Bachelor of Arts (International Advanced Access) Course content
Key information
Course Structure
Most students take a dual subject pathway where they can combine two subjects. Subject selection will be dependent on applicants having studied relevant pre-requisite modules or a similar stream as part of their associate degree.
Students select two subjects from the diagram below. Note that if subjects are in the same group, they clash, so they cannot be taken together.
Those interested in this advanced access pathway should disregard the modules shown for years 1 and 2 (semesters 1 to 4) of each subject listed in the table below and instead look at the modules offered in years 3 and 4 (semesters 6 to 8). You will notice that Semester 5 is marked as Erasmus/Exchange however students on the advanced access pathway will use that semester as an opportunity to take suitable modules on campus.
You can learn more about each subject by clicking on the subject name in the table below.
| Group one | Psychology or German or Geography |
|---|---|
| Group two | |
| Group three | |
| Group four | |
| Group five | |
| Group six | History or French or Music and Dance |
Note that students can take Sociology or Politics and International Relations as single honours pathways, meaning that they can focus entirely on these if they wish, without combining them with another subject.
How are modules (classes) balanced every semester?
Students take five modules in each semester; two modules from each of their chosen subjects and then one additional module.
In the first semester, students take an additional broadening module chosen from a number of modules from across the programme and elsewhere. For the remaining three semesters, for their fifth module, students take research focused modules where they are exposed to best practice in research culminating in the student’s own research project with one-on-one supervision from faculty in their fourth year.
For more information on the course structure, please email arts@ul.ie
