The Concentration in Irish Studies is available to students in all degree programs. It allows the student to structure and focus various electives into a unified program of study within the student's overall degree goals. Fifteen credits are required to complete the concentration, of which six are Core requirements.
The Concentration also allows the student to see the art, literature, and history of modern Ireland from this perspective of the continuum of culture. Fifteen credits are required to complete the concentration, of which six credits are core requirements.
Required Courses:
The following two core courses:
- ENG 2450 - Irish Literature to 1880 or
- ENG 2500 - Irish Revival
- HIS 2286 - Irish-American Saga or
- HIS 3216 - Ireland since 1800
Elective Courses:
Any three of the following:
- AAH 3007 - The Art of Ireland
- ENG 2450 - Irish Literature to 1880
- ENG 2460 - Irish Poetry since Yeats
- ENG 2470 - Modern Irish Drama
- ENG 2490 - Topics in Irish Studies
- ENG 2500 - Irish Revival
- ENG 3615 - James Joyce
- ENG 3616 - Irish American Drama & Film
- ENG 3690 - Irish Fiction after 1900
- HIS 2286 - Irish-American Saga
- HIS 3214 - Eighteenth Century Ireland
- HIS 3216 - Ireland since 1800
- HON 3600 - Heimbold Chair of Irish Studies courses
- HON 5601 - Irish Music: 1800-Present
- IS 1111 - Introductory Irish Language I
- IS 1112 - Introductory Irish Language II
- PSC 4950 - Ireland
In addition, each Spring semester the Charles A. Heimbold Chair in Irish Studies hosts an Irish Writer-in-Residence. The chair holder offers two courses of his/her own design.
During the Summer in Ireland Program, six Irish Studies courses are available in Literature (2), History, Sociology, Archeology and Music and Dance.


