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Course Availability - Maynooth University Use the following links to navigate to course descriptions: Introduction to Anthropology I Food and Culture Anthropology: History, Theory and Practice From Cell to Organism General Chemistry Introduction to Computer Science Microeconomics I Introduction to Macroeconomics Experimental Physics I Greek Tragedy Global Environments Gender and Sexuality in Society and Culture I International Development Global Movements Film and Screen Studies Business Models and Marketing Consumer Research and Marketing Introduction to Composition Introduction to Philosophy I Introduction to Psychology I: Research Foundations of Psychology, Biological and Developmental Psychology Globalization: Integrating Worlds Contemporary Irish Society Sociology of Everyday Life Marx on Ireland Other courses are available for UNCW @ Maynooth students but exact equivalent information and fulfillment of University Studies cannot be guaranteed prior to transcript evaluation. It is likely that most other courses will transfer to UNCW as elective credits. Course Title: Intro to Anthropology I Maynooth Module Code: AN 151 UNCW Course Equivalent: ANT 105 Credits at Maynooth: 7.5 Transfer Credits at UNCW: 4 credit hours Department: Anthropology Fulfills University Studies: Human Institutions and Behaviors and/or Living in Global Society Course Overview: Anthropology is a comparative and theoretical subject, and here in Maynooth we place particular emphasis on the knowledge that emerges from anthropological fieldwork. Anthropologists do fieldwork, write ethnographic texts, and make contributions to a body of theoretical knowledge; we explore these distinctive styles of research and representation. In fieldwork, anthropologists gather information about people and places, creating diverse forms of data: interview transcripts, life
histories, village diagrams, maps, kinship genealogies, grammars and dictionaries, photos, videos of rituals or political protests, recordings of myths and songs, material artefacts, and much more. The data anthropologists collect in fieldwork is made intelligible through its relationship to a set of questions within anthropological theory. So when writing 'ethnography,' anthropologists weave interpretations of these data into detailed descriptive analyses of social and cultural life, often hoping to yield theoretical insight. Through a close reading of ethnographic texts, and through the completion of small projects/assignments, in this module we hope to understand the unique sensibility guiding anthropological ways of creating new knowledge about the world. Course Title: Food and Culture Maynooth Module Code: AN 15 4 UNCW Course Equivalent: ANT 001 Credits at Maynooth: 7.5 Transfer Credits at UNCW: 4 credit hours Department: Anthropology Fulfills University Studies: Living in Global Society Course Overview: This course will not make you a better cook or a more accomplished food connoisseur. It won't serve as a guide for healthy eating either. To reduce food to mere nourishment and physical survival is to impoverish our human life to its bare animality. We all need to eat in order to survive, but food is more than that - in all societies. Food can be seen as a prime symbolic vehicle through which we construct our world, spin our subjectivity and mark boundaries between social classes, regions, nations, cultures, occupations, genders, etc. This is the mission of this course. Course Title: Anthropology: History, Theory and Practice Maynooth Module Code: AN 221 UNCW Course Equivalent: ANT 206 Credits at Maynooth: 5 Transfer Credits at UNCW: 3 credit hours Department: Anthropology Fulfills University Studies: Human Institutions and Behaviors and/or Living in Global Society Course Overview: This module is a general survey of the main theoretical approaches in social and cultural anthropology from its early modern roots until the present. We will pursue a critical study of the schools of thought that prevailed within the discipline at different times and examine a selection of ethnographies that represent them. Course Title: From Cell to Organism Maynooth Module Code: BI 101 UNCW Course Equivalent: BIO 105 Credits at Maynooth: 7.5 Transfer Credits at UNCW: 4 credit hours Department: Biology Fulfills University Studies: Scientific Approaches, also relevant for Psychology and all non-science/non-health majors Course Overview: To introduce rudimentary concepts and principles in cell biology, genetics, microbiology and evolutionary biology. To introduce practical biology techniques such as microscopy, spectroscopy, DNA and Protein extraction/analysis and culture of bacteria and fungi.
while loops); Strings and string processing; Use of class APIs for creating objects and calling methods; Understanding data abstraction and encapsulation; Problem solving: understanding and developing algorithms; Implementing algorithms as simple programs. Computer architecture (underlying concepts, the Von Neumann architecture, processors, storage, communications); Basic components of modern operating systems; Basic digital communications in the context of modern, internet-accessible computing devices. Course Title: Microeconomics I Maynooth Module Code: EC 101 UNCW Course Equivalent: ECN 221 Credits at Maynooth: 7.5 Transfer Credits at UNCW: 4 credit hours Department: Economics, Finance & Accounting Fulfills University Studies: Understanding Human Institutions and Behaviors, also relevant to Business majors Course Overview: Microeconomics addresses economic issues at the individual level. It studies the way households and firms make economic decisions. The topics covered include demand and supply analysis, market equilibrium, government intervention in the market, firm behavior, production, costs, profit maximization and market structure. Course Title: Introduction to Macroeconomics Maynooth Module Code: EC 102 UNCW Course Equivalent: ECN 222 Credits at Maynooth: 7.5 Transfer Credits at UNCW: 4 credit hours Department: Economics, Finance & Accounting Fulfills University Studies: Understanding Human Institutions and Behaviors, also relevant to Business majors Course Overview: Macroeconomics addresses economic issues at an aggregate level. Emphasis is placed on the measurement of living standards, economic growth, inflation and unemployment. Topics covered include the causes and consequences of fluctuations in economic activity, the role of monetary and fiscal policy and the effects of globalization. Course Title: Experimental Physics I Maynooth Module Code: EP 101 UNCW Course Equivalent: PHY 101 Credits at Maynooth: 7.5 Transfer Credits at UNCW: 4 credit hours Department: Experimental Physics Fulfills University Studies: Scientific Approaches to the Natural World Course Overview: This module serves as an introduction to Experimental Physics. Students initially explore concepts of physical measurement before an algebraic approach to analysing motion and forces is outlined. Subsequently both the mechanical and thermometric properties of matter are introduced with simple examples and numerical problems. Topics in introductory astronomy including physics of the Earth, Solar System
and large scale Universe, are also covered. This module covers several topics of the Core of Physics, as defined by Institute of Physics, but only at an introductory level. Course Title: Greek Tragedy Maynooth Module Code: GC 204 UNCW Course Equivalent: ENG 210 Credits at Maynooth: 5 Transfer Credits at UNCW: 3 credit hours Department: Ancient Classics Fulfills University Studies: Aesthetic, Interpretive, and Literary Perspectives Course Overview: This module explores the tragic theatre of fifth-century Athens, which deals essentially with the relationships of individual human beings with each other, their families, the wider community, and the gods. The main focus is dramatic, but interpretation of the plays - by Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides - is informed throughout by consideration of the religious, social, and political contexts in which they were produced; within the confines of theatrical performance, Greek tragedy could offer a striking challenge to accepted values and beliefs. Course Title: Global Environments Maynooth Module Code: GY 161 UNCW Course Equivalent: GGY 140 Credits at Maynooth: 7.5 Transfer Credits at UNCW: 4 credit hours Department: Geography Fulfills University Studies: Living in Global Society; Human Institutions and Behaviors Course Overview: Global Environments will introduce students to the issues involved in modern global development within a highly modified, rapidly changing natural environment. Modern environments are globally interconnected physical-societal systems formed by a range of spatially variable processes, which interact to create unique regional and global management issues. Global Environments will allow students to investigate environment-forming processes by introduction to the platform geographical skills of analysis, description and communication via a blend of traditional lecture and small group learning environments. The unit content will examine how humans across the world are part of, and also create, unique locations that have issues including hazard prevention, poverty and resource depletion. Course Title: Gender and Sexuality in Society and Culture I Maynooth Module Code: IS 201 UNCW Course Equivalent: WGS 212 Credits at Maynooth: 5 Transfer Credits at UNCW: 3 credit hours Department: Interdisciplinary Studies Fulfills University Studies: Living in a Diverse Nation Course Overview: The primary goals of this course are to familiarize students with the key topics, debates and texts that have shaped the field of Gender and Sexuality Studies and to encourage them to ask critical questions about the interrelationships between
organisations, networks, trade unions, churches, and political parties.
- What are the diverse strategies and tools used by social movements and how effective are they?
- What are the possibilities for achieving and sustaining change toward greater global justice? The module will also examine a number of case studies of global social movements, including environmental rights movements, anti-austerity and debt justice movements, Occupy, tax justice movements, housing movements, gay rights and racial justice movements. Learning Outcomes Course Title: Film and Screen Studies Maynooth Module Code: MD 240 UNCW Course Equivalent: FST 110 Credits at Maynooth: 5 Transfer Credits at UNCW: 3 credit hours Department: Media Studies Fulfills University Studies: Aesthetic, Interpretive, and Literary Perspectives Course Overview: This class provides an introduction to film as an aesthetic, economic, and cultural phenomenon. Mastering the vocabulary associated with narrative, editing, cinematography, mise-en-scene, and sound, which are the fundamental tools required for the close analysis of film texts, lays the groundwork for the interpretive analysis of film texts. We will further consider key historical, economic and ideological contexts that inform the production and consumption of films and film genres. Topics that link to second semester modules in the Film/Screen studies elective stream will be incorporated. Course Title: Business Models and Marketing Maynooth Module Code: MN 151 UNCW Course Equivalent: MKT 001 Credits at Maynooth: 7.5 Transfer Credits at UNCW: 4 credit hours Department: School of Business Fulfills University Studies: N/A, could be elective credit or count in possible major Course Overview: This module introduces the student to key topics in business models and marketing. The module is broken into two elements: Business Models and Marketing. The Business module introduces the student to the concept of business models. A business portion of the model is at its most basic a description of how a firm creates value for its customers. The marketing portion of the module provides an introduction to the origins and concepts of marketing and serves as a foundation for more advanced subjects in the field of marketing and sales. *Please note you may not be able to take this class with MN 152. Course Title: Consumer Research and Marketing
Maynooth Module Code: MN 152 UNCW Course Equivalent: MKT 001 Credits at Maynooth: 7.5 Transfer Credits at UNCW: 4 credit hours Department: School of Business Fulfills University Studies: N/A, could be elective credit or count in possible major Course Overview: This module introduces the student to key topics in consumer research and marketing. The Module is broken down into two elements: Consumer Research and Marketing. In terms of Consumer Research, this modules introduces the student to the concept of the consumer and provides insights into contemporary issues that affect the consumer experience. In terms of Marketing, this module provides an introduction into the origins and concepts of marketing and serves as a foundation for more advanced subjects in the field of marketing and sales. *Please note you may not be able to take this class with MN 151. Course Title: Introduction to Composition Maynooth Module Code: MU 218 UNCW Course Equivalent: MUS 106 Credits at Maynooth: 5 Transfer Credits at UNCW: 3 credit hours Department: Music Fulfills University Studies: Aesthetic, Interpretive, and Literary Perspectives Course Overview: The module aims to expose students to the wide variety of styles and ideas in Contemporary Western Art Music so that they can make informed judgements about their own creative expression through composition. Students will be introduced to composition through the hands-on application of some historical and contemporary techniques in short exercises, through discussions on the fundamentals of compositional material and through regular exposure to recordings of modern languages of music. Course Title: Introduction to Philosophy I Maynooth Module Code: PH 15 3 UNCW Course Equivalent: PAR 101 Credits at Maynooth: 7.5 Transfer Credits at UNCW: 4 credit hours Department: Philosophy Fulfills University Studies: Historical and Philosophical Approaches Course Overview: This module will provide students with a general introduction to philosophy with a special focus on moral and political philosophy in the second part of the module. The first part will introduce students to what philosophy is, outline the main historical eras of philosophy (ancient Greek, Medieval, Modern and Contemporary), and distinguish the major subdivisions of the discipline (e.g., Epistemology, Philosophy of
contemporary Irish society. The module will explore how Irish society is organized, experienced, and represented. The principal institutions and structures that shape social life in Ireland and the main processes through which Ireland as a whole is changing are reviewed. The current configuration of Irish society is interrogated through a rich sociological framework. Course Title: Sociology of Everyday Life Maynooth Module Code: SO 153 UNCW Course Equivalent: SOC 240 Credits at Maynooth: 7.5 Transfer Credits at UNCW: 4 credit hours Department: Sociology Fulfills University Studies: N/A, could be elective credit or count in possible major Course Overview: This module explores the distinctive contribution of sociology to understanding and explaining contemporary cultural practices in Ireland and internationally. In particular, by drawing on a range of themes such as media, migration, sport and the body this module demonstrates how individuals and society are interlinked and how culture can contribute both to social inclusion and social exclusion. Course Title: Marx on Ireland Maynooth Module Code: SO 221 UNCW Course Equivalent: SOC 294 Credits at Maynooth: 5 Transfer Credits at UNCW: 3 credit hours Department: Sociology Fulfills University Studies: N/A, could be elective credit or count in possible major Course Overview: This course examines in detail the work of Marx and Engels on the 'Irish Question'. We will explore not only what Marx (and Engels) said about Ireland, but also how they said it. The latter concern involves how Marx used his dialectical materialist framework to make sense of the Irish situation. The issues we will be looking at are colonialism, nationalism, ethnicity, racism, the colonial economy and anti-colonial forms of resistance.
