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University of Limerick

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University of Limerick

Ireland , Limerick

Key Facts

Program Level

Bachelor

Study Type

Full Time

Delivery

On Campus

Course Code

LM002

Application Fee

EUR 35

Campuses

Main Site

Program Language

English

Start & Deadlines

Next Intake Deadlines13-May-2024

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Go to the official application for the university

Duration 4 year(s)

Tuition Fee

EUR 15,360 / year

Next Intake 13-May-2024

English

About

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.

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Launch Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences

What You Will Study

English at UL has four main components that run throughout the four years of the programme:

Literary analysis and theory, critical practice;
Historical schools/eras in literature (e.g. Renaissance Literature; Augustan and Romantic Literature; Victorian Texts and Contexts; Literary Modernism and Postmodernism);
Specialist electives in Irish Literature (e.g. Gothic Literature in Ireland; Irish Literary Revolutions 1880-1930; Irish Literature 1930-1990; Study of a Major Irish Author; Contemporary Irish Literature);
Specialist electives in Creative Writing and in World Literatures (e.g. American Literature; Contemporary African Literature; Postcolonial/Postcolonial Literature in English; Contemporary Women's Writing).

Students studying Early Modern Poetry and Plays in year 1 learn about Shakespeare's work as well as theatre and performance history; here, drama students perform extracts of Shakespeare's plays, helping them to understand performance and theatrical conditions in the late sixteenth-century.

English Pathway Joint Honours

Modules are subject to change

Year 1	Semester 1		Semester 2
EH4141	English Literature 1: Novels and Short Fiction	EH4022	English Literature 2: Early Modern Poetry and Plays
Year 2	Semester 3		Semester 4
EH4003	Introduction to Literary Theory		Cooperative Education Placement
	Students Select 1:
EH4053	Augustan and Romantic Literature
EH4023	The New World: American Literature to 1890
EH4043	Irish Literary Revolutions 1880-1930
EH4121	Gothic Literature in Ireland
Year 3	Semester 5		Semester 6
	External Academic Placement	EH4006	Victorian Texts and Contexts
			Students Select 1:
		EH4016	State of the Union: American Literature since 1890
		EH4026	Colonial/Postcolonial Literature in English
		EH4036	Irish Literature 1930-1990
Year 4	Semester 7		Semester 8
EH4007	Literary Modernism		Students Select 2:
	Students select 1:	EH4018	Contemporary Irish Literature
EH4028	Study of the Major Irish Author	EH4026	Colonial/Postcolonial Literature in English
EH4017	Contemporary African Literature in English	EH4038	Study of a Major Author
EH4027	Contemporary Women's Writing	EH4008	British Literature 1945-Present Day
EH4037	Introduction to Creative Writing	EH4125	Feminist Theory and Literary Texts

Disciplines

Arts

Humanities and Social Sciences

Requirements

Entry Requirements

Students are required to hold their Certificate of General Secondary Education with an average grade of 80% or above plus one further year of third-level education or UL Foundation Programme.
Specific subject requirements also apply.

Career

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

Follow-On Study

MA English
MA Comparative Literature & Cultural Studies
MA Creative Writing
MA Journalism
MA Technical Communication and E-learning
MA TESOL (Teaching English to Students of Other Languages)

Graduate Profiles

Fee Information

Tuition Fee

EUR 15,360 / year

Application Fee

EUR 35

How to Apply

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Pay an application fee of €35 (electronic transfer) which allows you to apply for two postgraduate programmes in one online application. Application Fee Change: The application fee for all GPS programmes (level 6-10) will increase to €50.00, effective 04/01/2023. We will continue to apply the current fee of €35.00 to applications received to midnight 03/01/2023.
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