This programme develops an in-depth understanding and a questioning of the literary and intellectual legacies of European languages, including English, and the ways in which these languages and literatures have migrated and mutated across the world. The pathway offers the opportunity to examine literature from the middle ages to the contemporary period, from the anglophone world to continental Europe to the broader French-speaking and Spanish-speaking worlds, through a diverse range of theoretical perspectives, from gender studies to postcolonialism to eco-criticism, and allows students to assess the role of literature in encoding and challenging cultural identities.
- School
- School of Languages, Cultures and Linguistics
- Attendance
- Full Time
- Level
- Undergraduate
- NFQ Level
- 8
- Award
- Bachelor of Arts
- Mode of Delivery
- On Campus
- Programme Director
- Assoc Professor Derval Conroy
- 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 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.
The English, European and World Literatures pathway develops an in-depth understanding and a questioning of the literary and intellectual legacies of European languages, including English. Students will look at the ways in which these literatures have impacted, and continue to impact, beyond their countries of origin as well as the relationship between writing and place, examine how other cultures respond to key/global issues, and assess how languages encode and challenge cultural identities. Students will read English and one of the modern languages (French/Spanish/Italian/German).
1 - Use skills of inquiry, research, critical thinking, and problem solving to pursue and evaluate knowledge.
2 - Evaluate ideas, challenge assumptions and develop creative solutions to problems including through the independent pursuit of knowledge and making connections between different disciplinary approaches and methods.
3 - Demonstrate effective communication, digital expertise, collaboration and leadership skills to convert decisions and commitments into action.
4 - Understand the ethical implications of ideas, communications, and actions including demonstrated awareness of the historical and cultural construction of knowledge systems and traditions.
5 - Understand the relevance and contribution of the Humanities to contemporary society and cultural practice including an ability to articulate the links between past and present as well as the influence of the past on shaping community and societal structures and beliefs.
6 - Articulate advocacy of human, social and cultural values with a propensity towards and awareness of the value of life-long learning, an understanding of how to learn, including an appreciation of the complexity of ideas, of societies, cultures and language.
2 - Evaluate ideas, challenge assumptions and develop creative solutions to problems including through the independent pursuit of knowledge and making connections between different disciplinary approaches and methods.
3 - Demonstrate effective communication, digital expertise, collaboration and leadership skills to convert decisions and commitments into action.
4 - Understand the ethical implications of ideas, communications, and actions including demonstrated awareness of the historical and cultural construction of knowledge systems and traditions.
5 - Understand the relevance and contribution of the Humanities to contemporary society and cultural practice including an ability to articulate the links between past and present as well as the influence of the past on shaping community and societal structures and beliefs.
6 - Articulate advocacy of human, social and cultural values with a propensity towards and awareness of the value of life-long learning, an understanding of how to learn, including an appreciation of the complexity of ideas, of societies, cultures and language.
UCD Arts & Humanities Programme Office,
Newman Building,
Belfield,
Dublin 4
Tel: +353 1 716 8321/8102
Web: www.ucd.ie/ahss
Stage 4
To complete stage 4, students must take the following:
*two core language modules (2x5credits)
*two language module options (2x5credits)
*the core modules EEWL30010 and ENG32310
*15 credits of English options (1x 10credit module + 1x 5credit option)
Any students returning from exchange and who were affected by the disruption to exchanges in 2020/21 should seek registration advice from the Arts and Humanities College Office Team
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 4 Core Modules |
EEWL30010 | Extended Research Essay | Spring | 10 |
Stage 4 Core Modules |
ENG32310 | Climate and Environment in Global Literature | Spring | 5 |
Stage 4 Options - *A) Min 0 of: Students taking Italian as their language must take the following 2 modules (10 credits) at stage 4. Both modules are core and must be completed. |
ITAL30070 | Italian Language III a | Autumn | 5 |
Stage 4 Options - *A) Min 0 of: Students taking Italian as their language must take the following 2 modules (10 credits) at stage 4. Both modules are core and must be completed. |
ITAL30080 | Italian Language III b | Spring | 5 |
Stage 4 Options - *A1) Min of: Students taking Italian as their language must take two of the following options. 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) |
ITAL30110 | Selected Twentieth-Century Italian Women Writers | Autumn | 5 |
Stage 4 Options - *A1) Min of: Students taking Italian as their language must take two of the following options. 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) |
ITAL30200 | The Story of Italian 2: Modern Age and Today | Spring | 5 |
Stage 4 Options - *A1) Min of: Students taking Italian as their language must take two of the following options. 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) |
ITAL30260 | Politics and Morals in Renaissance Italy | Spring | 5 |
Stage 4 Options - A) Min 1 of: Students should choose one 10 credit module from this list. 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) |
ENG31950 | Architecture and Narrative | Autumn | 10 |
Stage 4 Options - A) Min 1 of: Students should choose one 10 credit module from this list. 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) |
ENG31960 | Apocalyse Then: Old Eng. Lit. | Autumn | 10 |
Stage 4 Options - A) Min 1 of: Students should choose one 10 credit module from this list. 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) |
ENG31990 | Reading Gender and Sexuality | Autumn | 10 |
Stage 4 Options - A) Min 1 of: Students should choose one 10 credit module from this list. 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) |
ENG32070 | Medieval Celluloid | Autumn | 10 |
Stage 4 Options - A) Min 1 of: Students should choose one 10 credit module from this list. 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) |
ENG32090 | Masculinities and Manhood in Irish Writing and Culture | Autumn | 10 |
Stage 4 Options - A) Min 1 of: Students should choose one 10 credit module from this list. 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) |
ENG32100 | Fin-de-Siecle | Autumn | 10 |
Stage 4 Options - A) Min 1 of: Students should choose one 10 credit module from this list. 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) |
ENG32230 | Reading Beckett | Autumn | 10 |
Stage 4 Options - A) Min 1 of: Students should choose one 10 credit module from this list. 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) |
ENG32340 | The Modern Short Story: Critical and Creative Approaches | Autumn | 10 |
Stage 4 Options - A) Min 1 of: Students should choose one 10 credit module from this list. 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) |
ENG32490 | Seventeenth-Century Women: Texts, Lives, Documents | Autumn | 10 |
Stage 4 Options - A) Min 1 of: Students should choose one 10 credit module from this list. 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) |
ENG32600 | Creative Non-Fiction | Autumn | 10 |
Stage 4 Options - A) Min 1 of: Students should choose one 10 credit module from this list. 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) |
ENG31930 | Irish Fiction After 2010 | Autumn and Spring (separate) | 10 |
Stage 4 Options - A) Min 1 of: Students should choose one 10 credit module from this list. 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) |
ENG31980 | Jane Austen and her Peers | Autumn and Spring (separate) | 10 |
Stage 4 Options - A) Min 1 of: Students should choose one 10 credit module from this list. 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) |
ENG32020 | Detecting Fictions: the Crime Novel in America, Britain and Ireland | Autumn and Spring (separate) | 10 |
Stage 4 Options - A) Min 1 of: Students should choose one 10 credit module from this list. 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) |
ENG32180 | Poetry in Performance | Autumn and Spring (separate) | 10 |
Stage 4 Options - A) Min 1 of: Students should choose one 10 credit module from this list. 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) |
ENG32560 | Writing Black: African American Literature and Racial Consciousness | Autumn and Spring (separate) | 10 |
Stage 4 Options - A) Min 1 of: Students should choose one 10 credit module from this list. 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) |
ENG31900 | Yeats and the Arts | Spring | 10 |
Stage 4 Options - A) Min 1 of: Students should choose one 10 credit module from this list. 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) |
ENG31940 | Global Science Fiction | Spring | 10 |
Stage 4 Options - A) Min 1 of: Students should choose one 10 credit module from this list. 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) |
ENG32000 | Contemp. Irish Women's Poetry | Spring | 10 |
Stage 4 Options - A) Min 1 of: Students should choose one 10 credit module from this list. 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) |
ENG32080 | Social Networks in Fiction: from Jane Austen to Conan Doyle | Spring | 10 |
Stage 4 Options - A) Min 1 of: Students should choose one 10 credit module from this list. 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) |
ENG32110 | Literature and Science | Spring | 10 |
Stage 4 Options - A) Min 1 of: Students should choose one 10 credit module from this list. 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) |
ENG32130 | Irish Gothic | Spring | 10 |
Stage 4 Options - A) Min 1 of: Students should choose one 10 credit module from this list. 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) |
ENG32220 | Popular Fiction in Britain | Spring | 10 |
Stage 4 Options - A) Min 1 of: Students should choose one 10 credit module from this list. 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) |
ENG32240 | Chaucer in Context | Spring | 10 |
Stage 4 Options - A) Min 1 of: Students should choose one 10 credit module from this list. 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) |
ENG32270 | Post-War US Fiction | Spring | 10 |
Stage 4 Options - A) Min 1 of: Students should choose one 10 credit module from this list. 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) |
ENG32290 | Reading Ulysses | Spring | 10 |
Stage 4 Options - A) Min 1 of: Students should choose one 10 credit module from this list. 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) |
ENG32380 | Sexuality and the State in Irish Drama and Culture | Spring | 10 |
Stage 4 Options - A) Min 1 of: Students should choose one 10 credit module from this list. 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) |
ENG32390 | A Book of Kings | Spring | 10 |
Stage 4 Options - A) Min 1 of: Students should choose one 10 credit module from this list. 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) |
ENG32590 | Memory and Testimony in Performance | Spring | 10 |
Stage 4 Options - B) Min 1 of: Students should choose 1 x 5 credit module. 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) |
ENG31110 | Other Worlds in Medieval and Renaissance Literature | Autumn | 5 |
Stage 4 Options - B) Min 1 of: Students should choose 1 x 5 credit module. 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) |
ENG32300 | Making Shakespeare | Autumn | 5 |
Stage 4 Options - B) Min 1 of: Students should choose 1 x 5 credit module. 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) |
ENG32520 | Ugly Feelings | Autumn | 5 |
Stage 4 Options - B) Min 1 of: Students should choose 1 x 5 credit module. 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) |
ENG31780 | Contemporary European Crime Fiction | Spring | 5 |
See the UCD Assessment website for further details, including worked examples of how degree award GPAs are calculated
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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