This degree programme is designed for highly motivated students interested in developing their profile as creative writers by drawing specifically upon the rich literary heritage in English from Anglo-Saxon to the contemporary moments. Students will be educated in the history of literary, dramatic, media and cultural production, in current theoretical methods and approaches, and in a wide range of historical and national literatures, genres and media. We promote our core values – independence, creativity, collaboration, critical reflection, cultural engagement, and social and political consciousness – through innovative teaching, learning and assessment methods. Lecture, seminar, workshop and small group work are at the core of our teaching. One of the unique features of the specific approach to the teaching of creative writing in the School is the emphasis on the relationship between becoming an alert, astute, engaged critical reader of texts, and learning the craft of writing. This programme will enable students to develop skills and competence in a range of forms and genres of writing, including traditional formats (novel, short story, poetry, drama) but also in genre fiction, travel writing, creative non-fiction, experimental poetry and so on. The creative element of the programme will be taught through small workshops, and all students will be required to submit a final portfolio of creative work in their final year.
- School
- School of English, Drama and Film
- Attendance
- Full Time
- Level
- Undergraduate
- NFQ Level
- 8
- Award
- Bachelor of Arts
- Mode of Delivery
- On Campus
- Programme Director
- Dr Éireann Lorsung
- Overall Programme Credits:
- 240
- Programme Credits:
- Stage 1
Core/Option: 55 Electives: 5
Stage 2
Core/Option: 50 Electives: 10
Stage 3
Core/Option: 50 Electives: 10
Stage 4
Core/Option: 50 Electives: 10 - Major/Minor Core & Option Credits:
- Stage 1: 45
Stage 2: 50
Stage 3: 50
Stage 4: 50
Curricular information is subject to change.
The BA Humanities is an innovative, interdisciplinary four-year programme that combines multiple subjects to provide coherence and depth to student learning within nine carefully structured pathways. Taught by expert academics in the Arts and Humanities, the BA Humanities programme offers both intensive training in particular disciplines and unique skill sets that are developed by bringing together subjects that and relate closely to each other. Students will gain essential life and employment skills, including critical, analytical and creative thinking, and expert communications, while learning how to be adaptable and flexible in preparation for employment in a dynamic work environment.
Students on the English with Creative Writing pathway will study the work of a wide range of writers, focusing on how they create their works and also explore a range of narrating voices by reading texts selected to illustrate this range. Students will learn how characters are constructed, how to handle dialogue, how to manage time and sequencing and many other elements of the craft of writing, which will be generally helpful and occasionally inspiring in your own writing along with an introduction to contemporary developments in literature by considering the work of a number of Irish writers, who will address the class and provide valuable insight into the writing process.
1 - Situate a text within appropriate thematic, critical, historic and cultural contexts, and to interrogate it in
the light of current critical debates and their own ideas
2 - Apply in-depth knowledge of literary production in a wide range of specific time periods and cultures, and capable of identifying aesthetic innovations and trends
3 - Contextualise their own creative work within the writing traditions that precede and surround them.
4 - Demonstrate an extensive command of literary terminology, and the ability to apply this knowledge to the analysis of texts in a range of genres and media
5 - Demonstrate critical, technical and creative understanding of the art and craft of writing and of their own creative process.
6 - Expand strategies for creative expression.
7 - Illustrate refined and sophisticated skills in detailed textual analysis and close reading, and highly attentive to the tensions and ambiguity of texts and language
8 - Express nuanced understanding of form, genre and mode, and an ability to connect ideas across different periods and cultures from the early middle ages to the present
9 - Communicate ideas and concepts with clarity, precision, depth and style, while demonstrating an awareness of genre (e.g. essay, reflective journal, oral presentation), modes of argument, rhetorical skills, and audience
10 - Inform scholarship by appropriate academic and theoretical skills
11 - Apply creative, innovative and independent thinking in approach and response to complex issues, with a significant capacity to transfer skills and ideas from one intellectual sphere to another
12 - Generate a lifelong commitment to the value of reading with an ongoing desire to explore the rich variety of literary and cultural production and cultural history
13 - Articulate the value and radical transformative potential of, creative writing, literature and literary studies, and become an enthusiastic advocate for the discipline in wider society
14 - Carry out effective research, and be able to identify gaps in knowledge and locate and evaluate appropriate sources of information, and having completed independently an extended research project.
2 - Apply in-depth knowledge of literary production in a wide range of specific time periods and cultures, and capable of identifying aesthetic innovations and trends
3 - Contextualise their own creative work within the writing traditions that precede and surround them.
4 - Demonstrate an extensive command of literary terminology, and the ability to apply this knowledge to the analysis of texts in a range of genres and media
5 - Demonstrate critical, technical and creative understanding of the art and craft of writing and of their own creative process.
6 - Expand strategies for creative expression.
7 - Illustrate refined and sophisticated skills in detailed textual analysis and close reading, and highly attentive to the tensions and ambiguity of texts and language
8 - Express nuanced understanding of form, genre and mode, and an ability to connect ideas across different periods and cultures from the early middle ages to the present
9 - Communicate ideas and concepts with clarity, precision, depth and style, while demonstrating an awareness of genre (e.g. essay, reflective journal, oral presentation), modes of argument, rhetorical skills, and audience
10 - Inform scholarship by appropriate academic and theoretical skills
11 - Apply creative, innovative and independent thinking in approach and response to complex issues, with a significant capacity to transfer skills and ideas from one intellectual sphere to another
12 - Generate a lifelong commitment to the value of reading with an ongoing desire to explore the rich variety of literary and cultural production and cultural history
13 - Articulate the value and radical transformative potential of, creative writing, literature and literary studies, and become an enthusiastic advocate for the discipline in wider society
14 - Carry out effective research, and be able to identify gaps in knowledge and locate and evaluate appropriate sources of information, and having completed independently an extended research project.
Students can study in various EU and non-EU destinations through the Erasmus and Study Abroad programmes, in partnership arrangements between UCD and universities across the world.
Writer, editor, literary agents and critics, content creator, copywriters, broadcaster/journalist, public relations, business, law, politics, teaching, management consultancy, humanities research and many others.
UCD English, Drama and Film offer a wide range of postgraduate courses, including the MA and MFA in Creative Writing.
See www.ucd.ie/englishdramafilm/study/ for more details.
UCD Arts & Humanities Programme Office,
Newman Building,
Belfield,
Dublin 4
Tel: +353 1 716 8321/8102
Web: www.ucd.ie/ahss
Stage 1
Students are pre-registered to 7 core modules (35 credits) and should select two additional option modules. Students should then choose 1 additional Arts & Humanities subject (10 credits) and 1 elective module (5 credits). Stage 1 elective modules are chosen and taken in the Spring trimester.
It is recommended that students spread their credit workload evenly between Autumn and Spring.
Stage 2
Students are registered to 4 x core modules (35 credits). Students should choose 3 option modules (15 credits) plus 2 x 5 credit electives.
Stage 3
Stage 3 Credits: 50 Option / 10 Elective: a total of 60 for the year.
If students are not going abroad or taking an internship, they must take at least 10 credits in Creative Writing in each trimester from Option List A (that is, 10 credits in the autumn trimester and 10 credits in the spring trimester). Students should choose 30 credits from English option modules from Option List B. Students may take further modules in English or Creative Writing as substitutions for elective credits.
Any students on a trimester exchange or internship in stage 3 should choose a balance of modules across the subjects in their pathway for one trimester.
Stage 4
Stage 4 Credits: 50 Option/10 Elective = a total of 60 credits for the year.
Please read the following information carefully re Stage 4 programme options:
Students may take CRWT30220 Creative Writing Dissertation (20 Credits), to be taught over two trimesters. Students must have a GPA of 3.0 or higher.
OR
Students may take the Critical Dissertation (two modules): ENG30970 Dissertation Research Methods (5 credits; Autumn) and ENG32460 Dissertation (15 Credits; Spring)
OR
Students must take at least 10 credits of Creative Writing in the Autumn Trimester.
Students must take their remaining credits from the option modules in English and Creative Writing.
Students cannot do both the Creative Writing Dissertation and the Critical Dissertation.
Below is a list of all modules offered for this degree in the current academic year. Click on the module to discover what you will learn in the module, how you will learn and assessment feedback profile amongst other information.
Incoming Stage 1 undergraduates can usually select an Elective in the Spring Trimester. Most continuing undergraduate students can select up to two Elective modules (10 Credits) per stage. There is also the possibility to take up to 10 extra Elective credits.
| Trimester | Credits | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Stage 1 Core Modules |
CRWT10010 | The Craft of Creative Writing 1 | Autumn | 5 |
Stage 1 Core Modules |
ENG10120 | How to Read Poetry | Autumn | 5 |
Stage 1 Core Modules |
ENG10130 | Contemporary Irish Writing | Autumn | 5 |
Stage 1 Core Modules |
ENG10230 | Reading World Literature | Autumn | 5 |
Stage 1 Core Modules |
CRWT10020 | The Craft of Creative Writing 2 | Spring | 5 |
Stage 1 Core Modules |
ENG10030 | Literary Genre: the Art of Criticism and the Craft of Writing | Spring | 5 |
Stage 1 Core Modules |
ENG10220 | Literature and Crisis | Spring | 5 |
Stage 1 Options - A) Min 2 of: Please select two of the following option modules. Students may take an additional option module in the Spring trimester in place of their elective module if they wish. All students are strongly advised to balance their workload evenly across both trimesters. This means you should pick 30 credits in Autumn (Trimester 1) and 30 credits in spring (Trimester 2), including your 10-credit subject stream and Spring elective Stage 1 elective modules are chosen and taken in the Spring trimester. |
ENG10020 | Children's Literature | Autumn and Spring (separate) | 5 |
Stage 1 Options - A) Min 2 of: Please select two of the following option modules. Students may take an additional option module in the Spring trimester in place of their elective module if they wish. All students are strongly advised to balance their workload evenly across both trimesters. This means you should pick 30 credits in Autumn (Trimester 1) and 30 credits in spring (Trimester 2), including your 10-credit subject stream and Spring elective Stage 1 elective modules are chosen and taken in the Spring trimester. |
ENG10180 | Comics and Fantasy | Autumn and Spring (separate) | 5 |
Stage 1 Options - A) Min 2 of: Please select two of the following option modules. Students may take an additional option module in the Spring trimester in place of their elective module if they wish. All students are strongly advised to balance their workload evenly across both trimesters. This means you should pick 30 credits in Autumn (Trimester 1) and 30 credits in spring (Trimester 2), including your 10-credit subject stream and Spring elective Stage 1 elective modules are chosen and taken in the Spring trimester. |
ENG10250 | Horror Literature | Autumn and Spring (separate) | 5 |
Stage 2 Core Modules |
CRWT20020 | Intermediate Creative Writing | Autumn | 10 |
Stage 2 Core Modules |
ENG20780 | Critical Theory | Autumn | 10 |
Stage 2 Core Modules |
CRWT20060 | Intermediate Creat. Writing 2 | Spring | 10 |
Stage 2 Core Modules |
HUM20050 | Primary Source Research in the Humanities B: Exploring UCD Cultural Heritage Collections | Spring | 5 |
Stage 2 Options - A) Min 2 of: Students should take at least 2 modules from the following list. It is recommended that students spread their credit workload evenly between Autumn and Spring. Students can choose additional options from this list in place of electives, if they wish. |
ENG20490 | Romanticism | Autumn | 5 |
Stage 2 Options - A) Min 2 of: Students should take at least 2 modules from the following list. It is recommended that students spread their credit workload evenly between Autumn and Spring. Students can choose additional options from this list in place of electives, if they wish. |
ENG20410 | Reading Medieval Literature | Spring | 5 |
Stage 2 Options - A) Min 2 of: Students should take at least 2 modules from the following list. It is recommended that students spread their credit workload evenly between Autumn and Spring. Students can choose additional options from this list in place of electives, if they wish. |
ENG20430 | Modern American Literature | Spring | 5 |
Stage 2 Options - A) Min 2 of: Students should take at least 2 modules from the following list. It is recommended that students spread their credit workload evenly between Autumn and Spring. Students can choose additional options from this list in place of electives, if they wish. |
ENG20440 | Reading the story of Ireland: Irish Literature in English | Spring | 5 |
Stage 2 Options - A) Min 2 of: Students should take at least 2 modules from the following list. It is recommended that students spread their credit workload evenly between Autumn and Spring. Students can choose additional options from this list in place of electives, if they wish. |
ENG20790 | Global 19th C. Literature | Spring | 5 |
Stage 2 Options - D) Min 0CR: Students can take one additional option in Creative Writing. |
CRWT20050 | Writing Fiction | Autumn | 5 |
Stage 2 Options - D) Min 0CR: Students can take one additional option in Creative Writing. |
CRWT20040 | Writing Poetry | Autumn and Spring (separate) | 5 |
Stage 2 Options - D) Min 0CR: Students can take one additional option in Creative Writing. |
CRWT20030 | Teen & YA Literature | Spring | 5 |
Stage 2 Options - E) Min 0 of: This is a College of Arts and Humanities module. It is the equivalent of an elective. You may take it instead of taking one of your Stage 2 electives. Please make sure that you have selected the correct number of programme options from the list above. This is not one of your required options. It is recommended in particular if you are considering applying for an internship option next year. |
HUM20030 | Career Readiness (Humanities) | Spring | 5 |
Stage 3 Options - A) Min 0 of: Students who remain in UCD for the full year in stage 3 should choose 2 x 10 credit Creative Writing modules, one in the Autumn trimester and one in the Spring trimester. Any students on a trimester exchange or internship in stage 3 should choose an even spread of modules from their pathway subjects for one trimester. |
CRWT30080 | Advanced Fiction Workshop I | Autumn | 10 |
Stage 3 Options - A) Min 0 of: Students who remain in UCD for the full year in stage 3 should choose 2 x 10 credit Creative Writing modules, one in the Autumn trimester and one in the Spring trimester. Any students on a trimester exchange or internship in stage 3 should choose an even spread of modules from their pathway subjects for one trimester. |
CRWT30230 | Experimental Poetry | Autumn | 10 |
Stage 3 Options - A) Min 0 of: Students who remain in UCD for the full year in stage 3 should choose 2 x 10 credit Creative Writing modules, one in the Autumn trimester and one in the Spring trimester. Any students on a trimester exchange or internship in stage 3 should choose an even spread of modules from their pathway subjects for one trimester. |
CRWT30120 | Literary Editorship | Autumn and Spring (separate) | 10 |
Stage 3 Options - A) Min 0 of: Students who remain in UCD for the full year in stage 3 should choose 2 x 10 credit Creative Writing modules, one in the Autumn trimester and one in the Spring trimester. Any students on a trimester exchange or internship in stage 3 should choose an even spread of modules from their pathway subjects for one trimester. |
CRWT30100 | Advanced Poetry Workshop | Spring | 10 |
Stage 3 Options - A) Min 0 of: Students who remain in UCD for the full year in stage 3 should choose 2 x 10 credit Creative Writing modules, one in the Autumn trimester and one in the Spring trimester. Any students on a trimester exchange or internship in stage 3 should choose an even spread of modules from their pathway subjects for one trimester. |
CRWT30110 | Advanced Fiction Workshop II | Spring | 10 |
Stage 3 Options - A) Min 0 of: Students who remain in UCD for the full year in stage 3 should choose 2 x 10 credit Creative Writing modules, one in the Autumn trimester and one in the Spring trimester. Any students on a trimester exchange or internship in stage 3 should choose an even spread of modules from their pathway subjects for one trimester. |
CRWT30150 | Writing the Environment | Spring | 10 |
Stage 3 Options - A) Min 0 of: Students who remain in UCD for the full year in stage 3 should choose 2 x 10 credit Creative Writing modules, one in the Autumn trimester and one in the Spring trimester. Any students on a trimester exchange or internship in stage 3 should choose an even spread of modules from their pathway subjects for one trimester. |
CRWT30240 | Making Comics | Spring | 10 |
Stage 3 Options - B) Min 0 of: Students who remain in UCD for the full year in stage 3 should choose 3 x 10 credit English option modules. Any students on a trimester exchange or internship in stage 3 should choose an even spread of modules from their pathway subjects (20 credits - 2 x 10 credit modules from the list below) for one trimester. |
ENG31950 | Architecture and Narrative | Autumn | 10 |
Stage 3 Options - B) Min 0 of: Students who remain in UCD for the full year in stage 3 should choose 3 x 10 credit English option modules. Any students on a trimester exchange or internship in stage 3 should choose an even spread of modules from their pathway subjects (20 credits - 2 x 10 credit modules from the list below) for one trimester. |
ENG31960 | Apocalypse Then: Old Eng. Lit. | Autumn | 10 |
Stage 3 Options - B) Min 0 of: Students who remain in UCD for the full year in stage 3 should choose 3 x 10 credit English option modules. Any students on a trimester exchange or internship in stage 3 should choose an even spread of modules from their pathway subjects (20 credits - 2 x 10 credit modules from the list below) for one trimester. |
ENG31980 | Women and the Novel in Romantic-era Britain | Autumn | 10 |
Stage 3 Options - B) Min 0 of: Students who remain in UCD for the full year in stage 3 should choose 3 x 10 credit English option modules. Any students on a trimester exchange or internship in stage 3 should choose an even spread of modules from their pathway subjects (20 credits - 2 x 10 credit modules from the list below) for one trimester. |
ENG32000 | Contemp. Irish Women's Poetry | Autumn | 10 |
Stage 3 Options - B) Min 0 of: Students who remain in UCD for the full year in stage 3 should choose 3 x 10 credit English option modules. Any students on a trimester exchange or internship in stage 3 should choose an even spread of modules from their pathway subjects (20 credits - 2 x 10 credit modules from the list below) for one trimester. |
ENG32030 | Theatre of Martin McDonagh | Autumn | 10 |
Stage 3 Options - B) Min 0 of: Students who remain in UCD for the full year in stage 3 should choose 3 x 10 credit English option modules. Any students on a trimester exchange or internship in stage 3 should choose an even spread of modules from their pathway subjects (20 credits - 2 x 10 credit modules from the list below) for one trimester. |
ENG32050 | Reading Joyce | Autumn | 10 |
Stage 3 Options - B) Min 0 of: Students who remain in UCD for the full year in stage 3 should choose 3 x 10 credit English option modules. Any students on a trimester exchange or internship in stage 3 should choose an even spread of modules from their pathway subjects (20 credits - 2 x 10 credit modules from the list below) for one trimester. |
ENG32070 | Medieval Celluloid | Autumn | 10 |
Stage 3 Options - B) Min 0 of: Students who remain in UCD for the full year in stage 3 should choose 3 x 10 credit English option modules. Any students on a trimester exchange or internship in stage 3 should choose an even spread of modules from their pathway subjects (20 credits - 2 x 10 credit modules from the list below) for one trimester. |
ENG32380 | Sexuality and the State in Irish Drama and Culture | Autumn | 10 |
Stage 3 Options - B) Min 0 of: Students who remain in UCD for the full year in stage 3 should choose 3 x 10 credit English option modules. Any students on a trimester exchange or internship in stage 3 should choose an even spread of modules from their pathway subjects (20 credits - 2 x 10 credit modules from the list below) for one trimester. |
ENG32560 | Writing Black: African American Literature and Racial Consciousness | Autumn | 10 |
Stage 3 Options - B) Min 0 of: Students who remain in UCD for the full year in stage 3 should choose 3 x 10 credit English option modules. Any students on a trimester exchange or internship in stage 3 should choose an even spread of modules from their pathway subjects (20 credits - 2 x 10 credit modules from the list below) for one trimester. |
ENG32580 | Staging Conflict and Human Rights | Autumn | 10 |
Stage 3 Options - B) Min 0 of: Students who remain in UCD for the full year in stage 3 should choose 3 x 10 credit English option modules. Any students on a trimester exchange or internship in stage 3 should choose an even spread of modules from their pathway subjects (20 credits - 2 x 10 credit modules from the list below) for one trimester. |
ENG32640 | Girlhood in 21stC American YA | Autumn | 10 |
Stage 3 Options - B) Min 0 of: Students who remain in UCD for the full year in stage 3 should choose 3 x 10 credit English option modules. Any students on a trimester exchange or internship in stage 3 should choose an even spread of modules from their pathway subjects (20 credits - 2 x 10 credit modules from the list below) for one trimester. |
ENG32670 | Dark Romanticism | Autumn | 10 |
Stage 3 Options - B) Min 0 of: Students who remain in UCD for the full year in stage 3 should choose 3 x 10 credit English option modules. Any students on a trimester exchange or internship in stage 3 should choose an even spread of modules from their pathway subjects (20 credits - 2 x 10 credit modules from the list below) for one trimester. |
ENG32780 | Presenting Tennessee Williams | Autumn | 10 |
Stage 3 Options - B) Min 0 of: Students who remain in UCD for the full year in stage 3 should choose 3 x 10 credit English option modules. Any students on a trimester exchange or internship in stage 3 should choose an even spread of modules from their pathway subjects (20 credits - 2 x 10 credit modules from the list below) for one trimester. |
ENG32830 | Lit and the new Brain Sciences | Autumn | 10 |
Stage 3 Options - B) Min 0 of: Students who remain in UCD for the full year in stage 3 should choose 3 x 10 credit English option modules. Any students on a trimester exchange or internship in stage 3 should choose an even spread of modules from their pathway subjects (20 credits - 2 x 10 credit modules from the list below) for one trimester. |
ENG32840 | Literature and Justice | Autumn | 10 |
Stage 3 Options - B) Min 0 of: Students who remain in UCD for the full year in stage 3 should choose 3 x 10 credit English option modules. Any students on a trimester exchange or internship in stage 3 should choose an even spread of modules from their pathway subjects (20 credits - 2 x 10 credit modules from the list below) for one trimester. |
ENG31930 | Irish Fiction After 2010 | Autumn and Spring (separate) | 10 |
Stage 3 Options - B) Min 0 of: Students who remain in UCD for the full year in stage 3 should choose 3 x 10 credit English option modules. Any students on a trimester exchange or internship in stage 3 should choose an even spread of modules from their pathway subjects (20 credits - 2 x 10 credit modules from the list below) for one trimester. |
ENG32180 | Poetry in Performance | Autumn and Spring (separate) | 10 |
Stage 3 Options - B) Min 0 of: Students who remain in UCD for the full year in stage 3 should choose 3 x 10 credit English option modules. Any students on a trimester exchange or internship in stage 3 should choose an even spread of modules from their pathway subjects (20 credits - 2 x 10 credit modules from the list below) for one trimester. |
ENG32270 | Pursuits of Happiness: Fictions of America Since 1945 | Autumn and Spring (separate) | 10 |
Stage 3 Options - B) Min 0 of: Students who remain in UCD for the full year in stage 3 should choose 3 x 10 credit English option modules. Any students on a trimester exchange or internship in stage 3 should choose an even spread of modules from their pathway subjects (20 credits - 2 x 10 credit modules from the list below) for one trimester. |
ENG32600 | Creative Non-Fiction | Autumn and Spring (separate) | 10 |
Stage 3 Options - B) Min 0 of: Students who remain in UCD for the full year in stage 3 should choose 3 x 10 credit English option modules. Any students on a trimester exchange or internship in stage 3 should choose an even spread of modules from their pathway subjects (20 credits - 2 x 10 credit modules from the list below) for one trimester. |
ENG32690 | Writing Habits | Autumn and Spring (separate) | 10 |
Stage 3 Options - B) Min 0 of: Students who remain in UCD for the full year in stage 3 should choose 3 x 10 credit English option modules. Any students on a trimester exchange or internship in stage 3 should choose an even spread of modules from their pathway subjects (20 credits - 2 x 10 credit modules from the list below) for one trimester. |
ENG31900 | Yeats and the Arts | Spring | 10 |
Stage 3 Options - B) Min 0 of: Students who remain in UCD for the full year in stage 3 should choose 3 x 10 credit English option modules. Any students on a trimester exchange or internship in stage 3 should choose an even spread of modules from their pathway subjects (20 credits - 2 x 10 credit modules from the list below) for one trimester. |
ENG31940 | Global Science Fiction | Spring | 10 |
Stage 3 Options - B) Min 0 of: Students who remain in UCD for the full year in stage 3 should choose 3 x 10 credit English option modules. Any students on a trimester exchange or internship in stage 3 should choose an even spread of modules from their pathway subjects (20 credits - 2 x 10 credit modules from the list below) for one trimester. |
ENG31990 | Reading Gender and Sexuality | Spring | 10 |
Stage 3 Options - B) Min 0 of: Students who remain in UCD for the full year in stage 3 should choose 3 x 10 credit English option modules. Any students on a trimester exchange or internship in stage 3 should choose an even spread of modules from their pathway subjects (20 credits - 2 x 10 credit modules from the list below) for one trimester. |
ENG32020 | Detecting Fictions: the Crime Novel in America, Britain and Ireland | Spring | 10 |
Stage 3 Options - B) Min 0 of: Students who remain in UCD for the full year in stage 3 should choose 3 x 10 credit English option modules. Any students on a trimester exchange or internship in stage 3 should choose an even spread of modules from their pathway subjects (20 credits - 2 x 10 credit modules from the list below) for one trimester. |
ENG32080 | Social Networks in Fiction: from Jane Austen to Conan Doyle | Spring | 10 |
Stage 3 Options - B) Min 0 of: Students who remain in UCD for the full year in stage 3 should choose 3 x 10 credit English option modules. Any students on a trimester exchange or internship in stage 3 should choose an even spread of modules from their pathway subjects (20 credits - 2 x 10 credit modules from the list below) for one trimester. |
ENG32090 | Masculinities and Manhood in Irish Writing and Culture | Spring | 10 |
Stage 3 Options - B) Min 0 of: Students who remain in UCD for the full year in stage 3 should choose 3 x 10 credit English option modules. Any students on a trimester exchange or internship in stage 3 should choose an even spread of modules from their pathway subjects (20 credits - 2 x 10 credit modules from the list below) for one trimester. |
ENG32130 | Irish Gothic | Spring | 10 |
Stage 3 Options - B) Min 0 of: Students who remain in UCD for the full year in stage 3 should choose 3 x 10 credit English option modules. Any students on a trimester exchange or internship in stage 3 should choose an even spread of modules from their pathway subjects (20 credits - 2 x 10 credit modules from the list below) for one trimester. |
ENG32200 | Sexuality & American Modernism | Spring | 10 |
Stage 3 Options - B) Min 0 of: Students who remain in UCD for the full year in stage 3 should choose 3 x 10 credit English option modules. Any students on a trimester exchange or internship in stage 3 should choose an even spread of modules from their pathway subjects (20 credits - 2 x 10 credit modules from the list below) for one trimester. |
ENG32220 | Popular Fiction in Britain | Spring | 10 |
Stage 3 Options - B) Min 0 of: Students who remain in UCD for the full year in stage 3 should choose 3 x 10 credit English option modules. Any students on a trimester exchange or internship in stage 3 should choose an even spread of modules from their pathway subjects (20 credits - 2 x 10 credit modules from the list below) for one trimester. |
ENG32590 | Memory and Testimony in Performance | Spring | 10 |
Stage 3 Options - B) Min 0 of: Students who remain in UCD for the full year in stage 3 should choose 3 x 10 credit English option modules. Any students on a trimester exchange or internship in stage 3 should choose an even spread of modules from their pathway subjects (20 credits - 2 x 10 credit modules from the list below) for one trimester. |
ENG32680 | Global Renaissance | Spring | 10 |
Stage 3 Options - B) Min 0 of: Students who remain in UCD for the full year in stage 3 should choose 3 x 10 credit English option modules. Any students on a trimester exchange or internship in stage 3 should choose an even spread of modules from their pathway subjects (20 credits - 2 x 10 credit modules from the list below) for one trimester. |
ENG32760 | Life Writing: Text and Self | Spring | 10 |
Stage 3 Options - B) Min 0 of: Students who remain in UCD for the full year in stage 3 should choose 3 x 10 credit English option modules. Any students on a trimester exchange or internship in stage 3 should choose an even spread of modules from their pathway subjects (20 credits - 2 x 10 credit modules from the list below) for one trimester. |
ENG32810 | Irish Poetry, Global Diplomacy | Spring | 10 |
Stage 3 Options - B) Min 0 of: Students who remain in UCD for the full year in stage 3 should choose 3 x 10 credit English option modules. Any students on a trimester exchange or internship in stage 3 should choose an even spread of modules from their pathway subjects (20 credits - 2 x 10 credit modules from the list below) for one trimester. |
ENG32820 | Reading South Africa | Spring | 10 |
Stage 3 Options - D) Min 0 of: Students who have been offered a College sourced internship, or self-sourced their own internship with approval from the Programme Board should register to the internship module in the appropriate trimester. |
HUM30020 | Internship-Autumn (Humanities) | Autumn | 30 |
Stage 3 Options - D) Min 0 of: Students who have been offered a College sourced internship, or self-sourced their own internship with approval from the Programme Board should register to the internship module in the appropriate trimester. |
HUM30030 | Internship- Spring (Humanities) | Spring | 30 |
Stage 3 Options - E) Min 0 of: This is an elective substitution module. You may select this module instead of one of your elective modules. |
HUM30050 | Writing for Life: employability skills for arts and humanities students | Spring | 5 |
Stage 4 Options - A) Min 0 of: Students must obtain permission and receive confirmation from the pathway coordinator to register for this module. A minimum GPA of 3.0 is required to be eligible for this module. Students must choose between the Creative Dissertation, the Critical Dissertation, or additional option modules. |
CRWT30220 | Dissertation (Creative) | 2 Trimester duration (Aut-Spr) | 20 |
Stage 4 Options - B) Min 0 of: Students must obtain permission and receive confirmation from the module coordinator to register for this module. A minimum GPA of 3.0 is required to be eligible for this module. Students must choose between the Creative Dissertation, the Critical Dissertation, or additional option modules. ENG30970 must be taken in addition to ENG32460 for the Critical Dissertation Option |
ENG30970 | Dissertation Research Methods | Autumn | 5 |
Stage 4 Options - B) Min 0 of: Students must obtain permission and receive confirmation from the module coordinator to register for this module. A minimum GPA of 3.0 is required to be eligible for this module. Students must choose between the Creative Dissertation, the Critical Dissertation, or additional option modules. ENG30970 must be taken in addition to ENG32460 for the Critical Dissertation Option |
ENG32460 | Dissertation | Spring | 15 |
Stage 4 Options - B1) Min 1 of: Students must choose a 10 credit Creative Writing module. |
CRWT30160 | Special Topics Workshop I | Autumn | 10 |
Stage 4 Options - B1) Min 1 of: Students must choose a 10 credit Creative Writing module. |
CRWT30230 | Experimental Poetry | Autumn | 10 |
Stage 4 Options - B1) Min 1 of: Students must choose a 10 credit Creative Writing module. |
CRWT30120 | Literary Editorship | Autumn and Spring (separate) | 10 |
Stage 4 Options - B1) Min 1 of: Students must choose a 10 credit Creative Writing module. |
CRWT30150 | Writing the Environment | Spring | 10 |
Stage 4 Options - B1) Min 1 of: Students must choose a 10 credit Creative Writing module. |
CRWT30190 | Special Topics Workshop II | Spring | 10 |
Stage 4 Options - B1) Min 1 of: Students must choose a 10 credit Creative Writing module. |
CRWT30240 | Making Comics | Spring | 10 |
Stage 4 Options - C) Min 20CR: Students who are either taking the Creative Dissertation or the Critical Dissertation option should choose 20 credits from the English Options below. Students who are NOT taking the Creative Dissertation or the Critical Dissertation option should choose 40 credits from the English Options below. Students may take additional options from this list in place of electives, subject to capacity. |
ENG31950 | Architecture and Narrative | Autumn | 10 |
Stage 4 Options - C) Min 20CR: Students who are either taking the Creative Dissertation or the Critical Dissertation option should choose 20 credits from the English Options below. Students who are NOT taking the Creative Dissertation or the Critical Dissertation option should choose 40 credits from the English Options below. Students may take additional options from this list in place of electives, subject to capacity. |
ENG31960 | Apocalypse Then: Old Eng. Lit. | Autumn | 10 |
Stage 4 Options - C) Min 20CR: Students who are either taking the Creative Dissertation or the Critical Dissertation option should choose 20 credits from the English Options below. Students who are NOT taking the Creative Dissertation or the Critical Dissertation option should choose 40 credits from the English Options below. Students may take additional options from this list in place of electives, subject to capacity. |
ENG31980 | Women and the Novel in Romantic-era Britain | Autumn | 10 |
Stage 4 Options - C) Min 20CR: Students who are either taking the Creative Dissertation or the Critical Dissertation option should choose 20 credits from the English Options below. Students who are NOT taking the Creative Dissertation or the Critical Dissertation option should choose 40 credits from the English Options below. Students may take additional options from this list in place of electives, subject to capacity. |
ENG32000 | Contemp. Irish Women's Poetry | Autumn | 10 |
Stage 4 Options - C) Min 20CR: Students who are either taking the Creative Dissertation or the Critical Dissertation option should choose 20 credits from the English Options below. Students who are NOT taking the Creative Dissertation or the Critical Dissertation option should choose 40 credits from the English Options below. Students may take additional options from this list in place of electives, subject to capacity. |
ENG32030 | Theatre of Martin McDonagh | Autumn | 10 |
Stage 4 Options - C) Min 20CR: Students who are either taking the Creative Dissertation or the Critical Dissertation option should choose 20 credits from the English Options below. Students who are NOT taking the Creative Dissertation or the Critical Dissertation option should choose 40 credits from the English Options below. Students may take additional options from this list in place of electives, subject to capacity. |
ENG32050 | Reading Joyce | Autumn | 10 |
Stage 4 Options - C) Min 20CR: Students who are either taking the Creative Dissertation or the Critical Dissertation option should choose 20 credits from the English Options below. Students who are NOT taking the Creative Dissertation or the Critical Dissertation option should choose 40 credits from the English Options below. Students may take additional options from this list in place of electives, subject to capacity. |
ENG32070 | Medieval Celluloid | Autumn | 10 |
Stage 4 Options - C) Min 20CR: Students who are either taking the Creative Dissertation or the Critical Dissertation option should choose 20 credits from the English Options below. Students who are NOT taking the Creative Dissertation or the Critical Dissertation option should choose 40 credits from the English Options below. Students may take additional options from this list in place of electives, subject to capacity. |
ENG32110 | Literature and Science | Autumn | 10 |
Stage 4 Options - C) Min 20CR: Students who are either taking the Creative Dissertation or the Critical Dissertation option should choose 20 credits from the English Options below. Students who are NOT taking the Creative Dissertation or the Critical Dissertation option should choose 40 credits from the English Options below. Students may take additional options from this list in place of electives, subject to capacity. |
ENG32380 | Sexuality and the State in Irish Drama and Culture | Autumn | 10 |
Stage 4 Options - C) Min 20CR: Students who are either taking the Creative Dissertation or the Critical Dissertation option should choose 20 credits from the English Options below. Students who are NOT taking the Creative Dissertation or the Critical Dissertation option should choose 40 credits from the English Options below. Students may take additional options from this list in place of electives, subject to capacity. |
ENG32510 | Writing Dublin | Autumn | 5 |
Stage 4 Options - C) Min 20CR: Students who are either taking the Creative Dissertation or the Critical Dissertation option should choose 20 credits from the English Options below. Students who are NOT taking the Creative Dissertation or the Critical Dissertation option should choose 40 credits from the English Options below. Students may take additional options from this list in place of electives, subject to capacity. |
ENG32520 | Ugly Feelings | Autumn | 5 |
Stage 4 Options - C) Min 20CR: Students who are either taking the Creative Dissertation or the Critical Dissertation option should choose 20 credits from the English Options below. Students who are NOT taking the Creative Dissertation or the Critical Dissertation option should choose 40 credits from the English Options below. Students may take additional options from this list in place of electives, subject to capacity. |
ENG32560 | Writing Black: African American Literature and Racial Consciousness | Autumn | 10 |
Stage 4 Options - C) Min 20CR: Students who are either taking the Creative Dissertation or the Critical Dissertation option should choose 20 credits from the English Options below. Students who are NOT taking the Creative Dissertation or the Critical Dissertation option should choose 40 credits from the English Options below. Students may take additional options from this list in place of electives, subject to capacity. |
ENG32580 | Staging Conflict and Human Rights | Autumn | 10 |
Stage 4 Options - C) Min 20CR: Students who are either taking the Creative Dissertation or the Critical Dissertation option should choose 20 credits from the English Options below. Students who are NOT taking the Creative Dissertation or the Critical Dissertation option should choose 40 credits from the English Options below. Students may take additional options from this list in place of electives, subject to capacity. |
ENG32640 | Girlhood in 21stC American YA | Autumn | 10 |
Stage 4 Options - C) Min 20CR: Students who are either taking the Creative Dissertation or the Critical Dissertation option should choose 20 credits from the English Options below. Students who are NOT taking the Creative Dissertation or the Critical Dissertation option should choose 40 credits from the English Options below. Students may take additional options from this list in place of electives, subject to capacity. |
ENG32670 | Dark Romanticism | Autumn | 10 |
Stage 4 Options - C) Min 20CR: Students who are either taking the Creative Dissertation or the Critical Dissertation option should choose 20 credits from the English Options below. Students who are NOT taking the Creative Dissertation or the Critical Dissertation option should choose 40 credits from the English Options below. Students may take additional options from this list in place of electives, subject to capacity. |
ENG32740 | King Arthur: History & Romance | Autumn | 5 |
Stage 4 Options - C) Min 20CR: Students who are either taking the Creative Dissertation or the Critical Dissertation option should choose 20 credits from the English Options below. Students who are NOT taking the Creative Dissertation or the Critical Dissertation option should choose 40 credits from the English Options below. Students may take additional options from this list in place of electives, subject to capacity. |
ENG32780 | Presenting Tennessee Williams | Autumn | 10 |
Stage 4 Options - C) Min 20CR: Students who are either taking the Creative Dissertation or the Critical Dissertation option should choose 20 credits from the English Options below. Students who are NOT taking the Creative Dissertation or the Critical Dissertation option should choose 40 credits from the English Options below. Students may take additional options from this list in place of electives, subject to capacity. |
ENG32830 | Lit and the new Brain Sciences | Autumn | 10 |
Stage 4 Options - C) Min 20CR: Students who are either taking the Creative Dissertation or the Critical Dissertation option should choose 20 credits from the English Options below. Students who are NOT taking the Creative Dissertation or the Critical Dissertation option should choose 40 credits from the English Options below. Students may take additional options from this list in place of electives, subject to capacity. |
ENG32840 | Literature and Justice | Autumn | 10 |
Stage 4 Options - C) Min 20CR: Students who are either taking the Creative Dissertation or the Critical Dissertation option should choose 20 credits from the English Options below. Students who are NOT taking the Creative Dissertation or the Critical Dissertation option should choose 40 credits from the English Options below. Students may take additional options from this list in place of electives, subject to capacity. |
ENG31930 | Irish Fiction After 2010 | Autumn and Spring (separate) | 10 |
Stage 4 Options - C) Min 20CR: Students who are either taking the Creative Dissertation or the Critical Dissertation option should choose 20 credits from the English Options below. Students who are NOT taking the Creative Dissertation or the Critical Dissertation option should choose 40 credits from the English Options below. Students may take additional options from this list in place of electives, subject to capacity. |
ENG32180 | Poetry in Performance | Autumn and Spring (separate) | 10 |
Stage 4 Options - C) Min 20CR: Students who are either taking the Creative Dissertation or the Critical Dissertation option should choose 20 credits from the English Options below. Students who are NOT taking the Creative Dissertation or the Critical Dissertation option should choose 40 credits from the English Options below. Students may take additional options from this list in place of electives, subject to capacity. |
ENG32270 | Pursuits of Happiness: Fictions of America Since 1945 | Autumn and Spring (separate) | 10 |
Stage 4 Options - C) Min 20CR: Students who are either taking the Creative Dissertation or the Critical Dissertation option should choose 20 credits from the English Options below. Students who are NOT taking the Creative Dissertation or the Critical Dissertation option should choose 40 credits from the English Options below. Students may take additional options from this list in place of electives, subject to capacity. |
ENG32600 | Creative Non-Fiction | Autumn and Spring (separate) | 10 |
Stage 4 Options - C) Min 20CR: Students who are either taking the Creative Dissertation or the Critical Dissertation option should choose 20 credits from the English Options below. Students who are NOT taking the Creative Dissertation or the Critical Dissertation option should choose 40 credits from the English Options below. Students may take additional options from this list in place of electives, subject to capacity. |
ENG32690 | Writing Habits | Autumn and Spring (separate) | 10 |
Stage 4 Options - C) Min 20CR: Students who are either taking the Creative Dissertation or the Critical Dissertation option should choose 20 credits from the English Options below. Students who are NOT taking the Creative Dissertation or the Critical Dissertation option should choose 40 credits from the English Options below. Students may take additional options from this list in place of electives, subject to capacity. |
ENG31780 | Contemporary European Crime Fiction | Spring | 5 |
Stage 4 Options - C) Min 20CR: Students who are either taking the Creative Dissertation or the Critical Dissertation option should choose 20 credits from the English Options below. Students who are NOT taking the Creative Dissertation or the Critical Dissertation option should choose 40 credits from the English Options below. Students may take additional options from this list in place of electives, subject to capacity. |
ENG31940 | Global Science Fiction | Spring | 10 |
Stage 4 Options - C) Min 20CR: Students who are either taking the Creative Dissertation or the Critical Dissertation option should choose 20 credits from the English Options below. Students who are NOT taking the Creative Dissertation or the Critical Dissertation option should choose 40 credits from the English Options below. Students may take additional options from this list in place of electives, subject to capacity. |
ENG31990 | Reading Gender and Sexuality | Spring | 10 |
Stage 4 Options - C) Min 20CR: Students who are either taking the Creative Dissertation or the Critical Dissertation option should choose 20 credits from the English Options below. Students who are NOT taking the Creative Dissertation or the Critical Dissertation option should choose 40 credits from the English Options below. Students may take additional options from this list in place of electives, subject to capacity. |
ENG32020 | Detecting Fictions: the Crime Novel in America, Britain and Ireland | Spring | 10 |
Stage 4 Options - C) Min 20CR: Students who are either taking the Creative Dissertation or the Critical Dissertation option should choose 20 credits from the English Options below. Students who are NOT taking the Creative Dissertation or the Critical Dissertation option should choose 40 credits from the English Options below. Students may take additional options from this list in place of electives, subject to capacity. |
ENG32080 | Social Networks in Fiction: from Jane Austen to Conan Doyle | Spring | 10 |
Stage 4 Options - C) Min 20CR: Students who are either taking the Creative Dissertation or the Critical Dissertation option should choose 20 credits from the English Options below. Students who are NOT taking the Creative Dissertation or the Critical Dissertation option should choose 40 credits from the English Options below. Students may take additional options from this list in place of electives, subject to capacity. |
ENG32090 | Masculinities and Manhood in Irish Writing and Culture | Spring | 10 |
Stage 4 Options - C) Min 20CR: Students who are either taking the Creative Dissertation or the Critical Dissertation option should choose 20 credits from the English Options below. Students who are NOT taking the Creative Dissertation or the Critical Dissertation option should choose 40 credits from the English Options below. Students may take additional options from this list in place of electives, subject to capacity. |
ENG32130 | Irish Gothic | Spring | 10 |
Stage 4 Options - C) Min 20CR: Students who are either taking the Creative Dissertation or the Critical Dissertation option should choose 20 credits from the English Options below. Students who are NOT taking the Creative Dissertation or the Critical Dissertation option should choose 40 credits from the English Options below. Students may take additional options from this list in place of electives, subject to capacity. |
ENG32200 | Sexuality & American Modernism | Spring | 10 |
Stage 4 Options - C) Min 20CR: Students who are either taking the Creative Dissertation or the Critical Dissertation option should choose 20 credits from the English Options below. Students who are NOT taking the Creative Dissertation or the Critical Dissertation option should choose 40 credits from the English Options below. Students may take additional options from this list in place of electives, subject to capacity. |
ENG32220 | Popular Fiction in Britain | Spring | 10 |
Stage 4 Options - C) Min 20CR: Students who are either taking the Creative Dissertation or the Critical Dissertation option should choose 20 credits from the English Options below. Students who are NOT taking the Creative Dissertation or the Critical Dissertation option should choose 40 credits from the English Options below. Students may take additional options from this list in place of electives, subject to capacity. |
ENG32300 | Making Shakespeare | Spring | 5 |
Stage 4 Options - C) Min 20CR: Students who are either taking the Creative Dissertation or the Critical Dissertation option should choose 20 credits from the English Options below. Students who are NOT taking the Creative Dissertation or the Critical Dissertation option should choose 40 credits from the English Options below. Students may take additional options from this list in place of electives, subject to capacity. |
ENG32590 | Memory and Testimony in Performance | Spring | 10 |
Stage 4 Options - C) Min 20CR: Students who are either taking the Creative Dissertation or the Critical Dissertation option should choose 20 credits from the English Options below. Students who are NOT taking the Creative Dissertation or the Critical Dissertation option should choose 40 credits from the English Options below. Students may take additional options from this list in place of electives, subject to capacity. |
ENG32680 | Global Renaissance | Spring | 10 |
Stage 4 Options - C) Min 20CR: Students who are either taking the Creative Dissertation or the Critical Dissertation option should choose 20 credits from the English Options below. Students who are NOT taking the Creative Dissertation or the Critical Dissertation option should choose 40 credits from the English Options below. Students may take additional options from this list in place of electives, subject to capacity. |
ENG32760 | Life Writing: Text and Self | Spring | 10 |
Stage 4 Options - C) Min 20CR: Students who are either taking the Creative Dissertation or the Critical Dissertation option should choose 20 credits from the English Options below. Students who are NOT taking the Creative Dissertation or the Critical Dissertation option should choose 40 credits from the English Options below. Students may take additional options from this list in place of electives, subject to capacity. |
ENG32810 | Irish Poetry, Global Diplomacy | Spring | 10 |
Stage 4 Options - C) Min 20CR: Students who are either taking the Creative Dissertation or the Critical Dissertation option should choose 20 credits from the English Options below. Students who are NOT taking the Creative Dissertation or the Critical Dissertation option should choose 40 credits from the English Options below. Students may take additional options from this list in place of electives, subject to capacity. |
ENG32820 | Reading South Africa | Spring | 10 |
Stage 4 Options - D) Min 0 of: This is an elective substitution module. You may select this module instead of one of your elective modules. |
HUM30050 | Writing for Life: employability skills for arts and humanities students | Spring | 5 |
| Stage 1 Options - Subject/Streams | ELCB | Spanish | ||
| Stage 1 Options - Subject/Streams | ELCC | Spanish | ||
| Stage 1 Options - Subject/Streams | FMD2 | Film Studies | ||
| Stage 1 Options - Subject/Streams | FRC7 | French | ||
| Stage 1 Options - Subject/Streams | GCC2 | Greek & Roman Civilization | ||
| Stage 1 Options - Subject/Streams | GRCD | German | ||
| Stage 1 Options - Subject/Streams | GRCE | German | ||
| Stage 1 Options - Subject/Streams | HSC4 | History | ||
| Stage 1 Options - Subject/Streams | ISC2 | Irish Studies | ||
| Stage 1 Options - Subject/Streams | MCC2 | Music | ||
| Stage 1 Options - Subject/Streams | RDD2 | Drama Studies |
See the UCD Assessment website for further details
Module Weighting Info
Module Weighting Info
| Award | GPA | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Programme | Module Weightings | Rule Description | Description | ||
| BHACS024 | Stage 4 - 50.00% Stage 3 - 30.00% Stage 2 - 20.00% |
Standard Honours Award | First Class Honours | 3.68 |
4.20 |
| Second Class Honours, Grade 1 | 3.08 |
3.67 |
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| Second Class Honours, Grade 2 | 2.48 |
3.07 |
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| Pass | 2.00 |
2.47 |
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