BA Irish with History
About this course
BA (Hons) in Irish Studies and History. Core topics include historical research. The Irish Studies pathway covers modern Irish language and literature, with optional modules in Irish Cultural Studies, Folklore, and Translation. The programme spans early modern, modern, and contemporary history, concluding with a self-directed research project in the final year.
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Entry requirements
A level: CCC Applicants may satisfy the requirement for the final A level grade (C) by substituting a combination of alternative qualifications to the same standard as defined by the University.
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Do students stay on the course?
Based on about 20 students who started, across similar courses at this university (a small group: a rough guide only)
- Continued on course: 80%
- Left higher education: 20%
Who gets in
Based on about 15 students who started, across similar courses at this university (a small group: a rough guide only)
- A levels: 25%
- A degree: 45%
- Other HE qualification: 25%
- No formal qualifications: 10%
Modules
- Making History: Skills for Historians
- Defining America: Themes in American History, C17th -C20th
- The Making of Modern Britain and Ireland, 1798-1998
- Revolutionary Russia, 1894-1939
- The Fighting Irish: The Irishman at War since 1534
- The Ages of Extremes: International History 1914-2020
- Disenchanted Land? Culture and Society in Early Modern Europe
- War and Peace: the Ying and Yang of human history
- Film and the Vietnam Conflict
- The Irish Outlaw: The Making of a Nationalist
- Family, Sexuality and the State 1850-1925
- Culture and Society in Early Modern Britain and Ireland
- The Great Powers and the Middle East since 1880
- The Myth and Reality of Imperial Spain, 1492-1700
- Death, Disease, and Medicine in Britain, 1800-1914
- 'Good Trouble': Struggle, Resistance and the African American Experience
- The Modern City, 1800-2000
- United States Foreign Policy Since 1945
- The Irish Revolution, 1913-1923
- Late Soviet Communism, 1953-1991
- Saints and Sinners: Women in Nineteenth and Twentieth Century Ireland
- Violence, death and disorder and the end of the European Empires.
- America in the Depression, 1929-1941
- Witchcraft and magic in early modern Europe and Colonial New England, c.1550-1780
- The Northern Ireland Troubles
Questions about this course
What grades do I need for BA Irish with History at Ulster University?
The typical offer is CCC at A level.
How many students continue on BA Irish with History at Ulster University?
80% of students continued into their second year, and 20% left higher education.