BA English with Creative Writing

at University College Dublin

First Year
 

Modules include:
 

• Creative Writing 1 & 2

• How to Read Poetry

• Writing the Body

• Reading World Literature

• Literature & Crisis

• Contemporary Irish Writing

• Literary Genre

As well as a range of English with Creative Writing modules students will benefit from an additional subject stream. Options include:
 

• Drama Studies

• Film Studies

• French

• German Beginners

• German Non-Beginners

• Greek & Roman Civilisation

• History

• Irish Studies

• Music

• Spanish Beginners

• Spanish Non-Beginners

Second Year
 

Modules include:
 

• Intermediate Creative Writing 1 & 2

• Critical Theory

• Medieval Literature

• Irish Literature in English

• Renaissance Literature

• Romanticism

• Victorian to Modern Literature

• Modern American Literature

• Ten Poems

• The English Novel

• UCD Special Collections: Archival Resarch Methods

Third Year

You will choose from a range of options that will enable you to broaden your horizons and enrich your academic experience:
 

• Apply for a competitive internship in an area that interests you and/or relates to your area of study.

• Study abroad for a trimester/year to develop your language skills and immerse yourself in a new culture.

• Deepen your knowledge by studying in-depth Creative Writing modules including: Poetry Workshop, Fiction Workshop, Creative Non-Fiction Workshop.

Students will also choose from a wide range of specialist English modules such as Making Shakespeare, Gender & Sexuality in the 18th Century, Austen’s Peer, Yeats, Reading Ulysses, Reading Beckett, The Theatre of Martin McDonagh.
 

Fourth Year

Students will choose from a wide range of advanced English modules, including: Contemporary, Historical Fiction, Detecting Fictions, Contemporary Irish Writing, Memory & the Irish Stage, Contemporary Irish Women’s Poetry, Modern American Poetry & Poetics. Students will also partake in advanced Creative Writing Workshops.

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

• Writer

• editor

• literary agents and critics

• content creator

• copywriters

• broadcaster/journalist

• public relations

• business

• law

• politics

• teaching

• management consultancy

• humanities research