Overview

NFQ Level 9, Minor award

Exit Award only

Candidates on the MA (Medieval History: Culture, Text, Image) programme who pass at least 30 credits of taught modules may opt to exit the programme and be awarded a Postgraduate Certificate in Medieval History: Culture, Text, Image.

Programme Requirements

For information about modules, module choice, options and credit weightings, please go to Programme Requirements. 

Programme Requirements

Module List

Code	Title	Credits
Students take modules to the value of at least 30 credits from the following:
Core Modules
HI6090	The Insular World in Text and Image	10
HI6091	Skills for Medieval Historians: Sources, Methods and Public History	10
HI6094	Imagining the medieval city: historical contexts for medievalists	10
Elective Modules
Select one of the following options:		15
Option I
LT6001	Beginners' Latin
Option II 1
LT6005	Latin Project
One other 5 credit Latin module (chosen in consultation with Staff, School of History)
Option III
Select 15 credits from the following (in consultation with supervisor and with the approval of the MA coordinator) 2
AR2034	The Archaeology of Early Medieval and Viking Britain
AR3039	The Archaeology of Early Medieval Ireland
AR3061	Ireland's Golden Age: Art and Craft AD 600 - 1200
CC6001	Old Irish
or CC6011	Continuing Old Irish
CC6008	Palaeography and Manuscript-based Research
CC6021	Devotion and Belief in Pre-Norman Ireland
CC6023	The Culture of Gender in Early Ireland
GR2018	Roman Imperial History: AD 14-68
GR2031	The Rise of Christianity
GR2042	Byzantium and the Rise of Islam
HI2025	The Vikings
HI2031	Ireland and Rome: History, Culture, and Contact
HI2038	The Tudors and Ireland
HI3052	From Pagans to Christians
HI3122	Ritual and Space in the Late Middle Ages
LT2009	Reading Latin

Examinations

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

Programme Learning Outcomes

Programme Learning Outcomes for Postgraduate Certificate in Medieval History: Culture, Text, Image (NFQ Level 9, Minor award)

On successful completion of this programme, students should be able to:

• Demonstrate a thorough knowledge of the particular field of study;
  
• Demonstrate a critical awareness of the major issues and problems within the study of history/international relations/cultural contact;
  
• Evaluate and incorporate new insights informed by the forefront of the field of learning.