Expand+Early online application (discounted): Fee €30 Closing Date: 20th January 2018 at 5:15pm

Normal online application: Fee €45 Closing Date: 1st February 2018 at 5:15pm

Late online application - restrictions apply: Fee: €60 Closing Date: 1st May 2...

Hide-Early online application (discounted): Fee €30 Closing Date: 20th January 2018 at 5:15pm

Normal online application: Fee €45 Closing Date: 1st February 2018 at 5:15pm

Late online application - restrictions apply: Fee: €60 Closing Date: 1st May 2018 at 5:15 pm

Change of Mind - restrictions apply: Fee: Nil Closing Date: 1st July 2018 5:15 pm

Exceptional online late application - see page 14 of the 2018 CAO Handbook: Fee €60 Closing Date: 22nd July 2018 at 5:15pm

You should avoid submitting an application close to a closing date. No extensions to closing dates will be allowed and all fees are non-refundable.

LATE APPLICATIONS
Late Applications are those which are received after 5:15pm on 1st February 2018 and will be accepted up to 5:15pm on 1st May 2018, subject to the restricitions listed on page 3 of the 2018 CAO Handbook. The online facility for late applications opens on the 5th March 2018 at 12:00 noon - a fee of €60 applies.

Exceptional Late Applications (Exception to the Timetable)
The exceptional closing date of 22nd of July at 5:15pm applies only to applicants who are currently undergraduate students in any year in any one of the participating HEIs (subject to the exclusions listed below). In order to avail of the Exceptional Late Application facility you must have entered the HEI through the CAO system.

If you did not enter your current course through the CAO system, you must first contact the Admissions Office of the HEI to which you wish to apply and they will inform you if you may submit an application direct to the institution.

Exclusions:
You may submit a late application only for entry to courses other than your existing course. If you wish to repeat the year in the same course you must arrange this within your HEI.

Mary Immaculate College Limerick, Trinity College Dublin, University of Limerick, Maynooth University and Galway Mayo Institute of Technology have special procedures in place in the case of current or previous students who wish to apply for entry to another course in the same HEI. Such applicants must contact their Admissions Office to determine the application procedure. However, if you are a student in another HEI and you wish to apply to any of these five HEIs, you should apply through CAO.

Refer to page 15 of the 2018 CAO Handbook on how to make an Exceptional Late Application.

Restricted-category Applicants
Mature applicants – most HEIs will require mature applicants, who wish to be assessed on mature grounds, to have applied to CAO by 1st February 2018 at 5:15pm. (This restriction does not apply if the applicant wishes to be considered on the basis of school leaving qualifications only.) For more information about applying to CAO on the basis of mature years go to www.cao.ie/mature.

Applying for the HEAR and/or DARE schemes – to be considered for the HEAR and/or DARE schemes applicants must have registered on the CAO system by 1st February 2018 at 5:15pm and must have completed the HEAR/DARE application form by 1st March 2018 at 5:15pm – supporting documents must be sent to CAO offices before 1st April 2018 at 5:15pm.

Expand+MH803 BCS BA Community Studies
Choose this degree if you are interested in

−− An interdisciplinary degree that combines a range of subjects including Adult and Community Education, Anthropology, Applied Social Studies, Sociology, Hist...

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Choose this degree if you are interested in

−− An interdisciplinary degree that combines a range of subjects including Adult and Community Education, Anthropology, Applied Social Studies, Sociology, History and Geography;

−− Social justice, sustainable development, politics, culture and society, adult and further education, youth and community;

−− Utilising previous learning to fast-track to the degree award through our Recognition of Prior Learning system.

MH803 BLS BA Local Studies
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−− An interdisciplinary degree that combines the expertise of Ireland’s leading history department for the study of local history, with one of the foremost geography departments in the country;

−− Learning with the Centre for Irish Cultural Heritage and the Departments of Ancient Classics, Anthropology and Sociology who provide the platform for a deeper understanding of the social forces that helped to shape both people and place;

−− Utilising previous learning to fast-track to the degree award through our Recognition of Prior Learning system.

Expand+MH803 BSC BA Community Studies
What will I study?
−− Community Studies as a part-time (evening) interdisciplinary degree;

−− As MH803 is a completely modular degree based on a 4.5 year cycle students are not divided into...

Hide-MH803 BSC BA Community Studies
What will I study?
−− Community Studies as a part-time (evening) interdisciplinary degree;

−− As MH803 is a completely modular degree based on a 4.5 year cycle students are not divided into years but rather choose modules as they come up on the BA modular carousel;

−− This creates a dynamic learning experience where new students mix, learn and gain support from other students who are further along the degree path;

−− Adult and Community Education; Anthropology; Applied Social Studies; Sociology; History; Geography.

MH803 BLS BA Local Studies
What will I study?
−− Local Studies as a part-time (evening) interdisciplinary degree;

−− History, Geography, Folklore, Archaeology, Anthropology, Sociology;

−− As MH803 is a completely modular degree based on a 4.5 year cycle students are not divided into years but rather choose modules as they come up on the BA modular carousel. This creates a dynamic learning experience where new students mix, learn and gain support from students who are further along the degree path.

Expand+MH803 BCS BA Community Studies
What can I do with my degree?

−− The community, voluntary and statutory sectors;

−− Adult and further education and training; community development, teaching, drug and alcohol services, ...

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What can I do with my degree?

−− The community, voluntary and statutory sectors;

−− Adult and further education and training; community development, teaching, drug and alcohol services, civil service and Non- Governmental Organisations;

−− Postgraduate study in fields of interest such as education, citizenship, social inclusion and social cohesion, regeneration, narrative enquiry, gender studies, politics and sociology.

MH803 BLS BA Local Studies
What can I do with my degree?

−− Develop research, writing, communication, critical thinking, analysis and interpretation skills to the highest level; −− In some cases students from the Local Studies degree have published their research;

−− Higher education, secondary teaching and the tourism, hospitality and leisure industries;

−− Postgraduate study in fields such as history, geography, archaeology and folklore.