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Accessibility & LanguageReturning Undergraduate Students
Information For Second and Final Year Students 26/27
* Please note timetables for the 2026-27 academic year are in the process of being finalised *
Timetables for Returning Students
- Ancient Classics
- Archaeology
- Celtic Civilisation
- Cumarsáid
- Economics
- English
- French
- Gaeilge
- Geography
- German
- Global Media
- History
- Information Technology
- Italian
- Law
- Léann an Aistriúcháin
- Léann na Cumarsáide
- Maths
- Mathematical Studies
- Modern Irish Culture Studies (Literature and Music)
- Performance and Screen Studies
- Philosophy
- Psychology
- Sociologial and Political Studies
- Spanish
NB: If you have a query regarding your timetable, please contact the relevant discipline administrative office.
- BA (Arts with Human Rights)
- BA (Child, Youth and Family: Policy & Practice)
- BA Cumarsáid agus Gaeilge
- BA (Drama, Theatre and Performance)
- BA Education (Computer Science and Mathematical Studies)
- BA (Film and Digital Media)
- BA (Gaeilge agus Léann an Aistriúcháin)
- BA (Global Media)
- BA Government (Politics, Economics and Law)
- BA (History)
- BA (Journalism)
- BA (Mathematics and Education)
- BA (Music)
- BSc (Geography and Geosystems)
- BSc (Psychology)
- BSc (Social Sciences)
- BA (Children's Studies) - available on Canvas – if you do not see it, Contact Programme Co-ordinator sinead.coyne@universityofgalway.ie
- BA with Children Studies - available on Canvas – if you do not see it, Contact Programme Co-ordinator sinead.coyne@universityofgalway.ie
- BA English and Creative Writing - Contact Programme Co-ordinator - john.kenny@universityofgalway.ie
- BA (Global Languages) - Contact Programme Co-ordinator - mary.mannion@universityofgalway.ie
NB: If you have a query regarding your timetable, please contact the relevant discipline administrative office.
- Ancient Classics
- Archaeology
- Celtic Civilisation
- Cumarsáid
- Economics
- English
- French
- Gaeilge
- Geography
- German
- Global Media
- History
- Information Technology
- International Development - Contact <cathal.odonohue@universityofgalway.ie>
- Italian
- Law
- Léann an Aistriúcháin
- Léann na Cumarsáide
- Maths
- Mathematical Studies
- Modern Irish Culture Studies (Literature and Music)
- Performance and Screen Studies
- Philosophy
- Psychological Studies
- Sociological and Political Studies
- Spanish
NB: If you have a query regarding your timetable, please contact the relevant discipline administrative office.
- BA (Arts with Human Rights)
- BA (Child, Youth and Family: Policy and Practice)
- BA (Drama, Theatre and Performance Studies)
- BA Education (Computer Science and Mathematical Studies)
- BA (Film and Digital Media)
- BA (Gaeilge agus Léann an Aistriúcháin)
- BA (Global Media)
- BA Government (Politics, Economics and Law)
- BA (History)
- BA (Journalism)
- BA Mathematics & Education
- BA (Music)
- BSc (Geography and Geosystems)
- BSc Psychology
- BSc Social Sciences
- BA (Children’s Studies) – available on Canvas – if you do not see it, please contact <sinead.coyne@universityofgalway.ie>
- BA with Children’s Studies – available on Canvas – if you do not see it, please contact <sinead.coyne@universityofgalway.ie>
- BA (Digital Arts and Technology) Contact <padraic.killeen@universityofgalway.ie>
- BA (English and Creative Writing) Contact <john.kenny@universityofgalway.ie>
NB: If you have a query regarding your timetable, please contact the relevant discipline administrative office.
Subject and Programme Coordinators
Click on the links below to access second, third and fourth year subject and programme coordinators.
Second Year Subject and Programme Coordinators 2026/27
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Further information for Returning Students
Please ensure in advance of online registration opening in August, that you have decided as to what modules you are going to register for in Second Year. While in First Year all modules are CORE, in Second Year, while some modules are CORE, you will also have optional modules in each subject that you will have to select from. For optional modules, disciplines cap the number of students that can register for a particular optional module so it would be important that you have decided what modules you are going to register for before online registration opens so that as soon as it opens you register your modules.
In Second, Third and Final Year, students must successfully pass each module in order to pass the year. The pass standard for a Module is 40%.
The rules of compensating from one module to another can only be considered at the official Examination board in June when students have completed an academic workload of 60 ECTS. Therefore, marks achieved in the range of 35-39 in Semester 1 assessments/examinations or Semester 2 modules must be considered as a Fail mark and students should prepare to repeat the relevant module(s) at the Second (August) Sitting unless their First Sitting Exam Transcript issued in June records an overall Pass for the year. Please refer to the rules of compensation below for further details.
In some programmes compensation may not be allowed in core or mandatory prescribed modules or groups of modules, as to do so would undermine the achievement of the learning outcomes for the Stage or Programme. Please refer to discipline handbook.
Compensation can only be applied in cases where its application enables the student to pass the year overall at the June Examination Board.
Please note that a student with marks of less than 40 in one or more modules will only be able to compensate at the June Examination Board, if all of the following conditions are met:
· Students must have completed 60 ECTS at the end of the Academic Year in question;
· The overall result for the year is at least 40%;
· The mark in the relevant module is in the range of 35 – 39;
· If a student achieves a mark in the range of 35 - 39 in a module, compensation can only be applied if they have achieved surplus marks above 40 (equal to the deficiency of marks in the module in which a 35 - 39 had been achieved) across one or more modules in the same subject;
For example - A student taking Geography and English passes the subject of English, but achieves a mark of 35 in a Geography module, in order to be considered for compensation a student must have achieved a minimum of 45 in another Geography module or 5 additional marks above 40 across the remaining Geography modules;
· The module(s) with marks in the range of 35-39 totals a maximum of 15 ECTS or less;
· Students registered for subject-based programmes such as the BA (Joint-Honours) cannot compensate more than 10 ECTS in one of their subjects and 5 ECTS in their second subject;
Please note when the First Sitting results released in June indicate that a student's overall result for the year is a Fail/Absent/Incomplete or Deferred, students will be obliged to retake every module in which they achieved a mark of less than 40 at the next Sitting in August Examination or in a Repeat Year.
The above rules of compensation also apply at the Second Sitting August Examination Board.
