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If you present the Irish Leaving Certificate you need to present six recognised subjects, selected according to course requirements, you must obtain a minimum grade H5 in two subjects and minimum grade O...

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If you present the Irish Leaving Certificate you need to present six recognised subjects, selected according to course requirements, you must obtain a minimum grade H5 in two subjects and minimum grade O6/ H7 in the remaining four subjects, in order to meet matriculation requirements. For all courses in UCC this must include Irish (unless exempt) and English. To compete for a place on a programme, you must meet the minimum entry requirements as well as any specific/additional requirements, and then compete based on results obtained, e.g. points. You can combine results achieved in different sittings for the purpose of meeting the minimum entry requirements for programmes (except for Medicine, CK701). However, results achieved in separate years may not be combined for the purpose of scoring points. You will compete based on a points scheme.

Expand+QQI FET (FETAC) Students
Entry to degree programmes at UCC is available on a competitive basis to students who present with a recognised QQI award. For a full list of linked programmes, and the relevant QQI FET requirements, see www.ucc.ie/ e...

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Entry to degree programmes at UCC is available on a competitive basis to students who present with a recognised QQI award. For a full list of linked programmes, and the relevant QQI FET requirements, see www.ucc.ie/ en/study/undergrad/fetac.

Students must meet the requirements and have achieved distinctions in the awards as outlined for each programme.

Due to the competitive nature of the Nursing Programmes, scores will only be calculated when the appropriate award is presented together with all the required modules and grades from a single sitting. For full details of the QQI FET award scoring scheme see www.qqi.ie.

Expand+MATURE STUDENT APPLICANTS
To be eligible to compete for a place as a mature student, you must be 23 years of age on or before 1 January 2022 and apply via www.cao.ie by 1 February. Please check out the CAO website for more information on the app...

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To be eligible to compete for a place as a mature student, you must be 23 years of age on or before 1 January 2022 and apply via www.cao.ie by 1 February. Please check out the CAO website for more information on the application process as a mature student. There is a helpful video for mature applicants.

There are places for mature students on all undergraduate programmes. As a mature student you do not need Leaving Certificate points to enter UCC. However, some degree programmes have specific educational requirements so it is essential that you check the CAO Mature Student Guide, the Mature Student Office website www.ucc.ie/en/mature or contact our Mature Student Advisor for further details mso@ucc.ie. The Mature Student Office will be happy to help you with your application.

If you are a mature applicant, please note that you can also apply to UCC based on Leaving Certificate (LC) or QQI FE results. You may apply under all three pathways, if applicable (LC, QQI FE, Mature). Just ensure to tick boxes 1, 2 & 8, on the Qualifications and Assessment Summary section on the CAO application form, to be assessed under all three pathways.

Some programmes will require a statement of interest, an entrance exam, an interview, and/or the MSAP. The MSAP is an assessment which is designed to allow you to demonstrate your skills in written English and your capacity for critical reasoning. It is a requirement for mature entry to all programmes in the College of Arts, Celtic Studies & Social Sciences.

For more information on the specific requirements per programme, please see: www.ucc.ie/en/study/ undergrad/entryreqs/matureapplicants/ and to contact a Mature Student Advisor, visit www.ucc.ie/en/mature.

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Early online application (discounted): Fee €30 Closing Date: 20 January 2022 at 5pm

Normal online application: Fee €45 Closing Date: 1 February 2022 at 5pm

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Early online application (discounted): Fee €30 Closing Date: 20 January 2022 at 5pm

Normal online application: Fee €45 Closing Date: 1 February 2022 at 5pm

Be sure to complete any action well in advance of closing dates. 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.

Restricted Courses
Applying for a restricted course – you must have applied to CAO by 1 February 2022 at 5pm if you wish to apply for a restricted course. The restricted course must be included on your course choices list by that date, or added to your application using the Change of Course Choices facility for a fee of €10 before 1 March at 5pm.

Restricted courses normally require additional assessment procedures, for example, the submission of a portfolio, an oral assessment or interview, or a written assessment. Restricted courses are identified in the handbook by the words “(Restricted - see page 3)" on the same line as the restricted course’s title. Please make sure to acquaint yourself with the additional requirements, if any, of the restricted course(s) that you have applied for and go to page 18 of the 2022 CAO Handbook for more information about interviews and assessments.

Exception: If a restricted course shares the exact same assessment procedures with a course you had applied for by 1 February 2022, you may be permitted to introduce it on a Change of Mind. You should consult with the relevant HEI before introducing such a course.

Mature 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 2022 at 5pm, and include course choices by that date or add them using the Change of Course Choices facility for a fee of €10 before 1 March at 5pm. (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.

Supplementary Admission Routes
Applying for DARE and/or HEAR – to be considered for DARE and/or HEAR, applicants must have registered on the CAO system by 1 February 2022 at 5pm. To apply to DARE, you must answer YES to Question 1 ('Do you wish to be considered for DARE?) on Section A of the fully completed Supplementary Information Form (SIF) by 5pm on 1 March 2022.

To apply to HEAR, you must indicate on your CAO application that you wish to apply for HEAR and fully and correctly complete all elements of the online HEAR form by 5pm on 1 March 2022.

Supporting documents for DARE and/or HEAR applicants must be sent to CAO offices before 15 March 2022 at 5pm

Expand+WHAT IS THEATRE & PERFORMATIVE PRACTICES?
Theatre at UCC takes you on an exciting adventure that explores theatre and the wide spectrum of performance: such as dance, outdoor performance, and music theatre. Our teaching focuses on three key t...

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Theatre at UCC takes you on an exciting adventure that explores theatre and the wide spectrum of performance: such as dance, outdoor performance, and music theatre. Our teaching focuses on three key themes: 1. Making theatre 2. Theatre for change 3. The business of theatre and performance production. You make work: indeed, you usually devise, perform and evaluate your own material, rather than putting on existing plays. You learn to understand how theatre can engage with and respond to cultural change. You can also learn about the business of theatre, production, and the wider performance world, through study and internships.

These core strands of teaching are supported by an exciting voyage into the history of theatre, the kinds of ideas and theories that underpin theatre, and what theatre can do for you, for society, and for culture. This is broad-based, wide-ranging degree, that seeks to leverage your creativity and entrepreneurial spirit, is taught by researchers, makers and practitioners. Practical workshops and classes, alongside academic study and passionate argument, are at the core of your learning. You will have the chance to perform, create work, direct, and be involved in the technical development of productions as well as debate and examine ideas and theories.

WHY UCC?
Here at UCC we believe in your artistic potential. Our teaching encourages you to explore, to expand and to refine your skills, knowledge, tastes and critical thinking. UCC’s heritage as a top global university, and its courageous stance toward the future, form the perfect integrated backdrop for how we teach and research, and for how you will navigate your time with us and imagine new futures for us all. Our faculty includes prolific performance and interdisciplinary artists; experienced project managers; casting directors and producers; applied, youth and educational theatre specialists; deep-thinking theorists; and refined skills teachers. We have close links with leading theatres abroad, and at the local level with the Everyman Theatre, Triskel Arts Centre and Firkin Crane, among others. The Granary Theatre is located right beside the department and our unique partnership with the Cork Opera House provides a range of dynamic performance opportunities and learning and internship possibilities. We are also an unusually interdisciplinary department where you will be able to study from a range of arts subjects to degree level.

WHAT WILL HELP YOU?
There are no subject requirements however we do suggest some experience of performance – on stage, online, music, debating, etc. This course nurtures your creative spark so an interest in creating, making and/ or performing, is important.

WORK PLACEMENT
Following completion of second year, you will have the option of partaking in an approved practical internship/work placement, amounting to four weeks full-time, or equivalent, with an approved theatre company, performing arts organisation or theatre performance group in Ireland or abroad. In your final year you will also have the option of taking a Research Placement or an in-semester internship. UCC’s partnership with the Cork Opera House provides a range of dynamic internship possibilities. The College of Arts, Celtic Studies and Social Sciences (CACSSS) will support you in developing your career interests through a workplace engagement. This Professional Work Experience module may be taken in any year of your undergraduate studies except during your year abroad should you wish to follow the International Pathway.

Expand+COURSE STRUCTURE
There are four possible pathways from this programme:
Theatre and Performative Practices (Single Subject)
Theatre and Performative Practices (Joint Subject)
Theatre and Performative Practices (International)
Theatre and Perform...

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There are four possible pathways from this programme:
Theatre and Performative Practices (Single Subject)
Theatre and Performative Practices (Joint Subject)
Theatre and Performative Practices (International)
Theatre and Performative Practices (with Music)

In first year all incoming CK112 Theatre and Performative Practice students take a Joint Honours pathway. This means students take 50% Theatre modules and 50% other Arts subjects. In second year students can either continue with the Joint Honours pathway or move to a Single Honours pathway. In the Joint Honours pathway students keep 50% Theatre modules and 50% modules from another Arts subject. In the Single Honours pathway students complete 80% Theatre modules and 20% modules from another Arts subjects. For students who select the International pathway the third year of the programme is spent abroad in a partner university.

FIRST YEAR MODULES
All modules are 5 credits unless otherwise stated.
DR1005 Performative Writing: Dramaturgy (Part I),
DR1006 Performative Writing: Dramaturgy (Part II),
DR1007 Introduction: Theatre and Performative Practice (10 credits),
DR1009 Performance in Culture,
DR1010 Cultures of Performance Practice.

FIRST YEAR SUBJECT CHOICE
Choose two subjects from Groups 3, 4, 5, 6(a) and 6(b) from the Subject Groups table on page 127 (list also below). Select one subject from each group only. Please go to the individual subject pages for a list of first year modules to find out more details.
You will study both subjects in first year, one of which will be carried forward.

Subject Groups Table

Group 1: Computer Science; History; Portuguese; Asian Studies

Group 2a*: History of Art;

Group 2b*: European Studies; Folklore; Gaeilge / Irish; Greek and Roman Civilisation; Applied Mathematics (Arts)

Group 3: Archaeology; Chinese Studies; German; Latin; Mathematics; Mathematical Studies; Politics

Group 4: French; Sociology; Studies in Music

Group 5: Economics; English; Greek; Bealoideas; Religions and Global Diversity

Group 6a**: Geography; Italian

Group 6b**: Celtic Civilisation; Philosophy; Spanish

Expand+CAREER OPPORTUNITIES
Graduates can move directly into careers such as: actors/performers, directors, producers, teachers, technicians and writers. Career sectors include cultural management, education and arts, film, television communications a...

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Graduates can move directly into careers such as: actors/performers, directors, producers, teachers, technicians and writers. Career sectors include cultural management, education and arts, film, television communications and theatre. Others use their transferable skills moving to a broad range of corporate and arts sectors including television, film, and radio; arts therapy; business communications training; community work and arts cultural management portfolios.

STUDY ABROAD
If you choose the International Pathway after first year, you will spend third year at one of our partner universities abroad.

GRADUATE STUDY OPTIONS
Graduates can further specialise through training and apprenticeships, or choose to continue their studies through the range of postgraduate courses on offer in UCC. Our graduates have gone on to postgraduate study in a diverse range of areas including: HDip/ MA in Theatre Performative Practices, Masters by Research, MPhil/PhD in Drama Theatre Studies, and MA in Arts Management & Creative Producing in partnership with the Cork Opera House. For more information please see our postgraduate study page at: www.ucc.ie/en/study/postgrad/.