The MA in English is a full-time programme running over 12 months from the date of first registration for the programme.

To be considered for admission to an MA programme within the School of English, an applicant will normally possess a primary degree result of Second Class Honours Grade 1 (2H1) level or higher or equivalent qualification in English or a cognate subject. All candidates must satisfy a Selection Committee who may request applicants to provide letters of reference.

These four MA Degrees are structured as follows:

Taught Element
The subject modules and the Literary Research Skills module comprise the taught element of the MA and run from October to March. The subject modules introduce students to the specific thematic area of their choice. The Literary Research Skills module aims to equip MA students for the development and implementation of their research strategy through the acquisition of a range of research skills.

Research Element
Dissertation: the dissertation will be written between March and the end of September, and will be submitted in October. It will be supervised by a member(s) of staff, after consultation and agreement, and will be 15,000 to 17,000 words. Supervision will take place between March and the end of September.

NFQ Level 9, Major Award

Programme Requirements

Students take 90 credits as follows:
Part I
EN6009 Contemporary Research: Skills, Methods and Strategies (10 credits)
EN6047 Irish Culture: Colonial, Postcolonial Transnational (10 credits) (not on offer in 2017/18)
EN6048 Gender and Sexuality (10 credits)
EN6049 Gothic to Modernism (10 credits)
EN6050 Space and Place in Irish Writing and Film (10 credits)
FX6010 Irish Cinema: History, Contexts, Aesthetics (10 credits)

Part II
EN6017 Dissertation in English (40 credits)

Note: Subject to the approval of the MA programme co-ordinators, students may substitute one 10-credit module with one of the following 10-credit modules:  EN6025, EN6026, EN6027, EN6028, EN6029, EN6051, EN6052, EN6053, EN6054.

Module Semester Information may be found here. Module descriptions may be found here.

Examinations
Full details and regulations governing Examinations for each programme will be contained in the Marks and Standards 2018 Book and for each module in the Book of Modules 2017/2018.

Postgraduate Certificate in English (Irish Writing and Film)
Candidates who pass at least 30 credits of taught modules may opt to exit the programme and be awarded a Postgraduate Certificate in English (Irish Writing and Film).

NFQ Level 9, Major Award

Programme Requirements

Students take 90 credits as follows:
Part I

Core Modules
EN6009 Contemporary Research: Skills, Methods and Strategies (10 credits)
EN6028 Theories of Modernity (10 credits)

Elective Modules
Students select 30 credits from the following:
EN6025 Literary and Cultural Modernisms (10 credits)
EN6026 Postmodernism in Literature and Film (10 credits)
EN6027 Romanticism and Modernity (10 credits)
EN6029 American Modernities (10 credits)

Part II
EN6017 Dissertation in English (40 credits)

Note: Subject to the approval of the MA programme co-ordinators, students may substitute one 10-credit module with one of the following 10-credit modules: EN6047 (not on offer for 2017-18), EN6048, EN6049, EN6050, EN6051, EN6052, EN6053, EN6054, FX6010.

Module Semester Information may be found here. Module descriptions may be found here.

Examinations
Full details and regulations governing Examinations for each programme will be contained in the Marks and Standards 2018 Book and for each module in the Book of Modules 2017/2018.

Postgraduate Certificate in English (Modernities: American and British Literature and Film)
Candidates who pass at least 30 credits of taught modules may opt to exit the programme and be awarded a Postgraduate Certificate in English (Modernities: American and British Literature and Film).

NFQ Level 9, Major Award

Programme Requirements

Students take 90 credits as follows:
Part I
EN6009 Contemporary Research: Skills, Methods and Strategies (10 credits)
EN6051 Middle English Literature, 1200-1550 (10 credits)
EN6052 New Histories of the Book: Theories and Practices of Earlier Writing (10 credits)
EN6053 Old English Literature to c. 1200 (10 credits)
EN6054 Renaissance Literature, c. 1500-1700 (10 credits)

Part II
EN6017 Dissertation in English (40 credits)

Note: Subject to the approval of the MA programme co-ordinators, students may substitute one 10-credit module with one of the following 10-credit modules: EN6025, EN6026, EN6027, EN6028, EN6029, EN6048, EN6049, EN6050.

Module Semester Information may be found here. Module descriptions may be found here.

Examinations
Full details and regulations governing Examinations for each programme will be contained in the Marks and Standards 2018 Book and for each module in the Book of Modules 2017/2018.

Postgraduate Certificate in English (Texts and Contexts, Medieval to Renaissance)
Candidates who pass at least 30 credits of taught modules may opt to exit the programme and be awarded a Postgraduate Certificate in English (Texts and Contexts, Medieval to Renaissance).

Programme Learning Outcomes for MA in English (Irish Writing and Film) (NFQ Level 9, Major Award)
On successful completion of this programme, students should be able to:

• Show a contemporary understanding of the defining character of Irish literary and cultural traditions from 1800 to the 2000s, and of Irish cinema;
• Analyse and critically discuss selected major 19th- and 20th-century Irish texts in different genres (including film, fiction, poetry, drama);
• Outline the key critical debates on Irish writing and film, and grasp the principal theoretical approaches used in these;
• Write critical and analytical essays at an advanced post-graduate level, drawing on and contributing to existing criticism and interpretation in the field of study;
• Deliver oral presentations to a professional standard using appropriate technology and AV supports;
• Define and pursue a research topic in the specific field of study, developed through clear and recordable processes of enquiry and selection;
• Apply appropriate research, bibliographical and critical skills in planning and writing a dissertation on this topic in a coherent and structured way.

Programme Learning Outcomes for Postgraduate Certificate in English (Irish Writing and Film) (NFQ Level 9, Minor Award)
On successful completion of this programme, students should be able to:

• Show a contemporary understanding of the defining character of Irish literary and cultural traditions from 1800 to the 2000s, and of Irish cinema;
• Analyse and critically discuss selected major 19th- and 20th-century Irish texts in different genres (including film, fiction, poetry, drama);
• Outline the key critical debates on Irish writing and film, and grasp the principal theoretical approaches used in these;
• Write critical and analytical essays at an advanced post-graduate level, drawing on and contributing to existing criticism and interpretation in the field of study;
• Deliver oral presentations to a professional standard using appropriate technology and AV supports;
• Define and pursue a research topic in the specific field of study, developed through clear and recordable processes of enquiry and selection;

Programme Learning Outcomes for MA in English (Modernities: American and British Literature and Film) (NFQ Level 9, Major Award)
On successful completion of this programme, students should be able to:

• Discuss key aspects of theories of Modernity and Post-Modernity in American and British literature and film;
• Analyse some aspects of the relations between Romanticism and Modernity in American and British literature and film;
• Write critically and analytically on subjects within the fields of Romantic literature and art, Modernist literature and art, Post-Modernist literature and art, literary and cultural theory; transatlantic studies;
• Write about research activities such as: research seminars; conferences; literature surveys, library surveys and other research activities;
• Pursue a research topic, developed through clear and recordable processes of enquiry and selection and the research and composition of a dissertation;
• Write about a specific field of study in a coherent and well-structured way;
• Utilize advanced critical, theoretical and methodological concepts in the presentation of their research;
• Contribute to existing critical, theoretical and methodological debates within a specified field of study.

Programme Learning Outcomes for the Postgraduate Certificate in English (Modernities: American and British Literature and Film) (NFQ Level 9, Minor Award)
On successful completion of this programme, students should be able to:

• Discuss key aspects of theories of Modernity and Post-Modernity in American and British literature and film;
• Analyse some aspects of the relations between Romanticism and Modernity in American and British literature and film;
• Write critically and analytically on subjects within the fields of Romantic literature and art, Modernist literature and art, Post-Modernist literature and art, literary and cultural theory; transatlantic studies;
• Write about research activities such as: research seminars; conferences; literature surveys, library surveys and other research activities;
• Write about a specific field of study in a coherent and well-structured way;
• Utilize advanced critical, theoretical and methodological concepts in the presentation of their research;
• Contribute to existing critical, theoretical and methodological debates within a specified field of study.

Programme Learning Outcomes for MA in English (Texts and Contexts: Medieval to Renaissance) (NFQ Level 9, Major Award)
On successful completion of this programme, students should be able to:

• Critically read and analyse a range of primary texts in their chosen areas, experiencing both "canonical" and marginal works as well as both traditionally literary and non-literary writings;
• Relate primary texts to existing debates and scholarship concerning these texts, their cultural milieu, and historical understanding of the period;
• Acquire an advanced understanding of medieval and early modern book culture;
• Write about research activities such as: research seminars; conferences; literature surveys, library surveys, and other research activities;
• Pursue a research topic, developed through clear and recordable processes of enquiry and selection, issuing in the writing of research essays and a dissertation;
• Write about a specific field of study in a coherent and well-structured way;
• Utilize advanced critical, theoretical and methodological concepts in the presentation of their research;
• Contribute to existing critical, theoretical and methodological debates within a specified field of study.

Programme Learning Outcomes for Postgraduate Certificate in English (Texts and Contexts: Medieval to Renaissance) (NFQ Level 9, Minor Award)
On successful completion of this programme, students should be able to:

• Critically read and analyse a range of primary texts in their chosen areas, experiencing both "canonical" and marginal works as well as both traditionally literary and non-literary writings;
• Relate primary texts to existing debates and scholarship concerning these texts, their cultural milieu, and historical understanding of the period;
• Acquire an advanced understanding of medieval and early modern book culture;
• Write about research activities such as: research seminars; conferences; literature surveys, library surveys, and other research activities;
• Write about a specific field of study in a coherent and well-structured way;
• Utilize advanced critical, theoretical and methodological concepts in the presentation of their research;
• Contribute to existing critical, theoretical and methodological debates within a specified field of study.