BA English

at University College Dublin

Modules include:
 

First Year
 

• Reading World Literature

• Literature & Crisis

• Contemporary Irish Writing

• Literary Genre: the Art of Criticism and the Craft of Writing

• How to Read Poetry

• Horror Literature

• Children’s Literature

• Writing the Body

• Comics and Fantasy

• Introduction to Canadian Studies

Second Year
 

• Critical Theory

• Reading Medieval Literature

• Irish Literature in English

• Modern American Literature

• Renaissance Literature

• Romanticism

• Victorian to Modern Literature

• Twentieth-Century Drama.

Third Year
 

• Reading Ulysses

• Apocalypse Then: Old English Literature

• Yeats and the Arts

• Theatres of Change

• Gender, Culture and Society

• Global Science Fiction

• Masculinities and Manhood

• Contemporary Irish Women’s Poetry

• Global Eco-Literature

• Making Shakespeare

• Literature and Science

• The Crime Novel

General Requirements

Standard XII
 

Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE)
Council for the Indian School Certificate (CISCE)
 

Intermediate Exam (some state boards)
Higher/Senior School Certificate/Examination (most state boards)

English Language Requirements

CBSE/AISSCE/CUSCE/ISC - English Language 80% OR IELTS/TOEFL or equivalent
 

IELTS
 

• An average score of 6.5 over all components and a minimum of 6.0 in each band on the Academic Version. 

• In 2022 and 2023 we will accept IELTS indicator. It may not be recognised after that depending on the outcome of a review.

TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language)
 

• A minimum score of 90 is required in the Internet based TOEFL (iBT) with no less than 21 in writing and at least 19 in every other section.

• In 2022 and 2023 we will accept TOEFL Home Edition. . It may not be recognised after that depending on the outcome of a review.

Non-EU fees for academic year 2022/23 are:
 

• € 20500

Graduates of English work across a wide range of industries including:,
 

• Broadcasting and Journalism

• Cultural Production and Arts Management

• Public Relations

• Business / Finance

• Publishing

• Law

• Politics

• Policymaking

• Teaching

• Heritage

• Management Consultancy

• Tourism

• Humanities Research

• Digital Media

• Tech.