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.
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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.
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
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.
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 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 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.
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Students may take the Critical Dissertation (two modules): ENG30970 Dissertation Research Methods (5 credits; Autumn) and ENG32460 Dissertation (15 Credits; Spring)
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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.
Module ID | Module Title | Trimester | Credits |
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CRWT10010 | The Craft of Creative Writing 1 | Autumn | 5 |
ENG10120 | How to Read Poetry | Autumn | 5 |
ENG10130 | Contemporary Irish Writing | Autumn | 5 |
ENG10230 | Reading World Literature | Autumn | 5 |
CRWT10020 | The Craft of Creative Writing 2 | Spring | 5 |
ENG10030 | Literary Genre: the Art of Criticism and the Craft of Writing | Spring | 5 |
ENG10220 | Literature and Crisis | Spring | 5 |
Stage 1 Options - A)MIN2OF: 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. |
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ENG10020 | Children's Literature | Autumn and Spring (separate) | 5 |
ENG10180 | Comics and Fantasy | Autumn and Spring (separate) | 5 |
ENG10250 | Horror Literature | Autumn and Spring (separate) | 5 |
Stage 1 Options - A)MIN2OF: 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. |
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Spanish Beginners | |||
Spanish Non-Beginners | |||
Film Studies | |||
French | |||
Greek & Roman Civilization | |||
German Beginners | |||
German Non-Beginners | |||
History | |||
Irish Studies | |||
Music (BA Humanities) | |||
Drama Studies | |||
CRWT20020 | Intermediate Creative Writing | Autumn | 10 |
ENG20780 | Critical Theory | Autumn | 10 |
CRWT20060 | Intermediate Creat. Writing 2 | Spring | 10 |
HUM20050 | Primary Source Research in the Humanities B: Exploring UCD Cultural Heritage Collections | Spring | 5 |
ENG20490 | Romanticism | Autumn | 5 |
ENG20410 | Reading Medieval Literature | Spring | 5 |
ENG20430 | Modern American Literature | Spring | 5 |
ENG20440 | Reading the story of Ireland: Irish Literature in English | Spring | 5 |
ENG20790 | Global 19th C. Literature | Spring | 5 |
CRWT20050 | Writing Fiction | Autumn | 5 |
CRWT20040 | Writing Poetry | Autumn and Spring (separate) | 5 |
CRWT20030 | Teen & YA Literature | Spring | 5 |
Stage 2 Options - E)MIN0OF: 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. |
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HUM20030 | Career Readiness (Humanities) | Spring | 5 |
Stage 2 Options - E)MIN0OF: 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. |
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Stage 3 Options - A)MIN0OF: 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. |
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CRWT30080 | Advanced Fiction Workshop I | Autumn | 10 |
CRWT30230 | Experimental Poetry | Autumn | 10 |
CRWT30120 | Literary Editorship | Autumn and Spring (separate) | 10 |
CRWT30100 | Advanced Poetry Workshop | Spring | 10 |
CRWT30110 | Advanced Fiction Workshop II | Spring | 10 |
CRWT30150 | Writing the Environment | Spring | 10 |
CRWT30240 | Making Comics | Spring | 10 |
Stage 3 Options - A)MIN0OF: 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. |
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Stage 3 Options - B)MIN0OF: 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. |
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ENG31950 | Architecture and Narrative | Autumn | 10 |
ENG31960 | Apocalypse Then: Old Eng. Lit. | Autumn | 10 |
ENG31980 | Women and the Novel in Romantic-era Britain | Autumn | 10 |
ENG32000 | Contemp. Irish Women's Poetry | Autumn | 10 |
ENG32030 | Theatre of Martin McDonagh | Autumn | 10 |
ENG32050 | Reading Joyce | Autumn | 10 |
ENG32070 | Medieval Celluloid | Autumn | 10 |
ENG32380 | Sexuality and the State in Irish Drama and Culture | Autumn | 10 |
ENG32560 | Writing Black: African American Literature and Racial Consciousness | Autumn | 10 |
ENG32580 | Staging Conflict and Human Rights | Autumn | 10 |
ENG32640 | Girlhood in 21stC American YA | Autumn | 10 |
ENG32670 | Dark Romanticism | Autumn | 10 |
ENG32780 | Presenting Tennessee Williams | Autumn | 10 |
ENG32830 | Lit and the new Brain Sciences | Autumn | 10 |
ENG32840 | Literature and Justice | Autumn | 10 |
ENG31930 | Irish Fiction After 2010 | Autumn and Spring (separate) | 10 |
ENG32180 | Poetry in Performance | Autumn and Spring (separate) | 10 |
ENG32270 | Pursuits of Happiness: Fictions of America Since 1945 | Autumn and Spring (separate) | 10 |
ENG32600 | Creative Non-Fiction | Autumn and Spring (separate) | 10 |
ENG32690 | Writing Habits | Autumn and Spring (separate) | 10 |
ENG31900 | Yeats and the Arts | Spring | 10 |
ENG31940 | Global Science Fiction | Spring | 10 |
ENG31990 | Reading Gender and Sexuality | Spring | 10 |
ENG32020 | Detecting Fictions: the Crime Novel in America, Britain and Ireland | Spring | 10 |
ENG32080 | Social Networks in Fiction: from Jane Austen to Conan Doyle | Spring | 10 |
ENG32090 | Masculinities and Manhood in Irish Writing and Culture | Spring | 10 |
ENG32130 | Irish Gothic | Spring | 10 |
ENG32200 | Sexuality & American Modernism | Spring | 10 |
ENG32220 | Popular Fiction in Britain | Spring | 10 |
ENG32590 | Memory and Testimony in Performance | Spring | 10 |
ENG32680 | Global Renaissance | Spring | 10 |
ENG32760 | Life Writing: Text and Self | Spring | 10 |
ENG32810 | Irish Poetry, Global Diplomacy | Spring | 10 |
ENG32820 | Reading South Africa | Spring | 10 |
Stage 3 Options - B)MIN0OF: 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. |
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HUM30020 | Internship-Autumn (Humanities) | Autumn | 30 |
HUM30030 | Internship- Spring (Humanities) | Spring | 30 |
HUM30050 | Writing for Life: employability skills for arts and humanities students | Spring | 5 |
Stage 4 Options - A)MIN0OF: 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. |
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CRWT30220 | Dissertation (Creative) | 2 Trimester duration (Aut-Spr) | 20 |
Stage 4 Options - A)MIN0OF: 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. |
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Stage 4 Options - B)MIN0OF: 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 |
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ENG30970 | Dissertation Research Methods | Autumn | 5 |
ENG32460 | Dissertation | Spring | 15 |
Stage 4 Options - B)MIN0OF: 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 |
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CRWT30160 | Special Topics Workshop I | Autumn | 10 |
CRWT30230 | Experimental Poetry | Autumn | 10 |
CRWT30120 | Literary Editorship | Autumn and Spring (separate) | 10 |
CRWT30150 | Writing the Environment | Spring | 10 |
CRWT30190 | Special Topics Workshop II | Spring | 10 |
CRWT30240 | Making Comics | Spring | 10 |
Stage 4 Options - C)MIN20CR: 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. |
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ENG31950 | Architecture and Narrative | Autumn | 10 |
ENG31960 | Apocalypse Then: Old Eng. Lit. | Autumn | 10 |
ENG31980 | Women and the Novel in Romantic-era Britain | Autumn | 10 |
ENG32000 | Contemp. Irish Women's Poetry | Autumn | 10 |
ENG32030 | Theatre of Martin McDonagh | Autumn | 10 |
ENG32050 | Reading Joyce | Autumn | 10 |
ENG32070 | Medieval Celluloid | Autumn | 10 |
ENG32110 | Literature and Science | Autumn | 10 |
ENG32380 | Sexuality and the State in Irish Drama and Culture | Autumn | 10 |
ENG32510 | Writing Dublin | Autumn | 5 |
ENG32520 | Ugly Feelings | Autumn | 5 |
ENG32560 | Writing Black: African American Literature and Racial Consciousness | Autumn | 10 |
ENG32580 | Staging Conflict and Human Rights | Autumn | 10 |
ENG32640 | Girlhood in 21stC American YA | Autumn | 10 |
ENG32670 | Dark Romanticism | Autumn | 10 |
ENG32740 | King Arthur: History & Romance | Autumn | 5 |
ENG32780 | Presenting Tennessee Williams | Autumn | 10 |
ENG32830 | Lit and the new Brain Sciences | Autumn | 10 |
ENG32840 | Literature and Justice | Autumn | 10 |
ENG31930 | Irish Fiction After 2010 | Autumn and Spring (separate) | 10 |
ENG32180 | Poetry in Performance | Autumn and Spring (separate) | 10 |
ENG32270 | Pursuits of Happiness: Fictions of America Since 1945 | Autumn and Spring (separate) | 10 |
ENG32600 | Creative Non-Fiction | Autumn and Spring (separate) | 10 |
ENG32690 | Writing Habits | Autumn and Spring (separate) | 10 |
ENG31780 | Contemporary European Crime Fiction | Spring | 5 |
ENG31940 | Global Science Fiction | Spring | 10 |
ENG31990 | Reading Gender and Sexuality | Spring | 10 |
ENG32020 | Detecting Fictions: the Crime Novel in America, Britain and Ireland | Spring | 10 |
ENG32080 | Social Networks in Fiction: from Jane Austen to Conan Doyle | Spring | 10 |
ENG32090 | Masculinities and Manhood in Irish Writing and Culture | Spring | 10 |
ENG32130 | Irish Gothic | Spring | 10 |
ENG32200 | Sexuality & American Modernism | Spring | 10 |
ENG32220 | Popular Fiction in Britain | Spring | 10 |
ENG32300 | Making Shakespeare | Spring | 5 |
ENG32590 | Memory and Testimony in Performance | Spring | 10 |
ENG32680 | Global Renaissance | Spring | 10 |
ENG32760 | Life Writing: Text and Self | Spring | 10 |
ENG32810 | Irish Poetry, Global Diplomacy | Spring | 10 |
ENG32820 | Reading South Africa | Spring | 10 |
Stage 4 Options - C)MIN20CR: 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. |
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HUM30050 | Writing for Life: employability skills for arts and humanities students | Spring | 5 |
Award | GPA | ||||
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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 |