Overview
Status: Active
National Framework Of Qualifications (NFQ) Level: 9
NFQ Award Class: Major Award
Total Credits: 60
Connected Curriculum: - Civic and Community Engagement
- Employability
- Global Reach
- Inter-and Transdisciplinary
- Research Based Teaching
- Sustainability
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): - Peace Justice Strong Institutions
Graduate Attributes: - Creator, evaluator and communicator of knowledge
- Digitally Fluent
- Effective global citizen
- Independent and creative thinker
- Socially Responsible
(Online)
Exit Award only
Students on the MA (Gaelic Literature and Culture) programme who have completed and passed modules to the value of at least 60 credits in Part I and who fail or do not wish to proceed to Part II may exit the programme and be awarded a Postgraduate Diploma in Gaelic Literature and Culture.
Programme Requirements
For information about modules, module choice, options and credit weightings, please go to Programme Requirements.
Programme Requirements
Module List
| Code |
Title |
Credits |
| |
| GA6012 | The Social and Cultural History of the Irish Language, 1200-2000 | 10 |
| GA6013 | The Transmission and Interpretation of Gaelic Literature | 10 |
| 40 |
| Beginners' Irish Language | |
| The Phases of Gaelic literature | |
| Place Names and Sense of Place in Gaelic Literature | |
| Women's Poetry in Gaelic Society | |
| Fionn mac Cumhaill in Gaelic Tradition | |
| Literature in Translation | |
| Modern Poetry in Gaelic | |
| Total Credits | 60 |
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 Diploma in Gaelic Literature and Culture (NFQ Level 9, Major Award)
On successful completion of this programme, students should be able to:
- Distinguish in written or oral presentation the historical and cultural contexts of the broad range of textual material encountered during the course;
- Demonstrate digital literacy in the use of discipline-specific online resources;
- Set forth, in written or oral presentation or otherwise, the interconnectedness of the Gaelic literary and cultural experience;
- Demonstrate in their own future work an in-depth understanding of the themes and topics that constitute Gaelic literature and culture, from earliest times to present day;
- Discuss arguments made in the course regarding Gaelic literature and culture;
- Analyse Gaelic literature and culture applying the theories covered in the course, and critically analyse key texts dealt with in the modules;
- Apply aspects of the course to their own writing, creative, academic, journalistic etc.
