Expand+This Autumn Trimester there will be two ‘start times’ for students:

1st September: Continuing Open Learning students

14th September: New students and those who are waiting to hear from the CAO before deciding whether to pursue Open Learnin...

Hide-This Autumn Trimester there will be two ‘start times’ for students:

1st September: Continuing Open Learning students

14th September: New students and those who are waiting to hear from the CAO before deciding whether to pursue Open Learning for 2020.

When will my classes begin?

This depends on the modules you choose, but in general classes start towards the end of September (view key dates at https://www.ucd.ie/students/keydates.htm ).

If you are attending Level 2 modules, Autumn Trimester starts on 21st September.

If you are attending Level 1 modules, Autumn Trimester will start on 28th September.

Your individual timetable will be available on your online student account (SISWeb). Depending on the modules you select, your classes may be a mixture of online and face-to-face delivery

Expand+Pre-registration for September 2020 entry will open on August 18th. Please join our mailing list for updates.

Complete an online pre-registration form
Accept your Open Learning offer. It will usually take one working day to receive your offer, w...

Hide-Pre-registration for September 2020 entry will open on August 18th. Please join our mailing list for updates.

Complete an online pre-registration form
Accept your Open Learning offer. It will usually take one working day to receive your offer, which will arrive via email. You can also check if you’ve received your offer by going back into your application.

What do I do once I am pre-registered and how do I select my modules?

After accepting your offer, you’ll be emailed with a ‘start time’. This is when you'll be able to go onto your UCD student account (SISWeb), to select and register for your modules, agree to UCD’s terms and conditions and to confirm your contact details.

Please keep in mind that Open Learning module offerings and details are subject to change and are available on a first-come-first-serve basis.

Expand+UCD modules are typically 12 weeks, however, there can be some exceptions to this. Please review the module descriptor for your chosen module to ensure that you know how many contact hours are involved.

Many modules will have a ‘reading week’...

Hide-UCD modules are typically 12 weeks, however, there can be some exceptions to this. Please review the module descriptor for your chosen module to ensure that you know how many contact hours are involved.

Many modules will have a ‘reading week’ in Week 7 or 8 and therefore classes do not take place during that week. This should be reflected in the module descriptor. If you are unsure about whether your module does have a reading week, you can confirm this with your lecturer or tutor.

Unfortunately classes may be cancelled due to unforeseen circumstances, it is at the discretion of the lecturer as to whether they offer a replacement class. Class cancellations are often announced on Brightspace, so it’s important to check this on a regular basis.

When is this module offered?
Timetabling information is displayed only for guidance purposes, relates to the current Academic Year only and is subject to change.

Spring
Lecture Offering 1 Week(s) - Spring: All Weeks Mon 09:00 - 09:50
Lecture Offering 1 Week(s) - 20, 21, 23, 25, 31, 33 Wed 09:00 - 09:50
Tutorial Offering 1 Week(s) - 21, 23, 25, 29, 31 Mon 10:00 - 10:50
Tutorial Offering 3 Week(s) - 21, 23, 25, 29, 31 Mon 11:00 - 11:50
Tutorial Offering 5 Week(s) - 21, 23, 25, 29, 31 Tues 10:00 - 10:50
Tutorial Offering 9 Week(s) - 21, 23, 25, 29, 31 Wed 10:00 - 10:50
Tutorial Offering 10 Week(s) - 22, 24, 26, 30, 32 Wed 10:00 - 10:50
Tutorial Offering 11 Week(s) - 21, 23, 25, 29, 31 Thurs 15:00 - 15:50
Tutorial Offering 12 Week(s) - 22, 24, 26, 30, 32 Thurs 15:00 - 15:50
Tutorial Offering 13 Week(s) - 21, 23, 25, 29, 31 Fri 11:00 - 11:50

Expand+Scholarship and Financial Support

You may be eligible to apply for a PATH Open Learning Scholarship. Further information and eligibility criteria are outlined on the PATH Open Learning Scholarship webpage.
https://www.ucd.ie/all/cometoucd/applyin...

Hide-Scholarship and Financial Support

You may be eligible to apply for a PATH Open Learning Scholarship. Further information and eligibility criteria are outlined on the PATH Open Learning Scholarship webpage.
https://www.ucd.ie/all/cometoucd/applying/openlearning/openlearningscholarship/

Alternatively, support may also be available to you through the Sanctuary Programme or the Part-Time Student Support Fund.
https://www.ucd.ie/all/cometoucd/financialsupport/scholarships/sanctuaryprogramme/
https://www.ucd.ie/all/cometoucd/financialsupport/studentassistancefund/

Expand+Spring 2020: Semester 2

GRC10200 Classical Greece
Academic Year 2019/2020

This module introduces students to the political, social, and economic history of ancient Greece. Most sessions will focus on the Classical period, c. 480-323 BC, which ...

Hide-Spring 2020: Semester 2

GRC10200 Classical Greece
Academic Year 2019/2020

This module introduces students to the political, social, and economic history of ancient Greece. Most sessions will focus on the Classical period, c. 480-323 BC, which spans from the invasion of the Persian king Xerxes to the death of Alexander the Great. Together we will explore sources and methods that modern historians use to study ancient Greek culture, including literary texts that will be read in translation and artefacts from the ancient world that students can explore in the UCD Classical Museum, (Newman Building K216).

What will I learn?
Learning Outcomes:
On completion of the module students should:

Module-specific skills:
1. possess a detailed knowledge of the history of the Classical Greek world, c. 480-323BC.
2. be able to critically analyse ancient and modern sources pertaining to the study of this period.

Discipline-specific skills
3. acquire knowledge of historiographical methods and apply these to solve simple historical problems.
4. be able to critically analyse, evaluate, synthesise and compare literary and material evidence.

Personal and key skills
5. communicate ideas orally in seminars and in writing for coursework and exams, thereby demonstrating a capacity to review, assemble, and evaluate ancient and modern evidence.
6. be able to construct and defend arguments (both in written form and orally)
7. manage their time and work to deadlines.

How will I learn?
Student Effort Hours:
Student Effort Type:
Lectures: 20 Hours
Tutorial: 5 Hours
Specified Learning Activities: 48 Hours
Autonomous Student Learning: 27 Hours

Total: 100 Hours.

Approaches to Teaching and Learning:
This module is taught through a combination of lectures and tutorials. Lectures provide an overview of, and context for, the ancient evidence and modern scholarship that students will read in their own time.

In tutorials students will gather together for discussions in smaller groups. In this setting you will apply the knowledge that you gain from your own reading of set ancient texts, attending lectures, and engaging with modern scholarship in order to reflect on particular case studies and different types of evidence. The aim of these sessions is to help you transition to university study and to begin to work to use different types of evidence and source material more independently.

This course encourages students to develop as writers, readers, and thinkers. You are encouraged to think critically and to come to your own conclusions about the problems and sources for the study of ancient Greek history, with particular emphasis on the classical period. You will also practice communicating your ideas to others and how you can back up your ideas with direct reference to the texts and the scholarship about these texts. To this end you will receive informal feedback in group discussions in tutorials/lectures and formal feedback on your written work.

Coordinator: Christopher Farrell.

Expand+Indicative Module Content:
In the 2019/2020 academic year the module will explore key sources and themes for the study of Ancient Greek history.

These include topics such as:
- The formation of ancient Greek identities, e.g. mythical origins,...

Hide-Indicative Module Content:
In the 2019/2020 academic year the module will explore key sources and themes for the study of Ancient Greek history.

These include topics such as:
- The formation of ancient Greek identities, e.g. mythical origins, travel and mobility, religion, language, gender and sexuality, daily life, and death.

- Ancient empires, conquests, and conflicts, e.g. the Persian Wars, the Peloponnesian Wars, the Sacred Wars, and the emergence of Athens, Carthage, Macedonia, Persia, Syracuse, Sparta, and Thebes as hegemonic powers in the Mediterranean World.

- Muted groups, e.g. women, children, slaves, freedmen, and other non-elite males.

- Performance culture, e.g. Athenian drama (tragedy and comedy), epic and lyric poetry, athletic contests, religious festivals, etc.

- Ancient political thought, e.g. discussions of monarchy, aristocracy, oligarchy, democracy, and ideas about freedom, etc.

- Ancient philosophy, e.g. the sophists, Socrates and his pupils, e.g. Plato and Xenophon, Aristotle, etc.

- The invention of historical writing and ancient biographies, e.g. the works of Herodotus, Thucydides, Xenophon, Diodorus Siculus, Plutarch, Arrian, etc.

- The role of material culture and archaeological excavation in the study of ancient Greece, e.g. buildings, clay tablets, coins, graves, inscriptions, jewellery, papyri, and pottery.

Expand+Accumulating Open Learning Credits
Open Learners who successfully complete a credit module will be awarded 5 credits.

5 credits can be used by mature students (23 years and older) in place of the MSAP exam when applying for a place on relevant un...

Hide-Accumulating Open Learning Credits
Open Learners who successfully complete a credit module will be awarded 5 credits.

5 credits can be used by mature students (23 years and older) in place of the MSAP exam when applying for a place on relevant undergraduate degree programmes at UCD through the Mature Years Entry Pathway.

30 credits (6 modules) can be used to obtain an NFQ Level 7 Certificate in Open Learning, which can then be used for entry to selected UCD undergraduate degree programmes.

60 credits (12 modules) can be used to obtain a Diploma in Open Learning.

Open Learners who successfully complete 30 credits (6 modules) will be awarded an NFQ Level 7 Certificate in Open Learning and can progress to the following degree programmes:

Pathway to Arts, Humanities, Social Sciences and Law
An Open Learning Certificate can be used to apply through the CAO for progression onto one of the following undergraduate degree programmes at UCD, provided that you achieve a Grade Point Average (GPA) of 2.6 or higher:

BA Arts (DN520)
BA Humanities (DN530)
BSc Social Sciences (DN700) *
BSocSc Social Policy & Sociology (DN750)
BCL Law (DN600) **
* Please note that an Open Learning Certificate does not currently offer progression onto BSc Psychology (DN720), but may be an option through the MSAP alternative (see below).

** (For entry to Law you must also be at least 23 on 1 January prior to entry, and your Certificate must include at least 20 credits of modules from the School of Law. There is a limit of 5 places for Open Learners progressing onto DN600 each year)

Pathway to Science
This is a pilot progression pathway and places are limited. If you are interested in joining this pathway, please email jennifer.doyle@ucd.ie to register your interest. Students on this pathway must achieve a minimum Grade Point Average (GPA) of 3.08, pass 6 modules and complete the required maths module MATH00010. Offer an entry pathway to:

BSc Science (DN200)***
BSc Computer Science (DN201)***
*** These are pilot progression routes and places are limited

MSAP Alternative
If you are a mature student (23+) and intend to apply to UCD on the basis of the Mature Years Entry Pathway, you can choose to take any Open Learning module for credit instead of taking the MSAP exam. For more information on the Mature Years Entry Pathway to various undergraduate degree programmes at UCD, please see the dedicated UCD Registry webpage.

Expand+We have a dedicated team who support the Open Learning programme:

Jenny - jennifer.doyle@ucd.ie
Dr Jenny Doyle is Project Manager in UCD Access and Lifelong Learning. Jenny can offer you direction and support in all aspects of our part-time progr...

Hide-We have a dedicated team who support the Open Learning programme:

Jenny - jennifer.doyle@ucd.ie
Dr Jenny Doyle is Project Manager in UCD Access and Lifelong Learning. Jenny can offer you direction and support in all aspects of our part-time programme. She supports Open Learning students from pre-entry to when you exit with your degree offer. If you’re interested in progressing to a degree programme, please get in touch with Jenny.

Colin - colin.smith1@ucd.ie
Colin provides administrative support for the Open Learning programme and can assist you with any difficulties you might encounter while applying to the programme or while registering for modules.
Gillian, Emily, Irina and Paolo are members of our Operations Team and they can also help you with your queries. Get in touch with us by emailing all@ucd.ie

To stay fully up to date about our Open Learning programme you can join our mailing list.
https://www.ucd.ie/all/news/mailinglist/

You can also view a list of our Frequently Asked Questions for answers to most questions.
https://www.ucd.ie/all/cometoucd/applying/openlearning/openlearningfaq/