BA English Literature

at University College Dublin

First Year
 

Modules include:
 

• Reading World Literature

• Literature & Crisis

• Contemporary Irish Writing

• Literary Genre

• How to Read Poetry

• Writing the Body

• Comics & Fantasy

• Literature and the Marketplace.

Second Year
 

You will take an interdisciplinary core module based in UCD Special Collections archives and choose from other modules including:
 

• Critical Theory

• Reading Medieval Literature

• Reading Old English

• Spenser in Ireland

• Irish Literature in English

• Modern American Literature

• Renaissance Literature

• Romanticism

• Victorian to Modern Literature

• Twentieth-Century Drama.

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 a dedicated range of English Literature modules in different literary fields, including: Literature & Science, Architecture & Narrative, Yeats & the Arts, Theatres of Change, Global Science Fiction, Masculinities & Manhood, Contemporary Irish Women’s Poetry, Global Eco-Literature, Making Shakespeare, and others.

Fourth Year
 

Modules include:
 

Modules include: Dissertation, World Literature in English, Advanced Medieval Literature, Plus specialised option modules on: Austen, Shakespeare, Joyce, McDonagh, Heaney, Chaucer, Synge, McPherson, Talking Animals, the Crime Novel, Post-War US Theatre, Canadian Fiction, and many others.

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

Our English graduates have found employment in:
 

• Journalism

• Arts Management

• Public Relations

• Business and Finance

• Publishing

• Law, Politics

• Policymaking

• Teaching

• Heritage

• Management Consultancy

• Tourism

• Marketing

• Humanities Research