The MA i Léann na Gaeilge is an innovative and cutting-edge programme that hones specific academic skills while engaging in a deep exploration of the Irish language, its contemporary culture and its literature. You’ll be guided in a range of methods to help you improve your research and analytical capacity through the acquisition of research skills and your engagement with various types of criticism and various academic sources. The degree may be completed as a one-year full-time programme or a two-year part-time programme. If you opt for the one-year programme, you’ll take three taught modules in Semester 1 and another three in Semester 2, and attend lectures on-campus a few afternoons a week. Assessment is by means of written examinations or continuous assessment. You’ll also write a minor thesis under the supervision of a lecturer. If you decide on the two-year programme, in Year 1 you’ll take two taught modules in Semester 1 and another two in Semester 2, and attend lectures on-campus. Assessment is by means of written examinations or essays. In Year 2, in both Semesters 1 and 2, you’ll attend a weekly module,, and write a minor thesis under the supervision of a lecturer.