IMPORTANT NOTE
Visiting Students should note that some Examinations may be scheduled during Study Week in either Semester 1 or in Semester 2. Therefore, students should not make travel arrangements during or around these weeks.

Visiting Students registering for Semester 1 (Fall) only, may not select modules that are offered for the full academic year.

Archaeology

Children’s Studies

Please contact the Programme Director, Dr Michal Molcho for course descriptions.

Classics

Please use the website listed above to access module descriptions. Descriptions are listed under First Arts, Second Arts, and Final Arts on the menu.

* These modules are provided across the entire year and may not be taken by students attending one semester only.

Roinn na Gaeilge – Celtic Civilization

Please use the website listed above to access module descriptions. Module information is listed in Course Booklets for 1BA, 2BA and 3BA.

The following modules are taught through the medium of English:

* SG221 Medieval Irish Language I (Sem. 1) prerequisite

** SG317 Medieval Irish Language III (Sem. 1) prerequisite

These modules are available only to students who have already studied Medieval Irish to an appropriate level. For further information please consult Dr. Graham Isaac, Áras na Gaeilge.

*  These modules are also available to Journalism Students

Registration must be approved by the Course Director.  Students must email info@filmschool.ie to request registration on a module

French

Please use the website listed above to access module descriptions. Descriptions are listed under 1BA, 2BA and 3BA.

German

Modules are teaching units consisting of seminars, projects and lectures. Please use the website listed above to access detailed module descriptions.

History

Please use the website listed above to access module descriptions.

Seminars And Colloquia – Special Note
History Colloquia for Second Year and History Seminars for Final Year each consist of a number of 10 ECTS modules for each Semester. A description of each module is available on the History website. Up to three places on each topic have been reserved for Visiting Students. Students may only register for one topic of either History Colloquium or History Seminar. Permission to register for a History Colloquia or a History Seminar and assignment to a particular topic must be arranged through the Discipline of History before registration. Students wishing to register for a Colloquium or Seminar should speak to the seminar co-ordinator before the first meeting of the Seminar/Colloquia, requesting a place on the Colloquium or Seminar. The History Administrative Assistants will let you know if you have a place. Prospective students should note that History Colloquia and History Seminar carry 10 ECTS.

There may be limits on the number of students enrolling on popular lecture modules.

Examination Arrangements

Seminar and Colloquia modules are assessed by continuous assessment, consisting of a mixture of written assignments, presentations and class participation. Lecture modules are assessed by a mid-term essay and an end-of-term exam.

Information Technology

Please use the website listed above to access module descriptions.

In all cases, prospective Visiting Students should contact the relevant I.T. Lecturer and Programme Director to gain access to the following modules, as there may be some prerequisites in some cases:

+These modules are options chosen by University of Galway undergraduates. Some of these options may not be available in any particular year.

Irish Studies

Please refer to the website listed above for module descriptions, timetables and details of registration.

* Introduction to Irish Life and Culture is only available to Visiting Students from Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Willamette University and University of Portland

Italian

Please use the website listed above to access module descriptions and timetables. They can be found under ‘Undergraduate > BA (Joint Honours) >  First Arts, Second Arts, Final Arts’

Italian language modules
The following modules are on offer to visiting students here for one semester only.

* Visiting Students must have at least one Year of Italian or equivalent taken to register for this module.

** Visiting Students must have at least one Year of Italian or equivalent taken to register for this course.

Additional Italian modules which may also be taken by visiting students

Journalism AND COMMUNICATION

Please use the website listed above for course descriptions and timetables.

Some Film Studies modules are available to Journalism and Communication students.  See Film Studies section for details.

These modules are only available to incoming Erasmus students from universities with specific Erasmus exchange partnerships with the Discipline of Journalism and Communication. These include: Stockholm University, Bologna University, Volda University, Ghent University, HAN University, the University of the Basque Country and Cardenal Herrera University, Valencia, University of Tartu, Comenius University and RheinMain University. 

As timetable requirements may vary, some modules may run at the same time as other modules.

Mathematics

Admission of Visiting and Erasmus Students is subject to the agreement of the Head of Discipline and will depend upon the applicant’s academic background in the relevant subject area.
Modules coded in 200 series usually represent 2nd Year level and those coded in 300/400 series represent 3rd Year level.

Music

PERFORMANCE AND SCREEN STUDIES

Co-heads of Performance and Screen Studies, Dr Charlotte McIvor (charlotte.mcivor@universityofgalway.ie) and Dr Séan Crosson (sean.crosson@universityofgalway.ie).   

Philosophy

Please use the website listed above to access module descriptions. Course information is listed under Undergraduate Courses – ‘Visiting Students’. Modules offered may be subject to change.

*US students wishing to enrol on this module will require police clearance from the United States. Students should plan to bring police clearance documentation with them to Ireland. There are a limited number of places and you must complete an application form.

Psychology

Please use the website listed above to access module descriptions

+ Only students attending for the full academic year may take the module PS124 Introductory Psychology 2 provided they have attended PS122 Introductory Psychology 1 in Semester 1

Please note: Due to the inclusion of modules from the Second and Final Year of the Psychology programme timetable clashes may emerge which may affect module selection.

Admission to some modules will depend on the academic background of the student in the relevant subject area. Please consult the module coordinator.

*Please note that caps apply to these elective modules and places are limited

Sociological and Political Studies

Students should consult Visiting Students Handbook available on the School website.

Please use the website listed above to access module descriptions. Students should use the Student Handbooks for 1st – 4th year to source module descriptions.

Lecture Modules

Seminar Modules

Please register for seminar modules through your University of Galway student registration portal. If you experience difficulties, please contact the School.

The contact is Vesna Malesevic, Room 324 Aras Moyola. E-mail: vesna.malesevic@universityofgalway.ie / tel: 091 495014.

The registration process is explained in the Visiting Students Handbook available on the School website.

Equivalent modules may be substituted from time to time for any of the above under exceptional circumstances approved by the College of Arts, Social Sciences, and Celtic Studies.

Spanish

Please use the link above for course descriptions and timetables.

* SH350.II: Spanish for Visiting Students III (Commerce) Semester 2, 5 ECTS, 2 hour written exam, continuous assessment and oral exam.

*SH216.II Spanish Language II (Applied) Semester 2 5 ECTS, 2 hour written exam, continuous assessment and oral exam

Women’s studies

Please use the website listed above to access the module description.