BCL Law With Politics

SPIRe Tutors & Teaching Assistants Directory, Autumn 2023-24

Tutors and Teaching Assistants are allocated to the following modules. 

• INRL10020 Foundations of International Relations
• INRL20040 Theories & Concepts in International Relations
• POL20010  Individuals and the State

For queries related to administrative matters including tutorial registration, please contact the SPIRe School Office at spire@ucd.ie.

	Salsabil Abdalbaki POL10170 Teaching Assistant		Zuzanna Krakowska POL20010
	Anoor Amatul POL20010		Angeliki Kourri INRL10020
	Margaret Bruce INRL10020		Meabh Lonergan POL20010
	Mateus Bruno POL20010		Annie MacDonald POL20010
	Ludovica Castellana POL20010		Lorcan McLaren INRL20160 Teaching Assistant
	Grace Culhane POL20010		Paula Montano POL20010 Head Tutor
	Daire Denby POL20010		Sebastian Morabito INRL10020
	Sara Fortsch INRL10020		Diana Nagle INRL20040
	Thomas Gavois INRL20040		Jennifer O'Keeffe INRL20040
	Sean Gurrin INRL10020		Neha Parikh INRL10020
	Sarah King INRL10020 Head Tutor		Smrutimayee Sarangi INRL20040
			Dino Wildi INRL20040 Head Tutor

Applications for Advanced Seminar in Politics 24-25

The Advanced Seminar in Politics 1 (POL30860) and 2 (POL30870) is a year-long course where staff members of the School of Politics and International Relations introduce students to cutting edge research in the field. During the second half of the course, students write a minor thesis, under the supervision of a staff member in the school. The module has limited capacity and entry is competitive. Registration for this course is done manually.

To be eligible to take this course, you must be a final year student in 2024-25, who has completed Core Level 2 Politics modules. Students with a GPA of 3.60 and above (across all modules or across SPIRe modules only) will be eligible for consideration.

See this page for more information.

Examinations Feedback

If you wish to check your grade for each exam question, come to Room G314 Newman Building, Politics Admin Office between 10am and 4pm. (Closed for lunch between 1-2pm)

If you wish to review your script, send a request to spire@ucd.ie one  working days in advance.

Please include the following information.

• Student number
• Full name
• Module code and name

If you wish to review your script with your lecturer:

1. Make an appointment with him/her by sending an email. (See here for staff details)  
2. Also send an email to spire@ucd.ie so that the admin staff members will prepare your script before the appointment. Please indicate your student number, full name and the module code/name.

The BCL Law with Politics degree seeks to equip students with:

• Knowledge of fundamental legal concepts and principles

• Understanding of law in its broader political and social context

• Ability to analyse law and to engage in legal reasoning

• Critical awareness of the overlapping concerns of political and legal theory particularly in the areas of law and morality, rights, constitutionalism, democracy, justice, and legitimacy

• Competence in the methods of political science (Irish politics, comparative politics, international relations, the European Union) and political theory

• Research skills within the fields of Law and Politics.

The degree has a modular and semesterised format with the Law and Politics subjects distributed over the four years of the programme. The ratio of 2/3 Law to 1/3 Politics will allow all the core Law subjects to be covered in full along with those required by the professional legal bodies. The curriculum for the degree in both subjects includes compulsory core modules and a choice of optional modules.