In addition to their Early Start Semester programs, students also enroll in Autumn Term Arts Faculty courses in archeology, Celtic civilization, English, folklore, history, music or spoken Irish. Early Start Semester courses begin in early September, while Autumn Term courses begin in early October. Both terms end in mid-December. Hollins students studying at Cork live in apartment suites in student villages near or on campus. Each unit has several single bedrooms along with a shared living room and kitchen.
Students prepare their own meals or eat in the subsidized restaurants on campus.
Hollins provides an allowance to cover the expense of meals. The program at University College Cork is open to sophomores and juniors with a cumulative G.P.A. of 3.0. Students of the arts and humanities are given preference. Established in 1972, the University of Limerick is located in Ireland's 650-acre National Technological Park on the Shannon River, just outside of Ireland's fourth largest city. A thriving, modern city, Limerick offers a variety of historic, artistic, and theatrical attractions as well as an especially lively music scene.