Co-Directors: Leah Flack, Ph.D. and Timothy McMahon, Ph.D.

Irish Studies is a global discipline that cultivates a transnational perspective on history, language, culture and politics in their study of Ireland as a postcolonial, increasingly globalized nation. The lrish Studies minor offers students an understanding of the historical and cultural development of Ireland and the Irish diaspora in their significant intellectual, artistic, material and spiritual contributions to world civilization.

Irish Studies

The minor requires 18 cr. hrs. consisting of six courses selected from the list below. Students may seek permission from the program director to apply other courses on relevant topics to the requirements of the program, including courses completed abroad and Marquette-sponsored travel courses. 

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
Choose six of the following courses: 1, 2		18
ENGL 3513	Modern Irish Literature
ENGL 3514	Contemporary Irish Literature
ENGL 4617	James Joyce's Ulysses
ENGL 4840	Postcolonial Literatures
HIST 4252	Modern Britain
HIST 4255	The British Empire
or HIST 4255H	Honors The British Empire
HIST 4260	Modern Ireland: From the Rising to the Revolution
Total Credit Hours:		18

1	Other courses featuring significant content on topics relevant to Irish Studies may be applied to the requirements of the minor with permission of the program director, including but not limited to ENGL 3410 Drama, ENGL 3517 Memory and Forgetting in Contemporary Historical Fiction, ENGL 4615 Text in Context, ENGL 4738 Poetry, and HIST 4105 History and Memory.
2	Marquette-sponsored travel courses and courses completed abroad featuring significant content on topics relevant to Irish Studies may be applied to the requirements of the minor with permission of the program director.

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