About Arts (ba (hons)) in University College Cork

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Fact File

• TITLE

  Arts

• CODE

  CK101

• COLLEGE

  Arts, Celtic Studies and Social Sciences

• DURATION

  3 years

• TEACHING MODE

  Full-time

• QUALIFICATIONS

  BA (Hons)

• FEES

  EU/EEA/Swiss State Student Contribution + Capitation: €3,250 See Fees and Costs for full details.

• ENTRY REQUIREMENTS

  2 x H5, 4 x O6/H7; O6/H7 in another language. See Requirements for full details.

• CAO POINTS

  2019: 300.

Course Outline

The BA degree is a broad degree, offering a wide variety of subjects, which means you will have an equally diverse range of postgraduate and career options following your degree. Aside from specific subject knowledge, you will also gain intellectual, social and management skills that can be applied in a variety of jobs.

This is a full-time three-year honours programme. You will study four subjects in Year 1. In Year 2 you will choose two subjects from Year 1 and continue with them to degree level. Arts at UCC offers:

• 30+ subject choices (see course details below)
• a unique Arts work-placement module
• the opportunity to change your mind on any subject choices in the initial weeks of Year 

Arts at UCC offers: 

• a choice of more than 30 subjects  
• the opportunity to take part in our unique Arts work-placement module
• the ability to change your mind on any of your subject choices in the initial weeks of the first semester in Year 1.
• an individual academic mentor assigned to you
• innovative teaching and learning practices 

Skills and Careers Information

As an Arts graduate you will make significant contributions to our society, culture and economy.  The cultural and intellectual enrichment derived from the process of your learning will extend to your contributions, significant and subtle, to your future work environment, community and culture. 

Aside from your subject knowledge and expertise, employers across a range of professions increasingly seek out individuals with a range of intellectual attributes such as the ability to:

• think critically and independently
• be creative and innovative
• problem solve
• contribute to cultural, economic and social challenges
• conduct research
• communicate with a high level of intellectual fluency

Our graduates have pursued careers in a wide range of areas including:

• Teaching/Lecturing
• Finance/Banking
• Publishing
• Theatre
• TV/Radio
• Public Affairs
• Arts Management
• Archaeologist (conservation/underwater/ forensic and more)
• Researcher
• Information Sciences
• Interpreter
• Marketing and Management

Due to the extensive range of subject choices on offer, you will have vast opportunities for postgraduate study in UCC, Ireland and Internationally. Graduates have gone on to postgraduate study in such areas as:

• Digital Arts and Humanities 
• Translation Studies 
• Editing 
• Journalism 
• Economics/Business 
• Museum Curating 
• Education 
• IT 
• MPlan 
• Criminology 
• Management & Marketing
• Film

Academic qualification equivalents

 1.    All India Senior School Certificate 

 2.    Higher Secondary Certificate / Standard 12 

 3.    Indian School Certificate (Year 12) 

Band 1 Programmes

Minimum average of 90% + in any of the recognised secondary school qualifications.

Band 2 Programmes

Minimum average of 80-89% in any of the recognised secondary school qualifications.

Band 3 Programmes

Minimum average of 75-79% in any of the recognised secondary school qualifications.

Additional Requirements

Where Maths is required for a specific degree programme, a minimum score of 85% in Maths is required.

Where a Lab Science subject is required for a specific degree programme, a minimum score of 85% is required in the appropriate Lab Science subject.

English language requirements (one of the below):

• IELTS: 6.5  Minimum individual sections 5.5
• TOEFL: TOEFL 90  Listening - 17; Reading - 18; Speaking - 20; Writing 17
• PTE: 63 Minimum individual sections 51

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