Irish Studies Minor

Minor - Irish Studies (Minor)

College Humanities & Sciences

Catalog Year: 2015-2016

Degree Specific Credits: 18

Required Cumulative GPA: 2.0

Note: Irish Studies students must earn at least 18 credits. These credits will include both the required coursework and electives.


Foundational courses

Rule: Complete 3 courses (9 credits).

Note: ENIR 249 is offered intermittently. Students may substitute ENIR 345 or ENIR 360 for ENIR 249.

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Show Description ENIR 101 - Elementary Irish I
Offered autumn or spring. Same as IRSH 101. This course represents an introduction to modern Irish in both its spoken and written forms: basic principles of grammar and sentence structure are covered. Emphasis is placed on the application of these principles in every-day situations. The General Education Modern & Classical Languages requirement can be fulfilled by successful completion of 101, 102 and 103.  For proficiency equal to the 202-level, students must take the five semester sequence (101, 102, 103, 201, & 202) of Irish language study.
3 Credits
Show Description ENIR 102 - Elementary Irish II
Offered autumn or spring. Same as IRSH 102. The primary objective of this course is to build on the foundations laid in Elementary Irish I. Students will expand their vocabulary with a special focus on verbs; they will also engage new themes that demand a corresponding increase in their store of nouns, adjectives, idioms and expressions. The General Education Modern & Classical Languages requirement can be fulfilled by successful completion of 101, 102 and 103.  For proficiency equal to the 202-level, students must take the five semester sequence (101, 102, 103, 201, & 202) of Irish language study.
3 Credits
Show Description ENIR 249 - The Irish
Offered intermittently. Same as HSTR 250. Ireland, the Irish people, and the Irish diaspora, from first settlement to contemporary troubles.
3 Credits
Minimum Required Grade: C- 9 Total Credits Required

Irish Literature Course

Rule: Complete 1 course (3 credits) from the following options

Note: LIT 331 Major Authors can count for the Irish Studies minor when the course focuses on an Irish
author (e.g. James Joyce).

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Show Description ENIR 345 - Literature in the Irish Lang
Offered intermittently. This course acknowledges Irish as the oldest documented vernacular in Europe and its literature as a voice that is over 1500 years old. Examines the literary response of Gaelic Ireland to invasion, conquest, and colonization as articulated by its literature.
3 Credits
Show Description ENIR 360 - Irish/N Irish Literature
Offered intermittently. Examines (in English) selection of fiction, poetry, drama, film, and music from the Irish and/or Northern Irish literary traditions. Students will seek to understand how artists respond to the burdens of history, identity, and political conflict, and how they articulate the possibilities afforded by Ireland’s changing position in the world.
3 Credits
Show Description ENIR 380 - Topics in Irish Studies
Offered intermittently. A rotating variety of special topics in Irish Studies, including Irish and Irish-American cinema, major Irish/N. Irish authors, Irish cultural studies, and transatlantic and comparative studies.
3 Credits
Show Description ENIR 395 - Special Topics
(R-9) Offered intermittently. Experimental offerings of visiting professors, new courses, or one-time offerings of current topics;
1 To 6 Credits
Show Description LIT 331 - Major Author/s
(R-9) Offered intermittently. Prereq., LIT 300 or consent of instr. Intensive study of the life and works of one author writing in English (courses offered under this rubric have included Chaucer, Milton, Faulkner, Joyce, Twain; less frequently, Conrad, Hemingway, Blake, Woolf, D.H. Lawrence, Welty).
3 Credits
Minimum Required Grade: C- 3 Total Credits Required

Minor electives

Rule: Complete 2 courses (6 credits) from the following options.

Note: Irish Theater is offered intermittently through the School of Fine Arts as THTR 391.

Students who wish to continue with Irish language through the 202 level may do so, but only Irish language 103 and 201 can count for minor electives.

LIT 376 & LIT 391 may count toward the Irish Studies minor when the topics cover Irish themes, content, and literature.

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Show Description DANC 160A - Dance Forms: Irish
(R-8) Offered autumn and spring.  Introduction to basic Irish dance vocabulary and technique.
2 Credits
Show Description ENIR 103 - Elementary Irish III
Offered autumn or spring. Same as IRSH 103. The primary objective of this course is to build on the foundations laid in Elementary Irish I and II. Students will expand their vocabulary with a special focus on verbs; they will also engage new themes that demand a corresponding increase in their store of nouns, adjectives, idioms and expressions. The General Education Modern & Classical Languages requirement can be fulfilled by successful completion of 101, 102 and 103. For proficiency equal to the 202-level, students must take the five semester sequence (101, 102, 103, 201, & 202) of Irish language study.
3 Credits
Show Description ENIR 201 - Intermediate Irish I
Offered spring semester. Prereq. ENIR 101, 102, and 103 or their equivalent from another university. Students will continue their study of the verbs; engage more complex syntax and grammatical constructions; and consult the prose and poetry of the written and oral literary traditions.  For proficiency equal to the 202-level, students must take the five semester sequence (101, 102, 103, 201, & 202) of Irish language study.  
3 Credits
Show Description ENIR 380 - Topics in Irish Studies
Offered intermittently. A rotating variety of special topics in Irish Studies, including Irish and Irish-American cinema, major Irish/N. Irish authors, Irish cultural studies, and transatlantic and comparative studies.
3 Credits
Show Description ENIR 395 - Special Topics
(R-9) Offered intermittently. Experimental offerings of visiting professors, new courses, or one-time offerings of current topics;
1 To 6 Credits
Show Description ENIR 496 - Independent Study
(R-9) Offered intermittently. Experimental offerings of visiting professors, new courses, or one-time offerings of current topics;
1 To 3 Credits
Show Description LIT 376 - Lit & Oth Disciplines
(R-9) Offered intermittently. Prereq., nine credits in LIT or LSH or consent of instr. Selected works of literature studied in conjunction with works of art, music, religion, philosophy, or another discipline (e.g. Film and Literature, Modernism, Literature and Science, Bible as Literature, Song).
3 Credits
Show Description LIT 391 - Special Topics
(R-9) Offered intermittently. Experimental offerings of visiting professors, experimental offerings of new courses, or one-time offerings of current topics.
1 To 9 Credits
Show Description THTR 391 - Special Topics/Exprmtl Courses
(R-9) Offered intermittently. Experimental offerings of visiting professors, experimental offerings of new courses, or one-time offerings of current topics.
1 To 9 Credits
Minimum Required Grade: C- 6 Total Credits Required

The Department of English offers an interdisciplinary minor in Irish Studies which provides students access to instruction in Irish language, history, literature, and culture. This academic and artistic approach to Irish culture involves an interdisciplinary and inter-collegiate collaboration that brings together leading scholars in the humanities and the creative arts.