Overview
Status: Active
National Framework Of Qualifications (NFQ) Level: 9
NFQ Award Class: Minor Award
Total Credits: 30
Connected Curriculum: - Global Reach
- Inter-and Transdisciplinary
- Research Based Teaching
Graduate Attributes: - Creator, evaluator and communicator of knowledge
- Digitally Fluent
- Independent and creative thinker
Exit Award only
Candidates on the MA (Early and Medieval Irish) programme who pass at least 30 credits of taught modules may opt to exit the programme and be awarded a Postgraduate Certificate in Early and Medieval Irish.
Programme Requirements
For information about modules, module choice, options and credit weightings, please go to Programme Requirements.
Programme Requirements
Module List
| Code |
Title |
Credits |
| |
| CC6003 | Early Irish Text (plus) | 10 |
| |
| 40 |
| Medieval Welsh | |
| Research Seminar | |
| Special Topic | |
| Research Presentation | |
| Palaeography and Manuscript-based Research | |
| Continuing Old Irish | |
| Beginners' 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 Early and Medieval Irish (NFQ Level 9, Minor Award)
On successful completion of this programme, students should be able to:
- Translate selected Early Irish texts;
- Comment grammatically on particular words, phrases or sentences within these texts;
- Comment upon and describe the major changes which occurred in the language from the Old Irish period to the Early Modern Irish period;
- Demonstrate familiarity with the methodology of editing medieval Irish texts;
- Undertake supervised work on texts in one or another of the medieval Celtic languages;
- Coordinate palaeographic, linguistic and literary approaches in dealing with medieval Celtic materials;
- Carry out directed study of an agreed topic.
