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The following section serves as a signpost to guide you to your specific college / centre / school in which you are studying to access all the information regarding the expectations from your degree and your specific study programme. This section is really essential for all the information you need regarding your course.

What to expect from your degree and programme

College of Medicine and Health
College of Business and Law
College of Science, Engineering and Food Sciences (SEFS)
College of Art, Celtic Studies and Social Sciences (CACSSS)

College of Medicine and Health

Below is a list of the six different schools within the College of Medicine and Health. You can click on your applicable school to be navigated to the appropriate site for all the information you need.

① School of Medicine

② School of Pharmacy

③ Cork University Dental School & Hospital

④ School of Nursing and Midwifery

⑤ School of Public Health

⑥ School of Clinical Therapies

College of Business and Law

The College of Business and Law Medicine is made up of departments and schools in the business and law areas, grouped under the Cork University Business School and the School of Law. You can click on your applicable school or department to be navigated to the appropriate site for all the information you need.

① Cork University Business School (CUBS)

② School of Law

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Below is a list of the nine different schools and departments within the College of Science, Engineering and Food Science (SEFS). You can click on your applicable school to be navigated to the appropriate site for all the information you need.

① School of Biochemistry and Cell Biology

② School of Chemistry

③ School of Computer Science and Information Technology

④ School of Microbiology

⑤ Department of Physics

⑥ School of Engineering and Architecture

⑦ School of Food and Nutritional Sciences

⑧ School of Biological, Environmental and Earth Sciences

⑨ School of Mathematical Sciences

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The College of Art, Celtic Studies and Social Science is made up of ten schools. You can click on your applicable school or department to be navigated to the appropriate site for all the information you need.

① School of Applied Psychology

② School of Applied Social Studies

③ School of Education

④ School of English and Digital Humanities

⑤ School of History

⑥ School of Human Environment (SHE): Geography, Archeology and Classics

⑦ School of Languages, Literature and Cultures

⑧ School of Irish Learning

⑨ School of Film, Music and Theatre

⑩ School of Society, Politics and Ethics

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At this stage you might have heard about the Book of Modules, or you might have never heard of this before. Either way, it is important that you get an understanding of the Book of Modules and how to use it since this is something you will be using a lot throughout your time as a student in UCC.

Book Of Modules

What is the Book Of Modules?

This is referred to as the one-stop-shop for module information at UCC. Any module on offer in the current academic year can be located in the Book of Modules. If you have a question about a module for your specific course, it is almost guaranteed that you can find the answer in there. Every year, over the Summer, UCC produces a provisional Book of Modules, which offers an insight into the modules that will be on offer when the upcoming academic year starts. Before the Semester begins properly, a finalised Book of Modules will be released - this is the definitive source of information on the modules running during the semester.

Finding the Book Of Modules

If you plan on using the Book of Modules, you firstly need to be able to find it. Follow this link to navigate directly to the Book of Modules.

Alternatively, if you want to know exactly where to locate it, follow the below steps.

Go to www.ucc.ie and navigate to the ‘Courses’ tab.
Select any course from the list, and scroll down through the page.
Eventually, you will find a link that says ‘Book of Modules’. All the course pages are laid out more or less similarly, so this should be true for any course you pick!
Click on this link to be taken straight to the Book of Modules.

Navigating Through The Book Of Modules

Once you navigate to the Book of Modules, you’ll be taken to a landing page with four tabs along the top: ‘Undergraduate’, ‘Postgraduate’, ‘Book of Modules’ and ‘Marks and Standards’. Undergraduate will take you to the compendium of all the undergraduate courses in UCC. From here, you can see things like how many credits students must take each year, the course requirements, what college the course is part of, etc. The Postgraduate section offers similar information, but for the postgraduate courses. The Book of Modules section contains each module on offer in a given academic year. Finally, the Marks and Standards section contains a big list of every course, how they’re graded, how they run their assessments and how they distribute their credits. The final section can be very daunting, but you don’t usually need to access it, unless you have a very specific question about a module you are taking.

There are two main ways to search through the modules. You can either search for modules based on their subject area, such as ‘Anthropology’ or ‘History’, or you can search for modules based on their module prefix, such as ‘AYXXXX’ for Anthropology or ‘HIXXXX’ for History. It’s worth noting that in UCC, every module code follows the same format. The two letters at the start (‘AY’ or ‘HI’, for example) tell you what department is offering the module, while the four numbers afterwards tell you what year the module is offered to. Any module with a code like ‘1XXX’ is a first year module, for example, HI1001 is a first year history module. If you are already familiar with the module, and just want to quickly search for it, you can simply type its module code into the search bar on the page, which will take you straight to the module entry.

Getting the most out of The Book Of Modules

When selecting a course in UCC, you will normally have some credits to spend on various electives - these are non-compulsory modules that you can pick and choose from to tailor your learning experience to your interests and abilities. Please note that some courses have more compulsory modules than others, which could cause you to have less (or more) choice for electives than your peers studying other courses.

The Book of Modules helps you to tailor your module choices by showing you the full details of the module before you even sit down at a lecture. If you prefer essays to exams, you can use the Book of Modules to see which assessment styles a given module uses. Make sure you study the module page in detail so that you understand what the module entails before you select it.

Tips - The Book Of Modules

Below are four essential tips to keep in mind when using the Book of Modules:

Make sure you keep an eye on the assessment and compulsory elements section of a module’s page, and try to pick modules that suit your style of learning and working.
Familiarise yourself with the Module Content and Learning Outcomes; sometimes modules can have deceptive titles that don’t show the full breadth of things covered in the module, not all of which you might be interested in. Similarly, you might find that a module suits you much better than the title led you to believe! It’s especially important to check these two sections out for compulsory modules, so you know what you are going to be getting from these.
Make sure you understand what teaching methods a module uses, so that you can prepare in advance what you will need for the module, and so you know what will be expected from you during your attendance.
Finally, note down the Module Coordinator’s name - this is the person you should contact if you have any questions that are not addressed by the Book of Modules.

Marking Scheme UCC

You can find everything you need to know about UCC's marking scheme under the Marks and Standards section in the Book of Modules. Follow this link to navigate to this section. It contains an extensive list of all courses, the grading, how assessment are run and how credits are distributed.

Options for Transfers

Transfers can happen in one of two ways - Internally or Externally.

Internal Transfers
External Transfers

Internal Transfers

Internal transfers can happen in one of two ways:

1. Change of Course (This normally applies to first years).
2. Any registered student can make an application to change their course. CAO waitlists and Leaving Certificate appeals are honoured until the close of the CAO season.

The decision on applications to change course are based on the following criteria:

1. The availability of places in the course a student wants to change to.
2. The entry qualifications for the course a students wants to change to - a student must have the Leaving Certificate points or equivalent and must meet the matriculation requirements of the desired course in order to submit a Change of Course Application.
3. In addition, a place must be available in the course that the student wants to change to. As part of the application process, the student will need to ensure that the desired programme is the right course.

- Internal Transfer by application to College/School Office

You can apply to your college office or school/department to change from one course into another within that college/school or to another college or school within the University. This might be changing from Biological and Chemical Sciences into Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences at the end of first year as you have taken similar modules and want to proceed into a 2nd year stream that is only available in BEES. Information is available by college in the College Calendar.

External Transfers

An External transfer is someone coming from another University into UCC, to a year beyond first year. A student cannot transfer from outside of UCC into first year, you must apply through the College Admissions Office (CAO) or International Office to receive a first-year placement. For more information on external transfers, follow this link.

Making The Most of Your Modules