Liberal Arts: Politics

Choose from a range of arts subjects for a degree with multifaceted perspectives. You’ll examine areas central to contemporary society, including tradition, culture, world religions, theology, law, politics, communication, human-environment relations, and human behavior. You’ll graduate with an honors degree in Politics (DC295); this course is described in more detail in the About the Course tab above. You’ll have the option to take a year abroad, extending your degree to four years and graduating with a Bachelor of Arts (Joint Honours) International. You can opt to apply for a year-long INTRA work placement in Year Three. This will give you a unique opportunity to enhance your CV, increase your employability and experience the relevance of your studies in the real world. This option is competitive and subject to the availability of placements. Select Politics + One other subject from Geography | History | Law | World Religions and Theology.

Politics: You’ll study areas as diverse as international political economy, international development, the politics of climate change, politics of the Middle East, Chinese foreign policy, and conflict, security, and peace.

Geography: You’ll examine human activity, human-environment relations, and physical environments at a variety of scales, from the local through to the global. Learn more about Geography as a subject.

History: You’ll explore how human beings behave, grounded on a close examination of how they have behaved in the past in all spheres of the world but with a particular emphasis on Ireland.

Law: You’ll learn about constitutional and criminal law, as well as property and European law and the law of evidence.

World Religions and Theology: You’ll critically engage with the big questions about life in order to understand the historical and contemporary significance of religious faith and contemporary ethical dilemmas.