If you love studying English, reading across various genres and enjoy dissecting texts, literature could be an area of study to consider. Courses in Literature can lead to possible career opportunities including, but not limited to administrative roles, communications, content design, digital content creation, publishing, roles within IT, social media, Writing for page or screen, technical writing, and teaching.
Typically, courses in literature are paired with another subject – like English Literature/Sociology or English Literature/Philosophy or English Literature/Modern Language.
The PLC/FET Route
5M3114 - Literature and Cultural Studies – Rathmines College of Further Education
The aim of the course is to introduce the study of literature and culture in an Irish context. The course further aims to equip learners with knowledge, skill, and competence to critically approach artistic and literary production in Ireland. Learners will explore texts and artefacts from a range of perspectives to understand how cultural identify is both shaped and perceived.
In addition to gaining an excellent grounding in Anglo-Irish Literature and Irish culture, learners will also study History and Psychology to better frame their understanding of literature and cultural developments in an Irish context. The course also offers learners the opportunity to develop their creative writing and a range of practical skills in a friendly and supportive environment led by highly experienced teachers.
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5M18518 - Creative Writing & Cultural Studies - Inchicore College of Further Education
This one-year course provides an extensive introduction to a wide range creative writing, media, literature, and culture.
Participants will produce writing for fiction, scripts for theatre, television, radio, and film, as well as for journalism. Students will be introduced to a wide range of literature appropriate to all modules on offer, and there are numerous opportunities to attend theatre productions, films, media events, and other cultural events throughout the year.
On completion, each student will have an exciting portfolio, a selection of which will be professionally published in the end of year publication.
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The CAO Route
AU930 - Writing and Literature – ATU Sligo
This full-time undergraduate degree programme in Writing and Literature is delivered fully online, facilitating wider access to this creative programme. All lectures will be delivered live online, and students will be able to fully participate in group work and project work by means of innovative online supports. There is no requirement to attend campus.
This innovative new programme focuses on developing writing skills over the course of three years. The students embark upon a range of writing covering fiction, nonfiction, poetry, screenwriting, playwriting, flash fiction, cultural journalism, and other forms of writing.
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MI002 ELL - English Language & Literature - Arts - Mary Immaculate College
English is of central importance as a means of communication in the fields of commerce, media, law, science, and technology. Having the ability to speak and write fluently and accurately in English is clearly an asset to anyone who wishes to follow a career in any of these fields.
The English programme at MIC will enable you to develop critical and analytical skills through an appreciation of the English language and its literature, as well as through the study of the social, cultural, and historical contexts in which that literature was produced.