Undergraduate
BA and Diploma in English
Structure
and Syllabus
BA degree: 12 units (4
compulsory foundation units plus 8 optional advanced units)
Diploma: 4 units (the 4 compulsory foundation
units)
To obtain the BA degree you must pass in all
12 units. In any one year you may choose to enter examinations
in a minimum of one and a maximum of four new units. If you
satisfy the entrance requirements for the degree and are
appropriately qualified you may apply for exemption from any of
the Foundation units when applying for the BA degree. There are
no exemptions available for the Diploma.
Four compulsory foundation units (Diploma and B.A.)
Explorations 1 Literature from Homer to Shakespeare [033E000]
Explorations 2 Literature from Shakespeare [033E005]
Approaches to text [033E010]
Renaissance comedy: Shakespeare and Jonson [033E020]
Eight
optional advanced units (for the B.A. only)
Group
A / Period studies
(at least four units must be chosen
from this Group)
Literature of the later Middle Ages [033E025]
Renaissance and Restoration [033E030]
Augustans and Romantics [033E035]
Victorians [033E040]
Moderns [033E045]
Group
B
(at least three units must be chosen
from this Group)
Literary theory: Plato to Pater [033E050]
Varieties of language in conversation and literature
[033E055]
Reading women's writing [033E060]
Shakespeare [033E065]
The novel [033E070]
Modern American literature [033E075]
Nineteenth-century American literature [033E080]
Drama since 1860 [033E085]
Irish literature in English from 1800 to the present
day [033E090]
Empire and literature [033E095]
Modern literary theory [033E0105]
Romanticism [033E110]
Advanced personal study [033E115]
Transfer to the BA English:
If you pass the Diploma in English you'll be invited to transfer
your registration to BA English and will automatically be
credited with the papers passed in the Diploma. In effect, you
will go on to the advanced units of the degree and will be able
to complete in a minimum of two further years. You won't have to
pay another registration fee and the registration period of
eight years will date from the initial registration for the
Diploma. Please note that a student registered for the BA
English who passes the foundation units cannot be awarded the
Diploma in English.
