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Courses offered in conjunction with
LSB College
Area of Studies
Economics
Language Studies
Philosophy
Politics
Psychoanalysis
ECON 122H- Economics of Social Studies
(ANTH 314H)
Government control of prices; economics of higher education;
crime; regulation and deregulation; health.
SEMESTER 3
ECON 211H - Microeconomics II
Tools of microeconomic analysis; theory of the firm; factor markets; general equilibrium.
ECON 212H - Financial Economics
Contemporary financial systems; interest rates; rational expectations; capital markets;
investment management; treasury risk management.
ECON 213H - Statistics
(PSYC 213H/ BSPY 213)
Distributions; probability, hypothesis testing, location of scores
and standardised distributions; parametric tests of significance;
estimation; analysis of variance; non-parametric statistical tests.
SEMESTER 4
ECON 221H- Macroeconomics 11
The theory of income determination; fiscal policy, interest rates and money in a closed economy,
unemployment and inflation; open economy macroeconomics.
ECON 222H - Developmental Economics
Principle and concepts; common characteristics of developing nations; theories of development;
problems in developmental economics.
ECON 223H-National Economics
(BSNS 221)
Theory of income determination; fiscal policy, money and banking in Ireland; inflation and
unemployment; the foreign market; macroeconomic policy in an open economy, Irish industrial
policy, Ireland and the single market.
SEMESTER 5
ECON 311H - Econometrics
Elementary statistical review, nature of regression analysis: a single variable analysis;
two variable analysis; problem of estimation; multiple regression analysis; simple linear
regression model problems.
312H-Economics of European Integration
The theory of economic integration; microeconomic policies; European monetary union; the budget
of the European Union;
development of Union.
ECON 313H-Environmental Economics
The economy and the environment; environmental analysis;
criteria for evaluating environmental policies; environmental policies.
SEMESTER 6
ECON 321H - Labour Economics
Labour market; investments in human capital; worker mobility, unions and collective bargaining
in the private and public sector, policies to tackle unemployment.
ECON 322H - International Economics
(BSNS 321)
International trade theory, international trade policy; exchange
rates and the open economy, international macroeconomic policy, global capital markets and debt.
ECON 323H - Research Seminar
Students will be guided in wilting an extended paper on a specific topic of their choice.
They will present their plans and research
work in process to the supervisor in an atmosphere of academic discourse and interaction
conducive to positive learning.
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LANGUAGE STUDIES
FRENCH
SEMESTER 1
LANG 111H - Introduction to Linguistics I
The nature of language; development of linguistics as a discipline; specificity of language;
semantics.
LAFR 112H - Language Practice
Revision and consolidation of second-language skills acquired at secondary school; development
of written accuracy, reading and discussion of selected texts.
SEMESTER 2
LAFR 121H - Introduction to Linguistics II
Grammar; stylistics and theory of translation; psycholinguistics; language and society.
LAFR 122H - Language Practice
Practice of advanced grammatical structures; translation; reading and discussion of selected
texts; business correspondence;
telephone skills; role-plays of business-related situations.
SEMESTER 3
LAFR 211H - France and European Integration
The intervention of the State in the French Economy; state Sector and semi-state bodies; the
French industry and its markets; the
farming community, the social partners; the welfare state, unemployment, marginalisation
and exclusion.
LAFR 212H - La Francophonie
The French-speaking countries; the ideology of Francophonie
French-Canadian identity; Magbreb and Francophonie;
Francophonie literature in Africa and the Carribean.
LAFR 21311- Language Practice
How to research a topic; how to write a summary; how to approach translation; how to comment
on charts, graphs, trends; how to present a report in the foreign language; business
correspondence.
SEMESTER 4
LAFR 221H - Les Annees Mitterrand: Politics and Society
"L'alternance du pouvoir"; the President and his image; decentralisation and devolution of
power; women in politics; power, corruption and disillusion; disintegration of the traditional
French political system; the anti-foreigner vote.
LAFR 222H- Utopia and French literature
Study of selected texts from the following writers: Francois Rabelais, Denis Diderot,
Jean-Jacques Rousseau; Charles Fourier, Julien Gracq.
LAFR 223H- Language Practice
Development of vocabulary, extension of reading skills; differentiation between text types
and discourses; planning essays and dissertations; translations; examinations of mass media
materials; debating skills.
SEMESTER 5
LAFR 311H - French literature and its Critics
Thematic criticism Sociocriticism; textual criticism;
structuralism; semiology; psychocriticism.
LAFR 312H - Psychoanalytic reading of Flaubert's Madame Bovary
Presentation of the novel; presentation of the literary and psychoanalytic criticisms of the
novel; the different psychoanalytic studies of Madame Bovary and the other characters of the
novel.
LAFR 313H - Language Practice
Development of vocabulary; extensive reading; revision of complex grammar points; translation;
essay writing; creative writing skills; describing feelings and emotions; discussing ideas;
interviewing skills.
SEMESTER
LAFR 311H - Cartesianism and the Foundation of Modern French Philosophy
Modern French philosophy; principles of Cartesianism; implications of Cartesianism on the
French way of thinking.
LAFR 322H- Existentialism in France
French existentialism; extracts from L'Etre et le Neant and Les Mouches;
existentialism today.
LAFR 323H- Research Seminar
Students will be guided in writing an extended paper on a specific topic of their choice.
They will present their plans and research work in process to the supervisor in an atmosphere
of academic discourses and interaction conducive to positive learning.
GERMAN
SEMESTER 1
LANG 111H- Introduction to Linguistics I
The nature of language; development of linguistics
as a discipline; specificity of language; semantics.
LAGR 112H - Language Practice
Revision and consolidation of second-language skills acquired at secondary school; development
of written accuracy, reading and discussion of selected texts.
SEMESTER 2
LANG 12111 - Introduction to Linguistics II
Grammar, stylistics and theory of translation;
psycholinguistics; language and society.
LAGR 122H- Language Practice
Practice of advanced grammatical structures; translation; reading and discussion of selected
texts; business correspondence; telephone skills; role plays of business-related situations.
SEMESTER 3
LAGR 211H - Germany and its European Partners
Economic aspects of contemporary France/Germany/Switzerland/Austria; import/export/trade
partners; main branches of industry, tourism; infrastructure.
LAGR 212H- Germany: The Power House of Europe
Energy sources and raw materials; labour relations, standing within the EU, contemporary
issues, monetary union; economic indicators.
LAGR 213H - Language Practice
How to research a topic; how to write a summary how to approach translation; how to comment
on charts, graphs, trends, how to present a report in the foreign language; business
correspondence.
SEMESTER 4
LAGR 221H-Formation of a Nation
A brief history of Germany from 1871 onwards political in Germany, Austria and Switzerland;
political parties in Germany; citizenship and participation; the case for a standing army;
the role of the constitution in the German context; involvement in Third World countries.
LAGR 222H - German Literature and Democracy
Writers in exile; literature in an oppressive political system; acceptance of foreigners
and foreign authors; German political culture; rewriting history; "Aussiedler" - as an issue.
LAGR 223H - Language Practice
Development of vocabulary, extension of reading skills; differentiation between text types
and discourses; planning essays and dissertations; translations; examinations of mass media
materials; debating skills.
SEMESTER 5
LAGR 311H - Psychological Concerns in Modern German Society
Gender role in German politics, media, the workplace; motivation to succeed; sexual abuse;
the role of the family, urbanisation; use of modem technology in therapy; problems of
adjustment into German society, social aspects of ageing; psychology or psychotherapy.
LAGR 312H - Psychoanalysis and Contemporary German Literature
Development of German psychoanalytic literature; an introduction to Freud; compliance and
obedience; personal and collective guilt; acceptance of homosexuality, transference; defence
mechanisms.
LAGR 313H- Language Practice
Development of vocabulary, extensive reading; revision of complex grammar points; translation;
essay writing; creative writing skills; describing feelings and emotions; discussing ideas;
interviewing skills.
SEMESTER 6
LAGR 321H - Ethical Problems in the German Context
The search for knowledge (Kant, Goethe); the notions of good and evil
(Nietzsche, Goethe, Brecht); contemporary moral problems (von Horvath, Brecht, Jonas);
science and morality (Durrenmatt, Jonas); philosophy of the human person
(Kafka, Musil, Goethe)
LAGR 322H- Ideology and the German Language
The German language as an expression of thought, evolution of the German language in connection
with political and philosophical thought, Marxism; stages in philosophical development in
Germany; German literature before and after
WWII.
LAGR 323H- Research Seminar
Students will be guided in writing an extended paper on a specific topic of their choice.
They will present their plans and research work in process to the supervisor in an atmosphere
of academic discourse and interaction conducive to positive learning.
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PHILOSOPHY
SEMESTER 1
PHIL 111H - Introduction to Philosophy
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Myth and tragedy as a preparation for philosophy, philosophy as search for wisdom and a way
of life; divisions of philosophy; socio-historical phenomenon; common concerns of
philosophers; philosophy today.
PHIL 112H - Critical Thinking
The nature of an argument; induction; deduction; paradox;
fallacies; symbolic logic; natural language argumentation.
SEMESTER 2
PHIL 121H - Philosophy of Religion
Religious belief and contemporary challenges; reason and faith; God-talk; concepts of God;
arguments for and against the existence of God; the problem of evil and immortality.
PHIL 122H - Theories of Knowledge
Correspondence theory of truth, coherence theory of truth; appearance and reality, perception;
representation; realism; Berkeley's idealism; phenomenalism; direct realism; sense data and
certainty, causal theory of knowledge.
SEMESTER 3
PHIL 211H - Ancient Philosophy
The art of philosophy, the search for wisdom in ancient China; the formation of the classical
tradition of Indian thought; the philosophical revolution of the Greeks.
PHIL 212H- Philosophy of the Human Person
(ANTH 215)
The Greek classical view of the human person; Boethius' definition of the person; religious
and philosophical concepts of the person in Christian, Jewish, Islamic and Eastern traditions;
Cartesian philosophy, the materialist view, the person as Other, the scientific view.
PHIL 213H - Ethical Theories
(PSAN 314)
The challenge of morality, the Confucian ethical tradition; the Aristotelian-Thomistic ethical
theory; Kantian ethical theory and utilitarianism; developing a moral standpoint
SEMESTER 4
PHIL 221H - Medieval Philosophy
The influence of Plato; Aristotelian thought; Neoplatonism; relationship between philosophy
and theology, Augustine; St. Anselm; St. Thomas Aquinas; Christian, Jewish, Islamic,
thinkers; Medieval controversies.
PHIL 222H- Philosophy of the Human Sciences
(ANTH 225)
Philosophical ideas that are reflected in the social sciences; examination of philosophical
definitions of science; the philosophical implications of scientific disciplines that study
human life and society.
PHIL 223H - Metaphysics
Metaphysics as first philosophy, the question of Being; metaphysics and science; Aristotelian
metaphysics; Aquinas' theory of essence and existence; time and space; critiques of
metaphysics; Heidegger and the question of Being; contemporary developments in metaphysics.
SEMESTER 5
PHIL 311H- Modern Philosophy
Descartes' methodical doubt; Locke's empiricism; Hume's skeptical naturalism; George
Berkeley's idealism; Kanto's rationalism; Hegel's idealism.
PHIL 312H - Hermeneutics
(ANTH 315)
Hermeneutics as the philosophical art of interpretation; interpretation of texts by deciphering
the hidden meaning; detailed and systematic discussion of diverse hermeneutical theories
extending from the nineteenth century to the present day.
PHIL 313H - Contemporary Moral Problems
Topics will be selected from the following list: sanctity of life; suicide; abortion;
euthanasia; medical experimentation; drugs; capital punishment; war, arms production and
control; nuclear power, international relations and national identity, business ethics;
feminist issues; animal rights; positive discrimination; artificial intelligence; the
internet; advertising and responsibility; pornography, freedom of the press and trial by
television.
SEMESTER 6
PHIL 321H- Contemporary Continental Philosophy
Husserl's formulation of phenomenology, Ortega y Gasset's philosophy of history; Sartre's
phenomenological existentialism, ontological dualism and phenomenology of imagination;
Merleau-Ponty's phenomenology of perception and his interpretations of
language, art and culture; Ricoeur's hermeneutic phenomenology; Lacan's structural reading
of Freud; Foucault's structural investigations of psychopathology, criminology, sexuality
and law; Barthes's semiological readings of art, politics, literature and the media.
PHIL 322H- Philosophy and Psychoanalysis
Previous conceptions of the unconscious, especially those of Leibniz and Schopenhauer;
philosophical influences on Freud; outline of Freudian psychoanalysis; the relation between
psychoanalysis, existentialism, phenomenology and hermeneutics; philosophical influences on
Jung; outline of analytical psychology; philosophical influences on Jacques Lacan; outline of
Lacanian psychoanalysis; the work of Julia Kristeva.
PHIL 323H- Research Seminar
Students will be guided in writing an extended paper on a specific topic of their choice.
They will present their plans and research work in process to their supervisor in an
atmosphere of academic discourse and interaction conducive to positive learning.
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POLITICS
SEMESTER I
POLS 111H- Irish Government and Politics
Pre-independence political system; the foundation of the state; modern Irish constitutions;
the party system; the Dial and Seined; cabinet government and the role of the Taoiseach;
the Northern Ireland problem; the state and the economy; cultural politics.
POLS 112H - Comparative Political Systems: A European Dimension
Patterns of government; liberalism, fascism, democracy and state socialism; party systems;
party competition; executives, legislature, judiciaries and bureaucracies; constitution and
judicial review, elections and electoral change.
SEMESTER 2
POLS 121H - Models of Democracy
Athenian democracy; classical views; Aristotle's political theory, human nature, citizenship
and conditions of democracy and polity; Mill's political thought; freedom of thought.
POLS 122H- Northern Ireland
The historical context; the social and economic context; interpretations of the nature of
the conflict; the views of the actors; solutions.
SEMESTER 3
POLS 211H-Research Methodology
Questionnaires and interviews; surveys and observation studies; historical sources of
information; graphic representation; basic statistics, ethics in research introduction to
SPSS for Windows.
POLS 212H- The United States and the New World Order
The United States Constitution; federalism and the separation of powers; presidential power;
congress, judicial process; party system; electoral system; interest groups, foreign relations;
the United States as the global police of the New World Order.
POLS 213H-The Politics of Unemployment
Dynamics of contemporary industrial society; the Long Waves theory of unemployment;
repercussions of new forms of work on family life and the social system; impact of new
forms of work on the political system; policy solutions.
SEMESTER 4
POLS 221H - Civic, Republican and Contractarian Thought
Contrasting strands of political thinking; civic republicanism: the ancient legacy,
the "social contract" tradition: themes and antecedents; Rousseau's critique; contemporary
viewpoints.
POLS 222H - Gender Politics
Introduction to gender and politics; the gender gap and voting behaviour, women's demands
for political entry; women and politics; political thought; mobilisation and participation;
feminist politics and policy-making.
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POLS 223H Nationalism in Modern Politics
Emergence of nationalism in modem politics; theories of nationalism; nationalism as a
cultural, psychological, political or class phenomenon; effects in Britain and Ireland;
post-colonial Africa and Asia.
SEMESTER 5
POLS 311H - Rights in Political Theory
Theories of rights that prevail in politics; origin of the theory of natural rights;
influences; contemporary liberal ideas of basic rights; review of the present day judicial
and political interpretation of individual rights
POLS 312H- Political Conflict and its Resolution
Political conflict and its resolution in modem states; the principal sources of political
conflict; the process of conflict; factors contributing to its resolution; forms of political
conflict; process of conflict; case studies of political conflict; theories of conflict and
resolution.
POLS 313H - European Integration
(GDEBC 112)
Historical background; European institutions and economic integration; customs union, common
market and the internal market; competition policy, implementation and effectiveness;
agricultural policy; economic rational and political jurisdiction; regional problems and
union action.
SEMESTER 6
POLS 321H- Third World Politics
Political development; modernity. dependency and clientelism; the challenge of democracy,
single party states; theories of underdevelopment; aid and development; the role of the
military; the North versus the South; tyranny, famine and politics; the UN and
the Third World.
POLS 322H- Irish Political Culture
Different definitions of Irish political culture; recent Irish studies on values and
attitudes; definitions of culture; narrative analysis; the symbolic structure of action;
structuralism.
POLS 323H - Research Seminar
Students will be guided in writing an extended paper on a specific topic of their choice.
They will present their plans and research work in process to their supervisor in an
atmosphere of academic discourse and interaction conducive to positive learning.
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PSYCHOANALYSIS
SEMESTER 1
PSAN 111H - Discovery of the Unconscious
(ANTH 114 / PSAN 111)
Historical overview, mental illness in ancient and medieval world; hypnotism; neurology
and psychiatry, origins of psychoanalysis;
Freud and followers; Freud and dissenters; Melanie Klein and the British School;
psychoanalysis in the USA; Lacan; contemporary issues.
PSAN 112H - Dream Analysis
(PSAN 112)
Interpretation of dreams; ancient and contemporary dream interpretation; dreams and
psychoanalysis; scientific approach to dreams; applications of dreams; wish-fulfillment,
censorship and the mechanisms of dreamwork; somatic sources of dreams; memory and dreams;
typical dreams and symbolism; psychology of dream processes; dreams and neurosis.
SEMESTER 2
PSAN 121H - Introduction to the Work of Sigmund Freud
(ANTH 124 / PSAN 121)
Biographical information; development of his work; Fliess, Jung and others; hypnosis;
"talking-cure"; transference; resistance; repression; hysteria; the unconscious;
the Oedipus complex; dreams; castration; topographies of the mind; theory and practice.
PSAN 122H - The Family and the Formation of the Individual
(PSAN 122)
Historical content of the family, family in society, the changing family, structure of the
family, child, family and social environment; birth, weaning, minor stage and Oedipus
complex; castration; sexuality; social problems and the family; family pathology; neurosis
and psychosis; contrasting approaches of theories on family.
SEMESTER 3
PSAN 211H - Theories of Human Sexuality
(PSAN 211)
Sexuality and the unconscious; evolution of sexuality, historical and contemporary
discourses on sexuality; perversion; the imaginary body; forms of fantasy; the erogenous
zones; oral and aural eroticism; the Oedipus complex; patriarchy and matriarchy; sexual
therapy and different approaches.
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