Irish Studies
Program Overview
Through this interdisciplinary minor, students will immerse themselves in the global perspective of Irish Studies. One of the youngest political countries (est. 1949), the Republic of Ireland remains critically involved with global perspectives from the U.K. to the U.N. and well beyond. A goal of the program is to move students beyond a simplified understanding of global events through a study of the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland’s historic, political, economic, and literary traditions.
The Irish Studies minor offers courses from various disciplines that coincide with the mission of the Center for Irish Studies (Lárionad an Léinn Éireannaigh Irish Studies) and our many study-abroad programs. Students in the Irish Studies minor will avail themselves of four (4) four-credit courses that must include IRST 200: Introduction to Irish Studies. Eight credits must be at the 200-level or above.
Minor in Irish Studies
- IRST 200: Introduction to Irish Studies (required course)
plus, 12 credits from the following
(from at least two different disciplines):
- ECON 346/POLS 398: Economics, Politics, and Brexit in Northern Ireland (when offered as study abroad)
- HIST 223: Survey of Irish History – Celtic Ireland to 1972
- HIST 226: Modern Europe since 1914
- HIST 322: Tudor and Stuart Britain
- POLS 104: Government and Politics
- POLS 350: Comparative Politics of the New Europe
- POLS 328: International Security
- MUSC 117: Historical Survey of Western Culture
- MUSC 130: Introduction to World Music
- MUSC 230: The Music of the U.S.