English and History at Dublin City University

The English and History subject areas are each presented as a suite of six modules which cover different aspects of that subject, for example Land, Politics & Society in Independent Ireland in History or The Renaissance in Literature.

Careers

The Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in English and History degree programme facilitates those interested in pursuing any kind of work that requires critical thinking skills, high quality written expression, and transferable skills such as organisation and time-management, and these skills and abilities are highly valued by employers. The knowledge and skills you will develop are useful and valuable to have no matter what path you take once you successfully complete your DCU degree programme. Graduates from the Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in English and History programme will be able to go on to a variety of postgraduate programmes and careers in those subject areas. This has already been demonstrated by existing graduates who have, to take the example of one graduate, gone on to complete postgraduate studies in Literature and is now a published author working in an Irish University and is a member of the Humanities Programme Board, helping to shape the development of the degree. Similarly, several graduates of the programme have, in addition to their other work as third-level academics in other institutions, returned to work as tutors, bringing their experience as online-learning students to that work.

Many of those studying on the Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in English and History do so with the ambition of becoming a post-primary teacher, with the Literature and History modules being recognised by the Teaching Council of Ireland for the teaching of English and History at post-primary level