ENGL 2098 Intermediate Modern Irish II
In this completion of the two-year cycle of Irish language learning, we will engage deeply with modern texts and work with Irish through other media—sound and film. You will become familiar with contemporary texts and will engage in a sustained project of reading and translating in the original Irish one or more of the great works of literature written in Irish.
Course overview
- Department
- English
- School
- MCAS
- Credits
- 3
- Level
- Both
- Offered
- Every Spring
Catalog details
- Prerequisites
- ENGL2097
Requirements fulfilled
- English: Earlier literatures in English: eighteenth- or nineteenth-century literature, 1700-1900 (one course, 3 credits) (Current University Catalog; students should confirm their catalog year)
- English: Earlier literatures in English: medieval or early-modern literature, before 1700 (one course, 3 credits) (Current University Catalog; students should confirm their catalog year)
- English: Major electives (five courses, 15 credits) from department offerings (Current University Catalog; students should confirm their catalog year)
- English: Race, Blackness, and Language requirement (one course) (Current University Catalog; students should confirm their catalog year)
Course evaluations
- Course rating
- 4.54 / 5 · Excellent
- Instructor rating
- 4.64 / 5 · Excellent
- Terms evaluated
- 4
| Term | Instructor | Course overall | Instructor overall | Well organized | Clear learning objectives | Intellectually challenging | Helpful assignments | Applicable beyond course | Attendance necessary | Weekly effort | Responses |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spring 2026 | Joseph Nugent | 5.0 | 5.0 | 4.8 | 4.5 | 5.0 | 4.8 | 5.0 | 5.0 | — | 4 of 4 |
| Spring 2024 | Joseph Nugent | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 1–3 hrs/week | 1 of 2 |
| Spring 2023 | Joseph Nugent | 4.0 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 5.0 | 5.0 | — | 2 of 3 |
| Spring 2022 | Joseph Nugent | 4.0 | 4.0 | 3.3 | 4.7 | 4.3 | 4.0 | 4.3 | 4.7 | 1–3 hrs/week | 3 of 4 |