Expand+To compete for a place as a school leaver, an applicant must satisfy the minimum entry requirements as well as any specific programme requirements, and then compete on the basis of the results obtained in their school leaving examinations.

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Hide-To compete for a place as a school leaver, an applicant must satisfy the minimum entry requirements as well as any specific programme requirements, and then compete on the basis of the results obtained in their school leaving examinations.

Applicants may combine results achieved in different sittings for the purpose of meeting the minimum entry requirements for programmes, with the exception of Medicine (CK701). However, results achieved in separate years of school-leaving exams may not be combined for the purpose of scoring points.

Leaving Certificate applicants compete on the basis of a Points scheme.

Age Limits for Entry
For 2020 entry, CAO applicants for full-time degree programmes should have reached 17 years of age by 15th January 2021. Where a candidate below that age seeks to enter UCC, a special application must be made by the applicant to the Admissions Officer. Such an application should be accompanied by a letter of support from the Principal of the school at which the student is completing their school leaving examination.

Exemption from Irish And/Or The 3rd Language
In certain circumstances, applicants may be exempt from Irish and/or the third language requirement. Please refer to the NUI Handbook, the UCC Calendar or talk to your Guidance Counsellor for further details.

Infectious Diseases Policy
Students enroled on certain courses in the College of Medicine and Health are at increased risk of contracting and transmitting certain infectious diseases as a result of being in the clinical environment as part of their course. It is important, therefore, in order to protect patients and students that healthcare students are screened for, and immunized against, certain infectious illnesses. Students enroling in the School of Nursing and Midwifery are screened and immunized by the Health Service Executive Occupational Health Service and are subject to the HSE policies in this regard. All other undergraduate students in the College of Medicine and Health are subject to the UCC Infectious Disease Screening and Blood Borne Virus Policy. Details will be sent from the Admissions Office once a student has accepted his/her place.

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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/ 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.

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UCC reserves places for mature students on almost all undergraduate degree programmes. Mature students do not need Leaving Certificate points to enter UCC. However, some degree programmes have specific educational requirements and i...

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UCC reserves places for mature students on almost all undergraduate degree programmes. Mature students do not need Leaving Certificate points to enter UCC. However, some degree programmes have specific educational requirements and it is essential that prospective applicants check the Mature Student Guide, the Mature Student Office website, or contact a Mature Student Advisor for further details.

To be eligible to compete for a place as a mature student, applicants must be 23 years of age on or before the 1st January 2020. Application is made through the CAO by 1 February 2020. There is no late application date for mature students. UCC allows mature applicants to change the order of their CAO preferences up to 1 July. The completed application form is a vital component of the selection process.

The Mature Student Office will be pleased to help you with your application. The Mature Student Guide gives details of all aspects of the application and selection procedures as well as financial matters. This Guide is available on request from the Mature Student Office. The MSAP selection test for mature students to the College of Arts, Celtic Studies and Social Sciences will take place in March 2020.

Contact Information: Mature Student Office 1–2 Brighton Villas T: +353 (0)21 490 3670 E: mso@ucc.ie

Expand+Early online application (discounted): Fee €30 Closing Date: 20 January 2020 at 5:15pm

Normal online application: Fee €45 Closing Date: 1 February 2020 at 5:15pm

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

Hide-Early online application (discounted): Fee €30 Closing Date: 20 January 2020 at 5:15pm

Normal online application: Fee €45 Closing Date: 1 February 2020 at 5:15pm

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 5:15pm on 1 February 2020 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 5:15pm.

Restricted courses normally require additional assessment procedures, e.g. 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 of the 2020 CAO Hanbook)” 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 13 of the 2020 CAO Hanbook 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 2020, you may be permitted to introduce it on a ‘Change of Mind’. You should consult with the relevant HEI before introducing such a course.

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 2020 at 5:15pm, 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 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 DARE and/or HEAR – to be considered for DARE and/or HEAR, applicants must have registered on the CAO system by 1 February 2020 at 5:15pm. 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 5:15pm on 1 March 2020.

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 5:15pm on 1 March 2020.

Supporting documents for DARE and/or HEAR applicants must be sent to CAO offices before 15 March 2020 at 5:15pm

Expand+Introduction
The Department of Theatre is a pioneering centre for innovative education and research in performance theory and practice. Students learn from practicing artists and academics who are dedicated to a historical, interdisciplinary and cro...

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The Department of Theatre is a pioneering centre for innovative education and research in performance theory and practice. Students learn from practicing artists and academics who are dedicated to a historical, interdisciplinary and cross-cultural understanding of all performative practices. Our teaching is research-led and the emphasis is on practice, performance and experimentation.

Why Study
The BA in Theatre and Performative Practices offers students the opportunity to explore the possibility and potential of theatre and other performative practices through practical workshops and classes, alongside academic study and passionate argument. Students 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.

Teaching staff come from a wide range of backgrounds, with expertise in theatre practice and extensive experience of working in professional performance settings. Workshops with guest practitioners and internships are embedded into the programme so as to facilitate a continual connection to the profession for students. Our graduates are thriving on national and international stages, and in other theatre and performancerelated fields.

BA Drama and Theatre Studies – duration 3 years.
BA Drama and Theatre Studies (International) – duration 4 years.

There are four possible pathways
• Drama and Theatre Studies (Single Subject)
• Drama and Theatre Studies (Joint Subject)
• Drama and Theatre Studies (International)
• Drama and Theatre Studies (with Music).

Work Placement
Following completion of Year 2, and before the commencement of Year 3, students 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. Final year students also have the option of taking a Research Placement or an In-semester internship.

UCC’s partnership with Cork Opera House provides a range of dynamic internship possibilities. The College of Arts, Celtic Studies and Social Sciences will support students in developing their career interests through a workplace engagement. This professional work experience module (PX3001) may be taken in any year of their undergraduate studies.

Study Abroad
Those studying through the BA International spend Year 3 at one of UCC's partner-universities abroad.

Key Facts
The Department of Theatre at UCC is:

• A pioneering powerhouse of performing arts

• A dynamic centre for creativity, diversity and intellectual growth

• Committed to innovative, practice-based learning and research-led scholarship and teaching

• Connected to local, national and international theatre professionals and organisations

• Uniquely enhanced by UCC's dynamic partnership with Cork Opera House

Expand+Year 1 Modules
CORE: DR1005 & DR1006 Performative Writing and Contexts I & II (5 credits each); DR1007 Theatre and Performative Practice (10 credits); DR1009 Performance in Culture (5 credits); DR1010 Cultures of Performance Practice (5 credits); DR...

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CORE: DR1005 & DR1006 Performative Writing and Contexts I & II (5 credits each); DR1007 Theatre and Performative Practice (10 credits); DR1009 Performance in Culture (5 credits); DR1010 Cultures of Performance Practice (5 credits); DR1010 Cultures of Performance Practice (5 credits)

Electives: Two First Arts Subjects (15 credits each) from groups 3, 4, 5,6

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

Group 4:
French
Sociology
Studies in Music

Group 5:
Béaloideas
Economics
English
Greek
Religions and Global Diversity

Group 6:
Geography
Italian
Celtic Civilisation
Philosophy
Spanish

Year 2 Modules
Performative Writing in Contemporary Theatre;
Theatre & Performative Practices; Theatre & The Image; Cultures of Voicing; Cultures of Movement and Place; Performance Technologies; Applied Drama and Theatre; Ways of Seeing and Doing Performative Arts Practice; Special Studies in Production; Special Studies with Visiting Specialist; Engaging the Profession 1

Please note the choices available in any given year will be influenced by student preferences and other modules chosen from the Arts programme

Year 3 Modules
Practical Internship Work Placement; Special Studies in Theatre & Performative Practices; Interdisciplinary Performative Practices (Advanced); Special Studies in Theatre Production; Final Year Project; Performative Writing: Fields of Application; Cultures of Voicing: Advanced; Cultures of Movement and Place: Advanced; Performance Technologies: Advanced; Applied Theatre; Special Studies with Visiting Specialist 2; Research Placement; Insemester internship

Please note the choices available in any given year will be influenced by student preferences

Year 4 Modules
Those opting for the BA (International) spend Year 3 in an approved foreign university and study modules to the equivalent value of 60 credits (or ECTS equivalent). A student whose second subject is a modern continental language will study at a relevant European University and may take a minimum of 10 credits and a maximum of 30 credits in Theatre and Performative Practices or cognate subject

In Year 4 BA Theatre and Performative Practices (International) students choose modules from Year 3 above along with other modules chosen from the Arts programme

Expand+Careers
Graduates can move directly into careers as:

• actors/performers
• directors
• writers
• producers
• technicians
• teachers.

Career sectors include theatre, film, television communications, education and arts and cult...

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Graduates can move directly into careers as:

• actors/performers
• directors
• writers
• producers
• technicians
• teachers.

Career sectors include theatre, film, television communications, education and arts and cultural management.

Others use their transferable skills in a broad range of corporate and arts sectors including TV, film and radio; arts therapy; business communications training; community work and cultural management.

Further Study
Theatre graduates opt to pursue further specialisation through training and apprenticeships or to continue studies through the range of postgraduate courses on offer here in UCC:

• HDip Theatre & Performative Practices
• Masters by Research
• MPhil & PhD Drama & Theatre Studies
• MA Theatre & Performative Practices
• MA Arts Management and Creative Producing in partnership with Cork Opera House
• PhD Creative Practice