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162 Master's degrees in Humanities in Ireland

History
The History programme from Maynooth University offers the opportunity to take taught modules on a named Masters programme in History but without committing to completing a minor thesis.

Creative Writing
The Creative Writing programme from Maynooth University will focus on guiding each student to further develop their voice as a writer, as well as to enrich their existing interests as a writer with new perspectives and a grasp of stylistic approaches.

Literatures of Engagement
The Literatures of Engagement programme from Maynooth University addresses this sense of crisis by recognising the significant role that literature and the critical discourses associated with the study of literature, have in both reproducing and analysing cultural values and ideologies, but also in articulating responses and resistance to those.

English - Modernities Literature, Theory and Culture from the Romantics to the Present
This English - Modernities Literature, Theory and Culture from the Romantics to the Present degree delivered by the University College Cork introduces you to the advanced study of American, British, and Irish literature and other cultural forms, from the eighteenth century to the present day, as well as to a selection of theoretical works pertaining to the concept of ‘modernity’.

Irish - Early and Medieval Irish
The Irish - Early and Medieval Irish course delivered by the University College Cork is concerned with Early Irish language and literature in the period from 600AD to 1200AD and focuses on the study of language, grammar, texts, and their historical and literary contexts.

Philosophy
This Philosophy course from University College Cork offers you the rare chance to study Western as well as Eastern philosophy at the postgraduate level.

Spanish for Teachers
This Spanish for Teachers degree degree delivered by the University College Cork is designed as a blended programme using technology-enhanced learning as its primary mode alongside four or five in-person Saturday workshops per semester.

Modern Irish
The Modern Irish degree delivered by the University College Cork includes modules on literature in Irish, the Irish language and Irish manuscripts and palaeography.

English
The MA in English at University of Galway is ideal for students who wish to build on the foundations of their undergraduate degrees by pursuing more advanced studies in English at postgraduate level, yet who also wish to retain the intellectual breadth of addressing a variety of literature, past and present.

Chinese - Teaching Chinese to Speakers of Other Languages
The Chinese - Teaching Chinese to Speakers of Other Languages degree delivered by the University College Cork aims to provide students with the theoretical knowledge and professional competencies required to teach Chinese effectively to speakers of other languages in a variety of contexts globally and in Ireland.

Asian Studies
The Asian Studies course at University College Cork provides a global academic context for understanding the rise of East Asia. On this programme we will equip you with a unique set of abilities to engage with the cultural, historic, economic, and political fabric of Asia.

Greek and Roman Civilisation
The Greek and Roman Civilisation degree delivered by the University College Cork is ideal for you if you already have a degree and you wish to study Greek and Roman Civilisation intensively.

Literature and Publishing
Founded in 1995, this long-established and perennially popular Literature and Publishing programme at University of Galway remains Ireland’s only postgraduate programme dedicated to literature and publishing.

Ethics
Dublin City University's MA in Ethics is appealing to people who want to enhance their analytical and decision-making skills, enabling them to effectively apply ethical theories and principles to real-world and professional challenges.

Philosophy
The Philosophy degree offered at Maynooth University will provide the students with a professional training in academic research in Philosophy, and thus enables them to contribute to national and international scholarship and to interdisciplinary co-operation.

Digital Arts and Humanities
The Digital Arts and Humanities degree delivered by the University College Cork encourages a multidisciplinary approach to the digital arts and humanities in a creative and scholarly atmosphere.

Theology and World Religions
The MA in Theology and World Religions at Dublin City University is a programme that approaches theology as a critical, academic study of religion and introduces students to a comprehensive examination of the world’s major traditions.

Ancient Medieval Languages
The Ancient Medieval Languages degree delivered by the University College Cork is a full-time diploma taken over 9 months. Its focus is on the development of skills in two or more ancient or medieval languages from a group consisting of Classical Greek, Latin, Old English, Old Irish, and Medieval Welsh

Songwriting
The Songwriting programme from University of Limerick is for people who want to study the artistic practice of songwriting in depth.

Irish Language and European Law
This Irish Language and European Law degree delivered by the University College Cork offers intensive training in spoken and written Irish to holders of legal degrees or other legal qualifications (solicitors, barristers), or degrees that include a significant element of law, and enhances those qualifications with a tailored suite of course modules in European Law.