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First Year (60 credits)

32 MH101 subjects timetabled into 6 groups - scroll down to see the groups

• Each year of study is 60 credits - each subject in MH101 is 15 credits - make your subject choices when you register in September - option to change your mind for up to 4 weeks after registering
• Choose 2 or 3 or 4 subjects - maximum 1 subject per group due to timetabling of subjects
• Subjects requiring 30 credits: beginner Chinese Studies, French, German and Spanish. Students take extra language modules and these extra 15 credits are timetabled in group 7. Mathematics (Pure) requires 30 credits in 1st year (groups 1 and 3)
• Most subjects require no previous knowledge (exceptions Mathematics (Pure), Music and Nua-Ghaeilge)
• Group 7: only relevant to those students taking the optional extra 15 credits that are available in Anthropology, Computer Science, History, International Development, Law. Language and Culture subject is available to non-beginner Chinese Studies, French, German or Spanish students only
• Optional 1st year only 15 credit Critical Skills courses can be taken with any subject combination.

*30 credit option in some subjects:

These subjects are marked with an asterisk*. Some double subject options cannot be taken together. 

Group 6 Subjects: only relevant if taking a 30 credit option in these subjects:

Business (optional extra 15 credits) | English (optional extra 15 credits) | **Geography (optional extra 15 credits) - if choosing Geography in group 6, the only subject available to you in group 1 is Geography (this is due to timetabling of subjects in second year) | Music in group 2 (optional extra 15 credits only available if taking Music in group 5)

Group 7 Subjects: only relevant if taking a 30 credit option in these subjects:

- Anthropology (extra 15)
- Chinese Studies (extra 15 required)
- Computer Science (extra 15)
- French (extra 15)
- German (extra 15)
- History (extra 15)
- International Development (extra 15)
- Law (extra 15)
- Spanish (extra 15)
- Language and Culture (this subject option is for non-beginner French, German or Spanish students)

The Programme Advisory Office assists first year students in making decisions regarding the best combination of subjects to suit them.

Second and Third/Final Year (60 credits per year)

Options from second year:

• Freedom to choose how much of each subject you would like to study from second year (some limitations exist). Students decide at the end of first year what their preferred pathway is, when they are more familiar with the subjects and what they entail.
  • Double Major: take two subjects equally to degree level.
  • Major/Minor: place a greater emphasis on one subject, but continue to study a second subject.
  • Single Major: specialise in just one subject in your final years.
• It may be possible to progress into a specialised degree at the end of first year depending on your first year subjects and results: 

Erasmus/Study Abroad option after 2nd year