都柏林大学学院

Why is this course for me?

Humans live through their stories. Studying History is the best way of making sense of our own stories and experiences. If you are interested in the real decisions that people have made and if you wonder how ideas, commerce, warfare, science, empires, and revolutions have forged new worlds, then History is the subject for you. The School of History is the leading centre for historical research in Ireland and will open possibilities to a career working with history across a wide range of careers and industries.

Career & Graduate Study Opportunities

History students acquire key transferable skills that are attractive to a wide range of employers. These skills include critical thinking, creativity, writing, and researching. Recent graduates work in organisations such as RTE, the National Museum, Google, Dail Eireann, Government Departments, and the EU Commission.

You can continue to study History at Postgraduate or PhD level, or use your History degree to progress to a wide range of prestigious postgraduate conversion courses.

What Will I Study

You will study Irish, European, and World History from the Middle Ages to the present. You will engage with different aspects of History – political, cultural, social, and economic. You will explore questions and problems, and develop your critical thinking skills and your ability to express your ideas and arguments.

First Year

First year offers a broad choice of subject areas that range from medieval to modern European and Irish History and include modules such as:

• Rome to Renaissance
• Modern Europe 1500-2000
• Ireland’s English Centuries
• From Union to Bailout: Modern Ireland

In First Year, you also will take ‘Creating History’, where you will study in a small group with a historian, to develop the skills that are essential to the subject.

Second Year

In second year, you begin to specialise in the areas of History that you are most interested in, focusing on particular countries, themes, and periods.

Third Year

Internship: Apply for an internship across a range of sectors from the arts and the public sector to business and the media. Get experience in an area that relates to your field of study and your desired career path.

Deepen your subject knowledge: Choose from a range of History modules, including: Revolutionary Russia, Medicine Culture and Society, Rise Fall & Rise of Modern Japan, Orwell’s Twentieth Century Ireland and the Glorious Revolution Alcohol, Drugs and Society.

Fourth Year

• Slavery and the New World
• The West & Middle East
• Madness and Civilisation
• Florence
• Irish Urban History
• The Irish Revolution, 1910-1923

International Study Opportunities

Students can study at partner institutions across Europe, North America, and Australia. An increasing number of European partners offer some courses through English, though we recommend that students take the opportunity when studying abroad to develop their language skills.