BA English Literature
About this course
BA (Hons) in English Literature, an English Literature degree exploring textual forms and cultural contexts from historical periods to contemporary works. Core topics include Programming, Research Methods, Historical Research, Critical & Analytical Thinking, Ethics & Professional Practice, and Global & Comparative Perspective. Students can tailor their degree through specialist routes in Film Studies, History, Journalism, or Media, and have access to the Centre for Textual Studies for hands-on print and digital training. The first year covers core foundations through compulsory modules such as Introduction to the Novel, Journeys and Places, and Poetry and Society, alongside optional choices including Introduction to Drama: Shakespeare and Disney, Warner Bros and the Business of the Film Studio. The second year examines literature and professional contexts via compulsory modules like Exploration and Innovation: Medieval to Early Modern Literature, Exploring Work and Society, and Victorian Literature and Afterlives, with options such as Text Technologies and Public Relations and Strategic Communications. The final year involves advanced study and independent research through compulsory modules including Dissertation, Textual Studies Using Computers, and Modernism and Magazines. Optional modules in the final year span areas such as World Englishes: On the Page and Beyond and Performance, Identity, and Activism.
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Entry requirements
UCAS points: 112 A Level: BBC BTEC Extended Diploma: DMM Contextual Offer: DMU operates a generous contextual offer for students from underrepresented backgrounds in Higher Education. This is a minimum of one to two grade reduction from our typical offer and full details including eligibility criteria can be found at dmu.ac.uk/contextual T Levels: Merit Access to HE: Pass with 30 Level 3 credits at Merit International Baccalaureate (IB): 26 GCSEs: 5 x GCSEs at grade 4/C or above including English and Maths If English is not your first language, an IELTS score of 6.0 overall with 5.5 in each band (or equivalent) when you start the course is essential.
Admissions (2022 entry, home applicants)
Offer rate 97%: 154 offers from 159 applications, from the university's Freedom of Information return.
What students say
Based on about 14 final-year students who answered (a small group: a rough guide only)
- Teaching on my course: 99%
- Learning opportunities: 83%
- Assessment and feedback: 88%
- Academic support: 97%
- Organisation and management: 78%
- Learning resources: 98%
- Student voice: 78%
Do students stay on the course?
Based on about 25 students who started (a small group: a rough guide only)
- Continued on course: 90%
- Left higher education: 10%
- Moved to a lower qualification: 5%
What graduates do next
Based on about 13 graduates who answered, across similar courses at this university (a small group: a rough guide only)
- Working: 55%
- Working and studying: 10%
- Further study: 15%
- Unemployed: 15%
Most common jobs
- Teaching Professionals: 30%
- Elementary occupations: 25%
- Artistic, literary and media occupations: 10%
- Customer service occupations: 5%
- Administrative occupations: 5%
- Find their work meaningful: 90%
- Feel on track for their future plans: 60%
- Use what they learnt on the course: 65%
Where graduates work (5 years on)
Based on about 160 graduates, across similar courses at this university
- North East: 1%
- North West: 3%
- Yorkshire and the Humber: 4%
- East Midlands: 54%
- West Midlands: 9%
- East of England: 7%
- London: 12%
- South East: 9%
- Wales: 1%
Who gets in
Based on about 15 students who started (a small group: a rough guide only)
- A levels: 100%
Accreditation & quality ratings
TEF 2023 (whole university): Silver overall, Bronze for student experience, Silver for student outcomes.
Modules
- Introduction to the Novel
- Journeys and Places
- Introduction to Drama: Shakespeare
- Shifting Stages
- Disney, Warner Bros and the Business of the Film Studio
- Nationalism and Revolutions in the Nineteenth Century
- Understanding Journalism
- Media, Culture and Society
- Poetry and Society
- Exploration and Innovation: Medieval to Early Modern Literature
- Exploring Work and Society
- Text Technologies
- Revolutions: Acting and Directing
- Professional Practice 2: Preservation, Conservation and Usage
- Migration, Multiculturalism and Racism
- Beyond News
- Public Relations and Strategic Communications
- Victorian Literature and Afterlives
- Dissertation
- Textual Studies Using Computers
- World Englishes: On the Page and Beyond
- Performance, Identity, and Activism
- Film Theory and History 3: British Cinema, Creativity, Independents and Interdependence
- The War at Home: 1939-1945
- Music, Film & Entertainment Journalism
- Gender and TV Fictions
- Modernism and Magazines
Questions about this course
How much do graduates of BA English Literature at De Montfort University earn?
The median salary is £23,000 after 15 months, £20,000 after 3 years, £24,500 after 5 years. After five years the middle half of graduates earn between £19,500 and £28,500.
What do graduates of BA English Literature at De Montfort University do next?
80% were in work or further study 15 months after finishing (Graduate Outcomes 2022-23).
Are students happy with the teaching on BA English Literature at De Montfort University?
99% of final-year students were positive about the teaching in the National Student Survey 2024-25.
What grades do I need for BA English Literature at De Montfort University?
The typical offer is BBC at A level. The average entrant had 99 UCAS points.
What is the offer rate for BA English Literature at De Montfort University?
97% of home applicants received an offer for 2022 entry: 154 offers from 159 applications, according to the university's Freedom of Information return.
Does BA English Literature at De Montfort University include a placement year or year abroad?
The course has an optional placement year and an optional year abroad.
How many students continue on BA English Literature at De Montfort University?
90% of students continued into their second year, and 10% left higher education.