BA (Hons) in English with Creative Writing

República da Irlanda

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O que eu aprenderei?

Why is this course for me?

If your interest in literature extends to an ambition to write creatively, this degree programme will support that ambition through classes, workshops, and seminars dedicated to the development of your creative talent. In the final year, you will work on - and complete to high standard - a substantial writing project. To help you reach this standard, you will be advised and directed by one of the supervisors on the Creative Writing team.

International Study Opportunities

Students will have access to both EU and non-EU destinations through a suite of programmes, including Erasmus, Erasmus+ and the study abroad and partnership arrangements that UCD has with universities across the globe.

Career & Graduate Study Opportunities

Writer, editor, literary agents and critics, content creator, copywriters, broadcaster/journalist, public relations, business, law, politics, teaching, management consultancy, humanities research and many others.

We offer a wide range of postgraduate courses, including: the MA and MFA in Creative Writing.

What Will I Study

You will study the work of a wide range of writers, focusing on how they create their works. You will learn about form and genre. You will explore a range of narrating voices by reading texts selected to illustrate this range. In a similar way, you will learn how characters are constructed, how to handle dialogue, how to manage time and sequencing and many other elements of the craft of writing, which will be generally helpful and occasionally inspiring in your own writing.

First Year

Creative Writing 1 & 2
How to Read Poetry
Writing the Body
Introduction to World Literature
Literature & Crisis
Contemporary Irish Writing
Literary Genre

As well as a range of English with Creative Writing modules students will benefit from an additional subject stream. Options include:

  • Drama Studies
  • Film Studies
  • French
  • German Beginners
  • German Non-Beginners
  • Greek & Roman Civilisation
  • History
  • Irish Studies
  • Music
  • Spanish Beginners
  • Spanish Non-Beginners

Second Year

  • Intermediate Creative Writing 1 & 2
  • Critical Theory
  • Medieval Literature
  • Irish Literature in English
  • Renaissance Literature
  • Romanticism
  • Victorian to Modern Literature
  • Modern American Literature
  • Ten Poems
  • The English Novel
  • UCD Special Collections: Archival Research Methods

Third Year

You will choose from a range of options that will enable you to broaden your horizons and enrich your academic experience:

  • Apply for a competitive internship in an area that interests you and/or relates to your area of study.
  • Study abroad for a trimester/year to develop your language skills and immerse yourself in a new culture.
  • Deepen your knowledge by studying in-depth Creative Writing modules including: Poetry Workshop, Fiction Workshop, Creative Non-Fiction Workshop.

Students will also choose from a wide range of specialist English modules such as Making Shakespeare, Gender & Sexuality in the 18th Century, Austen’s Peer, Yeats, Reading Ulysses, Reading Beckett, The Theatre of Martin McDonagh.

Fourth Year

Students will choose from a wide range of advanced English modules, including Contemporary Historical Fiction, the Crime Novel, Contemporary Irish Writing, Memory and the Irish Stage, Contemporary Irish Women’s Poetry, Modern American Poetry and Poetics. Students will also partake in advanced Creative Writing Workshops.

De qual departamento farei parte?

UCD College of Arts and Humanities

Opções de estudo

Período integral (4 anos)

Valores
€22.600,00 (R$ 122.138) por ano

*O preço é estimado e tem caráter informativo, por favor, verifique esta informação com a instituição.

Data de início

9 Setembro 2024

Localização

UCD College of Arts and Humanities

BELFIELD,

Dublin,

Republic of Ireland

Requisitos de admissão

Para estudantes internacionais

Students must have completed their secondary level/high school studies or have never studied at university before are eligible to apply bachelor’s degree at UCD. Requirements vary from country to country.

There are minimum entry requirements that all applicants, applying based on school leaving results, must meet.

IELTS - An average score of 6.5 over all components and a minimum of 6.0 in each band on the Academic Version;

Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL): A minimum score of 90 is required in the Internet based TOEFL (iBT) with no less than 21 in writing and at least 19 in every other section;

English language examinations administered by the University of Cambridge: 176+ on Cambridge English scale (with no less than 169 in each skill and use of English), Acceptable Examinations:

Proficiency Certificate, Grade C (i.e. CEFR Level C1 or C2).

Advanced Certificate, Grade C (i.e. CEFR Level C1 or C2)

First Certificate, Grade A (i.e. CEFR Level C1)

Pearson English Language Text: Minimum of 63 and at least 59 for each item in the Communicative Skills section.

Duolingo English Test (DET) - The minimum requirement will be a DET score of 120 is required with at least 110 in each subscore.

Os requisitos para o IELTS podem variar de acordo com o curso que você escolher.

ADICIONAR AOS MEUS FAVORITOS

Sobre University College Dublin

A UCD é a universidade mais internacional e diversificada da Irlanda e é a escolhida por mais de 10.400 estudantes internacionais.

  • Campus principal em Belfield, a 5 km do centro de Dublin
  • 181ª no mundo (QS World University Rankings, 2023)
  • Uma das principais universidades de pesquisa da Europa.
  • Bolsas de estudo disponíveis para estudantes internacionais;

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