5 FACULTIES, DEPARTMENTS AND CENTRES

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1 43 5 FACULTIES, DEPARTMENTS AND CENTRES 5.1 FACULTY OF AGRICULTURE FACULTY ADMINISTRATION Origins The Faculty of Agriculture was established in 1926, with the enactment of the University Education (Agriculture and Dairy Science) Act, Under the Act, the Albert Agricultural College, Glasnevin, which was founded in 1838, was transferred to University College Dublin to form the basis of the Faculty. The Faculty s teaching activities continued at Glasnevin until the opening in 1979 of a new Faculty building at Belfield. The main teaching and research activities are now located on the main UCD campus at Belfield, with some ancillary field experimental and teaching facilities at the 250 hectare research farm on the Lyons Estate at Newcastle, Co. Dublin, which was purchased by the University in The Faculty offers the only degree of Bachelor of Agricultural Science (BAgrSc) in the Republic of Ireland, which includes nine internationally recognised BAgrSc degree programmes in the business and science of agriculture. The Faculty also provides opportunities for postgraduate studies leading to degrees of Doctor of Philosophy, Masters and Higher Diploma. There are approximately 800 undergraduate and 270 postgraduate students. Dean: Professor P. Joseph Mannion The Faculty is comprised of five Departments, all of which contribute to the programmes of study offered. The five Departments are Department of Agribusiness, Extension and Rural Development Department of Animal Science and Production Department of Crop Science, Horticulture and Forestry Department of Environmental Resource Management Department of Food Science The staff of the Faculty consists of 66 academics, 11 administrative and 28 technical personnel. Co-ordinates and develops a range of undergraduate programmes of study for students, which are offered through the Departments that contribute to its courses of study. Degree level programmes offered consist of Bachelor of Agricultural Science (BAgrSc), which may be taken in Animal and Crop Production, Animal Science, Agribusiness and Rural Development, Agricultural and Environmental Science, Food Science, Engineering Technology, Horticultural Science, Landscape Horticulture and Forestry. Co-ordinates and develops a range of postgraduate degree programmes of study for students, which are offered through the Departments that contribute to its courses of study. Postgraduate level degrees offered are

2 Master of Agricultural Science (MAgrSc) Mode I (By Research) Master of Science (Agriculture) (MSc(Agr)) Mode I (By Research) Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Master of Agricultural Science (MAgrSc) and Master of Science (Agriculture)(MSc(Agr)) Mode II (By Examination) in Engineering Technology, Environmental Resource Management, Rural Environmental Conservation and Management, Food Science, Forestry, Humanitarian Assistance, Plant Protection, Rural Development/Rural Tourism, Urban Forestry/Arboriculture. Co-ordinates and develops postgraduate courses of study leading to the award of Higher Diplomas as follows Higher Diploma in Agriculture (Forestry) Higher Diploma in Rural Development/Rural Tourism Higher Diploma in Rural Development (Humanitarian Assistance) Higher Diploma in Rural Environmental Conservation and Management Higher Diploma in Urban Forestry/Arboriculture Offers a course of study leading to the award of the Diploma in Environmental Impact Assessment, an inter-faculty venture, organised as part of the UCD Continuing Education Programme Offers a course of study leading to the award of the Diploma in Rural Development (by distance learning) Offers a course of study leading to the award of the Certificate in Food Safety and Handling Under the Erasmus/Socrates student exchange programme, the Faculty of Agriculture is linked to a number of European universities; formal student exchange programmes have also been developed with a number of universities in the United States of America There is a high level of recent and on-going research activity in the Faculty of Agriculture, with a significant amount of postgraduate research conducted in collaboration with universities and research institutions in Europe, Australia, New Zealand and North America Publications Annual Faculty Research Report Faculty Website Administration: Financial, legal, health and safety, committee records and documentation relating to all administrative functions Academic: Student (undergraduate and postgraduate), examination, teaching and research records Faculty of Agriculture, Agriculture and Food Science Building, Belfield. Tel:

3 45 Fax: Website: Note: details of all programmes and entry requirements, and particulars on registration, timetables, fees and awards are available from: The Admissions Office, University College Dublin, Michael Tierney Building, Belfield. Tel: or 1426 Fax: Website: Academic Departments DEPARTMENT OF AGRIBUSINESS, EXTENSION AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT The Department of Agribusiness, Extension and Rural Development seeks to provide undergraduate and postgraduate education leading to awards at BAgrSc, MAgrSc, MSc(Agr), PhD, Diploma and Higher Diploma level. It also aims to carry out research related to agricultural and rural policy, agricultural marketing, agribusiness structures and rural and community development and to contribute to the development of the agricultural industry in Ireland. The Department is also responsible for the Rural Development Unit. Head of Department: Dr James F. Phelan The Department comprises 13 academic staff and 2 administrative staff. In addition, the Rural Development Unit employs a full-time manager. Contributes to the undergraduate programme in Agribusiness and Rural Development Provides service teaching to most other undergraduate programmes in the Faculty Offers an undergraduate Diploma in Rural Development by distance learning Offers taught Masters and Higher Diploma programmes in Rural Development and Humanitarian Assistance Offers research Masters and PhD degree programmes in agricultural economics, agribusiness and rural and community development Academic staff are actively engaged in research and in the communication of research findings through publication, seminars and conferences. Specific areas of research interest include agricultural and rural policy and impacts, agribusiness structures and rural development processes and outcomes.

4 46 Sources of information on courses Departmental leaflets and brochures Administration: Financial, legal, health and safety, committee records and documentation relating to all administrative functions Academic: Student (undergraduate and postgraduate), examination, teaching and research records Department of Agribusiness, Extension and Rural Development, Agriculture and Food Science Building, Belfield. Tel: Fax: DEPARTMENT OF ANIMAL SCIENCE AND PRODUCTION The Department of Animal Science and Production provides a vital service to Irish agriculture. Animal production accounts for ninety per cent of total agricultural output in Ireland. At present, it is the only Department of Animal Science and Production in the country and provides courses at undergraduate and postgraduate degree level, contributes to intra-faculty courses and engages in teaching and research on a wide range of issues relating to animal science and production. Head of Department: Dr Frank Crosby The Department comprises 11 full-time teaching staff, 3 postdoctoral fellows, 1 fulltime administrative staff member and 5 full-time technical staff. Offers the undergraduate degree programme in animal science, concentrating on animal science and production Contributes to the Animal and Crop Production undergraduate degree programme, which is co-ordinated by the Department of Crop Science, Horticulture and Forestry; both programmes are options within the BAgrSc degree Offers postgraduate programmes of study leading to the award of Masters and PhD degrees The research activities of the Department focus on three main topics of animal breeding and genetics, animal nutrition and animal reproduction. Within these disciplines, there is a broad range of research activities and productivity in these areas in the last five years is indicated by the publication of 90 articles in refereed journals, 100 papers presented at conferences and the awarding of 15 PhD and 50 Masters degrees.

5 47 Sources of information on courses Departmental Website Administration: Financial, committee records and documentation relating to all administrative functions Academic: Student (undergraduate and postgraduate), examination, teaching and research records Department of Animal Science and Production, Agriculture and Food Science Building, Belfield. Tel: Fax: Website: DEPARTMENT OF CROP SCIENCE, HORTICULTURE AND FORESTRY The Department provides courses at undergraduate and postgraduate degree level, contributes to intra-faculty courses and engages in teaching and research on a wide range of issues relating to crop science, horticulture and forestry. Head of Department: Professor John J. Gardiner The Department comprises 19 academic staff, 2 administrative staff and 10 technical staff. Offers the Animal and Crop Production programme, a broad based degree programme of study of the activities and economics of systems of animal and crop production, based on a sound foundation of both science and applied agricultural science Offers the Forestry degree programme, the only degree of its kind in Ireland, providing qualified professionals for the forest industry chain from nurseries through sustainable forest management to wood processing Offers the BAgrSc degree programme in Horticultural Science, focussing on commercial horticulture, the only degree of its kind in Ireland Offers the BAgrSc degree programme in Landscape Horticulture, the only degree of its kind in Ireland, on the art and science of urban and rural landscape design and management Offers a taught inter-faculty Masters degree programme in Landscape Architecture (MLA), which is recognised by the European Federation of Landscape Architects as providing competency to practice in any EU country

6 Offers research Masters and Doctoral (PhD) degree programmes in animal and crop production, forestry, landscape horticulture and horticultural science Offers Higher Diploma/Masters degrees in forestry and urban forestry/arboriculture Sources of information on courses Horticulture Division Website Administration: Financial, legal, health and safety, committee records and documentation relating to all administrative functions Academic: Student (undergraduate and postgraduate), examination, teaching and research records Department of Crop Science, Horticulture and Forestry, Agriculture and Food Science Building, Belfield. Tel: Fax: Website: (Horticulture Division) DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT The Department provides undergraduate and postgraduate programmes in agricultural and environmental science and environmental resource management, and also contributes to other programmes in the Faculty of Agriculture. Members of the Department are engaged in teaching and research on a wide range of environmental issues relating to agriculture and land use generally. Head of Department: Professor Edward P. Farrell The Department comprises 16 teaching staff, 2 administrative staff and 7 technical staff. Contributes to the multi-disciplinary Agricultural and Environmental Science programme, leading to the degree of BAgrSc, concerned with the scientific principles which underpin modern agriculture and the complex interactions between various forms of land use and the natural environment Opportunities for postgraduate study are offered in a wide range of disciplines related to agriculture and other forms of land use and the natural environment: interdisciplinary MSc(Agr) programmes in Environmental Resource Management, Rural Environmental Conservation and Management, and Plant Protection are available as well as single-discipline

7 MAgrSc, MSc(Agr) and PhD options in Agricultural Botany, Agricultural Zoology, Plant Pathology, Forest Ecology and Soil Science Through the Forest Ecosystem Research Group (FERG), an informal group led by Professor Edward P. Farrell, the Department aims to increase understanding of ways in which the environmental resources of soil, air and water are managed to achieve a sustainable supply of the economic, social and environmental values of forested ecosystems; the group is currently engaged in approximately 10 research projects (see Sources of information on courses Departmental Website Administration: Financial, legal, health and safety, committee records and documentation relating to all administrative functions Academic: Student (undergraduate and postgraduate), examination, teaching and research records Department of Environmental Resource Management, Agriculture and Food Science Building, Belfield. Tel: or 7726 Fax: Helen.McCarthy@ucd.ie Website: DEPARTMENT OF FOOD SCIENCE The role of the Food Science Department is to provide a scientific basis for understanding how the food chain operates from primary production at farm level, through processing, to the consumer s table. Thus, the Food Science degree programme deals with all aspects of the science, production, processing and marketing of foods. The objective of the food science degree qualification is to provide graduates with an appreciation of all aspects of the food chain. A wide range of subjects are taught, covering the scientific and technological aspects of food production and processing. Head of Department: Professor Brian M. McKenna The Department comprises 9 teaching staff, 5 technical and 1 administrative staff member. Contributes to the undergraduate programmes of study leading to the award of the degree of BAgrSc (Food Science)

8 Contributes to the undergraduate course of study leading to the award of the Certificate in Food Safety and Handling Contributes to the postgraduate programmes of study leading to the award of the degrees of MAgrSc, MSc(Agr), Master of Applied Science and PhD Contributes to the postgraduate programme of study leading to the award of the Certificate in Food Safety Sources of information on courses Departmental Website Administration: Financial, legal, health and safety, committee records and documentation relating to all administrative functions Academic: student (undergraduate and postgraduate), examination, teaching and research records Department of Food Science, Agriculture and Food Science Building, Belfield. Tel: Fax: Website: 50

9 FACULTY OF ARTS FACULTY ADMINISTRATION Origins The Faculty of Arts originated in the Faculty of Philosophy and Letters of the Catholic University. On the establishment of UCD in 1908, the Faculty of Philosophy and Letters was divided in three to comprise the Faculty of Arts, the Faculty of Philosophy and Sociology and the Faculty of Celtic Studies. The Faculty of Arts, the largest Faculty in the University, is engaged in research and teaching in thirty-eight separate disciplines and offers Bachelor, Masters and Doctoral degree programmes, as well as programmes of study at the level of diploma. The teaching staff includes scholars of international reputation whose research is the basis of their teaching. The aim of the Faculty is to endow its graduates with the analytical, diagnostic and conceptual skills necessary to participate in a wide range of activities and professional occupations. Dean: Professor Fergus D'Arcy The programmes of study provided by the Faculty of Arts are provided through twenty eight Departments as follows Department of Archaeology Department of Classics Department of Economics Department of Education Department of English Department of French Department of Geography Department of German The Combined Departments of History Department of the History of Arts Department of Irish Department of Early and Medieval Irish Department of Irish Folklore Department of Italian Department of Library and Information Studies Department of Linguistics Department of Mathematics Department of Mathematical Physics Department of Music Department of Near Eastern Languages Department of Philosophy Department of Politics Department of Psychology Department of Social Policy and Social Work Department of Sociology Department of Spanish

10 52 Department of Statistics Department of Welsh The Faculty has the following associated teaching and research institutes and centres Inter-Departmental and intra-departmental centres within the Faculty Applied Language Centre Archives Department Australian Studies Centre Drama Studies Centre Centre for Economic Research Centre for Film Studies Institute for British-Irish Studies Local and Heritage Studies Centre Public Opinion and Political Behaviour Research Centre Centre for Retail Studies Women's Education, Research and Resource Centre Institutes Institute for the Study of Social Change Co-ordinates and develops courses at undergraduate degree level. Undergraduate degree programmes currently offered by the Faculty are Degree of Bachelor of Arts (BA) - offered as a full-time day or modular programme consisting of a course of evening lectures to allow students to pursue studies at their own pace or to combine studies with professional/work commitments Degree of Bachelor of Arts (International)- incorporates a year of study abroad in an approved University Degree of Bachelor of Arts (Computer Science) - allows students to combine a range of arts and humanities subjects with studies in computer science Degree of Bachelor of Music (BMus) a professional degree aimed primarily at those who wish to make a career in music. Co-ordinates and develops a range of postgraduate programmes of study for students through its Departments. Postgraduate degree level programmes offered are Degree of Master of Arts (MA) by examination, awarded on the basis of results achieved in course work, written examinations and a minor thesis Degree of Master of Arts (MA) by thesis, awarded on the basis of results obtained by presentation of a thesis and offered in mathematics, mathematical physics and statistics Degree of Master of Economic Science (MEconSc) Degree of Master of Education (MEd) Degree of Master of Library and Information Studies (MLIS) Degree of Master of Literature (MLitt), awarded based on the presentation of a major thesis showing evidence of original research

11 Degree of Master of Philosophy (MPhil), awarded based on results achieved in course work, written examination and a minor or major thesis Degree of Master of Psychological Science (MPsychSc) Degree of Doctor of Literature (DLitt), awarded based on the presentation of a major thesis showing evidence of original research Degree of Doctor of Economic Science (DEconSc), awarded based on the presentation of a major thesis showing evidence of original research Degree of Doctor of Music (DMus), awarded based on the presentation of a major thesis showing evidence of original research Degree of Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), awarded based on the presentation of a major thesis showing evidence of original research Degree of Doctor of Psychological Science (DPsychSc). Co-ordinates and develops taught postgraduate courses of study leading to the award of Higher Diplomas Co-ordinates and develops taught courses of study leading to the award of University College Dublin diplomas Co-ordinates and develops the University certificate course in teaching English as a foreign language Co-ordinates and develops a range of inter-faculty and interdisciplinary courses of study The Faculty has 38 full professorships in the Departments that operate under its aegis. There are endowed Professorships of American History, American Studies, Canadian Studies and Australian History, together with Jean Monnet Professorships in Economics, Information Studies, History, Politics, and Family Policies and European Integration. The Faculty funds teaching and research fellowships in various Departments contributing to the Modular Degree. The Faculty has an active international commitment and links with many European universities through its participation in the Erasmus, Socrates and related student exchange programmes. It also offers the well-established Junior Year Abroad Programme for North American students. The Faculty accepts a limited number of North American undergraduate students at second and third year level, receiving a minimum of twelve hours tuition per week as part of the Junior Year Abroad Programme. Tuition is for one year or one semester and it is not possible to extend study in UCD beyond the year for which an application has been accepted. Applicants agree with their home Universities any arrangements for credit transfer. Information available Research Report (see s: Arts, Philosophy, Celtic Studies Undergraduate Courses. Arts, Philosophy, Celtic Studies Postgraduate Courses. BA Modular (Evening) Degree Courses. Music Handbook Faculty Website 53

12 Administration: Faculty of Arts committee records and documentation relating to all administrative functions Faculty of Arts, John Henry Newman Building, Belfield. Tel: Fax: Website: Note: details of all programmes and entry requirements, and particulars on registration, timetables, fees and awards are available from: The Admissions Office, University College Dublin, Michael Tierney Building, Belfield. Tel: or 1426 Fax: Website: 54 Academic Departments DEPARTMENT OF ARCHAEOLOGY The Department of Archaeology provides courses of instruction for students in the range of subject areas within the discipline. At undergraduate level, it aims to give students a thorough grounding in all aspects of Irish archaeology from earliest times to the late medieval period in order to prepare them for the potential pursuit of postgraduate research, which can lead to qualification as professional archaeologists. At postgraduate level, the Department offers programmes of study that develop candidates research skills and also provides them with a professional postgraduate qualification in archaeology. Head of Department: Professor Gabriel Cooney Staff consists of 2 professors, 5 college lecturers, a draughtsperson, a computer specialist and a departmental secretary degree of BA; archaeology can be combined with other subjects offered through the Faculty of Arts degree of BSocSc offered through the Faculty of Philosophy and Sociology; the subject of archaeology must be taken in combination with either the subjects of sociology or social policy

13 degree of BA in Celtic Studies offered through the Faculty of Celtic Studies Offers supervised postgraduate degree courses in Landscape Archaeology and in the Archaeology of Art and Architecture Offers supervised postgraduate degree programmes of study and research in archaeology leading to the award of the degrees of MA, MLitt and PhD Offers a one-year taught course of postgraduate study leading to the award of the Higher Diploma in Celtic Archaeology Prepares students for work as professional archaeologists Maintains a specialised library for use of its academic staff and students and holds the Françoise Henry Photographic Archive Staff and students participate in excavation work and the Department provides students with an opportunity to engage in field work and surveys Teaching staff of the Department are active in many areas of archaeological research and in the communication of research findings through participation in seminars and conferences and by way of publication. Specific areas of research interest include theory and practice in Irish archaeology; the archaeology of Ireland, Britain and Europe, 11th to 16th centuries AD; Iron Age Ireland and Europe; the archaeology of early medieval Ireland AD ; hill-fort studies; wetland and maritime archaeology; Irish Neolithic tombs and their European background; landscape and settlement in early Ireland; Irish Neolithic settlement patterns; stone axe studies; megalithic tombs with special reference to their social role; theory and practice in archaeology; British Bronze Age; settlement and landscape archaeology; ritual and ideology and archaeological theory; art history of the early Christian period in Ireland and Britain, and its background in Europe; military and ecclesiastical architecture of the middle ages. The Department is an active participant in archaeological research projects, some of which are The Céide Fields Research Project The Irish Archaeological Wetland Survey The Irish Stone Axe Project The Françoise Henry Archives Digitisation Project Archaeological aspects of the Rural Environmental Protection Scheme The Archaeological Landscapes Project Sources of information on courses Departmental Website Administration: Financial, legal, health and safety, committee records and documentation relating to all administrative functions Academic: Student (undergraduate and postgraduate), examination, teaching and research records. 55

14 56 Department of Archaeology, John Henry Newman Building, Belfield. Tel: Fax: Website: DEPARTMENT OF CLASSICS The Department of Classics offers undergraduate courses of study that seek to introduce students to the civilisation of Greece and Rome, concentrating on special topics in the areas of history, literature, philosophy, art and archaeology. The Department offers this programme of study, together with studies in classical Latin and Greek languages, as a single subject BA degree in Classical Studies. The Department also provides a programme of study in classical Greek language, literature, culture and history, and a programme of study in classical Latin language, literature, and Roman culture and history (Classics) as part of the BA degree programme. Postgraduate students are provided with the opportunity to develop their knowledge of the individual subjects of Greek and Latin gained as undergraduates, to undertake studies in Greek and Latin literature as part of a postgraduate programme in Classics, or to undertake studies in Classical Studies to build on their earlier education in Greek and Roman civilisation. Head of Department: Professor Andrew Smith Staff comprises a professor, 3 senior lecturers, 5 college lecturers, an assistant lecturer, a museum research curator, a modular research fellow and an administrative staff member. degree of BA. Courses in Greek and Roman Civilisation or the languages of Greek or Latin can be studied or can be combined individually with other subjects offered through the Faculty of Arts. The BA programme in Greek and Roman Civilisation can, together with courses in Latin and Greek, also be taken as a single subject BA degree in Classical Studies. Latin and Greek may also be combined as the single subject Classics. Offers supervised postgraduate degree programmes of teaching, study and research leading to the award of the degrees of MA and MLitt and PhD in Greek, Latin, or in Classical Studies Participates in the Junior Year Abroad programme under which students from North America follow courses of study offered by the Department Maintains a museum and organises regular exhibitions Participates, together with Trinity College Dublin and the National University of Ireland, Maynooth, in the Dublin Centre for the Study of the Platonic Tradition,

15 whose activities include organising seminars, colloquia and lectures by visiting scholars, the supervision of graduate students, and the publication of texts and monographs; in cooperation with the various constituent Departments, it offers MA, MLitt and PhD degrees in Platonic Studies Teaching staff of the Department are active in many areas of research and in the communication of research findings through participation in seminars and conferences and by way of publication. Specific areas of research interest include Greek and Roman history; Roman imperialism; Roman satire; late Roman republican history; Greek perceptions of Rome; ethnicity; the Trojan origins of Rome; later Roman Empire; early Church history; women in antiquity; historiography; Roman army; trade in the ancient world; Glass in antiquity; Republican Latin Literature, esp. Lucilius; transmission of Latin texts and history of scholarship; history of Latin language; ancient political thought; Greek tragedy; Greek and Cypriot archaeology, esp. Bronze Age; Minoan religion, particularly in relation to political and social interaction, and interpretation using anthropological and comparative religious models; Greek philosophy, especially Platonism. Sources of information on courses Departmental Website Administration: Financial, legal, health and safety, committee records and documentation relating to all administrative functions Academic: Student (undergraduate and postgraduate), examination, teaching and research records Department of Classics, John Henry Newman Building, Belfield. Tel: Fax: Website: 57

16 DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS The Department of Economics offers undergraduate students a comprehensive training in economic principles and their application to policy issues. Opportunities are offered to postgraduate students to undertake courses of study and analytical research to extend their knowledge of and skills in the subject and to gain qualifications that can lead ultimately to the pursuit of a career as a professional economist in areas ranging from academia, through business, to the public service. Head of Department: Professor Rodney Thom Staff consists of 4 professorial staff, 4 senior lecturers, 14 lecturers, 1 assistant lecturer and 2 full-time administrators. award of the degree of BA; economics can be combined with other subjects offered through the Faculty of Arts or can be taken as a single subject BA degree award of the degree of BSc in economics and finance degree of BSocSc offered through the Faculty of Philosophy and Sociology in which economics must be taken in combination with either the subjects of sociology or social policy Offers supervised postgraduate degree programmes of teaching, study and research in economics leading to the award of the degrees of MA, MEconSc and PhD Contributes to postgraduate degree programmes offered by the Dublin European Institute leading to the degrees of MA (European Studies) and MEconSc (CEEPA) Provides a postgraduate programme of teaching and study leading to the award of the Diploma in Economic Science (DipEconSc) Participates in the research activities and work of the UCD Centre for the Study of Social Change Operates the Centre for Economic Research to co-ordinate the Department s research work and to publish research work by members of staff Participates, with the assistance of European Union funding, as a Marie Curie Training Site in International Economics, which funds six visiting doctoral students of economics Teaching staff of the Department are active in many areas of research and in bidding for research projects. Specific areas of research endeavour include economic history; national economics and public sector economics; microeconometrics of public policy; economic geography. Sources of information on courses Departmental Website

17 Administration: Financial, legal, health and safety, committee records and documentation relating to all administrative functions Academic: Student (undergraduate and postgraduate), examination, teaching and research records Department of Economics, John Henry Newman Building, Belfield. Tel: Fax: Website: DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION UCD Education Department is one of the largest of its kind in the country and has a long tradition of involvement in initial and in-career teacher education and in educational research. Besides offering courses within the Department, staff are engaged in servicing other courses in college, in contributing to policy-making and academic initiatives at all levels of university life, in curriculum development and staff development in schools, and in various national and international academic projects. The Department has a distinctive complexity, deriving partly from its multidisciplinary character all the major forms and fields of educational studies are represented within the Department and partly from its multifaceted relationships with the wider educational community and the institutions and organisations which make up the education system of the State. Head of Department: Professor Sheelagh Drudy Staff consists of a professor, a senior lecturer, 10 lecturers, an educational technologist and 2 administrative staff members. The Department offers a variety of postgraduate courses of study and supervised research across the range of education disciplines: In the area of initial professional preparation and training, the Department's HDipEd programme comprises a postgraduate course of study which combines the full-time study of education over one year with the pedagogical training and school-based practice required for entry to the secondary teaching profession in accordance with the regulations of the Secondary Teachers Registration Council, Ireland. This teaching qualification is recognised throughout the European Union and in many English-speaking countries throughout the world. The Department offers a one-year programme the Higher Diploma in Educational Studies (HDES) which is designed to respond to the in-service needs of teachers at primary or post-primary level. This programme allows

18 candidates to specialise in one of several areas which can include educational administration and leadership, curriculum studies, learning difficulties, special educational needs, adult education, children s literature, early childhood education, teaching development, education for diversity. Through its Higher Diploma in Remedial and Special Education (HDRSE), its Higher Diploma for Teachers of the Deaf (HDTD), and its Masters degree programme in Special Education Needs MEd(SEN) the Department seeks to equip qualified graduate teachers and other professionals with the skills required to identify learning difficulties and handicaps in pupils, to implement appropriate teaching strategies and to assist in the formulation of social policies to include learning-disabled persons more effectively in education and society, to help enhance the self-esteem of such students and to expand the educational and vocational opportunities available to pupils with special educational needs and disabilities. The Department offers programmes of study to the Masters level in Education. The MEd is a two-year course. Year One provides opportunity for a flexible range of study built around a candidate's choices, core elements and research training. Year Two provides for supervised research work in an area of a candidate's choice. Alternatively, a shorter and more intense fulltime programme leads to the degree of MA (Education) which also has taught and research components. The Department also offers an MLitt by research to appropriately qualified candidates. In addition, through its MA (Ed Psych) programme in educational psychology, the Department provides theoretical and practical training for graduates holding qualifications in Psychology who intend to take up professional work as educational psychologists in Ireland or abroad. This course is full-time, over two years (Part 1 and Part 2). Candidates are expected to hold an honours degree in Psychology from UCD or another university and successful applicants with a Higher Diploma in Education or another recognised initial teaching qualification, primary or post-primary, may gain exemption from Part 1. Doctoral studies are by arrangement with the head of Department and the Department has a record of considerable activity and achievement in this area. In summary, UCD Education Department Offers supervised postgraduate degree programmes of teaching, study and research in education leading to the award of the degrees of MA, MEd, MEd(SEN), MLitt and PhD Offers a supervised postgraduate degree programme of teaching, study and research leading to the award of the degree of MA in Educational Psychology Offers a postgraduate programme of teaching, study and research leading to the award of the Higher Diploma in Education (HDipEd), the professional qualification required for entry to the secondary teaching profession Offers a flexible postgraduate programme of teaching, study and research leading to the award of the Higher Diploma in Education Studies (HDES) Offers a recognised postgraduate programme of teaching, study and research leading to the award of the Higher Diploma in Remedial and Special Education (HDRSE) 60

19 Offers a recognised postgraduate programme of teaching, study and research leading to the award of the Higher Diploma for Teachers of the Deaf (HDTD). Contributes to the course of teaching leading to the award of the University Certificate in Teaching English as a Foreign Language Contributes, in co-operation with Dun Laoghaire Vocational Educational Committee, to a programme leading to the award of the Certificate in Adults Teaching-Adults Learning Teaching staff of the Department are active in many areas of research and in the communication of research findings through participation in seminars and conferences and by way of publication. Specific areas of research interest include professional socialisation and development of teachers; adult and community education; values education; education technology; microteaching; ICT and multimedia; educational measurement and evaluation; social skills training; group dynamics and interaction analysis; curriculum studies; education policy; special education; history and philosophy of education and history and philosophy of curriculum; philosophy of special education; sociology of education; schools and society in Ireland; sociology of childhood and children's rights; gender and social class influences; primary school organisational practices; school effectiveness; classroom teaching; methodology of teaching English; drama in education; children's literature; teachers professional knowledge; research methods in education; second language education and language policy and planning; developmental child psychology; educational psychology; learning difficulties; hearing loss; language development; counselling; remedial education; special education; pedagogics. Sources of information on courses Departmental Website Administration: Financial, legal, health and safety, committee records and documentation relating to all administrative functions Academic: Student (postgraduate), examination, teaching and research records Department of Education, John Henry Newman Building, Belfield. Tel: Fax: albyrne@macollamh.ucd.ie Website: DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH The Department of English is one of the largest Departments in the Faculty of Arts and provides courses of instruction at undergraduate and postgraduate level to students of English. It aims to equip students with the literary, theoretical and linguistic expertise necessary to understand how texts in English are constructed and

20 work. Its courses allow students to explore all literary traditions in the English language and to develop an enhanced appreciation of the various narrative, poetic and dramatic conventions. In addition to modern English and Anglo-Irish literature, courses in Old and Middle English are offered. At postgraduate level, courses permit the student to specialise in such areas of study as Anglo-Irish literature and drama, English language, modern English and American literature, and Old and Middle English language and literature. Head of Department: Professor Declan Kiberd There are 3 Chairs in the Department: Modern English and American Literature, Anglo-Irish Literature and Drama, and Old and Middle English, and consequently three professorial staff. In addition, there are 4 associate professors, 4 senior lecturers, 8 college lecturers, an assistant lecturer, a Faculty research fellow, a Faculty teaching fellow and a Faculty writer-in-residence. There are also 4 administrative staff members. award of the degree of BA; the study of English can be combined with other subjects offered through the Faculty of Arts, or can be taken as a single degree subject Offers supervised postgraduate degree programmes of teaching, study and research in English leading to the award of the degrees of MA, MLitt and PhD in the fields of Anglo-Irish Literature and Drama, Modern English and American Literature, and Old and Middle English Teaching staff of the Department are active in many areas of research and in the communication of research findings through participation in seminars and conferences and by way of publication. Specific areas of research interest include theatre studies, particularly dramaturgy, performance and audience response; history of the theatre; American literature especially American renaissance literature, modern American poetry, and post-modern American fiction; 19thand 20th-century American poetry, Afro-American literature, the literature of the American South, gender, race and the concept of American identity in literature; poetry of the 17 and 18-centuries, and Swift and his contemporaries; Renaissance and 17th- century literature and drama, Shakespeare and New Historicism; modern and contemporary British and Irish drama, and writing and censorship; translation and translation theory, rhetoric, the Bible, recusant literature and modern critical theory; women's writing, feminist theory; colonial literature; modernist and postmodernist poetry, criticism and theory; Anglo-American and Anglo-Irish modernism and postmodernism; Anglo-Irish women's writing; Romanticism and Presentations of race in literature; intellectual history and 19 th and 20 th century British fiction; Anglo-Irish culture and children s literature; contemporary Irish poetry, modern Irish fiction, drama, poetry and Irish women's writing; Anglo-Saxon literature, especially saints' lives, history and religion; syntax; medieval English prose; medieval Latin and medieval and modern Hiberno-English; medieval literature; medieval English poetry, primary sources and patronage 62

21 of medieval literature; history of the English Language; medieval and Renaissance literature. 63 Sources of information on courses Departmental Website Administration: Financial, legal, health and safety, committee records and documentation relating to all administrative functions Academic: Student (undergraduate and postgraduate), examination, teaching and research records Department of English, John Henry Newman Building, Belfield. Tel: Fax: Website: DEPARTMENT OF FRENCH The Department of French is one of the largest French Departments in Ireland and is committed to excellence in both research and teaching. Through its undergraduate degree course, the Department aims to develop students language and communication skills and to facilitate their critical exploration of the language and of Francophone culture and civilisations. Programmes of study for postgraduate students allow them to deepen their knowledge of the French language and literature in areas of study corresponding to their own interests and provides them with an introduction to the conduct of personal research. Head of Department: Dr Jean-Michel Picard Staff consists of 1 professor, 1 associate professor, 4 statutory lecturers, 10 college lecturers, 4 assistant lecturers, 6 lecteurs/lectrices and a Faculty research fellow. In addition, the Department has an administrative staff member. award of the degree of BA; French can be combined with other subjects offered through the Faculty of Arts award of the degree of BA (International); French is taken in combination with

22 other subjects and as part of a four year degree programme of study involving a year spent at a university in France Contributes to the four year programme of taught undergraduate courses, offered in conjunction with the Faculty of Commerce, in which French is taken with business studies and leads to the award of the degree of Bachelor of Commerce (International) Offers supervised, postgraduate degree programmes of teaching, study and research in French leading to the award of the degrees of MA, MLitt and PhD The French Department is an active member of a number of EU Socrates and ERASMUS networks involving staff research programmes as well as undergraduate and postgraduate student exchanges Teaching staff of the Department are active in many areas of research and in the communication of research findings through participation in seminars and conferences and by way of publication. Specific research interests include contemporary Caribbean writing in French; French Canadian literature; French post-colonialism (the literature of "francophonie"); Saint-John Perse; introspection in modern French fiction; Paul Valéry; 20th century women's writing; medieval French epic (l2th-l3th centuries); medieval French theatre (l3th-l5th centuries); medieval hagiography; history of the language; historical phonetics; Rabelais; modern French civilisation; comparative civilisation: Ireland and France; 19th century novel and poetry; continental philosophy, anthropology, sociology; history of ideas; cultural studies; medieval literature (12 th and 13 th centuries); courtly and chivalrous literature; comparative literature; second language acquisition; sociolinguistics; acquisition of French by speakers of Irish English; variation theory; sociolinguistic analysis of variation in French (including French-Canadian forms); French linguistics; French cinema, and cinema and politics and society; French civilisation and contemporary French civilisation (contemporary French politics and society). Sources of information on courses Departmental Website Administration: Financial, legal, health and safety, committee records and documentation relating to all administrative functions Academic: Student (undergraduate and postgraduate), examination, teaching and research records Department of French, John Henry Newman Building, Belfield. Tel: Fax: Geraldine.Cremin@ucd.ie Website: 64

23 DEPARTMENT OF GEOGRAPHY The undergraduate course provided by the Geography Department aims to instil in students an appreciation of the scope of, and techniques relevant to modern geography, which is the study of the natural and man-made environments with particular reference to locations, distributions, spatial structures, processes and interrelations. The undergraduate courses of study introduce the main branches of human and physical geography and applies this knowledge to the study of selected regions of the world. It provides training in the relevant skills necessary for the study of geography: cartographic, computing and data handling techniques; and develops in students a critical appreciation of geographic research problems and research presentations. In addition to lectures, practical classes, field work, project work and laboratory work are integral to the programme of study. At postgraduate level, students are offered the opportunity to develop and extend their knowledge and skills in geography and to specialise in particular aspects of the subject as part of a programme of supervised study and personal research. Head of Department: Professor Anngret Simms The staff consists of a professor, an associate professor, 4 senior lecturers, 4 college lecturers, a government research fellow, a Faculty research fellow, 2 cartographers and 2 part-time secretarial staff. award of the degree of BA; geography can be combined with other subjects offered through the Faculty of Arts or can be studied as a single subject degree degree of BSocSc offered through the Faculty of Philosophy and Sociology; geography must be taken in combination with either the subjects of sociology or social policy Offers supervised postgraduate degree programmes of teaching, study and research in geography leading to the award of the degrees of MA, MLitt and PhD Offers, in conjunction with a number of partner universities in Europe, a postgraduate degree programme combining courses of study in UCD and at universities abroad leading to the award of the degree of MA (International) in European Urbanisation Participates in the programme of the International Commission for the History of Towns for the publication of European national historic towns atlases in order to facilitate comparative urban studies and encourage a better understanding of common European roots The Department hosts the Centre for Retail Studies and teaching staff of the Department are active in many areas of research and in the communication of research findings through participation in seminars and conferences and by way of publication. Specific areas of research interest include urban geography and planning; retail studies; development studies; computing; quantitative methods; social geography; history and philosophy of