Drama & English
The BA in Drama and English is a fouryear, full-time, honours degree (Level 8). The programme aims to develop critically engaged and creative thinking graduates with a diverse, sophisticated, and vocational knowledge of Drama and Theatre practice and research, in tandem with English Literature from Shakespeare to the present.
| Award Name | Degree - Honours Bachelor (Level 8 NFQ) |
|---|---|
| NFQ Classification | Major |
| Awarding Body | University of Limerick |
| NFQ Level | Level 8 NFQ |
| Award Name | NFQ Classification | Awarding Body | NFQ Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| Degree - Honours Bachelor (Level 8 NFQ) | Major | University of Limerick | Level 8 NFQ |
Duration
4 years full-time.
Specific Subjects or course requirements
Applicants are required to hold the established Leaving Certificate (or an approved equivalent) with a minimum of six subjects which must include Maths, Gaeilge or another language, and English.
Applicants must obtain:
• Grade H5 in a higher paper in at least two subjects
• Grade O6/H7 in four other subjects (Higher or Ordinary Level)
• Minimum Grade F6 in Foundation Maths, which satisfies the minimum entry requirements (not reckonable for points purposes)
Leaving Certificate Vocational Progamme LCVP
QQI FET Applicants General Information
Careers / Further progression
Career Opportunities
Graduates of the programme will be highly sought after in a range of fields, including:
• Advertising
• Copy Editing • Communications
• Freelance Drama/Theatre Artistic Practice
• Journalism
• Marketing
• Post-Primary Teaching
• Publishing
• Social Applications of Theatre and Drama such as Freelance Teaching, Social Work, Community Arts, and Drama Therapy
• Working with Theatre Companies, Arts Venues, Arts Festivals, Literary Museums, Publishing Firms or Cultural Organisations
Graduates will also use the presentation, critical thinking, interpersonal communication, group work, project management, leadership, and problem-solving skills they have gained on the programme to work in any number of fields outside of the cultural sector – including, for example, public relations and online content creation.
Further information
If you are at least 23 years old on the 1 January of the year of entry to college, you are considered as a mature applicant. All mature applicants who make an application to the College through the CAO for MI010 will be invited to attend for an interview. Mature students who do not meet the normal minimum entry requirements will be considered for admission if, having attended for interview, they satisfy the College as to their ability to benefit from and sustain participation in the BA programme(s) applied for. Mature applicants who have completed an interview will be contacted by the College to indicate whether or not they are being considered for a place and all places will then be offered by the CAO.
GCE/GCSE APPLICANTS
For further information about minimum grades and entry requirements please contact the MIC Admissions Office at E: Admissions@mic.ul.ie
Entry 2024
Early online application (discounted): Fee €30 Closing Date: 20 January 2024 at 5pm
Normal online application: Fee €45 Closing Date: 1 February 2024 at 5pm
Late online application - restrictions apply (see page 3 2024 CAO Handbook): Fee: €60 Closing Date: 1 May 2024 at 5pm
Change of Mind - restrictions apply (see page 3 2024 CAO Handbook): Fee: Nil Closing Date: 1 July 2024 at 5pm
Exceptional online late application (see page 34 of the 2024 CAO Handbook): Fee €60 Closing Date: 22 July 2024 at 5pm
Be sure to complete any action well in advance of closing dates. You should avoid making an application close to a closing date. No extensions to closing dates will be allowed and all application fees are non-refundable.
LATE APPLICATIONS
Late Applications are those which are received after 5pm on 1 February 2024. The closing date for late applications is 5pm on 1 May 2024, subject to the restrictions listed on page 3 of the 2024 CAO Handbook. The online facility for late applications opens on the 5 March 2024 at 12:00 noon - a fee of €60 applies.
Exceptional Late Applications (Exception to the timetable)
The exceptional closing date of 22 July at 5pm applies only to applicants who are registered as an undergraduate student on 1 May 2024 in any year in any one of the participating HEIs (subject to the exclusions listed below). In order to avail of the Exceptional Late Application facility you must have entered the HEI through the CAO system. This is an exceptional late closing date and all steps must be completed by 5pm on 22 July. No changes may be made after this date.
If you did not enter your current course through the CAO system, you must first contact the Admissions Office of the HEI to which you wish to apply and they will inform you if you may submit an application direct to the institution.
Exclusions:
You may submit a late application only for entry to courses other than your existing course. If you wish to repeat the year in the same course you must arrange this within your HEI.
Mary Immaculate College Limerick, Marino Institute of Education, Trinity College Dublin, University of Limerick and Maynooth University have special procedures in place in the case of current or previous students who wish to apply for entry to another course in the same HEI. Such applicants must contact their Admissions Office to determine the application procedure. However, if you are a student in another HEI and you wish to apply to any of these five HEIs, you should apply through CAO.
Refer to page 34 of the 2024 CAO Handbook on how to make an Exceptional Late Application.
Restrictions
As a CAO applicant you may experience one or more of the following restrictions based on your course choices, your category of application, or restrictions imposed by the HEIs that you wish to apply to. Please read the section on 'Restrictions' on page 3 of the 2024 CAO Handbook carefully. This section includes information on:
General Restrictions
1. Making a late application
2. Making changes to your course choices
Restricted Courses
3. Applying for a restricted course
Mature Applicants
4. Mature applicants
Supplementary Admissions Routes
5. Applying for DARE and/or HEAR
About you
You have a passion for drama and literature. You understand the power of a play, a novel, a short story, a poem, and want to understand how they work. You are creative and think critically about the page and the stage. You love to read, and are interested in theatre, whether performing in the spotlight or bringing a stage story to life from the wings. You want a programme that will provide you with the presentation, writing, and critical thinking skills that a person needs to succeed in a variety of industries.
Why study the BA in Drama and English at MIC?
This new and exciting programme aims to develop critically engaged and creative thinking graduates with a diverse, sophisticated, and vocational knowledge of Drama and Theatre practice and research, in tandem with English Literature from Shakespeare to the present. The first programme of its kind in Munster, students will engage with a wide variety of texts, including plays, fiction, graphic novels, film, and poetry. Students will learn how stories are brought from the page to the stage and screen, and will help create works for the stage themselves through their involvement in practical theatremaking modules related to acting, directing, playwriting, design, and stage technology/operation At all times, students will ground their analysis in critical and cultural theory, including contemporary theories of performance. Over the four years of this unique BA, students can:
• Design their own pathway through a variety of specialist electives on everything from practice-based, skill-development modules in theatre-making, writing, and research to the study of literary and dramatic texts across the ages;
• Engage in both small and large group classes, with innovative and flexible assessments;
• Gain creative thinking and realworld skills to equip them for a wide spectrum of industries;
• Create texts, performances, and even marketing/ social media content;
• Choose Erasmus study abroad or work placement for their Year 3 off-campus programme.
Learning Outcomes
This new BA in Drama and English is an innovative programme, incorporating a range of teaching, learning, and assessment methods. Taught by leading academics across the Drama and English departments, this unique programme has been designed to allow students attain a broad skill set from practical theatre-making, to in-depth literary analysis. This is an exciting new programme for students with a passion for Drama and English.
YEAR 1
Semester 1
• Introduction to Drama, Theatre and Performance
• Modern Irish Theatre (1601-1960)
• Introduction to Literature 1
• Adaptation: Page to Stage and Screen
Semester 2
• Introduction to Acting and Ensemble
• Contemporary European and World Theatre
• Introduction to Literature 2
• Literature and Drama of the “Long” 18th Century
YEAR 2
Semester 3
• Contemporary Irish Theatre (1960-Today)
• Scenography and Technical Theatre
• The Novel in the 20th and 21st Centuries
• Utopian and Dystopian Literature
• Students to Select one of the following:
- Introduction to Devising Theatre
- Critiquing Theatre
- Cultural Policy and Administration
- Musical Theatre in Performance
- Ensemble Performance Elective 1
- Development of Modern Drama
- Teaching English as a Foreign Language 1
Semester 4
• Performance and Music
• Applied and Social Theatre
• Irish Poetry and Prose in English
• Literature and Society
• Students to Select one of the following:
- History of Theatre and Performance
- Drama and Theatre Education
- Contemporary Theories of Performance
- Masks and Puppetry in Performance
- Storytelling and Poetry in Performance
- Ensemble Performance Elective 2
- Teaching English as a Foreign Language 2
YEAR 3
Semester 5
• Students to Select One of the Following:
- Placement 1
- Study Abroad Semester 1
Semester 6
• Students to Select One of the Following:
- Placement 2
- Study Abroad Semester 2
YEAR 4
Semester 7
• Core Ensemble Performance
• Literary Modernism
• Interpreting Literature
• Undergraduate Research Project 1
Semester 8
• Directing and Writing for Theatre
• Young People, Education, and Theatre
• Romantic Literature in English
• Elizabethan/Jacobean Theatre: Shakespearean Drama and its Contexts
• Undergraduate Research Project 2
Dr David Clare
T: +353 61 774752
E: David.Clare@mic.ul.ie
W: www.mic.ie