Course listings

Listed below are the study abroad course offerings for semester 2, 2011-12 (January-May 2012) and summer 2012. Further courses will be added as the semesters approach.

Semester 2, 2011-12 (January-May 2012)

Undergraduate courses

Graduate courses

Summer 2012 

 
All class times run Monday-Friday, 9am-1pm, with the exception of study tours.

Programme A: 8 weeks, 18 May 2012 – 15 July 2012

Programme B: 4 weeks, 18 May 2012 – 16 June 2012

Programme C: 4 weeks, 17 June 2012 – 15 July 2012

Program A: eight weeks

Residence Centre check-in: Friday, 18 May 2012

Orientation programme : Saturday, 19 May and Sunday, 20 May 2012

Classes begin: Monday, 21 May 2012

Residence Centre check-out Sunday, 15 July 2012

Programme B: four weeks

Residence Centre check-in: Friday, 18 May 2012

Orientation programme : Saturday, 19 May, and Sunday, 20 May 2012

Classes begin: Monday, 21 May 2012

Residence Centre check-out Saturday, 16 June 2012

Programme C: four weeks

Residence Centre check-in: Sunday, 17 June 2012

Orientation programme: Sunday, 17 June 2012

Classes begin: Monday, 18 June 2012

Residence check-out: Sunday, 15 July 2012

Please note the following course registration requirements:

• Programme A: 4 courses (  12 credits)

• Programme B: 2 courses (6 credits)

• Programme C: 2 courses (6 credits) 

Course Group 1 - Programme A and B: select one course

BUS392   International business    
An overview of the unique problems faced by firms engaging in international activities; the importance of understanding the foreign economic, social, political, cultural, and legal environment; the mechanics of importing and exporting; joint ventures, franchising, and subsidiaries; international dimensions of management, marketing, and accounting; international financial management; the special problems of multinational corporations; recent problems of the international economic system; country-risk analysis; and the increasing use of counter-trade.

LIB205  Anglo-Irish writers    
A survey of prominent Anglo-Irish writers, including:  Shaw, Joyce, Wilde, Beckett, O’Casey, Swift and Synge.  Students will become familiar with a representative sample of twentieth-century Irish literary works, including short story and drama.  Literary criticism related to these works will also be covered. General education course

HPS400*       History seminar: themes in Irish history
This course examines the main movements in the themes and developments from prehistoric times to the present.  The objective is to develop an understanding of the course of Irish history and its place in the wider European historic experience.  Class sessions are conducted in a lecture and discussion format.  Student participation requires full and punctual attendance, taking of lecture notes, completion of required reading, involvement in class discussions, and completion of assigned reports on various themes with presentation to the rest of the class.  Field trips will explore historically relevant aspects of Ireland’s capital. General education course

Course Group 2 -  Programmes A and B: select one course

HUM320  Irish cultural studies
An exploration of aspects of historical and contemporary manifestations of Irish culture. Topics include plays, storytelling, movies, media and literature in Ireland; Irish music from traditional to U2; contemporary Irish architecture and design; socialising and entertainment; fashion, taste and materialism in the era of the Celtic Tiger and the recession. The course makes extensive use through field trips of the cultural amenities of Ireland’s vibrant capital city, Dublin. General education course

LIB402   Oscar Wilde and his circle
Studies the social circle and literary works of Oscar Wilde, the most influential Anglo-Irish writer of the late Victorian era.  A bohemian, wit, and conversationalist, Wilde inspired a culturally vibrant social environment in Dublin, London, and Paris, whose legacy has lasted until the present day.  Wilde’s artistic achievements in the realm of poetry, fiction, drama, the art of conversation, and literary criticism will be considered in the context of late nineteenth-century aesthetic movement, Irish nationalism, Anglo-Irish colonial relations, the emerging celebrity culture, early Modernism, and Victorian attitudes towards homosexuality. General education course

Course Group 3 -  Programmes A and C: select one course 

ENG321  Dubliners: writing the Irish short story
This courses focus on introducing students to the basics of short story writing, with special reference to the context of Ireland’s capital city. With a combination of reading examples from seminal short story writers, critical work, class-based writing exercises and field trips to sites of literary interest around Dublin, students will learn the form and mechanics of the short story while also working toward developing their own short prose piece. Their first draft will be work-shopped in class, in which constructive criticism and feedback will be given. The final polished pieces of 2,500 words will be submitted for assessment and, possibly, submitted for publication to literary magazines or websites around Ireland. General education course

LIB400   Irish nationalism
Examines the notion of Irish national identity in the context of Irish history, British colonialism, Irish insurgence and struggle for political independence as reflected in historical documents, literature, art, religious life and social experience.  A historical introduction to the problem of Irish nationalism will include the search for cultural and linguistic identity of the Irish in their opposition to the Norman and English rule.  The course will then focus on the subsequent struggles between Irish Home Rule and Unionism with England, on the Easter Rising of 1916 and the civil war, the Partition, to conclude with the Good Friday Agreement of 1998 and the apparently successful alignment of Ireland with the European Union. General education course

Course Group 4 - Programmes A and C: select one course 

 
LIB206  Cinema and society
Examines the process in which cinematic narratives, both fictional and documentary, reflect human interactions, conflict and cooperation in a social environment.  The particular problems for analysis will include cinematic representations of family life, local community, work place, class tensions, multiculturalism, poverty and crime. General education course

IB308  Sustainable business
This course will look how creative and sustainable business can tackle environmental and resource problems such as air pollution, climate change, ozone depletion, food supply problems, depleting stocks of fish, fossil fuels, and fresh water. We will review national and international government agencies initiatives such as eco-taxes, recycling policies, environmental taxation, regulations such as the Kyoto Protocol and eco-business opportunities. In this course we will study the main components of sustainable business practices includes sustainable economic theories, modern business practices, cost savings from recycling, reducing power consumption and reusing inputs. 

*Study tours are offered at an additional cost.

Classes and dates are subject to amendment.