BA English Language And English Literature
Entry requirements
Offers are tariff based, 104 - 128 tariff points from a Level 3 qualification* e.g.: A Levels: General Studies and Key Skills not normally accepted. BTEC National Extended Diploma: DMM - DDM Cambridge Technical Extended Diploma: DMM - DDM City & Guilds Advanced Technical Extended Diploma (1080): considered on a case-by-case basis International Baccalaureate Diploma: grade H5 in English Literature/Language preferred but not required Access: pass required Welsh Baccalaureate: We will accept this qualification in conjunction with other level 3 qualifications T Levels: T Levels in a relevant subject considered on a case-by-case basis Extended Project Qualification: Points can include a relevant Extended Project (EPQ) but must include a minimum 2 full A-levels, or equivalent.
About this course
BA (Hons) in English Language and Linguistics and English Language and Literature. Core topics include Research Methods, Fieldwork, Project Management, Communication & Writing, Language & Translation, and Human Behaviour. A third-year dissertation provides the opportunity for extended independent research. Old English literature is studied in translation while Middle English is examined in the original language.
Modules
- Reading, Thinking, Writing
- Language and Culture: A Toolkit
- Introduction to Language
- Describing Language
- Introduction to English Grammar
- Introduction to Phonetics and Phonology
- Introduction to Meaning
- Heroes and Villains: Introduction to Medieval Literature
- Comedy
- Gothic
- Children's Fictions
- History of English
- Analysing Discourse
- Exploring Early Modern Literature
- Exploring Nineteenth-Century Literature: Romantics and Victorians
- Exploring Modern and Contemporary Literature
- Exploring Medieval Literature
- Welsh Linguistics
- Diversity in the Welsh Language
- Sounds and Sound Systems
- Semantics and Pragmatics
- Morphosyntax
- Researching Language(s)
- Realms of Magic: Medieval Romance and Its Afterlives
- Sex, Sin, and Death: Medieval Women’s Writing
- Alternative Worlds: Sci Fi, Young Adult and Speculative Fiction
- Shakespeare and Early Modern Literature
- Nineteenth-Century Networks: Writing Global Connections
- Dissertation (Bilingual)
- Final Year Project: English Literature
- Linguistics and English Language Undergraduate Dissertation
- Aspects of Bilingualism
- Introduction to Speech Language Therapy
- English as a Foreign Language Theory
- Child Language Acquisition
- Second Language Acquisition and Language Teaching
- Speech Science
- Language and Communication
- Language Change
- Psycholinguistics
- Language Policy and Planning
- Historical Linguistics
- Exploring Modern and Contemporary Literature
- Sex, Sin, and Death: Medieval Women’s Writing
- Exploring Nineteenth-Century Literature: Romantics and Victorians
- Exploring Early Modern Literature
- Exploring Medieval Literature