Overview

Exit Award only

Students on the MA (Irish Language and European Law) programme who have completed and passed modules to the value of at least 60 credits in Part I, consisting of the 25 credits of core taught modules and 35 credits of electives, and who fail or do not wish to proceed to Part II, may exit the programme and be awarded a Postgraduate Diploma in Irish Language and European Law. A student who subsequently applies to continue to Master’s level must do so within 3 years of the awarding of the Postgraduate Diploma.

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 60 credits as follows – all listed core modules (30 credits), 20 credits of elective modules from Group A and 10 credits from Group B:
Core Modules
GA2001	Úsáid agus Cruinneas na Gaeilge I 1	10
GA3001	Úsáid agus Cruinneas na Gaeilge 1	10
LW6650	Contemporary Issues in EU Competition Policy	10
Elective Modules
Group A
Students take modules to the value of 20 credits from the following:		20
LW6200	Law of EU Foreign Policy
LW6536	Intellectual Property Law
LW6574	Intellectual Property and Internet Regulation
LW6581	Method in Environmental Law
LW6618	Climate Change Law and Policy
LW6634	Refugee and Forced Displacement Law
LW6657	Law and Policy of the EU Digital Market
Group B
Students take modules to the value of 10 credits from the following:		10
FR1105	Threshold French
FR1107	French for Reading Purposes I
GA6001	Scríobh Acadúil na Gaeilge
GA6002	Beirt Bhanfhile: Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill agus Biddy Jenkinson
GA6020	Advanced Translation Skills (Irish)
GE6014	German-English-German Translation: Methods and Practice
HS6006	Advanced Spanish Language for Professional Purposes
IT6101	Translation: Methods and Practice
Total Credits		60

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Students who have already completed these modules as part of their primary degree will be required to take alternative modules (modules to be chosen in consultation with the programme co-ordinator).

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 Irish Language and European Law (NFQ Level 9, Major Award)

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

• Demonstrate competence in formal, administrative written Irish;
  
• Converse fluently in everyday spoken Irish;
  
• Be cognisant of the history and tradition of legal writing in Irish from late medieval times onwards;
  
• Be familiar with the sources of legal texts in Irish;
  
• Be conversant at an in-depth level with selected aspects of European Law;
  
• Formulate the basic principles of EU Competition law from legislation and case law;
  
• Identify the policy factors shaping the development of EU competition law;
  
• Evaluate critically the development of EU competition policy over time;
  
• Appraise the interaction between national and international law, including European Law.