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Undergraduate Courses

All courses are open to undergraduates. Undergraduate students must register for 8 points. A limited number of courses are open to graduate students. Graduate students may register for 4 or 8 points.

Language Course

Elementary Irish I

V58.9100 - Ó Cearúill - Open to undergraduates Only - 4 points
Open to undergraduates only.

The aim of this course is for students to achieve fundamental proficiency in Gaelic, as it is spoken in the Donegal Gaeltacht. Beginning with basic vocabulary and grammar, students master conversational phrases and traditional songs by the end of this course. Students have many opportunities to practice language skills throughout the program.
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Content Courses Conducted in English

Topics in Irish Literature: The 20th-Century

V58.9762 (Identical with V41.9762) - Waters - 4 points

This course is a comprehensive survey of the stunning accomplishments of Irish literature within the past century. After exploring the evolution of the Irish literary revival, which gathered force in the early part of the century with writers such as William Butler Yeats, John Millington Synge, and James Joyce, students progress to examine other midcentury luminaries such as Samuel Beckett and Patrick Kavanagh and survey the contemporary period with an assessment of writers such as Seamus Heaney, Patrick McCabe, and Marina Carr.
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History of Modern Ireland

V58.9184 (Identical with V57.9184, G57.9417) - Staff - 4 points

The exploration of Irish political, social and cultural history from revolution in the early part of the century to the contemporary peace process. The course begins with an examination of the era of revolution and war that gave rise to a divided Ireland and moves on to study the following decades of state-building, the impact of the Second World War, cultural identity, religion, emigration, modernization, the reemergence of the "troubles" and the subsequent "war" in Northern Ireland, and the recent moves toward peace. Lectures from guest speakers and politicians and field trips to sites of historical interest form an integral part of the course.

Irish Culture: Tradition and Modernity

V58.9104 - Ó Cearúill - 4 points

This course analyzes the traditional cultural patterns embedded in folklore, popular culture, language, religious, cultural and sporting institutions. The objective is to discover how such structures transformed from their past existence and to examine the changing patterns and values of contemporary life in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. Of particular interest in this course is the place of tradition in a society that is rapidly changing, becoming more modern, European, secular, and urban.
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Creative Writing

V39.9815.002 - Carragher - 4 points

This course looks at creative writing in both its theoretical and practical aspects. Readings in The Penguin Book of Irish Fiction enable students to get a sense of what may make Irish writing distinctive as well as a general introduction to the canon of Irish fiction. Students' writing will be considered in workshop situations, with subsequent revision in the light of critical evaluation, and through the submission of a class journal.
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Contemporary Irish Politics and Society: Understanding the Sociology of Change

V58.9515 (Identical with V42.9515 & V93.9515) - Slater - 4 Points

Enormous changes have occurred in Ireland in the last decade, especially the social and cultural implications of the economic boom known as the "Celtic Tiger" that have transformed the country in so many ways. What happens to the social life of a nation that leapfrogs from being an agricultural economy to a technologically-advanced postindustrial one?

The changes that Ireland has undergone extend to all areas of public and private life: the (uneven) rise in levels of personal wealth; the decline of the Catholic church, both as a means of social organization and as a mode of private, personal understanding of the world; the change from being a population defined by emigration to one now experiencing much higher levels of immigration; and the attendant challenges of our transformation into a more dramatically multicultural society. How did the transformation happen? Ireland managed to attract a huge amount of foreign direct investment but to what extent is Ireland dependent on other nations, especially the U.S., for its current prosperity? How has affluence changed the way that Irish people live? Ireland is often seen as a post-colonial society; if true, what influence does this condition have on Irish ability to participate in the 21st-century global economy?
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Graduate Courses

There are a limited number of courses open to graduate students. Graduate students may register for 4 or 8 points.

The following courses offered at the undergraduate level are also offered to graduate students, who attend the same classes and lectures as the undergraduate students. However, in terms of academic requirements, graduate students are expected to write a research paper for each of their courses, to meet with the professor one additional hour per week, and to take full advantage of their professor's area of expertise in terms of advice, supervision, and use of research resources in Dublin. For each of the following courses, see the corresponding description given in the undergraduate section.

Topics in Irish Literature: The 20th-Century

G41.9731 - Waters - 4 points
For description, see V58.9762, above.

History of Modern Ireland

G57.9417 - Staff - 4 points
For description, see V58.9184, above.

Costs

Undergraduate Tuition

$5,464 8 points

Graduate Tuition

$877 per point

Program & Activities Fee

$550

Housing

$2,550

There is an additional registration and services fee of:

  • $144 students registered at NYU spring 2007
  • $168 students not registered at NYU spring 2007

Dates

Program Dates

June 23 - August 4, 2007

Application Deadline

Program Closed

Housing Dates

June 23 - August 3

Arrival Date

June 23

Orientation Date

June 23 - 24

First Day of Classes

June 25

Last Day of Classes

August 2

Departure Date

August 4