English

English can be taken as part of the UL Arts Degree as a joint honours combination. Review the subjects you can study with English by looking at the table on the BA Arts course page.

About you

Above all else, you love to read: novels, poetry, non-fiction, drama, magazines. You want to give yourself the time and opportunity to read great books and to learn more about English literature. You want to engage with narratives that help us to understand ourselves and the world we live in. You want to know more about culture in the broadest sense. You love film and music and you want to understand how these art forms relate to fiction, drama, and poetry. You are creative, love to write, and you want to express yourself as eloquently and effectively as possible. You are open to new ideas and to the power of words and images to inform, influence, and convince.

Why study English at UL?

Our English programme enables you to develop critical thinking skills through an appreciation of the wide world of literature in English, and by analysing the social and historical contexts through which that literature emerged. You will learn about the art of writing and shaping narrative by exploring literary genres and history from the 700s on. You choose electives to suit your own interests, in Irish, British, American, and world literatures, and in gender and sexuality studies among other specialist topics.

Careers open to you with a degree in English include;

• Journalist
• Editor
• English Teacher (Professional Master of Education required)
• Communications and public relations
• Media production, media research
• Publishing and Advertising
• Research and teaching at third level
• Development and research in voluntary organisations