| CAO CODE: TR312
Film Studies at Trinity College is a vibrant, demanding and extremely satisfying area of study. Since 2003 Trinity College has pioneered the Republic's first specialist undergraduate course leading to an honors degree. The four years of the course allow students to sample a wide range of national cinemas and become fully immersed in the intellectual currents that flow in and around them. From the very beginning, questions of history, theory and context combine with issues of close analysis and interpretation to provide a course that is both rigorous and rewarding. In this way, students are offered the unique opportunity to develop an intellectual relationship with this most enduring of media.
The English courses are designed so that the first two years consist of almost entirely compulsory courses, taught through a combination of lectures and seminars. Students take a variety of courses, based on period, genre, theme and nationality. Since the first two years are foundational, Critical Theory is one of the major courses in the first year. After the first two years, students have a wide freedom to choose their own English courses - in spite of some limited compulsory work in the third year, students are free to construct their own course in the advanced work that will lead to their degree. |
