Bachelor of Arts (Omnibus entry & International)
College of Arts, Social Sciences, & Celtic Studies
Key facts
Entry requirements
Minimum Grade HC3 in two subjects and passes in four other subjects at H or O Level in the Leaving Certificate, including: Irish, English, another language, and three other subjects recognised for entry purposes.
Additional requirements
None
Duration:
3 yrs: BA, 4 yrs: BA international
Next start date: September 2012
Entry points(2011): 340
A Level Grades (2011): BBC (A-Level) or equivalent combination
Average intake: 1000
Course overview
The BA is a broad degree that provides you with a foundation on which to apply for jobs or postgraduate study in ireland or abroad. This three-year degree programme will allow you to pursue and develop your interest across a broad range of subjects. Doing a BA will help you become a disciplined and creative thinker who can organise your thoughts coherently and critically in writing.
Four subjects are taken in First Arts from the 20 subjects on offer. Students have a maximum period of two weeks subsequent to registration to complete their subject selection. Students are assigned an Academic Adviser for the duration of their academic programme who will help with their subject choice and academic questions. While it is useful to have narrowed down the list of subjects prior to registration, it is not necessary to have finalised subject choice at that time.
In Second Arts, two of the subjects chosen at First Arts are pursued and these two subjects are completed in Final Arts. An advantage of the wide choice available, and of having to take four subjects, is the opportunity to take new subjects and to make interesting combinations of familiar and new subjects.
BA (International)
The BA (International) is a four-year version of the BA (Omnibus), BA (Public and Social Policy) and BA (Psycology) programmes. Admission takes place in Second Arts and students spend the third year abroad. Students of a modern language spend the year abroad in a country where that language is spoken - studying the language and its literature, together with their other degree subject. If students are registered for two languages, they will normally be require to spend six months in each of the relevan countries/regions. Non-language students may also participate by taking the year abroad in the U.S. and on European exchanges where programmes are available through English (Benelux, British, Maltese and Scandinavian exchanges).
Course outline
The Bachelor of Arts Omnibus Entry has subject groupings. Students choose FOUR subjects, not more than ONE from any of the following groups.
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Notes
- Restricted Entry Subject: students should not that they may choose only ONE from the following traditional Arts subjects: Begineers' German, Léann an Aistriúcháin, Legal Studies and Psychology. Each of the above subjects has restrictions on entry to Second Arts based upon performance in First Arts. Therefore successful completion of the subject in First Arts may not guarantee progression to Second Arts in that subject. For this reason, the college does not permit any student to register for more than ONE restricted entry subject.
- Information Technology in First Arts has a class limit of 120 places, offerend in the first week of registration. in order to progress to Second Arts students will be require to pass the CT112 module at 40% of higher in addition to passing the subject overall.
- Only students obtaining at least 50% in Beginners' German will be admitted to Second Arts German.
- Italian, German, Spanish and Welsh may be taken at First Arts without previous knowledge of those languages. Welsh is only available in First Arts.
- Psychology is offered at First Arts of the BA degree (Omnibus Entry - CAO Code Gy101) and BA CONNECT programmes (CAO Code Gy105, GY110, Gy111, GY114, GY115). Psychological Studies is offered to degree level in Second Arts and Final Arts, taken as a subject in combination with one other subject. Psychology is offered as a double subject in Second and Final Arts of the BA (Psychology) degree (CAO Cofe GY104) to students who successfully complete first year of the programme. Places many be awarded to students to transfer to the BA )Psychology) from the BA degree (Omnibus only) and will be decided on merit, based on the results from the First Sitting (Semester 1 and 2) of the First Arts examination in the students' first year of attendance (2012-2012), where the student must have passed all four subjects outright (40% or higher). There will be no option of repeating the examinstion with a view to obtaining a second year place.
- Limits to the numbers of students admitted to Second Arts in Legal Studies (100) and Psychological Studies (100) apply. Places will be decided on merit, based on the results of the First Sitting (Semester 1 and 2) of the First Arts examination in the students' first year of attendance (2012-2012), where the student must have passed all four subjects outright (40% or higher). Students who avail of exemptions on the basis of appropriate prior learning are not entitled to compete for a place.
- Subjects in italics are specialisms that are only available in the relevan BA CONNECT programme.
- Students registering for Modern LAnguages or Gaeilge should note that they will be required to pass (40% or higher) the language component of the subjects in order to prgress to Second Arts in that subject. Students should also note that choosing to study a Modern Language to degree level involves spending a period, normally a year, abroad in a country or region where the language they are studying is widely spoen. Where students are registered for two languages, they will normally be required to spend 6 months in each of the relevant countries.regions. Therefore, after successfully completing the Second Arts examination and in advance of registering for Final Year studies of the BA programme, students will be required to spend a period abroad to prepare them for the demands of the Final Year of their degree studies in a language.
- Students registered for the BA CONNECT programme BA with Latin American Studies must select Spanish as one of their three traditional subjects in addition to the specialism of Latin American Studies.
- Students must achieve 45% in Mathematics in First Year to proceed to Mathematical Studies in Second Year. Students must achieve 60% and pass the module MA186 in Mathematics to proceed to Second Year Mathematics.
Further education
Many Arts graudates undertake research-based or taught postgraduate programmes that are academic or vocational in their focus and which prepare graduates for employment in a broad range of professional careers, including teaching, law, languages, social work, performing arts, journalism, policy development and public administration. A range of taught Masters degrees and Postgraduate Diploma programmes of interest to Arts Graudates have been developed in recent years. In the past two years the college has pioneered the deveopment of structured PhD programmes which combine the traditional research dissertation of the PhD with generic and discipline-specific training modules designed to enchance students' skills.
Find out more
College of Arts, Social Sciences, and Celtic Studies
T +353 91 493 958
F +353 91 495 508
E collegearts@nuigalway.ie
www.nuigalway.ie/arts
CAO code
GY101
Fees for this course
EU (Total): €5,822
- Tuition: €3,598
- Student contribution: €2,000
- Student levy: €224
Non-EU (Total): €12,750
Current Students
Hannah Healy
Currently studying for a Bachelor of Arts
"I chose to study Arts because it gives you a wide variety of subjects to choose from, so it seemed the best option for me. I hope to do a postgrad in Public Relations once I'm finished"
