Early Start Semester Programme

The Early Start Semester programme – which is unique to UCC – is the ideal means of gaining an introduction to Irish Studies through a carefully guided approach to Ireland’s history, culture, civilisation and environment.  The Early Start Semester will give the visiting student an insight into the nature of Ireland, past and present, and the manner in which the modern and the ancient may be examined side by side in an integrated programme.   

Six separate programmes are offered as follows:

• Early Start Semester in Irish Archaeology
• Early Start Semester in Irish Folklore and Ethnology
• Early Start Semester in History and Modern Ireland
• Early Start Semester in Literatures in Ireland
• Early Start Semester in Musics in Ireland
• Early Start Semester in Management and Marketing in the European Union

Visiting students may choose one of the above Early Start Programmes and follow an intensive pre-session course through late August and the month of September.  The pre-session courses include exciting field trips which serve to bring alive the material taught in class. 

In late September visiting students will join their Irish counterparts and choose a selection of modules which will complement the pre-session.  The pre-session is worth ten credits.  Additional credits can be gained for modules undertaken from late September to Christmas or from late September to May. 

The minimum G.P.A. requirement for admission to the Early Start Semester programme is normally 3.0 out of 4.0

For further information contact the International Education Office

Email: isoffice@ucc.ie

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