Ireland

This course facilitates the exploration of the construction of childhood and youth in Irish writing. Students have the opportunity to analyze texts written for adult readers as well as texts written for children. The course examines texts through the lens of "childhood and youth," and students are introduced to a series of subject areas including myth, folklore, community, education, history, postcolonialism, race, ability, genders, and sexualities. With a focus on texts from the 20th and 21st centuries, discussions are positioned within the context of broader cultural debates and incorporate a number of theoretical approaches. 

This course introduces students to various aspects of archaeological excavation, commencing with the historical development of such investigations. The course traces the main stages internationally, from the work of antiquarians right through to that of modern archaeologists. The methods involved in modern archaeological excavation are presented. In addition to all of this internationally relevant material, some Irish-specific content is explored. This includes the legal framework governing archaeological excavation in Ireland, a practical account of the licensing system and a taste of how it works.  

The course explores the influential criminological theories of crime and criminality, it then proceeds to look at how responses to behavior defined as criminal have emerged and changed over time. The course explores the rationalities of punishment including deterrence, retribution, rehabilitation, and incapacitation, as well as the institutions and practices that have been developed to give these rationalities effect. This includes a focus on policing, prison, and wider sites of detention as well as probation and community sanctions. The course also explores the coverage of crime and justice in contemporary culture, and how this influences public perceptions. The course draws on contemporary criminological examples and historical case studies and explores these issues from both an international an Irish perspective.  

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.