraduate studies.

CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

A degree in Latin is not regarded as a vocational degree in that it does not usually prepare one for a specific career. Most graduates pursue careers that rely on the skills that they have acquired while studying Latin rather than their actual knowledge of Latin. However Latin, as with all the classics, is an important complementary skill for a range of administrative, research and teaching jobs, involving knowledge of the history and culture of the ancient and medieval worlds. Our graduates go on to work in a diverse range of jobs, including archaeologists, archivists, heritage industry, museum posts, numismatists (coin/currency specialist), religious life, technical writing, teaching posts and academia.

GRADUATE PROFILE SHANE FORDE

“I am currently completing a MEd (part-time) at Cambridge University. I now teach Latin, Classical Greek, Biblical Hebrew and Classical Civilisation at Loughborough High School, an independent girls’ secondary school in the UK. Much of my job involves teaching teenagers how to read and appreciate classical literature both in its original languages and in translation. My time at UCC gave me the literary and philological training I needed to pursue a career where I can continue to deepen my own knowledge of the classics.”

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STUDY ABROAD

If you study Latin through CK108 Arts International, or any other International Pathway, you will spend third year abroad, studying in an approved university. After your year abroad you will return to UCC to complete your final year. We currently have links with universities in: Belgium, Canada, China, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Norway, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Mexico, and the US.

GRADUATE STUDY OPTIONS

Further study options at UCC for students who graduate with Latin as part of their degree include: Postgraduate Diploma in Ancient & Medieval Languages, MA Roman Studies, and suitably qualified students may also choose to pursue a PhD in Greek & Roman Civilisation. For more information on our postgraduate options at UCC please see the postgraduate study page at: www.ucc.ie/en/study/ postgrad/

As any fan of adolescent TV drama or literature already knows, a firm knowledge of Latin is essential if one hopes to achieve world domination through the mastery of dark magical powers…

MATHEMATICAL STUDIES

SUBJECT OFFERED THROUGH:

WHY UCC?

You will enter the jobs market with a numerate degree from one of the strongest Mathematical Sciences departments in Ireland. The emphasis on developing problem-solving skills across a range of disciplines is highly regarded by employers. You also have many electives to choose from in second and third year; this allows you to tailor the course to suit your interests. The course content is designed to cover the requirements for second-level teaching in mathematics as set down by the Teaching Council of Ireland.

WHAT WILL HELP YOU?

Higher Level Leaving Certificate Mathematics would be an advantage.

COURSE STRUCTURE

POINTS TO NOTE

Students who have passed Mathematics in first year ( MA1055 ), may not register for Mathematical Studies modules ( MS1002 , MS1003 , MS1004 ) in a repeat year. Students who wish to register for Mathematical Studies in second year are strongly recommended to have achieved a minimum of 50% in Mathematical Studies in their first year Arts exams.

* For a list of first year modules go to https://www.ucc.ie/en/ck124/

CONTACT INFORMATION

School of Mathematical Studies

sms@ucc.ie

www.ucc.ie/en/matsci

WHAT IS MATHEMATICAL STUDIES?

Mathematics is a powerful and versatile tool for solving practical problems and a highly creative field of study, combining logic and precision with intuition and imagination. Mathematics has long been recognised as providing the fundamental underpinning of science and technology, and is also vital to finance, and the social sciences.

This course in the theory and practice of mathematics is specially designed for students in the College of Arts, Celtic Studies and Social Sciences (CACSSS) who want to further develop their interest in mathematics. The BA in Mathematical Studies degree complements other numerically based options in the Arts subjects offerings, for example Economics or Geography. You will develop the theoretical underpinning of the mathematics you studied at school, while also developing applications of mathematics to problems in the wider world.

In first year you will study three modules that will consolidate what you have learnt in school; these modules provide the building blocks for the rest of the degree including: calculus, linear algebra, and statistics. Most first year modules consist of two to three lectures per week, together with exercise sheets that you work through with support from a tutor in a weekly tutorial. Written exams will take place at the end of each semester; some modules use other types of assessment including in-class tests, and take-home problems for example. We also endeavor to give you as much feedback as possible on your progress during the year.

FIRST YEAR MODULES

All modules are 5 credits unless otherwise stated.

MS1002 Calculus, MS1003 Linear Algebra, MS1004 Introduction to Statistics.

WORK PLACEMENT

The College of Arts, Celtic Studies and Social Sciences (CACSSS) will support you in developing your career interests through a workplace engagement. This Professional Work Experience module (PX3001) may be taken in any year of your undergraduate studies.

CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

As a graduate, your technical and numeracy skills will prepare you for a range of employment opportunities. Your soft skills, such as oral and written presentation skills, and experience of working in a team, will also be attractive to employers. A degree that includes mathematics will be seen by employers as evidence that you are able to think independently and quickly learn new skills. Recent graduates have embarked on career paths such as: accountancy, banking, civil service, data analytics, insurance sales and marketing, management services, media, and teaching/academia.

Question Time:

Do you need Higher Level Leaving Certificate Mathematics to take Mathematical Studies?

While it is not required we do recommend Higher Level Leaving Cert Mathematics for this course.

Fun Fact!

A key idea in mathematics is symmetry. The symmetries of an equilateral triangle are easy to see: combining them together is one part of algebra. It turns out that the same ideas can be used to show that doing the perfect riffle shuffle on a pack of 52 cards will return the pack to its original order!

STUDY ABROAD

If you study Mathematical Studies through CK108 Arts International, or any other International Pathway, you will spend third year abroad, studying in an approved university. After your year abroad you will return to UCC to complete your final year. We currently have links with universities in: Belgium, Canada, China, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Norway, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Mexico, and the US.

GRADUATE STUDY OPTIONS

Further study options for students who graduate with Mathematical Studies as part of their degree include: MSc Actuarial Science, MSc Data Science & Analytics, MPhil Mathematical Studies, Professional Masters of Education (PME), PhD Mathematical Studies. For more information on our discipline-specific options please see our postgraduate study page at: www.ucc.ie/en/matsci/postgraduate/

GRADUATE PROFILE

PAUL BYRNES

“I quickly realised that the way Mathematical Studies is delivered, ensures that each student is provided with a wonderful chance to further their understanding of mathematics. The material is topical and has applications to everyday life. I began a PhD in mathematics in 2013 and had I not chosen Mathematical Studies as my foundation, I would not be where I am today.”

MATHEMATICS

SUBJECT OFFERED THROUGH:

WHY UCC?

You will enter the jobs market with a numerate degree from one of the strongest Mathematical Sciences departments in the country. Our emphasis, on developing problem-solving skills in our students, is highly regarded by employers. Graduates, who have mathematics incorporated into their degree, have an excellent track record in both career development and in further study. Additionally, the course content covers the requirements for second-level teaching in mathematics, as set down by the Teaching Council of Ireland.

WHAT WILL HELP YOU?

POINTS TO NOTE

• Students who wish to take Mathematics must have achieved minimum grade H3 in Mathematics in the Leaving Certificate Examination (or equivalent). This subject may not be combined with Celtic Civilisation or Spanish in first year due to timetable restrictions.

• Students who have passed Mathematical Studies modules MS1002 , MS1003 , & MS1004 , may not register for Mathematics ( MA1055 ) in a repeat year. Students who wish to register for Mathematics in second year Arts are strongly recommended to have achieved a minimum of 50% in Mathematics in their first year Arts exams. Students who achieve 40% will be allowed to register for Mathematical Studies in second year.

CONTACT INFORMATION

School of Mathematical Studies

sms@ucc.ie

www.ucc.ie/en/matsci

WHAT IS MATHEMATICS?

Mathematics is a powerful and versatile tool for solving practical problems. It is a creative field of study, combining logic and precision with intuition and imagination. It is recognised as providing the fundamental underpinning of science and technology and is also vital in finance and the social sciences. Our Mathematics course covers concepts and techniques of modern and classical mathematics and will develop your mathematical knowledge and ability to a level that is highly valued by employers.

Students who wish to take Mathematics must have achieved at least a H3 in Mathematics in the Leaving Certificate Examination (or equivalent). Applied Mathematics and/or Physics are useful subjects, but neither is essential for you to take this course.

COURSE STRUCTURE

During first year you will review Leaving Certificate Mathematics, with an emphasis on understanding mathematics, and build on this along with calculus, analysis, linear algebra and abstract algebra. In second and third year you will cover more advanced topics along with elective modules in statistics, geometry, game theory, financial mathematics, and dynamical systems. Most first year modules consist of two to three lectures per week, together with exercise sheets that you work through with support from a tutor in a weekly tutorial. You will have on average up to five hours of lectures per week, and three tutorials. Written exams will take place at the end of each semester. Not all modules will have written examinations and many modules use other types of assessment including in-class tests, and take-home problems for example. We also endeavor to give you as much feedback as possible on your progress during the year.

FIRST YEAR MODULE

MA1055 Mathematics (Calculus, Linear Algebra, Analysis, Abstract Algebra) (15 credits).

WORK PLACEMENT

The College of Arts, Celtic Studies and Social Sciences (CACSSS) will support you in developing your career interests through a workplace engagement. This Professional Work Experience module (PX3001) may be taken in any year of your undergraduate studies.

CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

As a graduate with Mathematics, your technical and numeracy skills will prepare you for a range of employment opportunities. Your soft skills, such as oral and written presentation skills, and experience of working in a team, will also be attractive to employers. A degree that includes mathematics will be seen by employers as evidence that you are able to think independently and quickly learn new skills. Recent graduates have embarked on a wide variety of career paths such as: accountancy, administration, civil service, consultancy work, data analytics, finance, insurance, sales & marketing, investment banking, management services, media, meteorology, and teaching/academia.

STUDY ABROAD

If you study Mathematics through CK108 Arts International, or any other International Pathway, you will spend third year abroad, studying in an approved university. After your year abroad you will return to UCC to complete your final year. We currently have links with universities in: Belgium, Canada, China, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Norway, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Mexico, and the US.

GRADUATE STUDY OPTIONS

Further study options for students who graduate with Mathematics as part of their degree include: MPhil Mathematics, MSc Financial & Computational Mathematics, MSc Data Science & Analytics, MSc Mathematical Modelling & Self-Learning Systems, Professional Masters of Education (PME), PhD Mathematics. For more information on our discipline-specific options please see our postgraduate study page at: www.ucc.ie/en/matsci/postgraduate/

GRADUATE PROFILE

SARAH O’DONOVAN

“Mathematics is both enjoyable and challenging. The course is diverse and gave me a solid foundation in mathematics. In addition, I gained transferable skills such as problem solving and independent thinking. Studying Mathematics has increased my employability and has offered me a wide range of career prospects.”

Interesting Fact:

A past graduate of this degree has been responsible, in recent years, for helping set the Leaving Certificate in Mathematics!

PHILOSOPHY

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WHAT IS PHILOSOPHY?

Philosophy gets its name from the Greek words for ‘love of wisdom’. Philosophy is the attempt to understand fundamental truths about the world, ourselves, and our relationships to the world and to others. It involves asking, discussing and attempting to answer some of life’s most basic questions, such as: What is knowledge? Do we have free will? What is the mind? What is right or wrong? Philosophy is largely about asking questions and seeking answers.

WHY UCC?

POINTS TO NOTE

This is a Group 6(b) subject listed in the Arts Subject Groups table (page 139). From second year, students may combine Italian with Spanish. Students may not combine Italian with Celtic Civilisation or Philosophy. Students may not combine Geography with Celtic Civilisation, Philosophy, or Spanish in second year.

CONTACT INFORMATION

Professor Don Ross don.ross@ucc.ie

www.ucc.ie/en/philosophy

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Studying Philosophy at UCC will expose you to the most important philosophical ideas, thinkers and frameworks – ancient and modern, western and eastern – enabling you to address contemporary problems in a globalised context. Philosophy at UCC has particular strengths in moral and political philosophy, as well as in philosophy of mind, body and action. Its greatest strength, however, is its commitment to pluralism and interdisciplinarity, which combines these fields with research and teaching in Aesthetics; Comparative Continental European and Asian Philosophy; Philosophy of Science; Philosophy of Economics; and Metaphysics and Epistemology.

COURSE STRUCTURE

Lectures are scheduled Monday to Friday and your timetable will vary depending on the subjects selected. In first year, PH1001 entails three lectures per week plus a one-hour tutorial. Tutorials are studentcentred, supportive learning environments in which issues can be discussed in more detail. Even though students take only two subjects after first year, the workload is broadly similar. Each 5-credit module has approximately 24 one-hour lectures per semester. You also must build reading hours into your workload as you will be expected to read somewhere in the region of 25 to 35 pages per week per module. Assessment for PH1001 is made up entirely of continuous assessment consisting of written exams and attendance and participation at tutorials. In second and third year, all courses are assessed by a mix of continuous assessment, such as essays, and exams.

FIRST YEAR MODULE

PH1001 Introduction to Philosophy (15 credits).

WORK PLACEMENT

The College of Arts, Celtic Studies and Social Sciences (CACSSS), which is home to the Department of Philosophy, will support you in developing your career interests through a workplace engagement. This Professional Work Experience module (PX3001) may be taken in any year of your undergraduate studies.

CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

We believe that all career paths benefit from the critical and creative thinking skills, and interpersonal sensitivity, one obtains from having Philosophy as part of your degree. Philosophy provides students with academic training and the professional skills necessary to develop a career in a number of areas, including advertising, entrepreneurship/business, journalism & publishing, law, mental healthcare professionals, psychotherapy & counselling, public sector, and teaching/ academia.

GRADUATE PROFILE JENNIFER HORGAN

“I graduated from UCC with a BA in English and Philosophy in 2002, with an MA in Gender and Sexuality in Irish Writing in 2004 and a Higher Diploma in Education in 2006. I taught English in East London for six years and English and Philosophy in Abu Dhabi for another four. The British curriculum provided me with an opportunity to revisit philosophy in my teaching. I was thrilled to discover the new Ethics course in the Junior Cycle in Ireland. I have returned to Cork, teaching English and ethics in Educate Together Secondary School. My qualifications from UCC set me on a wonderful path of lifelong questioning and learning.”

GRADUATE PROFILE DAVID WHYTE

“I graduated from UCC with a BA in Philosophy in 2012. I moved to University College London for an MSc and PhD in Anthropology. My doctoral research used surf culture to study rural coastal communities and environmental politics in Ireland. I am now employed as Graduate Development Officer by Ballyhoura Development, a community development non-profit operating in North Cork/ South Limerick. By studying and later tutoring philosophy at UCC, I encountered a fascinating discipline and methods of conceptual analysis that have been useful throughout my studies and employment. My relationship with the department has been essential.”

STUDY ABROAD

If you study Philosophy through CK108 Arts International, or any other International Pathway, you will spend third year abroad, studying in an approved university. After your year abroad, you will return to UCC to complete your final year. We currently have links with universities in: Belgium, Canada, China, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Norway, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Mexico, and the US.

GRADUATE STUDY OPTIONS

Further study options for students who graduate with Philosophy as part of their degree include: MA Philosophy, MA Health & Society, MPhil Philosophy, PhD Philosophy. For more information on our postgraduate options please see the postgraduate study page at: www.ucc.ie/en/study/ postgrad/.

POLITICS

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WHY UCC?

The BA Politics at UCC is taught jointly by staff from the Department of Government & Politics, the School of History, and the Department of Philosophy. Our staff are drawn from a broad range of specialist backgrounds, creating a diverse and innovative learning environment for students. Over the course of the degree, you can participate in field trips to Irish and international political institutions, contribute to national policy analysis by making submissions to policy reviews, publish your work in the student online journal Government and Politics Review and attend and speak at a wide range of conferences organised by staff across the course. You will have amazing opportunities during your degree, such as the chance to apply to the Washington Ireland Programme in Washington DC, the Kosovo International Summer Academy, and the FleishmanHillard EU Internship Programme in Brussels.

WHAT WILL HELP YOU?

History, Politics and Society are useful subjects.

CONTACT INFORMATION

Department of Government and Politics government@ucc.ie

www.ucc.ie/en/government-and-politics

WHAT IS POLITICS?

Politics is an exciting, diverse, and dynamic subject that draws on the expertise of academics in history, government, and philosophy. Our Politics graduates are highly informed, adaptable and independentlyminded. It’s an ideal subject if you are interested in international affairs, human rights, Irish politics, and conflict and cooperation in human societies.

A degree in Politics gives you a flexible qualification for the 21st century. This course will give you a plethora of analytical and practical skills, including IT skills, oral and written communication skills, and the ability to conduct quality research, all of which are invaluable in the employment market today.

Interesting Facts:

You won’t just see your lecturers in the classroom. You’ll also encounter them on TV and radio providing expert commentary on the political issues of the day! www.ucc.ie/en/ck101/politics

COURSE STRUCTURE

Politics is available in all three years of the BA degree, and you may study it as a single, major, or joint honours subject. Diverse assessment techniques are used throughout the politics programme. Many modules are assessed exclusively through continuous assessment while a small number retain an end-of-semester written exam. Core research and communication skills are developed through traditional methods such as reviews, in-class tests, and essays, but assessments also include more practical and innovative methods such as: individual and group presentations, participation in negotiation simulation exercises designed around international institutions, policy reports, poster design, social media analysis reports, writing opinion editorials and completing funding applications. The varied assessment profile is designed to ensure that you acquire diverse skills during your degree.

FIRST YEAR MODULE

PO1001 Introduction to Politics (15 credits).

FIELD TRIPS

Depending on the modules you take, there may be opportunities to participate in organised study-trips to political institutions in Belfast, Brussels, and Dublin.

WORK PLACEMENT

The College of Arts, Celtic Studies and Social Sciences (CACSSS) will support you in developing your career interests through a workplace engagement. This Professional Work Experience module (PX3001) may be taken in any year of your undergraduate studies.

CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

The career prospects for Politics graduates are wide and exciting. Current graduates work in the following fields: business analysts, campaign coordinators for charities, civil servants in local & national government, diplomats, interest groups & political parties, journalists (print, broadcast, & social media), officials in international organisations (e.g. the UN), policy analysts, political advisors, public relations & event managers, recruitment consultants, researchers & policy officers with lobby-groups & think tanks, teachers & academia, and politicians too of course!

STUDY ABROAD

If you study Politics through CK108 Arts International, or any other International Pathway, you will spend third year abroad, studying in an approved university. After your year abroad you will return to UCC to complete your final year. We currently have links with universities in: Belgium, Canada, China, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Norway, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Mexico, and the US.

GRADUATE STUDY OPTIONS

Further study options for students who graduate with Politics as part of their degree include: MA Health & Society, MA International Relations, MA Philosophy, MA Strategic Studies, MSc Government & Politics, MSc International Public Policy & Diplomacy. In addition, students can undertake research Masters, or a three-year PhD involving in-depth research under the supervision of academic staff. For more information on our postgraduate options please see the postgraduate study page at: www.ucc.ie/en/study/postgrad/.

Question Time...

What kind of a job are you qualified for?

The particular suite of knowledge and competencies nurtured by the BA Politics programme are valued by all sorts of employers in both the public and private sector. These include strong analytical, research, written and presentational skills which are important in lots of workplaces. A degree in Politics provides you with the capacity to explore many different career options from journalism to teaching, and from public relations to high political office.

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MURPHY

“The BA (Hons) in Politics deepened my holistic understanding of the field, and prepared me for the next steps in my career. Philosophy proved to be a good foundation for studying jurisprudence when I went on to study law, and learning about political systems prepared me for advocacy positions with Irish-based NGOs. Studying US politics proved invaluable for my policy role with UNAIDS in Washington D.C. The international relations modules piqued my interest in the UN, where I now work as an Adviser to the Permanent Mission of Ireland to the UN.”

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PORTUGUESE

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WHY UCC?

Our course enables you to explore Portuguese as a global language together with its literature and culture. Initially introduced as a language elective by the late Professor Foley in the 1980s, Portuguese has been available as a subject since 2012. Since the academic year 2020-21, we offer Portuguese as a full 30-credit degree subject.

Our teaching staff are internationally recognised experts in their field, and together with small class sizes, will facilitate interactive teaching/learning and student participation. If you are a student on an International Pathway (CK108, CK110), you will have the opportunity to spend your third year at the University of Coimbra – which is one of the oldest universities in Portugal.

POINTS TO NOTE

If you wish to take Beginners' Portuguese, you must have obtained a minimum grade H4 in the Leaving Certificate Examination (or equivalent) in another modern continental language, or Irish, Latin, or Greek.

CONTACT INFORMATION

Sofia Da Silva Mendes

S.daSilvaMendes@ucc.ie

www.ucc.ie/en/portuguese

WHAT IS PORTUGUESE?

Portuguese allows you to study the language and culture of Portugal and of the Portuguese-speaking world (Lusofonia) through literature, theatre, film, music, art, history, and media. As a result of its growing prominence as a world language, Portuguese is a highly marketable skill, especially in the areas of commerce, engineering, translation, tourism, health and sports. Spoken by more than 200 million people across four continents, Portuguese is usually ranked as the sixth most spoken language in the world, and is the most widely spoken in the southern hemisphere. Portuguese is, of course, spoken in Portugal, but is also the official language of Brazil, Angola, Mozambique, Cape Verde and São Tomé in Africa. Portuguese is an official language of the European Union and MERCOSUR, the economic alliance between several South American countries, including Paraguay, Venezuela, and Brazil. Rapidly becoming one of the world’s leading economies, Brazil is already a leader in the areas of medicine, technology, and energy. Portuguese opens doors to rich and diverse cultures!

WHAT WILL HELP YOU?

All we ask is that you enjoy languages! While Spanish, Art, Politics and Society, History and Music all contribute to your enjoyment of this course, they are not necessary in order for you to take Portuguese. However, if you wish to take Beginners’ Portuguese you must have obtained a minimum grade H4 in the Leaving Certificate Examination (or equivalent) in another modern continental language, or Irish, Latin, or Greek.

COURSE STRUCTURE

In the language classes, you can expect contact hours to vary depending on your proficiency levels. Beginners have more hours of tuition, up to four hours a week, but additional hours may be required for reading, laboratory work, and so on. Cultural studies modules are one hour weekly, but you are also expected to carry out independent work. Written exams are usually held at the end of semester one and two. Not all modules will have formal examinations and many modules use other types of assessment including written and oral examinations, in-class tests, and journals for language modules. Essays, group projects and presentations are the predominant forms of assessment in cultural studies modules.

FIRST YEAR MODULES

All modules are 5 credits unless otherwise stated.

PU1101 Portuguese Beginners Language (10 credits), PU1102 Introduction to Portuguese Studies.

WORK PLACEMENT

The College of Arts, Celtic Studies and Social Sciences (CACSSS), which is home to the Department of Spanish, Portuguese and Latin American Studies, will support you in developing your career interests through a workplace engagement. This Professional Work Experience module (PX3001) may be taken in any year of your undergraduate studies. Students of BA World Languages (CK110) also have the option to spend one semester of their third year abroad on a work placement, which can be combined with the study abroad period.

CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

There is a critical shortage of graduates with foreign language skills and our graduates are in high demand from employers. A degree with Portuguese and Latin American studies opens up innumerable career avenues, helping you develop highly sought-after skills that are applicable in a wide range of areas, both in the public and private sectors. Our students find work in a diverse range of areas, including academia, banking, international business, journalism and media, marketing, public service, recruitment, teaching, tourism and translating or interpreting with the European Union.

Question Time

Can I study Portuguese alongside other programmes?

Yes, you can. Our modules are open for students joining from a wide variety of disciplines and academic areas.

What is Portuguese useful for?

Being a global language, knowing Portuguese will open interesting pathways in the areas of business, translation and cultural labour. Portuguese is spoken in Africa, Latin America, Asia, and Europe, so by adding Portuguese to your learning-portfolio you can consider global opportunities in developing your career.

Interesting Fact:

Portugal is the oldest nation in Europe, and Portuguese is spoken in all continents around the globe.

GRADUATE PROFILE NIAMH LEONARD

“Studying Portuguese at UCC was a great opportunity for me to add another language to my list, and broaden my academic horizons. Surprisingly, the level of non-native Portuguese speakers in Ireland is moderately low. Portuguese is among one of the top ten languages in the world.”

STUDY ABROAD

If you study Portuguese through Arts International (CK108), World Languages (CK110), or any other International Pathway, you will spend third year abroad studying in an approved university in Portugal. After your study abroad programme ends you then return to UCC to complete your final year. This opportunity will dramatically improve your linguistic competencies. The Department is currently working on partnerships with Brazilian universities and businesses, and soon hopes to offer work placements in Brazil to our students.

GRADUATE STUDY OPTIONS

Further study options for students who graduate with Portuguese as part of their degree include: MA Applied Linguistics, MA Global Cultures & Languages, MA Translation Studies, Professional Master of Education (PME), as well as MRes, MPhil and PhD programmes. For more information on postgraduate courses at UCC please see: www.ucc.ie/en/study/postgrad/.

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RELIGIONS AND GLOBAL DIVERSITY

The Study of Religions Department here at UCC allows students to research and explore these important questions that are a part of foreign policies, laws, gender roles, diet, dress, and ethical and moral beliefs. Religions affect the ways in which people interact and communicate and can be a powerful resource for both cooperation and antagonism. Freedom of expression, equality and tolerance and justifications for violence and war, very often have strong religious dimensions, that are also part of our contemporary debates. These issues affect all of us and by taking our course at UCC you will participate in a stimulating and illuminating learning and teaching environment, giving you space to deliberate the impact of religions on our globalised society today.

WHY UCC?

POINTS TO NOTE

To qualify as a teacher of Religious Education (RE) in Ireland, you must take at least 60 credits throughout the period of your degree in Religions & Global Diversity, including the following compulsory modules: Authority Community in Contemporary Christianities; Christianities in a Global Age; Islam: Historical & Contemporary Perspectives. This is a requirement of the Teaching Council of Ireland.

CONTACT INFORMATION

Amanullah De Sondy

Amanullah.desondy@ucc.ie www.ucc.ie/en/religion

WHAT IS RELIGIONS & GLOBAL DIVERSITY?

Exploring a deeper study of religions, allows one to understand the world we live in. We see significant streams of religions in politics, society, economics, literature, music and art and it is for this reason that we need an understanding of religions – in all their various manifestations – in order to make sense of our changing world. Few days pass without reports in the media on the impact of religion upon both local and global events, and on the lives of individuals and communities.

The Study of Religions Department at UCC is a unique department in the Republic of Ireland. It is the only department which teaches courses from a nontheological and non-confessional perspective. We strive in delivering and upholding the university’s motto of critical and independent thinking. Our department is well placed in our current geopolitical time. Religion, in all its permutations, continues to play an influential role in the world, for good or ill. Teaching students at university about religion is not only essential but pivotal in order to prepare them for their time after graduation. Please see our webpage for more information on studying Religions at UCC: www.ucc.ie/en/religion/welcomeandabout/.

WHAT WILL HELP YOU?

It is not necessary to have taken Religion as a Leaving Certificate subject to study this course with us.

COURSE STRUCTURE

Lectures are scheduled Monday to Friday and in first year you will usually have three to four lectures per week plus a one-hour tutorial. Tutorials are studentcentered, supportive learning environments in which particular issues can be discussed in more detail. Your workload is broadly similar in second and third year and you will have a broad choice of modules to choose from during these years, including areas such as Islam: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives; Christianities in a Global Age; Contemporary Religions in Ireland; Western Esotericism and New Religious Movements; Hinduism and Indian Religions; Korean Religions and Philosophical Traditions; Gender and Sexuality; Dissertation in the Study of Religions; Islam in Film, Media and Music; and much more.

WORK PLACEMENT

The College of Arts, Celtic Studies and Social Sciences (CACSSS), where the Study of Religions Department is based, will support you in developing your career interests through a workplace engagement. This Professional Work Experience module (PX3001) may be taken in any year of your undergraduate studies.

CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

This programme is recognised by the Teaching Council of Ireland as suitable for graduates who intend to follow a career in secondary school teaching. As society in Ireland, and across the world, becomes more culturally diverse and more closely interlinked, understanding different religious beliefs and practices is increasingly important for careers in a multitude of areas including: teaching, the civil service, journalism, human resources, business, and the diplomatic service.

FIELD TRIPS

The Study of Religions Department often puts together field trips to places where we can explore and understand religions. This includes visits to various places of worship such as Buddhist Retreat Centres, Churches, etc. near and far.

FIRST YEAR MODULE

RG1001 Religions in the Contemporary World: An Introduction to the Study of Religions (15 credits).

GRADUATE PROFILE MARIAN CAULFIELD

UCC Lecturer in Study of Religions

“My research within the study of religions has nearly always been influenced in my involvement in music studies (BA Music 2009 -2012). Through these joint subjects, I have developed an interest in various philosophies of sound and sonority within the ‘religious’ realm. The instinctive development of my interest in these joint interests was opportune, as it has catapulted me into a new and exciting field of international research, which has been emerging in the last decade within the discipline of ‘study of religions’.”

STUDY ABROAD

If you study Religions & Global Diversity through CK108 Arts International, or any other International Pathway, you will spend third year abroad, studying in an approved university. After your year abroad you will return to UCC to complete your final year. We currently have links with universities in: Belgium, Canada, China, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Norway, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Mexico, and the US.

GRADUATE STUDY OPTIONS

Further study options for students who graduate with Religions & Global Diversity as part of their degree include: MA Anthropology, and MRes in Contemporary Religions. For more information on our postgraduate options please see the postgraduate study page at: www.ucc.ie/en/study/ postgrad/.

Interesting Facts:

Saint Finbarr is the patron saint of Cork City and of the diocese of Cork, and our UCC motto: ‘Where Finbarr taught let Munster learn’, makes reference to the origins of the city.

Cork has been a centre of education and learning since the 7th century when St. Finbarr founded his church and monastery in AD 606, on a limestone cliff above the River Lee, an area now known as Gill Abbey – a short walk from our campus.

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SPANISH

SUBJECT OFFERED THROUGH:

WHAT IS SPANISH?

Spanish is the world’s second language with 470 million speakers, in over 20 countries, across four continents. An increasing number of these are in the United States, as well as Mexico, Spain, Colombia, Argentina, Peru and elsewhere. We will help you to develop a deep knowledge of the language, cultures and histories of the Spanish-speaking world. Learning Spanish opens up a vast new world of rich cultures that can be seen in many walks of life including music, fashion, sports, cinema, literature and the arts.

WHY UCC?

POINTS TO NOTE

Students wishing to take Beginners’ Spanish must have obtained a minimum grade H4 in the Leaving Certificate (or equivalent) in another modern continental language, or Irish, Latin or Greek OR evidence of competence equivalent to grade H4 in a foreign language other than Spanish. Students who have studied Spanish at second level and obtained a grade below H4 can also join the Beginners’ Spanish course. Students wishing to take Non-Beginners’ Spanish must have obtained a minimum grade H4 in Spanish in the Leaving Certificate examination (or equivalent).

This is a Group 6(b) subject listed in the Arts Subject Groups table (page 139). From second year, students may combine Italian with Spanish. Students may not combine Italian with Celtic Civilisation or Philosophy. Students may not combine Geography with Celtic Civilisation, Philosophy, or Spanish in second year.

CONTACT INFORMATION

Dr Martín Veiga

m.veiga@ucc.ie www.ucc.ie/en/splas

UCC is home to the country’s only Centre for Mexican Studies and the Irish Centre for Galician Studies. Most of our programmes involve study abroad, in either Spain or Latin America, so that you learn to develop cultural awareness, adapt to new and changing surroundings and learn to work both in teams and independently. We are also the only course in Ireland to offer Portuguese, Catalan and Galician (Galego) alongside our modules in culture, linguistics and history of the Hispanic world. Our teaching staff are internationally recognised experts in their field and include, among others, specialists on: the history and culture of Spain’s Golden Age; Spanish and Latin American theatre; Mexican culture including literature, cinema and visual arts; Galician language and literature; Latin American cultural and social history, with particular expertise in Argentina, Chile and Uruguay; poetry and narrative, and Caribbean art and literature.

WHAT WILL HELP YOU?

You do not need to have studied Spanish before coming to us. About half of our students are beginners when they start their studies.

COURSE STRUCTURE

You will study Spanish language throughout your time with us. As well as language, you will learn about Iberian and Latin American culture and society. As part of your studies, you will have the chance to explore culture from the Latino community in the US as well as study theatre, art, politics, history, and film from Spain, and from the many countries of Latin America including Mexico, Cuba, Argentina, and Brazil. We will also introduce you to the study of Spanish narrative and poetry, such as the work of Cervantes and writers of the Spanish Golden Age. If you wish to, you can choose to study some of the other Iberian languages, Portuguese, Catalan, Basque or Galician (Galego) and there are modules also on teaching Spanish as a Foreign Language, Human Rights in Latin America, as well as linguistic varieties and global Spanish.

* For a list of first year modules go to https://www.ucc.ie/en/ck124/

WORK PLACEMENT

The College of Arts, Celtic Studies and Social Sciences (CACSSS), which is home to the Department of Spanish, Portuguese and Latin American Studies, will support you in developing your career interests through a workplace engagement. This Professional Work Experience module (PX3001) may be taken in any year of your undergraduate studies. Students of BA World Languages (CK110) also have the option to spend one semester of their third year abroad on a work placement, which can be combined with your study abroad programme.

CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

There is a critical shortage of graduates with foreign language skills in Ireland and Spanish is in high demand from employers. From education to digital marketing, as well as international business and finance, translation, tourism, and many more in between, a degree with Spanish and Latin American studies opens up innumerable career avenues, helping you develop highly sought-after skills that are applicable in a wide range of areas both in the public and private sectors. Employers of UCC graduates in Spanish include: academic institutes, Allied Irish Bank, Bank of Ireland, Bord Bia, Dell-EMC, Department of Education and Skills, Enterprise Ireland, Google, Institutes of Technology, Musgraves, non-governmental organisations, the European Central Bank, the European Commission, & many more.

Contact hours will vary depending on levels and course combinations. However, you will always have about three hours per week of language classes if you come to us as a non-beginner, and four hours per week if you are a beginner in Spanish. Most of the elective modules are taught in one semester and involve two hours per week of contact. You will have additional hours for reading, class preparation, laboratory practice and group work. Language modules have written examinations as well as continuous assessment. Our elective modules assess work submitted in different forms including essays, group projects, class tests, online quizzes, oral presentations, and learning journals.

FIRST YEAR MODULES

BEGINNER LEVEL:

HS1101 First Year Spanish Language for Beginners (15 credits).

NON-BEGINNER LEVEL:

HS1102 First Year Spanish Language for Non-Beginners (10 credits), HS1030 Introduction to Spanish & Latin American Studies (for Non-Beginners’ only) (5 credits).

STUDY ABROAD

If you study Spanish through Arts International (CK108), World Languages (CK110), or any other International Pathway, you will spend third year abroad, studying in an approved university in Spain or various parts of Latin America. After your study abroad programme ends you then return to UCC to complete your final year. We currently have links with universities in Spain and Latin America, including Alicante, Barcelona, Palma de Mallorca, Valladolid, Santiago de Compostela, Zaragoza, Alcalá de Henares (Madrid), Burgos, Seville, A Coruña. And in Latin America at Puebla (Mexico), Guadalajara (Mexico), Bogotá (Colombia), Medellín (Colombia) & Buenos Aires (Argentina). For more information please see the UCC Study Abroad page at: www.ucc.ie/en/international/goabroadwithucc/.

GRADUATE STUDY OPTIONS

Further study options for students who graduate with Spanish as part of their degree include: MA Applied Linguistics, MA Global Cultures & Languages, MA Translation Studies, Professional Master of Education (PME), as well as MRes, MPhil and PhD programmes. For more information on postgraduate courses at UCC please see: www.ucc.ie/en/study/postgrad/.

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GRADUATE PROFILE AILSA RUMLEY

“I currently work as an accounts executive for Banco Santander Select in Santiago de Chile and I use Spanish every single day, both at a professional level and in my leisure time. Studying Spanish opened so many doors for me and the most beneficial experience for me was definitely my Erasmus year in Alicante, where I completely immersed myself in the Spanish lifestyle and rediscovered my love for the language and the culture.”

SOCIOLOGY

SUBJECT OFFERED THROUGH:

WHY UCC?

We offer a broad and diverse range of courses at the cutting-edge of Sociology. You will learn critical thinking and useful research skills such as interviewing, questionnaires, onsite observation, and ethnography, as well as discourse analysis and archival research. Our staff all have international profiles in their respective fields and look forward to welcoming you to their department.

COURSE STRUCTURE

CONTACT INFORMATION

Gemma McCarthy

GemmaMcCarthy@ucc.ie

Caroline Healy

caroline.healy@ucc.ie

www.ucc.ie/en/sociology

WHAT IS SOCIOLOGY?

Sociology is the study of society as a whole. It shows you how you may think your way through, and out of, problems both individually and collectively. It is concerned with a myriad of issues in society, including identity and multiculturalism; gender, sexuality and intimacy; media and popular culture; environment and sustainability; law and justice; crime and deviance; anthropology, religion; art, culture, and literature; health and well-being; politics and community; and the economy and society.

Sociology asks questions of society – about the decline of the power of the church; what it means to be ‘Irish’ in an era of immigration and globalisation; the world financial crisis and the political crisis of Europe; global climate change and the future of Western civilisation. Sociology helps you understand these problems, in an Irish and an international context. Ultimately, Sociology is concerned with the modern world, how it has come into being, and what challenges and crises it faces, at the local, national, and global level. It is an all-encompassing, illuminating subject, that those of you curious about the very nature of this world we live in will enjoy.

Lectures are scheduled Monday to Friday and your timetable will vary depending on the subjects selected. In first year, each subject entails three to four lectures per week plus a one-hour workshop. Workshops are student-centred, supportive learning environments in which particular issues can be discussed in more detail. Even though students take only two subjects after first year, the workload is broadly similar. Each 5-credit module has approximately 24 one-hour lectures per semester, plus additional language laboratories for languages. Sociology offers some 10-credit modules for example, Social Theory and Social Research Methods. We use a range of assessments including written examinations, essays, learning journals, and in-class exercises.

FIRST YEAR MODULES

SC1005 General Introduction to Sociology (5 credits), SC1006 Key Issues in Sociology (10 credits).

GRADUATE PROFILE

“I set out to become a Psychologist, but after a few challenging and liberating Sociology lectures I was hooked! I did a BA in Sociology & Psychology and an MA in Sociology from UCC and then a PhD in Sociology at York University, Canada. I’m currently Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology & Anthropology at Guelph University, and previously Assistant Professor in Sociology at Acadia University, and a Visiting Fellow in Sociology at Yale. I received a world-class education in Sociology at UCC. The mixture of discipline, playfulness, critique, and engagement is what made my career possible.”

WORK PLACEMENT

The College of Arts, Celtic Studies and Social Sciences (CACSSS), which is home to the Department of Sociology & Criminology, will support you in developing your career interests through a workplace engagement. This Professional Work Experience module (PX3001) may be taken in any year of your undergraduate studies.

CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

As a Sociology graduate your specialised training and general education ensures that your high-level transferable skills are attractive to employers in a wide variety of occupational fields. Our graduates are employed in the following areas: charities and advocacy bodies; civil service (revenue, financial services ombudsman); civil society organisations; community work; creative industries including film, theatre and animation; cultural institutions; insurance industry; journalists and editors; local authorities (national and international); planning and sustainable development; research academics and as lecturers nationally and internationally.

STUDY ABROAD

If you study Sociology through CK108 Arts International, or any other International Pathway, you will spend third year abroad, studying in an approved university. After your year abroad you will return to UCC to complete your final year. We currently have links with universities in: Belgium, Canada, China, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Norway, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Mexico, and the US.

GRADUATE STUDY OPTIONS

Further study options for students who graduate with Sociology as part of their degree include: HDip ArtsSociology, MA Sociology, MA in Sustainability and Global Challenges, MPlan Planning & Sustainable Development. For those interested in an academic career, the Department offers PhD research supervision across a wide range of intellectual interests and substantive specialised fields. For more information, please see the UCC postgraduate study page at: www.ucc.ie/en/study/postgrad/.

Interesting Fact:

Famous people who studied Sociology include: the President of Ireland, Michael D. Higgins, Michelle Obama, Michael Dell (Dell Computers) and Martin Luther King Jr.

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STUDIES IN MUSIC

SUBJECT OFFERED THROUGH:

literature, governmental policy, religious practice, or educational development. This course will complement your studies by enhancing your critical thinking and communication skills, while allowing you to develop an appreciation of the role music plays in society today.

WHY UCC?

POINTS TO NOTE

Studies in Music is available in first year and thereafter as a 10-credit minor subject only.

If you wish to take Music as a single, joint, or major honours option to degree level, or wish to pursue the Professional Masters in Education (PME) after graduating with a view to a career in secondary-school teaching, the recommended course is CK104 Arts-Music.

CONTACT INFORMATION

Finola Horgan

music@ucc.ie

www.music.ucc.ie

WHAT IS STUDIES IN MUSIC?

Studies in Music is a broad introduction to the study of music as part of human society and can be taken as a minor option through CK101 Arts. Our course covers music from all over the world and from many periods of history. It embraces historical, sociological, ethnographic, political, and educational approaches, among others, and will enable you to develop your knowledge in key areas of modern music studies. You will develop an understanding of how music works as a part of human culture in varied settings, and you will learn to reflect critically on the roles and uses of music as an expressive device in a range of environments, both historical and present-day. This understanding will help you to contribute directly to future cultural and economic developments, for instance by writing insightfully about the connection of music to other fields of activity, such as digital media, language,

This is a unique course that offers students with no prior musical experience a way to study the subject in a university environment. We offer a broad range of music topics, taught by expert staff in one of Ireland’s leading music departments. Our department, with its new recording studio and performing space, provides a unique environment for you to foster any musical interests. The department is large enough to be exciting and surprising, but still small enough to offer you a friendly and supportive environment, one where you’ll quickly feel at home.

WHAT WILL HELP YOU?

Music, English, History, Geography, and Irish are all helpful subjects. However, you do not need Music to take this course.

COURSE STRUCTURE

Studies in Music is a minor option only. It includes 15 credits in first year and 10 credits in second and third year. Classes are timetabled over the full week, and attendance is monitored. As with all undergraduate degrees, there is an expectation that you will devote time before and after scheduled lectures to reading, research and developing your knowledge. A variety of assessment methods are used on this course, reflecting its emphasis on the development and application of knowledge across music studies more widely. Examples of assessment methods include: written examinations, personal research projects, reflexive-learning journals, fieldwork reports, class presentations, and online discussions.

FIRST YEAR MODULES

All modules are 5 credits unless otherwise stated.

Students take 15 credits from the following:

MU1008 Exploring Irish Traditional Music (ITM), MU1009 Music in Modern Ireland, MU1020 Western Music, Culture & Media, MU1021 ITM Studies & Introduction to World Music*.

*It is recommended not to choose both MU1021 (ITM Studies) and MU1008 (Exploring Irish Traditional Music) as there is some overlap of course content.

WORK PLACEMENT

The College of Arts, Celtic Studies and Social Sciences (CACSSS), which is home to the Department of Music, will support you in developing your career interests through a workplace engagement. This Professional Work Experience module (PX3001) may be taken in any year of your undergraduate studies.

CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

Today’s market requires graduates whose education has equipped them to be flexible, innovative, and imaginative, and the BA degree equips students with these skills. Our graduates are employed in a diverse range of jobs, including academia, administration, arts management, finance and banking, heritage and tourism, public relations, and teaching.

STUDY ABROAD

If you study Music through CK108 Arts International, or any other International Pathway, you will spend third year abroad, studying in an approved university. After your year abroad you will return to UCC to complete your final year. We currently have links with universities in: Belgium, Canada, China, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Norway, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Mexico, and the US.

GRADUATE STUDY OPTIONS

Studies in Music (as a minor subject within CK101 Arts) may assist students who are interested in pursuing postgraduate courses across the Arts and Humanities more generally. Please note, however, that for students who wish to pursue postgraduate study in Music or a Professional Masters in Education (PME) for teaching Music in secondary schools, CK104 Arts-Music is the recommended degree option. For more information on postgraduate courses at UCC please see: www.ucc.ie/en/study/postgrad/.

Question Time:

Must I be able to read music to take this course?

You do not need to be able to read music notation to take this course (although basic music knowledge is always helpful, and not difficult to acquire).

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“Here at the College of Business and Law, we are committed to ensuring you leave us ready to work in an increasingly globalised and challenging legal and business environment. We align closely with our partners to provide you with the requisite skills to excel in a 21st century workplace. We also want to ensure that your UCC experience is rich and diverse in ways that build your personal resilience and strong social awareness, enabling you to be shaped but also to shape a just society. We want this to be a challenging and a rewarding time that prepares you for life ahead whilst also providing you with a university experience of which we can all be proud. Make the smart move and come join us!”

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CORK UNIVERSITY BUSINESS SCHOOL

CK201 Commerce

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CK213 Food Marketing and Entrepreneurship

CK214 International Development

CK215 International Business with Languages

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CK301 Law (Pathways)

DEGREE AWARD BCL

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CK302 Law and French

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Our commitment to you is that we will make your experience of studying in Cork University Business School enjoyable and simulating in a shared journey of discovery, development, mutual support and respect.”

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GRADUATE PROFILE

TARA M c GRATH

BSC INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

“I am Head of Product Innovation for Digital Capability at a global Pharmaceutical company called Novartis. The BSc in International Development gave me diverse skills that I have applied in many different industries”

STUDENT PROFILE

SHANE BARRETT

BSC ACCOUNTING, YEAR 3

“Having studied some business subjects for my Leaving Cert, I knew that was the sector within which I wanted to further my career. The BSc Accounting degree (CK202) in particular was a course I knew I would enjoy so CUBS was the perfect place to study it”

TABLE OF CONTENTS

CORK UNIVERSITY BUSINESS SCHOOL

CK201 Commerce

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CK202 Accounting page 244

CK203 Business Information Systems

CK204 Finance

CK212 Economics (through Transformational Learning)

CK213

Food Marketing and Entrepreneurship

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CK214 International Development page 254

CK215 International Business with Languages page 256

CUBS FACTOIDS:

CUBS is accredited by the AACSB (the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business) and AMBA (Association of MBAs), making it a double accredited Business School, of which there are fewer than 200 worldwide

Professor Wim Naudé, Dr Carol Power and Dr Carol Kelleher were granted prestigious Irish Research Council (IRC) New Foundations awards. This unique IRC scheme encourages researchers and community organisations to collaborate on projects that have a tangible impact on societal issues

CUBS has quickly grown to become Ireland’s largest business school, producing over 1,000 globally-focussed graduates annually

Cork University Business School was founded in 2015, building on over a century of business education in UCC

The experience of studying within a unified school allows you to explore business subjects such as Accounting & Finance, Business Information Systems, Economics, Management and Marketing, and Food Business and Development

DURATION 4 Years

MINIMUM CAO POINTS REQUIRED 2022 508

CAO POINTS RANGE 2022 508-625

APPROXIMATE AVAILABLE PLACES 215

LEAVING CERTIFICATE ENTRY REQUIREMENTS

Minimum grade H5 in two subjects and minimum grade O6/H7 in four other subjects. Subjects must include Irish, English, Mathematics, another language and any two other subjects recognised for entry purposes.

APPROXIMATE MATURE STUDENT PLACES 21

APPROXIMATE QQI/FE STUDENT PLACES 15

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CONTACT INFORMATION

Dr Lawrence Dooley

Dr Rosemary Murphy, BComm Programme Directors

bcommdirector@ucc.ie

www.cubsucc.com/programmes/ug/ck201/

GRADUATE PROFILE

NIALL HORGAN

Co-founder

Gym+Coffee

“Choosing the BComm course at UCC was one of the best decisions I have made and it really set me up for future success in my career. For me, I was slightly unsure of the career path I wanted to take and the BComm really helped me to understand what parts of business I was most interested in. The course is a perfect launch pad for those interested in business as it equips you with a practical grounding in essential aspects of business including marketing, accounting, management, IT and law. After I completed the BComm I was able to use my knowledge to begin my career at some amazing companies like Sky, Twitter and Slack. Since then I have founded my own company Gym+Coffee (with a fellow BComm graduate), and as we grow our business, it has been very reassuring to see how beneficial my BComm knowledge, network and experience continue to be.”

COMMERCE BComm (Honours)

WHAT IS COMMERCE?

Commerce encompasses the legal, socio-economic, political and technology systems that make it possible to conduct business and exchange goods and services, and our degree facilitates the demands of this essential component of society. Our Commerce programme is an internationally recognised business degree for students who want to make an impact in the wider world and the future of business.

WHY UCC?

The Commerce programme has a long-established pedigree in the University and has been in existence for over 100 years, and to this day it continues to be one of the more popular programmes in the Business School, with the highest intake of students. Our Commerce programme is led by a dynamic academic team who collaborate with our industry partners to meet the ever-changing demands of business and industry. Irish and multinational businesses are essential to our economy and you will learn to contribute to this by gaining exposure to a wide range of subjects, including: accounting and financial services; economics and law; food business and development; information systems and technology; innovation and leadership; management and marketing.

If you study Commerce at UCC you will benefit from research-led academics and our strong links with business and industry partners. Our leading academics will challenge you to think differently and prepare you to make a positive, innovative difference to the business landscape. We are fortunate in the College to have access to 13 research centres within the Cork University Business School (CUBS) and details of these research centres can be found at: www.cubsucc.com/research-centres/

WHAT WILL HELP YOU?

If you are curious about the nature of business but are unsure of which business area you are best suited to specialise in, this degree might be a good option for you. It is helpful to have Mathematics (a good standard of Ordinary Level will suffice) and English. Business, Accounting and Economics are useful but not necessary as all our first-year subjects are taught at an introductory level.

COURSE STRUCTURE

This four-year programme is designed to help you gain the theoretical and practical skills required for the employment market in business. The first year of the programme lays the foundation with the introductory business modules and development of critical thinking skills. Second year expands on your theoretical knowledge and prepares you for the internship experience through presentation and interview skills and group projects. Third year provides the option to study abroad, undertake a paid business internship or research project. You choose your area of specialisation in fourth year from a range of five employment-led thematic majors: Business and Financial Markets; Human Resources and Leadership; Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Strategy; Markets and Consumer Understanding; Operations and Supply Chains.

FIRST YEAR MODULES

All modules are 5 credits unless otherwise stated.

AC1100 Introduction to Accounting, BU1000

Developing Critical Thinking Skills, EC1207 Principles of the Micro Economy, EC1208 Principles of the Macro Economy, FE1101 Introduction to Food Business and Development, IS1105 Business Information Systems, LW1108 Introduction to the Legal System, LW1109 Introduction to Business Law, MA1100 Introductory Mathematics for Business I, MG1000 Principles of Management, MG1002 Foundations of Marketing, ST1023 Introduction to Business Statistics.

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GRADUATE STUDY OPTIONS

There is a wide range of Master’s degree programmes (both taught and research-led), as well as Doctorate degree programmes, available to our BComm graduates. Some of these options include MSc Design Development of Digital Business, MSc Finance (Asset Management), MSc Finance (Banking Risk Management), MSc Finance (Corporate Finance), MSc Food Business & Innovation, MSc Human Resources, MSc Information Systems for Business, MSc MIMAS, MSc Project Management.

WORK PLACEMENT

The Transferable Skills Work Placement module (BU3001) in third year provides you with the exciting opportunity to undertake either a work placement or a business research project over six months, as part of your programme of studies. The purpose of work placement is to complement classroom teaching by exposing you to work practices in commercial and other relevant organisations. It involves six months of work experience on an employer’s site, where you will have the opportunity to put into practice the theories and methodologies studied on the programme. If entrepreneurship is your area of interest you may have the exciting opportunity to work with a start-up via our award-winning graduate business incubation hub – IGNITE (www.ucc.ie/en/ignite/).

Alternatively, you can opt for the Transferable Skills Research Project module (BU3002) where you will work independently to explore a business-related research topic of interest and you will be supervised by a member of academic staff. Each of these options will give you practical business experience that will enhance your CV and equip you with a range of skills including communication, critical thinking, group work and reasoning as well as a contemporary understanding of business theories and practice.

CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

The objective of our Commerce degree is to produce graduates who can contribute immediately in the business community, having benefitted from industry involvement in the development and delivery of the programme. During this course you will have developed key professional and practical skills that are very attractive to potential employers on graduation. A wide variety of careers will be available to you, including accounting, advertising, banking, consulting, finance, human resources, management, manufacturing, marketing, project management, retail, taxation, teaching, and tourism. Recent graduates have found work with a diverse range of employers, including Accenture, AIB, Apple, Avery Dennison, Bank of Ireland, Cork Education Support Centre, Dairygold, Dell EMC, Deloitte, Enterprise Ireland, Ernst & Young, EUI, Global Shares, GlobeTech, Insight Insurance, Kerry Group, KPMG, National Treasury Management Agency, PwC, and RBC Royal Bank, amongst others.

STUDY ABROAD

In third year, a number of our students choose to study abroad in our partner business schools in the US, Canada, Europe and Singapore. Some students spend the first semester abroad and return home in time to complete the work placement programme. Other students spend the full academic year abroad, with many of these arranging their own summer internships in the US and Ireland.

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DURATION 4 Years

MINIMUM CAO POINTS REQUIRED 2022 507

CAO POINTS RANGE 2022 507-625

APPROXIMATE AVAILABLE PLACES 75

LEAVING CERTIFICATE ENTRY REQUIREMENTS

Minimum grade H5 in two subjects and minimum grade O6/H7 in four other subjects. Subjects must include Irish, English, Mathematics, another language and two other subjects recognised for entry purposes.

APPROXIMATE MATURE STUDENT PLACES 7

APPROXIMATE QQI/FE STUDENT PLACES N/A

INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS

www.ucc.ie/ugi

QQI/FE STUDENTS

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COURSE PAGE ONLINE

www.ucc.ie/en/ck202

CONTACT INFORMATION

Dr Peter Cleary

Ms Brona Meenan

Dr Elisabetta Barone

bscaccounting@ucc.ie

www.cubsucc.com/programmes/ug/ck202/

ACCOUNTING BSc (Honours)

WHAT IS ACCOUNTING?

Accounting is the language of business. Today’s modern accountants are highly qualified hybrid professionals who influence and make strategic decisions on how a business makes use of its limited resources to maximise its potential. Accounting also enables users of accounting information (both financial and non-financial) to analyse and measure business success.

WHY UCC?

Our BSc Accounting degree is the most direct way to develop a career in the accounting profession. Our programme offers extensive exemptions from the professional accountancy bodies, such as Chartered Accountants Ireland (CAI), Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA),Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA), CPA Ireland, and other related bodies. Qualified professional accountants are the preferred choice of employers, both in Ireland and overseas. As a graduate of the BSc Accounting degree you will have the ability to work at home and abroad, having acquired broad business and analytical skills encompassing finance, economics, data analytics, information systems, law, management, marketing and taxation. This skillset is widely sought after by employers in all areas of business and our graduates regularly return to the employer they worked with during their work placement in third year.

At UCC we are fortunate to have access to the research centres of the Cork University Business School (CUBS); further details of these centres of excellence can be found at:

www.cubsucc.com/research-centres/

WHAT WILL HELP YOU?

While it may be helpful to have Accounting, Business Studies, and Economics at Leaving Certificate level, it is not essential as these subjects will all be covered in your first year.

COURSE STRUCTURE

Our BSc Accounting programme is a distinctive broad-based business degree. It is unique in that it prepares students for a career in business and finance and for the pursuit of a professional accounting qualification, to further enhance career progression in business. Students have the opportunity to study a wide range of subjects including finance,

law, management, economics, data analytics, information systems, accounting, marketing and statistics. The programme is delivered by top-tier, friendly and supportive lecturers. The programme boasts relatively small class sizes compared to other business programmes (approximately 80 students). This creates a student-friendly environment in which students benefit from high levels of guidance, support and peer networking, forming an excellent foundation for the development of life skills, critical thinking, problem-solving and teamwork. The degree is designed to produce high-quality graduates equipped with skills to succeed in a variety of diverse roles while also offering a fast track route to the career of a professional accountant.

FIRST YEAR MODULES

All modules are 5 credits unless otherwise stated.

AC1103 Financial Accounting Fundamentals, AC1104 Accounting for Partnerships & Companies, AC1107 Investment in Capital Assets, AC1108 Introduction to Valuation & Risk, AC1109 Management Accounting: Principles & Concepts, AC1115 Management Accounting: Cost & Control Systems, EC1202 Economic Reasoning for Business, EC1203 Macroeconomic Context & Business, IS1106 Introduction to Information Systems, IS1107 Information Systems for the Networked Enterprise, ST1023 Introduction to Business Statistics, ST2200 Methods of Business Statistics.

GRADUATE PROFILE

BRENDAN FOLEY

Finance Manager, Johnson and Johnson

“What I found interesting about this course is the wide spectrum of subject matter (in addition to accounting) covered. The six-month work placement enables students to work in some of the world’s top companies and enhances prospects of returning to that employer on graduation. The degree gave me the knowledge, experience and confidence to work with the largest professional services firm in the world.”

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WORK PLACEMENT

In third year you can complete a six-month paid work placement in Semester 2. This is organised by UCC Career Services and often takes place with some of the world’s leading firms, at home or abroad, such as AIB, Apple, Citco, Deloitte, Eli Lilly, EY Ireland, FDC, KPMG, and PwC. Students build on their accounting and business knowledge during placement, supported by both academic and business mentors. These highly regarded placements offer you the chance to successfully apply and contextualise your academic studies, develop professional skills, and explore potential career opportunities.

CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

The majority of our graduates go on to qualify as professional accountants, and subsequently pursue successful careers in a diverse range of sectors. Careers include advisory roles, business analysts, business owners, finance managers, investment managers, risk management, teaching, as well as professional accountants. The recruitment of our graduates remains exceptionally high among leading firms, nationally and internationally. Employment prospects are excellent with 100% of recent graduates in employment or further study. As a professional accountant, you will have an interesting and well-rewarded career.

GRADUATE STUDY OPTIONS

There are many options for further study after graduation. Our graduates have a large number of courses to choose from including: Master of Accounting (MAcc); MSc Corporate Finance; MSc Finance (Asset Management); MIMAS; MSc Information Systems for Business Performance; and LLM Business Law.

Question Time...

Do I need Accounting or Higher Level Mathematics at Leaving Certificate level?

We assume no prior knowledge of accounting or business-related subjects, and you will be given a thorough introduction to all the applicable business modules during first year. We do require Ordinary Level Mathematics for entry. (See Leaving Certificate entry requirements.)

DURATION 4 Years

MINIMUM CAO POINTS REQUIRED 2022 458

CAO POINTS RANGE 2022 458-613

APPROXIMATE AVAILABLE PLACES 150

LEAVING CERTIFICATE ENTRY REQUIREMENTS

Minimum grade H5 in two subjects and minimum grade O6/H7 in four other subjects. Subjects must include Irish, English, Mathematics, another language and two other subjects recognised for entry purposes.

APPROXIMATE MATURE STUDENT PLACES 15

APPROXIMATE QQI/FE STUDENT PLACES 10

INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS

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QQI/FE STUDENTS

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COURSE PAGE ONLINE

www.ucc.ie/en/ck203

CONTACT INFORMATION

bis@ucc.ie

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GRADUATE PROFILE

GRACE FILEN

Solutions Engineer, Salesforce

“Studying Business Information Systems at UCC gives you a brilliant foundation of knowledge across both Information Systems and Commerce modules. During the four years I was able to discover where my main interests lie: for me, it was with cloud computing and big data but I believe my insights into the vast number of other topic areas covered during the course will be invaluable as I continue in my career.”

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BUSINESS INFORMATION SYSTEMS BSc (Honours)

WHAT IS BUSINESS INFORMATION SYSTEMS?

Business Information Systems (BIS) professionals design, build, and manage Information Technology (IT) systems to solve the problems of individuals, organisations and societies. As IT has become pervasive in all areas of society and industry, in every country in the world, BIS graduates find their knowledge and skills to be highly sought after in domains such as technology, business services, data analytics, business consulting, financial services, health, manufacturing, entertainment and media, public sector services, non-profit organisations, and the retail industry.

WHY UCC?

If you study BIS at UCC you will be supported by an expert team of academic, administrative and technical staff members. Our department also collaborates with external business and industry experts, who feature strongly in our timetable across all four years of the programme, ensuring that we are kept up-to-date with new and exciting opportunities in business. BIS is unique as it has its own in-house, dedicated team for an Industry Work Placement which can take place at home or abroad, be it Dublin, Edinburgh, Boston or New York. This ensures that you will get a tailored experience throughout the process of preparing, completing and reflecting on your placement experience.

Our BIS programme has accreditation from the International Institute of Business Analysis (IIBA). Students undertaking specific IIBA endorsed modules in final year accumulate professional development hours that count towards eligibility for the IIBA Entry Certificate in Business Analysis™ (ECBA™) professional qualification.

We are fortunate to have access to the research centres of the Cork University Business School (CUBS), and BIS staff are involved in many internationally funded projects in the areas of health, finance and resilience. Further details of these research centres can be found at: www.cubsucc.com/ departments/business-information-systems/

WHAT WILL HELP YOU?

An interest in business, a good standard of mathematics (honours not required), and an aptitude for problem-solving and coding will help you to enjoy and succeed in this course, but all of these topics are covered at an introductory level in your first year.

COURSE STRUCTURE

The goals of this four-year degree programme are three-fold: to provide you with a worthwhile and memorable student experience; to let you engage with peers and business to cultivate cutting-edge skills in business and IT; and to learn how to leverage and exploit knowledge to devise novel IT solutions for business. Our BIS Advisory Board, incorporating a number of senior business executives, advises and ensures that the BIS undergraduate programme is world-class, relevant, and attractive to business nationally and internationally. Our curriculum will provide you with knowledge and skills in the areas of business and organisations, IT hardware and software, problem-solving, data analysis, along with personal and professional development.

Delivery typically includes lectures, tutorials, and practical/laboratory work in the BIS labs working with hardware and software. For some modules you will also take written exams in December and May. Not all modules will have formal examinations. Many modules use other types of assessment including essays, individual and group projects, multiple-choicequestion exams, and in-class exams.

FIRST YEAR MODULES

All modules are 5 credits unless otherwise stated.

CORE: IS1108 Information Systems in Global Organisations, IS1109 Business Systems Analysis and Design, AC1113 Principles of Accounting, EC1212 Economics of Business I, IS1110 Foundations of Programming for Information Systems 1, IS1111

Foundations of Programming for Information Systems 2, ST1023 Introduction to Business Statistics, IS1112

Principles of Information Technology, IS1113 Web Development, IS1115 Personal Development and Ethics for IS Professionals 1, AC1114 Introduction to Management Accounting.

ELECTIVES: Students choose to undertake one of the following elective modules: MG1004 Principles of Management and Organisation, MG1003 Introduction to Marketing.

WORK PLACEMENT

In third year, students undertake a six-month paid work placement after end of year examinations in March. This is organised directly by the BIS Department who support students in CV preparation and interview techniques, and ensure job readiness. BIS students undertake placement with major multinationals and innovative start-ups based in Ireland, UK, and the USA, and work in a variety of sectors, including financial services and insurance, health and pharmaceuticals, business and technology consulting, utilities, and other industries.

CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

Our graduates bring expert knowledge of business domains and the application of innovative information systems technology to the workplace. You will garner excellent interpersonal skills, a collaborative approach to teamwork and an inventive problemsolving approach to modern business concerns. There are endless permutations open to you as a BIS graduate and you might become a business or systems analyst, consultant, user experience (UX) analyst, management accountant, data analyst, project manager, application developer, database administrator, or web programmer. Or indeed you may choose to become an entrepreneur and set up your own company!

As a BIS graduate you will be in high demand and earn a competitive starting salary in most companies. The 2020 Graduate Outcome Survey outlines the large variety of employers for our graduates, including Accenture, AIB, AIG, Apple, Bank of America, BDO Eaton Square, Clearstream, Cognex, Deloitte, Ericsson, Ernst & Young, Fidelity Investments, Grant Thornton, Kerry Group, Musgrave Group, PwC, and Workday amongst others.

GRADUATE STUDY OPTIONS

Approximately 15% of our BIS graduates choose to continue their studies. Popular courses for BIS graduates at UCC are: MSc Business Information & Analytics Systems; MSc Cyber Risk for Business; MSc Computing Science; MSc Corporate Finance; MSc Data Science & Analytics; MSc Food Marketing; MSc Innovation in European Business; MSc Management & Marketing; MSc Corporate Finance; MSc Financial Economics; MSc Finance (Asset Management); Professional Master of Education. It is also possible to continue on to PhD by Research.

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DURATION 4 Years

MINIMUM CAO POINTS REQUIRED 2022 577

CAO POINTS RANGE 2022 577-625

APPROXIMATE AVAILABLE PLACES 85

LEAVING CERTIFICATE ENTRY REQUIREMENTS

Minimum grade H5 in two subjects and minimum grade O6/H7 in four other subjects. Subjects must include Irish, English, Mathematics, another language and two other subjects recognised for entry purposes.

APPROXIMATE MATURE STUDENT PLACES 9

APPROXIMATE QQI/FE STUDENT PLACES N/A

INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS www.ucc.ie/ugi

QQI/FE STUDENTS www.ucc.ie/qqi/bl

COURSE PAGE ONLINE www.ucc.ie/en/ck204

CONTACT INFORMATION

Dr Meadhbh Sherman bscfinance@ucc.ie

Mr. David Humphreys bscfinance@ucc.ie

www.cubsucc.com/programmes/ug/ck204/

FINANCE BSc (Honours)

WHAT IS FINANCE?

Finance is concerned with the operation of financial markets and the valuation of financial assets, in particular for the stock, bond, foreign exchange and interest rate markets. Movements in financial markets are driven by information, risk and uncertainty, which in turn provide the foundation for understanding strategic business decision-making.

WHY UCC?

Our BSc Finance degree is accredited by the Chartered Accountants Ireland, Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) and the Irish Tax Institute. The degree is based equally on the subject areas of corporate finance and financial economics and this focused combination of finance and economics, together with accounting modules, means that our graduates are ideally placed for front-line careers in finance, such as in the International Financial Services Centre (IFSC), or in the City of London and beyond.

The Cork University Business School (CUBS) is Ireland’s largest business school, and our graduates contribute immediately to the financial services industry. We have access to the 13 research centres located in CUBS which means that you will benefit from a broad range of cutting-edge research from such institutes as the Centre for Investment Research (CIR), the Centre for Resilience and Business Continuity (CRBC), and the Financial Services Innovation Centre (FSIC). More about these centres, and others, can be found at: www.cubsucc.com/research-centres/

WHAT WILL HELP YOU?

Although not required, business subjects, such as Accounting and Economics, are helpful.

COURSE STRUCTURE

The BSc Finance degree is a four-year programme with a focus on finance, accounting and economics modules. In third year of the programme students undertake a paid work placement in investment banking, accountancy, stock broking, management consultancy and insurance firms. On successful completion of this programme, graduates should be able to: communicate and work effectively to a professional standard; demonstrate analytical and

problem solving skills associated with effective practice; engage in the application of frameworks and techniques in organisational settings; demonstrate a wide range of capabilities in corporate finance, financial economics and accounting; identify financial problems, and analyse their impact and formulate solutions using your knowledge of finance, economics, accounting and information technology.

FIRST YEAR MODULES

All modules are 5 credits unless otherwise stated.

AC1103 Financial Accounting Fundamentals, AC1104 Accounting for Partnerships and Companies, AC1105 Investment Analysis, AC1106 Introduction to Asset Valuation, AC1109 Management Accounting: Principles and Concepts, AC1115 Management Accounting: Cost & Control Systems, EC1200 Quantitative Techniques for Economics I, EC1211 Quantitative Techniques for Economics II, EC1209 Understanding and Interpreting Data, EC1210 Skills for Analysing Economic Data, EC1213 Microeconomic Reasoning & Practice, EC1214 Macroeconomics: Tools of Analysis.

GRADUATE PROFILE NICOLE MURRAY

Investment Banking Credit Associate, JP Morgan Chase & Co

“The BSc Finance course in UCC combines accounting, economics and corporate finance modules, and this variety gives students the opportunity to discover their career interests for themselves. Initiatives such as the Finance Forum, Student Managed Fund and the Irish Student Consulting Group offer opportunities for hands-on experience, as well as company networking opportunities that provide valuable skills and make CVs stand out when applying for graduate roles. The small class size offers a personalised approach to teaching, and lecturers are always available to answer questions and provide additional course information. The six month work placement is an invaluable aspect of this degree, which allows students to get a feel for the career they aspire to. I would highly recommend this degree to anybody with an interest in working in financial services.”

WORK PLACEMENT

All students in our Finance programme take a six-month work placement during third year. This internship, which is arranged by UCC, is in a designated financial institution or related organisation located in Ireland or the UK. It allows you to gain first-hand experience of financial institutions and enterprise, to make informed career decisions, and to acquaint employers with the high-quality nature of graduates from this degree programme, all of which enhance your career prospects.

CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

Our BSc Finance degree prepares you for a career in the financial markets and financial services sector with our employment rates and starting salaries for graduates among the highest of all degrees in any discipline. Graduates have gone on to work in a variety of jobs, including corporate banking, financial consultancy, fund accounting, fund management, insurance accountancy, investment banking, securities trading, and stockbroking.

Recent employers of our graduates include: Accenture, AIB, Alter Domus, Credit Suisse, De Lage Landen Group, Deloitte Ireland, Ernst & Young, Goodbody Stockbrokers, Grant Thornton, JP Morgan, KPMG, LGT Capital Partners, and PwC.

GRADUATE STUDY OPTIONS

There are many options for further study in Finance. Our graduates have many courses to choose from including: Master of Accounting (MAcc), MSc Business Economics, MSc Economics, MSc Finance (Asset Management), MSc Finance (Corporate Finance), MSc Finance (Banking and Risk Management).

Fun Fact

When Banks lend money to customers, they create the money from nothing. When a loan is repaid that money is destroyed!

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DURATION 3 or 4 Years

MINIMUM CAO POINTS REQUIRED 2022 466

CAO POINTS RANGE 2022 466-566

APPROXIMATE AVAILABLE PLACES 34

LEAVING CERTIFICATE ENTRY REQUIREMENTS

Minimum grade H5 in two subjects and minimum grade O6/H7 in four other subjects. Subjects must include Irish, English, Mathematics, another language and two other subjects recognised for entry purposes.

APPROXIMATE MATURE STUDENT PLACES 3

APPROXIMATE QQI/FE STUDENT PLACES 2

INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS www.ucc.ie/ugi

QQI/FE STUDENTS www.ucc.ie/qqi/bl

COURSE PAGE ONLINE www.ucc.ie/en/ck212

CONTACT INFORMATION

Dr Ella Kavanagh e.kavanagh@ucc.ie

Mr. Daniel Blackshields d.blackshields@ucc.ie www.ucc.ie/en/economics

GRADUATE PROFILE

JOSH O’DRISCOLL

“During the programme, I was able to develop my academic, professional, and personal skills. The emphasis on continuous assessment through assignments and presentations was beneficial for my career. It prepared me for the working world’s fast-paced nature. The dissertation and assignments were beneficial in developing my project and time management competencies. These are crucial in the working world where there is limited time and competing commitments. The group work allowed me to develop skills for working in professional teams.”

ECONOMICS (THROUGH TRANSFORMATIONAL LEARNING) BA (Honours)

WHAT IS ECONOMICS (THROUGH TRANSFORMATIONAL LEARNING)?

Our BA (Hons) Economics (through Transformational Learning) course is an Economics degree with a difference. The transformational learning approach means that you are an active participant in your learning. Our goal is to develop exceptional graduates who can: question, analyse and research issues in business, finance, and government; use economics as a way of thinking; and who think independently and are effective communicators and active team players. All these attributes allow students to effectively plan for their future career.

WHY UCC?

Our Economics (through Transformational Learning) degree invites you to participate actively in your study of Economics. You are supported and challenged to develop your ideas, your voice and your identity in the context of your studies. In particular our Transition to Professional Life (TPL) modules enable you to practically participate in your personal and professional development while at university. These modules are designed to formally integrate scholarly and professional development with self-development. The TPL modules won the Association of Higher Education Careers Services (AHECS) Award for Excellence in 2017. The judges stated: “This is a developmental, inspirational and incremental employability initiative that can act as a template for other departments and other institutions.”

We are fortunate to be linked to the Cork University Business School (CUBS) which is home to 13 research centres that feed into our business programmes in the College. Details of these research centres can be found at the following link:

www.cubsucc.com/research-centres/

WHAT WILL HELP YOU?

We start Economics from the beginning, so no prior knowledge is required.

COURSE STRUCTURE

Our course comprises a variety of delivery methods and you will also be expected to study independently. We aim for primarily interactive seminars/workshops in a highly supportive learning environment. You will be challenged and supported to develop your own ideas, views and perspectives using Economics, while targeting the expansion of your skills and workplace competencies. The TPL modules will help you to plan and work towards your future career. In the second year of the programme, as part of TPL module EC2006, students (collaborating in teams) have an opportunity to investigate and present recommendations to a problem set by one of our sponsor businesses for them.

FIRST YEAR MODULES

All modules are 5 credits unless otherwise stated.

CORE: EC1113 Microeconomics: Cooperation in the Economic System, EC1114 Macroeconomics: Public Policy in Ireland and the International Economy, EC1115 Microeconomics: Coordination and Individual Decision Making, EC1107 Reading Economists, EC1108 Communicating Economic Reasoning, EC1109 Transition to Professional Life I (10 credits), EC1111 Economic Data Collection, EC1112 Economic Data as Evidence.

FIRST YEAR SUBJECT CHOICES

Choose one subject from Groups 1, 2(a), 2(b), 3, 4, 6(a) and 6(b) from the Subject Groups Table on page 139. Please go to the individual subject pages for a list of first year modules to find out more details.

CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

Graduates of our degree have gone into a wide variety of careers such as: accountancy, advisory services, audit management, banking, credit control, data analysis, economic consultancy, junior economist, marketing, pension administration, project management, talent acquisition, and teaching. Recent employers of our graduates include AIB, Amazon, Aon Ireland, Apple, BBC, Bank of Ireland, Bord Gais Energy, Bord Iascaigh Mhara, Citco, Dairygold, Deloitte, EMC Dell, EY Ireland, FMC, GE, Google, Irish Shipbrokers, Janssen, Kerry Group, KPMG, Morgan McKinley, Musgrave, Paddy Power, Sherry Fitzgerald, and UCC.

STUDY ABROAD

In the International Pathway, you have the option of studying abroad in third year before returning to UCC to complete your programme in fourth year.

GRADUATE STUDY OPTIONS

A variety of master’s programmes in related disciplines are available, including MSc Business Economics, MSc by Research, MSc Finance (Banking & Risk Management), MSc Finance (Corporate Finance), MSc Information Systems for Business Practice, MSc Management & Marketing, MSc Management Information & Managerial Accounting Systems.

Question Time...

What is Transformational Learning?

Transformative learning means to live life as ‘inquiry’ – learning continuously, being constantly open to new experiences and re-interpreting old experiences. It asks us to not merely repeat the knowledge of those who have come before us such as teachers, economists, managers, philosophers and even parents!

DURATION 4 Years

MINIMUM CAO POINTS REQUIRED 2022 434

CAO POINTS RANGE 2022 434-565

APPROXIMATE AVAILABLE PLACES 42

LEAVING CERTIFICATE ENTRY REQUIREMENTS

Minimum grade H5 in two subjects and minimum grade O6/H7 in four other subjects. Subjects must include Irish, English, Mathematics, another language and two other subjects recognised for entry purposes.

APPROXIMATE MATURE STUDENT PLACES 4

APPROXIMATE QQI/FE STUDENT PLACES 3

INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS

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QQI/FE STUDENTS

www.ucc.ie/qqi/bl

COURSE PAGE ONLINE

www.ucc.ie/en/ck213

CONTACT INFORMATION

Dr Alan Collins

Dr Emma Beacom

FME@ucc.ie

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FOOD MARKETING AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP BSc (Honours)

WHAT IS FOOD MARKETING AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP?

Our BSc (Hons) Food Marketing and Entrepreneurship (FME) degree offers a unique combination of business and food and nutritional science disciplines, providing graduates with the skills required to establish careers in an exciting, fast-paced and innovation-led industry. The programme will develop your creativity in areas such as new product development and social media. It will enhance your team working and leadership capabilities culminating in the final year project where you, as part of a team, will develop and progress a product concept through to market readiness. Throughout the programme your analytical skills and evidence based reasoning will be developed and applied to consumer markets, retail markets, and the supply chain.

WHY UCC?

Are you passionate about food? Are you curious about food consumers and the trends and drivers of our food consumption behaviours? Are you interested in innovation, be it in terms of developing new products, new food brands, or new brand strategies? And of course, are you interested in and inspired by entrepreneurship? If you are, this might be the degree for you. Our FME degree aims to foster food entrepreneurship and innovation among our students. We will enhance your understanding of the food and nutritional sciences so that you can integrate best practice and current knowledge into innovation, be that in terms of nutrition, packaging, or novel ingredients. You will be given plenty of opportunity to develop and display your creativity within a framework of evidence-based decision making. In 2021 we established an ongoing partnership with Musgrave Food Academy which supports emerging food entrepreneurs. FME students are given the opportunity to work with these businesses over 8 weeks on an extra curricular basis, gaining invaluable employment skills and providing useful networking opportunities.

Our FME programme is built on UCC’s international reputation in food education and research and includes many lecturers who are internationally recognised in their field of expertise. We are fortunate to be linked to the Cork University Business School (CUBS) which is home to 13 research centres that feed into our business programmes in the College.

WHAT WILL HELP YOU?

All subjects are taught at an introductory level in first year and we do not assume a grounding in any subject prior to starting this degree.

COURSE STRUCTURE

During Years 1-3 you will study various introductory level modules across a range of disciplines including: Food Business, Marketing, Food Policy, Management, Economics, Microbiology, Accounting, Law, and Nutrition. This will provide you with a well-rounded education which will prepare you for a career in the dynamic food industry and other sectors, by nurturing innovation and entrepreneurship skills, by building knowledge of the food and nutrition sciences, by developing skills to assess business viability, and by promoting an understanding of consumer market trends and marketing strategies. Year 3 will also offer opportunity to avail of a six-month placement, to further develop practical skills. Alternatively, students can complete a six-month research project, and under Erasmus, can apply to spend the six months in either France, Germany, Italy or the Netherlands, to complete their research project in an international market. In final year, in addition to studying core modules across business disciplines you will also have the opportunity to choose modules which most align with your interests and anticipated career path.

FIRST YEAR MODULES

All modules are 5 credits unless otherwise stated.

FE1017 Introduction to Food Marketing, FE1016

Introduction to Food Business, FE1030 Introduction to International Food Policy, FE2200 Introduction to Food Supply Chain Management, EC1500 Ethics and Economic Decision Making in Food Business, EC1503 Economic Analysis for Food Business, FS1011

Introduction to Food Science & Technology, MB1901

Introduction to Food & Industrial Microbiology, AC1116 Financial Accounting, LW1108 Introduction to the Legal System, LW1109 Introduction to Business Law, MA1100 Introductory Mathematics for Business I.

GRADUATE PROFILE KAREN MCCARTHY

“As part of my day-to-day work while on placement in Dunnes Stores buying office, I am involved in the analysis of sales, attending supplier meetings and providing support to the buying team. So far, I’ve experienced product development, packaging design, factory visits and market analysis ensuring that we stay competitive and bring innovation to the market. In the programme we’ve covered so many relevant modules including NPD, marketing, sensory analysis, packaging and accounting.”

WORK PLACEMENT

An integral part of this programme is the six-month work placement taken during third year. The industrybased placement offers an excellent opportunity to draw upon and apply your knowledge and skills in performing tasks in specific work contexts. It will enhance your work capabilities, develop new competencies, and demonstrate how knowledge acquired in class meets practice. It will inspire and motivate you throughout your final year while giving you the chance to build industry contacts and form relationships with key industry personnel. This can be particularly helpful when seeking referees. Placement opportunities are both national and international, and past placements have included various roles in: Aldi, Cully & Sully, Ballymaloe, Dairygold, Dunnes Stores, Glanbia Ireland, Glenilen Farm, Kepak Group, Musgrave Group, Nestlé, Rich Products (USA), Silver Pail Dairy, and Valeo Foods.

CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

The most recent Graduate Employability Survey points to 96% of graduates being in full time employment or pursuing further study within six months of completing this degree. Many of our graduates commence their careers on graduate programmes with the likes of Kerry, Musgrave, Aldi, Kepak, Bord Bia, IBEC amongst others. Career prospects cover a wide range of functional areas including Brand Management (e.g. Kerry); Social Media Marketing (e.g. Tesco), Buying (e.g. Musgrave, Aldi, Dunnes); Key account Management (e.g. General Mills); New Product Development (e.g. Musgrave; Kepak) Category Management (e.g. Danone), Digital Strategy (e.g. Google; Lidl), State Agencies (e.g. Bord Bia), and Supply Chain (e.g. Sodexo).

GRADUATE STUDY OPTIONS

A variety of masters programmes in related disciplines are available to graduates of this programme. Please see the UCC postgraduate website for more information: www.ucc.ie/en/study/postgrad/.

Question Time...

What student attributes do you most associate with success on this programme?

We believe that success is possible if you have a passion for and curiosity about food, together with a commitment to working hard. These traits will make study and engagement with this course so much easier.

DURATION 4 Years

MINIMUM CAO POINTS REQUIRED 2022 347

CAO POINTS RANGE 2022 347-579

APPROXIMATE AVAILABLE PLACES 24

LEAVING CERTIFICATE ENTRY REQUIREMENTS

Minimum grade H5 in two subjects and minimum grade O6/H7 in four other subjects. Subjects must include Irish, English, Mathematics, another language and two other subjects recognised for entry purposes.

APPROXIMATE MATURE STUDENT PLACES 2

APPROXIMATE QQI/FE STUDENT PLACES 2

INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS

www.ucc.ie/ugi

QQI/FE STUDENTS

www.ucc.ie/qqi/bl

COURSE PAGE ONLINE

www.ucc.ie/en/ck214

CONTACT INFORMATION

Mike FitzGibbon

m.fitzgibbon@ucc.ie

www.cubsucc.com

INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT BSc (Honours)

WHAT IS INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT?

International Development engages with major global issues from a development perspective. These issues include poverty; hunger and inequality; sustainability; international food policy; human rights; peace and conflict; gender studies; and climate change. This programme provides the skills for a career in international development, including languages, research techniques and project management.

WHY UCC?

Our BSc International Development degree is the first undergraduate programme in Ireland to have a primary focus on international development, particularly on the countries of the global south. It will help you understand key issues facing international development and develop your own skills such as foreign languages, research techniques and project management. The course will give you the foundations necessary to work in the field of international development, whether with a non-governmental organisation, a state agency, an international organisation or within the private sector, or to advance to further study.

Question Time...

Can I Study Abroad?

A distinctive feature of this course is the five-month work placement with a development agency, usually based in a developing country in Asia, Africa, or Latin America. The overseas placement in third year will cost approximately €3,000 - €4,000. Partial bursaries may be available.

We are fortunate to be linked to the Cork University Business School (CUBS) which is home to 13 research centres that feed into our business programmes in the College. Of particular relevance to our programme is the Centre for Co-operative Studies, the Centre for Sustainable Livelihoods (CSL) and the Spatial and Regional Economics Research Centre (SRERC). Details of these research centres can be found at the following link: www.cubsucc.com/research-centres/

WHAT WILL HELP YOU?

All subjects are taught at an introductory level in first year and we do not assume a grounding in any subject prior to starting this degree. Helpful subjects, but not essential, might include social subjects such as Geography and Politics.

COURSE STRUCTURE

Our course comprises a variety of delivery methods and you will also be expected to study independently. There is a significant amount of continuous assessment in the course, including through assignments, group projects, and presentations. We will cover the key challenges in global

development, including agricultural and rural development; climate change; food policy and food systems; governance and gender; health and development; human rights; migration and refugees; poverty and hunger; and the role of international development agencies and non-governmental organisations.

A distinctive feature of this course is the five-month work placement with a development agency, usually based in a developing country in Asia, Africa or Latin America. This allows students to gain hands-on experience of working in international development, to develop their practical skills and experience other cultures and societies. The course provides a broad training in key socio-economic areas related to international development and food policy, as well as a set of generic transferable skills, such as programme management, research and report writing, that will be valued by employers in many fields, particularly those operating in an international context.

FIRST YEAR MODULES

All modules are 5 credits unless otherwise stated.

CORE: FE1005 Introduction to Development Studies (10 credits), FE1008 Data in Development Studies, FE1014 Communication & Facilitation Skills in Development, FE1019 Introduction to Food & Agricultural Economics, FE1023 Socio-Economic Concepts for International Development & Food Policy, FE1024 Introduction to Development Economics, FE1025 Introduction to Sustainable Rural Development, GV1218 International Politics, SC1012 Introduction to Sociology (Part A).

Students select 10 credits from the following:

ELECTIVES: FR0105 Introduction to French, FR1005 French for Near Beginners*, FR1105 Threshold French**, FR1107 French for Reading Purposes I, HS0028 Spanish Language (Beginner Level) (10 credits), GV1102 Introduction to Government & Politics, GV1204 Democracy, Ideology & Utopia, GV1400 Local Development & Public Health, MG1000 Principles of Management.

*FR0105 may only be taken by complete beginners

**FR1005 may not be taken by students who have studied French to Leaving Certificate level

WORK PLACEMENT & STUDY ABROAD

A central feature of the course is the work placement, which takes place over five months in third year. Students are placed with well-established development organisations throughout the developing world and in Ireland to gain first-hand experience of development work. Students on placement are supported by a placement officer and allocated a mentor from the Department of Food Business and Development. A typical work experience includes opportunities to meet with communities in urban and rural areas, contribute to new development projects, run a social media campaign, conduct field research, draft policy documents and funding proposals, and generally contribute to the daily operations of the host organisation. Countries to which students travel include Bolivia, Cambodia, Ethiopia, India, Kenya, Malawi, Tanzania, Thailand and Uganda.

As well as the practical experience of development on the ground and the technical skills acquired on placement, you will achieve valuable personal development in terms of self-reliance, self-confidence, communications, and working in teams.

CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

Our graduates are forward-looking and creative individuals with both development and international perspectives, who are equipped to work in a broad variety of related roles. Many have found careers in many international development and humanitarian organisations across Africa and Asia, working in areas such as project and programme management, development research, or monitoring and evaluation; while others progressed their professions within multilateral organisations such as UNHCR and UNOCHA. Our degree has also acted as a foundation for work in areas such as human-rights law, public health and environmental sciences.

GRADUATE STUDY OPTIONS

Graduates of this programme can undertake further study at masters (and doctoral) level, in fields such as: global health, human rights law, development studies, environmental conservation; and also in areas such as management and marketing, international and public policy, youth and community work. Please see the UCC postgraduate website for more information: www.ucc.ie/en/study/postgrad/.

FOLLOW US

CK215

DURATION 4 Years

MINIMUM CAO POINTS REQUIRED 2022 467

CAO POINTS RANGE 2022 467-625

APPROXIMATE AVAILABLE PLACES 130

LEAVING CERTIFICATE ENTRY REQUIREMENTS

Minimum grade H3 in a language other than English and minimum grade H5 in one other subject. Minimum grade O6/H7 in four other subjects. Subjects must include Irish, English, Mathematics, another language and two other subjects recognised for entry purposes. In addition, to study French requires a H3 in French and to study Irish requires a H2 in Irish. To study a language at non-beginners’ level, a minimum grade H4 in that Language in the Leaving Certificate is required

APPROXIMATE MATURE STUDENT PLACES 13

APPROXIMATE QQI/FE STUDENT PLACES N/A

INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS www.ucc.ie/ugi

QQI/FE STUDENTS www.ucc.ie/qqi/bl

COURSE PAGE ONLINE www.ucc.ie/en/ck215

CONTACT INFORMATION

Dr Declan Jor dan BScInt ernationalBusiness@ucc.ie w ww.cubsucc.com

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS WITH LANGUAGES BSc (Honours)

WHAT IS INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS WITH LANGUAGES

Combining business subjects with the study of your chosen language and culture, this degree will equip you with the skills and knowledge to work in a fast-changing global business environment. The BComm (International) degrees are being phased out and students can apply for the BSc International Business with Languages degree through the CAO in 2022.

WHY UCC?

The BSc International Business with Languages degree combines a comprehensive business education with the study of a language and culture. This four-year degree course will provide you with key insights into international business management and contemporary issues in the global economy. You will study at one of Ireland’s leading business schools with internationally recognised faculty.

The business subjects cover all the major areas of business including accounting, finance, food business, business economics, business information systems, business law, management and marketing to equip you with the skills and knowledge to work in a fast-changing global environment.

To succeed in international business, it is important to develop a global mindset, understanding different cultural approaches. You will complement your international business knowledge with study of your chosen language - Chinese, French, German, Irish, Italian or Spanish. You will develop language proficiency and cultural understanding, enhanced by a year studying abroad in our partner business schools.

WHAT WILL HELP YOU?

All the Business subjects are taught from first principles but helpful subjects would be Business Studies, Economics, and/or Accounting. A H3 in a language other than English is required.

COURSE STRUCTURE

This four-year degree course will enable you to develop your knowledge and understanding of the exciting issues in international business, as well as in the language, literature, culture, and society of your chosen language pathway. The course comprises a variety of delivery methods and you will be expected to spend a minimum of six hours a week on selfdirected study (homework, e-learning, reading). You will study a broad range of business subjects, with a global focus, such as economics, management, marketing, and accounting, with the potential to focus on specific subjects later in the programme based on your career plans. All language classes are taught in small groups and are learner-centred.

FIRST YEAR MODULES

All modules are 5 credits unless otherwise stated.

BU1001 Professional Development for International Business, BU1002 Business and Economic Decision-Making, EC1202 Economic Reasoning for Business, MG1004 International Business Management, MG1006 Principles of Marketing in International Environments, IS1001 Digital Business Technologies & Trends, AC1102 Financial Accounting, LW1108 Introduction to the Legal System.

And choose modules to the value of 20 credits from your chosen language pathway:

The languages currently offered include Chinese, French, German, Irish, Italian, and Spanish. With the exception of French and Irish, all languages have a beginners stream. You will study cultural and social issues to complement your language skills and provide important context for understanding international business.

CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

Throughout this course you will learn how to work between and across languages and cultures, developing an enhanced set of communication and intercultural skills. You will emerge as a business-ready graduate, with the practical business and language skills that are in high demand from national and international employers. Ireland is part of the global economy and, because of your international outlook, a wide variety of careers will be available to you in Ireland and overseas, including finance, marketing, management, retail, accounting, advertising, tourism, teaching, human resources, project management, and consulting.

STUDY ABROAD

An integral part of the programme is the study year abroad in Year 3. You will spend a year at one of our partner universities to study international business in an immersive environment. You will gain an international perspective on business issues and, at the same time, strengthen and develop your language skills and cultural appreciation. Depending on your chosen language, it is possible to spend your study year in France, Italy, Spain, Germany, Austria, Belgium, China, UK, Latin and South America, or Canada.

GRADUATE STUDY OPTIONS

A variety of master’s programmes in related disciplines (Business and Language) are available to you as a graduate of this programme. Graduates have gone on to master’s degrees in International Management & Marketing, Business Economics, and Human Resources, for example. CUBS and the School of Languages, Literatures and Cultures provide a range of Postgraduate programmes and a number of our graduates have also pursued the Professional Master of Education (PME) programme which is a fulltime teacher education course, with the intention of teaching business and a language at second-level.

Question Time...

WILL I STUDY ABROAD IN THIRD YEAR?

Yes, the Year Abroad is an integral part of the learning experience and provides an opportunity to gain an in-depth appreciation of the language and culture. Students not only love this year away but it is an extremely attractive aspect of the degree for future employers due to the various skills learnt while living and studying abroad.

UCC SCHOOL OF LAW WELCOME TO...

“Welcome to the UCC School of Law. In choosing to study here, you will be joining a globally recognised Law School –ranked among the top 100 in the world – whose graduates make a huge impact at home and abroad. You will receive a first-class education from a vibrant community of legal scholars who are leading experts in their fields and passionate in their commitment to shaping a just society. Whatever programme you choose, you will gain a theoretical and practical understanding of key areas of Irish, European and International Law. If you enter through our BCL Pathways programme, you will have the option to spend a year on work placement or studying abroad. Or if you’d prefer to study law with a language or business, you will graduate with a joint honours degree. UCC School of Law students are career-ready, equipped with the legal knowledge and practical workplace skills needed to take on the challenges that we face in today’s world. A law degree from UCC is highly sought after by employers, with graduates of our programmes found in legal practice, the judiciary, the private sector, political life, the public service, and civil society organisations in Ireland, Europe and beyond.

I look forward to welcoming you to the UCC School of Law!”

PROFESSOR MARK POUSTIE, DEAN OF UCC SCHOOL OF LAW

MEET OUR STUDENTS!

STUDENT PROFILE

NICK COTTER

BCL LAW AND BUSINESS

CEO AND CO-FOUNDER OF COTTER AGRITECH

“The Law and Business course has been hugely beneficial for me. A big skill taught on the law side is the ability to clearly communicate your arguments and this is a great skill to have as we go about trying to raise money from investors or trying to convey the value of the product.”

GRADUATE PROFILE

DAVID GILES

BCL LAW AND BUSINESS

“Awarded the inaugural Head of College Prize for Exceptional Achievement

David began a campaign, beginning with business and law students, and moving outward across the University, to train students in suicide prevention and intervention techniques. Over 600 UCC students have taken the training course, thereby developing potentially life-saving skills.”

TABLE OF CONTENTS

SCHOOL OF LAW

CK301 Law (Pathways)

DEGREE AWARD BCL

DEGREE AWARD BCL (Clinical)

DEGREE AWARD BCL (International)

CK302 Law and French

CK304 Law and Irish

CK307 Law and Business

SCHOOL OF LAW FACTOIDS:

Founded on the banks of Cork’s iconic River Lee, the UCC School of Law has a rich and fascinating history stretching back to 1849

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We are a globally renowned Law School, in the top 75 Schools in the World QS World University Rankings

We have achieved a Bronze Athena SWAN award in recognition of our efforts to promote gender equality

Students gain essential practical skills through our Moot Court, taking part in simulated court proceedings in a realistic setting

Many of our students get involved with the UCC Law Society and UCC Free Legal Advice Clinic (FLAC) Society –both active societies where you can make lifelong friends whilst developing your legal skills!

A hallmark of the UCC School of Law is our public engagement work – involving staff and students alike – all undertaken with the aim of shaping a just society locally, nationally and internationally

Renowned for our research strengths, the School of Law are deeply engaged in cutting-edge legal scholarship, with students themselves involved in a number of research projects

DURATION 3 or 4 Years

MINIMUM CAO POINTS REQUIRED 2022 539 CAO POINTS RANGE 2022 539-625

APPROXIMATE AVAILABLE PLACES 118

LEAVING CERTIFICATE ENTRY REQUIREMENTS

Minimum grade H5 in two subjects and minimum grade O6/H7 in four other subjects. Subjects must include Irish, English, another language and three other subjects recognised for entry purposes.

APPROXIMATE MATURE STUDENT PLACES 23

APPROXIMATE QQI/FE STUDENT PLACES 8

INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS www.ucc.ie/ugi

QQI/FE STUDENTS www.ucc.ie/qqi/bl

COURSE PAGE ONLINE www.ucc.ie/en/ck301

CONTACT INFORMATION

BCL - Dr Stephen Coutts stephen.coutts@ucc.ie

BCL (Clinical) - Dorothy Appelbe d.appelbe@ucc.ie

BCL (International) - Dr Jonathan McCarthy jonathan.mccarthy@ucc.ie www.ucc.ie/en/law

DEGREE AWARDS

WHAT WILL HELP YOU?

An aptitude for English, while not essential, is certainly beneficial, as you will need to enjoy reading! History, because it too, like English, requires a lot of reading. Maths and/or Music might seem like unusual helpful subjects, but both engage the logical part of your brain, and law involves logic.

LAW (PATHWAYS)

BCL (Honours)

BCL (Honours) (Clinical)

BCL (Honours) (International)

WHAT IS LAW (PATHWAYS)?

Our Law (Pathways) programme is the gateway to one of three degree options: BCL, BCL (Clinical) (see page 262) and BCL (International) (see page 264). The Law (Pathways) entry route allows you to choose a three-year BCL degree or a four-year degree with a legal placement BCL (Clinical) or the chance to study at least one semester abroad BCL (International).

Law is defined as a system of rules that are created and enforced through social or governmental institutions to regulate behaviour. The law shapes how we live our lives. From the age of consent, to the legal age for being allowed to drink alcohol, to the minimum wage in our jobs, to the safety standards of the homes we rent or buy, to the terms and conditions of the various apps we download on our phones – all these things and more are determined by laws and regulations. Depending on the path you take after your degree, your responsibilities as a lawyer might include: providing legal advice and counsel to clients; representing clients in court; researching and analysing legal matters; preparing legal documents like contracts and wills; working with non-governmental organisations (NGO) to advocate for legal reform.

WHY UCC?

By choosing Law at UCC, you will be joining a tight-knit community of staff and students committed to shaping a just society for all. We are proud to be ranked among the top 150 Law Schools in the world, according to the 2021 QS Rankings, and we will offer you, as one of our students, an exceptional learning experience from our team of expert staff who are globally recognised in their fields. Our Law (Pathways) degree allows you to shape your own legal studies, choosing from a range of exciting subjects across numerous areas of Irish and international law, including business law, human rights law and constitutional law, to name but a few. On completion of the three-year BCL or the four-year BCL (Clinical) or BCL (International) programme, you will be equipped with the key foundational skills and critical understanding needed to pursue a career in law.

COURSE STRUCTURE

Our Law (Pathways) programme offers you three degree choices at the end of the first year. The three

year BCL option is a comprehensive degree that will provide you with a critical understanding of the key principles of Irish and international law, along with exposure to a wide array of interesting and eclectic elective subjects across a range of special legal areas, as well as a selection of languages or business subjects. It is the most efficient route to the legal professions – i.e. becoming a barrister or solicitor –or any number of alternative career paths. Or, if you would prefer to continue your studies, you might choose to undertake a postgraduate law degree directly after graduating with your BCL, meaning that you could be educated to master’s level within a four year period.

Alternatively, after first year, you might decide to pursue a four year degree path and undertake a semester or two abroad via the BCL (International) route or gain work experience in a professional environment via the BCL (Clinical) route. Whatever path you choose, you will take 60 credits per academic year. The number of optional elective modules available increases as you progress through the course and includes non-law options such as European language options or Mandarin, or business options such as accounting and management. Most of your modules will be assessed by written assignments or end-of-semester exams, or both. Some modules –particularly skills-based modules like Moot Court – will be assessed by oral examination.

FIRST YEAR MODULES

All modules are 5 credits unless otherwise stated.

CORE: LW1104 Foundations of the Legal System, LW1112 Constitutional & Institutional Law of the European Union, LW1153 Criminal Law (10 credits), LW1154 Law of Contract (10 credits), LW1156

Legal Research & Writing (10 credits), LW1161

Constitutional Law: Fundamental Rights plus LW1162

Constitutional Law: Institutions of Government or LW1163 Dlí Bunreachtúil: Bunchearta plus LW1164 Dlí Bunreachtúil: Institiúidí an Rialtais.

Plus 10 credits from the following:

ELECTIVES: LW1106 Law of Torts I plus LW1107 Law of Torts II, AC1103 Financial Accounting Fundamentals plus AC1104 Accounting for Partnerships & Companies, CH1001 Chinese Language (Mandarin) I (10 credits), FR0105 Introduction to French, FR1005

French for Near Beginners, FR1105 Threshold French, FR1107 French for Reading Purposes I, GA1002 Ceart na Gaeilge idir Scríobh agus Labhairt (10 credits), GE0005 German Language (CEFR-Level A2.1) plus GE0008 German Language (CEFR-Level A2.2), HS0028 Spanish Language (Beginner Level) (10 credits), HS0128 Spanish Language (Improver [01] Level) (10 credits), HS1009 Spanish Language (Post Leaving Certificate) (10 credits), IT1102 Non-Beginners’ Written and Spoken Italian (10 credits), IT1109

Introduction to Written and Spoken Italian (10 credits).

WORK PLACEMENT

See BCL Law (Clinical) (page 250) for a pathway where work placement is included as part of your degree. For those who do not take BCL (Clinical), it is possible to apply for work experience opportunities through the Law School. These are highly competitive as places are limited.

CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

You will be in high demand from employers and many of our graduates pursue a traditional career in the legal professions, becoming solicitors or barristers. Others go down alternative routes, and with your degree you could embark on an exciting career in the civil service, journalism, communications, or engage in advocacy or policy work for a not-for-profit or nongovernmental organisation (NGO).

Current job profiles of our graduates include: chartered company secretary at Arthur Cox, head of legal affairs at SIPTU Trade Union, head of legal and regulatory affairs at Laya Healthcare, legal officer to the President of the Court of Appeal, manager of the legal division at Brightwater Recruitment, policy advisor at the Houses of Oireachtas, press officer at the European Commission, senior Vice-President at AXA Legal, and services manager at the Migrant and Rights Resource Centre.

STUDY ABROAD & FIELD TRIPS

See BCL (International) (page 252) for study abroad information. Our students have studied in universities across Europe, America, China and India.

Our students have the opportunity to go on a popular field trip to the European Union institutions, where you will learn more about the principles, development and implementation of EU Law in practice.

GRADUATE STUDY OPTIONS

Graduates of this programme can undertake further postgraduate study and we offer seven LLM programmes, including LLM Law; LLM Business Law; LLM Intellectual Property & E-Law; LLM Environmental & Natural Resources Law; LLM Marine & Maritime Law; LLM Children’s Rights & Family Law; LLM International Human Rights Law & Public Policy. We also offer PhD and LLM research programmes in Law. Please see the UCC postgraduate website for more information: www.ucc.ie/en/study/postgrad/.

BCL (CLINICAL)

DEGREE AWARD ACCESSED THROUGH:

CK301 p.260

CONTACT INFORMATION

Dorothy Appelbe

d.appelbe@ucc.ie

www.ucc.ie/en/law

WHAT IS BCL (CLINICAL)?

Our BCL (Clinical) degree, which you can apply for via the Law (Pathways) programme (page 260), is one of a kind in Ireland. The four-year programme allows you to shape your own legal studies, choosing from a range of exciting subjects across numerous areas of Irish and international law, including business law, human rights law and constitutional law. You will also undertake a work placement in a legal professional environment during third year. On completion of your degree at the UCC School of Law, you will be equipped with the foundational skills, critical understanding and key practical experience needed to pursue a career in law.

COURSE STRUCTURE

Our BCL (Clinical) degree programme combines our core BCL degree with a work placement in a legal professional working environment during third year. The course will provide you with a critical understanding of the key principles of Irish and international law, along with exposure to a wide array of interesting and eclectic elective subjects across a range of special legal areas, as well as a selection of languages or business subjects. The third year placement offers you an exceptional opportunity to experience and be directly involved in how the law works in reality as part of your legal education. You will be required to take 60 credits in each academic year, combining compulsory modules with elective subjects. In first, second and fourth year, you will attend a mixture of lectures and tutorials. Your third year will consist of work placements during one or both semesters on a full-time basis, during which you also complete an academic project work based on your experiences and learning in the workplace.

FIRST YEAR MODULES

Refer to CK301 Law (Pathways) on page 260.

Question Time...

Does the BCL (Clinical) qualify me as a solicitor or barrister?

No. In Ireland to qualify for legal practice, you must qualify as a solicitor with the Law Society of Ireland or qualify as a barrister with the Honourable Society of the King’s Inns. To qualify as a solicitor, you pass an entrance examination, also known as the Final Examination – First Part (FE-1), which consists of eight papers. You have five years from the date of your undergraduate degree to apply for the entrance exam. Once you’ve passed the FE-1, you can move onto the next steps towards becoming a solicitor, the first of which is securing a training contract with a law firm. Our students are in high demand with law firms all over the country who wish to recruit them to training contracts. To qualify as a barrister you must complete the Barrister-at-Law degree course in the Honourable Society of the King’s Inns. Applicants for this degree must first have passed certain ‘core subjects’ in their law degree and must pass an entrance examination.

WORK PLACEMENT

The work placement is the highlight of the BCL (Clinical) programme. You will have the unique opportunity to work in a professional legal environment, applying the legal skills and understanding you will have learned in the first two years of your degree to a real-life, practical workplace setting, while also developing many transferable workplace skills. Placements are sourced based on your legal interests, with interviews then offered by appropriate organisations. We arrange placements in a wide range of areas, including: commercial law, consumer law, criminal law, corporate and financial services law, employment law, environmental law, family law, human rights law, immigration and refugee law, medical law, and welfare law.

Every year our students are welcomed into workplaces across Ireland. Organisations offering placements include law firms, NGOs, regulatory bodies, in-house legal departments in companies/corporations, non-profit organisations, semi-state bodies, policy bodies and more. Placements are assessed by assigned project work, learning journals and oral presentations.

CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

As a graduate of the BCL (Clinical) degree, you will be highly sought-after by employers who recognise the value of a skills-based legal education and an understanding of how the law operates in reality. The course is unique in Ireland in offering a skills-based education in law, with our students given the opportunity to apply their legal understanding and knowledge to a real-life workplace setting during their placement year. While many of our graduates pursue a traditional career in the legal professions, becoming solicitors or barristers, others go down alternative routes. The possibilities are endless, and you could embark on a career in the civil service, journalism, communications, or engage in advocacy or policy work for a not-for-profit or non-governmental organisation. Current job profiles of our graduates include: analyst at Accenture, apprentice solicitor at Deloitte, financial engineer at First Derivatives, recruitment officer at Cpl Recruitment, and trainee solicitor at William Fry.

GRADUATE STUDY OPTIONS

Graduates of this programme can undertake further postgraduate study and we offer seven LLM programmes. Please see the UCC postgraduate website for more information: www.ucc.ie/en/study/postgrad/.

CURRENT STUDENT CHARLEY MOORE

“Not many Universities offer clinical placement as part of their law programmes. For this reason, having practical experience as part of a BCL Clinical degree will make you stand out when applying for jobs later in your career. During my placement I experienced the fast paced and dynamic work of a large commercial law firm and gained transferrable skills that will be of significant benefit during the course of my degree and my career in the future. I would recommend BCL Clinical to anyone looking to step outside of their comfort zone and make the most of their time studying law in UCC.”

No. You will need to apply for CK301 – BCL (Pathways). All Pathways students do the same course in first year, before deciding whether to continue with the three-year BCL law course, or apply for the four-year Clinical (or International) degree path.

I’m a sixth year student and would love to do the BCL Law (Clinical) degree. Can I apply directly through the CAO?

BCL (INTERNATIONAL)

DEGREE AWARD ACCESSED THROUGH:

CK301 p.260

CONTACT INFORMATION

Dr Jonathan McCarthy

jonathan.mccarthy@ucc.ie www.ucc.ie/en/law

WHAT IS BCL (INTERNATIONAL)?

Our BCL (International) degree, which you choose via the Law (Pathways) programme, is a unique four-year programme that allows you to shape your own legal studies, choosing from a range of exciting subjects across numerous areas of Irish and international law, including business law, human rights law and constitutional law. In third year you will spend a semester, or full academic year, studying abroad in one of our partner universities in Europe, the USA, Canada, India or China.

COURSE STRUCTURE

The BCL (International) programme at UCC combines our core BCL degree with the opportunity to study abroad for a semester, or full academic year, in a Law School at one of our partner universities abroad. This course will provide you with a critical understanding of the key principles of Irish and international law, along with exposure to a wide array of interesting and eclectic elective subjects across a range of special legal areas, as well as a selection of languages or business subjects.

In your third year, you will study abroad at one of our prestigious partner institutions, immersing yourself in a different culture, familiarising yourself with a different legal system and developing new skills that will stand to you throughout your career. During your study-abroad period, you will follow the course requirements in your host university, which often includes courses at graduate level. These vary depending on the host university and your own interests. Most of your modules will be assessed by written assignments or end-of-semester exams, or both. Some modules – particularly skills-based modules like Moot Court – will be assessed by oral examination. During your study abroad period, you will follow the assessment rules of your host university.

FIRST YEAR MODULES

Refer to CK301 Law (Pathways) on page 260.

CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

As a BCL (International) graduate, your intercultural skills and independent streak, nurtured by living abroad, will give you a real edge in the eyes of potential employers. While many of our graduates pursue a traditional career in the legal professions, becoming solicitors or barristers, others go down alternative routes. The possibilities are endless, and you could embark on a career in the civil service, journalism, communications, or engage in advocacy or policy work for a not-for-profit or non-governmental organisation. Current job profiles of our graduates include: clerical officer at the Central Statistics Office, data protection advisor at OneTrust DataGuidance, education officer at University College Cork, information advocacy officer at the Crosscare Migrant Project, judicial assistant at the Courts Service of Ireland, legal analyst at AIB, legal assistant at Philip Lee Solicitors, and paralegal with Brookfield Renewable Ireland.

STUDY ABROAD

As a BCL (International) student, you will have the opportunity to spend a semester or full academic year studying abroad, where you will study law in a different jurisdiction and immerse yourself in a new culture and education system. Students have described this experience as life-changing and unforgettable. We have a wide variety of prestigious partner institutions and the study abroad period can be tailored to suit your interests, both academically and culturally. Our partner institutions have a wide variety of

Question Time...

No. You will pay the same registration fees to UCC for third year irrespective of where you are studying. You won’t pay fees to the host university. You will, however, be responsible for your own travel and accommodation costs.

specialisations in, for example, international human rights law, business and commercial law, constitutional law, and health law. They also provide practical exposure to the law via trial advocacy, moot court and law clinics. We currently offer the following locations to our students: Prague and Brno (Czech Republic), Budapest (Hungary), Copenhagen (Denmark), Ghent (Belgium), Helsinki (Finland), Rotterdam and Leiden (Netherlands), Lund (Sweden), Valencia (Spain), Oslo (Norway), Pune (India), Beijing and Shanghai (China), St Louis University (Missouri, USA), Brooklyn Law School (USA), Temple (Philadelphia, USA) and Montreal (Canada), Bologna (Italy), Rome (Italy), Lisbon (Portugal), Luxembourg and Victoria (Canada).

FIELD TRIPS

Our students have the opportunity to take a highly regarded field trip to the European Union institutions, where you learn more about the principles, development and implementation of EU law in practice. In third year you may also have the opportunity to take part in field trips organised by your host university during your study abroad period.

GRADUATE STUDY OPTIONS

Graduates of this programme can undertake further postgraduate study and we offer seven LLM programmes. Please see the UCC postgraduate website for more information: www.ucc.ie/en/study/postgrad/

GRADUATE PROFILE RACHEL O’SULLIVAN

“From competing in international legal competitions to appearing before High Court judges, the last four years have been challenging and exciting. I am now training with a large commercial law firm in Dublin in order to qualify as a solicitor. Undoubtedly, both the practical and legal skills I have developed during my time at UCC have provided me with the best possible foundation for my career.”

If I study abroad do I have to pay the fees of my host university for that year or semester?

LAW AND FRENCH BCL (Honours) CK302

DURATION 4 Years

MINIMUM CAO POINTS REQUIRED 2022 556

CAO POINTS RANGE 2022 556-613

APPROXIMATE AVAILABLE PLACES 23

LEAVING CERTIFICATE ENTRY REQUIREMENTS

Minimum grade H5 in two subjects and minimum grade O6/H7 in four other subjects. Subjects must include Irish, English, another language and three other subjects recognised for entry purposes. A minimum grade H3 in French is required.

APPROXIMATE MATURE STUDENT PLACES 1

APPROXIMATE QQI/FE STUDENT PLACES 1

INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS www.ucc.ie/ugi

QQI/FE STUDENTS

www.ucc.ie/qqi/bl

COURSE PAGE ONLINE

www.ucc.ie/en/ck302

CONTACT INFORMATION

Dr Benedicte Sage Fuller b.sage@ucc.ie

www.ucc.ie/en/law

WHAT IS LAW AND FRENCH?

To study law is to learn and understand how society enables people to flourish, to pursue their projects, to build up ideas into concrete realisations, and to give back to society. Law provides stability in our world by setting up rules and regulations which provide certainty and predictability to our actions. For example, contract law allows people to know they can trust what they sign, the law of property guarantees the private property and possessions of each of us, and constitutional law regulates the life of state government organisations. Depending on the path you take after your degree, your responsibilities as a lawyer might include: providing legal advice and counsel to clients, representing clients in court, researching and analysing legal matters, and preparing legal documents such as contracts and wills.

The study of French will provide you with a proficiency in the language, coupled with a knowledge and understanding of French culture and literature. Studying Law and French together will give the double qualification of a joint honours degree: a qualifying Law degree, which allows you to pursue a legal career, and a French degree, with which you can go on to become a French teacher, a translator, a linguist, or even a lawyer-linguist!

WHY UCC?

Question Time...

Would having a European language (like French) be a requirement for work with the EU?

It is definitely an advantage and in some cases a requirement. In order to work in the EU you generally need two recognised EU languages, and some jobs even require three. With the fluency in French that you will acquire as part this degree, you will have a distinct advantage if pursuing a career in the EU.

By choosing Law at UCC, you will be joining a tightknit community of staff and students committed to shaping a just society for all. We are proud to be ranked among the top 100 Law Schools in the world, according to the 2021 QS Rankings, and we will offer you, as one of our students, an exceptional learning experience from our team of expert staff who are globally recognised in their fields. Our BCL (Law and French) degree allows you to study both Law and French at the same time, resulting in a joint honours degree in two highly sought-after disciplines. In your third year of this four year degree, you will have the opportunity to study abroad at a prestigious law school in France or Canada. On completion of your studies, you will be equipped with the key foundational skills and critical understanding needed to pursue a career in law, along with the linguistic skills and knowledge to work in a French language setting.

WHAT WILL HELP YOU?

An aptitude for English, while not essential, is certainly beneficial, as you will need to enjoy reading. A proficiency and love for French is important and you will need a minimum H3 grade in French to qualify for the course.

COURSE STRUCTURE

Our BCL (Law and French) programme is a four year degree that combines the study of Law at the UCC School of Law, with the study of French language, culture and literature at the UCC French Department. You will gain a critical understanding of the key principles of Irish, French, European and International Law, and develop a level of fluency in French that will allow you to practice law bilingually. Modules are taught mostly through English, and some are taught through French. You will study core modules that provide you with key foundational legal skills and knowledge and, in your final year, get to choose from a wide array of elective modules across a range of French subjects and specialist legal areas, from international law and human rights to environmental law and family law. In third year you will go abroad to France or Canada, and study a range of modules, through French, depending on your host university. Most of your Law modules will be assessed by written assignments or end-of-semester exams, or both. French modules are based more on continuous assessment. During third year, you will follow the assessment rules of your host university.

FIRST YEAR MODULES

All modules are 5 credits unless otherwise stated.

FR1101 Foundation Course in Written & Oral French (10 credits), FR1201 Introduction to French Studies, FR1801 Law, Language, Literature, LW1101 Legal Writing & Analysis, LW1104 Foundations of the Legal System, LW1114 Droit Institutionnel de l’Union Européenne, LW1153 Criminal Law (10 credits), LW1154 Law of Contract (10 credits), LW1162 Constitutional Law: Institutions of Government or LW1164 Dlí Bunreachtúil: Institiúidí an Rialtais.

GRADUATE PROFILE JAMES

KNEALE

“Studying Law and French was the perfect choice for me. The range of modules on offer meant that I was able to tailor my degree to suit my interests, in particular due to the availability of classes on French literature, culture and history, making the Law and French programme at UCC unique in Ireland.”

WORK PLACEMENT

There are some work placement opportunities available for students who spend their third year abroad studying in Paris or Strasbourg.

CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

Our graduates pursue a range of exciting career paths, and with a BCL (Law and French) degree you will be highly sought after by employers. Many of our graduates pursue a traditional career in the legal professions, becoming solicitors or barristers. Others go down alternative routes, and you could become a French teacher, or French translator or interpreter, a lawyer-linguist, a journalist, or an inhouse bilingual lawyer. Graduates work in law firms across Ireland and abroad, as well as in United Nations and European Union institutions. Current job profiles of our graduates include: digital marketing assistant at Tourism Ireland in Paris, head of EU technical services at Utmost Wealth Solutions, immigration attorney in New York City, legal researcher at the Chief State Solicitor’s Office, and senior financial accountant at Nuance Communications.

STUDY ABROAD

You will spend your third year abroad studying law, through French, at a prestigious French or Canadian law school. Our university partners include: Nice-Côte d’Azur, Strasbourg, Rennes, Université Jean Moulin Lyon III, Montpellier, Montréal and Aix-Marseille.

GRADUATE STUDY OPTIONS

Graduates of this programme can undertake further postgraduate study and we offer seven LLM programmes, including LLM Law; LLM Business Law; LLM Intellectual Property & E-Law; LLM Environmental & Natural Resources Law; LLM Marine & Maritime Law; LLM Children’s Rights & Family Law; LLM International Human Rights Law & Public Policy. We also offer PhD and LLM research programmes in Law. As you will also graduate with a degree in French, you might wish to pursue postgraduate study with our French Department, such as: MA in Applied Linguistics, MA in Languages & Cultures, MA in Translation Studies, and MRes (MA by Research). Please see the UCC postgraduate website for more information: www.ucc.ie/en/study/postgrad/

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Our law website is regularly updated with news and events: www.ucc.ie/en/law.

And the French Department’s website is here: www.ucc.ie/en/french/.

DURATION 4 Years

MINIMUM CAO POINTS REQUIRED 2022 552

CAO POINTS RANGE 2022 552-625

APPROXIMATE AVAILABLE PLACES 13

LEAVING CERTIFICATE ENTRY REQUIREMENTS

Minimum grade H5 in two subjects and minimum grade O6/H7 in four other subjects. Subjects must include Irish, English, another language and three other subjects for entry purposes. A minimum grade H3 in Irish is required.

APPROXIMATE MATURE STUDENT PLACES 1

APPROXIMATE QQI/FE STUDENT PLACES 1

INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS www.ucc.ie/ugi

QQI/FE STUDENTS

www.ucc.ie/qqi/bl

COURSE PAGE ONLINE www.ucc.ie/en/ck304

CONTACT INFORMATION

Dr Seán Ó Conaill s.oconaill@ucc.ie www.ucc.ie/law

Fun Fact...

The BCL (Law and Irish) is the only one of its kind in Ireland!

By graduating with a BCL in Law and Irish from UCC, you will hold a unique degree and join a small but close-knit community of graduates.

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Our law website is regularly updated with news and events: www.ucc.ie/en/law. And the Department of Modern Irish is here: https://www.ucc.ie/en/modern-irish/.

LAW AND IRISH BCL (Honours)

WHAT IS LAW AND IRISH?

Law is defined as a system of rules that are created and enforced through social or governmental institutions to regulate behaviour. The law shapes how we live our lives; from the age of consent or the legal age for being allowed to drink alcohol, to the minimum wage in our jobs or the safety standards of the homes we rent or buy – all these things, and more, are determined by laws and regulations. Depending on the path you take after your degree, your responsibilities as a lawyer might include: providing legal advice and counsel to clients, representing clients in court, researching and analysing legal matters, and preparing legal documents such as contracts and wills.

The study of Irish will provide you with a proficiency in the language, coupled with a knowledge and understanding of Irish literature, culture and institutions. Studying Law and Irish together will qualify you as a Law graduate with specific linguistic skills.

WHY UCC?

By choosing Law at UCC, you will be joining a tightknit community of staff and students committed to shaping a just society for all. We are proud to be ranked among the top 150 Law Schools in the world, according to the 2019 QS Rankings, and we will offer you, as one of our students, an exceptional learning experience from our team of expert staff who are globally recognised in their fields. Our BCL (Law and Irish) degree is the only one of its kind in Ireland. It allows you to study both Law and Irish at the same time, resulting in a joint honours degree in two highly respected disciplines. The programme is international in outlook, to reflect the official EU status of the Irish language. In third year, you will have the opportunity to gain invaluable practical skills through a work placement, or study abroad in one of our partner universities in Montana, USA or Konstanz, Germany for example. On completion of your studies, you will be equipped with the key foundational skills and critical understanding needed to pursue a career in law, along with the linguistic skills, and knowledge to work in an Irish language setting.

WHAT WILL HELP YOU?

An aptitude for English, while not essential, is certainly beneficial, as you will need to enjoy reading. A proficiency and love for Irish is important and you will need a minimum H3 grade in Irish to qualify for the course.

COURSE STRUCTURE

Our BCL (Law and Irish) programme is a four-year degree that combines the essential aspects of a Law degree with the study of the Irish language, culture, literature and institutions. The course is delivered by expert teaching staff at the UCC School of Law and Department of Modern Irish. You will gain a critical understanding of the key principles of Irish and International Law, and develop a level of fluency in Irish that will allow you to practice law bilingually. You will study core modules that provide you with key foundational legal skills and knowledge, and hone your Irish language skills. After first year, you get to choose from a wide array of elective modules across a range of Irish subjects and specialist legal areas, from international law and human rights to environmental law and family law. In third year you will either spend a year on work placement, gaining practical experience in an office environment, or study abroad in one of our partner universities. You will take 60 credits in each academic year combining compulsory and elective modules in Law and Irish. You will also have the opportunity to study some law modules through the medium of Irish – an option that is unique to the UCC School of Law.

FIRST YEAR MODULES

All modules are 5 credits unless otherwise stated.

GA1003 Bunstaidéar ar Theanga agus ar Chultúr na Gaeilge (15 credits), GA1030 Bunreacht na hÉireann (1937): An Leagan Gaeilge, LW1001 Legal Writing, LW1104 Foundations of the Legal System, LW1112 Constitutional and Institutional Law of the European Union, LW1153 Criminal Law (10 credits), LW1154 Law of Contract (10 credits), LW1164 Dlí Bunreachtúil: Institiúidí an Rialtais.

GRADUATE PROFILE GARY MOLONEY

“I spent the first half of the academic year in Missoula, Montana studying in their Law School and working as a law clerk in the Federal District Court under Judge Donald W. Molloy. The experience allowed me to integrate into another legal and academic culture, and Montana is a great spot from which to explore the US. It also provides the opportunity to act as a teaching assistant for the University of Montana’s Irish Language programme.”

WORK PLACEMENT

It is also possible to spend your third year on work placement in Ireland. Opportunities are available in a variety of institutions, such as the Houses of the Oireachtas, the Attorney General’s Office, legal translation projects, the legal departments of corporations like Heineken Ireland, as well as with large law firms and other practitioners. Our students enjoy getting the chance to gain new practical skills through their work placements, and experience the world of work before they have even graduated.

CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

As a UCC BCL (Law and Irish) graduate, you will be highly sought after by employers all across Ireland and further afield. Many of our graduates pursue a traditional career in the legal professions, becoming solicitors or barristers. Others follow alternative routes, and with your degree you could become an Irish teacher, an Irish translator or interpreter in the EU institutions or elsewhere, a journalist, or an in-house bilingual lawyer. Other graduates have chosen careers in banking, accounting, taxation, insurance, IT and the media. Current job profiles of recent graduates include: legal advisor & assistant company secretary at Concern Worldwide, legal executive at Bord na Mona, Oifigeach Pleanála Teanga Chiarraí Thiar at Comharchumann Forbartha Chorca Dhuibhne, and policy advisor at the Houses of Oireachtas.

STUDY ABROAD

You can spend your third year studying abroad at one of our partner universities. This life-changing opportunity will give you the chance to see the relevance of the Irish language, and culture, in settings as far apart as Montana and Germany. For example, if you study at the University of Montana Law School, you will assist with teaching Irish to American students, or work in the federal court system as a judge’s intern. This is an incredible experience for our students and a wonderful addition to your CV.

GRADUATE STUDY OPTIONS

Graduates of this programme can undertake further postgraduate study and we offer seven LLM programmes, including LLM Law; LLM Business Law; LLM Intellectual Property & E-Law; LLM Environmental & Natural Resources Law; LLM Marine & Maritime Law; LLM Children’s Rights & Family Law; LLM International Human Rights Law & Public Policy. As you will also graduate with a degree in Irish, you might wish to pursue postgraduate study with our Department of Modern Irish, such as: MA in Gaelic Literature, MA in Translation Studies, MA sa Nua-Ghaeilge, and MPhil/ PhD. Please see the UCC postgraduate website for more information: www.ucc.ie/en/study/postgrad/

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DURATION 4 Years

MINIMUM CAO POINTS REQUIRED 2022 590

CAO POINTS RANGE 2022 590-625

APPROXIMATE AVAILABLE PLACES 32

LEAVING CERTIFICATE ENTRY REQUIREMENTS

Minimum grade H5 in two subjects and minimum grade O6/H7 in four other subjects. Subjects must include Irish, English, Mathematics, another language and two other subjects recognised for entry purposes.

APPROXIMATE MATURE STUDENT PLACES 5

APPROXIMATE QQI/FE STUDENT PLACES 2

INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS

www.ucc.ie/ugi

QQI/FE STUDENTS

www.ucc.ie/qqi/bl

COURSE PAGE ONLINE

www.ucc.ie/en/ck307

CONTACT INFORMATION

Dr Fidelma White

F.White@ucc.ie

www.ucc.ie/en/law

CURRENT STUDENT REBECCA O’SHAUGHNESSY

“I chose to study Law and Business in UCC for a number of reasons. Primarily, I wanted to study law but also knew that I learn better in a varied environment. Having to switch between legal and business studies, as well as the diversity of modules within each area, provides me with such an environment. I was also attracted to the size of the Law and Business class in each year, with the smaller numbers making it easier to get to know people from the get-go and this in turn making starting college just that little bit less daunting.”

LAW AND BUSINESS BCL (Honours)

WHAT IS LAW AND BUSINESS?

Law is a system of rules that are created and enforced through governmental institutions to regulate behaviour. The law shapes how we live our lives and conduct business: from the age of consent or the legal age for being allowed to drink alcohol, to the minimum wage in our jobs or health and safety standards at work – all these things, and more, are determined by laws and regulations. Depending on the path you take after your degree, your responsibilities as a lawyer might include: providing legal advice and counsel to clients, representing clients in court, researching and analysing legal matters, and preparing legal documents such as contracts and wills.

Business is a similarly wide-ranging discipline, and refers to the many varied efforts made, and systems followed, by companies and individuals to trade goods/services and make a profit. The study of business comprises an array of dynamic subjects like management, economics, marketing, accounting, food business and development, information systems and statistics. Business graduates can become entrepreneurs or pursue careers in, amongst other fields, financial services, marketing, human resources, management, accountancy and supply chain operations.

Our BCL (Law and Business) is a joint honours programme, meaning you will graduate with a degree in Law and in Business, which makes you desirable to a wide variety of employers. You will have the chance to specialise in either Law or Business in your final year, resulting in a tailor-made degree that showcases your interests and abilities, and empowers you to confidently pursue your chosen career path.

WHY UCC?

By choosing Law at UCC, you will be joining a tightknit community of staff and students committed to shaping a just society for all. We are proud to be ranked among the top 100 Law Schools in the world, according to the 2021 QS Rankings, and we will offer you, as one of our students, an exceptional learning experience from our team of expert staff who are globally recognised in their fields. Similarly, Cork University Business School (CUBS) – where you will take your Business modules – is a nationally and internationally renowned Business School with staff who are recognised experts across a range of disciplines.

CUBS is one of the two largest business schools in Ireland with the largest number of full-time undergraduate students.

WHAT WILL HELP YOU?

An aptitude for English, while not essential, is certainly beneficial, as you will need to enjoy reading. From a Business perspective, Leaving Certificate Business, Accounting and Economics are all helpful but not essential, as all our Business modules are taught at an introductory level.

COURSE STRUCTURE

Our BCL (Law and Business) programme is a fouryear joint honours degree which provides you with the skills and knowledge needed for either a legal, or business, career. In choosing this dynamic multidisciplinary programme, you will gain an advanced understanding of the business world and the legal and regulatory system. In your first three years, you will take an equal amount of modules in Law and Business. Law modules include Contract Law, Commercial Law, Company Law, and other core legal areas that will provide you with the necessary grounding in Law to pursue a career or further study in Law. Similarly, Business modules are wide-ranging, and include Accounting, Business Information Systems, Economics, Management and Marketing. In the final year of the programme, you can specialise in Law or Business with over 40 optional modules to choose from. You will take 60 credits per academic year; most of your modules will be assessed by written assignments or end-of-semester exams, or both. Some modules require oral presentations or group work.

FIRST YEAR MODULES

All modules are 5 credits unless otherwise stated.

AC1102 Financial Accounting, EC1207 Principles of the Micro Economy, EC1208 Principles of the Macro Economy, IS1105 Business Information Systems, LW1001 Legal Writing, LW1104 Foundations of the Legal System, LW1112 Constitutional and Institutional Law of the European Union or LW1114 Droit institutionnel de l’Union européenne, LW1154 Law of Contract (10 credits), LW1161 Constitutional Law: Fundamental Rights plus LW1162 Constitutional Law: Institutions of Government or

LW1163 Dlí Bunreachtúil: Bunchearta plus LW1164 Dlí Bunreachtúil: Institiúidí an Rialtais, MG1000 Foundations of Management and Organisational Behaviour.

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Our law website is regularly updated with news and events: www.ucc.ie/en/law. And the Business school at www.cubsucc.com/

WORK PLACEMENT

You will have the opportunity to gain practical skills and experience on a work placement during the summer months preceding your final year. This can be in a legal or business setting, with students being placed in a range of organisations from major law firms, accounting firms or in-house with various corporations or other bodies. This 5-credit optional work placement module (LW3407) forms part of your final year assessment.

CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

A huge amount of career opportunities are possible as a BCL (Law and Business) graduate, regardless of which discipline you choose to specialise in. Many of our graduates pursue a traditional career in the legal professions, becoming solicitors or barristers. Others follow alternative routes, for example with the civil service, journalism, communications, or engage in advocacy or policy work for not-for-profit or nongovernmental organisations. If you decide to go down the Business career path, you could find yourself working in a number of fields, such as accountancy, business information systems, compliance, financial services, food business, or taxation, for example.

FIELD TRIPS

Our students have the opportunity to go on a popular field trip to the European Union institutions, where they engage with the principles, development and implementation of EU Law in practice.

GRADUATE STUDY OPTIONS

Please see the UCC postgraduate website for information: www.ucc.ie/en/study/postgrad/

Additional information:

At the end of the Law and Business degree, do you have a full Law degree?

Yes, in terms of being eligible to sit the entrance exams at King’s Inns or Blackhall Place, with a view to qualifying as a Barrister or Solicitor respectively. The Law and Business Degree is a joint honours degree so you will have a degree in Law and in Business.

Would Law and Business be difficult if I don’t do Business for the Leaving Cert?

No, it wouldn’t. The Business School starts first year modules as if you have never studied them. The Business subjects are all taught from an introductory level so no prior knowledge is required.

WE ARE...

THE COLLEGE OF SCIENCE, ENGINEERING & FOOD SCIENCE

“There has never been such an exciting time to study STEM. Sustainability is at the heart of our programmes and our research, here in the College of Science, Engineering and Food Science. Together, we are the Scientists, the Technologists, the Engineers and the Mathematicians who are focussed on creating and delivering a sustainable future for us all. We are developing the innovative solutions to support a sustainable and environmentally responsible society. Our graduates have the skills and attributes to play their role in solving these key societal challenges. Come and join us –we want you to be part of that vision!”

ÓRLA O’REGAN

EU RECRUITMENT OFFICER orlaoregan@ucc.ie

600 academic and research staff, 5,000+ students

INTERNATIONAL STUDENT RECRUITMENT MANAGER neasa.oconnor@ucc.ie

1,200 STEM graduates annually

24 STEM Research Institutes and Centres

PROFESSOR SARAH CULLOTY, HEAD OF COLLEGE

NEASA O’CONNOR

OUR PROGRAMMES & DEGREE AWARDS

COLLEGE OF SCIENCE, ENGINEERING AND FOOD SCIENCES

CK401 Computer Science

CK402 Biological and Chemical Sciences

CK404 Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences

CK405 Genetics

CK406 Chemical Sciences

CK407 Mathematical Sciences

CK408 Physics and Astrophysics

CK411 Data Science and Analytics

CK412 Agricultural Science

CK413 Science Education

CK504 Nutritional Sciences

CK505 Food Science

CK600 Engineering

DEGREE AWARD Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering

DEGREE AWARD Electrical and Electronic Engineering

DEGREE AWARD Energy Engineering

DEGREE AWARD Process and Chemical Engineering

CK606 Architecture

MT871 Biomedical Science

DEGREE AWARD Applied Plant Biology

DEGREE AWARD Astrophysics

DEGREE AWARD Biochemistry

DEGREE AWARD Biotechnology

DEGREE AWARD Chemical Physics

DEGREE AWARD Chemistry

DEGREE AWARD Chemistry with Forensic Science

DEGREE AWARD Chemistry of Pharmaceutical Compounds

DEGREE AWARD Ecology and Environmental Biology

DEGREE AWARD Environmental Science

DEGREE AWARD Financial Mathematics and Actuarial Science

DEGREE AWARD Geosciences

DEGREE AWARD Mathematical Sciences

DEGREE AWARD Mathematical Sciences and Physics

DEGREE AWARD Microbiology

DEGREE AWARD Neuroscience

DEGREE AWARD Physics

DEGREE AWARD Physiology

DEGREE AWARD Zoology

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€75m investment in Tyndall National Institute expansion

Significant €3.9m Sustainable Futures project is led by UCC, in collaboration with MU and ATU, and a number of industry partners including Microsoft, Carbery Group. Musgrave, Glanbia and ESB

UCC was awarded €6.8m funding for health and climate research under the Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) Future Frontiers Programme

STEM DEGREE AWARD TABLE

STEM AT UCC...

RESEARCH-LED TEACHING

COMPUTER SCIENCE BSc (Honours) CK401

DURATION 4 Years

MINIMUM CAO POINTS REQUIRED 2022 509

CAO POINTS RANGE 2022 509-625

APPROXIMATE AVAILABLE PLACES 85

LEAVING CERTIFICATE ENTRY REQUIREMENTS

Minimum grade H5 in two subjects and minimum grade 06/H7 in four other subjects. Subjects must include Irish, English, Mathematics and three other subjects recognised for entry purposes. A minimum O2/H6 in Mathematics is required.

APPROXIMATE MATURE STUDENT PLACES 8

APPROXIMATE QQI/FE STUDENT PLACES 6

INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS www.ucc.ie/ugi

QQI/FE STUDENTS www.ucc.ie/qqi/stem

COURSE PAGE ONLINE www.ucc.ie/en/ck401

CONTACT INFORMATION

Dr Aisling O’Driscoll, Course Co-ordinator bsc_coordinator@cs.ucc.ie www.ucc.ie/en/compsci

DEGREE AWARDS

BSc Computer Science

BSc Computer Science (Software Entrepreneurship)

GRADUATE PROFILE

MARINA LEHANE

Product Manager at Google

“As a Product Manager at Google, I lead the cross-product strategy and cloud sync services for Messages by Google, our official Android SMS app. My career began as an intern at Microsoft Ireland following a nomination by the Computer Science department’s placement coordinator for the Program Manager role. A career path I wasn’t even aware of before UCC introduced me to this opportunity! The skills and connections made during my time in UCC were essential to achieving my international career goals, along with many other UCC Computer Science alumni living and working in the various tech companies here in Seattle.”

WHAT IS COMPUTER SCIENCE?

Computer scientists conceive, design, build, and maintain complex computer systems to solve real world problems. This involves the study of computing processes, algorithmic principles, software, hardware & systems design, their implementation and their impact on society. As a Computer Science student, you will master the core technologies that provide the building blocks of modern computer systems, such as networks, database technology, programming, algorithms, artificial intelligence, cyber security, web technology and applications.

WHY UCC?

The School of Computer Science and Information Technology (CSIT) at UCC has a large team of academic staff with deep expertise across the full range of computer science. Our school, and its associated research centres, have an international reputation for research in areas such as artificial intelligence, data analytics and algorithmics, networks and communications, interactive media, human computer interaction and computer security. This expertise is reflected in the breadth and quality of our degree programme and our commitment to providing an excellent learning experience for all our students.

WHAT WILL HELP YOU?

Our programme does not assume any prior computing experience and many of our students successfully complete the degree with little or no prior background in computing. Being good at mathematics is not essential but we do however require a minimum of O2/H6 in the Leaving Certificate as we have found that solid reasoning and problem-solving skills are a good predictor for an aptitude in Computer Science.

COURSE STRUCTURE

There are two degree streams within the Computer Science CK401 intake. All students follow the same programme in the first year but, at the beginning of second year, may choose either to follow the main BSc

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in Computer Science route, which focuses exclusively on computer science, or opt instead for the BSc in Computer Science (Software Entrepreneurship) programme. The Computer Science (Software Entrepreneurship) degree has more of a niche profile and is taught in conjunction with the Department of Economics. It comprises a 50/50 blend of computing and business-oriented modules that aims to equip graduates with both computing and business skills. Students opting for this programme need to choose the Economics elective in first year.

Our Computer Science degree programmes comprise a blend of lectures and laboratory work. Apart from the lectures that introduce the key concepts, each module includes a suite of labs designed to provide experience with practical problem solving, using these concepts in a small group setting. Computer Science is a discipline where you learn by doing, and so these labs form an integral component of the course. Your work is assessed throughout the year using a mixture of regularly assigned course work, class tests and projects.

FIRST YEAR MODULES

All modules are 5 credits unless otherwise stated.

CORE: CS1106 Introduction to Relational Databases, CS1110 Computer Hardware Organisation, CS1111 Systems Organisation, CS1112 & CS1113 Foundations of Computer Science I & II, CS1115 & CS1116 Web Development I & II, CS1117 Introduction to Programming (15 credits).

Plus 10 credits from the following:

ELECTIVES: CS1130 & CS1131 Irish Language for Computer Science I & II, CH1001 Chinese Language (Mandarin) I (10 credits), EC1202 Economic Reasoning for Business & EC1203 Macroeconomic Context and Business, FR0105 Introduction to French, FR1005 French for Near Beginners, FR1105 Threshold French & FR1107 French for Reading Purposes I, GE0005 & GE0008 German Language (CEFR-Level A2.1 & A2.2), HS0028 Spanish Language (Beginner Level) (10 credits), IT1109 Introduction to Written & Spoken Italian (10 credits), IT1102 Non-Beginners’ Written and Spoken Italian (10 credits), MA1001 & MA1002 Calculus for Science Parts 1 & 2, MA1059 Calculus, MA1060 Introduction to Analysis.

WORK PLACEMENT

At the end of third year you will have the opportunity to take a work placement in an IT-related company. These placements are run in conjunction with the Career Services Office at UCC and are generally of six months’ duration (though twelve-month placements are also possible). Most students rate this as one of the most valuable and rewarding aspects of their degree course and many return to work with their placement company after graduation. Typically, you will be attached to an existing team within the organisation and involved in the work of that team within the company. Our students have been placed in SMEs, national, and international companies.

Companies that regularly take students on placement include Accenture, Amazon, CoreHR, Dell EMC, EMBL, Fidelity Investments, Google, IBM, Intel, Janssen, JLR, Johnson Controls, KPMG, Laya Healthcare, McAfee, Microsoft, Netgear, Pilz, Tapadoo, Teamwork, Tyco, Workday and others.

CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

IT companies actively seek Computer Science graduates, and we find that the work placement in third year boosts your employability. Our graduates have gone on to work in a variety of jobs including software engineers, software developers, information systems engineers, network engineers, technical analysts, creative designers, app developers and many more.

A diverse range of companies have employed our students after graduation and these include Accenture, Amazon, Apple, Dell EMC, Goldman Sachs, Google, HubSpot, IBM, McAfee, PayPal, PwC, Teamwork and VoxPro here in Cork.

STUDY ABROAD

Opportunities to study abroad are available under the Erasmus programme. UCC also has a range of links with institutions outside Europe that provide further opportunities for study abroad on a competitive basis.

GRADUATE STUDY OPTIONS

The school has a large and active postgraduate research student community. More details on our research activities can be found at www.ucc.ie/en/ compsci/research/. Some of the school’s research centres offer internships for talented undergraduates during the summer. Once you graduate you are well placed to pursue postgraduate studies at Masters or PhD level, at home or abroad. Programmes taken by recent students include: MSc in Data Science and Analytics, MSc in Artificial Intelligence, MSc in Information Systems for Business Performance, MSc in Audiology and PhD programmes in Computer Science.

CK402

DURATION 4 Years

MINIMUM CAO POINTS REQUIRED 2022 553

CAO POINTS RANGE 2022 553-625

APPROXIMATE AVAILABLE PLACES 200

LEAVING CERTIFICATE ENTRY REQUIREMENTS

Minimum grade H5 in two subjects and minimum grade O6/H7 in four other subjects. Subjects must include Irish, English, Mathematics and a laboratory science subject (Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Physics with Chemistry (joint) or Agricultural Science) and any two other subjects recognised for entry purposes.

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS

H4 in either a laboratory science subject, Mathematics, Applied Mathematics or Computer Science is required. If the H4 is in a laboratory science subject an O6/H7 in Mathematics is required or vice versa. If the H4 is in Computer Science, an O6/H7 in Mathematics and an O6/H7 in a laboratory science subject is also required.

APPROXIMATE MATURE STUDENT PLACES 20

APPROXIMATE QQI/FE STUDENT PLACES 14

INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS

www.ucc.ie/ugi

QQI/FE STUDENTS

www.ucc.ie/qqi/stem

COURSE PAGE ONLINE www.ucc.ie/en/ck402

CONTACT INFORMATION

College of Science, Engineering and Food Science

collegeoffice@sefs.ucc.ie www.ucc.ie/en/sefs

DEGREE AWARDS

BIOLOGICAL AND CHEMICAL SCIENCES BSc (Honours)

WHAT IS BIOLOGICAL AND CHEMICAL SCIENCES?

Our Biological and Chemical Sciences degree programme is the largest and most flexible entry route for students in science. Through this programme, you will have access to ten distinct degree awards, and you will have the opportunity to study a range of different science areas to help you understand and decide where you want to take your education next. If you enjoy Biology and/or Chemistry as Leaving Certificate subjects, and like the challenge and excitement of scientific research and development, then Biological and Chemical Sciences, with its broad range of opportunities could be the best choice for you.

WHY UCC?

Our Biological and Chemical Sciences programme gives you an opportunity to develop a core understanding of all the scientific subjects in your first year to enable you to pursue your chosen degree award. This programme embodies the excellence of science research at UCC and provides an insight to the wide variety of research emanating from from our research centres and academic departments. Some examples of research projects that you might do include: looking at the nature of nano-sized objects (School of Chemistry); decoding bug chatter to fight infections (School of Microbiology); the study of new drugs for leukaemia (School of Biochemistry and Cell Biology); how to fight Parkinson’s disease (Department of Anatomy and Neuroscience); and examining how antibiotics affect the gut of infants (School of Microbiology). All these research projects emerged from the Biological and Chemical Sciences degree programme here at UCC and illustrate the diversity and potential of this course.

WHAT WILL HELP YOU?

Prior study of Chemistry, Biology, Physics and Mathematics subjects at the higher level for Leaving Certificate is helpful. This is not essential, however, as all these subjects are taught from first principles in the first year.

BSc Microbiology

BSc Neuroscience p.344

BSc Physiology p.348

COURSE STRUCTURE

Our Biological and Chemical Sciences programme is the largest and most flexible entry route for you in science, with ten degree streams available. Our programme will introduce you to a wide range of biological, biotechnology, biomedical and chemical research areas. This programme will give you an understanding of each area allowing you then to decide which area you want to specialise in. You choose which degree award you would like to pursue either at the end of first or second year.

FIRST YEAR MODULES

All modules are 5 credits unless otherwise stated.

BC1001 Introduction to Biochemistry and the Biological Basis of Disease, BL1002 Cells, Biomolecules, Genetics and Evolution, BL1004 Physiology and Structure of Plants and Animals, MB1003 Microbiology in Society, CM1200 & CM1201 Fundamentals of Modern Chemistry Part 1 & 2 (10 credits each), MA1001 & MA1002 Calculus for Science Part 1 & 2, PY1010 Physics for Biological and Chemical Sciences (10 credits)

Question Time...

When do I choose what degree award I want?

You will have at least a full academic year to decide on which route to pursue. Your final decision will be made either at the end of first or second year – depending on which area you wish to focus on.

WORK PLACEMENT

This varies between degree streams with a variety of options for gaining relevant work experience. The Chemistry of Pharmaceutical Compounds and Biotechnology streams have formal work placements, whereas such placements are options in other streams. For the latter, academic departments help interested students secure appropriate summer placements in companies, research laboratories, or research institutes. These are recognised on the academic record and usually take place following the second or third year.

CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

An extremely wide variety of career opportunities are available to you as a graduate from this programme. For further information on career opportunities from each area of study, please see the information for the relevant degree course.

GRADUATE PROFILE

RONAN

HARRINGTON

“The biology route introduced me to a wide range of subjects from genetics and ecology, to computational and molecular biology. I chose Microbiology because I was excited to study a diverse range, including the role of various microbes in food production, medicine, biotechnology and environmental applications.”

CK404

DURATION 4 Years

MINIMUM CAO POINTS REQUIRED 2022 498

CAO POINTS RANGE 2022 498-625

APPROXIMATE AVAILABLE PLACES 112

LEAVING CERTIFICATE ENTRY REQUIREMENTS

Minimum grade H5 in two subjects and minimum grade O6/H7 in four other subjects. Subjects must include Irish, English, Mathematics, and a laboratory science subject (Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Physics with Chemistry (joint) or Agricultural Science) and any two other subjects recognised for entry purposes.

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS

H4 in either a laboratory science subject, Mathematics, Applied Mathematics or Computer Science. If the H4 is in a laboratory science subject an O6/H7 in Mathematics is required or vice versa. If the H4 is in Computer Science, an O6/H7 in Mathematics and an O6/H7 in a laboratory science subject is also required.

APPROXIMATE MATURE STUDENT PLACES 11

APPROXIMATE QQI/FE STUDENT PLACES 8

INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS

www.ucc.ie/ugi

QQI/FE STUDENTS

www.ucc.ie/qqi/stem

COURSE PAGE ONLINE

www.ucc.ie/en/ck404

CONTACT INFORMATION

Dr Barbara Doyle Prestwich

Gillian Aughney

bees@ucc.ie

www.ucc.ie/en/bees

DEGREE AWARDS

BSc Applied Plant Biology

BSc Ecology and Environmental Biology

BSc Environmental Science

BSc Geosciences

BSc Zoology

BIOLOGICAL, EARTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES BSc

(Honours)

WHAT IS BIOLOGICAL, EARTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES?

The degrees in CK404 focus on the natural environment on Earth in relation to the physical environment, biota and human environmental interaction. The first year of CK404 gives a strong foundation in the scientific skills needed to follow any of the six degrees on offer. After first year, you will have an opportunity to focus in on your chosen degree, each with their own research opportunities and career routes. Please have a look at each of the named degree entries in this prospectus to get a real handle on the variety of degrees on offer in CK404.

WHY UCC?

The School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences (BEES) is fortunate to be at the centre of a vibrant research community in UCC. The affiliation of BEES with the Environmental Research Institute (ERI) and its research centre MaREI, (the world-leading Science Foundation Ireland Research Centre for Energy, Climate and Marine research), places BEES at the forefront of environmental research in Ireland and beyond. The Environmental Research Institute (ERI)