Ireland

This course introduces students to the classic personality theories and theorists in an in-depth manner, and encourages critical evaluation of the same. The major theories include psychoanalytic theory, humanistic and existentialist theories, social cognitive theory, behaviorist perspectives, and trait theory. Additionally, the course reviews taxonomies such as the DSM-V.

This course provides an introduction to different aspects of trees and forestry in Ireland and worldwide. The first component is the basics of dendrology (tree species identification). It covers the theoretical concepts of identifying trees, along with the terminology associated with this. The general characteristics of a number of different tree genera and the specific qualities of a limited number of individual tree species are also covered. The second component introduces several aspects of forestry, including the basic theory of timber mensuration (tree and timber measurement) and the equipment and methodologies employed in measuring trees and timber; the main characteristics of the major forest biomes, the history of forests and forestry development (in Ireland and abroad), the pattern of tree growth, forest harvesting, and the relevance of forests and trees in the global carbon cycle.

This course is for students who already have an intermediate level of Spanish. Students develop communicative competence in a wide range of situations including more specialized topics. The course focuses on a broad range of contemporary themes and issues. Emphasis is placed on communication and comprehension skills as well as written communication, vocabulary building, and grammar review. Themes are introduced to develop an understanding of the culture and society of contemporary Spain. This course is delivered via small group teaching.

This course examines the developments that take place in French art from the mid-19th century until the turn of the 20th century. At a time when France was the focus of artistic innovation, the course focuses on developments there, with topics including the defiant realism of Gustave Courbet, Edouard Manet's paintings of modern Paris, the world of the Impressionist painters, and the individualism of Post-Impressionist artists such as Vincent van Gogh and Paul Cezanne. In addition to examining artists and art movements, other considerations include the significance of display in the context of temporary exhibitions; Great Exhibitions and museums; the influence of new art forms such as photography and non-Western art; the impact of urban expansion and industrialization; and the role of patronage.

Neuropsychiatric and neurological disorders are widespread and disabling conditions in society, compromising individual quality of life and diminishing productive potential while placing a great strain on health-care systems and care-givers. This course examines a number of these disorders, and places a particular focus on the translation of basic neuroscience to clinical disorders, and vice versa. This course provides students with an understanding of neuropsychiatric and neurological disorders, particularly in terms of their interrelatedness with neurocognitive function and their modeling by preclinical animal models. A particular focus is on current and developing neurotherapeutic strategies (from molecular to behavioral to assistive/invasive technology approaches). Advances in technologies to model, probe, and support nervous system function are a key feature too, whether from a behavioral, pharmacological, and/or neural prosthetic perspective.

This course explores the intersection of children's literature, collections, and memory across four centuries of children's literature. Working closely with TCD's Pollard Collection, this course invites students to investigate the relationship between collections and recollections. The course explores the processes of collecting and the impact the public and private collections have on our understanding of childhood, memory, and history. The texts examined all feature collections – of poems, of souvenirs, of experiences, of objects. In some of these texts, the child character becomes a sort of archivist, in others, childhood itself becomes something to be recorded and preserved. Students examine how collections begin and question at what point a collection becomes more than the sum of its parts. Students also work closely with the collections at TCD and gain practical experience working with archives, catalogues, and early printed children's books. Students curate a small collection of their own and reflect on the processes and theories that help to inform and organize this collection. The course essay allows students to work closely with the children's texts on the course and the critical and theoretical texts underpinning the course. The course introduces students to the practicalities of archival research and to a range of critical approaches to collecting including Susan Stewart's work on souvenirs and memory, Edmund deWaal's work on tracing family history through objects, and Jacques Derrida's deconstruction of archives.

This course offers an introduction to the general background of artificial intelligence and computation. Specific topics include the symbol system hypothesis, Turing machines as agents, constraint satisfaction, and knowledge representation and reasoning among others. Students conduct two assessed lab exercises, to be assigned about two weeks before they are due; the remainder of assessment is based on examination.

This course is an introduction to the chemistry of the atmosphere, precipitation, soils, freshwaters, and estuaries as well as interactions among them. There is particular focus on elements and compounds that are important in determining environmental quality. The course emphasizes techniques that are available for assessment of environmental quality using chemical and biological methods. Students have the opportunity to apply a range of techniques to different sample types. Lab work and field work are important aspects of the course.