BA in Arts

What is Bachelor of Arts?

The Bachelor of Arts degree is a broad and flexible programme that provides a course of study across a range of important contemporary academic disciplines and the opportunity to significantly specialise within areas of the students’ choice. Within a progressively specialised course structure, students are first introduced to the basic concerns and methodologies of a number of key humanities subject areas, and then required to select more advanced studies in the subjects they find most intriguing and intellectually satisfying. As well as being an excellent preparation for the workplace and further study, the Bachelor of Arts degree provides an engaging and rewarding educational experience, allowing students to range over a variety of approaches to the key concerns of humanistic studies: human culture, action and expression, and competing approaches to their interpretation and meanings.

Aims and Objectives

Programme Structure

This is a three year programme divided into three levels. Students take the Common Foundation Year in its entirety,
and then focus their studies into any two subject areas.

Level 1 (Common Foundation Year) consists of modules drawn from 5 academic disciplines and develops core
skills of reading, thinking and analysis. In addition, students pursue a year long course in academic skills and methods which allows them to develop their confidence and key academic competencies under close guidance
from academics.

At Level 2 students select the 2 subject streams that will continue to form the basis of their study to the end of the degree. Each stream offers a number of modules that further develop the students’ interests and knowledge across a wide range of specialised historical and theoretical areas within the discipline, building on the knowledge and intellectual skills introduced at level 1.

Level 3 provides further and more specialised modules from 2 subject streams that will extend the students’ understanding of the theory, conceptual frameworks and contemporary practice of the disciplines to a high level. Each level thus incrementally builds the students’ skills across the span of the programme.

Transfer Learners

Learners holding relevant qualifications at Levels 5 and 6 on the National Framework of Qualifications may qualify for entry to the second or third year of this programme.

Teaching and Assessment

The teaching and assessment strategy for the in Bachelor of Arts will focus on the gradual fostering of appropriate skills and knowledge relevant to both the historical traditions and contemporary conditions of the subjects. Learners can expect to be assessed by a variety of methods appropriate to the acquisition and mastery of the skills and knowledge that underpin the programme.

Career Opportunities

The Bachelor of Arts answers to a wide variety of student interests and needs. The course is suitable for anyone
interested in developing their knowledge and understanding of a range of disciplines, whether for personal or professional reasons, and for anyone who wishes to gain a good general humanistic education. The course will be of particular use to those interested in pursuing a career in any area of work that requires high order skills of written expression, oral presentation, and conceptual and critical analysis. It is good preparation for working in education, the arts, the media industries, library and information work and business. Graduates from similar programmes at DBS are currently working in the film, radio and theatre industries, teaching, lecturing, advertising, business, the health services, government, the media and a range of other areas. Graduates from this programme may also seek transfer into Year 3 of the BA (Hons) Arts offered by Dublin Business School.

Programme Content

Please note this programme is subject to validation.

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