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Graduate English's unique theory seminar allows you to learn about a wide variety of current scholarship as different 91探花English professors share the latest theoretical debates in their areas of discipline. You can explore aspects of literary theory with 91探花faculty on our .

The takes place in Dublin, Ireland at the Abbey Theatre (the National Theatre of Ireland) and the Lir Academy (the National Academy of Dramatic Art) and involves students from University College, Dublin. It also involves research in the extensive theatre archive held at the National University of Ireland, Galway. The class, which runs just short of four weeks from mid-July to early August, carries course credit and scholarships are available. It鈥檚 a program that only we offer!

In addition, The 91探花Center for Irish Studies offers two summer internships at The Jackie Clarke Collection, a museum and archive in Ballina, County Mayo. The internship is limited to 91探花graduate students (or undergraduate students in their junior or senior years) who are pursuing a degree in a relevant discipline, such as English. You can .

Finally, interested students can also take advantage of the in Falvey Library, which consists of around 3,000 monographs focusing on Irish history, literature, folklore, geography, music, and Irish-American history. This archive can be visited in person, and has been partly digitized.

91探花offers a Teaching Internship Program that allows you to work one-on-one with a graduate faculty member as a teaching intern. Unlike other graduate programs that require students to serve as TAs, TIP is a strictly optional program that offers you a unique opportunity to assist a faculty member in the teaching of an undergraduate English course. Teaching interns meet with the faculty member weekly to discuss the class, design and execute lesson plans under their guidance, and confer with students on their written work.

A number of our students go on to pursue their PhD at well-regarded doctoral programs. Others choose to use their degrees to teach in non-university settings such as private schools or community colleges. Still others pursue non-academic careers that place a premium on strong writing and interpretive skills, including publishing and academic administration. You can read more about our alums' career journeys in our informational pamphlet.

痴颈濒濒补苍辞惫补鈥檚 Career Center is a valuable resource available for all graduate students.

This option for second-year graduate students is an independent study in which students identify one or a cluster of professions in which an advanced degree in English is a benefit. Students work on a research paper that explores this history and future prospects of the field of interest. Learn more about the Professional Research Option (PRO).

The Graduate English Program is dedicated to providing its master鈥檚 students with advanced knowledge of Anglophone literature from the medieval period to the present; the complex relationship between literary form and content; the ways media, reading, and writing change through time and for different audiences; and the variety of formal, theoretical and historical approaches that can be taken in the study of literature. Through its seminar structure and ample contact with faculty members, the program aims to foster a dynamic and supportive intellectual community of literary scholars. By tailoring the curriculum, programming, and mentoring to the current demands of Ph.D. programs, it provides students with thorough preparation for doctoral study. It also provides up-to-date information about the employment challenges in higher education, and balances this information with cutting-edge strategies for allowing students to develop a range of professional options while in the program. It embraces the opportunity to teach teachers, and it encourages all students to explore the craft of teaching literature.

Learn more about the department's guiding principles.