Master of Arts - Children's and Young Adult Literature (DC699)

The study of children’s literature at the School of English, Dublin City University, has its origins in the long tradition of scholarship in the discipline associated with two of the university’s incorporating colleges: the former Church of Ireland College of Education offered the first postgraduate qualification (a diploma) in children’s literature, in Ireland, in 1992; the former Department of English, at St. Patrick’s College, Drumcondra, offered the first taught master’s program in the discipline, in Ireland, in 1997. 

Since September 2017, students at the School of English, DCU, are able to study for the degree of Masters of Arts in Children’s and Young Adult Literature (the only named postgraduate degree in Ireland concentrating on YA literature), which marks an exciting departure for both the discipline and the new school.

The Master of Arts program benefits enormously from the participation of national and international experts in the discipline, as well as from the enthusiastic commitment of its students.