- English
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- School Welcome Event 2016
- Edmund Spenser in Cork - School of English UCC
- Frank O'Connor: A man of many voices
- Mary Breen: Pride and Prejudice
- MA in Irish Writing and Film
- Ann Coughlan: The Irish Influence on America's Greatest Abolitionist
- MA in Modernities: Romanticism, Modernism, Postmodernism
- MA in American Literature and Film
- MA in English Texts and Contexts: Medieval to Renaissance
- PhD in English
- Prof. Claire Connolly
- Tonio Colona - PhD in the School of English, UCC
- Prof Patricia Coughlan
- Mike Waldron - PhD in the School of English
- Ken Rooney and Heather Laird Book Launch
- School Welcome Event September 2014
- Contemporary American Trauma Narratives Book Launch
- Staged Transgressions in Shakespeare's England
- Seamus Heaney Memorial Event September 2013
- Creative Writing
- Current Students
- Student Achievements
- Research Seminar Series, Autumn 2004
- Digital Humanities
- Creative Writing
Postgraduate Study
Postgraduate
The Department of English at University College Cork has a very strong research profile which is reflected in our thriving Graduate Studies programme: we have over 50 postgraduates working on both taught and research degrees annually. The Department hosts three one-year themed MA programmes in English and also offers PhD research opportunities in a wide range of specialisms, including Old English, Romanticism, American literature, Irish writing, Digital Humanities, Critical Theory, Drama and Renaissance literature.
MA programmes
- MA Modernities: Literature, Theory and Culture from the Romantics to the Present
- MA Texts and Contexts: Medieval to Renaissance
- MA in Creative Writing
The College of Arts, Celtic Studies and Social Sciences offer Excellence Scholarships for taught masters, and applicants to MA programmes in the Department of English are strongly encouraged to apply. The scholarships cover EU tuition fees, and are also open to international applicants from outside the EU. For information about these scholarships please visit the CACSSS Graduate School website.
You can find out more about employment/career options for graduates of our MA programmes here: https://www.ucc.ie/en/careers/areyouacurrentstudent/advice/options/cacsss/
Applicants for all postgraduate programmes are made online through UCC's application system.