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BA Education Studies and English

University of Derby

Institution
University of Derby
Level
undergraduate
Subject
Education Studies and English
Duration
3 years
UCAS code
QX33
Typical offer
A-level BBC

Entry requirements

UCAS tariff: 112 A level: BBC T Level: Merit BTEC: DMM GCSE: GCSE Maths and English Grade 4/Grade C (or above) or equivalent qualification Access to HE: Pass Access to HE Diploma with 60 credits: 45 at Level 3 with a minimum of Distinction: 15, Merit: 24, Pass: 6 English language: IELTS: 6.0 (with at least 5.5 in each skills area)

About this course

BA (Hons) in English and Education. Core topics include Research Methods. The programme offers a placement year between the second and final stage of study, along with study visits to cultural and heritage institutions. Students also undertake a collaborative English Conference project involving independent research and presentation.

Modules

  • Placement Learning and Professional Development
  • Another Brick in the Wall: An Introduction to the Sociology of Education
  • Enlightenment Literature
  • Teaching, Thinking and Reasoning
  • Theorising Literature and Meaning (PDP)
  • Mutants and Monsters: Interpreting Fantasy
  • Literature, Identity and The Real
  • Modernism
  • Nineteenth-Century Realism: Conscience and Context
  • Poetry and Revolution in the British Romantic Period
  • The English Conference
  • 5HY5115ED530
  • Motivation and Achievement
  • Research Methods in Education
  • Is it all just words? Language, Society and Education
  • Educational Alternatives
  • English Independent Study (PDP)
  • Advanced Research in Practice
  • After The Modern: Existentialism and Postmodernism
  • Colonialism and Independence
  • Tragedy
  • Gender and Identity in Contemporary Literature
  • Riots and Rebels: Studies in Intercultural Drama
  • The Art of Crime
  • Modern and Contemporary Poetry
  • Eighteenth-Century Literature: Terror Wit and Letters of Love
  • The Future of Education
  • Left Behind and Left out: Social Exclusion and Education
  • The Science of Learning and the Art of Teaching
  • ‘Entrepreneurial’ Education
  • Educational Independent Study