Module: Research Seminar

Latest Module Specifications

Current Academic Year 2025 - 2026

Module Title	Research Seminar
Module Code	LIT1006 (ITS: EL301)
Faculty	English	School	Humanities & Social Sciences
NFQ level	8	Credit Rating	10

Description

This year-long module is comprised of elective seminars offering the opportunity for students to develop their research and/or creative writing skills within a particular specialization, working within seminar groups under the direction of a single member of faculty. The students will be offered a choice of groups within the module at the beginning of the year. Students taking a creative writing seminar will be assessed for entry on the basis of a writing sample.

Learning Outcomes

1. Engage in increasingly focused research and reflection on a particular aspect of literature.
2. Demonstrate intellectual and/or creative independence.
3. Appreciate critical rigour and engage in disciplined thinking.
4. Demonstrate writing and presentation skills appropriate for their chosen specialization.
5. Show specialist knowledge in their area of choice.

*Type*	*Hours*	*Description*
Workload	Full time hours per semester
Seminars	48	Seminars
Independent Study	202	Independent Learning
Total Workload: 250

Section Breakdown
CRN	10646	Part of Term	Semester 1 & 2
Coursework	0%	Examination Weight	0%
Grade Scale	40PASS	Pass Both Elements	Y
Resit Category	RC1	Best Mark	N
Module Co-ordinator	Michael Hinds	Module Teacher	Darran McCann, Darren Murphy, Ellen Howley, Eugene McNulty, Gearoid O'Flaherty, Jack Quin, James Shanahan, Jennifer Mooney, Keith O'Sullivan, Kit Fryatt, Lucy Stone, Paula Murphy

Type	Description	% of total	Assessment Date
Assessment Breakdown
Portfolio	Portfolio	100%	n/a

Reassessment Requirement Type
Resit arrangements are explained by the following categories; RC1: A resit is available for both^* components of the module. RC2: No resit is available for a 100% coursework module. RC3: No resit is available for the coursework component where there is a coursework and summative examination element. ^* ‘Both’ is used in the context of the module having a coursework/summative examination split; where the module is 100% coursework, there will also be a resit of the assessment

Pre-requisite	None
Co-requisite	None
Compatibles	None
Incompatibles	None

All module information is indicative and subject to change. For further information,students are advised to refer to the University's Marks and Standards and Programme Specific Regulations at: http://www.dcu.ie/registry/examinations/index.shtml

Indicative Content and Learning Activities

Creative Writing

Children and Conflict

Reading Beckett

Ulysses

Punk and Post-Punk Style

America, Poetry and Money

Geopolitical Literature

Enlightenment Literature and Politics

Literature and Censorship

Post-Milennium Irish Poetry

Graphic Novels

Holocaust Literature

The Victorian Woman

Fiction of the Visual

Writing and revolution

Indicative Reading List

Books:
None

Articles:

0: Essential Readings will be seminar-specific. To be announced by the seminar-leader.,

Other Resources

None