BA Hons English

at University College Cork

Modules

Year 1 Modules:

The programme offers a varied and stimulating introduction to literature and culture in the English language. You will be introduced to writing in a range of genres, including novels, poetry, and drama, from several historical periods, and will gain a solid foundation in key critical and cultural theories.
 

Year 1 Modules:
 

All modules 5 credits unless otherwise stated.

• EN1002 - Literature and Society: Medieval to Renaissance
• EN1003 -  Introduction to Modern Literature
• EN1004 - Theories and Contexts in Literature
• EN1101 - Contexts: the Production and Reception of Literature and Film
• EN1103 - Problems in Literature (10 credits)
   

In addition students choose two subjects from the list below, with no more than one from each group.

• Group 1: Applied Mathematics (Arts) ; European Studies; Folklore; Gaeilge/Irish; Greek and Roman Civilisation; History of Art;
• Group 2: Archaeology; Chinese Studies; German; Latin; Mathematics; Mathematical Studies; Politics
• Group 3: French; Sociology
• Group 4: Geography; Italian
• Group 4b: Celtic Civilisation; Philosophy; Spanish

Year 2 Modules:
 

Core

Critical Skills Seminars; Introduction to Old English Language; Special Topics in Literature and Culture
 

Electives

Creative Writing; Chaucer: The Canterbury Tales; Eighteenth-Century Literature; American Cinema; Romance and Realism; Nineteenth-Century American Literature; Drama: Medieval and Renaissance; Women and Literature; Introduction to Shakespeare; Inventing Modern Drama.
 

Year 3 Modules:
 

Core

Special Studies Seminars;  Dissertation
 

Electives

Creative Writing; Of Monsters and Men: Old & Early English Literature; European Cinema; Twentieth-Century American Literature; Romance: Medieval to Renaissance; Romantic Literature; Victorian Literature; Contemporary Irish Writing; The Irish Literary Revival and Modernism; Studies in Shakespeare; Modernism

Non-EU Candidates
Non-EU candidates are expected to have educational qualifications of a standard equivalent to the Irish Leaving Certificate. In addition, where such candidates are non-native speakers of the English language they must satisfy the university of their competency in the English language.
 

Minimum Requirements and Accepted English Language Tests & Examinations The minimum English language entry requirements for admission onto a postgraduate programme at UCC are outlined below. These requirements are for postgraduate applicants whose first language is not English. If Gaeilge (Irish) is your first language these requirements do not apply to you.There are a small number of programmes with a higher minimum English language entry requirement and we list these below under Programmes with a Higher Minimum English Language Requirement.IELTS*  
 

• 6.5 Overall
• 6.0 Individual Skills (academic version)
   

TOEFL iBT  

• 90 Overall
• Listening 20
• Reading 19
• Speaking 21
• Writing 20

The fees for BA Hons English may vary from €16,000 to €35,000 anually for tuition fees. The fee's prices may get higher for international students.

English is a flexible and attractive degree which can help you achieve success in such professions as:
 

• journalism and broadcasting
• teaching
• publishing
• theatre
• public relations
• arts management
• marketing and information sciences
   

Graduates of the BA in English have a range of transferrable skills including the ability to:
 

• Write clearly and effectively
• Think independently and creatively
• Organise and engage in research
• Evaluate ideas and derive conclusions based on research
• Craft well-supported, logical arguments
• Apply theories to understand critical problems
• Present information cogently and concisely
• Collaborate and work as part of a team

The UCC BA in English supports and sustains a lifelong relationship with literature, and equips you with the skills and knowledge to become a critical thinker, an effective communicator, an elegant writer, and a creative person able to make a positive contribution to our society and culture.