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Listed below is a selection of interesting modules with first year elective places available. The full list will be available on the Electives page in SISWeb when online module registration opens for you. 

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Last updated: Thursday 08 January 2026.

Module Code Module Title
AH10270 (opens in a new window)Introduction to European Art 2
ARCH10150 (opens in a new window)Anthropology: an introduction
BIOL10070 (opens in a new window)Biology for the Modern World
BIOL10160 (opens in a new window)Life Sciences in Space
BMGT10140 (opens in a new window)Business Plan
CPSC10010 (opens in a new window)Introduction to Crop Science
CVEN10050 (opens in a new window)Challenges in Civil Eng
DSCY10040 (opens in a new window)Childhood
DSCY10070 (opens in a new window)Materials in Society
DSCY10160 (opens in a new window)Refugee Displacement
DSCY10180 (opens in a new window)Intercultural Encounters
ECON10040 (opens in a new window)Economics and Sustainability
ECON10720 (opens in a new window)Microeconomics for Business
EDUC10280 (opens in a new window)Why Trust Science?
EDUC10300 (opens in a new window)Public Engagement with Science
EDUC10310 (opens in a new window)Gaisce - The President's Award
EDUC10340 (opens in a new window)Contemp Irish Women's Writing
ENG10020 (opens in a new window)Children's Literature
ENVP10010 (opens in a new window)Environment Change & Policy
FDSC10010 (opens in a new window)Food Diet and Health
FDSC10030 (opens in a new window)Our Food, Our Planet
GEOG10080 (opens in a new window)Dynamic Earth
GEOG10100 (opens in a new window)People, Places, Regions
GEOL10040 (opens in a new window)Earth, Environment and Society
GEOL10050 (opens in a new window)Earth and Humanity
GEOL10060 (opens in a new window)Introduction to Earth Sciences
GEOL10070 (opens in a new window)Understanding Earth Systems
GEOL20110 (opens in a new window)Global Environmental Change
GEOL20240 (opens in a new window)Medical Geology
GER10020 (opens in a new window)German Language I b
GRC10130 (opens in a new window)Ancient Rome: An Introduction
GRC10140 (opens in a new window)Classical Myth: An Intro
HORT10040 (opens in a new window)Sustainable Horticulture
IA20010 (opens in a new window)Creativity & Innovation
IA20090 (opens in a new window)Design Your Life
IA20160 (opens in a new window)Creativity & Innovation (OL)
IA20190 (opens in a new window)Design Thinking (OL)
IA20200 (opens in a new window)Design Your Life (OL)
IA20210 (opens in a new window)Innovation Sustainability (OL)
IA20220 (opens in a new window)Virtual Reality Future Skills
IR10040 (opens in a new window)Teanga na Gaeilge I
ITAL10110 (opens in a new window)Italy
ITAL10120 (opens in a new window)Dante's Inferno
LANG10010 (opens in a new window)Italian Gen Purp 1
LANG10100 (opens in a new window)German Gen Purp 1
LANG10170 (opens in a new window)French Gen Purp 1
LANG10230 (opens in a new window)Spanish Gen Purp 1
LANG10640 (opens in a new window)Irish Sign Language 1
LANG20440 (opens in a new window)French Gen Purp 5
LANG20470 (opens in a new window)Spanish Gen Purp 5
LAW10260 (opens in a new window)Criminal Procedure
MIS10040 (opens in a new window)Web Design and Analytics
MUS10220 (opens in a new window)Popular Music
MUS10240 (opens in a new window)Music in Ireland
MUS20350 (opens in a new window)Symphony Orchestra Spring 26
MUS20780 (opens in a new window)Philharmonic Choir Spring 26
PERS10020 (opens in a new window)Fundamentals of S & C Online
PERS20030 (opens in a new window)Sort your life out and thrive
PHIL10020 (opens in a new window)Mind, Language and Meaning
PHIL10030 (opens in a new window)Intro to Modern Philosophy
PHIL10040 (opens in a new window)Introduction to Ethics
PHIL10100 (opens in a new window)Existentialism and Humanism
PHPS10010 (opens in a new window)Student Health & Wellbeing
PHTY20280 (opens in a new window)Born to Run
PHYC10200 (opens in a new window)Conceptual Physics
POL10120 (opens in a new window)Found in Global Dev
PSY10050 (opens in a new window)Introduction to Psychology
PSY10090 (opens in a new window)Intro to Applied Psychology
PSY10140 (opens in a new window)Mind and Brain
SOC10070 (opens in a new window)Sociological Analysis
SPOL10020 (opens in a new window)Contemp Irish Welfare State
SPOL18130 (opens in a new window)Introduction to Social Work
SSJ10060 (opens in a new window)Inequality in Irish Society
VET20180 (opens in a new window)Introduction to one health

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