Ireland

This course traces the main developments in the history of psychology and conceptual issues introduced when one studies human behavior. Psychology's origins in philosophy and physiology are discussed and particular attention is paid to the emergence of the autonomous, experimentally-based discipline of psychology in the late 19th century and the rise of schools of psychology in the early 20th century.

This course familiarizes students with the various theoretical aspects, research issues and professional practices which define contemporary forensic psychology. It introduces students to three prominent and interrelated areas of psychology: forensic, abnormal, and clinical psychology.  The course provides students with a systematic framework through which selected major psychological disorders are examined in detail. Students explore contemporary clinical approaches to mental health problems with a particular emphasis on evidence based psychiatric and psychological treatments. At the end of the course, students present their key research findings which have practical relevance to prominent areas of professional forensic psychology, and distinguish between major psychological disorders using internationally recognized diagnostic systems. 

This course offers an introduction to Landscape Design for those who are not majoring in Landscape Architecture. Topics discussed in lectures and in a series of short design exercises explore the design process from inception to completion, including the use of soft and hard landscape materials. Students prepare landscape design proposals for a garden or a commercial property. 

This course focuses on the development of the Irish economy since independence, and how various external pressures and policy choices have shaped that development over time. It then shows how various policies, on both demand and supply sides, have been used, and which have not been used, to shape outcomes.

This course is taken in stage 4 of the Food Science degree program. Course lectures focus on how raw materials, processing, and microbial interactions affect the quality of fermented foods.  Students focus on bread and beer but a range of other plant and animal-based fermented products is also a feature of group project work. Students are given a substantial group challenge in which they examine in detail the fermentation processes exploited in selected food systems, the processing steps involved, and the impact of processing parameters and raw material components on the quality of the finished fermented products.

 

The diverse history of experimental film practice is examined in this course through a lecture-based pedagogy that supports practice-based learning. The course examines the history of experimental film with reference to avant-garde, experimental, and moving image artistic practices. The course considers movements in other fine art practice and focuses on film as a medium of artistic self-expression. The course balances theory, history, and practice to address sometimes difficult and unfamiliar films that can blend subjective expressions of lyricism, tradition, personal experience, participation, technology, appropriation, performance, and mediation. 

The course introduces students to philosophical debates concerning emotions and morality in the 18th century. Students discuss topics such as human nature and personal and moral development, love, and empathy. They read selected texts by philosophers such as Damaris Masham, Mary Astell, David Hume, Adam Smith, Sophie de Grouchy, and others.

This course teaches students to define the phases of a typical compiler, including the front and back end. Students learn to identify tokens of a typical high level programming language define regular expressions for tokens and design implement a lexical analyzer using a typical scanner generator. The course explains the role of a parser in a compiler and relate the yield of a parse tree to a grammar derivation design and implement a parser using a typical parser generator, and how to apply an algorithm for a top down or a bottom up parser construction construct a parser for a small context free grammar. The course describes the role of a semantic analyzer and type checking create a syntax directed definition and an annotated parse tree describe the purpose of a syntax tree. The course focuses on the role of different types of runtime environments and memory organization for implementation of typical programming languages. The course describes the purpose of translating to intermediate code in the compilation process. Students design and implement an intermediate code generator based on given code patterns.

This course introduces students to organizational psychology and wellbeing (brief history). It provides a definition and understanding of models and constructs of wellbeing. The course stresses the importance of workplace wellbeing for both the organization and the individual employee, a psychological perspective. 

Other topics that are included in this course are: Organizational process and procedures that enhance wellbeing are covered in this course, Leadership styles and wellbeing, Vertical and horizontal organizational communication and its impact on wellbeing, theoretical overlap of Social psychology and organizational psychology in wellbeing theory,  Organizational culture and wellbeing, Social norms within the organizational culture that enhance wellbeing, Individual psychology and wellbeing, and Measurements of employee wellbeing 

This course introduces French literature and cinema.