The Single Honours English programme is aimed at students who love reading, who value literature and appreciate its fundamental role in shaping society and the individual. This programme aims to attract students who wish  to specialise in a single subject and who wish to deepen and refine their critical engagement with a wide variety of English-language texts and cultures from the early middle-ages to the present. By concentrating on a single subject, students are educated in the history of literary and cultural production, in current theoretical methods and approaches, and in a wide range of generic, historical and national literatures. Through innovative teaching, learning, and assessment methods, we promote our core values – independence, creativity, collaboration, critical reflection, cultural engagement, and social and political consciousness.  Lecture, seminar, workshop, and small group work are at the core of our teaching. In these supportive learning environments students and their lecturer/tutor come together in the spirit of mutual inquiry, reflection, discussion, and debate.  Work is assessed by a variety of methods including exam, essay, reflective journals, presentations, worksheets, portfolios, creative writing, individual and group projects. Together these diverse modes of assessment foster the development of a range of important qualities and proficiencies.  We work to equip our students with the knowledge, skills, resources and inspiration useful for a range of professions and beneficial for life, and to produce graduates capable of fulfilling their highest potential as critically-minded and creative citizens. The challenges, experiences and opportunities provided in this educational environment prepare students for a variety of different workplaces.

1 - 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
2 - 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
3 - Illustrate refined and sophisticated skills in detailed textual analysis and close reading, and highly attentive to the tensions and ambiguity of texts and language
4 - 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
5 - 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
6 - Inform scholarship by appropriate academic and theoretical skills
7 - 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
8 - 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
9 - Develop a proficiency in reading Old and Middle English language, and ability to critically analyse key works of medieval literature
10 - 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
11 - Articulate the value and radical transformative potential of literature and literary studies, and become an enthusiastic advocate for the discipline in wider society
12 - 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
13 - Advance to Postgraduate studies will all the necessary critical, writing and research skills

Our English graduates have found employment in: Journalism, Arts Management, Public Relations, Business and Finance, Publishing, Law, Politics, Policymaking, Teaching, Heritage, Management Consultancy, Tourism, Marketing, Humanities Research, and many other areas.

Graduates are prepared for the wide range of MA Programmes in the UCD School of English, Drama and Film, as well as opportunities for MPhil and PhD study.

See www.ucd.ie/englishdramafilm/study/postgraduate for more detail.

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 5 x core modules (25 credits) and should choose 4 x option modules (20 credits). Students should then choose an additional Arts and 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 will be pre-registered to 6 x core modules (total 35 credits). Students must also choose 3 x option modules (total 15 credits) as part of their programme. Students must also take 10 credits of electives at Stage 2, and are encouraged to register for other modules available in the School of English Drama and Film.

Stage 3 students who remain in UCD for the full year should take four x 10 credit Level 3 option modules (two to be taken in the autumn trimester and two to be taken in the spring trimester) and two Level 3 x 5 credit option modules.

Students may choose further modules in English as substitutions for elective credits, subject to capacity.

Any students on a trimester exchange or internship in stage 3 should choose at least two x 10 credit English modules and one 5 x credit English module for one trimester.

Students should register to the core modules ENG30970 Dissertation Research Methods (5 credits, autumn) and ENG32460 Dissertation (15 credits, spring). Students should choose two x 10 credit option modules in English in autumn, and one x 10 credit module in English in the spring, as well as a total of 10 credits in electives. Students may choose further modules in English as substitutions for elective credits, subject to capacity.

Module ID	Module Title	Trimester	Credits
Stage 1 Core Modules
ENG10120	How to Read Poetry	Autumn	5
ENG10130	Contemporary Irish Writing	Autumn	5
ENG10230	Reading World Literature	Autumn	5
ENG10030	Literary Genre: the Art of Criticism and the Craft of Writing	Spring	5
ENG10220	Literature and Crisis	Spring	5
Stage 1 Core Modules
Stage 1 Options - B)MIN4OF: Choose a minimum of 4 modules from the following 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) Stage 1 elective modules are chosen and taken in the Spring trimester.
CRWT10010	The Craft of Creative Writing 1	Autumn	5
ENG10020	Children's Literature	Autumn and Spring (separate)	5
ENG10180	Comics and Fantasy	Autumn and Spring (separate)	5
CRWT10020	The Craft of Creative Writing 2	Spring	5
ENG10170	Contemporary Dystopian Fiction	Spring	5
ENG10250	Horror Literature	Spring	5
Stage 1 Options - B)MIN4OF: Choose a minimum of 4 modules from the following 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) Stage 1 elective modules are chosen and taken in the Spring trimester.
Stage 1 Options - Subject / Streams
Spanish Beginners
Spanish Non-Beginners
Film Studies
French
Greek & Roman Civilization
German Beginners
German Non-Beginners
History
Irish Studies
Music (BA Humanities)
Drama Studies
Stage 1 Options - Subject / Streams
Stage 2 Core Modules
ENG20230	Reading Old English I	Autumn	5
ENG20450	Writing and Performance in the Age of Shakespeare: Renaissance Literature	Autumn	5
ENG20780	Critical Theory	Autumn	10
HUM20040	Primary Source Research in the Humanities A: Exploring UCD Cultural Heritage Collections	Autumn	5
ENG20410	Reading Medieval Literature	Spring	5
ENG20770	Advanced Old & Middle English	Spring	5
Stage 2 Core Modules
Stage 2 Options - A)MIN3OF: Students must choose a minimum of 3 option modules from this list. 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) Students may choose additional option modules from the list below in place of electives.
ENG20440	Reading the story of Ireland: Irish Literature in English	Autumn	5
ENG20490	Romanticism	Autumn	5
ENG20430	Modern American Literature	Spring	5
ENG20790	Global 19th C. Literature	Spring	5
ENG20800	Global Eco-Literature	Spring	5
Stage 2 Options - A)MIN3OF: Students must choose a minimum of 3 option modules from this list. 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) Students may choose additional option modules from the list below in place of electives.
Stage 2 Options - C)MIN0OF: This a College of Arts and Humanities module, it is the equivalent of an elective. You can 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 2 Options - C)MIN0OF: This a College of Arts and Humanities module, it is the equivalent of an elective. You can 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.
Stage 3 Options - A)MIN0OF: Students who remain in UCD for the full year in stage 3 should choose 2 x 5 credit Level 3 option modules from this list, 1 in the autumn trimester and 1 in the spring trimester. Any students on a trimester exchange or internship in stage 3 should choose at least one 5 credit English module for one trimester. Students may choose additional option modules from the list below in place of electives.
ENG32510	Writing Dublin	Autumn	5
ENG32520	Ugly Feelings	Autumn	5
ENG32740	King Arthur: History & Romance	Autumn	5
ENG31780	Contemporary European Crime Fiction	Spring	5
ENG32300	Making Shakespeare	Spring	5
Stage 3 Options - A)MIN0OF: Students who remain in UCD for the full year in stage 3 should choose 2 x 5 credit Level 3 option modules from this list, 1 in the autumn trimester and 1 in the spring trimester. Any students on a trimester exchange or internship in stage 3 should choose at least one 5 credit English module for one trimester. Students may choose additional option modules from the list below in place of electives.
Stage 3 Options - C)MIN0OF: Students who remain in UCD for the full year in stage 3 should choose 4 x 10 credit option modules, 2 in the autumn trimester and 2 in the spring trimester. Any students on a trimester exchange or internship in stage 3 should choose at least two 10 credit English modules for one trimester.
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
ENG31990	Reading Gender and Sexuality	Autumn	10
ENG32030	Theatre of Martin McDonagh	Autumn	10
ENG32050	Reading Joyce	Autumn	10
ENG32060	Talking Animals	Autumn	10
ENG32070	Medieval Celluloid	Autumn	10
ENG32100	Fin-de-Siecle	Autumn	10
ENG32110	Literature and Science	Autumn	10
ENG32340	The Modern Short Story: Critical and Creative Approaches	Autumn	10
ENG32380	Sexuality and the State in Irish Drama and Culture	Autumn	10
ENG32490	Seventeenth-Century Women: Texts, Lives, Documents	Autumn	10
ENG32560	Writing Black: African American Literature and Racial Consciousness	Autumn	10
ENG32780	Presenting Tennessee Williams	Autumn	10
ENG31930	Irish Fiction After 2010	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
ENG32670	Dark Romanticism	Autumn and Spring (separate)	10
ENG32690	Writing Habits	Autumn and Spring (separate)	10
CRWT30240	Making Comics	Spring	10
ENG31940	Global Science Fiction	Spring	10
ENG32000	Contemp. Irish Women's Poetry	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
ENG32180	Poetry in Performance	Spring	10
ENG32200	Sexuality & American Modernism	Spring	10
ENG32220	Popular Fiction in Britain	Spring	10
ENG32290	Reading Ulysses	Spring	10
ENG32500	Fiction and Financial Crises	Spring	10
ENG32640	Girlhood in 21stC American YA	Spring	10
ENG32680	Global Renaissance	Spring	10
ENG32760	Life Writing: Text and Self	Spring	10
ENG32790	Shakespeare in Film&Television	Spring	10
ENG32800	Wasted Wor(l)ds	Spring	10
Stage 3 Options - C)MIN0OF: Students who remain in UCD for the full year in stage 3 should choose 4 x 10 credit option modules, 2 in the autumn trimester and 2 in the spring trimester. Any students on a trimester exchange or internship in stage 3 should choose at least two 10 credit English modules for one trimester.
Stage 3 Options - D1)MIN0OF: 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
HUM30030	Internship- Spring (Humanities)	Spring	30
Stage 3 Options - D1)MIN0OF: 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.
Stage 3 Options - E)MIN0OF: 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 3 Options - E)MIN0OF: This is an elective substitution module. You may select this module instead of one of your elective modules.
Stage 4 Core Modules
ENG30970	Dissertation Research Methods	Autumn	5
ENG32460	Dissertation	Spring	15
Stage 4 Core Modules
Stage 4 Options - A)MIN3OF: Choose two 10 credit modules in autumn and one 10 credit module in spring.
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
ENG31990	Reading Gender and Sexuality	Autumn	10
ENG32030	Theatre of Martin McDonagh	Autumn	10
ENG32050	Reading Joyce	Autumn	10
ENG32060	Talking Animals	Autumn	10
ENG32070	Medieval Celluloid	Autumn	10
ENG32100	Fin-de-Siecle	Autumn	10
ENG32110	Literature and Science	Autumn	10
ENG32340	The Modern Short Story: Critical and Creative Approaches	Autumn	10
ENG32380	Sexuality and the State in Irish Drama and Culture	Autumn	10
ENG32490	Seventeenth-Century Women: Texts, Lives, Documents	Autumn	10
ENG32560	Writing Black: African American Literature and Racial Consciousness	Autumn	10
ENG32780	Presenting Tennessee Williams	Autumn	10
ENG31930	Irish Fiction After 2010	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
ENG32670	Dark Romanticism	Autumn and Spring (separate)	10
ENG32690	Writing Habits	Autumn and Spring (separate)	10
CRWT30240	Making Comics	Spring	10
ENG31940	Global Science Fiction	Spring	10
ENG32000	Contemp. Irish Women's Poetry	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
ENG32180	Poetry in Performance	Spring	10
ENG32200	Sexuality & American Modernism	Spring	10
ENG32220	Popular Fiction in Britain	Spring	10
ENG32290	Reading Ulysses	Spring	10
ENG32500	Fiction and Financial Crises	Spring	10
ENG32640	Girlhood in 21stC American YA	Spring	10
ENG32680	Global Renaissance	Spring	10
ENG32760	Life Writing: Text and Self	Spring	10
ENG32790	Shakespeare in Film&Television	Spring	10
ENG32800	Wasted Wor(l)ds	Spring	10
Stage 4 Options - A)MIN3OF: Choose two 10 credit modules in autumn and one 10 credit module in spring.
Stage 4 Options - B)MIN0OF: 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 - B)MIN0OF: This is an elective substitution module. You may select this module instead of one of your elective modules.

		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
			Second Class Honours, Grade 2	2.48	3.07
			Pass	2.00	2.47