Institutional Arrangements

Special arrangements are in place for the students of the universities below to avail of modules not otherwise open to Visiting & Erasmus students.

 

  • Drexel University,
  • Philadelphia, USA
  • University of Southampton, Southampton,
  • University of Kent, Canterbury, UK
  • Universidad Cardinal Herrera, Valencia, Spain
  • University of California, USA
Location: Huston School of Film and Digital Media
Contact: info@filmschool.ie / 091 495076
Website: https://filmschool.ie/filmschool/undergraduateprogrammes/
Code Module Semester ECTS Examination Arrangements
FS304 Digital Storytelling 2 5 Continuous Assessment
FS2100 Themes in European Cinema 2 5 Continuous Assessment
FM4106 Documentary and Creative Non-Fiction on Screen 2 5 Continuous Assessment
FM4108 Sport and Cinema 2 5 Continuous Assessment

 

Willamette University & University of Portland
Location: Martha Fox House, Distillery Road
Contact:  samantha.williams@universityofgalway.ie / 091 492051
Website http://www.universityofgalway.ie/irish-studies/

 

Code Irish Studies Module Semester ECTS Examination Arrangements
IS1102 Introduction to Irish Life and Culture 2 10 Coursework Assessment

IS1102: Introduction to Irish Life and Culture

The Introduction to Irish Life and Culture programme provides an introduction to Irish life and culture through the disciplines of Irish, English, History, and Political Science and Sociology, with a particular emphasis on twentieth- century Ireland. Students will be provided with an overview of Irish history and a survey of changing patterns in Irish society as well as a critical reading of key literary texts in both English and Irish. The Irish language material will be presented and studied in translation. Classes will meet for one hour a week in each of the four disciplines and will be required to complete a 1500-2000 word essay in each area of study. The final mark awarded will be an average of the total marks achieved by the student in the four essays presented during the course of the semester.

Irish Life and Culture is available to Visiting Students from Willamette University & University of Portland

University of Salzburg

Places are limited on some courses: email the course contact below for further details

Location: School of Psychology, Room 227/228, First Floor, St. Anthony’s, Newcastle Road
Contact:  psychology@universityofgalway.ie / 091 493101
Website http://www.universityofgalway.ie/colleges-and-schools/arts-social-sciences-and-celtic-studies/psychology/visiting-students/

 

Module Code Module Description Semester ECTS Examination Arrangements
PS856 Bilingualism and Communication Impairment 2 5 Continuous Assessment

 

Drama, Theatre and Performance

ONLY AVAILABLE TO VISITING STUDENTS from Berea, UNC Chapel Hill, Perth, Fraser Valley, University of Illinois Chicago, New School New York, Tours and Oviedo, University of Malta.

Places are limited on some courses: email the course contact below for further details. These courses are filled strictly by application. Please email drama@universityofgalway.ie by noon on Friday 13 January outlining why you want to take the course in.

 

Location: O’Donoghue Centre for Drama Theatre and Performance
Contact: drama@universityofgalway.ie / charlotte.mcivor@universityofgalway.ie / 091-492631
Website: http://www.universityofgalway.ie/drama

 

Module Code Module Description Semester ECTS Examination Arrangements
TP307 Theatre In Practice 2 30 Continuous Assessment
DT4107 Practice Based Research Project 2 10 Continuous Assessment
DT3100 Contemporary Drama 2 10 Continuous Assessment
DT3104 Musical Theatre 2 10 Continuous Assessment
DT3113 Rehearsal Techniques for Directors and Actors 2 10 Continuous Assessment
DT3116 Exploring Irish Theatre and Performance 2 10 Continuous Assessment
DT3118 Introduction to Applied Theatre 2 10 Continuous Assessment
DT4105 Playwriting 2 5 Continuous Assessment
DT4108 Arts Management 2 5 Continuous Assessment

Journalism

Location: Room 208, Block T, Distillery Road
Contact: uinsionn.macdubhghaill@universityofgalway.ie
Website: http://www.universityofgalway.ie/journalism

Only available to journalism/media Erasmus students from Stockholm University, Sweden and Bologna University, Italy.

Module Code Module Description Semester ECTS Examination Arrangements
AJ1101 Radio Fundamentals 2 5 Continuous Assessment
AJ1102 Introduction to Media and Communication 2 5 Continuous Assessment
AJ1106 Pop Culture Media and Society 2 5 Continuous Assessment
AJ2100 Online and Social Media: Theory and Practice 2 5 Continuous Assessment
AJ2104 Magazine Journalism 2 5 Continuous Assessment
AJ1105 Creative Coding and Web Media 2 5 Continuous Assessment
AJ2106 Multimedia 2 5 Continuous Assessment
AJ2110 How Television Lobotomised the World 2 5 Continuous Assessment

Music

Location: Siobhán McKenna Theatre, Floor 1, Arts Millennium Building.
Contact: aidan.thomson@universityofgalway.ie

These modules are only available to exchange students attending from the following Universities:

 University of Toulouse-Jean Jaurès, France University of Bologna, Italy

Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Germany University of Notre Dame, USA

Module Code Module Description Semester ECTS Examination Arrangements
MU2104 Power Hierarchies and Irish Traditional Music 2 5 Continuous Assessment
MU2108 Music History 2 2 5 Continuous Assessment
MU2105 Musical Theatre 2 5 Continuous Assessment
MU4101 Women in Popular Music 2 5 Continuous Assessment
MU2107 Introduction to Sound Technology 2 5 Continuous Assessment
*MU4106 Music Practice 3 5 Continuous Assessment (Note: Audition required and restricted to one place)
MU4109 Writing Piano Accompaniment 5 2 Continuous Assessment

 

 

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