University College Cork

The area of specialization varies from year to year depending on the particular specialization of the staff available. This course is taught through seminars and workshops. Through the examination of the work of leading practitioners, this course explores in some detail the theoretical frameworks and performative practices associated with Applied Drama and Theatre, including drama-in-education, theatre-in-education, youth and community theatre.

This course examines the impact of food policy and of regulatory framework on price, production, and trade flows, incomes, rural communities, the environment, agriculture, food processing, and retailing. Students in the course analyze the development and impact of food policy in Europe, the US, and in other selected countries. On completion of the course, students are able to: discuss the different approaches to policy analysis; employ different theoretical approaches to the study of food policy; describe contemporary food and agricultural policies in selected developed market economies; assess the impact of contemporary food and agricultural policies in selected developed market economies; and assess the implications of current policy developments for the Irish agricultural and food sectors.

This course helps students develop skills in the performance of Renaissance vocal music. Coaching in the performance of the rich tradition of Renaissance music, drawing on both sacred repertories (e.g., Latin motets) and secular repertories (e.g., partsongs in English, French or other languages). Small ensembles consisting of very few singers per part are formed, involving both male and female voices.

This course is designed to help students develop an understanding of the principles of analytical chemistry; to introduce chemometrics, chemical equilibria, methods and instrumentation of importance in chemical analysis; and to provide hands on training in analytical techniques applicable in chemical, pharmaceutical, forensic, biomedical and environmental matrices.

This course introduces English literature of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. The course familiarizes students with some of the social, cultural, and intellectual contexts which informed the emergence and development of literature in this period. The course's set texts reflect the broad generic range and preoccupations of the era, such as authority, gender, selfhood, and nation. Two or more plays by Shakespeare and his contemporaries, and a variety of poetic and/or prose texts will be studied. The course provides a foundation for further study of Renaissance literature, including Shakespeare.

This course covers the basic principles of Pharmacology. Topics include: Receptors & cell signaling; Neurotransmitters; Pharmacodynamics (drug action, specificity, agonism & antagonism); Pharmacokinetics (drug absorption, distribution, metabolism and excretion) and pharmacokinetic modelling; Dose response. Autonomic pharmacology, neuropharmacology; Application of pharmacological principles in management of metabolic and cardiovascular disease.

This course covers topics including the evolution of modern China's political and economic system, the Chinese state in comparative perspective, and issues and problems of China's political and economic development. Upon successful completion of this course students should be able to explain the Chinese political system and state administration, explain the characteristics of China's socialist market economy, analyze the role of the Communist Party of China, critically assess different theoretical approaches used in current research on modern China, and develop and present individual research interests on China's political system.