3BA/Final Year English

The course handbook for 2024-25 is available at Final Year (3BA/4BA) Handbook 2024-25

• Please download this document and refer to it in first instance, before contacting staff.  
• Timetables and locations are now available for Semester 1 and 2 in the above handbook. 
• *Do note: some times and locations may change, so please refer back to this page for updates*. 
• Students must take the required amount of modules each semester (three each semester). 
• Please ensure that the lecture modules and seminar modules you have registered for suits your timetable for Semester 1 (and Semester 2).  For Semester 2, online registration will open again in January 2024 where you have the opportunity to change your seminar module. 

Students who are repeating examinations can find 2023-24 information at  3BA Outline 2023-24 

Module Information & Registration:
MODULE INFORMATION:‌
All information for Final Year English modules is available in the 3BA English handbook above.‌ Please read this document carefully before registering for your modules. ‌‌

REGISTRATION:
Please ONLY register for modules that are in the COURSE HANDBOOK above. 
(PLEASE NOTE: some modules may appear online that are not in the course outline).  

• Online Module selection Registration opens on 19th August 2024.  Further information is available at Registration.
• The Registration process is administered by the Registration Office, not by the Discipline of English.  Should you have any difficulties, please contact registration@universityofgalway.ie in the first instance. 
• After you register for your modules online, please print off your registration statement.

It is VERY IMPORTANT to click on CONFIRM SELECTION and FINISH at the very end of the registration process in order to lock in all the modules for which you wish to register.

COURSE STRUCTURE for 2024-25

In Semester One, students choose TWO lecture modules out of a choice of three, and ONE seminar module

In Semester Two, students choose TWO lecture modules out of a choice of three, (OR EN399 in place of a lecture module, if eligible) and ONE seminar module

Semester One Courses
Students are required to take THREE out of the following four lecture modules:

• EN3141 North American Literature  
• EN3138 Literature and the Digital World
• ENG238 Nineteenth Century British Literature
  
  

Semester Two Courses
Students are required to take TWO out of the following three lecture modules and ONE seminar from the course outline (or EN399 if eligible).    

• ENG228 Old English Poetry 
• EN385 Drama and Theatre Studies
• EN4112 Ecology and Literature

EN399 Extended Essay will be offered in place of a lecture module. (EN399 is subject to a separate application process and places will be limited) ‌

The Head of Third Year English for 2024-25 is Dr. Clíodhna Carney (Room 507, 3rd Floor, Tower 1). Her email address is cliona.carney@universityofgalway.ie. 
Her Student Consultation Hours for 2023-24 Semester 1 are Monday 12-1pm and Wednesday 3-4pm. 
If you have any concerns that would you like raised on behalf of your class, you can contact one of the 3rd Year English class representatives.  
The Class Representatives list will be posted here at the end of October.